Bands & Projects
My Musical Output and Collaborations
Why so many bands/Projects?
I operate in various different bands and projects/personas. Some consist of me only while some comprise me working with others.
Each band/project has it’s own distinct style of music and approach to composition with respect to lyrics, music, style, atttude, influence and inspiration.
I find it a perfectly natural thing to do. It allows me to mix, learn and collaborate with many people of differing styles and approaches to music and to have multiple ‘musical personas’.
Sports players play in different teams, people work for many businesses. Authors write books in different styles and use aliases. It’s not that different to these scenarios.
“Variety is the want of the soul as well as of the body”
Charles Fourier
Main Projects
These are the main projects for my musical output.
The genres I use for ‘classification’ are only used for the convenience of others
such as business, DJ’s, libraries, shops etc: people with non artistic agendas.
Ultimately I believe music is music.
It’s a universal method of communication for connection between humans.
No words can ever describe music adequately
If you want to know how any music sounds, go listen to it.
The most diverse and eclectic persona: yes me! If it doesnt ‘fit into’ Zdiar or Ianosu it belongs under Brian Johnstone.Musician
Covering a range of styles including prog rock, melodic rock, pop, smooth-jazz, ambient, electronic, new-age, world music and anything else I feel like writing.
Zdiar is a band/long term collaboration project with my German buddy Ralf Seidel. We make a hybrid sound of electronic, cinematic and compositional ambient music.
Some compositions are instrumental but and some contain vocals via various guest singers.
I decided to write some solo piano, music. The mellow, relaxing piano is fairly minimalist but the emphasis is on melody.
Solo piano music is a very unique, individual and identifable form of music and Ianosu is created especially for that purpose.
Experience
I’ve played, depped and help out in several bands and played all sorts of music including: rock bands, funk bands, jazz-fusion bands, tribute bands, pop bands, covers bands and wedding/function bands.
