The Beginning (Part 2)

I know, it has been a while since I last wrote a blog post. Honestly, I have never kept one up before so I am still getting used to thinking of things to write about. On one hand, I want to write about my journey as a musician. Yet on the other hand, I also want to write about certain experiences, lessons, and other everyday life things as well. I know not many people will read this, but I really think it is important for one to write. It keeps your mind going, especially at times where you can't just pick up an instrument and play. A way to express yourself is to write!

So as I said, I haven't done much to really get this blog out there to many of my friends yet, but for those who are already reading, I have a question for y'all! What would you like to hear from me about in this blog?
Just my music journey, or other aspects of my life including music? Maybe both?
I have written this to you before and probably will continue to write/say this, but I love to share things that go on in my life. There are currently people in my life where it just gives me joy to be able to share either the little things or the big things in my life with. I love to tell stories in detail. I love to talk with them. I have always been like that as a little kid.
It's funny! Most of the time, in a house full of kids, you would find me sitting with the adults and talking with them at the age of 4. All those kids wanted to do was talk about non important things that I didn't think was important to me. I wanted to do something that was important, and that included me sitting with my mom and dad and their friends and listening to conversations that were engaging. Though I didn't understand them to full capacity, I learned and grew from it. It made me who I am today and I thank God for creating in me the will to witness Christ-like character through my interactions, to want to share stories and encounters I have, to share my experiences, and not just share but exchange those experiences! I thank God for the people He has put into my life and they sure are a huge blessing to me.

And as a thought for this blog post, I want to share this. I believe that, from personal experience, all kids should be encouraged to sit down and have conversations with adults. Even if they are simply watching and listening. It grows their minds and stretches them to the point that when they hit the age of teen hood or adult hood, they will already have that maturity to carry on a mature conversation. I understand that not everyone has that personality to do so. Some people are super shy or introverted. That's okay, but I think that it helps a growing person’s maturity in some way or another.

Anyway, I want to know what you readers want to hear from me? There are a lot of things I could and would like to share non-music related!

This is why I call this blog "The Scoring Of...". It's a creative way of saying, "The scoring of my life.". Ultimately, I want to serve God through this by sharing my testimony and what God has done for me, what He is doing in my life and how He is the ultimate, perfect Sanctifier!

How I Became a Film Scorer...

So now that you know what my goal is for starting this blog I can begin with what events and people God has placed in my life to make me do what I want to do. This honestly started when I was 12 or 13.
I originally just wanted to do performance. Write my own music and perform in front of people and maybe even concert halls. And this is my big dream I had at this age, and you must know, this is coming from a kid who wanted to be a dentist for 7 years.

It was until my parents and friends I played for started telling me they could here my music in films. "Huh!" I thought, "I could never be able to do that!" I acknowledged the thought but I put it aside. It was until the day I went to an airsoft/birthday party when my gears shifted. That night, my friends and I were all surrounding the piano in the living room singing and fooling around with me at the piano of course. I could never stay away from any instrument and had to play it! My friend, who I will remain quiet of his name, brought a couple more people by and asked me to play this song I had composed, and so I did. 

Everyone seemed to be quite impressed but this one kid, who is still my best friend today and we actually work together towards our careers, Todd Kaumans' mouth was disengaged and open. He then later came to me that day and wanted to know if I would be interested in writing scores for some of his films in the future. I agreed and thus began my slow interest in wanting to do film scores. A year and a half ago he contacted me for a job to score a 9 min short film called, War Torn, that he was submitting into the worlds biggest youth film festival, ages running from 6-22 years old, representing 8,500+ people, 40 States and 12 countries. 

NFFTY is the name of the festival.

With all this going on in the course of years, my family has been the greatest encouragement to me aiming for a goal and something I want to do with my life so I owe it all to them, but I  have some very very dear and close friends who have helped me as well significantly, and I know if you all are reading this I am talking about you and I want to thank you so so much for it! It has meant a lot to me and I will never forget the words and encouraging things ya'll have done and said!
I, most importantly, want to thank God for putting these things in my life to figure out what I want to do with myself!
And so now, I am working on my second project for a film I wrote as well called, The Unknown, and the biggest project I have done so far! I will be writing of that journey very soon!
But now you know how I came to be interested in film scoring! It is a very neat  process and I love how Micheal Giacchino states it, "Music must tell a story...", and I love to tell stories. It's something I fear is losing its touch, and I, like Micheal, wish to restore that!

 (This is me and Todd being interviewed at the red carpet of NFFTY's Opening day!)