Jude Gwynaire: Independent Musician & Author

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JUDE GWYNAIRE

Musician / Composer / Author

Celeste and the Witch Garden

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My creativity

Creatively, I am largely self-educated. I taught myself to write, and I discovered a passion for music very early, since when I’ve taught myself to play guitar and keyboards. There are certain people who simply can’t survive without some means of personal expression, an outlet for the ideas that rattle round, inside their heads. I’m one of those people. With regards to music, my method is basic, but also technically demanding. I have my own studio set-up, here, in Suffolk. I do more, or less, everything in-house, having developed my own way of working, using the equipment I have available. With modern technology, anything is possible. At some level, I think all artists work for their own amusement, their own satisfaction. If I have an ideal listener, or reader, in mind, I guess they would be somebody like me. Somebody with an active imagination and a love of big ideas. In my music and my writing, I’m trying to create avenues of escape. Follow me this way and I promise you an adventure, something new, something unexpected, something you might not have encountered before. Wherever my imagination leads next, I can guarantee it will be interesting! will be interesting!

My Vision

As the author of 'Celeste and the Witch Garden', a fun-filled sci-fi fantasy aimed at the young at heart, and a composer of diverse instrumental music, I seem to live at a perpetual crossroads, caught between the city and the countryside, between my music and my writing, between nostalgia for the music and books of my youth, and enthusiasm for the ideas of tomorrow, between England and America, between here and there, between past and future. My situation has its frustrations – but it’s dynamic, and a very creative environment. The countryside where I live is beautiful and holds a special place in my affection. In writing my novel, ‘Celeste and the Witch Garden’, I tried to capture the sense of wonder I feel whenever I find myself lost in the Suffolk landscape, in the woodlands, the fields, or by the sea. It’s a special place, steeped in magic, folklore and history, and is a constant source of inspiration. The Lake District, too, holds a unique place in my heart, its mountains and lakes, and lush, rugged ambience fuelling my creative output on many levels. In my wildest imaginings – combined with the music of certain bands and musicians, such as 'The Incredible String Band' or John McLaughlin's 'The Mahavishnu Orchestra' – the area becomes something more exotic, akin, almost, to India.

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