One of such FC Baseball concerts, this time acoustic, will take place very soon, on August 14 in Anykščiai, at the cultural festival “Purpurinis vakaras”. Before the festival, Laisvė Radzevičienė interviewed Tautvydas.
– “Purpurinis vakaras” – is not quite your format. Why did you accept the invitation?
– We are a song group. I have always been proud that FC Baseball songs can be sung by anyone in the middle of a party, standing on a chair. Everyone conveys their own thought or feeling. Our small group lineup perfectly reflects this: the band’s drummer Mantas plays rhythm with fewer drums, Tadas plays guitar, this time Rytis will play bass, I will sing. Simply – guys and songs. No tricks. When it’s such a format, it’s very fun to play. So, when “Purpurinis vakaras” contacted us – we didn’t resist much.
– Do you prepare a different program for each festival? Can listeners expect to hear something unexpected?
– It varies. My opinion about live performances has changed over time. A written and released song belongs to the audience, it is no longer yours. There are songs deeply embedded in people’s hearts, sometimes you feel bad when you don’t play them. But you have to stay true to yourself and your current stage, to feel your creation, for it to be in your soul, close to the essence, real, without any embellishments. That’s how we juggle.
We will participate in “Purpurinis vakaras” for the first time. I try to imagine what kind of festival it is. We prepare accordingly. I have no doubt it will be great. We bring beautiful things, I hope people will warmly welcome us.
– Do you interact with the audience after the concert? At festivals, especially “Purpurinis”, people are very close. Tell us, do fans say only nice things?
– I used to interact constantly after concerts. Now less often, maybe it’s the influence of managers (smiles).
Much depends on the inner feeling. Performances are all different, and the feeling after them too. When I feel I have something to give, I gladly chat with people, take photos. I often hear stories about how my songs accompanied them, what things they helped to overcome. A wonderful sense of community! There are also strange moments, but they are human too.
– What was the first festival you participated in? What does a good festival mean to you in general?
– If I remember correctly, the first one I sang at myself was “Galapagai”. Back then I was still called “Junior A”. I was very nervous. Probably for many performers, festival stages are like an animal you have to tame – the audience is usually not yours. On the other hand, over the years, festivals become a place where you meet many acquaintances backstage. The music world in Lithuania is not big, it’s nice to see colleagues, listen to what they live for, how they change, how their latest music sounds.
I rarely go to festivals if I don’t have to play there, generally I avoid big events. Once quite unexpectedly, and this happens to me often, I found myself at the “Sūpynės” festival in the middle of the night. I remember walking around and enjoying that such things happen. Lights, people, aura, community…
– And where do you run when you want to escape from everyone and everything?
– One of such places is my home. I live outside the city, surrounded by nature, in complete peace. It’s good to return after concerts, stretch my legs in a hammock, enjoy the chirping birds. When I want other experiences, I go to Riga. I discovered this city four years ago, we travel with friends to watch opera or ballet.
Summer night life in Riga also has its own charm. We joke that Riga is Vilnius in another dimension: everything seems familiar, but at the same time – different. If I’m not at home, in the studio, by the lake or in the living room of my best friends, it means I’m in Riga with them looking for the tastiest mango margarita.
– Maybe this summer something happened that will make it stand out in your memories from other summers?
– Probably – the attitude. It is different than ten years ago. Usually, in summers I lived between concerts, rehearsals, shootings – constantly creating something. Today I am more driven by the desire to live, to experience new things. For some time now, I have felt changes maturing inside me, I want to get to know them, understand, get used to them, and in autumn sit down and write everything down.
– Your songs are both very sensitive and funny. Such are usually summer songs. Have you created a song for summer?
– Our songs have many summery motifs. Sometimes I even hear comments that at the beginning of my creative path I was more introspective, there was more of me in the songs, today – more motifs of nightlife, dance rhythms. Years pass, I change, my music changes, and what inspires me to create changes too. I believe this summer will lay the emotional foundation for what I will write about in autumn. And I myself can’t wait to hear it.
– What do you play or would play in the forest by the fire when no one would listen to you – just for yourself?
– Probably, I would look for something new, an uncharted chord progression, melodies. I believe the forest and the fire would definitely whisper something.
– It’s already August. Do you feel the feeling: how sad that summer is ending?
– I don’t want to say that summer is already somewhat tiring, but this one is full of adventures, gatherings, dances, parties. Last night I laughed that in the last two months I have seen more sunrises than in my whole life. I enjoy it, the freedom, the weather, the company, but I would lie if I said I don’t dream at all about an autumn coat, concentration, and returning to what I think I do best – music studies, discoveries in sounds, word games.
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