Dylan Rutledge is a young man with a single passion: to create music, new music that will take the world by storm. It's not only his passion it's his obsession; everything else in life comes second. He’s rash, obstinate, self-centered like most geniuses, and certain the world will fall at his feet when it hears his music. This passion of his leads to a complete break with his father and the life he knew. As a British expatriate in Paris, he throws himself into winning his just place in the world. Instead he finds rejection and ridicule, and the destiny he gave up so much for remains out of reach.
Counterpoint: Dylan’s Story follows Dylan as life and experience knock him down again and again. He is able to get up each time and keep fighting because he has not only his passion and belief in himself and his music, but because he has the love of novelist Laurence Northcliff, a gentle, humorous, and wise man. A devastating loss causes Dylan to lose his belief in himself and his dream dies. He returns to England, prepared for a life as an impoverished piano teacher, with no ambition but to get through each day. Then, through an unexpected turn of events, he finds again the passion to create music and the ability to love again, if he has the courage to try.
Dylan Rutledge is a young man with a single passion: to create music, new music that will take the world by storm. It's not only his passion it's his obsession; everything else in life comes second. He’s rash, obstinate, self-centered like most geniuses, and certain the world will fall at his feet when it hears his music. This passion of his leads to a complete break with his father and the life he knew. As a British expatriate in Paris, he throws himself into winning his just place in the world. Instead he finds rejection and ridicule, and the destiny he gave up so much for remains out of reach.
Counterpoint: Dylan’s Story follows Dylan as life and experience knock him down again and again. He is able to get up each time and keep fighting because he has not only his passion and belief in himself and his music, but because he has the love of novelist Laurence Northcliff, a gentle, humorous, and wise man. A devastating loss causes Dylan to lose his belief in himself and his dream dies. He returns to England, prepared for a life as an impoverished piano teacher, with no ambition but to get through each day. Then, through an unexpected turn of events, he finds again the passion to create music and the ability to love again, if he has the courage to try.