Even From A Listening End

When I Lived In New York, There Wasn't As Much Tv Or Film Around. I Got Asked To Do A Couple Of Indie Films, Just Based On Me Being From The Smashing Pumpkins And A Perfect Circle. I Did A Couple Of Indie Movies From Japan And One From Canada, And I Thought It Was An Exciting, Fun Thing To Do. I Had A Great Time Doing It, It Was Just That, In New York, There Really Wasn't As Much. My Studio In New York Closed, So I Moved Out To L.a. And Just Started Looking Into Composing As Another Thing To Do, As A Musician. I Like It A Lot. It's Fun And It's A Different Way Of Thinking About Music.

Well, I Always Hope That I'm A Role Model.

But, Yeah, As Far As Asian Americans Go, I Hope They Know They Can Look At Me And See That They Can Do Music On Their Own, Within A Band Or Just On Their Own, And Not Feel Like There's Any Barriers. I've Never Felt Any Particular Barriers Myself, Being Who I Am.

The Music Industry Is Not What It Used To Be. Being In A Good Band Is Great, And I've Been Lucky To Be In Great Bands. I've Done Solo Stuff, And That's Been Great. I Also Produce Rock Bands And I Do Co-writes, Where I Write With Different Singers In Bands And Songwriters.

There Is A Lot Of Work Just In Terms Of Traveling And Logistics And People And Gear And All That Kind Of Stuff. But I Never Really Have Problems Playing Music. That Never Seems Like Work.