Did Alex Landau's bloody run-in with Denver Police have an effect on his music? You decide.

Landau, now 21, is a student at the Community College of Denver and, like many college students, loves writing and listening to music. When we met with Landau earlier this week for a video interview to go with the story, he slipped us a CD with a song he recorded a few days prior. Listen to it below.

Here's that song, if you're interested in hearing how Landau's music was affected by being beaten to a pulp.

And here is the video interview we did with Landau on the Auraria campus.