It brings me an unmatchable peace of mind. It’s a simple and pure feeling, and I feel it each time I go back to the place and the people I love. My personal moment of happiness is when I go to St Malo. I wanted to put this magical moment down in writing and spread it musically. I see the song “Happiest Man on Earth” as the musical materialisation and transcription of the single second in which you find yourself content and profoundly happy. This was a difficult time for me both physically and psychologically, especially since I felt like I was falling behind in terms of work. A year and a half ago, I had just displaced my vertebra, and it forced me to stay home for at least 6-8 months without being able to do or create anything.
It all depends on what you believe in, and if you can conceive such a belief to be true. That sentence spoke to me when I was writing songs – it was the idea that any unfortunate experience eventually begets collateral happiness. It said: “Misfortune is the genitor of tomorrow’s happiness”. That’s also where the name “Broken Back” came from! All thanks to Albert Cohen’s rich and meaningful advice. And then there are other themes in your EP as well…The song “Dear Misfortune, Mother of Joy”, to be released on the 23rd of March, was inspired by a quotation by French poet and author Albert Cohen that I fell upon a year and a half ago. That quote helped me turn this situation into something positive, because I knew that things would eventually turn around, that I would someday be able to get up on my two feet again, and achieve what I’ve been achieving up to today. My approach is immediately an “electro” approach, in terms of musical texture. I am currently creating my own website as well, which should be launched very soon! What do you talk about in your music? In these projects, I am more involved with the creative tasks then I am with development or coding because it’s less time-consuming and I also appreciate it more.
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I have less time of course, but what’s great with my position and professional independence is that I can manage my time and adapt my schedule. Do you still have the time to participate in these projects today? I’m currently taking part in the development of the brand “De Rigueur”, and I also created a digital agency when I was studying. Yes, it is quite similar! And I am actually very interested in entrepreneurship in general, and about getting involved in projects.
What I find fascinating about musical projects is that there is so much material to work on: the production, which entails the recording, the EP and the album… and then there’s also the “live” and practical dimension of it all: practicing the guitar, the singing and rehearsing, rehearsing and rehearsing! Your music band works a bit like a growing business then! Yes, you could say that! I write texts, compose and record my songs on my own. So, musically speaking, you do a bit of everything?
I also studied music theory for 13 years in the conservatory of St Malo – rather unusual! Then, I had to stop for lack of time when I got into preparatory school, but I took up guitar and singing in the meanwhile. Yes, I had classes of classical music and jazz. Last June, I finally finished my course and decided to invest myself in Broken Back completely! Did you ever take music lessons? At the time, I was in my third year at l’EDHEC (a renowned French university specialised in business), and I had one year left to complete my studies. When I put the song online, I realised that I wanted to continue making music. It was the first song I recorded myself and with my own material and in that sense it was an initiative of sorts, paving the way for my future musical experiences. I started to get into music production a year and a half ago when I recorded a cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love”. Here’s the portrait of a bundle of humility and sincerity, surrounded with melodious soundtracks. Both incredibly tuneful and catchy, Broken Back’s songs have been playing continuously in our heads and office! We met Jérôme, the young musician who initiated the band, and he told us more about his music, inspirations and conception of happiness.
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