“After working as a producer on many pop, electronica and some soundtrack, incidental music projects, I became more focused on film and TV scores.” FilmTvsProjectsPopsFocusedProducersScoreSoundtracks Author:Paul Wardingham
“I've always loved Ibanez guitars, and in particular 7 strings.” ParticularGuitarStrings Author:Paul Wardingham
“My solo albums will be instrumental, but I would be open to working with a vocalist if the right project came along.” IfsWould BeProjectsAlbumsSoloVocalist Author:Paul Wardingham
“I was playing sports all the time, growing up. And then, somewhere around 10th or 11th grade, I kind of lost interest in that and just started reading a lot. I didn't know what to read. I didn't have much direction outside of school.” KnowsKindSchoolReadingLostSportsInterestGrowing UpGrowingGradesPlaying Sports Author:John Brandon
“Sometimes I would take Nietzsche or something. And I wouldn't read it, but more just scan the words. Sometimes I would get whatever the popular thing at the time was. I don't know, something like Bret Easton Ellis. It was just a very random, inefficient education.” KnowsSometimes Author:John Brandon
“The first time I took a fiction writing class was sophomore year. And I just found myself taking that extremely seriously, in a way that I didn't take anything else seriously. So I guess that was the start of it.” WayWritingYearsFirstsFoundFictionClassFirst TimeFiction WritingSophomoreSophomore Year Author:John Brandon
“It didn't occur to me that I could be a writer until college. I saw all these people around me training to be doctors, or historians, or C.E.O.'s or whatnot, and I thought, Maybe I want to be a writer.” PeopleWantSawsCollegeTrainingDoctorsHistorian Author:John Brandon
“I know people who are really talented at writing, and they just don't ever make it happen because they're also good at other things.” PeopleKnowsWritingHappensMake It Happen Author:John Brandon
“None of my English teachers in college were praising me or telling me I was anything special. But then in creative writing classes they were. And I enjoyed those more anyway.” WritingClassCreativeTeacherSpecialCollegePraiseEnjoyedCreative WritingEnglish Teacher Author:John Brandon
“It's nice not to have to worry about applying for things. It's really a different existence.” DifferentExistenceWorryNice Author:John Brandon