SAMUEL YURI
Q What inspired you to use natural elements like wind and storms as symbols in your song “Wind Before The Storm”?
A I wanted to write a song about a Storm, and I wanted to describe how it feels to be in the middle of it making music.
Q What does the “Wind Before The Storm” personally mean to you?
A The momment when I am about to create a music. It also means a great song that I wrote.
Q You describe the wind and the storm almost as living things. Do you see nature as a reflection of human creativity?
A Yeah, many times. We are always interacting with nature and many times we give each other gifts made using nature.
Q Do you remember what was happening in your life when you first came up with the idea for this song?
A I was feeling the desire to write a song about a storm. And then I did it right after the instrumentals were ready.
Q The lyrics show you becoming one with the storm. Was that meant to show your connection with music itself?
A Yes, my connection with the creative process.
Q You talk about feeling the strength of the storm. How do you translate that kind of powerful energy into sound?
A I have translated that right after that phrase, playing the solo of the song, hahaha.
Q “Music is my rain” is one of the most striking lines. Can you talk about what that means to you?
A Yeah, that means that music is natural to me, like the rain is to nature. I feel the creative process and I flow with it.
Q When you describe touching the clouds and feeling the rain, it sounds like complete harmony between body and spirit. Is that what making music feels like for you?
A Yeah, feeling the sound like feeling the touch of a wave.
Q Do you see the storm as something destructive or as something that renews and gives life?
A In this song there are both things, because the storm is breaking the silence and it is something that brings something new into life, a new energy, a new song.
Q The song has a sense of freedom and surrender. Do you think artists need to let go of control to create their best work?
A Not too much, because in the lyrics you are always the observer, so you decide what you are writing, and in the guitar you are always guiding the feeling. But there is also a surrender to the sound, yes.
Q The song feels very visual. Do you imagine specific images when you write?
A In this song, I’ve imagined myself and an actress in a ship, feeling the start of the storm. And In every song that I write ther are always images.
Q What message do you hope listeners take away after hearing “Wind Before The Storm”?
A That they are one with their creative process.
Q Looking back now, how has writing “Wind Before The Storm” changed your view of yourself as an artist?
A it brought me closer to the influences of nature in my lyrics. You can perceive that in many songs that I’ve wrote like “The Sun”, “Storm” and “Wolves”.
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