Brian Koppelman inspires a song on the flow that took him on a creative arc through the entertainment industry, from being Tracey Chapman's manager to award-winning Screenwriter and Showrunner.

Koppelman is the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, the producer for films including The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones, the director for films including Solitary Man and the documentary This Is What They Want for ESPN as part of their 30 for 30 series, and the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Showtime's Billions. Koppelman was born on April 27, 1966 in Roslyn Harbor, New York to a Jewish family, the son of Brenda "Bunny" Koppelman and Charles Koppelman. His father was a producer and media executive. Koppelman holds degrees from Tufts University and Fordham University School of Law. He first started managing local Long Island bands as a teenager. He would also book bands at a local nightclub. Through booking acts, he came into contact with Eddie Murphy and helped arrange Murphy's first record deal.

As a student at Tufts University, he discovered singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman and executive-produced her first album. He was later brought to Giant Records by president Irving Azoff. During his career, Koppelman was an A&R representative for music labels Elektra Records, Giant Records, SBK Records and EMI Records

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LYRICS:

I'm tuned into a frequency
Channelling some higher voice
Something that's not part of me
No need to make a choice
When I am in the flow

Ideas come like I'm pulling on a string
Words and pictures and everything
Perfectly formed with melody and swing
I'm picking up mind outside of me

I wake up gently keep the water's still
Sliding out a dream

Slip into the gentle flow
An unpolluted stream

I wish I could always be like this
Forever in the moment

No before and nothing after
All I have I own it

In peace I listen to the voices
Passing through my mouth

Until my conscious mind starts to wake
And to crave
And end my bliss...

I get in my way
I get in my way

I'm a stubborn cow
Sat down in the road
A jack-knifed truck
That lost its load

I'm leaves on the line
Snow on the tracks
The oncoming car
That won't turn back

I get in my way
I get in my way

I'm the screaming neighbours
And their barking dog
The crying baby
And a squealing hog

I'm wind on the mic
Dirt on the lens
The ringing telephone
That's an annoying friend

I get in my way
I get in my way

The thing that stops the flow is me I know

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