A little KD music inspiration from the games

Believe me, I wanted to watch the Olympics, I did watch some of it. Last night was a good recap for the most part. But the thing that left me the most, was how AWESOME these athletes are at their sport. There were stunts, axles, numbers smashed like no other winter game. But for me, the games left me with these biggest impressions:

1. Athletes like Joannie Rochette - whose mother dies hours before her performance, and she still takes to the ice. 

Instead of playing her amazing performance - which you can view here, I wanted to show you her thoughts of how she got through it. Another example of how music really in the end is such a healer. It leaves me in awe when I see these types of stories, and it makes my job even more serious, to create and deliver that kind of music - the kind that gets us all through. Life is hard, there are great moments, some fun ones, but at least for me, when I'm alone, and really alone, my only company is music. With or without it being my job.

That's the nice thing about music - its the one thing that can be forever, you can push replay and go to that place where you need to go.

 2. Although I try to be as disciplined as possible about my craft, these athletes are a great reminder of the work it takes to 'GET THERE'. Forget about the metals, the awards etc... This type of dedication whether you're in your car driving all over the country for a gig every night, or name brand athletes like Bodi Miller  or Anton  racing their way to gold, you gotta be mentally and physically there. It takes years to hone that kind of discipline. Its not a 30 sec clip and suddenly your on the podium with a gold metal or a Grammy. You can't call in sick, you just have to go on and represent yourself, or whoever you're fighting for each day. 

 

3. Lastly, another nice thing about the Olympics, is its about yourself and your country. With all this globalization, world order, talk and pursuit, its nice to see the flags, and different cultures appearing on the screen. Its global but its also local. And its great for Americans and the world to see that. We're often so sheltered, myth of stats on U.S. passport numbers 75% of Americans don't own a passport. 

I guess to sum it all up, its nice seeing other 'real' life examples. Good mentors - not the ones in which society is telling us to admire. (Most of the time its bullshit down the road anyway, in the case with Woods, Phelps, and so many of our politicians etc..) Its that one person, who knows how to tie his/her own shoes and does something right for his/her own self and for somebody else - and with a little dignity. 

Off the studio now! See you same time here on Wed.

~KD