Jorge Andre

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

Music is my way to comunicate without words. I put my feelings on my music and hope they can be heard. It give's me time to be with me ... :-)

What is your music dream?

To make a better world, by opennig the ears and hearts of those who listen with their soul's

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

Set up it's frequency to stop violent behavior

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

I Wan't It All - Queen

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

At The Gates, Carcass,Testament, Iron Maiden, Joe Satriani, Nile, Opeth, Agent's of Oblivion, etc. ...

What inspires you to make music?

Everything, specialy all that is wrong to me ...

What is the message you want to send with your music?

I trie to send what I feel, just don't know if it get trough ...

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

Happy, have fun ...

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

I see that mostly of this new generation is improving skills and tecnics, forgeting that music is what you can actualy sing, even if it´s only on your mind. All that super fast scales without any memorable melody doesn't stay on mind. Still it's very good to see that there are many young people learning by it self, but the problem with this is that the basis in music theory is beeing negleted.

What do you think of Drooble?

This is new to me, so I'm exploring it. But it seem's a very nice platform with a promising future to all envolved ...

What frustrates you most as a musician?

The lack of respect and lack of culture of political responsible, about music in general. Making their personal taste the best culture, when it's all subjective and personal ... Leading to lack of support to others that deserve that same respect

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

Yes, going to concerts, calling bands to play with mine's, promoting gigs ... But it's hard in this small comunitie, where minds are formated ...

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

Stay away from standard formats, those are made to make forgetable music. I think that it's not important to be very tecnitian, sometimes simple music is better than complex ...

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

WAKO, Sacred Sin, Congruity, ESOLD, Impera, RAMP, Hyubris, Inner Blast, all Portuguese Bands ...