009 - Quinn Ayers

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What's going on everybody? It's your man, AustyChamp, and you already know I'm in the building where magic happens.
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I'm at the HyperX Arena in the Luxor, ready for another beautiful episode of Username Taken,
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the podcast that focuses on creators and how they create gamers and how they game.
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And today I am beyond fortunate to have a moment of time with somebody that has been covered by Fox News and ABC,
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been known as a rising star in Las Vegas, and also came in as second place,
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the runner-up of the Life is Beautiful Rising Stars competition last year.
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Q, Quinn Ayres in the building. What's going on, y'all? How are you feeling, my man? I'm good. Pleasure to be here.
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No, it's a pleasure to have you, honestly. Appreciate you. You've made quite a name for yourself out here in Vegas.
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I feel like when I was talking about who one of my next guests was with a lot of my friends and family,
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even the people that didn't necessarily know that we've been friends for a long time,
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they all have heard of you here in the Valley, you know, people that consume that live entertainment culture
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that are out here. Absolutely. How has that been for you? It's been an honor, man. I mean, just getting back here
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since getting back from college from playing ball, it's just been a, it's like ground zero almost.
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It's just like I didn't really have a base here music-wise because I was always playing baseball here.
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But I think people, I mean, just like yourself and even the community of Las Vegas have really helped me
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kind of build that fan base out here and kind of explored my options and got into venues and places
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that I've worked to get into since I started doing music. But you had been away for a little bit,
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like you had kind of mentioned, but you're born and raised here. Yeah, born and raised here. This is home.
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This is why I came back, man. I love Vegas. This is a special place. There's a lot going on, a lot of opportunities.
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And it's a rarity for people to really like be from this place and then stay here and things like that.
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A lot of people talk down on Vegas just because that place is close. I don't care. Vegas is better.
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What are some of your fondest growing up in Vegas childhood memories? What's your go-to?
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We're like in the heart of it, man. We got like the Excalibur right here. We got the Circus Circus on the way here.
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By the way, don't touch Circus Circus. Y'all can do whatever you want to the strip in downtown.
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Do not touch Circus Circus, man. If anything, just redo it, man. I don't want to see that place go down.
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I mean Vegas, man, is a special place in my heart because this is where I grew up. This is where I became an adult, really.
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This is where I really made my childhood friends. But yeah, I mean Vegas is a special place in my heart always.
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And you grew up more like in North Las Vegas, which is... Yeah, North Las Vegas.
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People don't even really know that's a thing. They think kind of of being the upper area of the strip, but it's actually far past that, you know, past Craig Road.
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Oh yeah, Craig. Yeah, right there by Craig, man. That's where I put my mom. But yeah, it's a North Town special too, but yeah.
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There's a lot of special places in Vegas, man. What's going on? I don't know.
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Yeah, yeah. It makes you grow up fast for sure. It was a place that I feel like I got to see
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a lot of people that were like us learn a lot of lessons quickly. And it's a special place, like you said.
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I'm curious when this... Like you said, you were doing sports, a lot of sports. Your father, Jack, is a coach.
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You know, you got a brother who is an athlete that was kind of ahead of you on the charge.
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Right, right. Did you always kind of have that music in the background? Like you just loved music. You wanted to create it.
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Yeah, I think obviously sports came from a young age, obviously with my dad playing in the UNOV, and then obviously getting drafted by the Cubs.
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Baseball was like the thing when I was first born. But yeah, music was always around. I wouldn't necessarily say it was like a driven force in my life.
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It was just something that was there. Like my grandpa plays piano. And like I've always been a fan. It was kind of like my sister would put me on to like
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like NSYNC, and then my brother would put me on to like Kanye, and then my dad would put me on to like Coldplay and the Frey.
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So it was like a big blend of like... I think I had the best music like charcuterie board like growing up.
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Like it was just like this thing giving me. And I was like, damn, this stuff's tight. And then when I got to college, that was kind of when I...
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I didn't really fall out of love with baseball. I was just kind of... I got to that D1 level and I was just kind of like, is this really what I want to do?
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Like I'm playing at Texas Tech. I'm playing University of Washington and all these big schools and it's like it's nothing that wasn't like fulfilling to me.
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I was like, all right, cool. But I was like, what else am I good at in life? Like what else do I like? Like outside of baseball, if this doesn't work, like...
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And I never really had like a huge like I'm going to the MLB. Like, you know, some people would get like I'm NBA or nothing.
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Like at the end of the day, dog, I enjoyed sports. It paid for my school. But when I really broke it down, I was like, I love music.
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And I was like, what am I good at in school? I was really always writing whenever my teachers would pull me aside. It wasn't for math.
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It wasn't for science. It was like, damn, where did you make the story of or whatever? Like whatever it was. So I bought a mic and I'm not going to lie, I was horrible.
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It was horrible. And that's everything, though. Like, you know, just pick up a guitar and turn into Jimi Hendrix.
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So it's like it's one of those things is like I just kind of kept going at it and started to realize what I liked in some music and started to pull from my influences and then started to create.
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And that's when I started to be more true to myself and started to make things that actually resonated with people.
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And why what made you feel like it was music? You know, there's a lot of other you could have become, you know, a Picasso.
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You could have done auto work, you know, been a master car, moderate, you know, say what? Why was it music? What's the pool?
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I think it was just like a mixture of obviously loving it, but also just the fact of just I'm not very like I can talk emotions, but like I think like music was like the or even just writing is like the state where I like feel like the calmest and like everything I can feel like I can get out emotionally feels right.
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You know what I mean? Like so it's kind of like, you know, like you're talking to someone and you're explaining your emotions, but it's going a thousand miles per hour and you're in the moment.
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You're like, damn, I can't even get out what I have to say. Music is like almost like that, but you're pulled back and you got to you can get everything off your chest. So it's almost like venting because I remember in that time period when I was down and division one and I was just like, why am I sad?
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Like, and I was like, I just sat there and I started writing. And even if it wasn't resonating with everyone, it resonated with myself. And then I got better, obviously.
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But that's one thing I see a lot in your comments of your videos. Everybody say like this, this is therapy. Like, like all you, I'm here before 100 million, you know, everybody gets here.
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Like getting like that, that love from that homegrown me just scribbling to myself, right?
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Just decompressing. That's the special part about it, man. It's like the early on, early on support. Like, like I don't like, I think that's so, so cool. Cause it's like, you don't have to care about my music. And it's like people, people like to attract to what's hot.
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I wouldn't say I'm anything crazy big yet, but it's, it's cool. And people are like, Oh, this is just tight. Like I actually listen. That means they tapped in, you know, like, cause it's not like the craziest numbers and not putting up like millions and millions of streams. It's just like, yeah, I'll give this a shot. You know?
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So that's the coolest thing about people supporting it nowadays. We kind of, um, my brother, Amir, sent me a video was talking about how the quantity leads to the quality, you know? And so you continue to pave that path. You hit the, you were hitting those nails on the head a million times until you learned you could do it without looking. Right.
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Do you feel like you have imposter syndrome? Do you feel like you're in your zone? Like, do you feel like a true artist now? Cause a lot of people are really, you know, I feel locked in. I feel locked in. I think that's the best way to describe it is locked in. I don't think I'm at like where I need to be.
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Um, but I mean, for the most part, I know that the thing about the athletic side is it's always driven, like I gotta get shit done. If I'm not productive today, then it's a waste of day. So I take that into music. And I feel like a lot of my music friends that I've met, not all of them, but there's just a lot of people that are complacent before they're at. And it's like, I'm not like, that's cool. Like life is beautiful. Awesome. I want to be on that bitch next year. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like it's cool. Like, like I, they, they, they, they, they know me. I know them now. Like they've seen me perform. They like me. So now it's just a thing of just, you know,
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being consistent and staying at it. So it's one of those things is staying consistent is the most important thing. So you have a favorite spot out here that you perform. Man, I gotta give all the love in the world to two spots specifically. I'm not going to leave out one of them. The space. Shout out, Mark Schnuck. They got a beautiful team over there. Um, and then Tevron and Custer is right here on the arts district. Actually. Um, Jeff's awesome. He's, they just, they really help upcoming artists cause now in Vegas is such a, like big time. If you think about it, music, like you don't just go to the
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city and see some smaller, you don't see a lot of small artists here. Um, if you're looking at tour dates and they're like, Oh, I was coming to Vegas. It's cause Vegas only books people that are billboard names and it's tough. So when you have venues like that, that book, bigger acts and still reach down to the community. It's like, it's like a breath of fresh air.
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Cause I'd love to get in Brooklyn bowl and open for some of my favorites. You know what I mean? Like I'd love to get in team like team open allegiance, like crazy. Like I'm not, I'm talking like realistically, like if we're talking like where the stature I'm at Brooklyn bowl should be attainable.
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You know what I mean? So it's, and that's not shot Brooklyn bowl. It's just more of like a like allegiance team. Oh, it's like, that's the big league.
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Props to you. That's a stage you could rock. I mean, you see the, the proof is in the pudding, you know, any shot, anybody sees the people at your shows, people are rocking out. You know, you've got to get an opportunity to follow this.
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You got a website. I see quin airs.com. People can easily go see where you're at. Easily tapping with all your music. I try to make it as easy as possible, man. Cause attention spans are like what three seconds, five seconds. Nowadays.
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TikTok made it 30. It's just getting shorter and shorter as we keep going on. But yeah, the site is just like the hub, man. It's just, I needed to get that made that. And I was like, all right, let's get it.
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It looks clean. I was, uh, you know, and I was doing my prep and looking around and stuff. It was easy work. Like you said, you made it easy. And yeah, I want to make it. I want to say that's something that comes like, you know, uh, you know, without giving away.
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I don't know if you talk about your age at all, but like, uh, you know, you're a young person. There's been around all this technology for so long. Like you've been digital marketing minded. You've been brand minded. Whereas, you know, I think branding is huge, man.
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You gotta have a direction. I think people have a thing of just like, Oh, I put it out and this is that it's like, that works for like, I think it works for more. So like rap, um, raps like, cause raps like raps is awesome. But like with rap music videos, you think about rap music videos very rarely.
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Unless it's like the higher pedigree of like little baby. Like you watch a little babies early on music videos. And even sometimes now it's just like, there's really no story to it. But like when you got like into the label and stuff, it started to have some story to it. Cause they're like, you need some direction. Cause you're getting that big.
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Right. With like alternative music. It's like, I think I can't grab a camera and go running gun. Like there needs to be a story that needs to be substance. And there's ways to shoot that beautifully. It's just a little more tedious and more thought. You have to be thoughtful when you do it.
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You got some beautiful art shots. Gorgeous. You said a lot of artists have reached out to you and tried to like help you and incorporate, you know, they want to shoot for you. They want to do things like that.
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Yeah, that's been super. Yeah. I've been super fortunate like Ray Sean McCormick, Isaac Childs. I mean, the list goes on. Jacob Ivanick, Mark Bricker. I mean, he just helped in the last video. So many guys out here that have just reached out just because they saw my music first. And some people have just been there since the jump and been super fortunate with that. I mean, that's a blessing. Like you can't, people's time is, for people to give me their time and do that and believe in art that much is like otherworldly to feel like. Yeah.
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You got Quinn Day. Thank you. You know, you're twisting the brand doing that. I started doing those Quinn's days. Yeah. Every Wednesday I started covering stuff because we were like, can you please cover this? Can you please cover that? I'm just like, hmm. All right. Let me think about how a way I can incorporate this and not make it like. Like just some throw away. So I started doing Quinn's days and I started actually just doing alternate covers of my own songs too. Just like twisting, like stripping my own songs back.
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Everyone dropping tomorrow actually. So, oh, Quinn's day Eve.
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Yeah. So we'll drop this episode on a Thursday. So it will have dropped on the day after.
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Hopefully after a Quinn's day, man. Yeah. You have to go see that one.
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Wednesday and then go back and watch all of them because you know, you're only growing in it's showing.
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I'm really excited to see.
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See, I've been rapping on this pod the whole season.
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You're growing and it's showing. How would you describe your music to people?
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I think it's.
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I think touching. I think a lot of things that people like, I think that's a lot of things the comments I get is just like it resonates home with.
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It's just a scenario I've been in. I know other people have been in. That's why I do it. And it's like I'm I'm just putting the canvas out there and y'all can take the paint and make whatever picture you want.
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I'm supposed to just give you the canvas. So it's like I try to do that with the with my experiences and I know people feel heartbreak. People have anxiety.
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People have felt depression. People have been in relationships where they can't get off their chest.
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When you got their chest or feel like they've been disrespected and maybe they want to get some stuff off their chest.
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Because there's that's the thing about my music. There's hype songs and then there's the songs that are stripped back and wait, this is the same artist.
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It's like because my music is a journal, man. It's just a journal.
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Like people are like, what is it like this and that? Like, what's the genre?
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And I'm like, it's like a blend. It really is like I know it sounds cliche to say like alternative.
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But I think the best way to describe it like alternative hip and pop instead of hop.
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So it's like alternative hip hop. Yeah, that's the best way to put it, because that's the best way to describe it.
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How alternative hip hop, you know, three super smooth encompassing words of vibe.
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I get it because you said it does bring you on that spectrum of like, you know, you feel the heartbreak, but then you also feel the freedom.
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And yeah, there's some fun songs that I just put out there for just like you and your friends in the car.
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You know what I mean? Because I don't ever want to be that artist that's like, hey, throw on that Queen, let's all cry.
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You know, this is not fun. You got to have some mixture.
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Some not everyone feels sad all the time. I don't.
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It's funny, too, because like there's times where you'd be super happy, but you want to listen to a sad song.
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Right. Right. Exactly. It's like, hey, let me let me let me level this out.
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Let me get the playing field right. Yeah, like just so I remember what it kind of felt like.
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Right. Yeah. Let me let me get back to ground zero.
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Take a cold shower. Like just in case I get broke again.
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Like, remember what it's like. Exactly.
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So what's the next what's your next kind of goal?
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I mean, we're kind of in a new year.
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The year is already flying by, it feels like. We're about to jump into March now.
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That is crazy to think.
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I think the next goal is just continuing to put out good music, good quality videos that people resonate with.
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Keep doing Quin's days.
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Keep doing stuff with people like you guys in the community that are doing something great.
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Opening for bigger acts. I think that's one of my main goals this year.
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I think getting to Brooklyn Bowl is probably top of that list is just getting to open for like someone in my realm.
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You know, like, yeah, I think we're trying to get a show for Area 15 in April.
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I can't say too much about it, but it's a bigger artist.
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So hopefully that'd be super cool to get. Right. Can't speak too soon on it.
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Yeah, so you just go send all the vibes to that. Yeah, absolutely.
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But yeah, just keep doing that.
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And then obviously I just dropped an EP in January.
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So it's been cool to have that out.
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And then I can kind of.
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Well, when you're doing a show for me here on the stage, that's when we can do that.
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But we get the end of the year if you show to even like another show,
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because I probably have an EP, probably another project probably isn't in the works
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since we started the year off with one, I think, because singles game is so like the singles game is so good
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because it's like asking people to give you like 10 minutes of their time is crazy in terms of music.
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But if it's like, hey, like, here's a two minute track whenever you find time, it's just a single.
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Not too much to indulge in because I have a favorite artist, but like even have a favorite artist,
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even if they drop like a whole album, it's like you may not even listen to that full thing until like you're really tied in.
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Like, you know what I mean? That's tough.
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I'm that driving listener, you know? Yeah.
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There's a lot of casual listeners, like, and that's how you got to think about it.
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And the casual listener is more prone to listen to a single than a project.
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So that's the best way to put it.
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And then on top of that, what Universal Music Group took a bunch of their music off TikTok, right?
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Yeah, shout out Universal.
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I ain't there. Good. I got my shit up there.
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Exactly. It's a great spot for labels.
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Labels are cool, man. They're a beast, though.
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Like they give you the money, but they'll do stuff like that because you have no control of it.
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So that's why I'm happily independent.
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But at the same time, money's if the money's right, right.
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The money's right. And I don't care what no one says about the money.
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Do people create with your songs on the...
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On TikTok? TikTok's a beast, bro.
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I mean, I haven't really dove into the influencer side of it.
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It's just kind of one of those things.
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It's like if it hits the market, it hits the market.
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But it's definitely one thing I want to do more of is just kind of like reaching out to influencers
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and getting that thing kind of going, because that's important.
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I've never been like a front camera guy, you know, like, did I make the song this summer?
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Like, no, I guess not me. I've just...
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Do you like the fucking song? Do you not?
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Like, you feel me?
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You got to go for the angle of the guy who acts like he created this song, like with AI or something.
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Yeah, yeah.
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You know what I'm saying? He doesn't show his face and it's really your song.
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And people just make up crazy stories too.
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People are like, I just got my ass beat and then wrote this shit in the studio.
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And then people are like, all right, word, let me hear this shit.
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It's like, what?
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The guy's like running down the street, like saying Mega Man.
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He's like running. The girl's running down the street.
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Yeah, I think it's like...
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Like, I don't even want to take shots at anyone, but it's just like, that shit's so corny to me.
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Like, there's a lot of people that just do stuff.
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You're just like, scroll.
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Like, fuck off.
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I think shit that's cool is people that take time, man.
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Like shit that's like, oh, damn, that looked like an 824 film.
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And this fool was just talking about his emotions.
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And that song was fire. The visual was fire.
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I connected with it.
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Because one of my songs that Lyrical Lemonade covered, it was like...
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It was literally... I told my brother and my videographer, I was like, we're going to get up at 4 a.m.
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We're going to go to the airport tunnel here in Vegas.
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No one's going to be in there.
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I've been scouting it. I was scouting the area for a while.
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Like, no one's going to be in there. And then we're going to drive like 25 miles per hour.
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Cops get us, the cops get us.
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And I had my videographer in the back seat when the sliding door was open.
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And I was in the bed of the truck. And you know that tunnel, right?
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It's like a cool, like, really cool tunnel. If you've been in there, you like it.
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So we drove through it. And that visual, people still talk to me about it.
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That shit was like in 2019.
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And people still like, bro, that video in the back of the truck was crazy.
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What was the budget?
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Budget was me, my videographer, and my brother.
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A group chat.
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Yeah, it's like, that shit's tight.
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Like, that shit's tight. Like, go fucking create.
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Like, the front camera creating is just fucking dead to me, dawg.
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Like, that shit's just like, we see it too much.
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Like, you know what I'm talking about too.
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Like, did I make this song in this number?
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Yeah, like, you know, being able to craft something, you know, that's an art piece as well.
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Like, I know times are different.
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Like, I know times are different and TikTok is like a free marketing tool.
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And it is. Like, use TikTok.
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Right.
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But like, that's a way to use things to still be creative.
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Like, we're creative. We're artists at the end of the day.
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Like, we're artists and front camera.
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Yeah, like, what do we benefit from people accepting the lowest quality content?
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Yeah, like...
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You know, I get every once in a while the flavor, but should we all be continuing to grow?
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And there's ways to do it.
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Like, hey, like, this is my new song. Like, check it out.
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Like, that's cool.
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But even that to me is just like, it's not me.
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It's not what I...
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That doesn't feel organic to me.
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Like, something that feels organic to me is going out of my way and making something seem cool.
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Make it feel like, oh, this is what kind of I was envisioning in my head.
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I don't ever write a song like, damn, this shit would look fire on front camera.
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What?
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Like, nah, man.
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I leave that to the people.
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You know what I mean? Hey, and people see it.
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Because if you go and see your...
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Yeah, and it's not like I'm just sitting up here spitting bullshit, doing it.
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You got real art, you know, with great sound and a really cool vision.
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And I can tell that your journey has really been something special, man.
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Thank you. Yeah, I appreciate that.
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What do you feel is your favorite song or favorite video that you shot?
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Man, my favorite video. I like all my videos, but...
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That's a good answer.
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I think Opens is the one that's close to home, just because it was like a small...
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It was just like me and my videographer, and it was just so simple.
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And that was what got me my first recognition.
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It's actually what got me my management, funny enough, that video alone.
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And then I think Broken and With Love Cure just...
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My bad.
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Broken and With Love Cure are just very big production ones.
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So it's like, of course those turned out beautiful.
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But at the same time, the one that hits close to home is Opens,
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just because it was just so homegrown, so natural.
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We're going to take it to a quick break.
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Mr. Quinn is going to hit a small performance for us in studio, and we'll be right back.
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I love you so much, don't know that I should
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So what is, what is, so what is feeling
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Oh, oh
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You are my heart, baby
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Deep in my soul lately
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I got you feeling crazy
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Why you so shady
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Don't even call me, please
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Phone in the morning, shit
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Saying shit new, then I'm weird
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I don't know where to start
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I know that I'm weird, I don't know where to think
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Drain my emotions and sing
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Out of my heart, get weak
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No more my pain and speak
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No more my pain
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All alone I think
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All my own must be
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You sold me, that you'd be there
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With your soul complete
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Now I don't know me
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But the way that God shows says you would be there
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Says you would be there
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Yeah, he says you would be there
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So what is, what is, so what is feeling
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Oh, oh
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I saw you before
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A feeling so sinless
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Oh, oh
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I thought you were all my life
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Yeah, for good
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I love you so much
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Don't know that I should
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So what is, what is, so what is feeling
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Oh, oh
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So what is, what is, so what is feeling
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Oh, oh
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Yeah
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I saw you before
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A feeling so sinless
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Oh, oh
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Yeah, I thought you were all my life
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Yeah, for good
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I love you so much
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Don't know that I should
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So what is, what is, so what is feeling
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Oh, oh
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And we're back in the building
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Here with of course Quinn Ayers
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Very excited to have had you perform for us, man
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I gotta come out to a concert again soon
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I know that you've been tearing it up
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And I love to get to see all these little recaps and pieces
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A concert that you create from
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Just all these shows that you're getting
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Like you're really getting known as that guy out here
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And I know you'll probably be as humble as you can be about it
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But I'll be the one to say it with the megaphone
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That you're really doing something special, man
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I know there's a lot of people proud of you
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You said you're going to the studio after this
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Yeah, right after this actually, yeah
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So you work overnight, right?
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Yeah, I work overnight at Meow Wolf
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Shout out Meow Wolf, shout out to Megamart
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Those are my people over there
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Those are our neighbors
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Yeah, I basically just do, it's like night at the museum
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Funny enough, I just basically work there and no one's in there
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And funny enough, I cook up on the clock
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Shout out my manager
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But, so I mean, I make sure that place is secure
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I've been there, I've been doing that for two and a half years
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So that place hasn't, not one thing's happened bad
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That thing stands tall in the morning, so
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Love it
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So you just be holding it down, then you get home
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Get some rest usually
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Yeah, I usually sleep from like 7, 7 a.m. to like 3 p.m.
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And that's like during the week, man, everyone's working
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So I ain't missing much
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No, I did graveyard for like two years for a minute too
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And I felt the same way, everybody, you know
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Graveyard slept on, like, the sleep schedule's crazy
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But like, if you have it on days that are right
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Like I literally sleep from 7 to 3 Monday through Friday
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And it's like, I ain't missing anything
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There's no beach clubs aren't going up, there's no parties
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There ain't no big events that I'm missing
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Like everything's past five during the week usually
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You're just conditioning the super rock star moment
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Yeah, just getting warmed up
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Yeah, I'm gonna be operating during these hours
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It's best to get acquainted with them
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Right, absolutely
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What's a day in the studio like for you?
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Do you, you know, kind of have leads up usually right now
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Because you are working, but
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Yeah, I mean, the day in the studio is just, I mean, it depends
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I mean, there's days where you have stuff written
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There's days where you have maybe a collaborator come in
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Like a producer and you guys talk over ideas
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You guys run through some stuff
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Maybe you start on the guitar
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Maybe you start on the piano
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It differentiates always
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Like I've approached music differently each time
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Obviously I have a writing process
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So it's like, we get a hook going
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We get a verse, we get a bridge, we get a chorus
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Whatever we want to talk about
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So just structuring it out is definitely a thing
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That you want to do in Knockout first
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And obviously then the process is to go in to record it
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Do the takes, see what kind of tones
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See what kind of delivery you want to go
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What sounds best, what swings, what doesn't
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And then after that it's just like the nitty gritty
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Of just like, okay, I like these strings here
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I don't like piano here
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I don't like how my vocals sound here
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Maybe less reverb, maybe less auto tune
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This and that
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There's a lot of things
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And I've been fortunate enough to work with some very talented people
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And it's crazy, you know
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Our whole conversation you never had said that you did any music things
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You were doing sports, you were doing school
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So you're just picking all these things up without any traditional training?
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Yeah, I kind of just learn on the fly
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I'm not like the most musical.ly inclined
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The people I work with are the people that put me on game
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Josh Culberson, aka Back End Projects
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He's huge with what I'm doing right now
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He mixes and masses a lot of my stuff
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Helps with a lot of beat making and song structure
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We talk on Discord all the time
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He's out in LA
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And then Adam Haig, he's out in Denver
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Like the Denver area, just north Colorado
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He's pivotal to pretty much picking me up when I was in Colorado at college
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And being like, hey man, this is the kind of sound we need to do
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And we did it and it worked
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And those are the type of people that make me better
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And they've done nothing but push me
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And the thing that's cool about them is they'll be my biggest haters
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And I think that's something that people don't have a lot
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Is those close friends are just like, yeah bro, this shit's ass
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And it's just like, word dog
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I appreciate that
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Because the thing is if no one tells you that and everyone's just a yes man
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You put it out and then the people are just like
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This shit is trash
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So it's good to have those people around you
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And respectfully they do it
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We're close enough to the point where it's like, yeah, this shit is trash
403
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And it's like, all right bro, it's cool
404
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,720
And that's the kind of relationship you got to have with those people
405
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,720
Because if you take shit to the heart, you're never going to get better
406
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,720
So that's something I've definitely learned
407
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,720
There's been times in the studio I'm recording and he's like, that ain't it
408
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:40,720
And you're taking like, Open for instance, the song that we just did the music video on
409
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,720
I remember I did like, God knows how many takes bro
410
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,720
I did like 25 takes just to get like, I think it was like the first verse
411
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:48,720
Because it had to hit
412
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,720
And I was sitting there and I was like, I was getting pissed
413
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,720
And it's like, that's when you, but like that's the stuff that people don't see man
414
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,720
Is like, there's a process and art that goes into a lot of this music stuff
415
00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,720
And it can come from different forms of mixing and mastering, singing vocally
416
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,720
But it's just, it's a whole process for sure
417
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,720
There's a lot of stuff that people don't understand
418
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,720
It's not just a YouTube beat and just hopping the logic or whatever dog you're using
419
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,720
It's a lot of nitty gritty that goes into it
420
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,720
Like you said, you're not rapping
421
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:15,720
It's lyrical
422
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,720
It's lyrical with like, with shades of hip hop
423
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:19,720
Yeah, I'd say a lot
424
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,720
You're working with a coach? You want to find a voice coach?
425
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,720
Is that something that's in your path?
426
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,720
I think, yeah, I think down the road I don't have the best voice
427
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,720
But I make it work
428
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,720
There's some stuff that, there's something to it
429
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,720
Like if you think about it, like Nirvana
430
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,720
I'm not trying to like compare myself to these people
431
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,720
I'm just saying like, Kurt Cobain didn't have the best voice
432
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,720
A lot of people know that too
433
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,720
The Frey didn't have the best
434
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:42,720
There's a lot of people like Snow Patrol
435
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,720
There's people that just have like that
436
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,720
Something about that natural tone and just like
437
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,720
Damn, it just sounds like someone's just talking to me
438
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:49,720
Singing from your heart
439
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,720
Yeah, like there's something about that
440
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,720
There's something more beautiful than that
441
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,720
Than like the auto-tune, reverbed out pop vocal that you hear nowadays on like serious radio
442
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,720
It's like, geez, like there's no way this girl had every single note
443
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,720
And fact of the matter is, she probably didn't
444
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:03,720
It's just the
445
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:04,720
Maybe once
446
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,720
Yeah, like there's people with great voices
447
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,720
But it's just like, I don't think I have an insane voice
448
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:15,720
But something I do bring to the table is just being creative and innovative in ways to
449
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,720
Overshadow that in a sense
450
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,720
But like at the same time, I feel like I've definitely grown as a vocalist
451
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,720
And it's not, I'm not where I need
452
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,720
Like I said, none of my music is where I need to be
453
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,720
But I work every day to get better at it
454
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:27,720
Same as my craft, so
455
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,720
Right, like you're not trying to lean into, right now
456
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:32,720
Trying to find that
457
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,720
Yeah, like maybe like later on, like say I got like a deal or something like that
458
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:37,720
And they wanted me to get better
459
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:38,720
And like they wanted it
460
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,720
But I'm not gonna just like fish out money on a vocal coach
461
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,720
It's just not something that's a priority to me right now
462
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,720
My priorities, yeah, my priorities is staying consistent
463
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,720
Making stuff that's true to myself
464
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,720
And just learning on the fly
465
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,720
Because the thing is, YouTube University, man
466
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:51,720
It's the best university out there
467
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,720
A lot of people don't know that, YouTube University, man
468
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,720
If you need help on anything, just look that up, man
469
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:56,720
I mean, I went to college, I got a degree
470
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,720
And let me tell you, I've learned more on YouTube
471
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,720
We post a lot of YouTube videos
472
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,720
I love the UNC, but sorry about that
473
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,720
Nah, it's real
474
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,720
Nah, it's just super cool because even
475
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,720
I ask those questions because
476
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,720
I got to learn a lot about music and things like that
477
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,720
Through my education and like you say
478
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,720
A lot of it gets kind of thrown out the window
479
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,720
It's a good foundation, but in general
480
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,720
Everybody's perfect technique is different
481
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,720
Nobody can really coordinate
482
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,720
People just learn things later in life
483
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:26,720
People just grasp things later
484
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:27,720
It's not like, I don't think people
485
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:28,720
I think people like to see things
486
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,720
They're like, oh, I'm dumb, I can't grasp it
487
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,720
But it's just like, not like
488
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:33,720
Just give yourself time with things, man
489
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,720
Or like maybe just the way this person was teaching
490
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,720
It wasn't ideal to you
491
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:38,720
And that's common
492
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,720
I've had some professors that have been solid
493
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:41,720
And I've had some professors that suck
494
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,720
I've had some YouTube videos that I'm just like
495
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:44,720
Five minutes and I'm like, this shit's trash
496
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,720
And they're like, good
497
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,720
And there's some people I'm just like, I get what this fool's saying
498
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,720
And I stay on the video
499
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,720
That's why everyone has preferences, man
500
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,720
There's streamers you like, there's streamers you don't like
501
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,720
There's baseball players you like, there's baseball players
502
00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:00,720
You said you have a streamer you like recently, right?
503
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:01,720
Yeah, Twitch
504
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,720
Not Twitch, Twitch is what he's on
505
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:05,720
Sketch
506
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,720
Sketch and Jinx here, like the tandem that I've just
507
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,720
He was in the building the other day
508
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:11,720
So it's funny that you had mentioned to him
509
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,720
Because I was like, oh, wow, that's cool that
510
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:14,720
As a real life example
511
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,720
Because he seemed like he didn't know why he was here
512
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,720
And that's his whole schtick, it obviously seems like
513
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,720
He's easily one of the funniest people on the internet
514
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:22,720
Man, I love that
515
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:23,720
Man, we got it next time Sketch is in the building
516
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,720
I'll have to call you in so you guys can collaborate
517
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:26,720
I'll be here, I'll be here
518
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,720
That fool is the man, that fool is the man
519
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:34,720
Do you feel like that your father was a big part
520
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,720
In kind of helping you learn how to structure your life
521
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,720
And regimen out things that you wanted to be successful in
522
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,720
Or like your parents in general
523
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,720
Yeah, my mom, my mom is the holy grail
524
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,720
I mean, my mom puts down the path
525
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:47,720
Hey, shout out moms
526
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,720
Yeah, because she's, my mom's been going through it
527
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:51,720
Since me and my brother were born
528
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,720
And she's been just like, and then obviously my sister is in Florida
529
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:55,720
But she's much older than me
530
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,720
So it's just one of those things that she's just been around boys
531
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,720
But she's the one, she's like whatever
532
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:02,720
If mom's happy, we're happy
533
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,720
But yeah, my parents in general as a whole
534
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,720
Just definitely gave me a good upbringing
535
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:08,720
Obviously, you know them personally as well
536
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,720
So it's just like having that structure in life has been
537
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,720
I've been blessed
538
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,720
Because I mean, I know not a lot of people have it
539
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,720
Like I have it in terms of just like having two parents that are there
540
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:18,720
And they support everything
541
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,720
Like even when I switched from baseball to music
542
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,720
Like I was, I thought I was scared to tell my dad
543
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,720
Because he's always been a very like
544
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,720
Yeah, coach, like just a great dude
545
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:28,720
So it's just like one of those things
546
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:29,720
Like I wasn't really ever scared to tell him
547
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,720
Like I was like ready to veer off from baseball into music
548
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,720
He was pretty much like a fan off rip, you know
549
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:36,720
It was funny though, because there was a concert
550
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,720
One of my first shows
551
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:39,720
My dad doesn't know I know this
552
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,720
But my dad asked the guy at the venue
553
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,720
And he was like, because he had seen me do a couple of shows
554
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,720
Like I opened up and my dad was like
555
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,720
Hey, is my son wasting his time?
556
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,720
And like he asked that and I guess reasonable
557
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,720
Just a dad just like looking out for his kid
558
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,720
Like is my kid just wasting his time?
559
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,720
And the funny thing was the venue guy was like
560
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,720
Just, just you'll see tonight
561
00:31:58,720 --> 00:31:59,720
And I didn't even give him an answer
562
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,720
And then that night we fucking like
563
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:02,720
It was like a sold out crowd
564
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,720
And my dad was sitting like back row
565
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:05,720
And like it was just like one of those things
566
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:06,720
It was like I came to fruition
567
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:07,720
And just like damn
568
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:08,720
There's like all college kids too
569
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,720
Like it was it was my whole college town that came out
570
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:11,720
Like the athletes and stuff
571
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,720
And he kind of just saw first glimpse
572
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:14,720
And even like back then
573
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,720
I don't even think I had a hit like a hit song really
574
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:17,720
Like I didn't really have that one yet
575
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:18,720
And I still don't
576
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,720
Like there's just ones that are huge like
577
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,720
Look a little bigger like made me grow
578
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:23,720
Like I'm trying to get that million
579
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,720
I'm trying to get the million streams for sure
580
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,720
It's been cool doing a couple hundred thousand here and there
581
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:28,720
But yeah
582
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,720
So it was cool like cause I was thinking about that even back then
583
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,720
Like I didn't have like that one that people knew me for
584
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:33,720
Like I think it was like Lemonade at the time
585
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,720
And it was like maybe 30K
586
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:36,720
That was cool
587
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:37,720
But it was like 30K on like this
588
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:38,720
And then on SoundCloud too
589
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,720
So it was like across the board type thing
590
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:41,720
But it was cool
591
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,720
Are people still on SoundCloud still popping?
592
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:45,720
Shout out SoundCloud
593
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:46,720
That just verified me
594
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,720
I love SoundCloud
595
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:49,720
SoundCloud verified me
596
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,720
SoundCloud just gave me the blue check man
597
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:52,720
That was tight
598
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,720
I just got an email the other day about that
599
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:55,720
It was funny it was like literally the other week
600
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,720
And yeah but shout out SoundCloud
601
00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:58,720
People are still on SoundCloud
602
00:32:58,720 --> 00:32:59,720
I'm still on SoundCloud
603
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:00,720
No that's dope
604
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:01,720
No SoundCloud was the wave
605
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:02,720
I just
606
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:03,720
It still is man
607
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,720
I think it's just more starting to cater into the alternative lane
608
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:07,720
Cause that's where music's going
609
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,720
It's like hip hop's kind of gotten that stale
610
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,720
People have kind of gotten stale with hip hop
611
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:12,720
Not that it's bad
612
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,720
It's just there's a lot of people that sound the same
613
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,720
And alternative is just a blend
614
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,720
And you never know what you're going to get with alternative
615
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:20,720
So it's like a little more prone to tap dance
616
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,720
Right sometimes we'll just take something that's like mainstream and bad
617
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,720
But it's alternative because it's just better than
618
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,720
Yeah but I love hip hop though
619
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,720
Hip hop's what I grew up on for sure
620
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,720
I have some of my favorite artists who write hip hop for sure
621
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:35,720
No I feel that
622
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,720
It's just different landscapes
623
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,720
I feel a new wave coming though
624
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:40,720
I feel
625
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,720
Indie folk is in right now
626
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,720
If I had to say myself
627
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,720
Indie folk like that whole little singer songwriter like Zach Brian
628
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,720
Like that type of lane
629
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:50,720
Morgan Wallen
630
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:51,720
I don't even like Morgan Wallen
631
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,720
I don't know how broke beat the cancel culture
632
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:54,720
That's just me though
633
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:55,720
Shout out Morgan Wallen though
634
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:56,720
That's crazy
635
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,720
Do you have a dream collaboration?
636
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,720
Dream collaboration's probably
637
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,720
I mean this is like cliche cause he's like the man
638
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,720
But like Post Malone obviously
639
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,720
Dominic Fike is another one
640
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:07,720
Huge
641
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:08,720
And Mike Stud
642
00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:09,720
Okay
643
00:34:09,720 --> 00:34:10,720
He's just Mike now
644
00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:12,720
Mike is like
645
00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:13,720
He used to play D1 at Duke
646
00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:15,720
So he used to play D1 baseball at Duke
647
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:16,720
So that'd be just
648
00:34:16,720 --> 00:34:17,720
It's just same path
649
00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:19,720
Like two Division I-IV D1 baseball players
650
00:34:19,720 --> 00:34:21,720
That make kind of the same alternative hip hop
651
00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:23,720
Type stuff so
652
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:25,720
Yeah those three probably are up there
653
00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:26,720
Hey
654
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:27,720
Well that's putting it all into the ether
655
00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:29,720
Hopefully it comes your way man
656
00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:30,720
Cause
657
00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:32,720
You know I think that your trajectory is
658
00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:33,720
Is exponential
659
00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:34,720
Like I said
660
00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:35,720
You get Vegas to love you
661
00:34:35,720 --> 00:34:36,720
You get Vegas to support you
662
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:38,720
In this transient
663
00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:39,720
You know
664
00:34:39,720 --> 00:34:40,720
Kind of no new friends
665
00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:42,720
Kind of desert landscape that we live in
666
00:34:42,720 --> 00:34:43,720
Right
667
00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:45,720
It's sometimes difficult for them to
668
00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:47,720
Grasp onto new ideas or new people
669
00:34:47,720 --> 00:34:48,720
Right right right
670
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:49,720
You know unless you
671
00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:50,720
You know it's a very common thing like
672
00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:51,720
Oh yeah you don't really meet anybody
673
00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:52,720
Unless you get a job out here
674
00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:53,720
Yeah nowadays
675
00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:54,720
It doesn't even matter what degree
676
00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:55,720
You just have to know someone
677
00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:57,720
Right you know it's really difficult to like
678
00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:59,720
Get into friend groups sometimes out here so
679
00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:01,720
The fact that you've permeated
680
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:03,720
Into the true Vegas local scene
681
00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:04,720
Yeah I appreciate that
682
00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:05,720
You're right there
683
00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:06,720
You know 24 hours from greatness every day
684
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:07,720
Right
685
00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:08,720
100%
686
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:09,720
Yeah just got to keep at it
687
00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:10,720
And stay consistent
688
00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:12,720
Well I want to know for sure
689
00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:14,720
A little bit about this
690
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:16,720
Baseball stuff that you had going on
691
00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:17,720
You had played D1
692
00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:18,720
You were
693
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:19,720
You were playing right field
694
00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:20,720
Second base third base
695
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:21,720
All that stuff right
696
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:22,720
Man I was all over the place
697
00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:24,720
There was actually a point where there was like
698
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:25,720
Covid hit and they had me catch
699
00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:27,720
I was like bro what
700
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:28,720
Why am I catching right now
701
00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:29,720
Like
702
00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:31,720
Especially at the highest level bro
703
00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:32,720
Throwing hard as hell
704
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:34,720
I was like bro what the hell am I catching for
705
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:35,720
Like
706
00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:36,720
I'd never caught in high school or anything
707
00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:38,720
Running to bulletproof vest
708
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:40,720
That was the funniest week of practice man
709
00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:41,720
The people were
710
00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:42,720
My teammates were dying
711
00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:43,720
I was like this is not funny man
712
00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:44,720
My thumb is killing me
713
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:45,720
And then yeah just being able to like
714
00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:47,720
Get that relationship with the pitcher
715
00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:49,720
Like where you're understanding what's going down
716
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:50,720
And what his tendencies are
717
00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:51,720
And things like that
718
00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:53,720
That's the thing about baseball man
719
00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:55,720
It was so fun to just like
720
00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:56,720
I think if like
721
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:57,720
I mean hopefully
722
00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:58,720
Maybe I'm not
723
00:35:58,720 --> 00:35:59,720
If I'm delusional I'm delusional
724
00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:00,720
But I think a lot of my
725
00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:01,720
I think I was well liked amongst my teammates
726
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:02,720
I was definitely
727
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:03,720
That was
728
00:36:03,720 --> 00:36:04,720
First things first
729
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:05,720
Like at the end of the day
730
00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:06,720
The game goes off
731
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:07,720
Stats get archived
732
00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:09,720
Like all you remember is like the people
733
00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:10,720
Like and how people were
734
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:11,720
And how shit
735
00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:12,720
Went down
736
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:13,720
And like
737
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:14,720
Those times when you're at Texas Tech
738
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:15,720
And we're just getting our ass kicked
739
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:16,720
On a Friday night
740
00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:17,720
Because we're getting
741
00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:19,720
We're mid-major and we got paid to be there
742
00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:20,720
Man that's the fun shit
743
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:21,720
Like it's just thinking about like
744
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:22,720
All that stuff
745
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:23,720
And like I still talk to a lot of those guys today
746
00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:25,720
A lot of those guys I played with
747
00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:26,720
They're like some of my best friends
748
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:27,720
They will be for the rest of my life
749
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:28,720
But it's just like
750
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:29,720
Baseball is the
751
00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:30,720
It's any sport really
752
00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:31,720
It's special man
753
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:32,720
You just grow bonds with people
754
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:33,720
Because you're with them
755
00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:34,720
More than you're with your family
756
00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:35,720
So
757
00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:36,720
Nah I feel that man
758
00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:38,720
I'm excited because I know the MLB
759
00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,720
The show 24 is coming out soon right?
760
00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:42,720
It is man
761
00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:43,720
You gonna jump on it?
762
00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:44,720
I'm gonna jump on it
763
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:45,720
But I gotta
764
00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:46,720
Man they
765
00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:47,720
That launch trailer was weak
766
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:48,720
I'm not gonna lie
767
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:51,720
Ramon Russell's gotta get it figured out
768
00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:52,720
Did you like 23?
769
00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:53,720
It was good
770
00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:54,720
It was good
771
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:55,720
But like the
772
00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:56,720
Dude the launch trailer for 24
773
00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:58,720
Legitimately looks like they were playing that thing on PS2
774
00:36:58,720 --> 00:36:59,720
So I'm not a big like
775
00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:00,720
Gamer advocate
776
00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:01,720
In terms of that stuff
777
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:02,720
But it's just like
778
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:03,720
When I was watching that
779
00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:04,720
As a buyer
780
00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:05,720
I'm just like
781
00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:06,720
But it's like Madden bro
782
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:07,720
Nowadays someone needs
783
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:08,720
They need competitors
784
00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:10,720
Like NBA Live needs to come back and push 2K
785
00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:11,720
I need that back
786
00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:12,720
It's coming
787
00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:13,720
Yeah I need that
788
00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:14,720
We need the competition again
789
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:15,720
Because people get complacent
790
00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:16,720
And 2K
791
00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:17,720
I'll put it right here
792
00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:18,720
2K is probably the best
793
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:19,720
Sport game out there
794
00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:20,720
In terms of just completeness
795
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:21,720
And that's on my job
796
00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:24,720
We gonna get into some MLB 23
797
00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:26,720
Little bit of a home run derby
798
00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:27,720
Gotta get our hands
799
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:30,720
MLB show is for sure my childhood game though
800
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:31,720
Like
801
00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:32,720
But it's just disappointing
802
00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:33,720
24 is coming out
803
00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:34,720
And the thing is
804
00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:35,720
That shit can look terrible
805
00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:36,720
I'm still gonna buy it
806
00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:37,720
So
807
00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:38,720
They got us
808
00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:39,720
They got us
809
00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:40,720
They got me in the palm of their hand
810
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:41,720
But hey
811
00:37:41,720 --> 00:37:42,720
Need some improvement
812
00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:44,720
To watch the full episode
813
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:47,720
Including the Omen Game Time segment
814
00:37:47,720 --> 00:37:48,720
Go watch our YouTube video
815
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:50,720
At youtube.com
816
00:37:50,720 --> 00:38:05,720
HyperX Arena Las Vegas