"Ultimately, I would love to write, arrange, record and produce my own music and help other people with theirs," he said. He plans to go to college and his short list includes the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Belmont University, and Berklee College of Music.
He said there are quite a few gigs in December and they go to Canada in early 2022. It is so organic."Ĭaptain will be busy with Orlando's band for the foreseeable future. "That is just a completely different art form. He interacts with the crowd more than anybody I've ever seen," he said. "It's a really, really great way to perform because it takes the crowd into consideration. He is impressed by how Orlando calls out songs based on what he thinks the crowd wants in the moment. Gigs followed in Atlanta and at The Mansion theater in Branson, among others.Ĭaptain said he has learned a lot from his music teachers in Springfield and from each performer he has spent time with on stage. "I had to fight through the music and just pay really close attention."įor the next gig, two nights later, Captain was on stage again. It was like fight or flight and I knew I couldn't go anywhere," he said. "I was really nervous but whenever I got on stage, I wasn't. More Future of the Ozarks: Springfield teen, unable to find job, launches his own businessĬaptain said the experience was exhilarating. "This Harry Potter-looking, handsome, smart, quiet, brilliant musician - at 18 years old - comes up on stage and blows them away." Second number, third number, better than ever. First number, I actually turned around and winked at him, gave him a thumbs-up. Orlando, convinced by Toni and David, invited Captain to play the entire show.
"And my brother gets on 'Bro, don't even concern yourself. "(Toni) calls me and she said, 'I'm going to put your brother on in a minute but this kid can play.' She said 'Tony, he's ridiculous. He has acted, performing in Springfield Little Theatre shows, and been hired to play in the orchestra pit for shows at different high schools.
At Parkview High School, he was in marching band, jazz band, advanced orchestra, choir and youth symphony. More Future of the Ozarks: Maren Beall, not yet driving a car, learns to fly a planeĬaptain can play guitar and piano but he kept coming back to the cello and the bass. More confident, he became part of a band called the Minnows made up of classmates he'd known since his days at Rountree Elementary. "They needed a bass player for jazz band and I could kind of fake it on bass but I really couldn't play and so I told him I could. "I wanted to join orchestra because my mom was an orchestra teacher and I'd play bass on one song when my dad would play at McSalty's (restaurant) and so the band director at Jarrett (middle school) thought I could play bass and I couldn't," he recalled. By middle school, he got serious about the cello and later the electric bass. Captain said he learned his first tune on the ukulele at age 9.