Vitaliy Dubinin: life and creativity

The power of the great and super-popular music project "Aria" is difficult to question: hundreds of thousands of fans of Russian rock recognize the sympathy and love for the work of this collective. The group "Aria" often experienced crises, it disintegrated, then it converged again; Its leaders and selected formats replaced each other. In such difficult conditions, the creative team risks disbanding completely, if there is no solid and reliable "skeleton" in its ranks. Vladimir Holstinin (guitarist and co-founder of the group) and Vitaliy Dubinin (bass guitar, backing vocals) became such a "frame", the core for "Aria". If Vladimir Holstinin is the only permanent member of the team and the author of most of the songs, what is the contribution of Vitali Dubinin to the famous rock band?

Short biography of Vitali Dubinin

Dubinin Vitaly Alekseevich was born in the Vnukovo district of Moscow on October 9, 1958. Back in school, Vitaly mastered the drums and bass guitar, performed with a school music group. At the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MEI) in 1975, Dubinin meets Vladimir Holstinin. Having replaced several collectives, including "Magic Twilight", "Alphabet" and "Alpha", in 1987 Vitaly comes to the place of the bassist Alik Granovsky, who left Aria. From this moment Vitaly did not leave the group, remaining a loyal ally of Holstinin.

The role of Vitali Dubinin in the activities of the group "Aria"

What, besides the professional performance of bass parts, did Vitali Dubinin do for the band? "Aria", thanks to his compositional talent, was born with such famous compositions as "Shard of Ice", "Street of Roses", "Calm" and "Hero of Asphalt". It is these songs that are most often recalled by rock music fans when it comes to the Aria band. Colleagues on the shop note the value of Vitali as a wonderful melodist, who is able to adapt the foreign genre of music "metal" to the Russian listener. Among other things, Dubinin's good vocal performances did not go unnoticed - the bass player, together with the then vocalist of the collective Valery Kipelov, performed the part in the song "Torture Silence", also his voice was decorated with compositions "Blood of Kings", "Phoenix" and "Battlefield".

Project "Accident"

In 1997, Vladimir Holstinin and Vitaly Dubinin released an acoustic album, which included re-arranged compositions of the group "Aria", as well as two songs by Dubinin - "Horror and Fear" and "Such Sadness", not included in the "Aryan" repertoire. Vitali repeatedly noted that all the songs he wrote for Aria were originally born in an acoustic version, and only then Vladimir Holstinin did "heavy" arrangements, but for these songs Vladimir could not find an effective "heavy" form, so They stayed in their primordial guitar version. Vocal parts in all compositions were also performed by Vitaliy Dubinin. Songs, both new and newly arranged, were warmly received by the public, and Vitaly still performs them at New Year's concerts. The name "Accident" is a joke reference to the "parent" team.

Preferences in music and attitude to Russian rock

As is known to the dedicated fans of the "Aria", Dubinin is negative about the phenomenon of Russian rock. In his own words, Russian rock is hard to call music. It's no wonder, because Vitali is a professional melodist, for whom the musical component of the song plays the main role. According to the canons of Russian rock, the most important in the song is the text, and the drawing of the notes fades into the background.

As for Dubinin's musical preferences, he said, he respects foreign rock, listening to him mostly on the radio in the car. He does not name separate idols, but emphasizes that he gives more importance to melodies than to the text and understanding of its meaning. According to Vitaly, sometimes he does not disdain to listen to the radio "Chanson" for the sake of laughter and raising the mood.

Opinions of colleagues and the press

Mikhail Zhitnyakov, the current vocalist of "Aria", considers Vitaly to be a real professional, able to clearly and distinctly explain what kind of song he wants to see. The ease of working with him, in Mikhail's opinion, is the circumstance that facilitates the burden of responsibility in the service in such a serious team. The press reviews about the musician are mostly positive, although there are not many of them. Often, rock musicians, even charismatic and talented, remain in the shadow of the leaders of collectives. Nevertheless, Dubinin does not remain unnoticed - he willingly gives interviews, and also loves to play his friends and admirers. So, for example, the most famous "duck" about Valery Kipelov (that his real name is Kopylov) is nothing more than a draw of Dubinin.

Of course, no one article will tell you about who Vitaly Alexandrovich Dubinin is, as detailed as his work. Vitaly still works with the band "Aria", therefore, having visited any concert or having listened to studio recordings, it is possible to get acquainted with the musician's work more in detail. Fortunately, Dubinin for many years, without stopping and almost not going into creative vacations, pleases his fans with new compositions.