Finding a Lyrical Message

Video Transcript

"So, let's find your message. What is the thing that you have that you need to be telling people all the time? Once you find it you're always going to be telling people the first thing that you say; then they say "What do you do?" You tell them your message, so, my message as a performing artist, I'm a writer. My name is Peter Nevland. I have all sorts of things about me that people are interested in. The first one is hey I kind of look like Shaggy from Scooby Doo. "Why zoinks Scoob, like, I think we've got to get out of here." Right. Kids love that, lots of people love that, people laugh then they see that kind of thing, right. So, there's; there's a little tidbit that I have that's important about me. What's another thing about me? I used to be an engineer. I used to work at Motorola. OK. There's an interesting story there. What you're an engineer and now you're a writer? What, did you study engineering? No, you had to study acting, something like that. No, I studied engineering. I've got a masters degree, actually, from the University of Texas in Material Science and Engineering. Wow, that's an interesting thing. So, that's a message. Now, what's another thing is I'm very animated and I've got a very wild and untamed style. When I'm performing I'm going all over the place like this. I do a lot of dancing. I get really into it. So, there's something in that that's part of my story. The other thing is even though I'm doing that you'll rarely hear like curse words come out of my mouth. You hear a lot of hope coming out. I usually am encouraging and inspiring, especially young people, to do things that are really good for our society and to really have an impact and to really change the world. That's also an amazing message. So, you've got somebody who's relatable, right. He looks kind of like Shaggy. He's someone whose got an interesting past. He's also someone that can really make an impact in kid’s lives and inspire them to go out and pursue their dreams. Sounds like a great story. Sounds like I've found my message for Spoken Groove. What's your message?"