I don't know! Depends on the project I'm working on. Mostly I like to think I sound like ME. I'm told that my musical 'signature' is my ability to take a simple tune and turn it into something deceptively unexpected and complex.
By the time I was 9 or 10 years old, I knew I wanted to be a composer. I sat down and wrote a lovely melody, played it on the piano, then was devastated to realize that Beethoven had beat me to it. Dang! The only conclusion I could logically draw was that every combination and permutation of notes and rhythms had already been used up. I had been born too late. And with a last name like Clark, it was obvious to me that I would have to grow up and marry someone with an eastern European name in order to ever make it. Tchaikovsky. Rimsky-Korsakoff. Mahler. Brahms. THOSE were composer names, not Clark.
Fortunately, I eventually grew out of my doubts and misconceptions and started growing into my talent as a composer (and eliminating those wacky ideas about whose last name I needed to carry around, which is a good thing since I ended up with the decidedly un-composer-ish name of Humphrey [another interesting little aside here: if you Google 'Chris Humphrey', you will come up with a surprising number of musicians, photographers, writers and actors. Maybe it's not such an unartistic name after all]).
I have written everything from Christmas carols to film scores, lullabies to musical theater. My Puppet Government (political satire/musical theater) was performed in New York at the International Fringe Festival in 2006, and I just composed an original score/sound design for Sycorax which ran in April 2007 at The University of Texas. Since then I have designed sound for two Austin Community College productions (Far Away and Betty's Summer Vacation).
I also edit floor exercise music for competitive gymnasts and teach an ear training/sight singing class.
Did I mention that I'm also an actor? Which was something I DIDN'T know I wanted to be when I was 9 or 10 years old. Didn't figure that out til much, much later. But check out my photos. That's me in many incarnations! And, YES, you can hire me by contacting my agent, Acclaim Talent. I love, love, love to work, and I could sure use the money!
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
Thanks sooo much for coming last night. It was wonderful seeing you guys! I hope you enjoyed the show and also hope the grandbabies like the CD!
Let me know about Sat if you'd like to give it a go for some rap-music recording (you know, the kind that you and I specialize in). Otherwise, the following Saturday is also quite swell if I do say so myself.
It was wonderful seeing you as well, Chris! I'll definitely keep you posted on grad school (but I won't know anything until next March or even April). Best of luck with all your creative endeavors and hopefully I'll run into you at UT.
