[Interview Number 31]
This time, we get to know Amaury Laurent Bernier whose track "Groundhog May" is out now. His music is featured in the New Artist Spotlight Family of Playlists.
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Okay, letโs get into the Ten questions for Amaury Laurent Bernier!
๐ญ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐?
Born and raised in France, relocated in Germany for few years. My hobby is also my work, as Iโm a film music composer.
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ/๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
I think I came pretty late to it. I was around 15, I found an old acoustic guitar and a vinyle of Led Zeppelin at my parentโs cellar. At this time I was listening to very bad dance music. This Record -Led ZEP III- changed my life.
๐ฏ. ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐?
Iโm an avid music listener. Lots of soundtrack, classical music, jazz..I played a lot of instruments so I listen also to some mandolin and bluegrass player, but the main influence is def the 70โs prog rock , songwriters and pop from 60โs/70โs.
๐ฐ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ?
About 25 years ago. I almost instantly started to play with a friend who was a much more advanced guitar player. At this time after two weeks playing I was just strumming one chord, doing bass lines on a folk guitar.
๐ฑ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐?
My job is to write music for films and commercials. I release my music just for fun, I separate very much my main work and this, even if itโs a bit weird cause theyโre actually the same. Iโm not doing gigs anymore, I stopped about 5 years ago. At this time I was doing more than 60 gigs a year..I grew tired of it. The Studio is much more my happy place now.
๐ฒ. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ?
Probably the Elbphilarmonie in Hamburg. Itโs beautiful and one of the best acoustic Iโve ever heard!
๐ณ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด?
I have honestly too much to quote just one. But at this moment Iโm a bit obsessed with old classical composers, so I would quote ยซย Venusย ยป from Gustav whilst, from ยซย The Planetsย ยป Album.
๐ด. ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐?
I have regularly embarrassing moments as I am quite always ยซย in the moonย ยป and clumsy. One month ago I was having a Facetile with a director about a project, my daughter spilled her glass of water on the table and I wanted to catch the glass before it falls on the ground. My left foot gutted the table...I broke two bones in my little toe! Two bones. And Live, having the convo about a job.
๐ต. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐?
Well, Iโm happy I could sit down in a cinema and listen to my music, my family sitting next to me. But Goals change with ambition and I have other goals now. So I hope my proudest accomplishment is yet to come.
๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ?
I want a super group for my next Album, with Robert Plant and Chris Robinson singing, and members like Chris Thile, Daniel Johns, Johnny Greenwood, Stewart Copeland and Phil Collins (my fav drummers ) Mc Cartney...and the London Philarmonic conducted by Vladimir Cosma. Would be a very interesting thing!
"Groundhog May" on Spotify
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