Alex_Michael

As long as I remember myself I live in the world of music. I see it, I feel it, I hear it. Isn’t it a miracle! Seven notes have existed within the ages. They submit neither time nor space. Penetrating our souls the sounds make us feel all the variety of human emotions.Obeying the thoughts of composer and musician they make up wonderful unforgettable tunes. Mystery is hidden in these notes. Since my childhood I have been living in the world of music and have been trying to draw this mysterious veil.It began when I was 4.I asked my dad to give me an accordion. This was the birth of my friendship with music. With my dad’s help I started to master various musical instruments. Everything attracted me. I played the flute, the drums, the balalaika, the clarnet, the mandolin.At the age of 6 I took part in a folk instrument orchestra performance. These were the most powerful emotions I had ever had before. It gave me the ideas about the arrangement and the work in the orchestra. My first meeting with the piano overwhelmed me with feelings. I liked that instrument with all my heart.The “swinging” 60s brought rock-&-roll into my life. The guitar became the queen of my heart. Rhythm, drive, improvisation caught my imagination. The “Beatles” took me gently by the hand and brought to their magic land. It were the “Beatles” who helped me to create my first group to meet my first love, to compose my first song.After the “Beatles” such groups as ”Black sabbath”, “Led Zeppelin” and “Deep Purple” came into my life. They were not so tender. It was as if they tapped on a shoulder and smiled. It was enough to make me a hard-rock fan.At the beginning of the 80s I began working in a restaurant. It was a serious school. Everything was in demand: Bach and Mozart, ”Summertime”, the “Beatles”, country music, rock , folk music.In the 90s I worked at sport competitions. I played music during the swim. The Olympic Committee liked this “know-how” and I was invited to work at ”Goodwill Games” in St Petersburg in 1994, at 32d military world championship in swimming, diving, water-polo since 1994 till 1997, at International Competitions Grand Prix “The Spring swallows” in diving in Moscow, at European Masters Championships in swimming and diving in 1999 Innsbruck at Moscow-Utah games in 2003, etc.Now I compose songs, instrumental compositions, play blues, country music. I play the guitar, keyboards, sing.