Creative Sound
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Soldiers deployed to Iraq seek many ways to unwind from daily stress.
One soldier from Witherbee, New York, has created a unique way to relax
by expressing himself through music.
I do this because I love it. I've always loved music, ever since I was a little kid.
I used to get into my grandfather's musical instrument collection.
A childhood musician, Jarvis has managed to build a professional recording studio
inside his living quarters on Joint Base Balad.
I have--I call it the Combat Studio. I put it together here.
Each song is composed of layers.
After I lay down the drum track, I lay down something like a keyboard track...
[keyboard chord playing]
[guitar strumming]
...a guitar riff or a guitar track, like a rhythm guitar track.
Jarvis is at work on his demo album and hopes to have it completed before he redeploys.
That's a 60-second Army Now from Soldiers Radio and Television, Washington.
[clock ticking] [♪bass guitar playing♪]
