Friday, March 24th: The Music of Guydell Powell

D BY HIS PERSONALITY.
♪
REPORTER: HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR
MUSIC IS CONTAGIOUS.
>> IF I DO DANCING, DON'T MIND
ME.
♪
REPORTER: HE BEGAN PLAYING THE
DRUMS WHEN HE WAS FIVE YEARS
OLD, SPARKING A LIFELONG
INTEREST IN CREATING AND
COMPOSING MUSIC.
>> I LIKE IT FOR REAL.
♪
REPORTER: GUYDELL DESCRIBES HIS
STYLE AS VERSATILE.
HE CREDITS NO ONE ARTIST AS HIS
INSPIRATION.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT MY ALBUMS, YOU
SEE DIFFERENT KIND OF ARTISTS.
60'S DANCE MUSIC.
MADONNA.
REPORTER: WE MET WITH GUYDELL AT
HIS STUDIO.
HE CALLS THIS HIS SOUND ROOM
READ >> IF I WOULD TAKE THE
SOUND ROOM, EVERYTHING IN HERE
IS A SOUND TO ME.
♪
THERE ARE MANY GREAT KEYBOARDS.
I RESPECT EVERY ARTIST.
THIS IS A KEYBOARD BUT IT IS A
SOUND MACHINE.
IF I CAN CREATE SOMETHING, THAT
IS WHAT THESE ARE.
REPORTER: HE DOESN'T LABEL HIS
MUSIC BECAUSE TO HIM, IT IS ALL
ABOUT THE SOUND.
♪
♪ I KNOW IT HAS GOT TO BE
SOMETHING ♪
REPORTER: SENDING A POSITIVE
MESSAGE.
>> I LOVE JUST PEOPLE.
ALL SORTS.
IF YOU TAKE THAT FROM ME, YOU
TAKE THAT FOR MY SOUND.
THE SOUND AND ME GO TOGETHER.
REPORTER: THIS NEW YORK NATIVE
IS A ONE-MAN BAND.
>> THESE ARE MY CONCERT CDS
WHEN I KNOW SOMETIMES
HOW WE FEEL
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL
THINGS ♪
I HAVE CREATED A LOT OF
INSTRUMENTALS.
I HAVE CREATED STUFF, IT IS A
VARIETY.
I AM HOPING THAT I CAN EXPRESS
THAT.
I WOULD SAY PERSONAL --
VERSATILE.
I DON'T TRY TO FOCUS ON ONE
CATEGORY.
I KIND OF FAVOR MY
INSTRUMENTALS, I THINK.
JAZZY.
I LIKE THE JAZZY STUFF.
♪ LOOK IN HEAVEN
I KNOW THERE ARE THINGS
I GOT TO DO ♪
REPORTER: HE GREW UP IN NEW YORK
STATE.
HE ENTERED THE ARMY TO HE IS
PICTURED HERE WINNING A TALENT
SHOW WITH A PERFORMANCE WITH HIS
DRUMS
GUYDEL GETS SO EXCITED TALKING
ABOUT HIS MUSIC, YOU CAN SEE IT
IN HIS BODY LANGUAGE.
HE FEELS THE SOUND.
♪
ALTHOUGH HE LOVES TO SHOWCASES
TALENTS,
GUYDE IS QUITE SHY.
>> I HAVE BEEN PERFORMING ALL
OVER, BUT I CAN'T GET PAST MY
STAGE FRIGHT.
I AM MORE COMFORTABLE JUST
COMPOSING AND CREATING MUSIC ON
MY OWN.
BUILDING AN EMPIRE OF SOUNDS AND
MUSIC.
OK,.
REPORTER: IT IS SOMETHING HE IS
WORKING ON WITH THE HELP OF HIS
15-YEAR-OLD SON.
THEY PERFORMED AT THE COMMUNITY
DAY PARADE.
HIS LOVE OF THE DRUMS GOT TO HIM
AT A YOUNG AGE.
>> HE TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I
KNOW ABOUT MUSIC.
I LEARNED A FEW THINGS MYSELF.
MOSTLY, HE IS THE ONE THAT
BROUGHT ME INTO MUSIC AND GAVE
ME MY LOVE FOR MUSIC.
WE HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER.
WE REALLY CLICKED TOGETHER, YOU
KNOW.
REPORTER: FROM THE KEYBOARDS TO
THE DRUMS.
GUYDELL' INERGY IS REFLECTED IN
THE MUSIC HE HAS CREATED IN HIS
OWN HYBRID MUSIC AWAY SAYS.
NOW HE IS READY TO SHARE IT WITH
THE WORLD.
>> ♪ ONCE AGAIN
ALL I WANT
CAPTIVATE YOU

Friday, March 24th: The Music of Guydell Powell

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