Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2010, Page 101

Description: IHUSiC&lyriCSl Local musiciaris Patrick McGill and Daniel Fuson dont miss a beatwhen talking about their passion for music.How would you describe your music?I would say that most of my music is acoustic-popstuff, while the rest of my songs are more progressiverock.Who or what are your musical influences?John Mayer and Josh Kelley, because they have theunique talent of putting words that really meansomething over music thats equally amazing.Whats your musical goal?I would love to tour all over Indiana and thesurrounding states.If you had a CD, what would you call it?I would call it Wading in Water, tentatively, Ill havea CD out this summer.Where do you do most of your songwriting?I do most of my writing in my room at night.When did you first start playing music?I taught myself to play guitar when I was 13 or 14.1started playing shows a year or so later.What inspires your lyrics?I try to write about experiences that are very personalto me, but at the same time relatable to everyone.Who or what are your musical influences?Margot & the Nuclear So and Sos, Bon Iver, BrightEyes, Kevin Devine...theres tons.What are your rituals before you go on stage?Right before I go on stage, my friend and I go outsideand discuss a word of the day; its an adjective thatdescribes how we want the show to go.Where do you do most of your writing?My song writing is done everywhere; when I think ofsomething, I write it in my notebook.WM trif to mad ifasz frolU/ vJwOjs,V7 W <jJk W9\L Ujp S® l|(9tl C£U\J SUM). - frw li#sf ^ix^mmiVoMT^Fteshrifen (Tristiaan Brjpetformg^ai RhinosCent* PHO*0 BY NiMOHMEX4meet the music man:Freshman Cristiaan Broderick doesntlimit himself to one musical style.Freshman Cristiaan Broderick, knownas Cristiaan Amari onstage, received hisfirst guitar at age nine. Five years later,Broderick was involved in both acousticmusic and a hard core band. Broderick andhis friends even had a 12 song hip-hopalbum that they compiled together.Broderick looked to the bands and artistshe listened to for musical inspiration, aswell as friends and family. There are a lotof people who support me, a lot of peopleon my side, Broderick said.- ELIZA WILLIAMSwhat^0^X favorite» musical genre?A survey of 55 BloomingtonSouth students taken on 1/14/109% electronica16% country16% classic rock16% indie22% hip-hop4% metal4% jazz13% otherc©ivuvualtif
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