WEBVTT - Music Saved Me | Antoniette Costa: Harmonizing Through Adversity

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<v Speaker 1>Music Saved Me.

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<v Speaker 2>By focusing on music writing my form of meditation, I

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<v Speaker 2>became calmer and I retrained my mind because I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like there is all this noise, there's instant stories, there's

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<v Speaker 2>constant there's constant noise in the world, and when you

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<v Speaker 2>come back to music, writing, reading, creative process, whatever that

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<v Speaker 2>means to you, you feel a.

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<v Speaker 3>Sense of purpose and stability and happiness.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Lenn Hoffman, and welcome to the Music Saved Me Podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast where we dig deep into the healing power

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<v Speaker 1>of music with musicians who all have their own unique

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<v Speaker 1>story to tell. Our guest today is the singer and

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<v Speaker 1>songwriter who truly knows the healing forces of music. Antonette

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<v Speaker 1>Costa is a singer and songwriter whose style ranges from

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<v Speaker 1>jazz to soul, to classical and even hip hop. She

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<v Speaker 1>has new music out called Pitpopatter and recently revealed that

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<v Speaker 1>she's facing her own health chare challenges, and we are

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<v Speaker 1>so fortunate that she actually wanted to share her story

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<v Speaker 1>on our show today, and the story of immersion. I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>emotional and physical recovery. Let me give you that line again.

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<v Speaker 1>She has new music out called Pitt Pattern and recently

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<v Speaker 1>revealed that she's facing her own health challenges, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>so fortunate that she wanted to share her story of

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<v Speaker 1>emotional and physical recovery along with the healing power of music. Antonette,

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Music Save Me. It's great to have you here,

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<v Speaker 1>and thanks for wanting to be here.

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<v Speaker 3>It's great to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>Lynn, thank you for that kind intro, and to Buzz

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<v Speaker 2>as well for having me on the podcast. I love

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<v Speaker 2>the episodes and your guests and the topics that you

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<v Speaker 2>really address on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much. Well, let's dive right in, and

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<v Speaker 1>first let me ask you what were your first experiences

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<v Speaker 1>that connected you so deeply to music and how did

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<v Speaker 1>you know that it would would be your life's calling.

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<v Speaker 1>That's kind of two questions, no great questions.

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<v Speaker 2>As a small child, I started writing music naturally so

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<v Speaker 2>my dad could play guitar and sing and love doo wop,

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<v Speaker 2>so I would harmonize with.

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<v Speaker 3>Him on the guitar.

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<v Speaker 2>It was my first introduction to it, and I started

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<v Speaker 2>writing my own musicals early age, At around five years old.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd use the fireplace as my stage and would start

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<v Speaker 2>making up plots.

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<v Speaker 3>So very natural songwriter.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, at five you're writing plays.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's funny because my brother's daughter, so my niece,

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<v Speaker 2>she's doing the same thing a little bit earlier than me.

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<v Speaker 2>She's three and a half and she came to my

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<v Speaker 2>performance at the Kimmel Center this past week and she

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<v Speaker 2>has it in her So maybe it's a little bit genetics.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, there's a lot of that. Definitely. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>share I kind of pinted about it a little bit upfront,

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<v Speaker 1>but would you to share the recent challenges you've had

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<v Speaker 1>health wise and why you decided to be so open

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<v Speaker 1>and extremely transparent about it with your music? That's not easy,

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<v Speaker 1>of course.

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<v Speaker 2>I had a brain tumor and was sick for about

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<v Speaker 2>three years, and during that process I was on medication

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<v Speaker 2>for over a year and eventually needed surgery. During that time,

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<v Speaker 2>music was my therapy. It was my hope. And my

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<v Speaker 2>mom gave me the idea when I was at my

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<v Speaker 2>worst point before surgery. She knows I love the process

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<v Speaker 2>of writing, so to get my head in a better spot,

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<v Speaker 2>she said, why don't you if you can sing after

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<v Speaker 2>this surgery, why don't you record an album? And that

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<v Speaker 2>was enough to just get me in a good place,

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<v Speaker 2>and I started writing down the songs that I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to be on the album visualizing it, and after the surgery,

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<v Speaker 2>after six months, when I could sing again, I recorded

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<v Speaker 2>an album in eleven days.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow. So visualization you mentioned that word. That's a powerful word,

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<v Speaker 1>almost as powerful as music and the vibration. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people don't realize that, but when you visualize things,

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<v Speaker 1>you make them happen.

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<v Speaker 3>It's so true. Even with performances.

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<v Speaker 2>I was a bit afraid to perform this past week

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<v Speaker 2>at Kimmel Center because the last time I performed was

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty nineteen, and my voice has changed a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit since I had the surgery and it's not as strong.

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't been exercising it.

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<v Speaker 2>So before I got on that stage, I thought about

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<v Speaker 2>every possible thing that could go wrong with the sound

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<v Speaker 2>system and how I would be calm, and that I

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<v Speaker 2>performed for so many years that I would handle it

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<v Speaker 2>as it would come up, and having fun with my musicians,

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<v Speaker 2>and how blessed I was to be performing with musicians

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<v Speaker 2>who played on the album.

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<v Speaker 3>So visualizing helped me stay in that zone.

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<v Speaker 1>That's amazing, And it really does go down exactly how

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<v Speaker 1>you saw that, doesn't it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's true, and we did have when you're.

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<v Speaker 1>In the middle of it, right and you're looking around.

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<v Speaker 1>You're like, I saw this, I saw all of this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's funny you said that because there was a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a sound mess up in the beginning, and

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't freak out because I'd already visualized it and

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<v Speaker 2>knew how so hilarious.

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<v Speaker 1>That I read that. Tracy Chapman was a big influence

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<v Speaker 1>on you early on. Who are some of the other

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<v Speaker 1>musicians or maybe particular songs that you listened to while

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<v Speaker 1>you were going through these challenging times in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Fastcar is one of my favorite songs ever before the

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<v Speaker 2>recent resurgence of it, which I was happy that Tracy

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<v Speaker 2>was given the spotlight. And I think why it's so

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<v Speaker 2>powerful is you feel her story through her voice and

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<v Speaker 2>the lyrics, and that you know when she sings it.

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<v Speaker 2>That song came from the songwriter.

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<v Speaker 3>I love her. I grew up listening to a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of Dion de Mucci.

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<v Speaker 2>He's done some do wop, but I like his live performances,

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<v Speaker 2>and again, he's a songwriter. I tend to gravitate towards

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<v Speaker 2>songwriters in terms of voices. I've always loved Annita Baker

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<v Speaker 2>just this soul, rich, smooth, like an instrument. But I've

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<v Speaker 2>grasp pitated to just a lot of songs, and usually

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<v Speaker 2>ones that are sung by the songwriter.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I read that you said, writing a song I

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<v Speaker 1>love this is like bottling an emotion in its most

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<v Speaker 1>potent form. It's almost like you're bottling medicine, not only

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<v Speaker 1>for yourself but for others. Can you describe how it

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<v Speaker 1>feels when you've moved someone with your music and you've

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<v Speaker 1>witnessed this.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the most powerful feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>And I experienced that when I decided to open up

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<v Speaker 2>about what I had gone through with my health journey.

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<v Speaker 2>I usually don't like to say what I've written a

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<v Speaker 2>song about or the inspiration behind it, but pitt a

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<v Speaker 2>patter I started writing it in the MRI machine, about

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<v Speaker 2>the machine and the sounds. I wrote, you drown out

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<v Speaker 2>every good sound with that big, bad mouth, And People

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<v Speaker 2>magazine did an article about that songwriting process, and I

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<v Speaker 2>had a bunch of strangers writing on Instagram that they

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<v Speaker 2>had similar experiences in an MRI machine that they turned

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<v Speaker 2>to music and focusing on sounds and going to a

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<v Speaker 2>fantasy land. So it was an incredible feeling to connect

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<v Speaker 2>with people I've never met and they were touched by

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<v Speaker 2>that song and the story behind it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty incredible that you were able to focus on

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<v Speaker 1>that while going through that. Do you believe that music

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<v Speaker 1>has this supernatural healing power that we can't quite figure

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<v Speaker 1>out what exactly it is, which is what we try

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<v Speaker 1>to do on the show every time, and there's so

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<v Speaker 1>many different you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, absolutely, I think of music as the bridge to

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<v Speaker 2>the spiritual world or ethereal world, and that songwriting and

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<v Speaker 2>music is the most palpable form of storytelling. So for me,

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<v Speaker 2>it definitely saved me because I was at a point

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<v Speaker 2>in my life that I felt very hopeless, and once

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<v Speaker 2>I dived into the songwriting process and started collaborating with musicians,

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<v Speaker 2>it just lifted my spirit and I knew I'd get

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<v Speaker 2>through it. It was music that made me know I

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<v Speaker 2>was going to get out on the other side and

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy the process of releasing the art to the world,

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<v Speaker 2>even if.

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<v Speaker 3>That was one person who listened.

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<v Speaker 2>It was about finishing and completing the process so powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you highlight a few of the songs that might

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<v Speaker 1>help if there was anyone in the audience listening right

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<v Speaker 1>now going through something similar to you. That let's start

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<v Speaker 1>with Crumbles. Oh so good Soldiers, Cry you.

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<v Speaker 3>Crumbles was very much you keep it on the right.

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<v Speaker 2>Song because I felt I felt that when I wrote

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<v Speaker 2>that song that you can never put all of your

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<v Speaker 2>hope in one person, and that you need to anchor

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<v Speaker 2>in something deeper. And for me, even taking music that

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<v Speaker 2>created a hope and gave me a sense of purpose,

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<v Speaker 2>and that comes from within. You can't ever have a

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<v Speaker 2>sense of happiness or worth outside of yourself or looking

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<v Speaker 2>to other people. It needs to come from within, and

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<v Speaker 2>music helped me come back to that.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if there was anyone going through a similar challenge

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<v Speaker 1>right now, musically or otherwise, what advice could you give

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<v Speaker 1>someone going through that.

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<v Speaker 2>To surround yourself with positive forces and people. My world

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<v Speaker 2>got very small, and I would be lying to say

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't feel a sense.

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<v Speaker 3>Of fomo for a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>But then as I trained my mind by focusing on

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<v Speaker 2>music writing my form of meditation, I became calmer and

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<v Speaker 2>I retrained my mind because I feel like there was

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<v Speaker 2>all this noise, there's instant stories, there's constant there's constant

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<v Speaker 2>noise in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>And when you come back.

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<v Speaker 2>To music, writing, reading, creative process, whatever, that means to

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<v Speaker 2>you you feel a sense.

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<v Speaker 3>Of purpose and stability and happiness.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me about collaborating with other artists. I know you've

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<v Speaker 1>collaborated with quite a few that we know and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>we haven't heard of before. But is there a magic

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<v Speaker 1>there that helps?

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<v Speaker 3>There is definitely a magic and on this album pit

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<v Speaker 3>a pattern. More so than about me, it was about

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<v Speaker 3>the team effort.

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<v Speaker 2>So there are incredible musicians that dropped so much to

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<v Speaker 2>be a part of it during the holidays. It was

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<v Speaker 2>in December that we recorded this ray Angry of the Roots,

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<v Speaker 2>James Poyser of the Roots, Spanky McCurdy, Karie Matteen, Steve McKee,

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<v Speaker 2>TK Wonder Dice Raw.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm mentioning these names.

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<v Speaker 2>Because everyone put the heart and soul into the album,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's not just about the vocalist.

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<v Speaker 3>It's about the team.

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<v Speaker 2>And that also motivated me to release it and finish

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<v Speaker 2>it because I wanted everyone's work to be heard.

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<v Speaker 1>And the musicians on call you also worked with them

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<v Speaker 1>as well.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm trying to right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Lynn, It's hilarious the timing of this because Sam Hollander,

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<v Speaker 2>who you interviewed, Yes, I'm an incredible songwriter, producer, he's

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<v Speaker 2>done it all in the industry. I heard that he

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be on the board and I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to be involved after my health journey and realizing how

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<v Speaker 2>therapeutic music is, and I reached out to him and

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<v Speaker 2>were in talks and how I could be involved, and.

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<v Speaker 3>He's on this podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's just this timing of everything falling into place

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<v Speaker 2>when you surrender to the music and that energy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, when you just kind of let yourself be guided.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing the places that you can go.

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<v Speaker 2>And here you are.

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<v Speaker 3>And I remember watching the VH one and seeing you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's crazy to me because I would never think

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<v Speaker 2>one day i'd be I'd be in front.

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<v Speaker 3>Of you, Oh my looking interviewed by you.

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<v Speaker 1>Funny you should say that I was reading you were

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<v Speaker 1>you worked at MTV.

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<v Speaker 3>I did, I did, I would blog, I would blog.

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<v Speaker 2>That was my first internship through the whole to fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen Broadway. But I wish that I could speak like you,

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<v Speaker 2>because you have this calm, assertive voice. And I remember,

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<v Speaker 2>actually I had heard your voice before I saw your

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<v Speaker 2>your image, and I had been I like YouTube, looking

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<v Speaker 2>up old clips and it's just very surreal to be

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<v Speaker 2>interviewed by you.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'll tell you it's just equally as surreal for

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<v Speaker 1>you to say that to me, because I don't place

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of stock in myself in that aspect. It's

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<v Speaker 1>always like you're talking to somebody else next to me,

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<v Speaker 1>because when I guess maybe people are people, and I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>it gets me a little. As you can see, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know what to say.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be on again because it's like Benjamin Button in

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<v Speaker 2>front of me, because you look younger then back then,

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<v Speaker 2>and your presence on screen and of course your voice.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just very excited to be on here and that

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<v Speaker 2>you're still you're still doing what you love and you're

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<v Speaker 2>so great at well.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks and Tonet Well just a beautiful woman, a beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>heart full of music, and I can't thank you enough

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<v Speaker 1>for coming on the show today and sharing some of

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<v Speaker 1>your story. Hopefully it's helped lift some up. Like you say,

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<v Speaker 1>just one is enough, Yes, one is enough, One's enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Antonette Costa, thank you for sharing your remarkable journey with

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<v Speaker 1>us and your story on music saved me. And keep

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<v Speaker 1>fighting a good fight and please keep in touch and

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for coming on the show.

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<v Speaker 3>Welyn thank you so much for having me as an honor,