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“Hey, Here’s the Story” I grew up in Woombah in New South Wales, Australia. The village I lived in had about 40 people there, and my family were 4 of them! I was born in Sydney, but my parents wanted to live on the Coast, so we moved to quite a remote location when I […]
How important was music when you were growing up? I always listened to the radio growing up, my mom had it on in the car all the time. One core memory I have is recording music on a cassette tape (we all did it) but I remember specifically recording the live Spice Girls concert that […]
“Young, Latin and proud” I grew up in the Dominican Republic. Initially, my interest in music came from when I was very small, listening to the boleros (a slow-tempo, deeply romantic genre of Latin American music) my aunt Tete and mom Josefa Emilia were listening to. They had a record player and would play a […]
How important was music when you were growing up? Music was always in my household. Although my grandfather had no formal musical training, he could pick up any instrument and play it. My mom and dad were both choir directors and both sang. I grew up hearing gospel, “old time,” rock, and country on a […]
“And what would you say to your younger self?” I grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a city at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It’s Canada’s ‘oil central’, and my dad worked in that industry. My earliest memory of music is my dad playing guitar, which was his hobby, though I think he would […]
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“Floating out to wonderland” My music career started in Cincinnati where I learned classical piano at an early age. I studied at University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Around 12 years old, when performing became fluid, I thought, ‘this is what I’d do for the rest of my life.’ In high school, I played […]
How important was music when you were growing up? “Music has always been part of my life, since I was born on Mexican Independence Day. Growing up, I listened to all genres of music. I was surrounded by cousins, aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas who all shared their individual tastes. I must’ve been just two […]
CHRIS MUCKLEY, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC PROGRAMMING AT SIRIUSXM, 10,000 HOURS Well the truth may need some re-arranging I have always loved music, even as a little kid. When I was in school, I was always making mix tapes for people. I would literally ditch class to go and look for out-of-print records I wanted to […]