117. On Music Composition, Gaming, Culture And More.

He was an entrepreneur. He was travelling across the US raising funds for a non profit org building houses for the unhoused.But, wherever he went, he carried his guitar with him. Music was always his anchor.Late into his twenties, he made a pivotal decision. He gave it all up, and found a way to enrol in Berklee, to study music and follow his passion.How did a successful and young Uruguayan entrepreneur pivot from Business and Entrepreneurship into Music?How did his background help him and inform the way he thought and go about playing or composing music?This is the story of Nacho Gonzalez Nappa, an award winning film and video game music composer. Nacho is a very, very talented musician. But I would venture to say he is also a great philosopher and a humanist.In a world where technology advances drastically by the minute, and the cost and time to “create” new things is reduced to mind numbing levels, Nacho’s call for doubling down on our own aesthetic lens, our very own point of view of the world and the magic within, is refreshing, compelling, and timely.I could listen to this one a million times, and always find new golden nuggets. Go for it. Enjoy.