JJ Pinkse

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

Expression of ideas and thoughts in the most abstract way thinkable.

What is your music dream?

Achieve the summit in classical improvisation. A subject heavily neglected in Music Education as the accent for improvisation nowadays mainly lies in Blues and Jazz.

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

Worldwide introduction of Trekonomics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekonomics

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

Several: Tin Soldier (Small Faces), Numerous Beatles songs, Downtown (Petula Clarck), Love is Blue (Paul Mariat), Concerto pour une voix (Saint Preux), House of the Rising Sun (Animals) etc.

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bach, Beethoven, Moussorgski, Mozart, Tomita, Aphrodite's Child, Led Zeppelin, Ten Years After, All Woodstock artists and bands, Deep Purple, Yes, King Crimson, The Scorpions, Neil Diamond, Saint Preux, Ennio Morricone, Schoenberg, Telemann and many others.

What inspires you to make music?

J.S. Bach's music is by far my greatest source of inspiration.

What is the message you want to send with your music?

No message. The essence of music making is experimental and at first instance one's own voyage of discovery and exploration. The distilled message is in the mind of the Beholder.

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

The times we performed live for an audience are rare and then for a small public. We prefer the social media audience as we are not that competitive to obtain gigs. So no specific feelings.

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

In general there are 2 realities: The reality of the Music Industry in which music is mainly automated in the sense that it is composed based on templates that have proven to generate profit for the Industry. Artists have become vehicles to transfer that music to the general public. There is actually scientific evidence that this Industrial Music has become more and more pallid during the course of time. There is no room any more for experiments as this can jeopardise profit. Then there is the reality of Independent Music that can thrive due to social media although room for experimentation also becomes limited due to imposed restrictions. In this field the artists still largely compose their own music but in general have a much smaller audience. Every now and then there is a shift from artists in this area to the Music Industry if a piece of music gets ' viral'. There is hardly a shift the other way around.

What do you think of Drooble?

In relation to my former answer, Drooble is apparently a platform for Independent Musicians. Hopefully it stays that way.

What frustrates you most as a musician?

Development of the proper instumental technique. It consumes a lot of time due to the fact that one has to overcome physical limitations. In other words, the theory is well known, bringing theory in practice is the big effort.

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

No.

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

A larger audience means the path of the Music Industry as they have the resources to facilitate larger audiences. For a musician this means having good looks, lots of luck and good contacts in the Industry. The Industry will take of the Musical Qualities ( think hired session musicians, auto tune etc.)

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

Look on YouTube or Drooble for that matter. Plenty of them around.