Blending blues, jazz, and classical sensibilities, this interview with Richard Green explores the creative journey behind “Just Different,” reflecting on genre fusion, personal growth, and the artistic vision shaping his evolving musical path.
1. “Just Different” mixes blues, jazz, and classical textures in a bold way. When shaping this track, did you consciously challenge traditional genre boundaries, or did the fusion happen organically during composition?
Sincerely speaking, I had in mind something blues…i mean, before begin to compose it I wanted something classical combines with bluesy stuff already, this is why the intro has some blues vibes.
But, on the other hand, adding some jazz vibes as well in some specific section happened organically, and it’s something that happen in all my tracks…. most of them begin with an idea in my mind but during the composition process I add something transforming or improving the starting idea.
2. The song touches on adolescence, insecurity, and the realization that being different isn’t something negative. What part of your personal journey allowed you to tell this story with both honesty and optimism?
Well, I wanted to talk about that cause it’s connected to periods of my life during my personal growth and I believe it’s happened to many, not only me…it’s a part of the process to became adult, maybe others live different situations, but we are all humans at the end, not the same but not totally different too and I believe that stuff like love, sadness, insecurity, feeling different to the others, some more and some less, all of us face kind of situations during as we grow up.
This is why i wanted to talk about insecurity and feeling different but, talking about this 15 years later, like if i m talking to the young me, I would say that it could be tuff sometimes but it’s natural and part of the process to became adult….and above all, once adult, we will look back to those periods from very different point of view…
3. You began this trilogy project during the pandemic, collaborating with Irene Veneziano and the Archimia Strings Quartet. How did working with musicians from such strong classical backgrounds influence the emotional depth and experimental direction of this release?
Sincerely, it influences but mainly in the performance, i like to remind again the talent of them, especially Irene, one of the best pianist I’ve never see in my life so far, so I’m grateful cause their performances from both, Irene and Archimia, have been seriously good, the music was not easy at all…but in term of music, all was composed by me, every single notes, in my home studio….they did not influences the music, but this project was impossible to make real without their incredible music talents.
4. You composed the music in London but recorded in Italy at Studio Elfo in Piacenza. Did the contrast between those two environments shape the final atmosphere of the track in any unexpected way?
Honestly, I do not think so…but it’s even true that concluding the work to Studio Elfo permit me to mix all the music with the owner of the place, that he is seriously a super talented sound engineer that worked as engineer for some national and very important music talent show, indeed international and national musicians have been to studio Elfo to record their music.as Greg Lake (King Crimson) did many time,(sadly he passed away few years ago) indeed he was a very good friends of that sound engineer.
I’m grateful and very lucky to have completed the work in that music studio with the help of a very talented and important sound engineer that surely did an amazing job during the record and the mix/master.
5. Although “Just Different” was released in 2022, you chose to promote it again after completing the full trilogy in 2025. Looking back now, how do you feel your artistic identity has evolved since writing this song 4 years ago?
This is could be a bit strange but it was my plan from the begin.
The initial idea was composing only music The initial idea was to spend 1-2 years solely composing music, creating as much music as possible as practice and also as a way to improve myself….
In 2021, I had created 200 musical ideas, a pre-established plan to push my creativity to the max and improve myself as a composer. Then, of all the ideas, I would have mastered and sold only the best ones, 15-20…
I don’t mind not releasing all my compositions, this is very important to me, one of the reasons why I compose, besides wanting to connect with other people like me… I also compose and create music for myself, it makes my soul feel good…Anyway, I released this project in 2022, with everything already planned for the whole year… Honestly, the trilogy should have ended in December 2023, but I had serious personal problems that put me on hold for a whole year… so that’s another reason why the project ended after three years.
Three years in which I continued to compose, since, as I said, it makes me feel good, especially in difficult times. I can say that, four years on, I feel I have improved a lot as a musician and I am much more aware of my musical abilities.
6. You’ve mentioned having 3 new releases planned for 2026 across different musical worlds. Without revealing too much, can you share what listeners might discover about you next—emotionally, sonically, or conceptually?
I can tell already that this year will be pretty different and not into classical music…. One of my main characteristics is be able to manage and compose in different music styles…. this year is going to be more about electronic music and a project where I play guitar too, a collection of beats fusion/funky/electro-hip-hop….in term of concept, there is always a short story behind a song but this time each project is separate….by the way, both are going to begin with few singles(for the electronic the first has been release a week ago) and conclude with an Ep…..so, I can confirm that 2 new music Ep are going to be released this year.
About this music trilogy, indeed, now that it’s fully completed, I wish to take it live, in a theater or some similar places by the end of year or in 2027….
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