The Obelisk Questionnaire: Marçal Itarte of Maragda
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Marçal Itarte of Maragda
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How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?
I put my efforts to combine my passion for music and mountaineering with my family life and a part time job.
Describe your first musical memory.
I remember my brother playing a Metallica cassette everywhere. It was on at home, in the car… One day our mother asked what was that radio show on the radio, because there were no adds, no one speaking… she was driving us to school. It was not a radio show it was The Cassette. Again.
Describe your best musical memory to date.
Probably the best memories are that shows that one plays or attends that they end up being magic.
I have a very special memory of a Motorpsycho show so many years ago. At that moment I didn’t know the band yet and I was totally mesmerized, had goosebumps and I was sober. I don’t remember any show ever since where I had that feeling. That one and Tool live in Lisbon was also memorable!
When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?
I have always played music or recorded it in the most technical approach, and I was convinced it was the best way to do it. One day I realized I wasn’t doing well, I wasn’t putting to much of my thoughts and not so much of my heart.
Where do you feel artistic progression leads?
I guess it’s a never ending journey of exploration. For some might be refining a certain way to play certain instrument or style, for other maybe it’s experimentation with new ways of expression, or maybe some sort of creative freedom one reaches after many years of creating stuff. At the moment I am feeling motivated into learning drumming and finding new sounds.
How do you define success?
I think something is successful when it meets the objectives you made that for, doesn’t matter if it’s a random casual objective or a very ambitious one. It could be playing drums today, or it could be finishing a song and feeling satisfied with the result. It could also be respecting your decision of having a rest day and actually rest!
What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?
I have seen so many things that I wish I wouldn’t. I am a social worker and I have seen some hard lives and injustice. More personally, I‘d say I wish I didn’t have seen myself in some situations in the past.
Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.
I would like to build myself a house.
What do you believe is the most essential function of art?
I am not sure if I understand it as a function, or maybe a reason to be, but I like to think of art as a mean of transformation.
Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?
I am putting my efforts into a change in my career.
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