It fun if you are working with people that you really enjoy working with. I think that it can be very tiring but if you make it fun it’s worth it. To be honest I am still trying to work out that balance. You were definitely giving up some of your childhood. I think there are a lot of huge sacrifices that you have to make. I want to keep doing stuff that I enjoy.Īs a kid, how has Fame affected your life?
It really makes me happy and also the same thing with movies. I have three albums out so I plan to keep doing that because I find it’s really fun. Yeah, I want to keep doing both music and acting. What do you hope your future brings? Do you want to stay in the entertainment industry? I wrote those songs when I was like 8 or 9 so I wasn’t writing any R&B yet. My newer songs are rap but even if they aren’t I usually incorporate elements of hip hop into my songs. He really inspired me and helped me develop my style now. One person who really influences me musically is Juice Wrld. I think that I’m turning towards movies more probably.ĭo you have a hero, someone who has influenced you? Which do you prefer, the silver screen or Broadway? My sister started taking guitar lessons then I wanted to take them. He had a son who was also there who played music and I was inspired by him. I was at a concert and my dad met this guy who was sitting next to him. It was six years ago when I was six years old. How old were you when you started playing guitar? What inspired you to want to learn the guitar? So your song “Chasing” pretty much inspired the story of the film?
Music prodigy facts movie#
“Chasing” became kind of what the movie was based on.
I was at a charity event called “Natural High” and I was playing an original song called “Chasing.’ That is pretty much where it all started. My music was already being used for “Mighty Oak” so I auditioned in front of the director and I got the part. Louder Than War…How did you become involved with the movie “Mighty Oak?”
Music prodigy facts professional#
He was super professional with a touch of child-like innocence and enchantment…. I spoke with 12 year-old Tommy regarding the film as well as his music career. A decade later Gina meets a 10-year-old music prodigy named Oak who seems to possess the same qualities as her late brother. Invigorated, Gina starts to pull her life back together as she tries to reunite the band with Oak as the new front man. The Brookwell/McNamara production tells the story of a band manager Gina, who struggles after losing her lead singer and brother in a fatal car accident while traveling to a gig. The young Broadway star of “School of Rock” also plays a lead role as “Oak ” in the dramedy “Might Oak” also starring Janel Parrish, Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega, Gianna Harris, Rodney Hicks, Julia Michael, and Levi Dylan, (grandson of Bob Dylan). When 8 year-old Tommy Ragen notebook and guitar in hand wrote and composed a compelling rock ballad called “Chasing” little did he know that a few years later Paramount ViacomCBS would be releasing a captivating movie inspired by his song.
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