If Derock Tucker isn't playing guitar at the local coffee shop's open mic night, you can find him in his studio composing tracks for an upcoming album, producing somebody else's album, teaching a music class, or helping to promote a show somewhere in Long Beach. You can be assured that at any given time Derock will have some kind of music project going on. He eats, breathes, and sleeps music. He called me up last week to set up a portrait session. All I initially knew about him was that he liked to play guitar, so naturally I suggested, "hey, you should bring your guitar!"
Musician's are always interesting to work with due to the vast and colorful spectrum of personalities music attracts. Derock had a very laid back and easy going attitude while at the same time pensive and fully conscious. He was very comfortable in his own skin. Which made this portrait session flow very smoothly. Thank you very much Derock for letting shoot your portrait and good luck with all of your future projects. Cheers!
