Did you always want to become a musician or did you have other plans when you were younger?
Although there are a lot of songs that I wrote by myself, that’s often not the case – there are usually multiple writers or the song has already been written by another team and I am adding to it/putting my own spin on it.
When I’m in the mood/the zone, so many things inspire me. Could be something a pretty girl says/does, could be the background noise somewhere, or another song in a totally different genre that just moves me.
Guitar is my baby! I started out playing violin as a kid, and I do play sitar – but as you can imagine violins and sitars aren’t exactly useful in day to day music life. The guitar is always my go to.
Marc Anthony continues to amaze me. I’ve always been a big Chris Cornell fan too. Marc Anthony, however, has this shockingly great range, skill, and texture to his voice.
Great question!! There’s a whole array of coping mechanisms from remembering that none of this really matters, mindfulness/focusing on my breath and my own emotions, and remember that if someone else is acting like a child they’re not doing it on purpose.
Both, but technically I’m a solo artist. When I do need a band, a band is put together or I team up with old friends/bandmates if they’re available.
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Not anymore! And that is awesome! The life of an artist is substantially different than it was, say even just 5 years ago. If I do go on tour, it’s not so much a performance tour but a meet-n-greet tour or a promotional broadcast tour. There is still a lot of travelling involved but far from the grueling life of our predecessors in the industry.
Do you write all of your own music; where do you draw inspiration from when you write songs and what’s your favorite part about the proccess?
Although there are a lot of songs that I wrote by myself, that’s often not the case – there are usually multiple writers or the song has already been written by another team and I am adding to it/putting my own spin on it.
The most random things inspire me, could be something a girl says/does, could be the background noise somewhere, or another song in a totally different genre that just moves me.
My favorite part of the process BY FAR is the point where everything just converges to a Flow; time stops, everything seems to fall into place, where you realize that You are not making a song – a song is making itself through you.
If I was to turn on your ipod right now, what five artists/songs would I see on your recently played list?
Let’s find out and take a look! Nicky Jam, Becky G, Megadeth :D, Hanuman Chalisa (I know, so Indian of me), Shakira y Maluma.
Totally depends on the day!! Hmmm band (so let’s rule out solo artists, that helps narrow it down) – Faith No More might still make it as #1 choice.
pants (though I have left the house without pants), credit card, & if I’m back home in the U.S. – multiple forms of ID (because it might actually be technically illegal to not be white in the united states).
Great question! Do they have to be real :D? There’s an ancient Indian character named King Janaka who is awesome, not sure if he was actually real though. But I’m counting him anyway. And along those lines, this current version of Jim Carrey intrigues me. And Shakira seems to have it together – you never know though, that’s the thing about admiration, you can only admire particular qualities of a particular person at a particular time. But we never really know anything about them as a whole.
I can’t go an hour without getting lost in my head, so … paying attn to or even caring about empirical reality. Not my thing.
When i was Really little, I wanted to be an engineer like my Dad – mainly because he got to travel a lot. I’m not sure I knew what engineer meant though :D. But by the time I saw my first music video I knew this is what I wanted to do.
Hmmmmm, probably not. I mean, everyone entertains those ideas but I can’t actually imagine actually doing anything other than what I’m doing right now.
I’m prevented from doing all sorts of things, nothing you’d really miss though! I have a masters degree that I never get to use, and every now and then there are cool things in corporate-land I qualify for BUT the second somebody googles you, nobody believes that you’d be willing to have anything to do with that world. Once you choose the entertainment industry, society won’t let you do anything else. It fries their brain just imagining it.
GREAT Question! Depends on my mood, but right now? Skid Row “The Threat!” (I know prob too obscure to be on karaoke). So …. anything Marc Anthony!
hehehehe oh man, can I actually answer this Q? Truthfully, I really don’t “hate” anyone. I did once have an uncomfortable run-in with Val Kilmer (prob youtube search-able) but I think he was having a bad day.
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I love this question!! Professionally, I think Marc Anthony’s voice is amazing – but Prince Royce/David Lee Roth have more fun lives. Truthfully though, as I get older – I think the goal would be to be as close as a cross between John Stamos & Morgan Freeman as possible. Seriously, how cool are those guys aging!
😉 I actually have to think about that one. Hmmm . . I’d have to go with Vanessa Hudgens. She can make me walk into a wall. Although I do hear Mariah makes for a gr8 GF :D.
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When i was Really little, I wanted to be an engineer like my Dad – mainly because he got to travel a lot. I’m not sure I knew what engineer meant though :D. But by the time I saw my first music video I knew this is what I wanted to do.