Formula Indie Sessions : Interview with Tjernberg Brothers
Tjernberg Brothers is a music trio consisting of three brothers. They have been playing together since childhood, but more recently decided to create a project involving all three brothers.
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
Mikael: Playing around with instruments at grandpa Sven’s house and fooling around an old cassette recorder. We experimented a lot. Grandpa had a grand piano and rare folk instruments, which created an interest in trying things out.
How did your passion for creating music begin?
Daniel: As soon as we came out of the womb, I think. We’ve always had this inherent creative drive. More seriously from the age of about 10 – it was that old tape recorder that Mikael talked about, and all the instruments which were available to us.
What’s the story behind your current music project?
Mikael: Tjernberg Brothers was born from the idea that all three of us would make music together. Although little brother Gabriel had already previously collaborated with us in different projects, this will be the three of us through and through.
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?
Daniel: It’s hard to categorise. I suppose you could look at it as a mix between pop/rock, jazz, and Western art music. At least that’s how we figured it out in our heads, as we haven’t released much in this constellation yet. But we have a lot planned.
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music?
Mikael: I don’t think we’ve had any one big revelation like that, but it’s been incremental. Small, small steps.
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?
Mikael: Keyboards and usual pop/rock band setup of instruments, Steinberg software and good monitoring devices for mixing.
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
Daniel: The music reflects who we are, and thus what we’ve experienced and continue to experience. It’s in everything we do.
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?
Daniel: We hope that the emotions we put into the music and lyrics somehow reach the listeners and that they in turn can absorb these in their own way. We do not want to influence how the listeners absorb our music, it’s a completely personal matter.
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?
Mikael: With the risk of sounding abstract, I’d say: That good art makes it all worthwhile.
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?
Mikael: Beethoven. Beethoven.
Where can our listeners follow and support your music? (Website,Spotify, IG, links)
www.tjernbergmusic.com, https://linktr.ee/tjernbergbrothers
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?
Daniel: To make more songs and release more music for all the music lovers out there. The world needs good, sincere music, you know.
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?
Mikael: That the music is where it’s at.
