alternative electronic music producer Netborn

autobiography, project's history, intentions and plans

Biography: i am a professional musician with a master's degree in music composition, and my day job was always somehow related to music. Ballroom pianist, audio engineer at the radio stations and in recording studios, composer and arranger for commercials, computer games and pop songs. But always i was interested in alternative music, very different from both "academical" experimental music i was making while studying at the conservatory and popular music of all sorts. And i've always had an irresistable desire to make such music. In fact i was always doing something in this direction, but often the music was left unfinished, and i have almost never shown it to anyone. Approximately in 1991 i first got a chance to play with electronic music instruments and even got my own Atari-1040 computer with Cubase, Yamaha DX-11 and E-mu Proteus 1+2/XR. At that time even these quite simple devices seem to open tremendous possibilities, and the obvious power of electronic music only strengthened my desire to make alternative music, music as art, but not business.

Project's start: only in 2001 i decided to start my own alternative electronic music project. I thought that the Internet would be the best place for it - no chances to find listeners for such an unusual music locally. That's how Netborn and project "netbornmusic" were born.
But i still couldn't bring myself to devote enough time to it, so it was developing too slowly. A number of compositions i made in 2 years was sufficient only for one full length album. Also i built version 1.0 of this site. I wasn't really searching for listeners, or promoting the project during that time, but was looking for reviews and feedback, and got some (few of them are listed here). They confirmed my own thoughts that this music is really alternative, but i'm not totally nuts and not doing something that no one but me can appreciate. At least 4 or 5 out of each 10 people hate this music as if it is the worst music they ever heard. But 1 of 10 enjoys and likes it very much. I don't care about those 4 or 5 person's opinion and will never do anything to change their mind about this music.
I only want to find those rare people who will understand, enjoy and like this alternative electronic music, i'm making this project especially for such people (below on this page i will call such people just "People" - with the first P in caps - for short).

Project's current state: in August 2003 "MegaGames" CD was released, and it became obvious that i have to be much more active with the project to outrun entropy. To do this i have to devote almost all my time to the project, and take the risk of having no money for living, but i have no choice. I can't just give up the project and waste a whole life to no purpose.
So, now the project is in a new phase. New tracks will appear more often than once in 2 months. Also i hope to have some collaborations with musicians, who would like to participate (more about collaboration here). This site is home to "netbornmusic", and i'd like it to be more than just a homepage including only some info about the project. The site's look and program are now being gradually updated, from version 1.0 to version 2.0. It will have some new sections, not related directly to the project, but probably interesting for "People". It will be like an online club, where everyone can talk to each other, share thoughts and add comments to any page. I'll do my best to make this site enjoyable for "People", and will be glad to hear suggestions and thoughts about how to make this site better, so if you have any, please, email me.

If you are one of the "People": the future of netbornmusic depends directly on your reaction to it.
Some say that noone will buy a CD when it's possible to get all mp3s for free. Perhaps i'm too optimistic and idealistic, but i think it concerns only big pop music industry products, because people understand that the future of these products don't depend on their reaction, it's just the case when big money makes even bigger money. It has nothing to do with the listener's opinion, it's about sly marketing technologies - while those technologies are working, there always will be buyers.
The situation with underground and true alternative music is totally different. If you will not support it - it will not live.
So i have to ask you - if you like this music and think the project is interesting enough and is worth existing, please consider some options to support it. Buy CD (more reasons to get it are listed here) , or support it in some other way - tell people about the project, don't hesitate to email me your thoughts about it or any ideas and advices about its future development, place a link if you have a website, or anything else that you think is useful. Thank you very much!

Netborn

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