(BA '09) music major in composition and piano performance

David Watson is taking the same first step toward a music career as Irving Berlin and George Gershwin.

"I got an internship with a song plugging company," says the Hanford native who was a member of the Concert Choir, Pacific Chamber Singers and Jazz Band.

"I'd like to be a song artist, eventually, or at least a composer. I feel like that's my calling: to write songs," he says.

The company is Sharp Objects (www.sharpobject.com). Located in Nashville, the firm writes and promotes country and Christian songs to radio stations. The paid, part-time position began in June and has no set end-date. "If he likes me he could offer me a job; a cool possibility," Watson says. "He" is Steven Sharp, a Valley native who owns Sharp Objects.

Watson hopes to make himself a home in Nashville, since it is a center for both country and Christian music. "They're both passions of mine," he says. "The internship is a foot in the door for me."

Duties will be basic to start with, but Watson was becoming part of the organization even before graduation. "Sharp already has me writing critiques of country songs," Watson says. The staff meets Fridays to critique the week's work. "I think he is trying to get me set up for this," he adds.

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