Nearly two years of monthly sessions now. Sound Dialogues has become something I look forward to more than almost anything else in my creative routine. When Rob McIntosh first suggested co-running these online gatherings back in June 2024, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Virtual format felt limiting somehow. But distance creates its own kind […]
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‘Secrets and Dreams’ went through more rewrites than any other track on the album. I’d write in Russian, translate to English, lose the meaning, start again. Three complete versions before we found something that worked. So performing it live meant carrying all those ghosts of previous attempts. The studio version has layers — Vlad built
Second live video dropped. This one felt different to film. Read More »
Sometimes the simplest songs deserve the simplest treatment. We filmed ‘Morning’ as a live session, and it’s now on YouTube. Just me, the guitar, and whatever honesty I could bring to that room. No studio tricks, no layered production to hide behind. What you hear is what happened. This track always felt different from the
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It’s here. The album dropped on all platforms this morning, and I’ve been refreshing pages like a complete lunatic ever since. There’s something strange about releasing music into the world. You spend months in studios, obsessing over every vocal take, every arrangement choice, every tiny detail that probably only you notice. Then suddenly it’s not
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The album is officially approved. February 11th it goes live. There’s this peculiar feeling when months of studio work suddenly becomes real. Yesterday I got the final confirmation that everything passed review, and I sat there for about twenty minutes just staring at my phone. Not dramatic, just processing. ‘Will I see you again’ started
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Recording Will I see you again meant splitting myself between languages and headspaces. Some days I’d write in Russian, feeling everything intensely, then translate it to English and lose half the meaning. Other days I’d write straight in English and it felt cleaner somehow, more direct. Secrets and dreams went through both processes three times
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You know that moment when a song title just appears in your head? Not from trying, just there. That’s how this album started. Will I see you again wasn’t planned as an album title. It was a question I kept asking myself last autumn. About people, about places, about versions of myself I’d left behind.
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This guitar has been with me through every demo since 2020. Same maple neck, worn frets, burgundy strap. Most tracks start here – bedroom floor with whatever’s stuck in my head. Boy started as three chords and melody that wouldn’t leave me alone. Chasing Signs emerged from late-night fingerpicking. Songwriting never changes: guitar first, structure
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These tracks survived constant rotation and still teach something new. YUNGBLUD’s Lovesick Lullaby – perfect vulnerability-aggression balance I chase. Emotional rawness without losing structure. Megan’s Lover Girl – confidence without removing complexity. Self-assurance doesn’t require simplifying emotions. Amyl and The Sniffers’ Security – controlled chaos influenced my dynamic shifts. My own Chasing Signs – everything
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2025 started with Road to the Moon – a track that predicted everything that followed. Writing in English whilst planning Russian material felt contradictory initially, but both languages needed proper space. The НА ВЕСЬ МИР EP in May changed something fundamental. Performing in Russian after years of English releases created different emotional access. Home crowds
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