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Speaker 1: been cool seeing some of the students, Like there's been

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Speaker 1: So got gotta wrapped this up. I gotta bring you

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Speaker 1: back on the show, each one of you, individuals. You've

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Speaker 1: So I want to reach schedules individuals. Pleasant one start

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Speaker 1: Jordan's thanks, Hello sir, How are you pretty good? My friend? Lawyer?

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Speaker 1: that's where you find your true purpose and your true

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Speaker 1: and Geko. What I will say is that those corporate

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Speaker 1: same sleepless nights that so so anybody. I tell people

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Speaker 1: If you if you want to be comfortable, stay right

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Speaker 1: more for my people and for you know, my family,

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00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:06,400
Speaker 1: and so having eight siblings and growing up and you know,

639
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,879
Speaker 1: just hearing the stories and seeing what everyone's going through,

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00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: you know in my community and then my and then

641
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:17,320
Speaker 1: and and then my uh, you know family and immediate family.

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Speaker 1: It's like, you know what I want to I want

643
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: to put it all out there, you know, I want

644
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: to put I want to put my arts into chasing

645
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: my dreams. And that's what I did. What makes you consistent?

646
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,600
Speaker 1: I see all these great artists you work with, h

647
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 1: you know, John Legend, Bad Boy Leyla Hathwick been on

648
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Speaker 1: the show, he's your cold know her from l A

649
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: back in the day, No here from l A, Meek Meal?

650
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Speaker 1: How do you work with all these different talents and

651
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: then maintain who you are well? First, you know, all

652
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,760
Speaker 1: of those artists that you need have played a huge

653
00:36:55,600 --> 00:37:01,240
Speaker 1: role and just me being an artist because it's so crazy,

654
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Speaker 1: like like with with Meek Mill. He was one of

655
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Speaker 1: the artists that I worked with and I wasn't even

656
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: expecting to tap into my artistry the way that I

657
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 1: did with Meek Mill, but he definitely like pushed me

658
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: and and and brought it out of me just by

659
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:24,360
Speaker 1: you know, encouraging you know, me as a singer, and

660
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 1: as a vocalist, because I started off writing songs for

661
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: these people, and every time I would go on the studio,

662
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,360
Speaker 1: even with Keisha Cold, she would hear my voice and

663
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 1: then I would end up on a track, and you know,

664
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Speaker 1: it just never, it never. I went to see fifty

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Speaker 1: Cents with a friend of mine, and my friends just

666
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,840
Speaker 1: told me this, you know, he told me to start singing,

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00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: and and I did. In fifty Cents threw me in

668
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 1: the studio right away and we ended up doing a

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Speaker 1: song called Definition of Sexy. And so I didn't know

670
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Speaker 1: that I didn't I didn't know that there was that

671
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,800
Speaker 1: thing that was inside of me that I was hiding.

672
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 1: But these great artists who who have inspired me over

673
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: the years and even now, uh kind of like planted

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Speaker 1: those seeds. And honestly, sometimes we forget to plant those

675
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Speaker 1: seeds into into our brothers and our sisters and our

676
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Speaker 1: and and the people that's coming you know, behind us,

677
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,719
Speaker 1: and even before us. You know, we had we have

678
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Speaker 1: to continue to plant those seasons. So I've had some

679
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:37,760
Speaker 1: talented people and they really helped plant plant to see

680
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Speaker 1: of me even you know, pursuing it at this level.

681
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,279
Speaker 1: So I'm truly grateful to have worked with them, with

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Speaker 1: those artists and you know, have crossed their path and

683
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Speaker 1: the music business because it's definitely changing my change my

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Speaker 1: focus and and has also brought uh a new, a

685
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Speaker 1: new creative journey as an artist in my life. Well

686
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 1: here's the funny part about being a songwriter. And so

687
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Speaker 1: he can he can attest to this. So when you

688
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Speaker 1: when you're a songwriter, you after you have to sing

689
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Speaker 1: the song. Most yes, some people a lot of songs

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Speaker 1: writer sing the song correct. And so so here's the deal.

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Speaker 1: So they're in the studio, they go, okay, let me

692
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Speaker 1: hear the song, you know. So you know, he starts

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Speaker 1: singing and go, I know, they started squinching. Huh what

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Speaker 1: they still who is this dude? If? The next question?

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Speaker 1: Who is this dude? And then next thing and go okay,

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Speaker 1: how can I work with? So you was winning twice,

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Speaker 1: you winning twice with a great song, and then you

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Speaker 1: win it twice secondly with a great VARs and then

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Speaker 1: you had what they call swam and uh and that

700
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Speaker 1: that that's the beauty of you were just going there man,

701
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Speaker 1: just doing your thing. And then God blessed you with

702
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Speaker 1: a clear understanding your humbleness because you weren't going in

703
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Speaker 1: there trying to get a gig other than hey, I

704
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Speaker 1: have a great song I think will really go good

705
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Speaker 1: with your voice and your style with your albums, or

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Speaker 1: let's just be your first single that drops or your

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Speaker 1: ce D or whatever. And then they heard you, they went, wow,

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Speaker 1: I got this is a bonus track, right right, right right.

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Speaker 1: And I can tell that you you have a lot

710
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Speaker 1: of insight education on how the music business work, because

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Speaker 1: it's almost like you're telling me my life, you know,

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Speaker 1: like you're telling me, like all the steps, so I

713
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Speaker 1: know this happened before, and you've seen these steps in

714
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Speaker 1: the evolution of a songwriter turning into artists. I've seen

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Speaker 1: it and I love it. I love That's what I'm

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Speaker 1: just letting you know. We have a relationship now in

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Speaker 1: the business and just invite you to call me for

718
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Speaker 1: any mentoring advice. Just call me like I give myself.

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Speaker 1: I connect with you. I appreciate that. It is what

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Speaker 1: it is. Okay, it is what it is. I started

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Speaker 1: money making conversation for this reason. Okay, I cannot leave

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Speaker 1: this earth with information that I can use to have

723
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Speaker 1: somebody else. And I have been that I have been

724
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 1: in too many studios. It's not too many artists. Like

725
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Speaker 1: I said, Kesha, Kesha. I met Keshia Cole when she

726
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Speaker 1: was auditioned and she wanted and she auditioned for me,

727
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Speaker 1: and so then she became as a great autist. And

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Speaker 1: she reminded me, I auditioned for you with Sean and

729
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: I said, oh yeah, and because not because it was

730
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Speaker 1: just not because I was arrogant. It was just that

731
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Speaker 1: I wanted to hear how great she was. And then

732
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 1: she went on to greatness and still living the life

733
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,799
Speaker 1: of greatness as a song styles. And then you say,

734
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 1: John Legend used to coming to the studio all the time,

735
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 1: one of the most professional individuals I've ever met in

736
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Speaker 1: my life. If you tell John to be in the

737
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 1: studio at six thirty am, he had there six fifteen.

738
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Speaker 1: He's there, sift all the way, not complaining, not not tired,

739
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Speaker 1: ready to do the work. So when you see how

740
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Speaker 1: great he is, when you see he's all over the

741
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 1: place with a music, a music style that a lot

742
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: of people questioned because he wasn't doing traditional arm Some

743
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,919
Speaker 1: people would say, what type of music is he doing?

744
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: And so when I look at your music, Mr banks.

745
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:11,439
Speaker 1: Keep doing what you're doing, Yes, sir, Yes, sir, don't

746
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 1: worry about that cubicle that you left, because you're not

747
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,879
Speaker 1: gonna You're not operating on a A and B plan.

748
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 1: You're working on an A plan. It's called you. And

749
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: you're gonna keep winning because you have multiple streams of income.

750
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 1: Streams of income means you can write a song, you're

751
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna develop this clothing line, You're going to

752
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,799
Speaker 1: the restaurant business and all those things. And plus guess

753
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 1: what you can sing and you can go on you

754
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:42,280
Speaker 1: can do t shirts. That's called multiple streams of income.

755
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 1: That's why I do this show. Because you're a special

756
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 1: young man and because you got it, you understand. And

757
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: that's the part that I loved about you is the

758
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 1: fact that see you still even though you walked away

759
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 1: from that corporate environment, you still brought it with you

760
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: because you still brought that training with you at Time

761
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: Management with you. And don't forget those stuffs I be

762
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 1: made me, makes me every day because they've taught me

763
00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:12,839
Speaker 1: skills that I cannot walk away from. My man, we're

764
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 1: gonna talk in the future. Know them A big fan

765
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 1: of your know you O my play list. We'll keep winning.

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Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more from marn McDonald and

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Speaker 1: a wine enthusiast. My wife is going to love this interview.

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Speaker 1: She is a wine and found of l C S

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Speaker 1: Entertainment LLC. If he's just love Corkscrew Wine. Love Corkscrew

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Speaker 1: Wine is a lifestyle brand. Since its inception to l

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Speaker 1: C has brand has part of fifty locations, including Ariano's,

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Speaker 1: which is in Chicago. One of my favorite grocery store

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Speaker 1: in Chicago is Mariano's, Whole Foods, Target and other Chicago

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Speaker 1: Land area stores, restaurants and bars. Please work on the

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Speaker 1: money making conversation for Seawan lately. Hello, we lost her

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Speaker 1: after that great interview. I had to talk about it.

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Speaker 1: You think she's somewhere drinking. This was just she's been

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Speaker 1: a wine enthusiasm She's okay, cool, she's not that. I'm here?

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Speaker 1: for your lamp? I think so, yes, I'm here because

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Speaker 1: I just knew, you know, you know, you weren't somewhere

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00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 1: being a wine enthusiast. You know, well, how are you doing,

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00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 1: young lady? I'm doing great things all the way from

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Speaker 1: shy Town. I can't come to Lane. How are you say? Now?

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00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:05,399
Speaker 1: What is the temperature right now in Chicago? Okay, so

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00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:08,520
Speaker 1: it's in the fifties now now mind you forty eight

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Speaker 1: our No, I'm sorry seventy two hours ago like snowed here.

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Speaker 1: So I'm enjoying this. That's why I let people know

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Speaker 1: about your car. I live in Chicago for years, five years.

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Speaker 1: I know Chicago, man. You I have clothes that I

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Speaker 1: will never wear any places but Chicago because you better

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Speaker 1: be ready. Sure they're fabulous. Now you know your boy

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Speaker 1: come on that making it half and half. So let's

815
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 1: get back to you wine enthusia. What does that mean

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00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 1: when you said your wine enthusiasm? So actually I'm a

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Speaker 1: wine to Ghoston, so I am a wine maker. So

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00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:47,280
Speaker 1: maker of wine to ghost on is another term meaning

819
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 1: I don't actually crush the grapes myself. I forced them

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00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 1: from different men, doing this for years now, six years

821
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 1: in the game. A wine what's just that? Naw, that's

822
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 1: a French term. So I buy uh certain wines, a

823
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:05,239
Speaker 1: certain greaks, if you will, from different vineyards, and I

824
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 1: actually create the formulas myself. So chemist wine maker or

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00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,800
Speaker 1: whatever you'd like to call it. But each formula is mine.

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Speaker 1: And I've been in industry twenty years, but I've owned

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Speaker 1: my company six years and over fifties thousand bottles sold

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Speaker 1: and growing. Yes, she had shed. I just didn't know

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Speaker 1: what that meant. I took it out. Go ahead. I

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Speaker 1: don't know that it right back in that Sean Lampley's

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Speaker 1: and win right, it was right before wine and through.

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Speaker 1: I just took it out. I don't know what that means.

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Speaker 1: Right and found of l SC Entertainment LLC that features

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Speaker 1: love Corkscrew winse. That's approprity though, because now I know

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Speaker 1: whether nego Now let's talk about let's talk about this

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Speaker 1: whole wine business. I you know, I had a couple

837
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Speaker 1: of really uh interesting stories about wine because wine is

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Speaker 1: really big with be a basketball player, yes, yes, athletes.

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Speaker 1: In general, wine is associated with food, wine is Wine

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Speaker 1: is associated with sexy thiss, Ryan is associated with romance. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Often times people use the word wine and doesn't sound

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Speaker 1: like they'll get wine to there there children, Ye, And

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Speaker 1: so what makes wine crossed so many lines and doesn't

844
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Speaker 1: come across like Jack Daniels, which you know you don't

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Speaker 1: get much you can call the police, but I can

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Speaker 1: give my child. I can have a dinner. You know,

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Speaker 1: if somebody that dinner drinking Jack Daniel, what they steak

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Speaker 1: But still beautiful at the same time. And um, so

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Speaker 1: what is what is? What is Love cork Screw What

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Speaker 1: is that? So? Um? I started this company in two

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Speaker 1: thousand thirteen, Love cork Screw, um houses, I have six

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Speaker 1: Corkscrew kind of has the gamut of being the six

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Speaker 1: make it very very easy for consumers. A lot of

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Speaker 1: people cannot pronounce Brudeaux, Kianti, shown and Blanc. So what

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Speaker 1: they do is they buy Love Quarkscrew based off of

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Speaker 1: And that's what I wanted to do, and I think

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Speaker 1: I've done that. Well. It's called marketing. And so you

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890
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893
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894
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895
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Speaker 1: very selective audiences which are really really will appeal to.

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Speaker 1: It's wine you on this shelf. How do you Because

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Speaker 1: I've done in these stores and there's competition, how do

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Speaker 1: you break the wall competition? You know, it's very difficult.

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Speaker 1: And I will say definitely I fit the general market.

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Speaker 1: Um as an African American wine maker, of course I'm

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Speaker 1: an appeal to allow of the African American market, but

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Speaker 1: it's not just specific to that. My labels are so

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Speaker 1: appealing to everyone just because they're so colorful. So definitely

904
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905
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916
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Speaker 1: And I think love couksy is very fun, exciting and

917
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Speaker 1: So we're sitting down. So there's certain wine that you

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Speaker 1: drink with certain food correct, Yes, yes, okay, it's very important.

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Speaker 1: I've watched my wife, you know, sit over there and

921
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922
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Speaker 1: So if you have a good steak in your home,

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935
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Speaker 1: that that's what makes sense to a muddy, deep peppery wine,

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Speaker 1: which would be my cabinet song Yon and I use

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Speaker 1: and I take a cup of sugar, and I take

944
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945
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Speaker 1: Does that sound good? No? So why would you drink

946
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Speaker 1: a sweet wine with your steak? So it's literally just

947
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Speaker 1: thinking of what makes sense butter fish, Oh, chardonnay, which

948
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Speaker 1: that will so make anything deep muddy steak goes with

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