1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk. 2 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 2: I came home from preschool. I remember I was probably five, 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: it was before kindergarten, and my dad was standing in 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 2: the living room listening to jazz. He probably had a cocktail. 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 2: The song Take five came on and he said, see 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 2: if you can keep a beat, because it goes boo 7 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 2: up up boom, dun dun dap d d dun dunt, 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: and it flips because it's like in four, it's like 9 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 2: in six seven or something, so it goes boom. And 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: I was able to do it, and he almost got 11 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 2: pissed off because I wasn't supposed to be able to 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 2: do it, you know, because it was an intricate beat, 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: and I kept it and that meant something to me. 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 3: Welcome to the Taking a Walk Podcast, the podcast where 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 3: Buzz Night walks in person and virtually down memory lane 16 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 3: with musicians and insiders who love talking music. 17 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: Today, Buzz talks with the lead singer of the Grammy 18 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: winning band Train, Pat Monahan, known for amazing songs like 19 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: Drops of Jupiter, Hey, Soul, Sister, Calling All Angels, and 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: so many more. Train will be on the road this 21 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: summer with Rio Speedwagon. Pat talks about that and much more. 22 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,479 Speaker 1: On this episode of Taking a Walk with Buzz Night. 23 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 4: So I'm going to go on and on for a second. 24 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 4: Here pat a new. 25 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 5: Summer road Trip twenty twenty four tour with Train and 26 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 5: Rio Speedwagon coming to a city near you. Two Diamond 27 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 5: selling bands, fifty million albums sold worldwide, thirty two songs 28 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 5: on Billboard's Hot one hundred, twenty eight albums on Billboard's 29 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 5: two hundred album charts between the bands, and the kickoff 30 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 5: is going to be in July this summerset Amphitheater. You're 31 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 5: gonna be here in Chicago, Toronto, New York, Houston, San Francisco, La. 32 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 4: Tell me what does it mean to you to be 33 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 4: out in the road with Reo Speedwagon. 34 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: Well, you know, I've I've been listening to those songs 35 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 2: since I was a kid. And then I got to 36 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 2: meet Kevin at a charity event with Sammy Hagar and 37 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: we hit it off really well, because you know, he's 38 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: a Midwest guy and I'm originally from Pennsylvania, and we're 39 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 2: kind of no nonsense guys that like comedy and music 40 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: and family. And so when this came up, it sounded 41 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: like a pretty fun tour to do that was not 42 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 2: typical for either band. Usually they're out with bands like 43 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 2: Sticks and you know, def Leppard, and you know, bands 44 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: that are a little closer to their era, and we're 45 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: usually with bands or artists that are closer to ours. 46 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 2: And I think this combination was going to be a 47 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 2: lot of fun, and it's going to be a night 48 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: with a lot of familiar music. And our friends' yacht 49 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 2: Rock Review are also on tour with us, so they'll 50 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: be starting the evening and they are an incredible band 51 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 2: that plays yacht rock, which is exactly what people. 52 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 6: Are going to be wanting. 53 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 2: And it's just going to be a great night for 54 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: families and whoever comes. 55 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 7: I think there's going to be a lot of smiling, 56 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 7: I'm guessing, and a lot of people singing along. 57 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 6: Don't you think I would think so? 58 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 2: If not, I'll be pretty pissed off, don't care. 59 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 7: Yeah, well, I know other band influences that conversation would 60 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 7: lead to the band Journey. I know you had the 61 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 7: Rock Hall of Fame experience with Journey. Talk about what 62 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 7: Journey means to you as a fan. 63 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, Train came from San Francisco, and 64 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 2: so did Journey. I feel like we have a lot 65 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 2: of similarities in. 66 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 6: The way we. 67 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 2: You know, the songwriting and the hope filled lyrics, and 68 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 2: also you know, maybe not the critical acclaim that you 69 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 2: know was was not a part of Train nor journeys past. 70 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: I think we were overlooked in many ways and in critics' eyes, 71 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 2: and that's fine and fair and whatever, because as long 72 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: as you have fans, then I think the rest of 73 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 2: it is, you know, doesn't really matter. And so to 74 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 2: be able to induct them into the Hall of Fame 75 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: meant a lot to me as a fan of theirs, 76 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: but also as someone kind of living in their shoes, 77 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 2: which is lovely because I would rather I'd rather be 78 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 2: loved by p people that actually want to buy music 79 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: and come to shows and participate in your life. 80 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 7: And then I know of the great influence of led 81 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 7: Zeppelin because of Train and led Zeppelin two. 82 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 4: What's your favorite? First of all on led Zeppelin two? 83 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 2: You know, my son is twelve and he does a 84 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: program called School of Rock, which is like it's all 85 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: over the country, I think the world actually, and it's 86 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 2: just kids that learn instruments and then they graduate to 87 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 2: the next phase and every year they get with more 88 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 2: developed musicians and bands keep getting more intricate and better. 89 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 2: And now he's twelve, and he's in sixth grade and 90 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 2: singing in bands with twelfth graders because he's really advanced 91 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 2: in his ability to sing. And his current school of 92 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 2: rock band is led Zeppelin, and he got Stare to 93 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 2: Heaven and Over the Hills and Far Away and the 94 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: Immigrant Song and several others and the one song that 95 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: he had two or in two weeks he has to 96 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 2: audition for because so many other people want to sing 97 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: it is Going to California, which really inspired me to 98 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: leave Erie, Pennsylvania. 99 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 6: And move to San Francisco. 100 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 3: Uh. 101 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 2: And it's so funny that I was a kid when 102 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 2: led uppln was out and now he's a kid and 103 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 2: leeds up and is not an entity anymore, and it 104 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 2: still influences people. 105 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 3: Uh. 106 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 6: And I really didn't have much to do with it. 107 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,679 Speaker 2: Like I, he found it on his own and loves 108 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 2: it as much as he does LEDs. 109 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 6: Up on two. 110 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: The album in itself is incredible, I think, you know, 111 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 2: it's hard to say what the you know, my favorite 112 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 2: song on the album is There's It's an incredible album. 113 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 2: Ramble on We've done for so many years. You know Heartbreaker. 114 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 2: I mean there's there's a you know, the list is 115 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 2: deep of greatness. 116 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 4: There's not a clunker, not a clunker, you know. I 117 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 4: as we're wearing both headphones for this for this interview. 118 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 7: I remember the first set of headphones that my parents 119 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 7: got listening to you know, albums in the collection so 120 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 7: I didn't have to bother them. 121 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 4: And yeah, that first time. 122 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 7: Listening to what is and what should never be when 123 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 7: it went back and forth inside the headphones, Oh my god. 124 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, that was a mind blower. 125 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, so cool. 126 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 4: When you think of. 127 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 7: Robert Plant's evolution and what he's up to now with 128 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 7: Alison Krauss, what's your take on his ability to reinvent 129 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 7: and how did you yourself think about constantly reinventing. 130 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 2: He's uh, you know, especially such a special artist that 131 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 2: he was so incredible at what he was doing with 132 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 2: led Zeppelin, and afterwards I think he had had enough 133 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 2: success after his friend John Bonham passed away that he 134 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 2: wanted to move away from it because it, uh, it 135 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 2: didn't make sense to his heart. 136 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 6: And you know, even though two of the other. 137 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 2: Guys were alive, it wasn't the same without you know, 138 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 2: the magic of John's drumming, and then he you know, 139 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 2: started the Honeydrippers and and you know, he's such a 140 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 2: big Elvis fan that he just you know, it's sounded 141 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 2: more inspired by Elvis than the blues records that they 142 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 2: were making as led Zeppelin. 143 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 6: And you know, then he. 144 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 2: Moved into more Americana, which is interesting because he's British, 145 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 2: so he's he's just a smart artist to fall is 146 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 2: what he wants and feels and things come naturally that way, 147 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 2: and he does well. 148 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 6: So he's smart. 149 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 2: And I think on some level, if I just do 150 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 2: what I want and what feels right, then I will 151 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 2: follow the same footsteps as Robert in success, because even 152 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 2: if nobody likes it, I'll be successful. 153 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 7: You know, you did a podcast back many years ago 154 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 7: before podcasts, where the Rage. 155 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right, the podcast podcast, and you did a 156 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 4: lot of episodes. One that I particularly enjoyed was the 157 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 4: one with Nathaniel. 158 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:49,599 Speaker 7: Ratelift, And what I love about it is how you 159 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 7: were sort of the curator for music discovery for so 160 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 7: many of us listening to that podcast. I think that 161 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 7: was really what I really appreciated about what you were conveying. 162 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 7: What are you discovering musically these days that from other 163 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 7: artists that you'd like to share. 164 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 2: Well, you know, from the last couple of years, I've 165 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 2: just been pushing a kid that I love called King George, 166 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 2: and it's funny I just saw on Instagram yesterday because 167 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: I didn't know who was aware of him, but Snoop 168 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 2: Dogg went to see him, which made me happy because 169 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 2: Snoop Dogg can influence people and get them to know 170 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 2: new music. 171 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 6: And so he's a kid that I've been following for 172 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 6: a while that I really love. 173 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 2: But I mean now I play new music on Sirius 174 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 2: XM and a lot of these kids end up being 175 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 2: pretty big, you know, Like it's interesting the way it works. 176 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 2: And the pat cast was the reason I started it 177 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 2: was because I would go to do these concerts and 178 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 2: festivals and no bands would ever talk to each other. 179 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 2: And I was like, man, that's sad. 180 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 4: You know. 181 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:07,719 Speaker 2: It's like we're on this journey together performing for these 182 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 2: same people and no one talks because. 183 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 6: You're either too cool or you're shy. 184 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 2: And so I thought if I had a podcast, it 185 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 2: would give me a reason to introduce myself. 186 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 6: And I did it for a couple of years and. 187 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 2: It was a burnout because I ended up spending more 188 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 2: time trying to get guests and keep episodes current. Then 189 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 2: I was writing songs and that was that was where 190 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: the problem began, because that's not my job really, and 191 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 2: so I. 192 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 6: Haven't done it in a while. I missed doing it sometimes. 193 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 2: But but yeah, man, podcasts really blew up. 194 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 4: Huh you were ahead of the curve. 195 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, but nobody was listening, so it wasn't ahead of 196 00:11:58,840 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 2: too much of a curve. 197 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 7: Talk about that first moment that you knew you would 198 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 7: be hooked on music for your life as a career. 199 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 2: There were there were two moments that I remember, well, 200 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 2: there were many, but uh, one was I was I 201 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 2: came home from preschool. I remember I was probably five, 202 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: it was before kindergarten, and my dad was standing in 203 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 2: the living room listening to jazz. He probably had a cocktail, 204 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 2: and uh, the song Take five came on and he said, 205 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 2: see if you can keep a beat, because it goes 206 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 2: boot up up doom dun't dun dup d d dun 207 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: dn't and it flips because it's like in four, it's 208 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 2: like in six seven or something, so it goes bund 209 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: up dun d and I was able to do it, 210 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 2: and he almost got pissed off because I wasn't supposed 211 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 2: to be able to do it, you know, because it 212 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 2: was an intricate beat and I kept it and that 213 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: meant something to me. And then my siblings turned me 214 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,119 Speaker 2: on to, you know, things. 215 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 6: Like the Beatles. I was never really a big Beatles guy, 216 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 6: but I was. 217 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 2: I can always appreciate the incredible songwriting that they did, 218 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 2: and Paul McCartney and John Lennon's and you know. 219 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 6: All they're all So that was something. 220 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 2: But then when I discovered Led, when I discovered Michael Jackson, 221 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 2: that was big. But the record that meant the most 222 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 2: to me as a kid was Breakfast in America. I 223 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 2: remember I was probably in like third grade, and I 224 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 2: would I had a cassette and I would fall asleep 225 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 2: listening to it, and I couldn't believe that human beings 226 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 2: were able to make something sound as beautiful as this album. 227 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 6: And so that meant a lot to me, that album. 228 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 2: So that that wash, those are the moments as a kid. 229 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 7: Can you talk about your process of writing songs, how 230 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 7: it unfolds, how maybe that process has changed for you, 231 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 7: if at all, over the years. 232 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's changed a lot, you know. 233 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 2: I think COVID, the lockdown and having to learn technology 234 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 2: better really shifted it for me because I would just 235 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 2: usually fly to Los Angeles or Nashville or New York 236 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 2: and write songs, and now I just do it over 237 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 2: zoom with you know, the two guys in my band, 238 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 2: Matt and Jerry, and or I write myself, you know, 239 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 2: and so I just it's just shifted for me. It 240 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 2: doesn't it's not it's not like it used to be. 241 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 2: I don't travel as much to write. 242 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 4: I have. 243 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 6: My group that I work with, and it seems to 244 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 6: be going well. 245 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 4: Feelings on artificial intelligence in and around music, I. 246 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 6: Don't have thoughts yet, you know, like I'm sure that. 247 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, times have changed so much since 248 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 2: I started, and I've never really complained about it, like 249 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 2: I you know, I don't know. I don't know what's 250 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 2: best for people. I don't know if artificial intelligence will 251 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 2: end up taking the only thing I worry about is 252 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 2: that young people won't be inspired to become artists because 253 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 2: there's no finance in it for them, and that's a 254 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 2: loss for humanity. So as long as that doesn't happen, 255 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 2: then what do I care? But if it prevents kids 256 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 2: from wanting to become artists like my twelve year old son, 257 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 2: then it's a shame. So until then, I don't really 258 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: have a thought. 259 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 7: So a musician is listening, that's just starting out, trying 260 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 7: to break in, give them a piece of advice that 261 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 7: you think would mean something. 262 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 3: You know. 263 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 6: I'm not really one for advice. My dad would always say, 264 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 6: why don't. 265 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 2: You keep your precious advice and write me a check. 266 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 2: But I do have one thought, and that is try 267 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 2: to be your authentic self, being something that you're not inherently, 268 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 2: and then trying to keep up with that is going 269 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 2: to be exhausting and it's flawed because it's not who 270 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 2: you are. And so I think people will listen to 271 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 2: you and want to be a part of what you're 272 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 2: creating because it's you, and take a chance, you know, 273 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: take a chance on being you. 274 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 4: That's all I got in closing. 275 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 7: Anybody that you haven't collaborated with that you'd like to 276 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 7: collaborate with in the future. 277 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 2: There are a lot of people like King George I'd 278 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 2: love to write with, and I love Jay Cole. I 279 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 2: listened to a lot of hip hop and so all 280 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 2: these guys like, they're so talented, and I would just 281 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 2: like to work with a whole bunch of hip hop 282 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 2: guys and girls, and you know there are a lot 283 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 2: of people. 284 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 4: One of the most talented guys and one of the nicest. 285 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 7: Guys, Pat Monahan, thanks for being on this virtual edition 286 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 7: of the Taking a Walk Podcast, and good luck on 287 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 7: the summer road trip with Rio Speedwagon. 288 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 4: I know it's going to be a blast great. 289 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 6: I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully I'll see out there. 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