Pianist and singer-songwriter Pete Muller has shared his new single “Dream Small” via Two Truths Music. An ode to finding happiness through a shift in perspective, this uplifting song arrives with a colorful stop-motion music video directed by Stefano Bertelli (Pink Floyd, Eminem, Amy Lee).
Muller on the new song: “So many people who have a lot continue to want more and more. ‘Dream Small’ is about a celebrity who finds that her path to happiness lies within — in the smaller things. The stop animation video was created by a wonderful studio in Italy called Seen Film.”
Bertelli on directing the visual: “When I first listened to ‘Dream Small,’ I focused especially on the lyrics, and one line really stood out to me — the one about the star on the Walk of Fame. I imagined a visual analogy between the star and the shape of a broken car wheel rim coming loose and rolling away. This contrast — between a symbol of success and something ordinary, even broken — immediately inspired the opening scene of the video: a wheel rim detaching from a car and beginning its own journey.”
“Dream Small” follows Muller’s critically acclaimed album More Time, released last year.
After achieving success in quantitative finance, Muller found himself yearning to fulfill his creative urges. “I have these two sides,” Muller explains. “One part of me is a very practical, analytical thinker, and the other’s this creative artist who can’t help but express what’s going on in his soul. For a long time, I thought I had to choose between the two, but I’ve realized that I can love and nourish both sides of myself, that it’s and not or.”
This realization sparked a musical journey for Muller. Balancing fatherhood, marriage, and running a company, he continued to write and perform – eventually releasing a series of albums that would lead to dates with the likes of John Oates, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, Jimmy Webb, Livingston Taylor, and Paul Thorn along with festival slots everywhere from Telluride to Montreux.
Passionate about supporting live music venues and the artists who inhabit them, Muller founded the nonprofit Live Music Society (LMS) which provides critical grants to independent music venues around the country.
