EP185: Nick Gomez

jigsaws are fitting you know yeah no totally like like i said like i'm just i i'm a curious person right and i just you know i've i've just delved into so many different things the touring the film scoring um I, you know, just writing music, writing songs that I think that was kind of the beginning of it.

Like I just, I learned an instrument and then I just, okay, I know how to play this instrument.

Well, I want to write my own music, you know, for myself to play.

You know, I think as a, as a kid, that was like the first thing, like I, you know, and you know, I want to build this.

I want to fix this.

I'm just like, I'm just that type of person, you know? So it's, uh, It's like, no wonder, you know, and I think as a musician, sometimes it's like, it's hard for it's, it's kind of rare for us to have one gig, you know? Definitely.

So, and I think that's kind of a natural thing for us to, you know, like I have a saxophone student, you know?

Yeah.

And you know, like I'm, I'm doing that.

I want to get a couple more students.

I just learned recently that I

love teaching.

you know? So I want to get a couple more students, you know? So I just don't, I think that plus, you know, we're in this like freelance world, you know? So like whatever skills we can pick up and do and get good at, you know, there's a lot of time in the day, you

know what I mean? So It's true.

I mean, you're across so many different genres and mediums.

Do you ever feel like you're pulled in too many different directions, or does it almost feel like the opposite, where it's all synergetic and it makes you just a better musician overall?

Well, I think there's something to that, to exploring different genres.

I think with my own records, I...

I'm narrowed in on just my jazz music.

It's been a number of years just focusing on that.

At one point, I did branch out with a couple of side projects under a different name.

I learned guitar, I wanted to try my hand at like doing some singing and playing.

And I tried that for a little bit and it was fun, but that I think made me a better film score, you know, just branching out into different instruments.

Of course.

Um, I think it all, I think, I think anything you do musically helps the other, other hand of it.