1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: The energy you need to bring you to this another 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: big interview Top forty are weighty. It is my favorite 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: Laddy on radio and in studio, but not in studios 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: on the phone. What's up? Ross? 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: How you doing that? 6 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: Are you all right? 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 2: Laddy? 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: Gat No, I'm I'm doing so well. I was really 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: excited to chat to you because when I when I 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: heard the tracks you dropped and I heard this one, 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: I'm like, where are we going here? Ross? You are 12 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: in the summer mood, aren't you? That's this is great? 13 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: Before we get talking about that at this particular time. 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 1: All right, you are sitting comfortably right you relax? I 15 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: am good, good Saturday. I don't want you to feel 16 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: stressed out at all because I love these conversations that 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: you and I have now from from the other singles. 18 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: In fact, all on, let me start. How have you been? 19 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: What have you been up to? You've been exercising, recording, 20 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: what's happening? 21 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 2: Just always recording, trying to write songs. Just getting ready 22 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 2: for the summer, you know, looking forward to playing a lot. 23 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: Now you will play on Yeah, especially in Cape Town. 24 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: I would love to see you down here and performing. 25 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: People need to hear, they need to hear you, see 26 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: you feel you. Celine Dion had a good point when 27 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: she sang those words. Yes, So honestly, my heartle got 28 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: one for seeing you perform on a stage in Cape 29 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: Town and beyond. But let's talk about this because the 30 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: songs that you've provided me with, let's just say, let's 31 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 1: take it from Opposites and Heavy Love, they had a 32 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: lot of sentiment, you know, they were very deep in 33 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: a lot of ways as well, opposites like you know, 34 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: I owe to your love. Then you get heavy Love 35 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: that came through as well, which also had in it 36 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: a beautiful narrative that's were steeped in a lot of 37 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: emotional depth, which is always great. And now I see 38 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: you drop a song call ready to Dance. So it's 39 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: just like a graduation from those feelings of depth and 40 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: to say, you know what, let's live life now and 41 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: start dancing. 42 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 2: Yeah, this one is a bit of a lighter sentiment. 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: I mean, maybe opposite are sort of the opposite love. 44 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 2: Heavy love is a different kind of love. You miscarry 45 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: and this is sort of maybe a little bit of 46 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 2: an anti love song in a way. Yeah, but it's 47 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 2: but framed about it sort of a moment and taking 48 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 2: your shots kind of thing. 49 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. I can feel that from the song as well, 50 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: which is always so much fun. And I often wonder, 51 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: you know, when it comes to your creative inspiration. You know, 52 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: some people like to stay on a steady track, like 53 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: opposites in Heavy Love. I thought you may have gone 54 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: that way, but now you get inspired with Ready to Dance. 55 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: I mean, what's happening within your space where these different, 56 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: almost polarizing inspirations are coming into play and you're acting 57 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: on it. 58 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just I don't want to have to do 59 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: one kind of thing. Ever. I think it's nice to 60 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: be able to just mix it up and go with 61 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 2: the feeling of what the music is taking me. I've 62 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 2: always used my songwriting as a compass in my life, 63 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: and I think that I've allowed the songs to sort 64 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 2: of dictate for me a lot more this time. You 65 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: know where I'm going with my life. 66 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: I like that a lot. That is so much power, man, 67 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: it really is. Because I've always told younger artists who 68 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: I interview on this chart show, a lot of people 69 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: want to write for a certain cause that's beyond themselves. 70 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: They're like, I want to write a radio hit. I 71 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: want to be a number one. I want to have 72 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: a viral track and those foundations. Although I get it 73 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: when you're young you want to hit the heights of 74 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: the people that you aspire to be. I understand that. 75 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: But I always encourage people to write for themselves. If 76 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: that makes any sense to you, well, it actually does. 77 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: I'm preaching to the converted here. I write for you may. 78 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 2: My favorite songs have always been when the artists have 79 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 2: broken free from when you can hear they're not trying 80 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 2: to do that. 81 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I love that, man. You know, I've always wondered, 82 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: you know, when you have your quiet downtime, like what 83 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: type of songs are you listening to? Like what's what's 84 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: on your your rotation. I don't know if you use 85 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: like Apple Music or Spotify, but everybody's got a playlist 86 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: that they conjure up with songs that really are they 87 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 1: go to almost that comfort song. And I've always wanted 88 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: to ask you this question, though, because you've you've got 89 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: so much inspiration, You've got so much that you know 90 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: in the music that you've you've provided, there's been a 91 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of I suppose a lot of 92 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: alternative rock influence I suppose in your history, but now 93 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 1: we move forward into your path, Like what's in your playlist? 94 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm so intrigued. 95 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I often do it, like just search for new stuff, 96 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 2: whatever's new and fresh. I'm always trying to find new 97 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: rabbit holes to go down to. Oh yeah, like like 98 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 2: I'm loving the Somber and I'm glad that I found 99 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 2: Somber before you starting, so I was I was way back, 100 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 2: but no, I like that I found Sea very early 101 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 2: as well. Yes, I enjoy trying to find and see 102 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: what it's working, but I always go back to my 103 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: like Nina Simone and those kind of you know, some 104 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: beautiful soul and even now some of this AI stuff 105 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: that has turned into soul music has blown my mind. 106 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 2: It's quite scary, but hearing like corn as soul music, 107 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 2: it's it's a rabbit hole you want to and don't 108 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: want to go down. 109 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: So you've heard that that artist Zania Monet, Right, I'm 110 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: not sure I want to play you something quickly. It's 111 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: going to blow your mind. Now. Can you imagine like 112 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: a poet, right, picture this poet. So they take the 113 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: poets writing and they lift it into like a full 114 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: scale song production. So the writing in the song, like 115 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: I'm going to play your little snippet of it now, 116 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: it's going to blow your mind like proper, proper blow 117 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: your mind. The song even charted and Billboard. Okay, just 118 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: listen to this for a second. 119 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 2: I love you too deep even when they all in beniforre. 120 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 2: How is that, lord, Like, when Daddy never shown me 121 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 2: what felt right? 122 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: How was that supposed to set the boss? 123 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 2: When I never seen a man? Five for my heart now, lone. 124 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 1: The hard break please? 125 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 2: Five p's trying to be solved in an only I'm 126 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: just broken in places your casey. 127 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: How is that supposed to not? He ain't teach me 128 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: that is an AI artist? 129 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 2: My friend, Wow, that'd be crazy, crazy thing. 130 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: And also the but the writing got me and then 131 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: I realized, no, it's lifted from like a proper poet 132 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: and they've just slept on that AI lifted it up. 133 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: I was just I was It's it's. 134 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 2: We're in crazy times, man, it's crazy times. 135 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: But no one, no one can can AI. You Ross 136 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: like your your voice. I'm just saying your voice has 137 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: been from back in the day, from your early stuff 138 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: with the with the band to now You've always had 139 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: this very unique voice that it's just I love I 140 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 1: love listening to it because what you do, even with 141 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: the song Ready to Dance, it's it's just it wires 142 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: me that I can still hear it's you. Yeah, but 143 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: it's just you've You've just converted it. You just kind 144 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: of reframed it, relayed it, and but it's still you 145 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: underneath that. And I love that. 146 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 2: Man. 147 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: It's just it's very cool. 148 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 149 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: AI can't touch you. Ross. 150 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: Well, I hope not, hopefully we're all still in jobs. 151 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: Well well, you know, radio presenter is on the top 152 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: ten list of jobs that AI will take over. So 153 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: it's been real really, it's been a pleasure to chat 154 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: to you. Yes, that has been to you all the time. 155 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: Don't worry about it. What do you a? I me 156 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: or mime thank you my friend? No, Ross, it's it's 157 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: it's going to be very very great seeing you down 158 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: here performing. But also the song of it. I'm very 159 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: excited about this track all Ready to Dance, because it 160 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: is I think it's perfectly placed. It's just on the 161 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: cusp of summer, and I've like it's going to be 162 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: in everybody's playlist and you know we love local music 163 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: as well. So while done in this one, By the way, 164 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: who produce the check This. 165 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 2: Is by Chasing Fantasia Again. I went to the same 166 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 2: guys you've done Opposites and Heavy Love. 167 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: Ye. 168 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's great work. And I wanted to catch the 169 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 2: exhilaration of the Chase for Love, and I think we 170 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 2: captured in the lyrics and the music and it starts 171 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 2: off with a like a smooth groove and takes off 172 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 2: like a rocket ship. I love that at the end 173 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 2: of it. 174 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm talking about taking off like a rocket ship. 175 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: I mean I'm listening to Yes opposite Heavy Love, Ready 176 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: to Dance. It feels like it's becoming a body of 177 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: work now. 178 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 2: Yes, it feels like a world I'm living in. 179 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. 180 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 2: It's exciting every time with every new song. Yeah, I 181 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: see it. 182 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: It's like it's building towards something big crescendo. Wembley a 183 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: package of music that you can deliver to the world. 184 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: I love this. Yeah, but we'll chat about that again. 185 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 1: Ross and Julia sat today. Thanks for your time, you too, 186 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: anytime love it. Here we go. This is your friend. 187 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,599 Speaker 1: Ross leamonts. It's called Ready to Dance. Is it a 188 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: future charter you let me know