Spotted in Portland: Local Musician’s Musical Meet Up with Elvis Costello
Friday, July 10, 2015
But instead of grabbing the ubiquitous selfie, Julien asked the musical legend to listen to his music.
Costello had just wrapped a concert with his band, The Imposters, on Wednesday night, July 8, and was leaving the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. That’s when Julien lined up to for a chance to meet him.
“I have been a fan of Elvis and his music most of my life,” said the 17-year-old who might be familiar to Portlanders as the pint-sized philanthropist behind Archimedes Alliance. “”This Year’s Model” is the perfect rock album.”
As DFuture Leitner has been creating his own music for a while now, and on his new album, Cloud 9, he samples Costello’s work on a cut called “Try.” "He’s one of my earliest musical influences, and I wanted to honor him,” said Julien. “And (his sample) makes for a great song!”
Instead of shaking Costello’s hand, or taking a photo when he had a chance to meet him, Leitner explained his story to Costello and asked him to listen to his song.
“He liked it,” said Leitner. “He said it was very cool how I added to and changed the sample so that you can't tell it's a sample. He also offered to clear it! “ In non-music makers terms, that means Elvis will help Leitner possible to release his song with the sample from Costello included in the mix.
“Giddy and surreal,” is how Leitner described the experience. “I’m not sure there's a single word to describe it. I met one of my childhood heroes and played him one of my songs sampling his music. That's a pretty emotional experience.”
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