Music November 7, 2010

I’m the kind of guy who has a new favorite song every week. Before, filmmaking, music and songwriting were my main creative outlets. There was actually a time in my life were I wrote over three songs a week. (Never recorded a lot of them, and most of them sounded the same or didn’t sound good, but I WROTE A LOT!)

Music is a big part of who I am. I sing or air-drum or beat box or hum or whistle almost endlessly, but I actually hated music as a kid. I’d watch The Muppet Show or a Disney movie with my family and practically fall asleep during the songs. I hated music. I didn’t listen to music ever, I listened to books on tape. Then I started to perform in theatre and someway I found the amazing-ness of music.

Songwriting has always been a great way to express myself, especially now that I’ve learned so many different styles. I’ve even tried my hand at writing opera a few times. (I’ve probably mentioned before, I have several half-finished scores lying around my studio. Some of them are concepts that I will never let go of, so SOMEDAY there will be a libretto with my name at the top!)

The other day I was confused about something, so I turned my iPod on shuffle and in about two minutes I had learned something from Hilary Duff. (Insert joke about me having a Hilary Duff album here.)

It relaxes, it teaches, it motivates, it allows me to express myself.

It’s music: and it’s pretty freaking awesome.