It was about a year ago on a Saturday afternoon, and Rennie Curran and his two roommates were looking for something to do.

The sophomore linebacker had an idea and figured the three of them could pass the time by making a little music.

“Oh yeah, I love music,” Curran said. “I could do that all day.”

Curran had created an instrumental hip-hop track and played it for his two roommates, who at the time were linebacker Charles White and running back Kalvin Daniels. White and Daniels decided they wanted to add their vocal talents to it and rapped over the beat, recording the trio’s first song together.

“We were just acting stupid in my room one day, but it turned out pretty good,” Curran said.

Curran began playing music at the age of nine, when his mother was looking for ways to get him involved in extracurricular activities to keep him busy.

“We lived in apartments and everything and the environment wasn’t the greatest so my mom kept me out of trouble by putting me in music,” Curran said.

Since then, it’s been a part of Curran’s regular life, something he says he can’t do without.

“I love making music, it’s my passion,” Curran said. “I play the drums at church and I’ve played the viola all throughout high school in the orchestra. And I play the piano too.”

White, who says his influences range from R&B group Jagged Edge to singer D’Angelo, said that when he and Daniels heard Curran’s song, it encouraged them to contribute.

“Yeah, Rennie created the beat and Kalvin and I heard the beat and it inspired us so we put together a track for the beat,” White said. “We probably have about seven songs completed. We haven’t done anything, maybe at a later date we might do something with them.”

Daniels added that Curran certainly has a knack for producing the songs too.

“I’d have to say I’ve sampled quite a few of his beats,” Daniels said. “He’s pretty good with it. He’ll sit in his room, it won’t take him an hour if that, just to create a beat. Then he’ll call one of us to come listen to it. Sometimes we’ll freestyle over it and joke with it.”

While Curran got into music at a young age, producing it electronically didn’t come until high school, when he took a music tech class at Brookwood High School in Snellville. In this class, Curran and his classmates created a CD with different music tracks in a studio setting, which got Curran interested in possibly pursuing the music business as a career.

“We had a class in high school and that’s all we did, make beats,” Curran said. “And I got addicted to it.”

Curran said he would love to go into the music business if football doesn’t work out for him. But footbal has gone well for Curran so far, as he started in five games and made 53 tackles last year as a freshman. Curran’s listed as the starting Will linebacker on the depth chart for this fall.

“It would be unfortunate if football doesn’t work out for him,” Daniels said. “But, he has the talent so the sky’s the limit with whatever his dreams are.”

Curran said that other players such as Mohamed Massaquoi, Michael Moore and Demiko Goodman have stopped by his room to listen to his songs and sing and rap over them. However, one player has been left out of the loop.

“He makes music? I haven’t heard about that,” linebacker Dannell Ellerbe said. “I’m glad I haven’t heard about that. Oh man, I’ve got to hear this. You probably shouldn’t have told me that.”

Curran’s musical tastes vary, ranging from Snoop Dogg and Pharrell to Mozart and Beethoven.

“I just like good music,” he said.

However, if you were to pull up to Curran at a red light, he said you probably won’t hear Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 blaring through the speakers.

“Not in the car,” Curran said, laughing. “Probably just in my room.”