The Same Five Questions
We Ask Everyone
1) What motivated you to become a musician
and how did you get started?
Yokandesh: It all started in 2006, while traveling through Barcelona. I felt an impulse to buy a guitar and that
same night I was playing in the squares. At the end of the World Cup, while working in Berlin, I had over 100 songs. What
next? That was definitely the starting point.
2) Tell us a little bit about your music.
Yokandesh: My music is like a cure to my stress or unanswered questions of this world.
I basically sit with my guitar (most of the time) and sing away while recording. Afterwards I listen back, pick the best songs
and arrange them properly. That's how the first record came about.
3) There are mixed feelings within the music industry about Internet technologies.
How do you see the future of the music industry? How do you see these technologies affecting your music?
Yokandesh: Changes scare me too. There
is a change happening. I don't believe it's the end of music business. We're just in a reinventing period, a little
uncertain, but fun. The artist now has the possibility to reach out easily to fans and deliver what they want. That's
a plus.
4) What is one positive thing and one negative thing you have learned about the music business through your experiences?
Yokandesh: One positive thing is that music is subjective, thus enhances my senses and this way I evolve. One negative issue
is the fact that most people try to fly solo. To succeed in any business, there's a team involved.
5) What advice can you give to other musicians who are trying to make a career of music?
