HE'S ONLY 15 YEARS OLD BUT HIS
SONGS ARE BEYOND HIS YEARS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE CHRISTIAN
FUNK JOINING US FOR THE HOUR.
STORY TELLER RIN VALLEY CATCHES
UP WITH VIDEO CHAT FOR
CONVERSATION AND A FEW
PERFORMANCES.
HEY CHRISTIAN HOWS IT GOING
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN KEEPING BUSY
WITH?
OOI HAD LOTS OF HOMEWORK TO
DO FOR E LEARNING AND TRYING TO
KEEP UP ON THE MUSIC I'VE BEEN
PRACTICING A LITTLE BIT EVERY
DAY.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR MUSICAL BACKGROUND HOW DWU
GET INTO MUSIC IN FIRST PLACE,
MY DAD HAS BEEN PLAYING GUITAR
SINCE HE WAS TEENAGER.
WHEN I, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE
LIKE HIM SO FOR MY FIFTH
BIRTHDAY I GOT AN ELECTRIC
GUITAR.
AND EVERY SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN
WANTING TO CONTINUE TO ADD TO MY
REPERTOIRE OF MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS.
I THINK NOW I PLAY NINE
INSTRUMENTS AND I SING AS WELT
MULTI STLU MENIALIST.
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU FOCUS
ON DO YOU WRITE A LOT OF YOUR
OWN STUFF, WOULDING ON DOING
COVERS?
WHEN I PERFORM I PRIMARILY DO
COVERS.
BUT I TRY TO WRITE AND FINISH AS
MANY SONGS AS POSSIBLE TO
PERFORM AT MY GIGS.
WHERE DO YOU PERFORM?
I'VE BEEN PERFORMING A LOCAL
BREWERIES IN DECATUR SO FAR.
AND YEAH, AND I ALWAYS PLAY
IN CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY.
I 94 DURING THIS TIME WE'RE ALL
HOME HAS BEEN A CREATIVE TIME
FOR YOU?
NOT TOO TERRIBLY CREATIVE.
BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN OUTSIDE
AND HAVEN'T HAD ANY INTERACTION
TO BECOME INSPIRED BY ANYTHING.
YEAH KIND OF GOT WRITER'S BLOCK
A LITTLE BIT TOTAL UNDERSTAND I
KNOW A LOT OF ARTISTS ARE
FEELING WAGE WAY YOU PR WHEN YOU
DO WRITE WHAT DO TEND TO FOCUS
ON WHAT DO YOU WRITE ABOUT?
A LOT OF TIMES PERSONAL
EXPERIEN
EXPERIENCES THAT I KNOW I MEAN
I'M IN HIGH SCHOOL, FRESHMAN.
THERE'S NOT NO THE WHOLE LOT BUT
I TRY TO TAKE ALL THE LITTLE
THINGS AND MAYBE KIND OF WARP
THEM TWIST THEM TO MAKE THEM
SOUND A LITTLE BIT MORE
INTERESTING.
I ALWAYS TRY TO BE AS LITERAL
BUT NOT TOO BLATANT.
I DON'T LIKE DO ANY RIDDLES OR
INTERPRETATIVE SONG.
IT'S USUALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD IF
YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN.
CHRISTIAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE PLAYING TODAY
ON CI LIVING, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY
TO HAVE YOU JOINING US FOR THE
HOUR.
SO THIS ONE WOULD BE AN
ORIGINAL CALLED LITTLE TROUBLE.
IT'S A SONG I WROTE NOT TOOT
LONG AGO.
BUT, IT'S ONE OF OUT OF ONES I
PLAY MY GIGS, THIS IS PROBABLY
MY FAVORITE SO FAR.
AND IT'S REALLY FUN KIND OF
BLU
BLUESY SOULFUL 12 BAR SONG I
DID.
SO YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU I'LL
LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY FROM HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
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GREAT GREAT JOB THERE BY
CHRIST'S CHRISTIAN FUNK WE TOOK
LOOK HIS INSTAGRAM GO GIVE HIM A
FOLLOW AND STAY TUNED TUNED FOR
ANOTHER PERFORMANCE COMING UP
ALSO COMING HOW LOCAL HEALTH
CENTER MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR