Young, talented and ambitious. Meet: Zhytomyr group “My generation”. Already very soon in the team that makes cool music, a two-year anniversary. The frontman of the group Vitaliy Hrebeniuk tells about the musical party and the most cherished dream.
“We have a very interesting story about the creation of the band. We all gathered literally in one day. Before that, my friend and I had a creative evening at the pub. Honestly, the evening was not very successful: people came to rest, but here we are with their own copyright music (Smiling). The concert is over, we dispersed … And here in two days I am called, they say that they have seen the video with our performance, and they want to invite to speak on the square near the cinema “Zhovten”. At the same time added: “Mistress, December 26 in the evening you must be on the stage, but not one, but with the group.” I called one, two, and three, and literally six hours before the concert, we collected 6 songs, and after the first song we realized that our music is liked by the audience”
“We have five people in our team: except me and the vocalist, there are two other guitarists, a bass guitarist and a drummer. There is also a sixth participant – a keyboardist and a composer, but he works on a remote basis “
“The group is played by people of different specializations: one is working on a water channel, the other on television, someone is teaching, but all combines one common feature – the love of music”
“Once” My generation “was a developing project, but now it goes into the stage of earnings. People who see us during concerts, mark quality, are invited to speak for money “
“We basically performed at various city events. But there were already performances in Lviv, Berdichev, they traveled somewhere in the cities of Ukraine “
“Three years ago, I did not know how to sing, but just wrote songs. And when he wrote his first good text, I asked a friend to do it. He could not sing that song just as I saw her. Then I realized that getting to the microphone is necessary for myself “
“I myself from Zhytomyr region, I came here to study. Once upon a time I did not have my own group and thoughts! And when he entered the university to them. I. Franko, went to the local theater, which was founded by Volodymyr Shynkaruk. From there it all went: I wanted a scene, ovations (Smiling). Although I really dreamed of singing since my childhood, and this was my most desirable childhood dream “
“We play alternative music: it’s not easy and hard. The task is not that our creativity is to everyone’s taste, but that the person in her saw something own. Music should not like everyone, she has to cling “
“There is no musical family in Zhytomyr. When we were just starting out, I was very fond of the idea of developing music hangouts in America or Australia. They are so cool at them! I, like a naive boy, thought we would be the same, and then broke down a lot. I will say this: for some reason, most musicians only think of themselves, the concept of “competition” is taken literally. So, in the musical plan, Zhytomyr has grown abruptly over the past five years, but the attitude of musicians to each other, unfortunately, is not very “
“The last six months I do not listen to classical music, but when I write songs, I” sit down “on it. There is such a period, and this, as a rule, happens to me in the fall, then classical atmospheric music is very inspiring. Max Richter, Fabrizio Paterlini … Classic is cool! “
“My idol in music is Myles Kennedy, singer of Alter Bridge. More precisely, he is not even an idol for me, but a lighthouse to which one must be equal “
“I think there are huge opportunities for our youth in our city. But the problem of many is laziness. Here’s a look at some: do not want to do anything, get on the screen somewhere for a second and everything went to the star: “I am the best and all!” The main problem of people is their laziness! They think for some reason that they will be better off in another place. Flying outside of Zhytomyr, and then disappointed to come back. Conditions are here, it would be a wish “
“We are now forming as a group. Of course, we plan to record the first album and, if everything is cool, we will translate it into English by summer. Let’s try to go to the European level. At least, we have such ambitions “(Smiling).
“In the near future, we want to add a debut album to the biennium anniversary, to arrange it and remove a clip, maybe two. In any case, there are plans for two works “
“My only dream is that this collective, which is now in full force, is preserved until the end of the group’s existence. After all the difficulties that we have already overcome together and knowing how much they are still ahead, I want it without hesitation “
“All the musicians of our collective are convinced of the one-hundredth success of the band. We are not small children, and are ready to go to sacrifices. Sure that in the future all will pay off, and the group will become famous! “
“Zhytomyr is a special city and the place from which everything has started!”
Translated by Aliona Matushevich
