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Distinctly Montana Spring 2014

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d i s t i n c t ly m o n ta n a • s p r i n g 2 0 1 4 52 M o N t a N a N S y o u S H o u L D k N o W ! ErIC FuNk M u S I C I a N / C o M p o S E r nothing pleases me more... than finishing a new composition. when composing a new work... I often find myself deeply inward turned. Most people who know me well would agree... that I'm a romantic idealist. one thing about music that will never change... is that, as Plato penned, "When the mode of the music changes, the walls of the city shake." growing up in deer lodge... made me love small towns. I was born there — my maternal grandparents, the Pascoe's, lived there — but I only spent summers there during my childhood. the one character trait I most admire is... making people feel better for being with you. junk food? well, if you must know I really do like... chips. of all my work, I suppose I am most proud of... a ridiculously large five-move- ment composition for amplified string quartet, two symphony orchestras, large mixed chorus, and baritone voice, entitled "Mandel'shtam: a Valediction to the 20th c." when I get angry it's usually because... spikes of injus- tice reveal my compassion weariness. the most relaxing thing to me is... to watch old cowboy movies on TV. there is no doubt that someday I will... travel to every place on earth and hear performances of most of my music. If I wasn't a music composer or musician I would probably... be a speculative physicist or philosopher. Watch Eric's Tedx talk in Bozeman in 2013 www.distinctlymontana.com/funk142 DISTINCTLY MONTANA | DIGITAL

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