By: Azad Karimi
Music is an art that touch to the universe. And everything is frequency. I'm trying to spread positive frequencies to the world by my performances. More feeling, more love.
Interview
Turkish Guitarist, Guitar teacher
Bugra Paracik
By Azad Karimi
Action is always the best answer for everything...
Bugra says, and his saying is very logic and agreeable.
He has written he is a Guitar teacher since 15 years while he was 17 years old!
So Fantastic! He is a diligent and pragmatic guy, but we must pay attention to his father's role in his upbringing. The father's role in shaping his son's personality is very, very vital.
Greetings and respect to Bugra's father and many thanks to my dear brother Bugra. I have a lot of respect for his art, thoughts and personality.
I wish my dear brother Bugra a long life with happiness and success.
Thank you!
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1- Please present yourself: (Name, education, Civil status and...)
. I'm Bugra Paracik, a Turkish guitarist and guitar teacher. I'm living in Istanbul, Turkey.
But I'm originally Balkans immigrant.
Also I'm student at the Yildiz Technical University, Music and Performing Arts Master Degree.
2-What is your artistic specialize?
.I'm a professional guitar teacher and a guitarist. I study about jazz, rock, funk and ethnic fusion.
Also I'm giving the guitar lessons since 14 years.
3-When and how did you become interested in this field of art?
. I have started play keyboard when i was 4-5 years old. But then music was only a game for me. I noticed the music when I started play the Guitar.
Guitar always has been more and more for me.
My teacher was my dad, "Fahri Paracık." Actually he was a professional bass guitarist.
But he could be considered a multi-instrumentalist. I love math in music and that's why I turned to jazz.
4- Who was your motivator?
. My dad was often my first motivator. He was a dominant and obsessive music teacher. The next motivators were my soul and passion.
5- What was your parent’s reaction?
. As I said before, my father was my teacher. So my parents' reaction was quite positive. When I didn't study, my father would say that music could be just a hobby. That was as a scolding for me.
6- When started you such as a professional artist-musician?
. I practiced a lot before my first professional tests. I still do. I remember my first day as a teacher and guitarist. I was 17-18 years old.
I was very excited.
7- Are you thankful and happy because of your activities as a musician?
. Of course! Just think you have a dream, you give your time and you get closer. You even live it. I’m thankful really for that.
Thankfulness is a whole for me. Because of whom I teach them, because of who listen to me. I receive positive messages about my music. What else could it be?
8- How you see the view, Music, Orchestration, art and culture?
. As a guitar teacher and a guitarist, I can say that guitar is a fusion instrument to inter instruments and inter genres.
Everything has intertwined after the fusion era when started in the late 60's. Fusion is fusion of all cultures, all genres, even everything. Art is equal with cultures. And also future of that's all will be together.
If I have to talk about orchestration, orchestras always change. According the genre of playing but now whatever the genre of the playing, musicians prefer more small ensembles.
9- Can you become one part of the cultural movement for motivation in youth or new generation in your country and so than?
. Yes I can! People always focused at the end. My playing is appearing.
But its back is very practice. And I can help all music enthusiasts for work or anything else.
I have been a student; still I'm a student but only a student who teaches something to people.
10- How can you help our world become a better place to live?
. Music is an art that touch to the universe. And everything is frequency. I'm trying to spread positive frequencies to the world by my performances. More feeling, more love.
Action is always the best answer for everything.
11-Have you more word to say or suggest for our readers?
. Firstly, thank you so much for your project. I suggest always run after their dreams to people. Dreams and thought become our lives in times.
