At blind auditions in the show "Voice", season 6, he sang the gypsy song "Shukaria". The mentors were sure that a foreigner was performing on stage. As a result, only Leonid Agutin turned to Timofey, offering him: “Timofey, you will have to go to me. Unfortunately no one else turned around. And I'm glad I did it." However, in response, Kopylov admitted that he initially wanted to get into Agutin's team. The correspondent of "Vokrug TV" talked with Kopylov immediately after the finale of the 6th season of the show "Voice" and asked about the mentor, friendship with other project participants and plans for the future.
Did you expect to reach the final?
- No. Even at blind auditions, I thought that if no one turns to me at the first verse, then my show “Voice” will end there. But the verse ended, the chorus began and Leonid Nikolaevich (Agutin. - Note. ed.) turned. God bless him.
Did you manage to work closely with your mentor on the project?
- First of all, inspiration, as well as ideas of which songs to perform, came from Leonid Nikolayevich. I especially remember working on the Cuckoo. Together with the mentor, we made an arrangement. I did a verse - sent it to him, then the second, third ... It was very cool. The main advice given by Leonid Nikolayevich is not to make mistakes. That's how you want, so understand.
- Did you initially want to join the team with him?
- Yes, and even starting from the moment when I watched the second season of the Voice show and decided to send an application for participation in the third. My first message was to space: Leonid Agutin. I only got into the sixth season. And when Agutin turned to me, I realized that the universe had heard me.
– Worried before each new stage?
– I was worried that I would be cured from the project with a “badly played” number. And if the number turned out to be cool, let's call it conditionally "Swan Song", then it's not a sin to fly out. There was no fear of losing. I didn’t worry about the fact that I could fly out, but I was more worried about the number itself: it will work out - it won’t work out. And there already - as God wills.
– Which participants do you consider the strongest in the project?
– We have a very strong team: Misha Grishunov, and David Todua, and Gabriel Kupatadze. Our girls were also powerful: Shalzhiyan Dina and Olika Gromova. And these are not just some words of patriotism, “agutism” and so on. This is confirmed by the fact that almost the entire team, with the exception of my partner Dasha Vinokurova, was saved at the stage of fights. And they told me about Victoria Olize: now, Timokhin's death has come, because of her, he will generally fly out of the project.
– Did you make friends on the project?
– I am constantly in close cybernetic communication - since a person lives far away - with Phil Balzano. And, in general, we all communicate. And we made friends not only among the participants, but also among the stage workers ... We have close relations with the sound engineer. Very much. Well, all is well. Thank God everything is fine.
– What would you spend a million on if you won?
– I don't know... I would probably buy a field and sow it with corn. And communism will return to the country (Laughs.). In fact, I know what the winner will spend this million on. But I won't tell you. I'll shut up, I guess. I already said a lot of superfluous things in all the interviews. And in general there is such a proverb: "God gave, God took."
– Do you dream of your own tour in Russia?
– Since 2001, I have constantly had one big tour with my musical group. The only thing I had to interrupt was due to my participation in the Voice. The musicians of my band look at me like animals because the whole of December is the fattest season for musicians, and we sat without corporate parties and without concerts. And in January, what is there to collect? Everyone finishes yesterday's Olivier and gurgles overheated stale lemonade.
– Do you have any interesting offers? Here, Yang Ge, for example, acts in films ...
– Fellow-fraternal relations. I will not say that there was a strong confrontation. What can you do here: Brandon won in the audience vote, and this, in principle, is logical. He is really professional. Brandon has both wonderful vocal abilities and acting skills. He is an artist, getting used to the role with every song. He also has a huge baggage of musical education - something that I lack here. And somewhere you have to entertain the audience with some kind of scam, some trinkets, beads with a mirror.
Everyone has different tastes. Leonid Nikolayevich wrote on Instagram that he was trying to guess. He says both were expensive, but you still have to choose on this show. So I would give 50 to 50 - they say, the audience decide. But he could not do so under the terms of the competition. And I know that for Leonid Nikolaevich it was a big pain. As he says, my only criterion is the desire to guess the finalists. And I didn't guess. With such a mood was in the final. It seems to me that Brandon in the final would have been much more organic with the material that I performed. Though God knows! Still waters run deep. But everything I did in the final was definitely Brandon's forte. In the final, I climbed from my skate to someone else's ...
In general, the final for me was not a relief when you go out with your “crowns”, but a peak of tension – when concentration of both brains, and voice, and everything else is necessary. This is a challenge, a competition that I signed up for. Nobody said it would be easy, but it's cool. And it's not even about some kind of vocal singing: here a composition that you would never undertake to do will have to be passed through yourself. And this is acting. This is what I was most worried about.
– Do you have any wishes for your fans and our readers for the New Year?
– In the New Year, I wish everyone to work harder. Right here to be fully loaded. A little good rest, and then work. Because the most important thing for a person is to be in demand. It doesn't matter who you are - a manual worker, a creative intelligentsia or a technical one ... Demand is the most important thing. And, of course, health - according to the old Russian tradition. In general, of course, it must first of all be desired. And everyone sells the rest - and, if anything, I know where.
Timofey Kopylov
In the semi-finals of the show "Voice" there were very strong rivals. Timofey Kopylov, a ward from the team of Leonid Agutin, admitted that he considers Brandon Stone a competitor, but he is ready to fight. The musician studied music on his own, so he does not exclude that his competitors are much stronger than him.
“I understand that I lack some kind of musical, academic base. Never took lessons. I just sing. I sometimes imagined myself almost as Thomas Anders when I was little. I mow under it. I am now supported by the guys from the Record Orchestra group, family, children ... ”Timofey noted.
From an early age, Kopylov grew up on Russian rock. He believes that this genre still has development. According to him, many groups give concerts, perform and collect halls. “After all, this is music coming from the heart. Now they have given the green road to many non-standard performers on federal channels, ”the artist explained.
Timofey follows current trends and believes that rap is a real art, where rhymes and rhythm are felt. “Music is a hobby until you start making concert profits. First you work for a name and equipment, only then the performances bring income. Each artist has his own material, but it is not yet allowed to sing on the air. The semi-finalists have very interesting material. Nastya Zorina also made a lot of noise with her solo number, but, unfortunately, she did not go further, ”Kopylov shared.
In addition to music, Timofey manages an enterprise that builds offices.
“We rent buildings. And so I'm lazy, sometimes I like to lie on the couch. I'm inert: at first it's hard to swing, and then stop. Sometimes it’s better for me to work with my hands, ”said the artist.
He remembered the story that many people worked with their hands, because they did not rely on their vocal abilities. According to Timofey, many show business figures could replace the workforce in enterprises.
“But there are also many space artists who seem to exist in parallel worlds. Sometimes it also seems to me that aliens will take me away, give me a space mace and send me to Earth to punish sinners. I believe in God, usually I ask him for help. I believe that people who do not have this think differently, ”Kopylov noted.
The musician believes that one should always be grateful, both for criticism and for positive feedback. However, with a negative balance of power, he does not want close attention.
“I share emotions in songs, at performances, I don’t like to talk about personal things and invite people to visit. It is better to meet in public cafes and restaurants. I rest when I change activities, ”said the artist.
Unlike other people of his age, Timothy never considered it necessary to use various stimulants for inspiration.
“I never drank. I am a child of Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign. It seems to me that drug addiction and alcoholism have social consequences. Rock is a movement as opposed to what is," Kopylov explained.
- Timofei Kopylov (40 years old) is a philologist, German language teacher, masseur and welder by education.
- Timofey Kopylov vocalist of the group "Record Orchestra" (Vladimir).
- Timofey Kopylov became interested in music at the age of 13, when he saw in a pioneer camp that guitarists were popular with girls.
- At the Blind audition for Voice 6, Timofey Kopylov sang the gypsy song "Shukaria". Leonid Agutin turned to him.
Agutin: - Timofey, you will have to go to me - unfortunately no one else turned around, it's good that I did it.
Kopylov: - Thank God, I was going to you!
- As a child, Timofey Kopylov's parents put him to bed under Ozzy Osbourne and Led Zeppelin, and woke him up under Khachaturian's Saber Dance.
- Timofey Kopylov's group "Record Orchestra" became famous in 2013 thanks to the song "Lada Eggplant Sedan".
- Read the article Timofey Kopylov - Lezgian-Balkan-Latin-hooligan about the creation of the hit "Lada Sedan", about the triumphant participation in the show "Main Stage", about women, about his son, work besides music, and also about Elena Vaenga.
- In Duels Voice 6, Timofey Kopylov and Daria Vinokurova sang "Here's a bullet whistled" by the group "Chizh and Co".
Dmitry Nagiyev: - It was a harsh 2017 outside, this is the “Voice”, we are exhausted, but not broken.
In the quarter-finals Voice 6 Timofey Kopylov sang "Cuckoo" by Tsoi.
Timofey Kopylov: “I sat the whole song and thought: on the third verse, it seems like you should get up. Isn't my sciatica enough?»
Leonid Agutin's vote: Victoria Olize 30%, Timofey Kopylov 50%, David Todua 20%.
Viewer vote: Olize 11.5%, Kopylov 66.5%, Todua 22%.
Outcome: Olize 41.5%, Kopylov 116.5%, Todua 42%.
Timofey Kopylov advanced to the semi-finals Voice 6.
In the Semifinal Voice 6 Timofey Kopylov sang "The Ringing".
Brandon Stone, Timofey Kopylov and VIA sang "Pesnyary" "Vologda".
Leonid Agutin had a very hard time voting. He gave points with great annoyance, even Dmitry Nagiyev noted this.
Agutin's vote: Brandon Stone 40%, Timofey Kopylov 60%.
Viewer vote: Stone - 51.7%, Kopylov - 48.3%.
Outcome: Stone 91.7% Kopylov 108.3%.
Timofey Kopylov after the Semi-final: “I have a feeling that Leonid Nikolayevich is still thinking somewhere inside himself: “But didn’t I make a mistake by leaving Timothy?” I'm like a stubborn sheep! It's really hard for me. After 40 years, you are everything! You get up on some rails and go like a trolleybus».
- Timofey Kopylov about his mentor:
When a journalist is going for an interview with an already quite popular artist, he gets more excited than usual. But in this case, it felt like you were just going to chat with a friend. And so it happened. Timofey treated us to coffee, and we disappeared for an hour and a half talking about the Voice show, the group's new plans, and interesting acquaintances. You can see our Vladimir soul in it! For simplicity, justice and good music, Timofey, thank you very much. And to the reader of "Prizyv.TV" we present all the latest news about our countryman from the first mouth.
Family "Voice"
"Voice" - I will say absolutely without any pathos - this is a family ... In our teams we were extremely close, worried, ill, built and discussed relations with the mentor and the Phonograph orchestra. The orchestra is almost the main component of the show. The main work with him remains behind the scenes, but how clearly the artist and the Phonograph played at rehearsals have a tremendous impact on the audience's perception of the artist as a whole. At the same time, 95% of success depends on the choice of the song, and this is always a compromise - between your desire, the vision of the mentor and the philosophy of the show plus the channel itself. It seems that there are no cardinal prohibitions, but one must understand that this is still a show and the selection of a composition is the first thing. For example, at the stage of the semi-finals, several songs were considered until they came to a common decision - to sing the song “The Ringing” of the Resurrection group. And in view of the time pressure that arose, the arrangement had to be done the night before the general rehearsal.
Also, the mentors themselves and the TV channel are well aware of which song will be rated and which will not. It seemed to me that show business and this whole story are "sharpened" for viewing. Therefore, no one will choose conditionally “not a hit” or “something unknown”, and they will not allow it. The risk is too high that the average viewer, having heard, for example, “industrial Korean jazz”, will simply change the channel. Now this is a tragedy. Therefore, alas, no time for experiments. Although sometimes I really wanted to.
About working with Leonid Agutin
It just so happened on the project historically (as far as I managed to understand it) - immediately after the blind auditions, all the “Agutinites” go together to get to know each other and with the mentor in karaoke. Leonid Nikolaevich asked everyone to bring a couple of their "crown" things ... To be honest, I practically did not sing in karaoke, and in general I rarely sing outside the "Record Orchestra" - I was content with what was on the "menu" of the institution. The guys brought their proposals, arrangements. Simply put, this is one of the most important stages, because almost all of your repertoire for the current season is decided there. Alas, it was not possible to play their own songs.
But in any case, many thanks to Leonid Agutin for seeing me as a rock musician from the very beginning, despite the fact that the number at the blind auditions was a complete attraction, as he said. To be honest, one of the reasons for my "campaign" to the "Voice" was the desire to reveal the rock component of the band. And this, it seems to me, succeeded. Leonid Nikolaevich not only didn’t put the label of “circus performer”, but directed us exactly in the direction where, in fact, we always went with the group.
About "Cuckoo"
The idea to perform Tsoi's "Cuckoo" came entirely from Leonid. It was, of course, risky in the sense that we got a bucket of "dung" in the comments and in the messages for taking a song covered a million times. But to be honest, don't care. This is my favorite song, my mentor and the group itself. Plus, I personally had something to say in it from myself. We managed with the guys from the "records" to make an author's arrangement, unlike anything else.
First, they sent one verse to Leonid - he approved, the second - approved, the third - approved. And they are all different in pace! And how to combine them together is unknown. As a result, the song came out in three moods that cannot be brought under the common denominator of a metronome.
For me, Tsoi has always been distinguished by a strong, oriental even hieroglyphic imagery, so there was a desire to resolve this song - in such an “oriental” vein. With this, Gennady Lavreniev, a tablist and violinist, who was trained in musical higher educational institutions, in the East and India as well, helped us immeasurably.
About haters and criticism
I often get messages like: "Dashka Stavrovich dared to perform her song, but you pissed off." Firstly, many people write like this, absolutely not knowing what is behind the scenes of the show. Perhaps I would, too, if I didn’t write, but I would criticize for the choice of songs - for sure. This is unpleasant, but there are still more good comments.
Haters are a fly in the ointment, which in any case will have to be felt. And I just stopped reading all this. Plus reading comments takes a lot of time. It seems to me that it is better to write a couple of new songs than to spend it on communicating with the "disgruntled" or basking in the glory. The viewer is more interested in the new.
There are, of course, people who want to listen. For example, media personalities or people whose music I grew up with. Some write positively, some not so much. For me, this is a litmus test, creative guidelines. As a rule, due to their education and experience, they are objective, and I listen to them.
About experience
You are given only two rehearsals: at the Phonograph base and on stage. All. Next is a rehearsal in order to rebuild the sound and light. There is no time to talk about adjustments. Each song has its own rhythm, and the visual accompaniment of the number is built under it. Therefore, at this stage, there can no longer be any changes in tempo, all adjustments to the music remain at rehearsals. A bewitching action is always at the junction of "video" and "audio".
You understand that you are entering the most rated show in the country, and these three minutes are yours. Your name will be written there, not even the name of a mentor, a channel employee. All claims by number will fall to you. As far as you competently, diplomatically, sometimes firmly proved your position, the number on the air will sound so correct. And there were a lot of tough conversations on the show. This is a special thrill for me. Honestly.
Real professionals with their own opinion work there. And even if sometimes there were some even personal grievances, everyone found the strength to shove them much deeper and work together further. For this, I was imbued with even greater respect for everyone who makes this the best music show in the country. And this vast experience in interaction, in finding compromises, in working in such an environment is worth a lot.
What's after The Voice?
For Record Orchestra, little has changed in terms of the number of concerts. Somewhere at the semi-final stage, I already realized that the desire to raise their number thanks to the Voice show was some kind of unjustified illusion. But there is a huge plus in the fact that we already had a certain number of fans. Here we have arranged such a media attraction for them. New subscribers have also been added - also a big acquisition for the team.
Now the most important thing is to write your own songs. What we are actively doing. Tours are already scheduled until April inclusive. We missed December due to being busy on Golos. And all this work, despite the missed bread month for all the artists, was a good start for the future. But I went to the "Voice" exclusively for the "Record Orchestra". There is no such solo artist "Kopylov Timofey".
After the project, I made a lot of unthinkable interesting acquaintances to this day. These are the people with whom I would have been afraid to talk before because of the highest “orbits of their flight”, but now I have the opportunity to exchange information and emotions. Many guys who make music secretly or openly dream about it. And I have it. Thank God… The main thing is not to forget that all this is temporary. And then the "cuckoo" will go on the day when the copper pipes stop sounding.
