035: Tommy Fields
Good morning! It’s Play It Like It’s Music, I’m Trevor. Thanks for listening.
On Wednesday, April 15th of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection.
I’m so glad you’re here, we are good here where I live. Thanks for asking. People are really suffering out there and I’ve been hearing stories from folks I know, folks I love, folks who know folks I know… For the ones out there affected by this, either getting Covid themselves or getting hit by the ridiculous ripple effects that are bringing down the mighty in gangs and gaggles, hang in there and let your people know that you love them.
We gotta keep showing up, the fight isn’t gonna win itself. You know where to look, whether it’s in your own backyard or on your block or at the store or your forgotten job or the whiter-than-ever white house… don’t let the bastards get you down. This shit will pass. It’s gonna for sure take some meat off before it does, but that’s humanity for you. I’m sending you my love, and I’ve got another bit of audio for you here today.
This is going to by my interview with intrepid rock star and film composer Tommy Fields. You heard that, he’s both. He's threading a rare needle.
You'll hear rock tracks today, film cues, chill tracks, folk songs. He's an incredible talent. We had a great time talking, just before the gates closed on hanging out with our friends in person.*
*Speaking of which, I’m going to have to find a way to do these remotely. The zest of the conversation really happens in person, I like just showing up for a player and not making them do any work. But now it’s gonna shift. Stay tuned for how that ends up happening.
Tommy is capable of producing an amazing variety of music, and respectably. He grew up in Indiana, played trombone in the orchestra and just went with it. And then he kept going, and going.
We get into quite a bit here, so settle in. The rock and roll projects, the nuts and bolts of film scoring, career management. Tommy is a powerful musician, check him out.
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Thanks for listening to Play It Like It’s Music. Thanks to Tommy for spending some very generous time with us. You can find him at Tommy Fields Music dot com as well as on all the socials.
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We're all contending with a mutating professional landscape, jacked revenue streams, a catastrophic global pandemic and plenty of other noise out there in the culture.
But you gotta keep playing.
We don't draw any lines here between scenes or styles.
As always, thank you for listening and remember to play it like its music.
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Music is a beautiful thing and it makes the world go around.
Big love to your ears.
Trevor
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