When I first started wondering what should I right about, my thoughts went straight to music. Probably, similarly to most people, music has been in my life since I can even remember. And so, there have been artists that I simply enjoyed listening to and there have been artists that strongly influenced my life. Speaking of those, there is quite a big number of them:) I could keep on listing names beginning with early years of junior high when Alicia Keys and John Legend ruled my world. Then, I surrounded myself with slightly different sounds such as Swell Season or Beirut (my love). But, since the task is to focus on one artist only, I decided to go with the flow of the last night. Yesterday I was at the concert of Olafur Arnalds. I could say he's one of my recent interests. He is an Icelandic musician, pianist, composer. Being only 26, he has already released 6 albums, a movie soundtrack included. His music is a mixture of strings and piano with edgy beats, so the listener has an impression of crossing over from classical to pop. The real beauty of his art is its rare ability to fit the mood of the listener. Depending on how one feels, the music joins your emotions. I think, the main reason why Olafur Arnalds influences me that much is the fact that today's music is way too loud and empty. Of course, I'm overgeneralizing now, there are plenty of worthy artists, nontheless, it isn't easy to find them, because they're dimmed by the cheap "fancy" pop stars.
Yesterday (20.03) Olafur Arlands perfomed, accompanied by the two of his musicians playing violin and cello, in of the Poznań's clubs - Blue Note. I was lucky enough to be there! Except for the crowd of fans, which made me standing for at least 3 hours in my high heels ( by the way, who wears hills going at the concert - silly me), the impression was, and I guess still is, unforgetable. To let you know, what I'm exactly talking about, I'm adding a link to one of his songs. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do and maybe you could join me at his next concert, which I hope I'll have a chance to participate in pretty soon!
