Buzz - April 19, 2007

arts and entertainment weekly

LOCAL TALENT

MARLON D a tenor titan

Tim Procter returns from the international stage to sing for the OC

record breaking Orange County indie labels are giving L.A. a run for it’s money

listen to reggae

the message of The Aggrolites

GETTING A TASTE OF THE SPOTLIGHT

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GETTING INTO THE BIZ pg.4

Marlon D has gotten a taste of the limelight and after his debut CD he’s ready for more

LOCAL LABELS pg.5

Revelation records, Militia Group, Fearless Records. They are the Orange County independant record labels fighting in the shadows fo the Los Angeles behemoths and they are doing a kick ass job.

BEHIND THE BAR pg.4

What’s it like to have front row seats to the best music in town? Plush Cafe’s Nate Zablan talks about life behind the counter at a downtown music hotspot

THE TITAN TENOR pg.8 Tim proctor has traveld the world to sing and now he finds himslef back on his home campus.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

An interview with hardcore band The Blood Brothers, OC Indie band roster review and extra movie, music and show reviews only online at www.dailytitan.com

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by Melissa Fitzgerald Daily Titan Staff Writer thebuzz@dailytitan.com

POMONA AVE

WILSHIRE BLVD

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The Park The park next to Rutabegorz is the perfect spot to walk off any extra calories. It’s not large but the landscaping makes up for it. There’s also a small playground on which to frolic in so watch out for kids.

Just steps away from the renovated SOCO District, short for South of Commonwealth for commuters out there, the honking horns and buzz of the city seems to fade away within a span of mere blocks.

Restaurants like Chomp and Hero’s are well-known and visible in the district but there are other spots nearby that are kept alive with word of mouth and also because of their historic value.

The lush park on the corner of Wilshire Avenue and Pomona Avenue is small but it’s a perfect spot to read a book or to take a dog for a quick walk.

After you get a taste of nature in suburbia, the restaurant next door will satisfy any healthy food hunger pangs as well as any sweet tooth.

A veggie lover’s haven since 1970, Rutabegorz has served up both inventive vegetarian and some nonvegetarian dishes for 30 plus years.

The interior may be a tad shabby

but what it lacks in newness is made up for with personality.

From the blue haired waitress to the old menus hung on the wall, the place definitely lives up to what it was originally proclaimed to be, a “hippie spot.”

As for favorites on the menu, the waitresses might be able to shed some light on delightful options.

The chicken enchilada verde is a favorite of Anjelica’s, a waitress who works there. The spicy artichoke dip is also worth trying.

The intersection also houses the Fullerton Museum Center and with student I.D. entrance is only $3.

According to the city of Fullerton Web site, about a century ago land was purchased, where the museum now stands, for the creation of a library.

The library eventually did not meet the needs of the city and the evolution of the building came to fruition in 1985, when it became the museum.

The corner of Wilshire and Pomona Avenue is not the SOCO District but if you look hard enough, you just might find something worth finding.

Rutabegorz Try it to get your veggie fix. And don’t fret meat eaters, there’s something for you too. Big juicy steaks may not be available but healthier, leaner meat items are.

Fullerton Museum Center Robert Perine’s photography shows subjects with guitars in unusual settings such as surfing. The exhibit will be displayed for the next couple of months. Hatching the Past: Dinosaurs Eggs, Nests, and Young is on display until the end of April.

Methodist Episcopal Church Just glancing at the 1st Methodist Episcopal Church will make you feel older and wiser. Established in 1909, this church was named in the National Register of historic places.

Serious rantings and pop culture complaints of the best (and worst) of the week’s events that can’t help but make you scream ... WHAT THE F! 1. Former male model Kerrick Russ claims to have had a “torrid homosexual affair” with Larry Birkhead before he concieved with Anna. To use his own words: “I told you so!”

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BUZZ Calendar The Day the Music Lived Saturday 8:3op

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big bopper are the subjects of the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts tribute to the rock and roll heyday of American music.

Dollar Days

Saturday all day

In honor of Earth Day, Buffalo Exchange stores are pricing all sale items at $1 and all proceeds go to The Center for Environmental Health.

Benefit Concert Sunday 6:oop

Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa hosts “Rock out for Families,” a gig that helps Irvine nonprofit, Families Forward, raise money to fund thier program that helps homeless famillies.

Best place to learn more:

Best place to soak in some history:

Best veggie dishes hands down:

SundayJubilant Sykes Meng Concert Hall 4:00p TuesdayNew Music Ensemble Recital Hall 8:00p WednesdayUniversity Band Meng Concert Hall 8:00p

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to stand in line. People chanted “you’re no Sanjaya.” Yeah we agree, he has better highlights too.

and drugs has made her a better actress.

Now if only we could stand to watch her movies sober.

2.Heather Mills fell at the end of her performance on this week’s Dancing with the Stars. Oh god, that’s just too easy.

5. In related news, Sanjaya’s run in the sun has finally ended, getting voted off Idol last night. WTF?!? Now the show’s nothing but a bunch of bland and unlovable talented singers.

8. In a recent interview, Angelina Jolie claims to have been “very sexual in kindergarten.” Wonder if that’s a good thing when you’re adopting young children.

3. Avril’s new album’s getting slammed by critics. Guess it is, indeed, The Worst Damn Thing.

6. La Lohan is accused of flooding an exboyfriend’s apartment. Guess her stint in rehab left her feeling dehydrated.

4.Paula Abdul threw a tantrum at a San Jose airport claiming to be “too famous”

7. Lindsay also made a statement recently that abstaining from alcohol

9. Paris Hilton’s dirty hamper is for sale.

If you act now, she’ll probably throw in a new sex tape.

10. Joey Lawrence is reportedly set to take on a broadway role. We knew Blossom was primed for comeback.

Rock On

Thursday 7:30p

Titan Radio’s Radical Recital kicks off a mini music fest at Hogue Barmichaels in Newprot Beach. Among the performers: A Kiss Could Be Deadly, Building A Better Spaceship and Neighborhood Riot.

Acme Animator Sunday 2:00p

The Orange County Museum of Art hosts a lecture on the art and animation of Chuck Close and the museum’s exhibition of his work.

Swinging Shakespeare Until Feb. 11

Fullerton’s Hunger Artists Theater presents a 1960s-era rat pack version of Shakespeare’s classic classic comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

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‘Listen To Reggae’ The Aggrolites have one message and one message only

By Richard Tinoco For the Daily Titan

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To lead vocalist Jesse Wagner, “aggro” means “music so tough” and “lites” stands for “it’ll knock you out with a feather. Put them together and you have The Aggrolites. On Saturday at Fullerton’s The Alley, the band lived up to their name when they played to a packed house to a crowd that let it all out by the last song.

The band is a rocking mix of ska and reggae, but don’t let their unique sound pigeonhole them.

“We want everybody,” said bassist J. Bonner, before the band hit the stage Saturday.

Before The Aggrolites hit its stride, they were mostly known for bringing fans that consisted of “skinheads” and “ska kids.” With their self-titled album gaining popularity, Bonner said the fanbase has grown to include punk rockers, surfers, and hip-hoppers.

He said tit’s due in part to their new label Hellcat records wwho also helped the band expand by not trying to “pick the singles.”

He added that the label gave the group “100 percent freedom,” which comes in handy when working on the new record, Reggae Hit L.A..

Bonner promises the band will “expose a sweet spot of [reggae/ ska] that often gets overlooked.”

Attendees of the hour-and-15minute set were treated to old songs, like “Funky Fire,” a sneak peek at the upcoming album and covers of Derrick Morgan’s “Moon Hop” and The Beatles’ “Don’t Let Me Down.” The latter song closed out the night, which couldn’t have been more right because the entire audience got to participate and sing together.

“I had a blast dancing to it.

Their energy was incredible,” said Jackie Mendez, 20. “They got a great reaction from the crowd.”

On May 22, they will appear as the backing band for Rancid’s Tim Armstrong solo album, A Poet’s Life, upcoming gigs at Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the band’s third full-length record, Reggae Hit L.A. drops on June 5.

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is name is Marlon D and he’s a fourth-year CSUF student.

He studies Human Services and hopes to one day become a therapist, but his real love is hip-hop, real hip-hop.

Lyricists such as Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Nas and WuTang Clan are just a few of the 22 year old’s main influences.

“My music is heavily influenced by these guys. When I was growing up, all I had were their albums and tapes,” Marlon said. “I would listen to them all day and study their delivery and flow. That’s when I started to develop my own style and my own content. I’m a big fan of mid ‘90s hip-hop.”

A full-time student, Marlon has shows booked, clubs to rock, mics to grab, crowds to hype and his very own album to hustle, in which the price is based on how long you’ve known Marlon.

“Balancing school and my career is crazy, either I’m in the library studying, or I’m in the studio, or I’m doing a show. Anytime time I have left is for my family back in Oxnard, but I love what I do,” he said.

His family supports him most.

“Growing up in Oxnard I had to find something creative to do, or else I would have been on the wrong path,” he said. “Luckily, I found music to keep me out of trouble.

Some of my friends got into drugs and gangs, I am just glad I found a way out and my grades got me into college. I am doing something positive with my life.”

Marlon describes the music he makes as “for any human being.”

“People don’t have to be hiphop heads to relate. It’s about daily struggles that human beings go through. It’s the ups and downs of life,” he said.

Marlon also said his music is supposed to encourage people to stand on their own two feet and be individuals.

“My music is meant to encourage people to believe in themselves and their dreams, no matter how many haters you got,” he said.

His debut album, Shadows of My Reflection, Marlon said, is “a look into my past and a glance into my future.”

Through his tracks, verses, hooks and beats Marlon said he takes his listeners on an “introspective” journey.

This first project touches upon issues such as politics, inner city crime, teenage pregnancy, life as a college student, the gift and the curse of being an independent artist, falling in and out of love and being a Filipino-American in a cutthroat music industry.

With the success of his album being sold at shows, school or just previewed on his MySpace page, Marlon has opened for many great kings of the mics: Killah Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Guru from Gangstarr, Abstract Rude, Aceyalone and Self Scientific.

Marlon has the license to name drop after geting a taste of the industry. Yet, he didn’t start rapping in public until he was 15 years old.

He entered battles and small shows all

Oxnard, Calif., also known as the OX, is most known for its agricultural production of strawberries. On a musical note, the city gave the hip-hop industry underground hiphop producer, Madlib, and Filipino-American DJ Babu, world-famous Beat Junkie and DJ for Dilated Peoples.

Now, there is another OX export trying make his mark. throughout high school and during college. Then Marlon decided to take rapping seriously.

Nowadays, shows are an adrenaline rush for Marlon, who has some help from his supporting cast: DJ Kodak and Sax. “Marlon’s great on stage, his energy just gets everyone pumped,” said Kodak, whose real name is Randy Lopez, also a Titan.

“I’ve known Marlon for a while and he’s a good guy, I am real proud of him,” said Sax, the occasional saxophone player.

Strictly a solo act, Marlon D’s love for hip-hop has kept him going on the right path. Marlon continues to attend class regularly and play as many shows as he can handle.

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Debut Release- 22-year-old grassroots hip-hop artist, Marlon D, has been rapping in the undergroud scene

since age 15. The Cal State Fullerton senior recently finished his debut album, “Shadows of My Reflection.”

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Home Grown Orange County record labels compete with Los Angeles and boast a slew of hot new bands

by caitlin clift Daily Titan Staff Writer thebuzz@dailytitan.com

While many people consider Los Angeles as Southern California’s, or even the West Coast’s, epicenter in the music scene, Orange County music labels prove that this may not the be the case.

After holding its own in the punk music scene in the 1970s and ‘80s and being home to some notable bands such as The Adolescents and The Vandals, Orange County has been overlooked as a place where music is produced and bands play live.

Owner of the Garden Grove-based independent label The Militia Group, Rory Felton, 25, said while the heart of the music industry is Los Angeles and New York, Orange County still has a fertile music scene.

“Similar to Orange County is New Jersey and Long Island, New York, where they’re just outside the city, but they’re suburban neighborhoods and you see a lot of those bands doing well and creating scenes up there. A lot of kids want to see bands, and a lot of kids are into music,” Felton said.

Felton started The Militia Group in 2000 while he was a music management student at USC. After attending USC for two years, he left school to devote his time to the label. Since then, the label has put out 55 records from about 30 bands, including Rufio, Brandston, Umbrellas and Cartel.

“I feel like all the artists we work with are fantastic and the highest quality records we’ve ever put out we’re putting out right now as a company. That’s all I care about. I’d rather put out high quality records and sell five copies than put out some MySpace Records band or some B.S.,” Felton said.

Revelation Records has also recognized the importance of focusing on quality music versus just selling

records. The company’s A&R, Robert Shedd, 25, works at finding and developing bands at the Huntington Beach independent label.

“Revelation has a rich history of music, but each band has an opportunity to define what exactly

they are on their own terms. It’s different than if a band signs to a label where it kind of brands them, like ‘Oh this is who you are,’” Shedd said.

Being based in Orange County has not hurt the label’s success; instead, it has helped the label to stay focused on

the music’s importance, Shedd said.

“Being in LA you can certainly get lost in the shuffle, and you can probably get caught in a lot more of the industry minutiae and tend to lose sight of why you’re doing the label and what music is important

to you, especially on an independent basis. If you’re in LA you’re more likely or more susceptible to having to play the same games the majors do,” Shedd said.

“At the root of it an independent shouldn’t be trying to imitate a major

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Labels: OC record companies flourish (From page 5)

label and I’d say in L.A. you’re more likely to have to follow those footsteps or tread in that vein. There is that distinction between being based in Orange County and over there [Los Angeles]. Being in Orange County you’re free to do your own thing, more so than L.A.,� Shedd said.

Revelation Records was founded in New Haven, Conn., in 1987

by Jordan Cooper and his friend Ray Cappo, a singer for the punkhardcore band Youth of Today.

After moving to Huntington Beach in 1990, the label’s sound shifted from its primarily punk and hardcore sound to a mix of indie rock with Revelation bands Elliott and Sensefield, to punk and hardcore bands such as Shai Hulud.

Fearless Records’ president Bob Becker, 42, said since the Internet is

instrumental in breaking new bands, record companies no longer need to be based out of L.A.to be successful. “I think you can have a successful label in Portland, Ore., or Louisiana. If you do it right, I don’t think it matters where you’re at for the most part as far running a small, independent label,�

Becker said in a phone interview.

More important than the label’s location or even the label itself is the bands that are on the label. “The label is only as good as the bands that are on it. We work hard and do a good job, but it’s all about the bands. And when the bands put out good music and they work hard and we can help enhance that, then we have something,� Becker said.

Becker started the Garden Grovebased label in 1994 after his friend’s band needed help putting out a record. What first began as a hobby

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grew into the label.

Becker said Fearless gained recognition after signing the El Paso, Texas band At the Drive-In. The label has been home to bands such as Rock Kills Kid, The Plain White T’s and Sugarcult. “I’ve never really thought our label was that successful and I still don’t and I think that’s what keeps us chugging along the way we are. I tell bands when we sign them - we’re not the biggest, coolest label, but we’ve been around a long time and we’re consistent and we work hard,� Becker said. “Orange County has a very rich music scene, especially on the independent side of things,� Shedd said. “Being in Orange County there’s such a thriving music scene, when bands come through here they always enjoy some success. I’m involved with booking shows locally and promotion and in L.A. it’s often hard to find shows, in San Diego it’s very hit or miss and in Orange County you always find something and there’s always people there.

There’s definitely a very positive side to being here in Orange County,�

Shedd said.

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BY MAGGIE HAUSER

The Toy Store

I’m not sure how many of you heard me regale readers with my tales about Bob, but I wanted to let you all know that his extended family recently got a couple of additions, but more importantly, two very lucky women started a collection of their very own.

Last Saturday night was girls’ night out for my friends and I. After dinner, lots of drinks and a little booty shakin’, we decided to take our sexified selves to the local sex shop in Pasadena.

Yes, we go to the bathroom in groups, we go into fitting rooms in pairs and we shop for sex toys together.

My friend Micole was telling the group about how a little bit of backdoor action is never a bad thing when Stephanie and Lauren dropped a bombshell.

They had never owned a vibrator before.

Frankly, I was shocked, and so was our friend Isabelle. I mean, doesn’t everyone need to take matters into their own hands

every now and then?

Cole, Belle and I decided to take our pupils past the aisles of lube, porn and cock rings and straight to a lovely little remote-control device called, “My First Rabbit.�

Lauren said she was a little scared by it at first, but several days later, she has no complaints and said it was worth every penny. Parenthetically, her boyfriend agrees.

Steph decided on the classic Silver Bullet vibrator, and we toy collectors all agreed that we were witnessing the beginning of two very beautiful relationships.

Later when I got home and unpacked my own purchases, I started to think about how women lean on each other. Be it for advice about a shade of lipstick or what color dildo to buy, we just operate better in groups.

And let’s face facts, it would just be weird to see a girl walk into a sex shop all by herself, wouldn’t it?

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WHAT’S movies

A Perfect Stranger

Disturbia

Columbia Pictures

Dream Works File under: A nail-biter with cute people Disturbia has been panned as the teenage Rear Window that just doesn’t compare to Alfred Hitchcock’s intelligent murder mystery. And rightfully so.

Kale Brecht (Shia LaBeouf ) is a teenage delinquent on house arrest for assaulting his teacher, while in the original, L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies (Jimmy Stewart) is at home recovering from a broken leg.

Both have a beautiful blonde and a funny friend/sidekick for comedic relief. Kale has Ashley (Sarah Roemer), the new cute girl who just moved into the neighborhood, while Jeff has Lisa (Grace Kelly) at his beckon call.

While Jeff’s nurse, Stella (Thelma Ritter), is nowhere near as funny as Ronnie (Aaron Yoo), Kale’s friend, both are first to agree with the protagonists that there is something fishy about their respective neighbors.

Yes, Disturbia is the teenage Rear Window, but not really. LaBeouf is 100 times cuter than Jimmy Stewart.

He is Russell Crowe and Eric Bana morphed into a teenage boy next

photo courtesy of Dreamworks

door. Roemer is cute but is nowhere near Grace Kelly by any standard.

While the comparisons make Disturbia predictable, it is nonetheless enjoyable. Villainous neighbor Mr. Turner (David Morse) is icy and creepy. There are scenes that are still suspenseful enough to make you jump.

The best suggestion? Check it out in the theaters and then see Rear Window on DVD. - Jennifer Church Daily Titan Staff

The affecting plot of “Children of Men” is driven by jaw-dropping visuals used almost flawlessly by director Alfonso Cuaron.

Set 21 years in the future when women are no longer able to have children, the world is being torn apart as the first-world countries close their borders from the chaos outside. There is hope, however, as Theo (Clive Owen) is entrusted with the protection of what may be the last pregnant woman on Earth.

Most recent action films lose viewer

Tales of lust and identity are at the core of the new film Perfect Stranger.

Rowena Price (Halle Berry), is a New York reporter determined to link the death of her friend to ad executive Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis). To uncover clues that will provide evidence against him, Price changes her name to Katherine and gets a job at Hill’s agency. She also forms another identity, Veronica, a girl that Hill flirts with in an Internet chat room. The characters’ actions intertwine together (throw in Giovanni Ribisi as Price’s friend and cohort), ultimately questioning Hill’s guilt.

A Perfect Stranger is another movie with a twist. Yet a barrier between the audience and the characters exists because the writers didn’t develop the characters enough to have the audience connect with them. Towards the end of the movie, Halle Berry begins losing energy as her acting reveals an “I-just-want-toget-this-movie-over-with” attitude.

All good films that have a twist usually have a moral. The theme of loyalty and men in power echoes throughout the movie, yet the theme

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ultimately does not stick.

The actual moral of the story: Good looking actors like Berry and Willis cannot save a thriller that is

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not believable enough to thrill.

- Aleksandra Wojtalewicz Daily Titan Staff Writer

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TIM PROCTOR HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD TO SING AND FINDS HIMSELF BACK AT HOME

by Michelle E. Ramos Daily Titan Staff Writer thebuzz@dailytitan.com

Even after gracing the stages of Germany, Seattle and San Diego with his tenor voice, Timothy Proctor wishes he could have performed on the stage of CSUF’s new Performing Arts Center.

The CSUF alumnus graduated in 2000, just a few years shy of the opening of the new center, and it’s probably the only time the word shy can be associated with this witty performer.

On a bright spring day outside of the Orange County Performing Arts Center, during his photo shoot, a giant lens pointing at his face, Proctor shouts to each passerby, “It’s for MySpace, I’m taking it up a notch!”

Shortly after receiving his bachelor’s in Music in Vocal Performance, Proctor was serenading audiences at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in operas such as La Boheme, Magic Flute and Carmen. After traveling throughout the world, this performer can once again be heard in Orange County, and says he is delighted to be home.

Following graduation, Proctor got his start as a professional opera singer in the San Diego Opera.

“I auditioned for everything – L.A. Opera, Opera Pacific and San Diego Opera, and San Diego Opera was the one I got,” Proctor said.

“We started with Loengrin, which is

by Wagner, and as far as operas go, it’s a ball buster. There’s something like 83 high-A’s for the tenors.”

After a season with San Diego

Opera, Proctor was recruited by Orange County’s Opera Pacific, which performs at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.

“He pours his heart into every performance whether he’s a main stage principal or simply walking on stage to pick up a chair and walk it off stage,” CSUF alumnus and Opera Pacific chorister Marty Schaefer said.

“Opera Pacific just sent me the whole contract for the whole chorus season,” Proctor said. “They must have seen that I had some experience.”

Proctor has just completed a run of Bizet’s Carmen, an opera that Proctor is very comfortable with, having been in four other productions including a production of Carmen where Proctor held a principal role as one of the smugglers, Remendado.

“It was my first time doing a role – I got a taste of the limelight. It was very stressful though, being a chorister is just fun. You’re on stage, and there are a lot of chances to look around and you know that at that moment not everyone is going to be focused on you,” Proctor said.

He then relocated to Seattle to follow a girlfriend – a move he called valient.

Looking for voice lessons at nearby opera houses, he ended up giving one location a lesson or two about Carmen.

“I started with this kind of grassroots opera company, their very first opera, and guess what it was?” he asked. “It was Carmen. And I said, I’ve done Carmen before, and they said, ‘OK, you’re in.’ So, I helped them out with that.”

Proctor attributes much of what he

learned to Mark Goodrich, a professor that he met at CSUF. “I really valued everything he said.

“He said, ‘Tim, you’ll always have a place in opera if you work at it.’ Dr. Mark is someone who I really looked up to at Cal State Fullerton, and I wanted to do my best for him,” Proctor said.

“Tim exhibits a great passion that allows him to be successful in whatever he chooses to do, this passion coupled with a very kind and generous heart, makes him a real joy to work with and know,” Goodrich said in an e-mail interview.

As Proctor described the powerful influence that a teacher can have on a student, he shares his decision to follow in the footsteps of his mentor.

“I’m singing better than I ever have, and I’ve already decided to go another way. I want to study teacher life, and take vacation time to travel,” Proctor said.

He is currently working on his teaching credentials from CSUF, and has plans to teach math someday.

When asked why teach math and not music, Proctor humorously explained, “If some kid said to me, ‘I hate music,’ I’d probably lose my patience and say, ‘Well I hate you!”

Proctor discovered the difficulty other opera singers had trying to balance relationships and their careers. Most of the successful opera singers who he met along the way were forced to live out of a suitcase. By becoming a teacher he can stay in one place, and still make room in his life for other things he

By Rebecca Hartness/Daily Titan Staff Photographer

Opera Singer - Timothy Proctor, 33, who graduated from Cal

State Fullerton’s music program in 2000, is now a tenor opera singer and has performed in numerous productions. loves, like opera.

Even though Proctor has decided to make teaching his day job, it isn’t going to stop him from performing on the stage. He has plans to remain

with Opera Pacific indefinitely.

“This is my little home opera company and as long as they’re still in business I hope to stay,” Proctor said.