#10 - Matthías Sigurðsson, clarinettist, composer, performer

Photo by Lukas Eylandt

Icelandic/British musician, composer and performer Matthías Sigurðsson, shares his story as a musician with us. From clarinet to live electronics, Reykjavik to Amsterdam, student to freelancer to student again, we get to hear about an exciting journey as well as lots of Matthías' music. The music in this episode is all composed and performed by Matthías Sigurðsson, except 'Serenade for Sore Souls' which is performed by Matthías and the Sunrays.

00:00 '30 year old' (from BLOOS de mannen)

00:52 Introduction

01:29 Matthías introduces himself

06:48 From student to freelancer in Amsterdam

10:35 About the option of returning to Iceland

12:50 About being on stage, composing, 'Serenade for Sore Souls' - Matthías Sigurðsson and the Sunrays

16:22 'Serenade for Sore Souls' - Matthías Sigurðsson and the Sunrays

19:24 Influences, melancholy, and the therapeutic effect of music

26:05 '50 year old' (from BLOOS de mannen)

28:58 'Every Step You Take' (used for the project 'Radix' by Collectief Walden: https://www.waldencollective.org/copy-of-start)

30:24 Meredith Monk

36:17 Minimalistic music

37:39 '20 year old' (from BLOOS de mannen)

38:40 Direction in life as a musician, knowing ones target audience, defining oneself

44:17 '60 year old' (from BLOOS de mannen)

46:00 The challenges of freelancing, current composition study, and about 'BLOOS de mannen'

54:04 '60 year old' (from BLOOS de mannen)

56:16 '90 year old' (from BLOOS de mannen)

56:26 "What does it mean to be a musician?"

1:00:28 Where to find Matthías

1:01:38 'I Could Never Feel'

1:04:20 Outro

Matthías's website

Matthías on Soundcloud

Matthías on Facebook

Matthías on Spotify

Podcast soundtrack by Mohamed Amer.

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