When you listen to the wind, the water, the symphony in the woods early morning when the birds begin their songs. Camping out by a high mountain pond when the froglings start up their choir in the late evening and early mourning..in the early springtime..The natural gift of music. Inherent within us all..A gift From the creator..We need this in life, to help bring joy and understanding to our lives. Everything living has melody and rhythm. Finding this in ones self and using the gift to full expression gives me the greatest joy, knowing where the gift comes from and our abilities to use this gift to bring joy to others. And to help fulfill dreams..Music to me is a dream. It's the imagination, the creation, as is art in all its various forms..Robert Hammerstrom, Open Highway Records....................
As a small child taking classical piano training, I remember while riding to piano lessons once a week, A three songs stick out in my memory that inspired me to write popular songs, one was "The wayward wind", and "El Passo", and "Over The Rainbow"...
There have been a lot over the years, to start, the Beatles took us all by storm, The Beach Boys, of coarse, living in San Fransico in the middle 60's Have to mention Janis Joplin, The Dead, Jefferson airplane, Jimi Hendricks, Blue Cheer, Moby Grape, Crosby Stills Nash, Neil Young,,Joni Mitchell...Quick silver...70's Neil Diamond, James Taylor, Carol Kind, Carlee Simon..Peter Frampton, And on and on..
My mom was a big insiration for the music, making sure us kids had piano lesson..Learming Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, All of that..And then radio and all the cool stuff going on there..wow The Rolling Stones Satisfaction..I grew up in a real small mountain towm, I would walk two miles to the local hamburger joint just to listen to Satisfaction in the juke box...lololGreat walk Great memory..
Message??? every song has its own interpretations,, Bob Dylan taught me that..
Great, I love performing..