The
singer, musician and songwriter Giuseppe Brai (56) was born in Oristano, Italy.
Giuseppe started to be interested by music when he was eleven years old; at the
age of fifteen he began playing acoustic guitar. Between gigs, compositions and
training the artist devotes three to five hours per day on music. On the
weekends he can dedicate more time on his art; during the week he has other
professions actives, he works in the production department of a company that
produces organic food.
After
obtaining an accountant diploma he was called to work in his family’s company;
thus, his teenage art project became even more complicated. The artist tells when
he was twenty five he stopped playing, and devoted himself entirely to the
business what absorbed all his energy. “I started playing again with no great
ambition; however, my passion had never faded and in 2007 I took my acoustic
guitar and started playing again, after so many years and so much rust, it was
not easy but from that moment on I never stopped,” he adds.
Giuseppe
tells us his parents always helped him financially when he started on music.
The artist says he tried to emerge in Italy for more than five years; several
famous artists listened to his song, but he had no return about it, actually he
performed in his country in several cities. “I attended lots of contests some
very important but I always had to face female great voices sometimes with bad
songs. The judges in Italy always prefer great voices instead of the singing
songwriting performances. That’s why I decided to address English speaking
countries where there is more attention for indie artists,” he argues.
His
main instrument is the acoustic guitar, Giuseppe learned it by himself; his
first guitar was simple and he did not have to spend much money to buy it. “I
love guitar, for working reason I stopped my music passion at the age of twenty
five and for a long time I worked in the family business. When I started playing
again I wasn’t as good as when I was young. Now I’m a good musician but not a
great one. I perform with my guitar from time to time but not always,” he
reveals.
His
musical and cultural background in general, have always covered the Anglo-Saxon
world and in particular the culture and music of the United States and Great
Britain. He has a profound knowledge of English and American literature and has
been fond of Celtic music, country and folk. His inspirers from a very young
age were Woodie Guthrie, Jim Croce and Bob Dylan. His music is also influenced by
John Denver, Neil Young, and Johnny Cash. His first performance was at a music
contest in Tuscany; actually he was five years old. “It was the first time I
was on stage. It was frightening,” he adds.
His
first song was written in 2010, the artist thinks it was late in his life;
however, music has always been the dream of his life and as soon as his job
left him more time he started again to chase his dream. “My great inspiration
and my muse is my partner Elena. Every song I have written is dedicated to her;
particularly the one I released a couple of months ago titled Elena; she has
been co-writing with me, she’s very smart, very good in English, and also
performs as back vocalist in my latest production,” he points out. Writing has
always been something Giuseppe has never abandoned in his life. “I have always
written about everything, articles for local newspapers, reviews for magazines
specializing in my business, poetry and short novels,” he comments.
Giuseppe
usually plays his guitar every day, someday for few minutes, someday for hours.
“When I play tunes come to my mind; I usually compose first and immediately I
try to find the first lines of the song; maybe the words are not the best at
that moment but this helps me to go on; if I consider a good tune what come out
from these work I record it to keep save and make a professionally recording in
the future,” he adds. His first album is titled “Dreams”, at present he has
only released digital music. The artist says there’s not a song from himself he
loves most, and all his tracks he has written professionally in the last two
years are very good for him.
David
is an arranger, sound engineer and drummer that usually work with him in his
songs. Giuseppe supports all the costs of recording, producing and distributing
his own music. “Music is the dream if my life, I work really hard on my music;
I can go on in singer songwriting or only songwriting or also as a producer; but
music is my life,” he emphasizes. The artist says us he is addressing completely
to English speaking countries, so he has performed live in Germany and UK why
these countries are near Italy.
For
Giuseppe music is what make him happy, the artist adds when he is feeling down
he used to listening to Dylan, Young Denver, U2, and others, what bring his happiness
back. About the future of the musical world the artists says: “I hope to find
labels more proactive towards Independent Artists. I know artists that are
maybe better than Ed Sheran or other famous singer but are still unknown”. What
make Giuseppe angry is the lack of loyalty and honesty. “A smile in a child
makes me happy, sunrise and sunset makes me happy, emotions are the salt of
life,” he points out. You can find more about Giuseppe Brai on: Giuseppe Brai Fan Page; YouTube; Twitter; iTunes and ReverbNation.
By
Zel Florizel
