WEBVTT - Episode 3: A Lucky Break 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:10.120 Hey, you new kid, come over here. Whoa the girl 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:13.440 from Audio Lab is calling me out at lunch. This 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:16.279 is the first It's only my second weekend book of 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:18.680 Team now, and although I've been keeping my distance since 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:20.599 I'm the new kid on the block, I'll admit that 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:23.079 it's been a lot better here than I thought. Still 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:26.400 feeling out the other students. They seem cool. A lot 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:28.120 of them are a bit nerdy and tech kids, but 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:32.440 this is a STEM school, so that's expected. Meanwhile, the 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:36.040 podcast is still going viral and more interview requests are 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:40.520 coming in from artists. Hey, Janelle right from Audio Lab. 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:44.199 What's good? I have a seat. Okay, don't worry, I 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:48.640 don't bite. That's more like it. You know, I'm trying 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.640 to saying you eat by yourself. It's pathetic. You're sitting 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:54.680 by yourself, by joy So I can finish reading Bell 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:58.680 Hooks All about Love? So it's Ruben. Yeah, what's my 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:03.320 friends call me? Ben? That's your deal? I shrug? What 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.319 can I say? I'm still playing the podcast close to 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.040 the vest. It's like a reflex carried over from home, 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:14.880 like Uncle Ben's what's so funny? I mean, you know, 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:19.160 like Uncle Ben the rice rest in power, Uncle Ben, 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.000 I'm just trying to break the ice a bit. Nice 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:25.759 to meet you, Nice to meet you. Nice to finally 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:28.720 see someone here reaching out. Yeah, the vibe here is 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:30.880 pretty cool, but you have to be driven to keep up. 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:35.320 It can be isolating for newbies. Consider me the welcome committee. 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.120 So you're this friendly with every new kid, wouldn't you 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:42.080 like to know? So, Ben, what do you win too? Oh? Well, 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:47.080 I love music and I've got this. Uh I've only 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:50.200 known it from the five minutes, but I get the feeling. 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:53.320 I can trust you know. We've been exchanging glances in 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.560 audio lab for a week. She smells like rose water, 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.840 her StepN piercing, and long locks maker look like a guy. 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.160 Is I shouldn't be keeping the pot to myself here 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:06.440 at school. That's ridiculous. It isn't like my parents are 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:08.160 going to find out about it from some other kid 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:11.000 at book or t Marco and I even talked about 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:13.880 using our school to spread the word, but I haven't 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:15.760 been acting on that since the Pots doing so well 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:18.760 on the song. But I gotta put myself out there. 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:25.239 I host this little podcast interview breaking artists. Are you serious? 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.120 That's so dope? I mean you're leaving social currency on 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.120 the table. How humble of you. So do you want 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:33.919 to be my new friend? Miss? You know? I accept 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:37.239 your invitation. I am intrigued to learn more about your 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:41.080 little podcast. Who have your interviewed so far? Nevea, Jolie, 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.280 Maisio guns? Have you heard of any of them? WHOA? 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:47.080 That's legit. You aren't messing around. I heard of Novega 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:51.160 Jolie sidebar. You have to be aware of giving your 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:54.600 insecurities power. Watch the way you talk about yourself. You 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.359 just described your podcasts as a little but having your 0:02:57.400 --> 0:02:59.880 post on fresh talent and creating a platform for new artists. 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.280 It's a little my dude, that's huge. Taking it back 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:07.440 and how the wreck she is? It's intimidating, but in 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:11.920 a good way. Damn I didn't even realize I did that. Thanks? 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.240 Where would it? Girl? Go? To listen to a podcast 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.680 as illustrious as yours? You can find it in all 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:20.760 the usual places, Apple podcast, I heart, Spotify, state your 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:24.120 Google podcast If you're on that Android tip It sounds 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.720 like you're on that Miles Morales tip. What you mean 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:32.119 you know? Ultimates into the spider verse. Miles Morale's transfers 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.040 to your new school right as he becomes Spider Man. 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.480 Come on, Okay, if you're gonna be a cultural icon, 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.560 you've got to know these references. Yeah, I guess I 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.560 am one that Miles Morales tip. I even got a 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:47.120 secret identity. Secret identity. Yeah. On the podcast, we disguise 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:49.800 my voice and I go by a stage name mask 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:53.200 on damn right, you've got a secret identity. Why aren't 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.920 you starting the stuff from the rooftops? You're the most 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.520 interesting new kid we've had any years. I don't know. 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:01.240 That's not me. I guess I like to keep things 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:05.800 low key, but you gotta own your greatness. What do 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.680 you call your new hit pod? By the way, I 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.720 hold my breath for a second. This is the first 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.080 time I get to experience and outside its reaction to 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:16.800 my work. I've been so private about the podcast for 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.760 my own reasons, and despite our solid numbers, I haven't 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:23.120 come face to face with a new fan in real life. Somehow, 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:26.480 telling Janelle makes everything feel more real. It's like I'm 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:29.719 relaunching the show to the world all over again. It's 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:49.480 called Here comes the Break. It's been a few more days, 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:52.280 and our third interview is set to drop today. It's 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.320 amazing how fast the podcast is blowing up. We're hitting 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.960 bigger numbers daily. Honestly, it's turning out to be a 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.240 lot to handle. I mean, between the demands of booking 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.719 guests and editing the show, not to mention school work, 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:10.080 it's a little much for just two guys. Marco has 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.600 been managing our social media pages, creating content calendars, and 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.760 corresponding with our listeners, but that dude lives on his 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.960 phone anyways. But we could use some help with production 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:23.360 and booking at school. I've had lunch with Janelle all week. 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.760 I even mess some of her friends. She's a senior, 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.360 knows the lay of the land. She's been a real lifeline. 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:32.920 I've noticed that my social feeds are starting to fill 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.080 up with kids to book a t mostly from requests 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:40.880 with Janelle as our one mutual follows. Thankfully, with all 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.200 the rest of this stuff going on, Mom and Dad 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.400 had mostly kept their distance since they're still under the 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.640 impression that the school transition is tough for me. It 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:53.040 isn't actually that bad, thanks to Janelle especially, But I'm 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:54.920 more than happy to let my parents feel that way 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:56.680 if it gives me the space. I need to work 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:59.800 more on the podcast. My mind keeps going back to 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.200 what Mazio Gun said in our interview about keeping your 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.000 close circle of trust when you blow up the strain 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:08.280 on Marco's bandwidth, handling all this producer's side stuff himself, 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:12.640 Janelle's strong personality and interest in the pod, it all 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.680 makes sense together. I'm still just getting to nowhere, but 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.560 I know she's got the calm and positive energy to 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:20.800 pick up the slack with Marco or I feel overwhelmed. 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.120 I want to recruit Jennell to work with us. I 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:26.040 have a call coming up with Marco any minute, and 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.719 I'm going to run the idea by him. My homework 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:31.640 should probably be further up in my mind, but I'm 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:33.719 running through critiques of how to make the pot better 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:37.640 bit by bit, episode by episode. It takes up all 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:46.880 my attention. Later, Hey, Marcoyo Ben, great news, he got 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.720 another interview lined up in a couple more requests coming in, 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.840 artists from all over st Body from l A, Stephen 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:56.320 Moses from Pennsylvania. We could start banking episodes if we 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:58.919 record these quickly. So key that we scored that interview 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.640 with oh No for episode three. I stopped short in 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:06.280 my tracks. Okay, booking, it's going pretty well, but I'm 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.200 excited and nervous at the same time. I feel that 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:12.160 familiar stab of panic, and I know I still need 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.440 to suggest bringing Janelle on board. I need more support, 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:17.680 and the thought of having someone at school I can 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.360 talk to about the pod stuff will be a huge relief. 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:23.280 That's great, Let's schedule the other requests as soon as 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.240 we can. Took the words right out of my mouth. 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.560 How's everything? I booked a team? Good? Good? Finally making 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:34.040 some new friends. There's this one girl. You got a 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:38.320 girl already named Jenelle? I see you not. She's not 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:43.040 my girlfriend. She's my friend who happens to be a girl. 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:47.480 We we lunched together. What is that even supposed to mean? 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.440 Don't play innocent with me? Did you tell her about 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:54.040 the podcast? Yeah? She knows about the pot. She's spreading 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:58.200 the word about it about me around school. Every little 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.240 bit helps. Try this weekend for interview with bo. Yeah. 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:04.720 I can swing that. We're dropping episode three tonight, right. 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:06.720 I did a fresh edit last night, mixed it this 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:09.000 morning before school. If you want to review, I'm bringing 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:12.600 it up on my laptop now. Smooth. We'll go through 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.720 it for a final past together. So while it loads up, 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:19.520 get real with me. You're feeling this Janelle girl, This 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:23.000 question makes me uncomfortable. I've got enough on my plate 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.360 as it is, and Janelle has been a good friend 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.440 in me so far. I don't want to ruin it 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:30.920 by making a move. The bottom line is, yes, of 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:34.280 course I'm attracted to Janelle. What idiot wouldn't be, But 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:37.440 now it's not the right time to make a move. Nah, man, 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.640 at least not right now. I got too much on 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:44.520 my plate. I got eyes for this podcast. Strong answerment, 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:46.680 there's never a good time, all bad time. He just 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.560 gotta go for it. Oh yeah, right. This is from 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:51.640 the guy who asked out every girl in a break. 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:53.720 You don't get a batting average till you give yourself 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:59.640 about that. I did have an idea, though, we should 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:01.200 bring it with us to the next show we go 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:03.920 to make You're a part of the podcast and team, 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:08.000 all right, and like your woman, I'm telling you this 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:11.520 is strictly professional. You and I are both losing sleep 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:13.840 trying to keep up with everything. An extra pair of 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:17.760 hands with help, and she's super competent. Get you drinking 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:22.559 the Book of tea cool laid already super competent Marco 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.320 to see right through me. But I'm serious about keeping 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:28.400 the firewall up between Janelle and I. This podcast is 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.480 too important. I'm more afraid that he's gonna make a 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:33.679 move on or while I'm playing a professionally. So if 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:38.320 you're not interested, if you haven't even met her yet, alright, 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.959 invited to the next show you've got on this weekend. 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:43.440 I'm dying to me. Whatever, man, Okay, it's it's a 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:58.680 plan now, Episode three, final mix. Let's dive in sy 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.000 I'm gonna start off to Siri. It's but in learning 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:03.320 your back story, I learned that when you were young, 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:06.079 your mom was in prison and you and your siblings 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.680 were like to survive on your own until thankfully relative 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:12.000 steped in to support you. How old you know, I'm 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:16.080 twenty four. And then happened when you were a teenager? Yeah, yeah, 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:19.439 I was about I want to say, maybe about thirteen 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.600 or twelve or fourteen. Maybe I don't really make assumptions, 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.079 But now that you're an adult and you're pursuing your 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.439 own dreams as a music artist, what would you say 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:29.880 it contributed from that experience to what type of person 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.080 you are now because of it. I mean, honestly, I 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:33.720 feel like I feel like the main thing that made 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:35.760 me is just like it made me really strong, because 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.240 I feel like I tell my story to people and 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:42.520 they're like not amazed, but they're just like really like wow, 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:44.600 like you went through that. But to me, it's kind 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.079 of normal. I feel like it's like, yeah, like that's 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:50.080 is that bad? And I just feel like it made 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.199 me strong because if I look at that like, oh 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.560 that's yeah, it's it's nothing. Yeah. I just feel like 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:56.360 it made me like a really strong person, like the 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.000 way I look at things, the way I handle certain situations, 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:02.040 the way I react. I just feel like it definitely 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:04.079 toughened me up. And also it was an artist with 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:07.080 a Latino background, even a hip hop We had our 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.959 Big Clunes and our Fat Joe's. Who would you say 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.360 to young Latin American artists out there, someone from a 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:15.680 first generation family? I mean all I would really say. 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.040 I mean, it's gonna sound real cliche, but I would 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:19.880 just say to just keep going out whatever you're doing. 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:22.480 I mean, it was hard for me at one point 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:26.400 just being a Latino artist because there wasn't much out 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:29.040 like you said, Yeah, there was the legend ones, but 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.520 there wasn't ever something like that. There was a lot 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:33.480 of them. Now they're starting to be a little more. 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.960 So I feel like just working hard, Like it was hard, 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:39.520 like people kind of slept on me or just pushed 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:41.880 me to the side at the beginning, even with going 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:44.480 to a little like, um, just any little stuff that 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.360 I would do, I was kind of pushing aside because 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:48.160 I was a Latin artists. I feel like I wasn't 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:51.800 tooking serious. But I just really went hard, and I 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:53.880 knew there's people out there that would like me and 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:56.280 just my stuff. So the world is huge, there's so 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:58.480 many people, so I knew there's a fan base for 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:00.319 what I do and for the type of music I make. 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.400 So I really just like stay focused, stay dedicated, and 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:07.320 I made something happen and I'm happy with it. Yeah, 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:10.319 you also make music in Spanish. Would you say audiences, 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:14.280 I mean, I definitely have a very strong audience out 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.760 in like South America, but I feel like mainly it's 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:20.480 just people like my age. I feel like it's the 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.280 the younger people, um, the I mean, it's I also 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.440 have a lot of people like thirty and over, but 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:28.920 mainly it's eighteen to like twenty five and stuff like that. 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:30.920 So I feel like it's people mainly like my age, 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:33.319 but maybe just because of the things I talked about 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.240 is more current. I guess what you say are the 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:38.160 themes of the music. Okay, so there's a lot of 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.719 people who do stuff and you know, don't really I 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:43.480 haven't gone through it or don't really do that certain things. 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.560 I definitely feel like I don't do that, and I'm 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.240 really happy about that. So, I mean, everything I've really 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.120 talked about is just you know, things that I've gone through, 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:54.680 things I do on the daily basis, whether it's hanging 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:57.679 out friends or just working hard. I've actually noticed I 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.240 talked a lot about working hard and stuff like like 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.400 some hustle stuff like Nipsey hustle type motivation type stuff. 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:04.760 How do you deal with the pressure of building this 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:08.160 audience but still staying true to yourself? Yeah, honestly, I have. 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:11.920 I have huge anxiety. It's like really bad, But lately 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:13.600 I've been finding a lot of ways to cope with 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.720 it and just kind of like get through it because 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:17.080 I feel like a lot of it is fear of 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:19.560 certain things. So I just try to like go with 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.200 it and just try to like hope it's not going 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.240 to turn out bad. But I feel like, like I said, 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.960 although everything I've gone through has made me stronger, I 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:30.280 do feel like that maybe the cause of some of 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.120 my anxiety, just because people have told me that, But 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:34.840 I don't like to believe that because I just don't 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.520 feel like that's a reason to feel that way. Yeah, 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:40.560 I definitely feel like it's just fear. But it's been 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.280 something that I've been working on, and um, I feel 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.880 like I've been doing good. Right on. You sound like 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:49.640 it too. Tell our listeners what you got coming that phone? Yeah, 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:52.160 So I'm gonna be doing definitely a lot of singles. 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.480 I'm for sure you're gonna start being super consistent with everything, 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:59.960 even blogs. What else I'm gonna be doing, like some clothing. Yeah, 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:03.880 had some super super crazy videos. I've been coming up 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:06.840 with the craziest treatments. So I'm really excited to just 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:09.120 get them done and put them out there for everybody 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.840 nice to look forward to. Oh no, thanks for taking 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.120 the time. It's been a pleasure. Thank you, Thank you 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:28.480 so much. We'll be right back and now back to 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:43.200 the show. This is surreal to nice. Tonight, Marco, Janelle 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.800 and I are covering a show together, like where Angela yet, 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:49.240 dj Envy and Charlotte Magne the guy I can since 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:52.520 this is gonna work out so far, Marco, like Janelle 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.840 and Janelle hasn't read Marcot of filth yet for his flirting, 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.400 so we're off to a great start. We're tag team 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:01.320 in the l a the Ghot show in the city. 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:04.440 He's a Tampa rapper in town for one night only engagement. 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:07.120 Janelle is on her phone and Marco was posting to 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.320 our social media pages to let our followers know that 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:10.960 they here comes to break. Team will be in the 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:15.080 building tonight covering the show. This feels great. I didn't 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:16.440 even have to hide that I was going to the 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.920 city for my parents. They were just happy to hear 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:20.400 I have a friend in my new school, and then 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:22.360 she and Marco and now we're all gonna hang out together. 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:25.880 What I didn't tell them is we're going to an 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:30.120 a team plus show. In some ways, tonight reminds me 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:32.080 of that roller coaster ride on the first night with 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:35.440 Marco and I scored our first interview, only this time 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:37.840 we're not being shepherded to the green room like with 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.480 V I p S. Thanks to Marco's influence and invite. 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:45.360 This time we're general audience, so we gotta go hard 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:48.720 to get access. We have one shot to nail this, 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.600 and Janelle, a hot girl in our crew, is our 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:56.080 ace and the whole. We get to the door and 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:58.760 this is the first test of our plan. Pass or 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.680 fail to went out on the press list. We have 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:04.240 to stand in line, and because the show was a 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.840 team plus, we need fake I d s to get in. Well, 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:11.640 not Janelle, she's actually a team. But Marco came through 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:13.760 in the clutch and hooked us up with a pretty 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.200 good set of fakes. It's my first one. It feels 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:21.120 like Christmas. I can't lie. I am feeling super anxious 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.360 right now. What if we get caught, If the bouncer 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:26.880 doesn't give us a pass, the night's gonna be over quick. 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:30.960 But somehow, when I'm out with these two together, it 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:33.880 isn't the panic attack kind of anxious. It's part of 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:38.240 the thrill. Okay, Ruben, gotta focus and act like you belong. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:42.000 I can't look too suspect. The doorman takes JR. Nail's 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.800 I d and only gives us a quick glance. But 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:49.760 when it's Marco's turn, he stops start squinning. He runs 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:56.400 his hand over. Oh shit, this isn't gonna work. After 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.200 all my talking myself up and building up this headed steam, 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.240 I can fill it, evaporating into an anxiety attacked by 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.080 the second Janelle is already through the door, and Marcus 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.800 trying to keep us cool. I'm starting to get fidgety, 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.440 and I fingered the velvet rope half consciously, and then 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:15.800 the doorman sees my nerves and gets Marco a furrowed brow. Ship. Ship, Ship. 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.720 This is falling apart fast. My feet are itching to 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.840 move underneath me. I see Marco shoot me a worried glance, 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:25.879 least trying to calm me down. That's it, thought. The 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:29.120 dorman sees the word together. There's no way we're getting through. 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:33.360 I have to bail, so I bill I stuck out 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:35.840 from under the rope, start fast walking back away from 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:39.040 the line, not even knowing where I'm going. I hear 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.680 the doorman shouting at me, but I don't look back. 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:45.359 I'm in panic mode. I go a block without pausing 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:47.640 for a breath, and then finally stop at the next 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.040 intersection and take out my phone. There's a piece of 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.359 place on the corner and I stepped inside as I 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:55.359 placed an order for a slice of cheese and slice 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:59.200 of rony. I text Marco and Janelle sorry about the 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:01.920 trouble at the door. I met the famous raise of 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.399 black heast. When I sit down with my slices, the 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:09.280 replies come in, what's trouble out the door? I d 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:13.280 S didn't get us through. Stay at the pizza, placed 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:15.359 the inside game, hand at our stickers, and see if 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.000 I can get some access to l A the goat. 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:21.560 This is embarrassing, but Marcos covering from my freak out, 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.720 and we still have Janelle inside. I feel the team 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:28.440 coming together. After a couple of minutes, Marco comes first 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:30.240 in through the door. But the hell was that, bro? 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:32.680 I was gonna get in? He waxed me upside the 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:34.439 back of the head and then takes a seat across 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:38.000 from me, his eyes glaring. Didn't look like it. Well, 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:40.359 you took our chances from non zero to zero real quick. 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:44.240 Not cool, Bro, I'm sorry I had to bail. I 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:46.400 can't have my parents finding out about all this by 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:49.200 my being caught trying to sneak into a show. I've 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:51.400 got to tell them about it, like it's an accomplishment. Bro, 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:53.800 it's already an accomplishment, but we gotta keep up the 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:56.000 pace if we wanted to stay that way. No chicken 0:18:56.000 --> 0:18:58.520 and out at the door. It's gonna be okay. Janelle 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:01.119 is still inside. This is we needed to grow the team. 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:03.760 She is pretty much a badass. I see, why are 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.680 you like that? I'm really not trying to get with it. 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:09.200 And promise me you aren't going to make the vibe 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:11.760 weird by hitting on her. No, No, you're right. We're 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:14.199 a team now, especially now that we're relying on her tonight. 0:19:14.359 --> 0:19:16.520 Marco orders himself a slice and we eat the rest 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:18.520 on our feet. As we walked back over to the venue. 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:21.440 I finished first, so I'm the first to notice the 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:26.119 text from Janelle. It's almost over. We redirect from the 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:28.439 front of the venue to the side alley. It has 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:31.240 a big mural on the wall opposite the door. Janelle 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:34.119 is waiting for us there. Okay, here's the deal. His 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:37.159 repsit he doesn't have time for an interview, but we 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:39.119 can take a couple of photos with him, maybe up 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:42.040 against this mural. We'll exchange info and set up an 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:44.959 interview for later on Yo, Janelle, You're wild, but I 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:47.080 love it. Let's do it. I got enough juice in 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:48.959 my phone. Power up your cannon and let's do this. 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:53.280 These two are insane. After everything that happened at the door, 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:55.720 I didn't really expect Janelle to be able to get 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:58.119 in front of l A the Goats people. She was 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:00.520 on with a handbag full of Here Comes to Break 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:02.800 stickers with our social media accounts on the design and 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:05.840 that was it. But here we are about to get 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:07.920 in the photo shoot somehow, even though I ran from 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:10.639 the show, l A the Goat and his team come 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:12.800 out the stage door in the alley and I watched 0:20:12.840 --> 0:20:14.879 Janelle walked straight up to him and extend her arm 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:17.440 for her handshake, and then l A the Goat leans 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:20.119 in to give Janella hud. Marco leans back on the 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:23.520 mural wall and all of what is happening Janelle, l 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:25.800 A the Goat, and two other random guys walk up 0:20:25.800 --> 0:20:28.199 to Marco and introduced themselves, Hey, this young lady in 0:20:28.200 --> 0:20:29.720 front of us that you guys are the brains behind 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:32.040 the Here Comes to Break podcast that's on our radar. 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:34.240 Nice work, my name is rich I'm the booking agent. 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:35.720 I would love for my guy to be a guest 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:37.920 on your show. Here's my card, shoot me an email. 0:20:38.000 --> 0:20:41.360 Let's make it happen. Thanks. My name is Ruben, I'm 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:44.000 the host of the show. I'm Marco, co creator and producer. 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:46.640 We could take a few photos in front of this mural. Yeah, yo, 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:49.119 this team wants to take a few shots here, l 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:51.200 A the Goat knives and crosses to the mural wall. 0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:54.240 If there was any doubt about bringing Janelle on board, 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:56.800 her impromptu photo shoot with l A the Goat put 0:20:56.800 --> 0:20:59.639 that to rest for good. We gotta lead on an 0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:02.000