{"id":172092,"date":"2021-02-22T16:11:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T15:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=172092"},"modified":"2021-02-22T16:11:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T15:11:21","slug":"we-talk-w-johnny-garso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/we-talk-w-johnny-garso\/","title":{"rendered":"We talk W\/ Johnny Garso"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introducing Johnny Garso (@johnnygarso<\/a>), the rock and roll star of the national scene. His musical career is impressive, so we wanted to bring you a little closer to the artist from Zaragoza. Last month he took the stage at the Inverfest festival held at La Riviera (Madrid) and undoubtedly won over the audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Johnny<\/p>\n

Highxtar (H)<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> For all those who don’t know you yet, what would you tell them?<\/p>\n

Johnny Garso (JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>I would invite them to take a warm walk through my tunes to understand where all this wonderful madness comes from.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(H)<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> How did this passion for music come about?<\/p>\n

(JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> Honestly, from a very young age I was linked to it by my parents and the classic: “a child should play the piano”, but I do remember the first time I felt I wanted that life. It was at a Loquillo concert that my mother took me to when I was a little kid and I remember finishing the concert and saying to my mother: “Mum, I want to be up there”.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(H)<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> You sing and play the guitar, any other musical skills?<\/p>\n

(JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>I also play the piano (what little I have left, I have to get back to it), I love the drums and I wouldn’t say I’m not bad at all, and the bass too (laughs); and I’ll confess that I’m trying to take violin lessons at the moment! (laughs).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Johnny<\/p>\n

(H)<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> What was that moment when you decided to give up everything to realise your dream of making a living as an artist?<\/p>\n

(JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> I remember perfectly a key moment in my process. It was a phrase my father said to me: “Juan, never be less than the version you have of yourself”, my father was a very wise man… (laughs). (laughs) he changed my life at that moment and even he didn’t know what a monster he was creating (laughs).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(H)<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> You started your professional career in the Zaragoza rock band Alien Roots, but after ten years and two albums you decided to start your solo career, how was that change?<\/p>\n

(JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 It was hard because I loved my band, I loved the way of composing songs as a family in total freedom; and that feeling of a band, but it was something necessary and enriching.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(H)<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> On a creative level, having all the weight of the final decisions, do you find it more difficult to decide what direction your new projects will take?<\/p>\n

(JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> I would honestly say it’s less difficult for me because of dealing with your own ego and vision; but I do try to externalise opinions and ask for advice from the people who are important to me in my career: my producers, my musicians, my manager, even my parents.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Johnny<\/p>\n

(H)<\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>You went to California to bring your first solo album to life, why did you decide to produce it outside our borders?<\/p>\n

(JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> It was a question of trust in the producer. I had already worked with him in Spain with my band and our musical relationship goes beyond the professional. He is someone I trust personally and musically, and he wanted to get involved in this new stage of my life and help me make it sound strong and the way I wanted it to sound.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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(H)<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> Your music is punk-rock, do you think it is more difficult to succeed with this style now that the trend is more Latin?<\/p>\n

(JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> Impossible to say no, but I think everything changes and everything comes back. The guitars are coming back and with distortion and drums all over the world little by little, the era of the return of the Sith HAS ARRIVED!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(H)<\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> In fashion everything is cyclical, do you think the music of the late 90’s and 2000’s will be back in trend?<\/p>\n

(JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> I would definitely say that it’s been fully implemented for a year or two now and it’s going to continue to be a trend for a while.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(H)<\/span> \u2013 <\/strong>“Redtimeline” bears the mark of Joe Marlett<\/strong><\/a>, producer of Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Destiny’s Child, among others, and also nominated for two Grammy awards, how did you two meet and how was it working with him?<\/p>\n

(JG) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> As I said before, if I have worked with him it is because apart from being a true and incredible professional, personally I feel like a father and his whole family; and he has always treated me like that, he is a beautiful person.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n