The band "VIII2" will soon present a new track to the public. The song in question is called "From Silvana to Nirvana", and it describes what musicians go through when they contract and during a gig.
The author of the music and lyrics is the singer-songwriter Vanja Radovanović, while the arrangement was entrusted to the drummer of the band "VIII2" Ivan Perović.
"The inspiration for the song was our great friend Saša Stojanović, whom I can freely say is the biggest legend of the Montenegrin club and bar scene, in one word "tezge", an unsurpassed entertainer, a man behind whom there are thousands of performances in various places. He had a special point one winter called "From Silvana to Nirvana" and it just had to end up in a song. Everyone who played an instrument in a public place at least once had a situation like from the song, so this is a bit of a story about each of us," Radovanović told "Vijesti".
Vanja and the other members of the band VIII2 were in charge of singing the stanzas, while their guest in the chorus was Goran Biševac Biške, the frontman of the band Pero Defformero. About how the collaboration with Bishket came about, Radovanović says:
“It had to be like that. It wouldn't be complete without him, and we didn't even think that someone else could sing that chorus. Biške is a great guy and it was a great pleasure for us to hang out and create with him," recalls Radovanović.
"Every time I would play the chorus while working on the song, I would hear his voice, and I knew it had to be Biške and no one else", confirms drummer Ivan Perović, and Biške claims that working with them was a positive experience.
"I have known Ivan for several years, and since he is from Nikšić, I asked him about Miladin Šobić, who I am a big fan of. That's when Ivan introduced me to the music of Vanja Radovanović and I'm glad that he followed in Šobić's footsteps. We met and started working on the song, and then Vanja left for the Eurovision Song Contest, so the project had to wait. When they came to me, they had an idea, they thought that the song was in my style, and as I myself found myself in it, I agreed to cooperate. The recording itself took place in a nice atmosphere and I am glad that I participated in this project", says Biške, adding that this is a story in which all musicians will find themselves.
“This story is true 'one through one'. Anyone who says it's not like that, believe me, is lying to you. In order to be a musician, you first have to learn to play an instrument, which means a lot of practice in order to master the instrument, and that includes disturbing the neighbors. When you improve, you start creating your own music, and then the gigs start, where the owners of the places where you play usually tell you: 'Reduce that Nirvana a bit, give it to Silvana,'" claims Biške.
Biške believes that stories like the one from the song "Od Silvana do Nirvana" happen less often to musicians who choose to engage in author's work.
"With the author's work, you immediately signed a contract for failure. Concretely, I act on stage exclusively with original songs, but that does not guarantee me anything because it can very easily happen that you play in your own four walls. That's usually why musicians decide to make their own stalls before making anything. Until things crystallize, it is difficult, but it is certainly 10 times more difficult for those who decide to do author's work", believes Biške and believes that the audience will like the song.
"I like to experiment with music, I have hosted a bunch of performers whenever I have a good motive and when that project is accompanied by good energy. It is not necessary for the song to become a hit, but I am convinced that musicians will particularly like this one," says Biške.
The song, which will be available to listeners in ten days, includes parts from Silvana Armenulić's hit "A što čeče ljubav kriti", as well as those from Nirvana's track "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
"When for an individual or a band, they want to say that he plays everything, people say that he plays from Silvana to Nirvana, that's why the song starts with Silvana and ends with Nirvana. It was difficult to combine these opposites, but I think we succeeded in that in the end", Perović believes.
Although the song is finished, they will play it only when the music video they shot yesterday and today is finished.
"Well, as in the folk song - 'The song is bad, but the music video is even worse', we were guided by that and it seems to me that we managed to respect it completely", Radovanović concludes.
Good income means knowing how to play anything, being ready for anything and putting up with everything and everyone
Perović confirms that nowadays - when everyone is running for money - being a musician and pleasing everyone is not an easy job.
"Most musicians dream of performing original music in front of a crowd of people, who scream hysterically, follow every sound, and sing along." However, for many, those dreams never come true, and very often they end up playing covers of other people's songs, because life and various circumstances put them in such a situation", reveals Perović, stressing that it is not a problem to play covers and make a fair living, but you need to have the stomach to pleased everyone.
"(Good) Earning means exactly that, knowing how to play anything, being ready for anything, and putting up with everything and everyone. I think that such an approach corrupted first the audience, then the musicians, and led to a serious drop in criteria when it comes to music. That's why today on the stage we have various mediocrities who are very successful, and a large number of talented musicians who barely make ends meet. The song is dedicated to our colleagues, who are fighting to survive and not lose themselves in all this," Perović points out."
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