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Journey Frontman Arnel Pineda on the Band’s New Record, Dreams of a Steve Perry Reunion

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In early 2020, Journey frontman Arnel Pineda flew back to his native Manila after playing a corporate gig in Texas. He was gearing up for a big year in which Journey would cut their first new record since 2011’s Eclipse and play amphitheaters all over North America with the Pretenders.

The pandemic changed all that and he’s been in Manila ever since, but Journey still found a way to work remotely on the record. It’s their first full-length since parting ways with drummer Steve Smith and bassist Ross Valory. They were replaced by bassist Randy Jackson (who briefly toured and recorded with Journey in 1986–87) and drummer Narada Michael Walden, who’s doubling as the album’s producer.

We checked in with Pineda via Zoom to talk about his lockdown life in Manila, the in-progress Journey record, the upcoming biopic about his life, and why he still dreams about a Journey reunion with Steve Perry.

How are things going? Good. I arrived here in Manila last year just a week and a half before the lockdown began. I was lucky. Otherwise, I would have been stuck in America for six months before they let me back.

This must be the longest stretch of time you’ve been home since you joined Journey in 2007. Yeah. This is the longest. I like it because I got to spend a lot of time with family and the kids and more time with myself and my wife. There are other things I would rather do than tour, so I got the chance to be here. In a negative way, it’s quite bad. The survival here is a day-to-day deal. I’m the one that goes out a lot. I’m the one that goes to the market and the grocery to refill our food stocks.

You wonder if you have the virus every day. There’s a lot of paranoia going around. It’s like what is happening in America.

Do you miss playing live? Yeah. I especially miss the energy and the adrenaline of doing it. I’m delivering on the legacy that the Voice [Steve Perry] has left behind. Especially now that he formally passed the torch to me in 2017 [at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction], he made that known and he was very gracious. It was very kind of him. It was so generous of him to say that in public. It was really an honor.

What was it like to finally meet Steve after all these years? I posted on Instagram that I had waited 35 years for that. It was dreamy. I couldn’t believe I met him since he’s very reclusive and he avoids people. He didn’t want to get interviewed, at least until he released his new record [ Traces ] and then suddenly he was out there, going to radio stations and accepting interviews.

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I was really surprised that he agreed to meet me. It’s one of the most special things that happened in my life. He’s one of my heroes when it comes to singing. I remember back in the Eighties, I would sleep on the bus with my Walkman on in my ears as his voice sang all these favorite songs from Journey.

I really dug his new record. It was amazing. I’ve been teasing Jonathan [Cain] and Neal [Schon]. “Why don’t you invite Steve Perry over for a tour?” Oh, my God. I never saw them back in the Eighties. I was just a young kid in Manila, just playing around, with no chance of going to the States and seeing their show, but they were one of my favorite bands.

I’ve spoken to Steve a bunch of times in the past few years. We even talked just a few weeks ago. Oh, my God!

Judging by our talks, I’m extremely confident that he’s happy to leave the Journey baton with you. That’s even more pressure I’m getting, hearing this from you. At the same time, I’m truly honored. But I’m not losing [the hope] that one day he’ll join the band for two or three songs. It would be one of the highlights of my life if that happens.

It would almost be on the scale of Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd re-forming at this point. My God. It would be the same thing for me with Led Zeppelin because I haven’t seen them either, or Pink Floyd. I wish they would be complete again. It’s like completing a circle, being back up onstage again.

Do you think this long break has been good for your singing voice? Has it given you time to rest the muscle? I think so. At the same time, I can’t help but sing four or five songs here every day. The problem with the voice is that it changes as you grow older. It’s like athletes. They reach their peak on their 30th birthday. As they approach 31 or 32, it starts to change. It’s the same with my voice. I just want to make sure I can be of use to the band until they decide to throw the towel in.

Those are hard songs to sing for any singer. You guys go out and do 60 straight concerts in the summer and you need to hit the high notes on “Faithfully” every single time. That would be hard for anyone at any age. We’ll do five or six shows a week. I’m just quite amazed with myself a little. Somehow I was able to take it for 13 years. Let’s see what’s going to happen in the coming days. We’re on to finishing the album. We finished six songs so far. There’s talk of going out somewhere first, maybe Las Vegas for a residency. We don’t know yet. We haven’t decided. Just to break the ice between the new members and us.

You have six songs totally done? Yeah. And maybe seven songs to go.

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Are these ballads? Rockers? For now, we’re doing the rocker songs first, not the ballads. I think the seven songs they’re working on, they’re working on something huge, like how you’ve known Journey doing ballads. It’s between [1981’s ] “Mother, Father” and [1978’s] “Winds of March.” We’re working on that song. We’ll see what happens. I’m waiting for them to send me the demos so that we can record it next week.

Working remotely like this must have been an adjustment. Normally, you’d be in the room together. I know. It’s quite hard right now. I have a few melody ideas that I’m into and want to share with them, but you can’t right now because of what is happening. I just have to listen to it and learn it. We use Zoom to record and I turn on my laptop and go into Logic Pro. They get ahold of it. If there’s something I want to change, I tell them. But it’s all pretty much done and I just record with them.

Are you doing the vocals on your laptop? Yeah. I’ll show you [ turns camera around and shows a microphone plugged into a computer in front of soundproofing foam ]. I share my computer, like mirroring. They can see what’s happening in my laptop. It allows them to hack it for a moment and then they can hear it. It happens in real time.

There’s no lag. I can hear that right now while we talk. It’s like you’re in the next room and you’re actually more than 8,000 miles away. Yeah. Thank God for the technology.

Do you think the album will come out this year? I think so. Neal thinks so. He can’t wait to release it before we do a full-on tour.

How do things sound different now that Randy Jackson and Narada Michael Walden are in the band? It’s somewhat like the sound back in the Eighties when Randy Jackson joined the band for the Raised on Radio album. It’s kind of like that, but it’s also more updated. Narada is producing my vocals and mentoring me on how to do it. He’s telling me to sing it this way and that way. It’s amazing. I’m learning a lot from Narada. It’s truly an honor and I appreciate him for doing so. It’s amazing.

Has the band even been in the same room yet? Have you met Randy and Narada in person? Right now, it’s just been virtual. It’s tough. I wanted to do it. I keep telling Neal, “If only I had been there, we would have done this in two months. Sorry it’s taking so long.” But with all these health protocols where you need to quarantine for two weeks, and then I come back and I’d be quarantined for another two weeks before I can join my family. It’s too much of a hassle, so we decided to do it this way even though Neal isn’t too happy about it. He wants it the old, classic way of making an album.

Moving on here, what’s the status of the movie about your life? It’s going to happen. I think they’re gonna start. Some people from Warner will start coming here. I think maybe with [ Crazy Rich Asians director] Jon Chu and [ Joker and The Fighter screenwriter] Scott Silver. They might come here to audition actors and actresses that will take part in my biopic.

Are you going to take them around town and show them the places you grew up? Yes. That’s the deal, of course. I want to show them where I grew up, where I was born, where everything happened before this whole magical thing.

Do you think the story will start in your childhood and show all your early bands and struggles and focus on the pre-Journey period? I think so, yeah. That’s the plan. I’ve spoken many times with Scott Silver. What’s interesting about my story is that I’ve survived two coup attempts here in the Philippines before I went to Hong Kong for 10 years. I don’t know he if plans to tell what happened to me in Hong Kong, but I had 10 years there. He might focus on my love story with my wife now.

I can see the grand finale in my head. It’ll be you walking onstage in Chile at your first Journey show. You’re nervous and they push you out and you burst into “Separate Ways.” Yeah. I was trying to back out five minutes before. I was like, “Neal, I cannot do this. This is not built for me.” They were like, “No. It’s too late. Get out there and do it.”

It was the turning point of your life. Everything is either before that moment or after that moment. You should tell Scott Silver about this idea. I’ve been implying it to him that we should end everything in Chile. And I remember when my wife decided to join me on tour in 2011. We were playing to a 30,000 crowd that night. I was telling my wife, “Remember Hard Rock Cafe when there were only three tables? Now it’s 30,000 people.” It was just unbelievable. It doesn’t get old to me. It’s still so surreal and bizarre.

I saw you at Citi Field with Fleetwood Mac and Madison Square Garden with Def Leppard. I could tell you were still having a blast. It’s still unbelievable. I’m just so blessed. I can’t thank them enough, especially Neal Schon. He was the one that was really sold that I am the one since 2007. But then again, I still think, “If only they could bring back Steve Perry.” You know what I mean?

I do, but if he came back, that would mean … I know, but I miss them so much together. Every now and then, I watch their videos together. It’s always them with Steve Perry that I watch. I mean, no offense to Adam Lambert. He’s an amazing performer and he has an amazing voice, but I still watch the old [Queen] ones with Freddie Mercury. That’s why when people say things like “No Perry, No Journey,” I understand it. Where I come from, we’re so influenced by Western music. We loved the originals, if you know what I mean.

His return would put you out of a job. That would be OK to me! I’m telling you. That’s how much I adore him and I adore Journey and how much I adore Steve Perry. Back in 2005, I resigned from my job in Hong Kong because I lost my voice due to acid reflux. I was telling my friends back then that my only regret was I lost my voice before I had the chance to sing side-by-side with Steve Perry. I was joking with them, but then a different situation happened. I just wish that one show with him … it would change my life forever. It’s been 30 years now and the band keeps changing my life in ways nobody would ever guess would happen.

Do you miss Ross Valory and Steve Smith now that they’re out of the band? I do, of course. We had a real bond that nobody can deny. [ Sighs ] When the first day came that Steve Smith went back, I could feel that he was trying to feel everything out and observe. When he got the good vibe again, we clicked. Four years with him was very special. And 11 years with Ross was amazing. I cannot ask for anything more. Those friendships I’ll take with me until the end of time.

The group has dealt with a lot of tensions and feuds during your time with them, but you always remain neutral and out of the fray. How do you do that? I try to stay away. It’s like, “Oh, the big boys are fighting.” I’d rather stick to my guns, which is just singing and delivering the legacy with them onstage. When we’re up onstage, I think everyone forgets their differences behind the scenes. That’s my happy place. When they’re having some petty quarrels, I try to stay away. I talk to everybody without having to talk about their differences.

Your White House visit caused a bit of controversy. Do you have any regrets about going there and meeting Trump? I do not. As a Filipino, I am such a big fan of the White House. It’s not about Trump. It’s not about who the president is. It’s the whole history of the White House. I was just amazed. When I went there, I looked at all the pictures of past presidents and how old everything was. And then the table where President Trump was seated was about 100 years old. Who wouldn’t want to see that? Who wouldn’t want to touch that?

His presidential guard was laughing at me because President Trump was talking to the other members [of the band] and I was just mesmerized by the table. I was like, “Wow! This is truly 100 years old?” I’m just a kid from Manila and I was in the White House for the first time, so no regrets. I guess I didn’t even have a chance to apologize to Neal. He must understand. I’m just a kid from Manila that wants to see the White House, in general.

What’s the status of your next solo record? I’m doing it right now. I’m just waiting on a couple of friends that are helping me finish it from the States. Because of the recent banning of some countries from coming in here, we got delayed. I’m expecting them to arrive here at the end of March instead of the end of January. Even my online streaming concert was moved to April 18th. It was supposed to happen in February. To those who want to get a ticket, it’ll be at sanrestreaming.com .

Back to the movie, do you think being on set and watching someone play a younger version of you will be a surreal experience? It will be weird, but it’ll be weirder if I am there portraying myself! [ Laughs ] I will not be able to stand there and look at myself. I don’t really listen to myself singing either. When the documentary Everyman’s Journey came out, I could barely watch it. The premier was in Tribeca. I was like, “Do I really have to watch this and see myself on the big screen?” I was cringing.

Do you think the actor in the movie will actually sing, or will you provide the vocals? I think I’m going to use my voice. Do you remember the Queen movie [ Bohemian Rhapsody ]? Marc Martel did the voice. I think I’m going to do that too.

I can’t wait. Crazy Rich Asians is a great movie. Jon Chu really knows what he’s doing. It’s unbelievable that he took notice of my life and my story and wants to make a movie out of it. It really humbled me.

They should film it in Manila and not somewhere else. It should look authentic. They definitely will. There’s so much to remember, I’m telling you. At one point in my life, I was really on drugs. It quite affected my memory. I need to recover all those things that happened to me when I was young. But I’ve recovered a lot of my childhood memories. Scott Silver is quite happy with what I was able to tell him.

I’m very hopeful that before 2021 ends, you’ll be back onstage with Journey. Me too. I can’t wait to see those smiling faces and that rolling-thunder sound of the audience. It’s quite an adrenaline [rush] when you experience that every night. That’s what keeps you going.

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JOURNEY's JONATHAN CAIN: 'We're Very Happy With ARNEL PINEDA'

In a new interview with Steve King of the 105.3 The Bone radio station, JOURNEY keyboardist Jonathan Cain spoke about the band's current working relationship with its longtime vocalist Arnel Pineda . Pineda was a bar and club singer working in Manila, Philippines in 2007 when he got an e-mail from JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon who had seen videos of Pineda performing on YouTube and asked him to come to San Francisco and audition to become the band's new frontman.

"Yeah, Arnel 's 16 years celebrating — this is his 16th year [with JOURNEY ]," Cain said. "[It's] probably the longest tenure of any lead singer for the band. So, he's been crushing it for us. He's got his kids on the road with him this time, and he seems really content and happy. And we're really proud of everything he's done up to this point. And we see some years left. There's definitely still some gas in the tank. But we're very happy with Arnel . He's amazing."

Classic JOURNEY singer Steve Perry left the band in 1998 and was replaced by Steve Augeri . Jeff Scott Soto replaced Augeri in JOURNEY in December 2006 after Augeri began suffering throat problems on the road. But Soto lasted less than a year, and in December 2007, JOURNEY hired Pineda , who fronts the band to this day.

Back in August 2022, Schon was asked what it had been like to work with Pineda for the prior 15 years. He responded: " Arnel is just a gem. He's more amazing right now than he was when I first found him in Manila 15 years ago, when he was homeless and he was in dire straits. I was searching for the new singer for JOURNEY and I chose YouTube to look all over the world for the singer. When I heard his voice, I knew that he was it — with no other thought. It hit me emotionally in my heart. I went, 'That is the voice. He is the voice. I know he can do it.' And so I stuck to my guns, with a lot of resistance from many — from within the band and from management. They all thought I was crazy. I said, 'I know I'm right. So get him over here.' We got him over. And he proved that I was right again."

Neal continued: "The show we just played the other night, he sounded phenomenal through the whole show. We finally got his in-ears sorted out; we've got a great mixer in front now. It sounds like a record every night. And he's sounding phenomenal every night. And he's very excited about some of the new direction that we took that allows him to show how creative he can be without having to emulate our other albums, which is a requirement for any singer that would come into JOURNEY . It's either that or you throw away all your hits that you ever had. And what do you do? Start from ground zero again? It doesn't make sense.

"So I knew when I found Arnel that I had found a true chameleon like no other singer I've ever heard. He is amazing. I love him. He's a true warrior."

Born in the Philippines, Pineda has been fronting the legendary rockers since 2007. A vocal doppelganger for JOURNEY 's longtime vocalist Steve Perry , Arnel has helped put JOURNEY back in arenas once again. But some fans were not happy about the addition of Pineda , complaining about his ethnicity and dismissing his voice as a "copycat" of Perry .

Pineda and Perry finally crossed paths when JOURNEY and its former singer shared the stage at their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in April 2017. While accepting the award, Steve spoke warmly about his former bandmates, as well as the man who replaced him. "I must give a shout-out to a man who sings his heart out every night, Arnel Pineda ," Perry said.

Although Pineda did not get inducted with his bandmates, he did get up and join them at the Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, singing "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Lights" .

Six years ago, Perry told SiriusXM that he didn't perform with JOURNEY at the Rock Hall ceremony because he is "not in the band. I haven't been in the band for quite some time," he explained. " Arnel 's been in the band for almost 10 years, I think. He's a sweet kid — he's a wonderful kid. He sings his heart out every night. It's his gig."

As for meeting Pineda before the induction, Perry said: "There was something endearing about the way he looked at me. He was meeting, like, a grandfather. [ Laughs ] He's got the gig. It's his gig. He's doing great."

Pineda has overcome a tremendous number of obstacles throughout his life, including the loss of his mother at a young age, homelessness and borderline starvation, making him an inspiration and providing hope for millions of people around the globe. Blessed with the ability to give back, Pineda mobilized his team to join the battle against poverty and its ensuing havoc on Philippine youth.

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Jon bon jovi reflects on the band's journey & staying true to their roots in thank you goodnight docuseries.

Jon Bon Jovi and Tico Torres discuss their new docuseries reflecting on their greatest achievements, staying true to their music, and writing music.

• Celebrating 40 years of rock and roll, Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story takes fans behind the scenes with unreleased footage and personal stories.
• Jon Bon Jovi reflects on the band's journey, staying true to their roots and sound while showcasing vulnerability and personal experiences through their music.
• Drummer Tico Torres shares insights on performing for over 40 years, staying youthful, and the band's commitment to creating great music.

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story is a docuseries that explores the illustrious career of Bon Jovi chronicling their journey over the last forty years. This includes their humble beginnings at clubs on the Jersey shore, devastating losses as the band lost a member, and the great success of performing on some of the biggest stages in the world. Through it all, Jon Bon Jovi and his band have worked hard to stay true to their music and their Jersey roots.

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story uses never-before-seen images, footage, personal videos, unreleased early demos, and more to bring viewers on a journey behind the scenes of a band that, so many have loved for their entire lives. Gotham Chopra has made some of the greatest sports documentaries in the world and, when asked, he jumped at the chance to step outside his wheelhouse to tell Bon Jovi's story. While filming and telling this story, Bon Jovi was questioning his future as a performer, and now Bon Jovi is releasing new music for rock and roll fans to enjoy.

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Screen Rant interviewed legendary musicians Jon Bon Jovi and Tico Torres about their new docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story . Bon Jovi reflected on why this is the perfect time to tell their story and why fans have connected with their songs for so long. Torres discussed the thrill of performing and the greatest achievement of the band.

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Bon Jovi first began their quest to become rock and roll legends in 1983, just over forty years ago. Jon Bon Jovi began tinkering with the idea of telling their story after the band had been together for 38 years and decided that it would be the perfect time to let their fans in on how they became the band that so many know and love today.

Jon Bon Jovi: I knew that the 40th anniversary was coming and you're only going to have a milestone like this once. If you were to wait until the 50th, who knows what might happen over the course of the next 10 years. So at year 38, I started to think about how can we mark this occasion? We began archiving so much that was in the vault and simultaneously considered making this documentary. I did in fact see Man in the Arena, and Gotham Chopra was my first and only meeting that I had with a director. I thought that he understood the concept of sport, which a team and a band are very similar and he also had that spiritual aspect because of his family upbringing. Which I thought he could relate to the innermost workings of what life is in a band. And so we hit it off and I think he delivered on the promise.

Torres reflected on how he has grown over the course of the last forty years and how he manages to still tap into his love for performing for an audience after doing it for over four decades. He also explained how the band has stayed true to who they are and the brotherhood they have always had.

Tico Torres: When you're younger, everything is new. Everything's a challenge, new and exciting. When you do it for a lot of years, the thing that keeps me young is actually playing again, playing live, playing with my guys. It makes me a kid again, it's the fountain of youth at best. And so that doesn't change. The whole secret is to capture that young, fun loving time that we have together, and playing live now and in the studio that comes back. It never goes away. I think a lot of it comes from where we grew up. It's sort of like we're a gang, take on the world. We've always been a bunch of guys that just want one goal, and that's really to kick people's ass. So that was the Jersey etiquette, and we took that from a lot of different bands growing up, and I think we're still there in that kind of attitude.

Bon Jovi's View On Their Story: "All We Ever Wanted To Do Was Tell The Truth"

Being vulnerable isn't new for Jon Bon Jovi as a songwriter he often taps into his personal feelings and experiences to share with the world. However, Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story challenged him to be open in a different way by showing the world his process including how difficult it can be. He explained why so many people have connected with their music over the years.

Jon Bon Jovi: I had no problem being open and honest throughout the filming and the making of the film. All we ever wanted to do was tell the truth, and if anyone thinks that doing what we do is easy, this isn't any different than any other day. It's just that you get to see what life is like behind that curtain. It is always hard work to be an athlete, to be a member of a band, to be a member of a family, takes work. And this just captured the work behind the play, if you will. I think that growing up in public, you become a more prolific writer. You're able to capture moments that are happening in and around your life. It's not just creating rhyme schemes that are "Moon, June and Spoon" and writing catchy pop hooks, but when you can get deeply personal, the magic really happens when something is so deeply personal that when you hear it, you think it's about you and you make those characters about you. That's sort of the magic of our songwriting. I've been able to capture a lot of my own personal memories along the way, and people have just related to them.

Jon Bon Jovi also broke down the importance of Bon Jovi staying true to their sound and why they have refused to bend to the whims of different musical fads over the years. Torres teased Jon by saying the band's greatest accomplishment was getting him to really listen and pay attention to the lyrics of the new album, which Jon agreed was a major accomplishment for him as well.

Jon Bon Jovi: I think that's the integral part of your sentence right there, is that remaining true to who and what we are. Don't chase fads nor fashions because you're always going to be late. And by remaining true to who we are, and we go on this journey. Now, granted people who were on the train with us for Runaway in 1984 may have gotten off along the way. Others got on the train at that juncture, you see? So this train keeps rolling and people are allowed to get on it and get off of it. By remaining true to what we are, the people that listen can count on it. They can count on Bon Jovi to only tell them their truth. We're not trying to be a K-pop band because that's popular two years ago. Those kinds of things would be career mistakes, and we never made those mistakes. Tico Torres: The fact that we're still here and still doing it. Like John says, it's a road. It's a lot of ups and downs. It's a family and the fact that we can still do great songs. A quick little story. I'm not much of a lyricist or listen to lyrics, but when John wrote this record and we put it together and we started listening back and I had to call 'em and tell 'em, man, the lyrics are great because they got through to me. It took 40 years where I'm actually going, okay, I'm listening to the lyrics. So yeah, I think that's a milestone for me.

About Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story

40 years of personal videos, unreleased early demos, original lyrics, and never-before-seen photos that chronicle the journey from Jersey Shore Clubs to the biggest stages on the planet. The series relives the triumphs and setbacks, greatest hits, biggest disappointments, and most public moments of friction.

Check back for our interview with Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story director Gotham Chopra.

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story debuts on Hulu on April 16.

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Composer Derrick Skye’s Musical Journey: Bridging Cultures Through Music | EURexclusiveWATCH

*Los Angeles-based composer Derrick Skye sat down with me for an exclusive interview, offering insights into his remarkable journey and the inspiration behind his latest composition, “To Be a Horizon.”

Skye, whose latest work was commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and will be premiered by the orchestra on April 20 at Glendale’s Alex Theatre , and April 21 at UCLA’s Royce Hall , is becoming a rising star in classical music, blending diverse cultural influences into his work.

During our interview, Skye shared how his background shaped his musical path. Understanding the importance of various genres, he developed a deep appreciation for music’s ability to transcend boundaries and foster understanding between different cultures. This perspective laid the foundation for his unique approach to composition, which integrates musical practices from around the world into his music.

“To Be A Horizon,” represents a culmination of Skye’s artistic vision. Described as a “musical travelogue,” the composition seamlessly combines elements of West African music and dance, Persian music theory, Balkan music theory, and Hindustani classical music with formal Western classical motifs.

Part of a larger orchestral suite entitled “Prisms, Cycles, Leaps,” the piece bridges the space between multiple music cultures, reflecting Skye’s diverse knowledge and commitment to cultural inclusivity.

“Doing art that’s transcultural allows me to take all of the beautiful musical languages that have inspired my life and have touched my soul, and let them intertwine with each other within my art so that my language becomes something unique,” said Derrick.

Throughout the interview, Skye emphasized his passion for exploring different sounds and getting inspiration from different parts of the world. He shared his experiences collaborating with artists of different backgrounds, highlighting the transformative impact of creative collaboration.

In summary, Derrick Skye’s interview provided a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a classical composer whose work celebrates the importance of human culture. Through his music, Skye continues to inspire audiences, reminding us of the transformative power of creativity, travel, and being open to thinking outside the box.

WATCH the full interview via the player at the top of the page OR, immediately below.

WHAT/ WHO : Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Presents Horizons: Beethoven + Skye

Jaime Martín, conductor Tereza Stanislav, violin Yura Lee, viola

WHEN/WHERE : Saturday, April 20, 2024, 8 pm Alex Theatre , 216 North Brand Boulevard, Glendale, CA 91203 Sunday, April 21, 2024, 7 pm, Royce Hall , 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095

PROGRAM : DERRICK SKYE To Be A Horizon (World Premiere, LACO Commission) MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major for violin and viola BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4

TICKETS/INFORMATION : $32 – $142 www.laco.org – 213 221 3920 Email: b [email protected]

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