FRANK LUNA Musician with a Promising Future We caught up with young musician, Frank Luna in Brighton, Colorado. When did you first get into music? My family has always been pretty musical. Ever since I was very little my dad would always have music playing throughout the day or would be playing some tunes on his guitar. When I finally got old enough, he eventually began to teach me a little bit of guitar. Over time I started noticing and playing the bass lines more, and got good at playing with my fingers. My dad noticed this and got me my first bass. From that point on I learned every bass line I could and that only made my love for music explode. What inspired you to pursue a career in music? Well, the short answer is that I love to play! I love the whole concept of getting together with other musicians, who each know their unique part, and making some incredible music. After a while, playing an hour a day in the school band wasn’t enough, so I did my best to put together a few bands, but most of them didn’t last more than a week. Eventually, I found my way into a band with Bailey Elora, Candy for Breakfast, which was the first band I ever performed with. After that first performance, I got addicted to performing, and that addiction pushed me to where I am today! How would you describe the music that you create? I am absolutely confident that there is no one way
to simply explain my music taste other than “diverse.” In my band, Sunrise Daydream, I play stuff that ranges from heavy rock to some lighter alternative. On the other side of the spectrum, I just finished a tour with the Denver Young Artists Orchestra, where I got to play some of the most powerful orchestral pieces I’ve ever heard. I’ve spent days composing music for symphonic orchestras, the kinds of places where you study music. Then, the next day I’d head over to rehearsal with the band to record music with distortion and drums; the kind of music you have to get sweaty to play. And those are just the two extremes that I operate at, I’ve also been known to play anything in between like jazz and once even disco. How has your music evolved since you first began playing music? Since birth, I have been soaked in the classic rock that my dad listened to. Naturally, that was the music I was most familiar with, so it was the music I was most comfortable with. Later, as I grew up, I also learned things about music I didn’t even know about: theory, lyrics, Jazz. After I learned how to read music, I got really into orchestration and eventually wrote my own songs. Of course, during all of this, I never lost sight of the rock that got all of this started. In fact, I think the rock side of my life have strengthened my performances in other genres. There are times where directors are yelling at everyone to just get angry and really put in the emotion that the song needs, and while everyone else
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