The Texas A&M Foundation interviewed school alum and ‘American Idol’ star Jason Castro, asking the singer about his experience at the school, his major there, how the school prepared him for his music career and ended up with a few of his favorite things around campus.

“You know, it’s a dream of mine to finish my degree,” Jason said. “I have quite a few hours to go, so maybe one day when it all slows down. I keep thinking, maybe some online classes here and there, chipping away at it, but I would definitely love to get my degree, it would mean a lot.”

As for his major, Jason said, “I ended up in the college of landscape architecture, I spent one semester in that, so I don’t really know what I would do at the moment, if I were to finish. I pretty much have an open playing field.”

Questioned about how his A&M experienced prepared him for what he’s doing now, Jason said, “My time here was really a big shaping time for my life. The people I met here and also this is where I started playing guitar and singing and playing out around town, so who knows how it would have happened elsewhere. There was definitely a lot of great people here to encourage me and the music and I had a lot of musician friends around here, and also the Aggie Men’s Club and some great friends that really shaped my character and I think prepared me to handle this thing I’m doing, so I’m very thankful.”

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Jason Castro checked in with a YouTube video talking about the release of some new music, including a live acoustic EP which he recorded in New York with his full band called ‘Changing Colors: Live From Studio 1290’. The ‘American Idol’ alum will also be releasing a new version of his debut album ‘Who I Am’ with four new songs and a studio recording of ‘Changing Colors’. Watch the comments below.

Jason Castro is out with the music video to his new single ‘Let’s Just Fall In Love Again’, the first release off the ‘American Idol’ season seven finalist’s self-titled debut album, out early 2010 on Atlantic Records. Watch it via YouTube below.

‘American Idol’ season seven finalist Jason Castro checked in with fans on his YouTube channel earlier today, relaxing before the American Idols Live 2008 show at Nassau Coliseum. Jason talked about spending time with his mother, sister and girlfriend a few days off from the tour.

“I’ve been in New York the last week. The whole week since the last time we talked,” Jason told viewers. “After Pittsburgh we headed this way. It’s the city that doesn’t sleep. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing. The reasons I haven’t been sleeping is because I had some very special ladies come visit me this week. My mom came and my sister, and also my girlfriend and her mom. We all stayed in a room together and had a big slumber party. We had a lot of fun on a few days off.”

“New York City’s a really cool place,” Castro continued. “We went to Central Park, and did a lot. Didn’t get engaged. I heard that was the news in some magazine. I did not get engaged. Not even close.”

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