- To not miss the custom, first of all, who is co-pilot?. How do you introduce yourself to people you do not know?
I'ma guy who loves music and tries to make the best songs that is capable of.
- A must, Why Copilot? Where viene el nombre?
Siempre es complicado elegir un nombre y, aunque soy un solista, no me apetecía presentarme con mi nombre y apellido. Primero fue la canción "Copiloto" y de allí, el nombre. No se me ocurrió otro mejor y me estaba empezando a agobiar.
- ¿A qué edad te diste cuenta de que querías dedicarte a esto? ¿Cómo fue tu primer contacto con la música?
A los 13 años, durante un verano. En el pueblo donde pasaba las vacaciones había un chico que había tocado la batería en un grupo (a esa edad, entonces, que alguien tuviera una batería o un bajo, te parecía alucinante) y la tenía en una casona. Nos got together with another who played bass, drums and other good, I could not play anything and sing a little. Sang what they could play. Loquillo things of Police ... things like that ...
But I think since 12 years already had that idea.
- That show is your fourth album as co-pilot, what has changed since we published the first?
is actually the third album (the other is an EP, "Ignatius EP").
industry has changed a lot and "indie", but everything has changed my view of it all. Everything around me. My point of view and my opinion has changed dramatically. I had my moment of disappointment and I'm renewed.
"I can not believe that if you devote yourself exclusively to the music, not be a record year. I guess the overall pace is occupied by the economic interests and the market but, hell, in his first year as group, the Beach Boys took four albums! If I could live like this, I would remove them for study rather than play out there. "
- Given the current state of the music industry, your average is one album per year, is it something you set out or need to go shooting all the issues that compose?
A little of both. I do not know what will in the future, maybe stop a bit, I dunno. But I can not believe that if you devote yourself exclusively to the music, not be a record year. I guess the overall pace is occupied by the economic interests and the market but, hell, in his first year as a group, the Beach Boys took four albums! Four! If I could live on this, I would remove them for study rather than play out there. I do not know if the quality would suffer but the amount of songs he would record, the number of hours that would cast!
- Let the mess, What we find in "The beginning, disenchantment and the circle of trust" ?
A pop album with arrangements, melodies, vocals and a more realistic and ironic spirit that my previous albums. sounds like a cliche but I say convencidísimo is my best album by far.
"If you can recognize and accept your limitations and those around you, there is when everything really begins to be authentic. "
- Where does the album title?
Talk to me and personal development of which I spoke. In the beginning is all illusion, perhaps you miss hope, I think I passed. The first album the second it was all so fast that I did not stop to wonder what was happening or what was the whole roll. When I braked and looked around me, all those new clothes the emperor, all these franchises, everything I had believed and it was not true ... I was disappointed to the point of wonder if quitting. And he was about, I rediscovered the real reason I got into this, to make songs, play them and burn them withthe people you enjoy. That's it. The rest is superfluous. Or not depend on you or is it just luck or cases in which I do not want get involved because I have more important things to do (like writing, playing and recording) If you can recognize and accept your limitations and those around you, Hence, it is when everything really begins to be authentic. Be you and a circle of people you have confidence, you feel comfortable. That's why we have called the band "The circle of trust." Enjoy the intimacy of the room where he composed, the essays, the study ... What underlies everything.
In short, a little zen. I have to invent a more mundane or more cool. But now we just occurred to me to tell you the truth.
are all from the same period, a year from now or so. I've "rescued" no. With the band worked on some songs "old" but, although they were well, were out of place in this album.
- As you know, we live in a society in which everything, absolutely everything, seems to need a label, so how catalogarías your music?
Pop What I really like is to call it popular music. That is what it is. But ... You decide. Put the two you want.
- At the time of writing, where to start, why the music or the lyrics?
To date, usually music. Wheels play chords or riffs and singing going over until I think I have a melody more or less decent. Then comes the hard part; match point in the half decent melody. The problem is that the cool tunes (at least in my opinion) are very indebted to the English. That is, many monosyllables and many plain words. Our language, so rich, go short of monosyllables. So, to me, I find it easier to make letters in English than Castilian. Melodically quiero decir. No quiero que se me malinterprete. Hago canciones en inglés relativamente buenas que destrozo cuando adapto al castellano.
- Con qué instrumento te sientes más cómodo ¿con la guitarra o el piano?.
De momento con la guitarra, pero me estoy poniendo las pilas con el piano. Amplía el abanico de posibilidades. Y compones de manera diferente. Cuando tu profesión (o lo que te gustaría que fuera tu profesión) es hacer canciones, tienes que aprender y mejorar cada día. Formación continuada, lo llaman en los trabajos "de verdad".
- A la hora de tocar, qué prefieres, ¿hacerlo in acoustic or accompanied by your band?
Today, with band.
"That caught me working muses. I'm no genius. I have to squeeze the head more often than I appear."
- One of the themes of your previous album was called "Moleskine" . Are you one of those who always carries a notebook to jot down what you can get to happen?
Absolutely. That's me. That caught me working muses. I'm no genius. I have to squeeze the head more often than I appear.
- One of the songs we liked most about your new album is "SP" Why did you choose Ana Muñoz (Louisiana) so that you sing?
Well, Ana is my friend and very talented girl. I was especially excited to sing with her. We were a little afraid of the two plan to stay in the song "duet" but we want that back down. I think we've done pretty well in that regard. We did not have overreacted coo ja ja ja.
I always loved the voice of Anna And even his voice, his phrasing. It's as yours ... It is impossible to counterfeit. Ana only one.
without a doubt. You'll have something that does not make you special grace but in general is very good.
- What do you think social networks?
understand that you mean the field of music (and not the sociological and educational level). I have no particular opinion. Neither good nor bad. Is what you get is the sign of the times. I like them, use them very often on a personal level and rock star status.
"I creditófilo. I love to know what Who played who has written such as music or lyrics, that study was recorded, the producer, technicians, thanks ... "
- When people consume music," Cd vinyl?
I love to tell you that vinyl. In fact I have bought turntables and vinyl but, man, when the truth I'm lazy and throw CD. What we do is the ritual of coming home with the cd , and listen to leaf through the booklet while I read the letters, I am a creditófilo. I love to know what has touched who, who wrote such music and such a letter, that study was recorded, the producer, technicians, thanks .. . I read everything.
- What do you do when you come home and stop being co-pilot and you become Javier Almazan?
Enjoying my wife and my son. Over time I learned to separate different plots of my life and not eat any other. Before it was a disaster ... All learn ... And keep learning.
- Talk about musical tastes; What would you say are your biggest influences at the national level? What about internationally?
if not have influenced me but I have burned his records both listen:
National (I left thousands)
La Costa Brava, La Granja, El Nino Gusano, Serrat (since childhood, at home sounded very often), the first three of The Planets marked me deeply, perhaps too much. Like many others, too many perhaps. But they were previous albums. International
:
Beatles, Eels, REM, Stone Roses, Suede, Blur, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Smiths, The Lemonheads ...
- What is the record that most are listening to these days? And the song you can not out of your head?
"Collapse Into Now" of REM.
"EveryDay is yours to win " on that disk.
" With so many offer comes a time when you get stuck and go back to your old records as if they were a safe haven. Like when you travel and travel and travel and just want to go home. "
- Tell us, is there any group that we've recently discovered and want to recommend?
'm over being found out groups me. What happens is that with so much supply comes a time when you get stuck and go back to your old records as being a safe haven. Like when you travel and travel and travel and just want to go home.
- Tu favorite band of all time;
Beatles.
- The musician or group that you would like to share the stage;
Anyone you respect.
- Imagine your CD collection starts to burn and you can only save three, which ones would you choose?
Beatles: "White Album"
EELS: "Blinking Lihgts and Other Revelations"
REM: "Automatic for the people"
blest Serrat. And the whole song with vibrato and accent and all.
- To be finished in SextoHombreDigital have the tradition that every guest leaves a question "blind" to the next interview. In your case, Alex Ferreira left it for you; you change everything you know to know half of what you ignore?
Damn Alex! Well I do not think that I would not change. I'm in good shape.
- Feel like leaving a? Yes
You said that you like a record that, at bottom, can not stand because it was supposed to like? "Once? More than five? More than ten?
- Before the end, what cities to visit in the coming months to make the album?
the moment all I'm going to get wet with the concert that you're closed, they are Zaragoza and Madrid. But we go further confirmed shortly.
- Any project more in hand? I have always
things on his mind, but talk of them when they are a reality.
- nothing more, Javier, has been a real pleasure to talk to you. A big hug, see you at a concert.
The pleasure has been mine, really. We are safe.
A hug.
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