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
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.
fought spent
I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.
alone matter mixer obsessed produce producing
I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an obsessed mixer and I can't leave it alone.
definitely
Composition is definitely what I'm born to do, and it came last.
becomes large music realized success value
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.
keeps next
My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.
benefit direct duke
I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year.
teacher
My first career was as a coach and a teacher.