Like all firsts, my first concert was something of a celebration. It was the epitome of a Californian summer afternoon — torrid and slow, as if the Sun had crowded closer and found itself stronger than before — but as the evening fell, the temperature settled in the...
There’s something magical that tends to happen when you take a seat in a movie theater, with the lights going blank and the real world melting away around you. Film has always been that way for me, allowing me to imagine different dimensions to our already versatile...
It isn’t often in life that you find yourself absolutely electrified by the things surrounding you. But sitting in one of thousands of seats at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California, merely a few yards away from the stage, I found myself...
There always seems to be some strange interconnectedness between the individual and the cosmos of music. With some people, it might be the quick-witted lyrics of rap, or the emotional measures of classical symphonies, or even the theatrical ups and downs of opera. For...
I was born into a music loving family — my dad, who grew up listening to all kinds of music, singing in a family band (even becoming a DJ), and my mom, who spent her whole life emerged in the music of classic rock and metal bands. Growing up completely surrounded by...
