The Obelisk Questionnaire: Baron Crâne
The Obelisk Questionnaire is a series of open questions intended to give the answerer an opportunity to explore these ideas and stories from their life as deeply as they choose. Answers can be short or long, and that reveals something in itself, but the most important factor is honesty.
Based on the Proust Questionnaire, the goal over time is to show a diverse range of perspectives as those who take part bring their own points of view to answering the same questions. To see all The Obelisk Questionnaire posts, click here.
Thank you for reading and thanks to all who participate.
The Obelisk Questionnaire: Baron Crâne
—
How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?
We are 3 musicians:
Léo GOIZET: Drums
Olivier PAIN: Bass
Léo PINON-CHABY: Guitar
We make rock prog instrumental music.
We continuously try to improve ourselves as musicians and technicians in relation to our instruments and to music in general.
We manage and develop the project Baron Crâne and it includes recording and live performances.
Describe your first musical memory.
Léo GTR: my mother playing flute
Oliv: me dancing on Michael Jackson
Léo drms: My father singing with his best friends during a late party !
Describe your best musical memory to date.
Léo GTR: the 1st time I listened to Django Reinhardt it was like a whole new universe appeared to me. I was deeply moved.
Oliv: The 1st time that I played with other musicians in a band, it allowed me to use music as a language.
Léo drms: a live show of Dhafer Youssef where I had no idea what I was about to hear, and I ended up with one of my best concert ever, with Mark Giuliana on drums and Tigran Hamasyan on piano.
When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?
Oliv: When I realized that the best music for me was not the most popular.
Léo GTR: I feel that living in peace in this world implies to constantly test my own beliefs.
Léo drms: when I had a band that started to work pretty well and the leader decided to quit and stop music for personal reasons.
Where do you feel artistic progression leads?
Oliv: humility
Léo GTR: not necessarily to stadiums but sometimes to satisfaction
Léo drms: to being yourself and alive.
How do you define success?
Oliv: money, I mean it
Léo GTR: I think you never really succeed but a good step is when people can listen to your music in supermarkets.
Léo drms: when you feel complete every time you are playing music.
What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?
Oliv: Les Enfoirés (French caritative show), I mean it.
Léo GTR: all the shits on Netflix that made lose too much time
Léo drms: the video tape of my first time singing on stage while playing drums. The legend says that it was a song from Led Zeppelin !
Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.
Oliv: a dancing music album
Léo GTR: a music as powerful as “the Perfume” of Suskind.
Léo drms: a show that will mix all forms of arts, starting with music of course, circus, dance, drama and cinema.
What do you believe is the most essential function of art?
Oliv: emancipation
Léo GTR: elevation
Léo drms: exploring the way of being human
Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?
Oliv: Jean Luc Mélenchon prime minister, I mean it
Léo GTR: peace
Léo drms: the end of capitalism
http://www.facebook.com/baroncrane
https://baroncrane.bandcamp.com/
https://baroncrane.bigcartel.com/
http://www.baroncrane.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mrsredsound33
https://twitter.com/mrsredsound
https://www.instagram.com/mrsredsound/
https://mrsredsound.com/
