WEBVTT - MSM with Kolby Cooper-"Finding Strength and Healing Through Songs"

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<v Speaker 1>Music Saved Me.

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<v Speaker 2>I like to try and make a song for up

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<v Speaker 2>a conversation as much as I can, because I want

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<v Speaker 2>to feel like we're alive, and I think it's part

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<v Speaker 2>of the relatability I guess, or at least what I've

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<v Speaker 2>tried to.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Lynn Hoffman and welcome to the Music Save Me Podcast,

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<v Speaker 3>the show where we go behind the scenes and explore

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<v Speaker 3>musicians and their incredible bond with the transformative power of music.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for listening.

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, and while you're here, I'd like to

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<v Speaker 3>out wherever you get your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Today I am joined by rising BMG Nashville star Colby Cooper.

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<v Speaker 3>He was born in Bradford. Can you tell him excited?

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<v Speaker 3>He was born in Bradford, Texas. Colby's journey from small

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<v Speaker 3>town roots to national acclaim is truly a dedication to

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<v Speaker 3>his passion. With a unique blend of outline country in

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<v Speaker 3>southern rock, Colby has certainly captivated audiences with his electrifying

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<v Speaker 3>performances and truly his heartfelt storytelling. So let's delve into

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<v Speaker 3>how music has been a source of strength and inspiration

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<v Speaker 3>for Colby Cooper on Music Saved Me.

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<v Speaker 1>Colby, Welcome to Music Saved Me.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for having me. I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>I get really almost too excited to even speak sometimes

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<v Speaker 3>because you know just the energy you bring.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though we're on zoom right now, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Can just feel it the minute you popped on the

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<v Speaker 3>screen and it's there, not just with you personally and

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<v Speaker 3>we haven't even really spoken yet, but with your music.

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<v Speaker 3>It is just so powerful, your voice like buttah, don't

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<v Speaker 3>get me into it.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate but thanks for being here today.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to start, you know, at the beginning where

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<v Speaker 3>you first got interested in music. Can you share with

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<v Speaker 3>us that was there a defining moment or an experience

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<v Speaker 3>that you realized that music was going to be your passion?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely? I think I think as a as a young kid,

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<v Speaker 2>me and my dad really bonded over over music. He

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<v Speaker 2>drove over a cow truck and I went with him

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<v Speaker 2>so many times. It would be, you know, a few days,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gone, just me and him in the trunk was

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<v Speaker 2>It was the best of times. It went into like

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<v Speaker 2>first grade even I was missing like the maximum of

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<v Speaker 2>school you can miss to go riding the couch truck

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<v Speaker 2>with that, and we would listen to uh to Waylon Jennings.

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<v Speaker 2>It was he's like one of my heroes. He was

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<v Speaker 2>one of my dad's heroes. Uh. You know, it's one

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<v Speaker 2>of those things. So I would say, like being the

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<v Speaker 2>couch truck is definitely like the first moment like this,

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<v Speaker 2>how how we bonded over music really was like oh,

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, this is cool, like and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my dad was like my hero, so like here we

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<v Speaker 2>thought music was cool together and I was like, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe one day I could maybe I could do this

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<v Speaker 2>one day. It just took me, you know, a few years.

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<v Speaker 3>Just a couple of years, but you caught in the buck.

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<v Speaker 3>You caught the bun absolutely well. Growing up in Bradford, Texas.

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<v Speaker 3>How did your hometown influence the songwriting and your sound?

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<v Speaker 3>Because you have a unique sound. You're not just rock

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<v Speaker 3>and you're not just country or southern rock. You're just

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<v Speaker 3>the whole blend of goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate that. Yeah, I just I'm just a music

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<v Speaker 2>fan in general, I listened to so many things, but

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<v Speaker 2>being out in Bradford, I mean it's you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's lonesome. You know, you look at the population, it's

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<v Speaker 2>like thirty forty people whatever. I've got a family in five. Yeah, yes, man, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a family of five. So we've got to

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a you know, and my family. We're probably

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<v Speaker 2>out of the thirty twenty plus or family members there.

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<v Speaker 2>It's half the town exactly exactly used to make me there.

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<v Speaker 1>You should call it Cooper Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, come on, but yeah, I think just growing up

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<v Speaker 2>out here, it's it's very it's very country. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my dad worked haulled cows and he was a cowboy.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean here it wasn't all in was working on ranches.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're listening to to chrys to do as well.

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<v Speaker 2>I grew up on a bunch of just old just

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<v Speaker 2>some of the best country music really in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 2>And then as a you know, young man, my dad

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<v Speaker 2>got me an Assie Osborne CD for my birthday, the

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah No More Tears record, and that was like my

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<v Speaker 2>introduction to rock. And like then it was guns and

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<v Speaker 2>Roses and def Lever and all that and then I

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<v Speaker 2>found grinds and punk and all that, but it was,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there lonesomeness out here in Bradford. Just the

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<v Speaker 2>Also it's such a small town, so it's easy to

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<v Speaker 2>get inspiration, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, Well you mentioned earlier about Waylon Jennings and

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<v Speaker 3>driving with your dad. The song Rose in Paradise, I

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<v Speaker 3>believe I read somewhere you said was a sort of

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<v Speaker 3>a big inspiration for you. What was it about that

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<v Speaker 3>song that resonated with you, especially as a young songwriter.

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<v Speaker 2>I think just the storytelling and just like the the

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<v Speaker 2>one thing got that I think as cool as like

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<v Speaker 2>the open ended list on the end of it is

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<v Speaker 2>you know, did he did he run away with their

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<v Speaker 2>needy killer and leab her buryed in the garden? That

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<v Speaker 2>was so cool. But not only that, but so that

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<v Speaker 2>was like the storytelling songwriting aspect, and also the melody

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<v Speaker 2>and just you know, his voice is just so just

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<v Speaker 2>ai It's smooth, it's perfect. But the the production and

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<v Speaker 2>the guitar, like that intro lick is so I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's one of the most it's probably the most

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<v Speaker 2>underrated guitar of all time. Just throughout the lead thought

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<v Speaker 2>the whole song is so tasty. It's it's nice.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, tasty.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that word for I've never heard anyone describe

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<v Speaker 3>a song as tasty or even a guitar lick.

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<v Speaker 2>That's fair.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to talk a little bit about your songwriting process.

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<v Speaker 3>I Love You good Night, which I was just perusing

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<v Speaker 3>through some of the tracks. Your songs often draw from,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, personal experiences you've said, also from friends and

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<v Speaker 3>people in the neighborhood. Yes, how how do you balance well,

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<v Speaker 3>First of all, when you when you look at all

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<v Speaker 3>of the even just the titles of your songs, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>things jump out that are completely relatable, you know, to

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<v Speaker 3>me just the title of the.

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<v Speaker 1>Song, much less the song itself.

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<v Speaker 3>So how are you able to sort of balance your

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<v Speaker 3>storytelling telling other stories with a relatability? And are you

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<v Speaker 3>ever surprised at how relatable your songs are?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh? For sure, there's some that are. Like a song

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<v Speaker 2>from our first album called Curse Artober is by losing

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<v Speaker 2>my Dad, And that was one that was really personal.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a song that I tried to write for

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<v Speaker 2>a few years and I guess I finished through I

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<v Speaker 2>was like twenty or so, and uh, when I finished

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<v Speaker 2>and that was where I was went there and showed

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<v Speaker 2>my life and you know, cried about and I was

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<v Speaker 2>like that's awesome, cool, and that was it. And I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't plan on release it, and she was like, hey

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<v Speaker 2>make me She released that song, and you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>showed it to my people that like, oh this is

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<v Speaker 2>incredibly she released it is all right, I guess, so

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I was realimbarous about it, but then I

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<v Speaker 2>released it add hundreds of people message be like, oh

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<v Speaker 2>my god, this you know I just lost my dad

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<v Speaker 2>or just lost a brother or a friend or something. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>this one means the world. So it's yeah, it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>I think since I've learned, you know, everybody's story is

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<v Speaker 2>very very similar, or you're gonna have similarities. I guess

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's got that brokenness about them and you know, shit's

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<v Speaker 2>happened to really uh you know, it's far a live uh.

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<v Speaker 2>But then also like I think whenever putting like putting

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<v Speaker 2>an album together, like if I was just totally right

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<v Speaker 2>thing about my life, it would be uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there wouldn't be uh, there wouldn't be any you know,

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<v Speaker 2>breakup songs or any of the the fun like uh,

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<v Speaker 2>the fun ones to jam too or whatever. I just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I've got a beautiful life and three babing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so super lucky. But you know, so when we

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<v Speaker 2>put an album together that I wanted to, I want

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<v Speaker 2>there to be my story, but then I want there

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<v Speaker 2>to be an overall theme, kind of an overall like

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<v Speaker 2>a relatability, I think. And uh so that's like part

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<v Speaker 2>of the process is like here's my story and then

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<v Speaker 2>here's like stories of the world and probably your story,

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<v Speaker 2>Like you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's it's got to be scary letting your songs go.

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<v Speaker 3>But when you just described to me, you said that

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<v Speaker 3>after you were finished, it made you cry.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, absolutely, that's.

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<v Speaker 1>How you knew.

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<v Speaker 3>But you actually even said that sort of sideways, almost

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<v Speaker 3>like you're not allowed to admit that. But I thank

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<v Speaker 3>you for saying that because I think I think a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of young men need to hear that it's okay

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<v Speaker 3>and that yeah, oh my god, that happened to you

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<v Speaker 3>and it happened to me, and wow, if you can

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<v Speaker 3>do this with your life, what what are the options

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<v Speaker 3>for me?

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<v Speaker 1>So it's about the big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>So I always tell everybody anyone that comes up to ask,

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, Oh God, what should I do? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I want, I want to make music or I want

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<v Speaker 2>I did, so you just got to do it. Just

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<v Speaker 2>go do it, and you know, chase your dreams you rather.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like you'd probably rather chase it and it

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<v Speaker 2>not work out and not chase it and thinking about it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Wow, what if I'd done that back when

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<v Speaker 2>I was out of your email?

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<v Speaker 1>So true? So true?

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<v Speaker 3>And could you walk us through a bit of that

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<v Speaker 3>process of creating a song. I think some of your

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<v Speaker 3>favorite tracks you had said were are We on Fire, which,

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<v Speaker 3>by the way, if you haven't seen the music video, brilliant.

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<v Speaker 3>I love the story, or Storms Coming? Can you how

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<v Speaker 3>did you make that all come about?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? All We're on the Fire? That was I read

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<v Speaker 2>it with Jordan Walker, and I remember well year we

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<v Speaker 2>were from the rear. I mean we'd been throwing ideas

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<v Speaker 2>around for thirty minutes or so, an hour or so,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was been I've been there for a long week.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, man, I wonder if we're out to

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<v Speaker 2>get anything today?

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<v Speaker 4>And then the smoke alarm went off downstairs and the

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<v Speaker 4>lights kept flickering and just like laughing and did it again,

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<v Speaker 4>like damn it, and we're on fire, and we just

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<v Speaker 4>kind of chuckled and be like that that's cool.

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<v Speaker 2>We should write that we wrote it, and just I think,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I like to try and make a song,

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<v Speaker 2>throw up a conversation as much as I can, because

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to feel like real life. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's part of the relatability I guess, or at least

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<v Speaker 2>what I try to it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it truly is?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it's like you're talking telling the story, talking

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<v Speaker 3>about yourself or talking about Actually, after I saw are

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<v Speaker 3>we on fire? I thought, oh, he must have gone

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<v Speaker 3>through really bad breakup and then I read no, he's

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<v Speaker 3>happily married with three kids to his high school sweetheart.

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<v Speaker 1>Am I correct?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, ma'am.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean the three kids, and you're only what twenty five? Maybe?

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<v Speaker 2>Is sure? I have twenty Clive, I turned twenty six

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<v Speaker 2>in May. All right, I've got a few more months,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, insurance and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, you figured out some secret sauce obviously, so

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<v Speaker 3>maybe that'll be some few sure songs that you'll write

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<v Speaker 3>about how how to make it work.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Absolutely, we'll see that.

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<v Speaker 1>We need that, we need that.

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<v Speaker 3>What what's a lyric or title that you've written that

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<v Speaker 3>holds like a special place in your heart that stands

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<v Speaker 3>out to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably so many then there are, but for the new

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<v Speaker 2>album let Me Goodnye, I would say that that's the

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<v Speaker 2>title track, and I would say that that song specifically,

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<v Speaker 2>there's just uh and they're very just like casual phrases

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff, but it's what I wrote it. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>on the road for two weeks and then I got

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<v Speaker 2>home on a Sunday for about an hour and said

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<v Speaker 2>hey to my babies and my wife, and then I

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<v Speaker 2>had to unpack my bag and repack it and go

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<v Speaker 2>to the airport and fly to Moine And I got

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<v Speaker 2>there with my guitar player bo to the hotel and

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<v Speaker 2>I was just I was bumming. I was really sad.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to be back home. My babies were sad.

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<v Speaker 2>And he was like, I'm gonna get some coffee you

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<v Speaker 2>and go like I just gonna stay from the room

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<v Speaker 2>and just beat a sad boy or whatever. And he's

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<v Speaker 2>a car man. Let me know if anything scar. He

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<v Speaker 2>left his guitar sitting on my bed. Uh, So I

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<v Speaker 2>picked it up and I put my phone down. I

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<v Speaker 2>started recording and had like a two minute voice memo

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<v Speaker 2>and just sang like the first thing on my head

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<v Speaker 2>and like wrote the first verse and chorus and uh

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<v Speaker 2>second verse of the song and I was like, I

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<v Speaker 2>need to put that down and digg an apple whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>And a couple months later I finished it with my

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<v Speaker 2>producer Andrew Bayless, and just that song, the it feels

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<v Speaker 2>like it's kind of described describes like our whole situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh it's the push and to pull pull the whole deal, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to find who's fake and what's real. And you're

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<v Speaker 2>the only one that I feel, uh just because it's

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's a song about b M my road

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<v Speaker 2>and uh, missing my wife and missing my babies and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, feeling like, wow, am I doing the right thing?

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<v Speaker 2>Being gone so much? And that whole idea. Uh that one,

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<v Speaker 2>that one's along with my favorites.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's the title track, I Love You good Night, Yes, yes, ma'am.

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<v Speaker 3>It sounded like a you know, a bedtime song. And

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<v Speaker 3>I have to say, even though this podcast is about music,

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<v Speaker 3>I would love to know what one one tip from

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<v Speaker 3>you that makes your family stay so complete, especially with

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<v Speaker 3>what you do for a living, because that's not easy

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<v Speaker 3>to share a relationship with someone. When you're a musician,

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<v Speaker 3>you perform for thousands of people.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, and I think that uh unfortunately, honestly, the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>thing is my wife is just a rock star. She is.

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<v Speaker 2>He's she's like we've known each listen to her in

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<v Speaker 2>fourth grade or third grade, and we've been best friends

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<v Speaker 2>since fourth grade. And I mean I started playing music

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<v Speaker 2>back in middle school. Uh so, like she's she's known

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<v Speaker 2>for a long time that I wanted to play music.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh when we got together, seniors like her and

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<v Speaker 2>my mom brother two that even pushed me to just

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<v Speaker 2>like to not go to nursing school after I've finished

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<v Speaker 2>the year, my last year of basics, and they're like,

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<v Speaker 2>you should try, you know, music. We put some music on.

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<v Speaker 2>It was decent, and uh so I think, really it's

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<v Speaker 2>just I'm super blessed and super lucky. My wife was. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>she's awesome. He's awesome. But also face timing, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I facetimed as much as that can on

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<v Speaker 2>the road. But you know we're not far from family too.

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<v Speaker 2>That that helps a bunch. But you know, other than that,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just my life is awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh that's the right thing. To say, by the way,

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<v Speaker 3>it's all your way.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just kidding.

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<v Speaker 3>So now you said to me just in that just

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<v Speaker 3>earlier you were going to go into nursing. Isn't it

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<v Speaker 3>interesting how healing music can be and almost in a

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<v Speaker 3>sense you wanted to be in a profession that gave

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<v Speaker 3>back immediately originally.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Absolutely absolutely. I think it feels really good to

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<v Speaker 2>you or are to have people just you know, come up.

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<v Speaker 2>And I love hearing people's stories about what my songs

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<v Speaker 2>mean to them. If they mean thing to it, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean enough for you to have. You know, there's core

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<v Speaker 2>memory that stuck with it. You know, it means enough

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<v Speaker 2>for me to hear it, and it's like that's part

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<v Speaker 2>of it. That's like the whole, the whole thing. And

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<v Speaker 2>also found out that I hate blood, so that was

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<v Speaker 2>like the rich doctor that just saw patience or something,

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<v Speaker 2>but not patience with anything nasty.

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<v Speaker 1>No, that's so funny.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you how has music helped you navigate some personal challenges?

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<v Speaker 3>You mentioned you lost your dad when you were fourteen,

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<v Speaker 3>and when you lose your dad at such a young age,

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<v Speaker 3>it changes you and you really could go in two paths.

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<v Speaker 3>My husband lost his father at fifteen, a friend of

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<v Speaker 3>mine also lost their father, and it's it really changes you,

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<v Speaker 3>especially if you had a really good relationship. So was

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<v Speaker 3>music ever obviously it started with him. Was that something

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<v Speaker 3>that helped you get through losing him?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure? And I just like he got diagnosed with brain

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<v Speaker 2>cancer when I was thirteen, and uh, I just started

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<v Speaker 2>like really playing guitar and singing within those past year

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<v Speaker 2>and a half. So he got just on. He got

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<v Speaker 2>to see me kind of start and it was really

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<v Speaker 2>pushing me to keep going. So that was a big

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<v Speaker 2>inspiration in the end. But uh, yeah, after you passed away,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I was definitely I mean dove deep off

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<v Speaker 2>in music and you know, I know every Whalen song

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<v Speaker 2>and uh on the cloud Cross Canadian Ragweed was one

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<v Speaker 2>of his funeral songs and Cross Kane Ragweed is an

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<v Speaker 2>arclehole band, that's one of it was one of our

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<v Speaker 2>favorites when we were growing up. It was another one

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<v Speaker 2>like Whalen that we just listened to and I'm still

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<v Speaker 2>one of my favorites. Uh. So like that, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I definitely dog deep off in music and uh lost

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<v Speaker 2>myself but I started writing at lunch and making music too,

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<v Speaker 2>and uh, trying to get better, you know. Yeah, so

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<v Speaker 2>it was definitely big inspiration the.

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<v Speaker 3>Fact that he was supportive of you and that you

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<v Speaker 3>have that connection with Whalen geez.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I just can't help but to think that when that happens,

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<v Speaker 3>you really could go in two directions in life, and

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<v Speaker 3>and you pulled yourself out of it and created a

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<v Speaker 3>career for yourself and married someone and had children. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a really good story and it's a beautiful story.

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<v Speaker 2>My brother too. I have a brother of two years younger.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean he so you know, he was I was

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<v Speaker 2>fourg and he was twelve, and he manages me. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's it's all the fan, Yes, it is. It's

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<v Speaker 2>really awesome. I feel very lucky.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you feel that there's a specific song that resonates

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<v Speaker 3>deeply with your fans and brings them, you know, comfort

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<v Speaker 3>or strength or to rephrase, what song of yours would

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<v Speaker 3>you prescribe to comfort or inspire someone who really needed it?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I think we got a few different a few

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<v Speaker 2>different realities, you know, if you just need like a

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<v Speaker 2>big to hell with that. Uh, we got a couple.

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<v Speaker 2>We got one called hate You Too, which is uh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's one of my favorites and stuff if I'm

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<v Speaker 2>live and the other cub two words, the whole the

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<v Speaker 2>whole hook is just f you. Uh and it's very fun. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know if you're if you're in love and you

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<v Speaker 2>know you're you're loving somebody that got a few of those.

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<v Speaker 2>A Fall is one of our our bigger songs. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've had selly people come up and say like

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<v Speaker 2>this was our first dance song. Like me, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we were one you do concerts and my boyfriend asked

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<v Speaker 2>my friend asked me to be his boyfriend during you

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<v Speaker 2>know whatever blah blah blah girlfriend. Uh, you know, so

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<v Speaker 2>we had so many of those. Uh. One of my

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<v Speaker 2>theorites is a song called coming Home, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>me and my wife's wedding song. Actually it was just

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<v Speaker 2>about me being gone and coming home. But off the

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<v Speaker 2>new record, there's uh this one called One Big, Happy,

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<v Speaker 2>Sad Family. If you're going through it and your family's

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<v Speaker 2>driving you crazy and you just want reassuring, say not alone,

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<v Speaker 2>that everybody's family is a little lackey. There you go.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I said, when you read the titles of the song,

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<v Speaker 3>it's almost like you're going what do I need today

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<v Speaker 3>from Colby to make my day? It's so perfect. Colby Cooper.

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<v Speaker 3>I wish you nothing but continued incredible success. You're with

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<v Speaker 3>an amazing group. BMG. Hello and thank you for sharing

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<v Speaker 3>your story with us on music Save Me and I

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<v Speaker 3>hope that you do come back when you release the

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<v Speaker 3>next EP.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, thank you for having me.