Episode 22
Starting Young with Derwin Daniels
In today’s episode, your host Carl Brown is joined by Derwin Daniels who started his great musical journey when he was six years old. Derwin performed five years on saxophone with the Legendary “Sugarfoot” and the Ohio Players. He started on the clarinet and later played drums. He has played all around the world from Japan to Brazil and he’s now making his mark on the Smooth Jazz world.
Derwin shares his journey in the musical world and he describes his music as a mix of what he heard when he was growing up. He was heavily influenced by his band directors and his dad who he got a chance to play with at a very young age. Derwin also shares that his career started out as a firefighter working 9-5 where he would play music on the side.
Carl and Derwin talk about how music can really change a person. Derwin talks about the challenges of being a musician, the process of creating his music and much more. In the ‘Bout It or Doubt It segment, you’ll hear his opinion on Sitcoms and The Sopranos from the category TV Shows. Listen to this episode and enjoy some of his music – Sweet Sticky Thing, Going Home and In Your Eyes.
Episode Highlights
04:44 I was heavily influenced by my band directors and people growing up, but my dad, I got a chance to start playing with him at a very early age.
06:59 Starting out, I was a 9-5 firefighter and later fire inspector and investigator but I always played on the side. I was working and doing other things but growing up, I was just around a lot of musicians.
09:17 My basic goal in music is, I want music to take me around the world. The plan for me is to go into that realm and go all over playing music because I enjoy it.
14:27 Emotions are there and when I write songs, I always think about the different chords and their different meanings. They have different meanings to me; minor chord is sad and major chord is happy. I am thinking about all of these different chords and the emotions that they bring out.
24:39 If I get it as close as I can to whatever I hear in my head, sometimes I record it. I hear something in my head and it's a little bit different, but if I could get it as close to that, then I feel like I'm ready. I'm ready to put this out there.
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