Interviews
Dominic Frasca: “Have a good time all the time”.
May 7, 2012 | 
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Dominic Frasca is a guitar player, more famous by his YouTube video called ‘’Impossible guitar’’. Video has at last count 39,305,349 hits. After seeing his video, we at Vintage & Rare were totally blown away.
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Nina Badrić: representing Croatia on Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer. This year she will represent Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku with her song called ”Sky” (”Nebo”). While she is preparing for ESC she found some time for Vintage & Rare. Read what she told us and don’t forget to listen to the song and vote! 
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Jon Schmidt: ”You never get tired of making people smile”.
“I was deeply moved by the brilliant melodies and the sensitive way in which they were performed.”
Lex de Azevedo
Golden Globe nominee
We couldn’t agree more. Jon Schmidt is a New age classical pianist and composer. He began songwriting at age 11 and currently he works with Steven Sharp Nelson on a project called The Piano Guys. Vintage & Rare had a great opportunity to talk to Jon. Enjoy!
Steven Sharp Nelson: ”Our main mission: to inspire people with music”.
Steven Sharp Nelson is a cello player, more popular for playing with Jon Schmidt in The Piano Guys. Music is his passion, way of expressing, way of living. His videos are watched by more than half a million viewers daily, and since 2011, many have been among the top 10 music videos in the world. Check out what Steven said to Vintage & Rare about his music. After reading don’t forget to visit YouTube and find it yourself.
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Darko Rundek interview: ”Guitar in my hands reminds me on love”.
Darko Rundek is Croatian songwriter, singer and composer . His music career started in the early ’80s. Since than he recorded five albums with various musicians. Vintage & Rare talked to Darko about his music, inspirations, life in Paris and much more.
Could you please tell us a bit about how and when you got into playing music?
When I was just 15 years old my parents persuade me to take guitar lessions. I fell in love with a girl who studied there with me. That was the reason I went there with joy in my eyes and even today guitar in my hands reminds me on love.
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Antonio Sanchez interview: ” Drums give me chance to express myself ”.
Antonio Sanchez is a Mexican jazz drummer. He started playing when he was just five years old. Like Antonio explained to us, he loves the chance that drums give him to express himself. While he is waiting for the third record to come out and preparing for the new tour with Pat Metheny group Antonio found some time to talk to Vintage & Rare.
Could you please tell us a bit about how you got into playing music in the first place? Do you remember any specific moments that sparked your interest in music and playing the drums?
The moment that changed my life was when I was five years old and I was living in Mexico City. My uncle had a girlfriend and her brother played drums. Once we went to their house and when they opened the door the first thing I saw was this beautiful Ludwig Vistalite set like the one John Bonham used to play. I thought it looked so beautiful and cool. I fell in love with the drumset right then and there.
Matija Dedić interview: ”New york is a jazz center”.
Matija Dedić is a Croatian jazz pianist. Growing up with parents who are great and beloved musicians helped him in his musical career. He is proud winner of numerous national and foreign awards. Vintage & Rare got the opportunity to talk to Matija about jazz and his last album, recorded in New York.
Could you please tell us a bit about how and when you got into playing music?
I was really lucky to had an oportunity to grow up with parents who are great musicians, very popular and beloved in this area. Since I was just a little kid they raised me to be openminded for all music styles. That is why I am in love with music from the begginings. Along with that I had very strict and highly respected professor Blaženka Zorić in musical school. She help me to choose my direction.
It all culminated when I heard The Koln Concert, Keith Jarrett legendary record. I was just 15 years old. That was the moment when I decided what I wanted to play in my life, and I still keep on doing it. So it is improvised music with an emphasis on jazz.
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Interview Eluveitie: Purest Folk Metal from Switzerland
Eluveitie (the Etruscan word for „the Helvetian“) is a metal band out of the ordinary: they mix traditional Celtic folk music (particularly from Ireland and Brittany) with the so called Melodic Death Metal (also called “Gothenburg Metal” because of its origin in Sweden). Besides electric guitars, bass guitars and drums, they also play a lot of quite uncommon instruments on stage like hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, bodhrán, fiddle, mandolins and whistles.
Their lyrics are mainly about the Gaulish Celts and their war against the Roman Empire, which are sung by the smooth female voice of Anna Murphy and the harsh metal growls of the founder Chrigel Glanzmann.
In the last few years Eluveitie really got a lot of attention in the metal community and they are already headlining the biggest festivals all over Europe and America. Vintage&Rare had the great possibility to speak with Merlin Sutter, the drummer of Eluveitie, about their music and his musical background.
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Joe Satriani interview: ”To my fans: I owe you everything”.
Joe Satriani is one of those guitarists who can be described in a single word – legend. Vintage & Rare is proud to present you interview with Joe, the guitarist whose music has no requirement for lyrics. He told us something about his musical beginnings, his inspiration and his plans for the future.
Could you please tell us a bit about how you got into playing music ? Do you remember any specific moments that sparked your interest in music and playing guitar?
I started playing the drums at age nine after seeing The Beatles and The Rolling Stones on TV. Then in September of 1970 I switched to guitar the day Jimi Hendrix died. He remains my main inspiration.
Brev Sullivan interview: ”A guitar puts a smile on a grown man’s face.”
Hi Brev, thank you for taking your time to speak to us.
Could you please tell us a bit about how you got into playing music in the first place? Do you remember any specific moment that sparked your interest in music?
I was born into a musical family. My father had musical instruments all around the house so I was very young when I discovered music. I loved the piano at first and eventually I started learning trumpet and then guitar.
Why you initially got into the genre you’re currently playing? What musicians or bands inspired you in the beginning?
I listened to nothing but classical and jazz growing up. It wasn’t until my teens that I discovered rock and even then I was very choosy about what bands I listened to. When I heard Gary Moore and Guys like Van Halen that really sparked my interest and pushed me to practice strictly guitar. Currently I am writing in the style of 80′s arena rock. This music is about happy times and celebrates extreme guitar technique and requires all of the band members to be talented.
