I will never forget when I first discovered the music of Judd Starr. In 2007, I had just started using the Internet to find great music that I may have not heard of before. A friend suggested I watch a video and listen to the song “Firefly” by Judd Starr. I loved the song, as well as the video. I contacted Starr for an interview about his music.
One question I asked him then was “When did you get started with music”? He answered “Probably 9 or 10 years old, I remember teaching myself the piano (we had a really beaten-up piano with broken keys), figuring-out which keys sounded good together, etc. Then at about 11 years old, I took 2 tape recorders, which were lying around the house, taped myself playing the piano on one, then recorded myself singing on the other, back and forth....so I was laying tracks without even knowing it. My mom and dad were pretty shocked when they heard it. I still remember the song. That eventually led to my first professional recording at 14.” His answer helped to tell how devoted he was to creating his own music.
There is a lot of great music out there to be discovered, besides what is played on the radio. The Internet and sites like YouTube and Facebook have created great ways for anyone to put their music online to be discovered by others.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t89gv0hYu1g
I am so glad that I found the music of Judd Starr, and that first video “Firefly” that I saw grabbed my attention and led me to discover the great talent, of an equally great human being.
