Victor Nubla, musician/composer/writer and inventor of the MCO (Objective Composition Method), Barcelona, answered to the question in Catalan: “What percentage of ideas do you actually carry out?”. Check his website and his portrait at Discogs or Kugkmusique.
100%. Always. Why? He decided many years ago he would not spend time working on an idea if he did not have some “space of solution”. He implements carefully his ideas. Of course he has periods when he generates many ideas, but as soon as he has a sufficient number of it and the possibilities to realize them (feasibility) he cuts all the speculative part.
He works like an athlete, a high jumper: He does not attempt nor even aspire a second height before having cleared the first height he has defined. That’s why he gives himself the necessary time to exercise, to try and to finally achieve the goal before he opens up again to generate new ideas. He is extremely disciplined.
Victor Nubla and Gracia Territori Sonor organize LEM, the experimental music meeting, in Gracia Barcelona. This year is the 15th edition. He is also known for his work with Juan Crek in the group Macromassa.
Interview made at Studio Forum in Annecy, August 27, 2010.
