About my love for music and a little bit about me

For many, music has a great influence on their lives. That counts for me as well.

How the music stole my heart

My first step towards making music myself was a project in secondary school, where I wrote lyrics with piano accompaniment. I couldn't (and still can't) read a single note. Everything was done by ear and feel. A nice melody emerged from this, but I couldn't quite place it properly. So, I had something nice on the piano and some lyrics for about 30 seconds. That resulted in a very strange position of those 30 seconds with pieces before and after. The song was "finished" and was performed in class. At the time, I received a passing grade for the project and classmates were enthusiastic. I wasn't, because I felt like a lot was missing. A whole lot.

Years later, the "melody" still stuck with me, and I tried to bring it back to life with various instruments. No success. It took an enormous amount of time to learn to play an instrument, let alone get creative with it.

In 2018/2019, I faced a few incredibly difficult years. My (adoptive) mother and stepfather passed away within six months (my (adoptive) father had already passed away 16 years earlier). They were all people who brought a lot of positivity into my life. Additionally, in early 2019, I took over a physiotherapy practice with a good friend, which is still running well to this day.

These difficult years led me to seek help from one of my colleagues in early 2021. To prevent myself from becoming "burned out," I sought help on a psychological and practical level for a short period. This help allowed me to clearly identify the root causes and provided me with techniques to regain inner peace. That worked wonderfully and led me to want to use music as a support.

2021 was, therefore, the year I bought Logic Pro and a keyboard. That led to an album that was creatively well-crafted, but technically a disaster. How could it be otherwise? My knowledge of sound was just as good as my ability to read sheet music. During this production, too, I attempted to bring my "melody" to life. A total failure, and the "melody" remained unused on the shelf once again.

That did ensure that I spent years reading up, trying, listening, starting over, and so on. The road had an enormous number of bumps and potholes. But by viewing these bumps as learning moments rather than obstacles, in 2026 I succeeded for the first time in creating a creative composition, placing it well in the mix, and finally finishing it through mastering.

My Archimedes moment: EUREKA!! 

The penny has dropped. And how! I suddenly understood what I was doing wrong and how I could fix it. 

This is where: Horse d'Oeuvre is born.

The basis of the music was the horse's gait. Through drawings and research from the equine world (in which I am not personally familiar), I examined the walking pattern. The drawings beautifully illustrate when a horse lifts its foot. I translated this into when the foot is placed down: that became my percussion. By slowly building up from "gait" to "trot" to "gallop," the increasing tempo was determined.

Just before the launch of this issue, I met a person through a game of "Wordfeud". I had bought that game a very long time ago and hadn't played it for a very long time. A good friend challenged me to pick it up again. I did, and there, through the random opponents, I met a woman. A woman with a story. We got into conversation more and more, and through one of her stories, the pieces (there they are again) fell into place for me regarding the "melody".  

The "melody" was neither the beginning nor the central part. This "melody" was the endpoint... The Apotheosis!

This led to the second production: Turtle's Quest

It is a metaphor for a journey in life that, after a long and difficult road, culminates in a climax filled with joie de vivre and happiness.

The turtle hatches from his egg, lies beneath a mountain of sand through which he must trudge, only to then crawl a long way to the ocean. Finally in the ocean, he finds himself among the coral and all the beauty that comes with it. He comes home and is free! His Apotheosis!

What is and remains important to me in music:

The theme determines the music, my brain executes this command!

I don't choose the listening ear, I don't choose the audience, but our paths cross... Or not.

Personal information:

Andrzej Buciarski (Nickname: Gregor) 

Born 15-11-1976 in Warsaw. Adopted at the age of 2.5. 

Not married, but together for 20+ years with my lovely girlfriend and a son of 14+ (years, not kilos) 

Height between 160-180 cm. 

Full of life and sporty.