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Chris Illa

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. -Sir Arthur Miller

About Me


My favorite things in life are Friends, Family, Cars, Women and Spending Money. I am heavily into Music; Writing, Arranging, Listening, Performing, analyzing talking and thinking about music are what I do.
Along with my love for music is the love of having fun, messing around and goofying off. A lot of people only see the business side of me, the very proper and studious guy I can be, but people love to know the crazy dude I can be saying funny remarks, random comments and trying to laugh all the time. Those of you that truly know me can relate to the latter. Also, I busted my ass got into and love UM. Canes #1 even if we lose a game or one too many games. Long-term life goals of mine are to be a college music director/professor, to be a movie score composer and a videogame score composer. Those would be awesome gigs to have, it would be like not working.
Also I always find it therapeutic to go for a relaxing drive. The faster the better, just don't die and don't hurt anyone.
That is a bunch about me and If you wanna know more you only have to ask.

My Interests


Music, Music & Music!!! Hanging out with friends, Dancing, Partying, The Hibbidi-Dibbidi, Video Games, DCI, Boating, Cars, Legal Street Racing, Ohh,Yeah I almost Forgot, It's All About the "U"!!!

I'd like to meet:


Musicians and people who care about music and making music; I Would love to meet John Williams, Hanz Zimmer and Danny Elfman (Music Composers for Movies); Great Friends from past, present and the future.

Music:

Every piece of music and every tune ever written from anyone has meaning and is worth giving a chance to listen to it. I love all music chant, hip-hop, jazz, classical, dance music, wind chimes, or even just the wind.
Some of my favorite music comes from Dave Matthews Band, Harry Connick Jr., Cake, Jet, Frank Sinatra, Sublime, Earth, Wind & Fire, Tower of Power, Chicago Symphony, Bobby Mcferrin, Chick Correa, Gotan Project, ELVIS, Enigma, Soundtrack Music and My Music.

Movies:

All time favorites: Back to the Future 1,2 &3; The GodFather; Car Movies; All of the James Bond Movies; Count of Monte Cristo; super hero movies, and movies about musicians like Ray and Amadeus. Comedies rule.
CHECK THIS OUT Defenders of Justice Show. UM Band of the Hour. I'm in there somewhere. :) ....

Television:

LOST, Orange County Choppers, House. Cartoons are always fun specially Family Guy, but Looney tunes are the best.

Books:

A lot of music books; The Dark Tower Series by Steven King; Teacher Man by Franck McCourt, a bunch of other books; Men's Health, Electronic Musician & Car Magazines.

Heroes:



PimpingYourSpace.com Rules!

My Blog

One of my favorite poems I wrote years back. Let me know what you think.

  Sensual Sighs Such sweet sudden sensual sighs,Many mothers might mind,Few fathers feign forgetting,But both... both,Readily remember rendering, Such sweet sudden sensual sighs,Done daughters de...
Posted by Chris Illa on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:00:00 PST