Today we’d like to introduce you to Petar -Pera Krstajic.
Petar -Pera, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
I started my musical journey at a very young age. I played classical piano when I was a kid. I really didn’t like practicing at the time. I wanted to be a professional tennis player, and actually I went for the tennis career. When I was 14 years old I was going on a lot of tennis tournaments and wanted to go pro. But at the same time, I started having interest in bass guitar. After my first amateur gig, when it was the time to carry the gear from a car to the studio, as soon as I opened the trunk a big bass amp fell on my foot and I had to stop my career in tennis. So basically because of that big bass amp I’m playing bass today.
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
My main focuses in music are playing and composing. Recently I started producing as well. I love composing because it gives me the opportunity to express about the cultures I’ve met during my time is the States, different events, struggles, emotions and so on. I’m trying to combine western and Easter culture in my music. I love both cultures and I think combining that in art can make us closer and more open to understand other cultures, which at this time is really important for the world. The process of composing can vary a lot in my case. Sometimes I get inspired by certain events, sometimes by finding out about new things in music, chord, different sounds and stuff like that.
I compose because I think that’s a way to find out more about myself, it also makes you to dig out the best of yourself, it’s like a research. I hope that after listening to my music people will have the more open minded approach to other music and life. Because when you have a lot of different people and cultures at one place you have to be open minded to get a chance to understand and see the beauties of other people.
Have things improved for artists? What should cities do to empower artists?
I think world general lacks galleries and venues for artists. Art is one’s pure love towards something and you can’t see a lot of that nowadays. If there were more places and possibilities for artists to show their work I think it would make people more aware of how important is to do something that you love in life.
There always that question is the artist struggling or not. I think that’s relative, it is definitely hard, but everything is hard to do and succeed in it. It is harder in a way that art is covered with all the mainstream stuff and it can’t get to the surface, but still there are great artists who made it big and were able to share their stories and connect with people. I think cities can definitely support artists more. Budget for art can increase and more events and festivals can be made. Education is a big one as well, Young kids should be introduced to art more.
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
There are of course videos on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. You can follow me on any of those and check weekly stuff that I do. Also, I am soon recording some projects in LA and you will be able to find out about it on social media. If you like what I do share and tell your friends, that the biggest help all artists can get.
Contact Info:
- Website: perakrstajic.com
- Instagram: perakrstajic
- Facebook: Pera Krstajic
Image Credit:
Ivan Masic
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