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The recent reappearance of the “Rob as Jeff Buckley” casting rumors started me thinking again about what I have always liked most about him, which is his love of music as it mirrors my own. When I was fifteen I got my first mixed tape.  I only remember two songs now: Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” and Velvet Underground’s “She’s My Best Friend”. The tape was a gift from a sixteen-year-old boy, who looking back was far more curiously creative than our average suburban lives gave him cause to be.  He became a memory long ago. But his effect on me is still present today, because when we first met I liked music about as much as any other teenage girl. That is to say a lot of Top 40. But he loved music to the point it almost appeared at times as if talking about music was more important to him than oxygen. So I did what any self respecting nerdy girl does when she has a crush: I faked it. I’d listen to him talk about bands I had never heard of only to go home and use my natural skills of reading and research to be better prepared for next time. I faked it, until it wasn’t faking it anymore. Until I was so engulfed in my musical discovery that I was making my own mixed tapes.
During my musical education I came to believe that there are only two kinds of music: good and bad. Don’t bother me with genre titles that are used to break apart something that is supposed to bring people together. Good music makes you feel, think, question.  While I have always tried to keep an open mind about music, I have to admit the phrase actor-musician has many times sent shivers down my spine. Russell Crowe, Eddie Murphy, Kevin Costner, Lindsay Lohan, the Disney girls, give all music lovers reason to pause. Lets face it: just because someone can get a record contract doesn’t mean they should. But there have been some bright spots as of late in indie girls Jenny Lewis and  Zooey Deschanel’s “She & Him”. From the fellas there has been Ryan Gosling’s “Dead Man’s Bones”, a great rendition of “Bad Romance” from Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the re-emergence of Robert Pattinson as a singer.

Like with Kristen, I fully became aware of Rob during Twilight. I had seen him in Harry Potter of course, but to be honest I was more interested in the Weasleys, because I have a thing for gingers. During Twilight promotions I knew I liked him; even though he has the face of a 1950s matinee idol, a three minute interview quickly revealed the soul of a fellow nerd. However while the face and the charm were nice, what made me an admirer was the music. To quote the great American poet, Pink, “I’ve always been a sucker, had a weakness for a boy with a guitar and a drink in his hand.” The first time I heard him sing, I knew he was good. Whenever I discover a new musician, it’s always the same thing that grabs me initially, the richness of their voice. The tone of a singer’s voice is important, it’s the flavor to the words they sing. A good voice is what sets a singer apart from the homogeneous pop stars of late. Rob’s is worn. It’s a pair of boots that have hitched a thousand miles, thick with phantom alcohol, and smoke filled memories  from basement open mic nights. His voice has a hard knocks, blue eyed soul, laced with pain and regret. His voice makes me question. I want to know how an upper-middle-class kid from a happy family gets that kind of yearning in it. Is his sound influenced by his heroes? Or is it the stories bubbling beneath the surface that burst free as he strums his guitar? What is he thinking as he puts forth this small piece of himself?

A person’s creative ability  is directly tied to their desire to learn and engage their curiosity. Ideally the creative process will occur organically. The desire to learn a new instrument, write a song, produce any work all coming from the place of growth and engagement. But in the entertainment business, art can often be secondary to money. A week rarely goes by where a young star isn’t realizing their life long desire to make perfume, clothes, nail polish, or the like. This isn’t to say that making money is bad, but there is something admirable about artists who pursue art for the sake of creating. Right now it would be very easy for Rob to get a record contract because he would come with a fan base. There  no doubt have been pitches of quickly recorded albums and the money that would follow. To his credit Rob has resisted the push to overly commercialize his music, while at the same time continuing to feed his natural curiosity and desire to fully engage his creativity in his own way.

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