Story & Lesson Highlights with Adrian Narro of West Hills

We recently had the chance to connect with Adrian Narro and have shared our conversation below.

Good morning Adrian, we’re so happy to have you here with us and we’d love to explore your story and how you think about life and legacy and so much more. So let’s start with a question we often ask: What are you being called to do now, that you may have been afraid of before?
Being an educator. I never saw myself growing up to be a teacher, but now I have students of all different ages and am showing them music, voice, and post production software- which I’ve found to be really rewarding.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m best known for playing the cello, though I’m also a multi-instrumentalist, media composer, and run my videography brand Mythos Post Production- which I started back in 2020. Despite my roots in classical and soundtracks, I’m passionate about heavy music (grunge, goth, horror, metal, industrial etc.) and operate heavily in that scene, incorporating the cello into those genres. In the studio, I compose soundtracks and make enhancements to film, music videos, podcasts, and other entertainment media. I do recording, editing, color, sound/visual effects, footage restoration, mixing and mastering. One of my strongest defining attributes in the studio is being able to edit a film and simultaneously create the music. Those are the two most timing-intensive elements in piecing a story together, so being able to handle both is a great deal of fun. I’m currently working on finishing two films to be premiered soon, and recently directed/edited a music video.

Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. What breaks the bonds between people—and what restores them?
Lack of honesty breaks bonds more than anything else. Truthful and open communication does exactly the opposite. Second to that is the ability to apologize, and actually learn from your faults. This is what I’ve learned most from my own experiences, and life’s been much socially simpler since I made it a point to be cut and dry about things. This applies to work, friends, family- everything.

If you could say one kind thing to your younger self, what would it be?
I would tell my younger self that I have the power to be a leader, which I definitely did not believe back then. I was definitely stuck in my bubble, and didn’t trust myself in guiding others when I wasn’t even fully confident in my own path/abilities. It takes time for anyone to figure that out. It usually clicks when you notice a pattern of the things that make you feel good, or that you’ve enjoyed since you were a kid. Eventually you coalesce those pieces and make a career out of it. For me, it was video game soundtracks, metal music, fantasy novels, and editing videos together for fun. Music, technology and soundtracks naturally came to be my profession, but I hadn’t fully put the jigsaw puzzle together yet. It’s good to like a lot of things, but I personally think people should focus on the things that stand out the most above the others. That’s how you discover your niche, gradually become confident in who you are, and be able to pass your skills down to others.

Next, maybe we can discuss some of your foundational philosophies and views? Is the public version of you the real you?
It is, yes. Although with a situational filter. It’s hard to present the most raw version of yourself in every single environment. Sure, it feels great to not care what others think of you- but there’s also a fair time and place for everything. Be yourself, but read the room.

Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. What do you understand deeply that most people don’t?
#FredDurstFriday IS a real holiday.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.mythospostproduction.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adriannarromusic?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AdrianNarro
• Other: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/adriannarro

  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adriannarromusic?_t=ZT-8xZMvtgvp4H&_r=1

Image Credits
Brittany Belz (@bittybelzphotography)
Jasmine Day (@streetstyle_cinema)
Don Adkins (@donadkinsphoto)
Maury Phillips (@therealmauryphillips)