David Friedman
David Friedman
David Friedmanis an American jazz percussionist. His primary instruments are vibraphone and marimba...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth10 March 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is commonly employed only by small children and great nations
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I have been writing since I was about 20, and at first I wrote in secret and never showed anybody. I was very concerned about making a living, so I conducted.
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I've been doing a lot of studying singing, and I'm thinking of recording an album containing all my old war horses and putting out a songbook at the same time.
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For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said, This is Disney! I need singers who can sing high D's, hold them for 18 seconds, and do it 60 times!
feels
It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything.
I've been doing my big theater projects, which take years, and writing a song here and there.
trying
I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference.
people
I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100 performances.
people
I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.
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I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.
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In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure.
When I got to Broadway, I conducted five Broadway shows.
There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe.
Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there.