Marcin Borkowski

I was born on 19th of June 1982 (8.30 AM) in Wroclaw, Poland. Poland is a country located in Central Europe. It has got access to the sea, as well as some nice mountains. My city of origin is not a village. Wroclaw used to be German (Breslau!), but is not anymore.

I am said to have exited my Mother’s womb in an extraordinarily tactful manner – quickly and quietly, wearing a gentle smile on clean-shaven face, saluting the delivery witnesses with a warm “Good morning! How do you do?”.

While seated on a chamber-pot as a toddler, I enjoyed tapping a wide variety of rhythms on all the objects available around (including the living ones), using my bare palms, feet and head. The described behavioral pattern has remained functional until nowadays (including the chamber-pot).

One morning, at the age of three, I was woken up by a senile, crippled man with a flute in his doddery hand. “Play, or I’ll kill you” – he rattled. So I played. Since that moment, composer’s instincts began to flourish within me.

At the age of five, having stolen my Grandmother’s living-room piano, I composed the first musical work of my life titled “Happy bees”. Sadly, the work’s score was eaten and excreted in a heavily modified form by the Grandmother, as an act of revenge for the abducted instrument.

Mourning caused by the lost masterpiece froze me in motionless stupor until early adolescence.

When I was 12, Parents revived my predilection for rhythmic activities – I received a real, acoustic drum set. In the years 1994-1999 I learned to play the drums, as well as rehearsed and concerted with a few Polish pop-rock bands, from which I was expelled because of falling into band-destructive love-affairs with (female) lead vocalists.

Overwhelmed by the aforementioned exiles, I settled down on the attic as a solitary composer, caressing synthesizers, computers and other electronic devices to produce a modest set of purely instrumental arrangements, which can be found on this website. (As they are all pieces of music brought to life in the times of my puberty, after long and intense considerations I collectively named them: “Old pieces”. As for now, the “Old pieces” were released by a Polish record label “Anymusic” on two compilation albums featuring illustrative and relaxation tunes. They were also broadcast by a few Polish radio stations).

Ceaselessly struggling with traumatizing memories of the senile, crippled man with a flute, I decided to avoid being enrolled in a music school, afraid to meet him there. Instead, I chose to attend a regular high school, get an International Baccalaureate Diploma and begin psychological studies at the University of Wroclaw.

In 2006 I graduated from the University of Wroclaw with a Master’s degree in psychology. Since then I have been working over a Doctoral Thesis on embarrassment and self-presentation. My researches implement a humorous approach to serious psychological issues. The research methods I use range from conventional questionnaires to an unconventional… diarrhea.

What I desire most is to improve the quality of people’s lives through music and literature. And to be well paid for this service.

Should you need more information about my personal/educational background, I will be eager to send you my resume, exchange letters (electronic/traditional) or call (stationary/cellular)…

The senile man is approaching. I have to run!

Please, help.

marcin_borkowski@yahooo.com