You have to be in the mood. The best is when you're feeling the blues and you're feeling sad, or you're feeling some sort of emotions. That's when I write my best songs. If I'm actually experiencing or feeling what I'm saying, that's key. It's got to be in the moment. Singing was a really good tool that I used to just kind of get away. I was going through a lot during my first year in Okinawa, being away from family and just, like, really stressed out and very sad. Music was a key to happiness. I always had a passion for it in high school, but I never took it serious. It was just me and my buddies; we would sit in the car and just play instrumentals and rap and stuff like that. Yes, before the COVID-19 [pandemic] really hit the wall with restrictions, there was an event in Okinawa, and it was primarily Japanese people but there were also service members, tourists. In one of my shows, I had one of my hit songs, which is "Name." It was the first good song I made. Everybody liked it. From what I've heard, [my unit] is highly occupied with supporting neighboring countries, and it will be a lot of field problems, so I do expect my music to slow down, which is fine because I joined the military to serve and defend the Constitution. I think in the field, when there's downtime and if I'm feeling some kind of way, I'll whip out a notepad and just start writing. When I get back [home], I'll start forming that up in my studio.
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