he’s the Jimi Hendrix of the violin at
only 25 years old dr. Drew has managed
to break into the mainstream with his
epic rock hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and
welcome to watchmojo.com today I had the
pleasure speaking with Eugene dr. drew
so how did you first find the violin as
your instrument became naturally just
when I picked it up when I was 11 years
old it was the only thing that kept me
occupied going through immigration
process in Canada and when I picked it
up I knew I was the right instrument
what’s your musical background my mom is
a ballerina
a register she kind of got me into music
and my dad was always a fan of modern in
classical music and then my brother
played lots of Pink Floyd and Led
Zeppelin as I was growing up by the age
I think about seven or six I already
knew that I’m gonna be a musician and
then it was just the right time and the
right instrument
where does the name dr. John come from
back in when I used to be a busker but
way back wait-wait-wait back people used
to come up to me and tell me that I
changed their day from negative to
positive as they’re going from point A
to point B and they would see me play
and they were having a crappy day would
totally turn it 180s so therefore I
thought you know what I’ll make it
official now now I’m a doctor so how did
your busking days help with the music
that you’re making today
well when you’re busking you have
thousands hundreds of thousands
sometimes tens of thousands people
passing by all the time I need to be
constantly in your toast
you can’t loosen your intensity level
and you always have to be performing on
your top capability so for me it was
something of just intense boot camp
training who are some of some of your
other musical influences David Bowie is
a big one Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
especially the last album I grew up
listening to managed I was religiously a
lot of classical influences I broke off
your Shostakovich listened to a lot of
Mahler lately especially the last CD was
more on Mahler mixed with Radiohead and
Mitch nails so what kind of inspires
your creative process life situations
experiences
breakups friendships just awkward
situations basically life in general are
you trying to do something with your
music like are you trying to bring
classical music into mainstream or is
that just kind of like a happy side
thing um I don’t know like I don’t even
really consider myself a classical
musician my technique is very something
I’ve developed on my own I feel that
it’s my duty just to make good music and
if classical becomes a part of it
through the process and let it be so can
you describe one of your concerts for us
the whole thing about the shows they’re
meant to inspire and and get people
going and I’ve still following the same
ideas in philosophy of changing people’s
energy from negative to positive what do
you want people to get from your music
like a certain feeling or you know more
of an appreciation for composition or I
just want people have a good time yeah I
just want them to go nuts and start a
riot
only 25 years old dr. Drew has managed
to break into the mainstream with his
epic rock hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and
welcome to watchmojo.com today I had the
pleasure speaking with Eugene dr. drew
so how did you first find the violin as
your instrument became naturally just
when I picked it up when I was 11 years
old it was the only thing that kept me
occupied going through immigration
process in Canada and when I picked it
up I knew I was the right instrument
what’s your musical background my mom is
a ballerina
a register she kind of got me into music
and my dad was always a fan of modern in
classical music and then my brother
played lots of Pink Floyd and Led
Zeppelin as I was growing up by the age
I think about seven or six I already
knew that I’m gonna be a musician and
then it was just the right time and the
right instrument
where does the name dr. John come from
back in when I used to be a busker but
way back wait-wait-wait back people used
to come up to me and tell me that I
changed their day from negative to
positive as they’re going from point A
to point B and they would see me play
and they were having a crappy day would
totally turn it 180s so therefore I
thought you know what I’ll make it
official now now I’m a doctor so how did
your busking days help with the music
that you’re making today
well when you’re busking you have
thousands hundreds of thousands
sometimes tens of thousands people
passing by all the time I need to be
constantly in your toast
you can’t loosen your intensity level
and you always have to be performing on
your top capability so for me it was
something of just intense boot camp
training who are some of some of your
other musical influences David Bowie is
a big one Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
especially the last album I grew up
listening to managed I was religiously a
lot of classical influences I broke off
your Shostakovich listened to a lot of
Mahler lately especially the last CD was
more on Mahler mixed with Radiohead and
Mitch nails so what kind of inspires
your creative process life situations
experiences
breakups friendships just awkward
situations basically life in general are
you trying to do something with your
music like are you trying to bring
classical music into mainstream or is
that just kind of like a happy side
thing um I don’t know like I don’t even
really consider myself a classical
musician my technique is very something
I’ve developed on my own I feel that
it’s my duty just to make good music and
if classical becomes a part of it
through the process and let it be so can
you describe one of your concerts for us
the whole thing about the shows they’re
meant to inspire and and get people
going and I’ve still following the same
ideas in philosophy of changing people’s
energy from negative to positive what do
you want people to get from your music
like a certain feeling or you know more
of an appreciation for composition or I
just want people have a good time yeah I
just want them to go nuts and start a
riot
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