Interview with Dejan Ilijic | Sound Authors Radio

November 27, 2008

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Dr. Kent: That’s a beautiful tune, it’s called Tina and that’s from Dejan Ilijic’s album called Eyot. He’s a good friend of mine and we’re trying to get through to him in Serbia but he’s in the middle of a thunderstorm right now and we’ve had a little trouble. So, I’m going to play another track. It’s actually an album he recorded with me recently, but this is a song he wrote and I helped him out with a few instruments but it’s a song called Molme’ and it’s an album that we have together called I Am Here. It’s with Kent Gustavson, that’s me, and Dejan Ilijic on piano and on electronics and things like that. So we’re going to listen to that full track and we’ll have Dejan on another day to chat about his music. We wish him the best in the middle of that thunderstorm over there. So I’ll play that track and if we get Dejan on the line we’ll have him join the show. Listen to this.

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Dr. Kent: We have one minute to chat with Dejan. We have him from Serbia. Welcome to the show.

Dejan Ilijic: Hello, thank you for inviting me on your show.

Dr. Kent: Tell me a little about your music. You’re a piano player and you did this album with me of course with the electronics. What’s your career goal?

Dejan Ilijic: First of all happy Fourth of July to you and to all the listeners in the United States and to all the listeners around the world. Now about my music; well I’m happy to start with a career that’s an all piano album and with the album that we made together. I have now two more solo piano albums in the future and I hope you and me will work together; I don’t know. It’s important to me that I continue with great music and have fun.

Dr. Kent: Me too and the album I Am Here is a very different thing than your solo piano albums. Do you like all kinds of music?

Dejan Ilijic: Yes, I grew up with pop rock bands like U2, and then I did classical training. I think music is one beautiful thing and why not play all of the different stuff.

Dr. Kent: So I’m running out of time here, but I’m going to start the track Mome again and we’ll listen to a little bit of Dejan Ilijic’s music. It’s been a real honor chatting with you on the show and I’ll have you on many more times I hope to play our music and your music. Dejan Ilijic has some albums out, if you go to his website ilijicdejan.com or if you go to www.ninetyandninerecords.com you’ll find information about our album together. What are you doing to celebrate the American Independence Day this evening?

Dejan Ilijic: Well I don’t know. It’s our anniversary, my girlfriend and me, seven years and ten months, so we will celebrate that.

Dr. Kent: Seven years and ten months?

Dejan Ilijic: Yeah at least I think it is.

Dr. Kent: Very nice and what’s your next project? What are you working on right now? I know you’re working on a folk music album with Macedonia music and you’re playing with another group.

Dejan Ilijic: Yes I think I’m ready to finish that album, it’s in the final phase of mixing and doing some stuff. I hope soon, maybe in a month or two it will come out for Ninety and Nine Records.

Dr. Kent: Dejan, it’s always a pleasure. We’ll have you on again anytime you want and of course I’ll be in touch with you and I hope we do a lot of great music in the future. So happy Fourth of July to you.

Dejan Ilijic: Happy fourth and thank you for inviting me.

Dr. Kent: Thank you for tuning in to Sound Authors today. It’s the Fourth of July, have a safe one and we’ll see you again soon.

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