o If you could be a member of a band, which instrument would you play/what role would you play?
I think I was a guitar player in a past life. So that’s why I’m trying to learn the guitar right now. I'd want to play for Heart - I've always been partial to classic rock... but that doesn't mean I don't like other things.
I think I was a guitar player in a past life. So that’s why I’m trying to learn the guitar right now. I'd want to play for Heart - I've always been partial to classic rock... but that doesn't mean I don't like other things.
o When you listen to your favorite song, what images pop up in your head?
The first song I thought of was "Bicycle" by Queen. I always liked "Bicycle" because whenever I rode my bicycle I thought of it. I pictured the movement of a bicycle. That one’s pretty obvious because the song's about a bicycle, so that's pretty much what I picture.
The first song I thought of was "Bicycle" by Queen. I always liked "Bicycle" because whenever I rode my bicycle I thought of it. I pictured the movement of a bicycle. That one’s pretty obvious because the song's about a bicycle, so that's pretty much what I picture.
o What was the very first CD you owned?
Mmmbop by Hansen. Yes. It was awful. I got a tape walkman when I was 12. And I was 15 when I finally got a CD walkman. And when they came out with the non-skip kind? Man, I thought it was the coolest. We’d hop on the trampoline with it and we thought it was so awesome.
Mmmbop by Hansen. Yes. It was awful. I got a tape walkman when I was 12. And I was 15 when I finally got a CD walkman. And when they came out with the non-skip kind? Man, I thought it was the coolest. We’d hop on the trampoline with it and we thought it was so awesome.
o What is your philosophy on life?
Just like Dory’s from Finding Nemo: “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...”
Just like Dory’s from Finding Nemo: “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...”
o What’s your favorite line from a song?
I am not that good at lyrics. I’m actually infamously bad at lyrics. For example, the song "Brown-Eyed Girl" starts out, "Hey, where did we go…." So imagine this: I’m 14 or 15, I'm in the car driving with my family, and that song comes on. I sing the along with the first line of the song, but I say, “Hey rodorigo…" I have never lived that down in my family. Whenever the song comes on, they say, “Hey Biz! It's Rodorigo!!” I’m just bad at lyrics. If I want to sing along I just have to sing along with the wrong lyrics.
Any last thoughts?
Music is a time machine. It encompasses the future, present and past. Because when I listen to certain songs they usually instigate some kind of memory that is attached to that song: rocking out in the car, as a child singing along with my parents, playing them on the piano, feeling the spirit in church. Songs are also great for taking you to the future. When you're listening to a song you can just imagine yourself being in a situation where the man really is bad to you so you can finally sing along with "Cry Me a River" and just sing your guts out.
I am not that good at lyrics. I’m actually infamously bad at lyrics. For example, the song "Brown-Eyed Girl" starts out, "Hey, where did we go…." So imagine this: I’m 14 or 15, I'm in the car driving with my family, and that song comes on. I sing the along with the first line of the song, but I say, “Hey rodorigo…" I have never lived that down in my family. Whenever the song comes on, they say, “Hey Biz! It's Rodorigo!!” I’m just bad at lyrics. If I want to sing along I just have to sing along with the wrong lyrics.
Any last thoughts?
Music is a time machine. It encompasses the future, present and past. Because when I listen to certain songs they usually instigate some kind of memory that is attached to that song: rocking out in the car, as a child singing along with my parents, playing them on the piano, feeling the spirit in church. Songs are also great for taking you to the future. When you're listening to a song you can just imagine yourself being in a situation where the man really is bad to you so you can finally sing along with "Cry Me a River" and just sing your guts out.
