I often play live. I also write/record music for the internet, very often. I love collaborating.

In the past 2-3 years, I have collaborated with about a dozen fabulous artists over the internet. The internet is a great place to find all sorts of music and musicians. for that matter, I have seen much wonderful music online that I would never find at a record store - music which is hard to sell, or doesn't quite have that "I wanna pay $15 (or, more likely $19) for this music!" feel. The whole bit of selling CDs is you sell something people feel inspired to listen to again and again. Not all music is written for that purpose.

Sure, but it would depend on the deal. We'll see how the major labels deal with the internet. My big issue is freedom. I like to work with many different musicians and artists, I like to work in a variety of styles. It's not the most commercial shtick in the world, but it's immensely satisfying.

And a few more words on the subject:
We never really needed Britney Spears. And we don't need to hear Billy Joel's "Pianoman" on the radio every afternoon. The radio is tired of these acts, and the listeners are tired. We didn't need a dumb Pearl Harbor movie, either. People *DO* want interesting music, and that is proven every day. Courage, Mr. A&R.

Born in Moscow Russia, moved to New York. Was classically trained at Juilliard, then found a heaven on mp3.com, where I've been uploading my music for several years, and where you may listen to it for free. Found many like-minded musicians on mp3.com, started collaborating. Life is great.

I love people who dare to be different, who are versatile and who are interesting. As a kid, I have amasssed a collection of over 700 CDs, most of which are classical. I still have them.

I love music which has either or all of these characteristics:
Experimental, Minimalist, or Folk.

In particular:
John Zorn, Björk, Paolo Conte, Alban Berg, Sigur Rós, King Crimson, Miles Davis .... and many many internet musicians who i'll be sure to tell you about later.

The Norhern East Coast of the USA.

Custom-built PC workstation running Logic Audio, Roland DS-50 monitors, Korg Triton, Neumann Microphone.

I can babble forever about the merits of this and that... but my job is not to over-educate you. So please listen to the music "and don't mind me". :)

Please drop me a line, I would love to hear from you.

Love,
Ljova