Ben: (Sings) Music in the Library Ben: Alright Hi My
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BEN: (SINGS) MUSIC IN THE LIBRARY BEN: ALRIGHT HI MY NAME IS BEN HEBER, I AM A JUNIOR HERE AT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL AND I AM A SINGER-SONGWRITER. I WRITE MY OWN SONGS AND I'M ALSO PART OF CHOIR, YEAH PRETTY MUCH JUST YOUR AVERAGE MUSIC GUY. [“FEELING GOOD’ PIANO FADES IN AND OUT] BEN: UM, LET’S SEE…I STARTED OFF WITH LOS ANGELES BY PETER BRADLEY ADAMS FOLLOWED BY YESTERDAY WHICH IS AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION AFTER THAT I DID BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL BY LABRINTH AND I FINISHED UP WITH FEELING GOOD BY MICHAEL BUBLE. WELL, UH, IN CHOOSING MY SONGS I WANT TO FIND THINGS THAT I THOUGHT REFLECTED KIND OF WHO I AM, OBVIOUSLY MY ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IS A PRETTY GOOD REFLECTION OF WHO I AM BECAUSE I WROTE IT ABOUT A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TIME IN MY LIFE WHERE I WAS JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES. BUT THEN ALSO I CHOSE LOS ANGELES BECAUSE THE LYRICS ARE JUST REALLY KIND OF BEAUTIFULLY HAUNTING [“FEELING GOOD” FADES IN AND THEN OUT] BEN: HOW DID I COME UP WITH THE IDEA TO WRITE YESTERDAY? I GUESS I CAME UP WITH THE SONG YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS I WAS STRUGGLING WITH MOVING. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO MICHIGAN AND IT KIND OF REFLECTS MY THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE SEEMED ONE WAY YESTERDAY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME TODAY AND THEREFORE YOU CAN'T PREDICT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW YOU CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT GETS BETTER SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE BASIS OF YESTERDAY. [YESTERDAY FADES IN AND OUT] BEN: WELL I THINK AT THE POINT THAT I WROTE IT WE HAD RESEARCHED ABOUT 5 OR 6 PLACES TO LIVE AND IT WAS JUST A LOT AND I THINK THAT THE LAST PLACE WE LOOKED AT WAS THIS PLACE CALLED YPSYLANTI, MICHIGAN. IT WAS JUST KIND OF TALKING OUT HOW YESTERDAY MIGHT’VE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE LIVING IN ANN ARBOR OR ANOTHER SUBURB OF DETROIT BUT TODAY ITS YPSLANTI, WHAT WILL IT BE TOMORROW TYPE OF THING. RACHEL: DID YOU HAVE ANY SONG LYRICS THAT REPRESENTED THOSE THOUGHTS, LIKE SPECIFICALLY IN THE SONG? BEN: WELL, I MEAN FOR SURE THE CHORUS I THINK IS PROBABLY THE BEST, “WHAT YOU WERE YESTERDAY IS NOTHING BUT THE PAST” YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT TOWN DIFFERENT TIME BUT NOW IF WE TRY TO MAKE IT LAST “IT'LL SLIP OUT OF OUR HANDS” AND THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW IF YOU TRY TO AND TAKE THAT AND HOLD ON TO IT IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST BECAUSE IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE. TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK JUST DOESN'T IT DOESN'T WORK. THE PAIN IT HURTS BUT IT'S JUST TALKING ABOUT HURTING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME NEXT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT IT'S WHAT WE FEEL THAT MAKES US STRONGER YOU KNOW TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU GO THROUGH AS A PERSON A LOT OF THE TIME THOSE THINGS SUCK AND MOVING FOR ME IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL FOR SOME PEOPLE AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY GO THROUGH A LOT HARDER THINGS BUT FOR ME AT THE TIME MOVING WAS THE MOST MONUMENTAL THING THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE THUS FAR AND IT ALLOWED ME TO BE ABLE TO MORE FORWARD, I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS. [“YESTERDAY” CHORUS FADE IN AND OUT] BEN: TYPICAL WRITING PROCESS IS I START OFF WITH AN IDEA OF SOMETHING AND IT’S NORMALLY A CHORUS. IT’S USUALLY JUST A FEW CHORDS, A PROGRESSION OR SOMETHING THAT'S ONLY KIND OF EVOLVED INTO SOME VERSES WHICH IS A VARIATION OF THE CHORUS USING SOME OF THE SAME CHORDS BUT KIND OF IN JUST A DIFFERENT WAY. NORMALLY I ALSO INCLUDE A BRIDGE AND THAT’S KIND OF HOW THE THE MUSIC STARTS FORMING. THE LYRICS NORMALLY GOING TO COME OUT AFTERWARDS AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT I'M FEELING OR SOMETHING I'M STRUGGLING WITH. BEN:THE SONGS I CHOSE I THINK REALLY REFLECT MY STYLE NOT WITH NECESSARILY HOW THEY ARE WRITTEN ORIGINALLY BUT WITH MOST OF THEM, FOR INSTANCE, LOS ANGELES THAT’S ONLY ABOUT 50% OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS WRITTEN AND SO I GO THROUGH BUT I WOULD ADD THINGS TO IT. IT’S IN LOS ANGELES THIS PART WHERE IT'S LIKE “YES YOU WILL KNOW WILL KNOW YES WE’LL KNOW WILL YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOUR WORK IS DONE” AND THAT IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT IN THE ORIGINAL RECORDING OF IT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I ADDED IN BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT IT NEEDED SOMETHING THERE A BUILDING MOMENT THERE WITH THE PIANO AND THERE REALLY WAS A GOOD BUILDING INTO THE CHORUS ANY KIND OF ACCENTUATES THE OVERALL MEANING OF THE SONG. BEN: AND I KNOW FROM AT LEAST THE AGE OF 3 I WOULD ALWAYS BE ON THE PIANO WITH LITTLE STUBBY FINGERS AT THE KIDS AND THEN PROBABLY THE BEST EXPOSURE TO MUSIC WAS WITH CHURCH CHOIR AND STARTED THAT WITH MY MOM IN ABOUT 2ND GRADE AND THOSE WHAT KIND OF MY FIRST EARLY PERFORMANCES AND LEARNING HOW TO EXPRESS MYSELF THROUGH MUSIC AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER I STARTED PIANO WELL I GUESS I STARTED PIANO IN ABOUT KINDERGARTEN TECHNICALLY BUT I GUESS I PICKED IT BACK UP AGAIN WHEN I WAS SIX OR SEVEN IN SECOND GRADE. BEN: IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE CHOIR PROVIDED A WAY TO LEARN ABOUT MUSIC IN WAYS THAT I DON’T THINK I NORMALLY WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO. ACTUALLY, LEARNING SOME OF THOSE, UM, WACKY RHYTHMS THAT YOU DON’T ALWAYS SEE IN STRAIGHT PIANO MUSIC IS A GREAT WAY FOR ME TO STRENGTHEN MY SIGHT READING AND ALSO MY RHYTHMIC ABILITIES. BUT ALSO CHOIR HAS IMPROVED ME OVERALL SHOWMANSHIP ABILITY. MY ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH AN AUDIENCE AND OVERALL, I DON’T KNOW, JUST KIND OF GROOVE WITH IT. JOHN BURLACE: YEAH MY NAME IS JOHN BURLACE AND I HAVE TAUGHT BEN HEBER IN CHOIR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. I AM ONE OF THE THREE CHOIR DIRECTORS HERE AT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL RACHEL: SO HOW HAVE YOU SEEN BEN IMPROVE FROM COUNTERPOINTS MEN ALL THE WAY TO AMBASSADORS? JB: SO BEN CAN CAME IN WITH JUST A REALLY STRONG FOUNDATION OF TALENT, HE HAS SO MANY GIFTS AND IS SUCH A SMART MUCISIAN. SO CERTAINLY I HAVE SEEN HIS SKILLS GROW BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH BEN I HAVE SEEN HIS CONFIDENCE GROW AND HE’S REALLY BEGUN TO PUT HIMSELF OUT THERE. BEN: FOR SURE HIS TALENT HAS SO, SO MANY AFFECTS ON THE CHOIR AND ME TOO. I KNOW I HAVE IMPROVED BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS IN MY SIGHT READING ABILITIES AND MY SINGING ABILITIES AND MY DANCING ABILITIES, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. HE’S JUST A REALLY INCREDIBLE PERSON AND I’M SO THANKFUL THAT I’VE GOTTEN TO LEARN FROM HIM. I JUST THINK I’VE LEARNED SO MUCH THAT I NEVER WOULD’VE THOUGHT THAT I WOULD’VE LEARNED FROM HIM COMING IN AND I THINK I WILL TAKE ALL OF THAT WITH ME EVEN AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. [BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL FADES IN AND OUT] BEN: OH I DEFINITELY KNOW WHO MY MUSE IS ALRIGHT MY MUSE IS THIS SINGER SONGWRITER NAMED BEN RECTOR - OH MY GOODNESS I LOVE BEN RECTOR SO MUCH. ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE INCORPORATES PARTS OF HIMSELF INTO EVERY SONG SINGLE [“FEELING GOOD” FADES IN AND OUT] [END OF “FEELING GOOD” FADES IN AND OUT] BEN: WHERE DO I SEE MYSELF GOING IN THE FUTURE? IN THE FUTURE I WOULD HOPE THAT MUSIC IS STILL A PART OF MY LIFE, I DON'T THINK THAT MUSIC WILL BE THE MAIN THING THAT I DO FOR A CAREER. I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MUSIC BUT I THINK THERE A LOT OF OTHER AVENUES I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE BUT WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY FOR, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS KIND OF THINGS LIKE THAT AS A SIDE JOB BECAUSE I THINK I WAS WRITING MUSIC AND I LOVE PERFORMING MUSIC TOO MUCH TO JUST COMPLETELY STOP HAVING IT BE A PART OF MY LIFE. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW FUNNY ENOUGH I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO THE MOST IS COMMUNICATIONS OR JUST SOMETHING THAT I LOVE TO PURSUE AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I SEE MYSELF IN THE FUTURE BUT YES MUSIC WILL MOST LIKELY BE A PART OF MY LIFE. [CHORUS OF “YESTERDAY” FADES IN AND OUT] RACHEL: BEN’S FULL EPISODE OF MUSIC IN THE LIBRARY CAN BE FOUND AT CHTV ON YOUTUBE. TUNE INTO MY NEXT EPISODE WHERE WE DIVE INTO THE MUSICAL LIFE OF MATTIE TOM. FOR WHJE RADIO THIS HAS BEEN RACHEL LACY. FIND MORE STORIES LIKE THIS AND MORE OF MY EPISODES, ONLINE AT WHJE.COM. .