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Issue date: 10/11/07 Section: A & E

Media Credit: www.myspace.com/angelusglorius David Landry

David Landry is a self-proclaimed "renaissance man." A musician, actor, writer and filmmaker, Landry involves himself in the arts in any way possible. Landry was one of the original founders of the University's FAM Fest, as well as the D. Landry Show, which was named for him.

Q: What have you been doing lately?

A: Just recently got back into the rap thing and that's been scary, because I haven't rapped since 1996. I've had to go in and relearn that, but people have been saying good things. I'm trying to stay focused and go in the right direction. The band I've been working with, Real Talk, is about to drop a record on Nov. 2, the day of the D. Landry show.

Q: What is the D. Landry Show?

A: D. Landry Show is not about me. It's named after one person, but it's not about me. It's about getting aspiring artists a stage to get their work out there. Whether it's rock, heavy metal, acoustic, whatever. It don't matter. It's all about trying to get yoru message out there. We're looking for this one to go towards a charity, to raise some kind of awareness.

Q: What is the message you try to get across through your work?

A: There are certain things that every human being has within them, like primal things. Like anger and love and evil and good. I guess love would be one of those things, the gaining and the loss of it. The most recent music I've been working with was a whole album talking about relationships. The wins, the losses, the ties. It made a full circle of love.

Q: Who is your audience?

A: To me, good music or good art or whatever you're doing will reach everybody. The common links will make people's ears perk up, make them want to ask questions and say they relate to it. I'm not necessarily trying to reach out to certain people. Sometimes I get surprised and people who I wouldn't think would like it, end up liking it.

Q: What is your creative process?

A: I don't do like other musicians and get drugs or get drunk. Sometimes right after I experience something, I go write about it. I've got this song… I'd been going through some things that were just building up and "Bam!" - I wrote two lines on my hand. And when I got on a bus and pulled out some paper, I started writing and it just started flowing. The first line was like a trigger, and it all built up until it became a song.
Compiled by Lauren Weiner

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