There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed.
I think that there's a lot more freedom in the low budget, the independent films where, unfortunately, you don't have the money, necessarily, to get the orchestras in there to play a lot of stuff. But, you have a lot more freedom, very often.
On the grounds of prestigious musical organizations that come and go, New York has the edge.
My music is like my freedom space.
Music is supposed to be an escape. It's supposed to be somewhere you go, where you can be yourself, or be whatever you want to be.
New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock.
We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience.
When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
You're surrounded by electronic music in New York. I mean New York is one of the few places in North America where electronic music is the prevalent form.
In Atlanta, there's no limitation to where you can take your music. You can be as creative as you want to be.