ENTREVISTA CON THORSTEN KOEHNE (EDEN'S CURSE)
Thorsten's geetings to the audience
*Léelo también en Español al final de página.
🎙Mariana: "TK"
welcome to this interview where it will be great to know a little more about your career. My first question is: How did you get started with music?
🎸Thorsten: I´ve always been fascinated with music since I can think of. In the beginning it has been mostly electronic music like Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze. I´ve always been a big science fiction fan and that electronic music was the soundtrack to it. When I was around 10 years old I heard rock music for the first time and that powerful overdriven sound of the electric guitar immediately got me hooked for life.
🎙Mariana: What was your first musical instrument?
🎸Thorsten: My first musical instrument was a no name Fender style electric guitar that my parents got me for my birthday. A few month later I got the matching combo amplifier to it. It had 10 watts and two knobs … volume and tone.
🎙Mariana: What artists and bands were your main influences?
🎸Thorsten: Hearing Brian May's guitar sound on the track “Now I'm here” along with the band Queen was really my first major influence. Later came players like Santana, Andy Summers and of course Van Halen.
🎙Mariana: Who composes the music you play?
🎸Thorsten: In the band Eden`s Curse it's primarily bassist Paul Logue, drummer Pete Newdeck and myself who write the songs. Each of us incorporates our compositional strenghts into the songwriting.
🎙Mariana: Which of the songs you play is your favorite?
🎸Thorsten: That's difficult to say since every song has something special to it. In a live situation I really like the song “Unbreakable”. It's fast and fun to play and always seems to get the audience going.
🎙Mariana: What was your first musical instrument?
🎸Thorsten: My first musical instrument was a no name Fender style electric guitar that my parents got me for my birthday. A few month later I got the matching combo amplifier to it. It had 10 watts and two knobs … volume and tone.
🎙Mariana: What artists and bands were your main influences?
🎸Thorsten: Hearing Brian May's guitar sound on the track “Now I'm here” along with the band Queen was really my first major influence. Later came players like Santana, Andy Summers and of course Van Halen.
🎙Mariana: Who composes the music you play?
🎸Thorsten: In the band Eden`s Curse it's primarily bassist Paul Logue, drummer Pete Newdeck and myself who write the songs. Each of us incorporates our compositional strenghts into the songwriting.
🎙Mariana: Which of the songs you play is your favorite?
🎸Thorsten: That's difficult to say since every song has something special to it. In a live situation I really like the song “Unbreakable”. It's fast and fun to play and always seems to get the audience going.
🎙Mariana: Although you started music quite young, at what point do you feel your career took off, what was that big first step toward getting to where you are today as an artist?
🎸Thorsten: Without a doubt after releasing the album with "Attack" because my experience in the studio and live at that time caught the attention of DEAN GUITARS, the company decided to sponsor me, and played at clinics in Europe and USA including the World famous NAMM show in Los Angeles.
🎙Mariana: In addition to the stages, we know that you have stood out as a talented studio musician, you even recorded with the legend Joe Lynn Turner, How has that experience been for you?
🎸Thorsten: I worked for his album Sunstorm "House Of Dream", I never meet him in person, he recorded vocals in his studio in New York and I recorded the guitars tracks in my studio here in Germany. I was only in contact with his producer Dennis Ward who has been producing all EC albums as well. The great thing for me was though that he recorded his vocals after I've been recording guitars and you can hear him phrasing his vocals around Ritchie Blackmore's and Yngwie Malmsteen's guitar lines. He must have liked my playing.... [laughters]
🎙Mariana: Let's say you could share the stage with a band you admire, which one would you choose?
🎸Thorsten: We already did this on tour with the incredible Dream Theater!!!
🎙Mariana: Is there anything very "German" or "not German" that you can't do without, even when you go on tour?
🎸Thorsten: I try not to think im stereotypes so I'm not really sure what is considered German or not German. When I'm on tour I embrace the culture of the country I'm touring in... so, exotic foods and drinks are alwas welcome, but maybe there's a certain kind of bread that I like called "Black Bread" (Schwarz Brot in German), that seems hard to get in others countries.
🎙Thanks 'TK', I want to thank you for giving us this interview and sharing some more of your talent with the audience, it was really great!
🎙Mariana: In addition to the stages, we know that you have stood out as a talented studio musician, you even recorded with the legend Joe Lynn Turner, How has that experience been for you?
🎸Thorsten: I worked for his album Sunstorm "House Of Dream", I never meet him in person, he recorded vocals in his studio in New York and I recorded the guitars tracks in my studio here in Germany. I was only in contact with his producer Dennis Ward who has been producing all EC albums as well. The great thing for me was though that he recorded his vocals after I've been recording guitars and you can hear him phrasing his vocals around Ritchie Blackmore's and Yngwie Malmsteen's guitar lines. He must have liked my playing.... [laughters]
🎙Mariana: Let's say you could share the stage with a band you admire, which one would you choose?
🎸Thorsten: We already did this on tour with the incredible Dream Theater!!!
🎙Mariana: What do you
think about the impact of streaming on the music industry?
🎸Thorsten: Well these days I can only urge music fans around the world to keep buying CDs if they want their favourite band to be able to continue making their favourite music. Streaming kills music!
🎙Mariana: Is there anything very "German" or "not German" that you can't do without, even when you go on tour?
🎸Thorsten: I try not to think im stereotypes so I'm not really sure what is considered German or not German. When I'm on tour I embrace the culture of the country I'm touring in... so, exotic foods and drinks are alwas welcome, but maybe there's a certain kind of bread that I like called "Black Bread" (Schwarz Brot in German), that seems hard to get in others countries.
🎙Thanks 'TK', I want to thank you for giving us this interview and sharing some more of your talent with the audience, it was really great!
💿 DISCOGRAPY💿
📀EDEN'S CURSE
•Testament- (The Best Of Eden´s Curse)
•Revisted
•Cardinal
•Symphony Of Sin
•Live With The Curse
•Trinity
•The Second Coming
•Seven Deadly Sins (EP)
•Eden's Curse
•Condemned To Burn
•Revisted
•Cardinal
•Symphony Of Sin
•Live With The Curse
•Trinity
•The Second Coming
•Seven Deadly Sins (EP)
•Eden's Curse
•Condemned To Burn
📀DEMON DRIVE
•Rock' n Rolls Star
•Four Play
📀CODE OF PERFECTION
(Thorsten's first solo band)
•Last Exit For The Lost
📀ATTACK
•The Secret Place
•The Secret Place
🏅AWARDS🏅
🏅2013: "Guitarist Of The Year" award by world prestigious website MELODICROCK.COM
🏅2007: "Guitarist Of The Year" award by world prestigious website MELODICROCK.COM
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Interview with Thorsten Koehne conducted by Mariana Luzuriaga
TRADUCCION A ESPAÑOL
🎙Mariana: Thorsten, bienvenido a esta entrevista en la que será genial saber algunas cosas más sobre tu carrera. Mi primera pregunta es: ¿Cómo fueron tus comienzos con la música?
🎸Thorsten: Siempre me ha fascinado la música desde que tengo memoria. Al principio, era sobre todo música electrónica, como Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream o Klaus Schulze. Siempre he sido un gran fan de la ciencia ficción y la música electrónica solía ser la banda sonora. Cuando tenía unos 10 años escuché rock por primera vez y ese potente sonido saturado de la guitarra eléctrica me enganchó de inmediato para siempre.
🎙Mariana: ¿Cuál fue tu primer instrumento musical?
🎸Thorsten: Mi primer instrumento musical fue una guitarra eléctrica estilo Fender, sin nombre, que mis padres me regalaron por mi cumpleaños. Unos meses después, le compré el amplificador combo a juego. Tenía 10 vatios y dos controles: volumen y tono.
🎙Mariana: ¿Qué artistas y bandas fueron tus principales influencias?
🎸Thorsten: Escuchar la guitarra de Brian May en el tema "Now I'm Here" junto con Queen fue mi primera gran influencia. Después vinieron músicos como Santana, Andy Summers y, por supuesto, Van Halen.
🎙Mariana: ¿Quién compone la música que tocas?
🎸Thorsten: En la banda Eden's Curse, somos principalmente el bajista Paul Logue, el baterista Pete Newdeck y yo quienes escribimos las canciones. Cada uno incorpora sus fortalezas compositivas a la composición.
🎙Mariana: ¿Cuál de las canciones que tocas es tu favorita?
🎸Thorsten: Es difícil decirlo, ya que cada canción tiene algo especial. En directo, me encanta "Unbreakable". Es rápida y divertida de tocar, y siempre parece emocionar al público.
🎙Mariana: Aunque empezaste con la música bastante joven, ¿En qué momento sientes que tu carrera despegó, cuál fue ese gran primer paso para llegar a donde estás hoy como artista. 🎸Thorsten: Sin duda, después de lanzar el álbum con Metal Attack, mi experiencia en el estudio y en vivo en ese momento llamó la atención de DEAN GUITARS. La compañía decidió patrocinarme y toqué en 'clínics' en Europa y EE. UU., incluyendo el mundialmente famoso NAMM en Los Ángeles.
🎙Mariana: Además de los escenarios, sabemos que has destacado como un talentoso músico de estudio; incluso grabaste con el legendario Joe Lynn Tunner. ¿Cómo ha sido esa experiencia?
🎸Thorsten: Trabajé para su álbum Sunstorm "House Of Dream", pero nunca lo conocí en persona. Él grabó las voces en su estudio de Nueva York y yo grabé las guitarras en mi estudio aquí en Alemania. Solo estuve en contacto con su productor, Dennis Ward, quien también ha producido todos los álbumes de EC. Lo mejor para mí fue que grabara sus voces después de que yo grabara las guitarras, y se le puede escuchar fraseando su voz con las líneas de guitarra de Ritchie Blackmore e Yngwie Malmsteen. Debió gustarle mi forma de tocar... [risas]
🎙Mariana: Digamos que pudieras compartir escenario con una banda que admires, ¿cuál elegirías?
🎸Thorsten: Ya lo hicimos en la gira con los increíbles Dream Theater!!
🎙Mariana: ¿Qué opinas del impacto del streaming en la industria musical?
🎸Thorsten: Bueno, últimamente solo puedo animar a los fans de la música de todo el mundo a que sigan comprando CD si quieren que su banda favorita pueda seguir haciendo su música favorita. ¡El streaming está matando la música!
🎙Mariana: ¿Hay algo muy "alemán" o "no alemán" de lo que no puedas prescindir incluso cuando estás de gira?
🎸Thorsten: Intento no caer en estereotipos, no estoy seguro de lo que se considera alemán o no alemán. Cuando estoy de gira, me gusta abrazar la cultura del país en el que estoy, así que las comidas y bebidas exóticas siempre son bienvenidas... Pero,
quizás hay un tipo de pan que me gusta, llamado "pan negro" (Schwarz Brot en alemán), que parece difícil de conseguir en otros países.
Entrevista con Thorsten Koehne realizada por Mariana Luzuriaga
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