Did you come straight from work?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
[LAUGHS]
So you work at Costco in the tire center,
but you play piano.
Obviously, you played for-- how long have you been playing?
So I've had music all around me all my life,
ever since I was little.
I mean, my uncle had a little keyboard,
so it's always been in front of my face.
It first started-- my cousin gave me
a keyboard when I was 12.
And I just taught myself from there.
Oh, you taught yourself?
You didn't--
No, I'm self-taught, Yeah.
Really, no lessons?
No lessons.
Wow, that's amazing.
Yeah.
But you didn't have a piano at home,
so that's why you played at Costco.
Oh, well-- [LAUGHS] So, fortunately, I
have parents that support my music career.
So they got me an upright piano when
I started getting really good, teaching myself, and stuff.
And then later down the line, just after this video blew up,
we invested-- or I invested, obviously-- into a baby
grand piano.
Oh, wow, that's great.
So whenever you have a break, you just walk over to the piano
department and play?
Yeah, I mean, they're not always there.
Around Christmas time, they'll bring them in,
and that's where I'm at.
That's where you'll find me.
Do you put a tip jar there so you can get tips?
I should now.
That's a good idea, right?
Yeah, you should.
How long have you worked in Costco?
Roughly two years.
Yeah, and how long--
and what do you want to do with your life?
So realistically, I want to become a police officer
to support a family and future children.
Good.
But, in a perfect world, I would love to score a film--
film movies, like movie scores.
Oh, really?
Yeah, so I want to be like the next Hans Zimmer.
Hans Zimmer, wow.
And do you write songs now?
You write your own?
Oh yes, I write a lot of my own originals.
That's great, so you really do want to score.
Oh, that's great.
You know what I mean.
But I bet you'll-- after this, you'll score as well.
All right, what are you going to perform today?
Today I'm going to perform "Time" by Hans Zimmer
from the movie Inception.
All right, you like Hans Zimmer.
Oh, I love him.
All right, over there, please.
Thank you.
All right.
[PIANO MUSIC]
[LAUGHS]
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Wow, I mean--
It's a dream being here.
Yeah, I can't get over the fact that you're self-taught.
That is incredible.
I know, it's when you want to do something,
you'll do anything to do it.
Yeah, not all of us.
I mean, I'd love to be able to play like that.
But we know that you invested in a piano,
but you're paying monthly payments.
So our friends at Shutterfly want
to support what you're doing.
They want to pay off the rest of your payments
so that you own it.
Right?
That's what you owe, right?
Yeah.
All right, that's paid off, all right?
Thank you so much.
And also you're a big fan of Hans Zimmer.
So what other-- he did Inception--
what other movies did he score?
Pirates of the Caribbean, Dark Knight, Interstellar--
I mean, you name it, he's done it.
Yeah, so you're a big fan.
I'm a huge fan.
All right, well, look at this monitor right here.
Hey, Marcos.
It's Hans Zimmer here.
I'm totally blown away by your playing,
and I hear you're really into film score.
So why don't you come down to my studio and hang out.
And we can jam and maybe come up with something cool.
It's a pretty good room.
I've spent all my life in here.
Come have a look around.
So you're going to go hang out with him.
That would be fun.
Yeah.
All right, we'll be right back.