Soft and Music

pBorn in Mexico City, this multi-talented artist currently makes his home in Los Angeles, California. Creative and always cutting edge, Beto Hale is an artist but he is more than that. He#39;s a writer, producer, and father trying to make a living in a field we creative types dream about. His songwriting is excellent and the guy is a monster on the drums. Here is what Beto had to say:/p pWe#39;ve played in several bands together a few years back in Colorado, how did you get started playing music? /p pYes! I had a lot of fun playing with you!/p pIn terms of my beginnings: I listened to the Beatles when I was eight and that was it! I started learning all their songs on the drums and then on guitar and piano. I took classical guitar lessons at 10; then was self taught for quite few years… then went into serious musical study around 18!/p pYou#39;ve played/collaborated with some pretty big names. Can you give us a few examples and what you did? /p pTony Levin (bassist for Peter Gabriel) played on my first CD, Sube. I met him after a show he did in Boulder, and just asked him straight out if he would do it! He was so cool about it and recorded some amazing tracks. /p pHere in LA I#39;ve written songs with some great Latin American songwriters, among them Alejandro Lerner, who is a huge star in Argentina and other countries./p pWhat projects are you currently involved in?/p pI am writing the Spanish lyrics for Santino#39;s album; he is a very well known indie artist in the L.A. scene; he is originally from Peru. /p pI am also co-writing and playing drums with Devlin Murphy, an amazingly talented young artist from L.A../p pI am writing new songs all the time for a future album of my own. Not sure when it will come out yet!/p p What are your plans for the future musically? /p pTo write, produce and play for other people#39;s projects, collaborate with diverse writers, write musci for film and TV, and release many new albums (or whatever they will be called) of my own!/p pIs there a particular adjective or two you would use to describe the LA music scene? /p pCompetitive. Inspiring. /p pWhat is the highlight for you so far, in your music career? /p pHonestly, I have had many. I was very fortunate to attend and graduate from Berklee Collego of Music; there, I was able to meet and collaborate with some amazing people. I also did a Masters in Composition at Denver University where I heard two of my pieces played by a full Symphony Orchestra!/p br