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Speaker 1: we go. Welcome to Money Making Conversations masterclass. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Rashean McDonald. As always should be recognize. I recognize that

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Speaker 1: many times. Please stop reading other people's success stories and

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Speaker 1: It's a new year, it's time to start fresh and

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Speaker 1: My guests or Money Making Conversations masterclass is Melody Sharif.

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Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations Masterclass. Melody Chari. How you doing, Melody? Hey? Hey,

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Speaker 1: Hi everyone, how are you doing? Look at this? Look?

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Speaker 1: You know, I always enjoy getting a chance to come

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Speaker 1: really important. I can tell you that my children, they

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Speaker 1: still get their mom. We still go on vacations. I

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Speaker 1: still you know, pack them up. We'll go to the

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Speaker 1: indoor water park, We'll go to the beach, We'll go

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Speaker 1: to David Busters. I still cook. You cook the other

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Speaker 1: night their favorite Chicka Pie Pie. I still cook, I

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Speaker 1: still take them to school. Um, you know, they come

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Speaker 1: first regardless period, they come first. Well, I'm talking to

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Speaker 1: the brand Melanie Sari, the star Loving Marriage and producer.

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Speaker 1: Let me put that back. Let's slop back star and

436
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Speaker 1: producer Loving Marriage Hutsfield, which airs every Saturday night APM

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Speaker 1: on the own network. What is going to happen this season?

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm gonna let you kind of tell it

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Speaker 1: because you know, if I might get to tell out

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Speaker 1: too many details and then I want to let you

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Speaker 1: back on my show. But it's still high powered. You're

442
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Speaker 1: brought up in to Africa, you know. He coming back

443
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Speaker 1: with all these ideas, social media posts getting people fired up,

444
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Speaker 1: infidelity questions, relationship questions, whoa just let everybody know, why

445
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Speaker 1: did you do the show and how did you guys

446
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Speaker 1: come to come together as a couple before we start

447
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Speaker 1: talking about what's happening in this season? Absolutely so. He

448
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Speaker 1: pitched a show to Carlos King My X and nine

449
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Speaker 1: and had a consultation with him, pitched the show to

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Speaker 1: him and in the midst of that and once we agreed,

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Speaker 1: you know, to go with his production company to get

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Speaker 1: us a show. It took us about three years of

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Speaker 1: us selling Huntsville to him. I would test Carlos all

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Speaker 1: the time and let him know what was going on

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Speaker 1: in the city and what was going down in terms

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Speaker 1: of how the city was growing. And eventually he sent

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Speaker 1: us a contract. He was like, look, we put together

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Speaker 1: a sizzel for him, send it to him, and he said,

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Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I want to sign you. Guys. I

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Speaker 1: don't want you to sign with anybody else. I want

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Speaker 1: to work with you. He sent a contract that day

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Speaker 1: we signed it. It gave him a certain time frame

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Speaker 1: to get the show picked up. The next conversation we

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Speaker 1: had was, hey, look, I'm getting some great feedback, but

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Speaker 1: I am really great at getting ensemble soul. What do

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Speaker 1: you guys think about doing an ensemble? Do you have

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Speaker 1: any friends that you maybe want to bring along? And

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Speaker 1: so at that point we presented several friends to him.

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Speaker 1: You know that we several couples that we knew, and

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Speaker 1: they went through the process of interviewing them and talking

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Speaker 1: with them and you know, deciding how they wanted to

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Speaker 1: go and so, um, you know, that's where we are.

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Speaker 1: That's how we're here with love and marriage Huntsville. I

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Speaker 1: think for me, the the idea from the beginning was

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Speaker 1: really to show a young, young black couples who were

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Speaker 1: successful doing things in the community, working hard to you know,

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Speaker 1: enhance the community as much as possible, while also showing

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Speaker 1: real life issues that are happened in relationships and that

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Speaker 1: happened with friendships, and just being transparent, transparent, honest and

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Speaker 1: open um about life like a reality TV show that

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Speaker 1: is actually real, that is transparent. That was the goal

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Speaker 1: and authentic. And I and you also change the game

483
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Speaker 1: because you went from that big city format and I'm

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Speaker 1: not gonna I'm not being negga around to say that,

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Speaker 1: you know. And am I calling Huntsville a small town

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Speaker 1: but a smaller city? You know? Yeah, But if you

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Speaker 1: ever go hunts Field, which is the home of NASA,

488
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Speaker 1: very well educated, you go there, they got everything it is.

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Speaker 1: It is a baby version of Atlanta, you know when

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about the the the the lifestyle, the education

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Speaker 1: level and the h and the job availability. It's a

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Speaker 1: beautiful city. I went there many times. I was fortunate

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Speaker 1: to go through when I was when I was being

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Speaker 1: an entertainer. And so with that being said, what should

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Speaker 1: we expect, Melody, sheari, what is season four? And why

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Speaker 1: should we look? I know why because I'm watching you,

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Speaker 1: But why should we love some season for up? In

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Speaker 1: one word, it would be whirlwind? Whirlwind? Yeah, um, and

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00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 1: you thought last season was something else? After that reunion

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Speaker 1: that has happened and everything else that's going on, honey,

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Speaker 1: you better buffle up for season four? Okayason four? Well,

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Speaker 1: you know, like I said, you know, that's why I

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Speaker 1: wanted to let everybody here how it started, so you

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Speaker 1: can see that, know some of the manipulations, some of

505
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 1: the production. You know, you get into these projects and

506
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: you don't know your journey and their journey. Unfortunately, and

507
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 1: melody situation has led to a divorce, situation played out

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Speaker 1: in the public side, played out in the social media.

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Speaker 1: But it didn't break her. It didn't break her spirit,

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Speaker 1: didn't break her relationships. And know that that's important because

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Speaker 1: you got a lot of haters out there, and these

512
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: haters are trying to manipulate the system and make people

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Speaker 1: feel that they're wrong. Again, Melanie, sure read as always,

514
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Speaker 1: you bring God, you dropped the gems, you dropped the enthusiasm,

515
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: and just watch our relationship grow and you know, you

516
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Speaker 1: have a home here money making conversations masterclass. I was

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Speaker 1: a board to show tell them of sending those those videos.

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Speaker 1: Tell me now, I said, you can't tell me about

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Speaker 1: the song. Drop otherwise out to put that in my newsletter.

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00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: But that's all right. I'm gonna with a little hate

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Speaker 1: knowing you you could have thrown your bar Richard. Can

522
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Speaker 1: you drop this first? I say, you need to apologize.

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00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: You need to apologize, d em men with everything else.

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Speaker 1: But again, tell them to send me something video so

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Speaker 1: I can drop in next week's newsletter. Because I've got

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Speaker 1: no banners to promote that. I got one hundred and

527
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 1: five thousand fan club members go out every Wednesday, and

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Speaker 1: I dropped them every week to sizzles that go out

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Speaker 1: to promote the upcoming episode. Because I believe in you.

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Speaker 1: I love the people on the show. You are my

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Speaker 1: number one on that show. I will protect you. I

532
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 1: will support you keeping who you are. You are a

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Speaker 1: blessing and what can I say? A star of what

534
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,639
Speaker 1: we needed? You know? Will you represent a lot of

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Speaker 1: great things and keep winning? Okay, thank you for coming

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Speaker 1: to my show, melodist. You wonderful. If you want to

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00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: hear or see any of my interviews on money making Conversations.

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00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: Please go to Moneymaking Conversation dot com. Ra Sean McDonald,

539
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: I am your host. We'll be right back with more

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Speaker 1: money Making Conversations Masterclass with Rushan McDonald. You are now

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Speaker 1: tuned into the money Making Conversations. Minute of Inspiration with

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Speaker 1: Rashaan McDonald. Hie ra Sean McDonald for Moneymaking Conversations masterclass

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Speaker 1: with your Daily Into the Inspiration. I sat down with actor,

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Speaker 1: writer and comedian Leonard Robinson. I talked about the necessity

545
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: of changing with the times as a comedian outside of

546
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 1: just stand up. I mean, the world is different right now.

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00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 1: You know, people are becoming more educated and more informed

548
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: on a lot more issues than they had to be

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00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 1: in the past, and with that requires a certain amount

550
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Speaker 1: of growth on your part as the artist and new

551
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Speaker 1: creative to understand where the world is right now, the

552
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Speaker 1: temperature of the world, and decide are you going to

553
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Speaker 1: grow with it or are you're gonna draw a line

554
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Speaker 1: in the sand and say I want to stay right

555
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: here and keep saying these things. You see it. Politically,

556
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, the whole America first, bring back,

557
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: bring back the good old days, right well, when you

558
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Speaker 1: say things like that, well good for who? But you

559
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Speaker 1: know you can listen to this full interview with Leonard

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00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: Robinson is available on Moneymaking Conversations dot com. Now, let's

561
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Speaker 1: return to money Making Conversations Masterclass with Rashan McDonald. They're here,

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Speaker 1: I've We're going to talk about a couple of my

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Speaker 1: favorite that cuts on their single The Project. My guests

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Speaker 1: on money Making Conversations Masterclass of Grammy nominated jazz dual

565
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Speaker 1: Marcus and Gene Baylor for the new album The Bailor

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Speaker 1: Project Generations. The Baila Project a husband and a wife,

567
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 1: an astounding duo built on love, faith, family, culture, and community.

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Speaker 1: As the children of pastors, Marcus and Jean's musical roots

569
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Speaker 1: were planted deeply within the church and it was there

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Speaker 1: that the role was paid for the influence of jazz, gospel,

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Speaker 1: blues and soul to make its mark. Please work with

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Speaker 1: the Money Making Conversations Masterclass Marcus and Jane Baylor. How

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Speaker 1: are you doing? Hello? Hello? Well, I hope, I hope.

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Speaker 1: I did did you justice buy that intro? Because the

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Speaker 1: music is uh? I'm telling you man, y'all, y'all, y'all

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Speaker 1: are doing something. You know, jazz. It's it's jazz, but

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Speaker 1: is a mix of something else. I am I missing

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Speaker 1: something when I say that, Marcus and Jene, Nope, you're

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Speaker 1: not missing anything. I mean, first of all, thank you

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Speaker 1: for the amazing introduction. Um. The other thing is that

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Speaker 1: it's music that's born out of our community. So jazz,

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Speaker 1: you know, the blues it's there, you know, gospel is there,

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Speaker 1: you know, R and B. All those things are the

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Speaker 1: roots of our music that makes up who we are

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Speaker 1: as the people. Right before I get into your background.

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Speaker 1: And like I said, I may be late to the party,

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Speaker 1: but I'm at the party that with the Baylor Project, okay,

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00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: want you know, and there's two songs that really their

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Speaker 1: own mind that there are two songs that really stand

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Speaker 1: out for me that I listened to and uh and

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Speaker 1: that that really I thought, really talk is what I'm

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Speaker 1: talking about. How diverse the sound is. It's called Only

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Speaker 1: Believe featuring the Jamison Ross and then black Boy. You

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Speaker 1: know Black Bok got that trumpet sliding through that, the piano, strings,

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Speaker 1: that drum, you know they all it is in The

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Speaker 1: beat is just a slow melodic tune that builds up

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Speaker 1: to the vocals are just are just slid in at

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Speaker 1: different moments. Those two songs Only Believe in Black Boy.

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Speaker 1: Can we talk about the evolution and the process of

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Speaker 1: creating those really really different songs on the same project,

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Speaker 1: which is the Baila Project. Yes, oh wow, you picked

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00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: um two very diverse songs. I love it those two.

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Speaker 1: You know, when we approach an album in general, we

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Speaker 1: really approach it as a body of work, and we

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Speaker 1: really take our time to kind of basically live and

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Speaker 1: allow the songs and ideas to come to us and

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00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 1: then we're able to develop them. Um. So Only Believe.

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Speaker 1: I think that actually kind of came early on and

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Speaker 1: I didn't think it was gonna work on the album,

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Speaker 1: and Marcus was like, yes, anyway, shame on you, Shame

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Speaker 1: on you. That is my favorite. That is the I

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Speaker 1: can't say that that's a love song. I love. I'm

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Speaker 1: an NPR. I can't endorse it. I apologize. I slipped

614
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 1: over the curve, I slipped over the lake. But only

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Speaker 1: Believe is a song that stood out on the album.

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Speaker 1: It's all the music stands out. But like anybody who

617
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Speaker 1: listens to music, you always have a favorite song that

618
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 1: just grabs you and his holes onto you. Emotionally takes

619
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Speaker 1: you on the journey. Because what I've taken from listening

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Speaker 1: to the music, you guys, when I say you guys

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Speaker 1: Marcus and Gane Baylor great storytellers. Wow, thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 1: That's really kind of what we aim to do is

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Speaker 1: tell stories through our songs. But there we are aimed

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Speaker 1: to tell stories that are true and authentic, not only

625
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Speaker 1: to us but to other people. And a good friend

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Speaker 1: of ours, Andre guests he um he described this. He

627
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: wrote a line of notes and he described the album

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00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: as a soul full sonic story quilt I believe, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you know just how it was all weave together

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Speaker 1: with the different songs and how it was like, um

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Speaker 1: he had specific ideas and concepts and themes, but then

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Speaker 1: it's still had. It was like about the universality of

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Speaker 1: the human condition. So even though it's very particular, allowing

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Speaker 1: the terials, very particular to the Black community, the concepts

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00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:13,839
Speaker 1: and things are those that really anybody can relate to. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that Gard And also I mean this has truly been

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Speaker 1: a journey for us. I mean before we were married,

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Speaker 1: m I was a drummer. Well well while while we

639
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: were married as well, but I was the drummer in

640
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: the Yellow Jacket and Gene come out of an R

641
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 1: and B duo across Jan Nate's and so there's a

642
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,919
Speaker 1: whole history of our you know, where we have come

643
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 1: from in terms of what we've been doing in the

644
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: music business. But at the same time been blessed to

645
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,840
Speaker 1: just be mentored by some of the you know, the

646
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:49,200
Speaker 1: legends and just people that inspire us, you know daily,

647
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 1: and we started on our shoulders. Well, one of the

648
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: reasons I created I've been blessed to be able to

649
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 1: have a show like Mony main conversation masterclass. I get

650
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: people to talk about their dreams, with their coming their fears,

651
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: you know, walking through the unknown. Dog faith plays a

652
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 1: major role in that because you already said both of you,

653
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,800
Speaker 1: both of you came from groups, and groups can allow

654
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,800
Speaker 1: you to you know, standing back and lean on somebody

655
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: for support, and sometimes they don't give you the support

656
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,919
Speaker 1: that you want, but it's still somebody you can talk

657
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 1: to to step out as individuals and do what you do.

658
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: Talk about that journey, well, it's I mean, I know

659
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: Gene can definitely add to this, but I guess for us,

660
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 1: I mean, we started our own label alike be alike.

661
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,720
Speaker 1: And it started at the beginning just for us stepping

662
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,800
Speaker 1: out as the bill of project and starting from that

663
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,280
Speaker 1: first gig of just playing for a set of fifty people,

664
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,880
Speaker 1: and so to see how this journey has moved forward.

665
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 1: And now we're blessed to be Grammy nominated this year

666
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,800
Speaker 1: for our album Generations. And actually this is our fourth

667
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: Grammy nomination within what past four years, twenty eight pey,

668
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: So you can add more to it, you know, yeah, Marcus,

669
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 1: you could you could talk Mark just not we go

670
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 1: just not a five minute interview. Now you can talk now.

671
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: You know he's just gonna throw it off, like I'm

672
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 1: gonna cut him off. You know, you know they only

673
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: got about three more minutes. You know, this show us

674
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: built to tell your story. This just show us built

675
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: to talk about your journey. Because I want people to

676
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,319
Speaker 1: understand a lot of people want to be you. There

677
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 1: are a lot of people who have dreams cut off

678
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 1: because somewhere along the line somebody said, go get a

679
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: job that's not you know, you're too old, or you're

680
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: or you're you're you're the wrong size, wrong color. You know,

681
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 1: you can't sing. Nobody wants you to. Because I know

682
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: because those things were said to me. I remember as

683
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,800
Speaker 1: my career as a stand up comedian. I remember early

684
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: on this guy I can tell you his name, Paul Mento.

685
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 1: He was the owner of this comedy club in Houston.

686
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 1: And I came off the stage and if to a

687
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,840
Speaker 1: standing ovation. He said, um, he said, you know, you

688
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: could be a little bit funnier if people understand you.

689
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,399
Speaker 1: I go, huh, he said, you know you're you're you're

690
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 1: not really clear when you talk. I go, but they

691
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 1: but they're laughing. He said, you said just a note,

692
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: just a note, you know, you know, but you it's

693
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 1: a business. You're not gonna make it in you know,

694
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: because nobody want to ever understand you. So I know

695
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:20,359
Speaker 1: that happened to me. And that's why I can just

696
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: say this to people that when people questioning, well, you know,

697
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: my success and well, you know, how did you make it?

698
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 1: I had to overcome people telling me to quit that

699
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: this wasn't for you. And so I know along the way,

700
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 1: you know, I said earlier, your pastor kids, and so

701
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,920
Speaker 1: sometimes when your pastor kids, people talk like your favorite

702
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,320
Speaker 1: you know, you didn't work hard and things of those things,

703
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: and uh, and so that's why I wanted to make sure, Marcus,

704
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,800
Speaker 1: you tell us your story because I'm gonna get to Gene.

705
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get you probably on the other side of

706
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: the break, depending on how hard you talk. So continue, Marcus. So,

707
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,799
Speaker 1: I mean, so basically the journey, I mean, so the

708
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 1: thing about it is is that I think it's you know,

709
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 1: one thing that I tell people is that when you

710
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: have a dream and a go, it starts with a dream,

711
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 1: but you have to be consistent and persistent. And so

712
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: in saying that, it's almost like the thing about it

713
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 1: is is that you tweak your you tweak whatever your

714
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,320
Speaker 1: business or whatever you're doing alone the way, but stay

715
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: consistent at it, like because a lot of times is

716
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: that I meet people, we meet people in the industry

717
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: or just in business in general that they're one thing,

718
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 1: they're doing this today tomorrow, Like well, man, I'm selling insurance,

719
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 1: you know. So it's like nothing wrong with that. But

720
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 1: my thing is that your dream really boils down to

721
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 1: your purpose, and if you understand your purpose, that's what

722
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,480
Speaker 1: keeps you going. Because one thing I will tell you

723
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 1: this is that I learned that motivation and inspiration on

724
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 1: the journey comes and go, but What keeps me going

725
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 1: daily is the purpose. One thing. I understand what my

726
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: purpose is. Then it's like okay, whether I'm tired, whether um,

727
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,399
Speaker 1: you know, it's like okay, man, no, you gotta keep going.

728
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: You almost there. I mean the Bella project, I mean

729
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: it started with you know, now we're blessed the tour

730
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: and and you know have a fucking age in and

731
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 1: and and but everything started with us doing everything ourselves.

732
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: We booked ourselves, were we did all the I mean you,

733
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 1: I mean you, you know how it is, you you

734
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: name it absolutely, drums a gig, you know, the whole nine.

735
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: So what's that being said. I think it's really understanding

736
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 1: the journey because it doesn't happen overnight. As much as

737
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,359
Speaker 1: we would like it too, it doesn't happen overnight. It's

738
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: a process. Well, the thing that I love about this

739
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 1: story is so relatable to you know, nothing's easy, nothing

740
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,400
Speaker 1: during there there are hungry nights, he's he'll tell you

741
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 1: that they're hungry days. There days when you sit on

742
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: the other side of the bed and you and you

743
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: your feet on the floor but your body don't want

744
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: to get up. Days where where you you actually just cry.

745
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,359
Speaker 1: You cry not so much out of fear, it just frustration.

746
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: It's fear us because you know, fear drives that frustration.

747
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,760
Speaker 1: And I should say that because that fear the unknown.

748
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: Have I made the right decision? But what what what

749
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 1: keeps you going is faith but also a plan. You

750
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: gotta have that plan everybody. You cannot just walk out

751
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,800
Speaker 1: that door and not have an objective because talent would

752
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,799
Speaker 1: only get you so far. In the bottom line, you

753
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: gotta surround yourself with people who believe in the same

754
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:35,279
Speaker 1: journey you're trying to make. Let me repeat that one

755
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:39,880
Speaker 1: more time. You gotta surround yourself with people who want

756
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:41,839
Speaker 1: to make the same journey with you. And I would

757
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 1: tell you back at ninety two, I didn't get that.

758
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: I didn't get what people saw in me, Marcus and Gene.

759
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 1: And so that is why this interview that with doing

760
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 1: now is so important because of the fact that I

761
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: want people to hear your story when when we talk

762
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:01,880
Speaker 1: all about the journey, you know, we all I know,

763
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 1: I'll tell people I grew up in the hood and

764
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: I always see things on TV. And I always felt

765
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 1: that what I saw TV I could actually be a

766
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 1: part of I guess that was That's what helped me out.

767
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: Always I was a dreamer that really believed that, you know,

768
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 1: if I worked hard and stay focused, the dream of

769
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 1: me being something other than where I was living could

770
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,320
Speaker 1: actually happen. So when I when I say that, Marcus

771
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: in Gene, what was your driving force for you? Set

772
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,879
Speaker 1: your parents, see the culture that you grew up in.

773
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,359
Speaker 1: What was your driving force that inspired you to this point?

774
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 1: And guess what? The journey isn't over it, it's just

775
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 1: another starting point because both for you a goal oriented.

776
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 1: I tell people that all the time, a goal and

777
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 1: what drives that? What is the drive for the journey?

778
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:49,200
Speaker 1: I would say. Starting out, for me, it was just

779
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:53,839
Speaker 1: the love of music. UM, anywhere that I could sing,

780
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: whether it was the choiring church or the choiring school,

781
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 1: the league club, consequence, our magical talent shows, wherever I

782
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: could sing, because I just love doing it so much.

783
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,960
Speaker 1: It wasn't didn't represent work at that point, UM, I

784
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 1: just did it. And UM you know that's still part

785
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: of the drive. But of course it's developed over years.

786
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 1: UM and as Marcus mentioned, purpose that's like hugely important

787
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 1: to me, UM and the both of us and also

788
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 1: UM in business of course, business finance is that kind

789
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 1: of thing. That's the drive as well. Um, but you

790
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 1: know it kind of grows and develops and changes a

791
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 1: bit the old as you as you get older, and um,

792
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 1: but it's it's definitely the drive and love for music,

793
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:46,320
Speaker 1: but um, the purpose and the passion for it and

794
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: um and you mentioned something, Um what was it? Oh?

795
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 1: Excuse me? Um, just kind of seeing yourself in different spaces,

796
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 1: like growing up. I grew up in a little small

797
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,880
Speaker 1: town Sound, Jersey, so I didn't I wasn't connected to

798
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 1: the music industry whatsoever. So I didn't even have a

799
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 1: concept that you know, if I saw a music video,

800
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:14,160
Speaker 1: you know, a MTV back then, Soul Trains it, I

801
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: love the scene, but I never thought, oh yeah, I

802
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,360
Speaker 1: could go and do that because I was not anywhere

803
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,560
Speaker 1: in any proximity too close to it. As I didn't

804
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: even know, you know, their arts high schools were for real.

805
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 1: I was watching Fame like man, that shit was not

806
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 1: to go. It just kind of I found it and

807
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,400
Speaker 1: it found me. Marcus has a little bit of a

808
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: different story because he definitely had to have a lot

809
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 1: of drive to break through some barriers. Well. Well, both well,

810
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,759
Speaker 1: the thing about like like you said before both the

811
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 1: gene and are both preachers kids, pastors kids. So Jene

812
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 1: grew up her dad was a pastor of a Baptist church.

813
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 1: I grew up where my dad was a pastor of

814
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 1: a Pentecostal Apostolic church. So what that means is back

815
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: then there was no other music allowed. Well, your mom

816
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,439
Speaker 1: wasn't play in either, Jane, but there was no other

817
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 1: music allowed in our house other than gospel music. Absolutely.

818
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: And so with that being said, but this is the

819
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 1: other side. My mom my dad only had like maybe

820
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 1: a seventh grade or six or seventh or eighth grade education,

821
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 1: and he came from Mississippi, and you know, for a

822
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,760
Speaker 1: better life for the family. And so with that being said,

823
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,399
Speaker 1: I mean later on in life he gave his life

824
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 1: to the Lord and he ended up pastoring. But they

825
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 1: started my dad's church before I was born. I'm the

826
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:43,800
Speaker 1: youngest of nine children. His church literally started in my parents'

827
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,320
Speaker 1: house where they had a baptismal pool in the basement.

828
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 1: So that's the beginning of me hearing those stories was

829
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 1: the beginning of me understanding what drive is. And then

830
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,919
Speaker 1: while I was a kid, my mom had been forty two,

831
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: so I hung out with my dad a lot, so

832
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: he would pick up all the members for church. He

833
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: would be setting up tents. I mean, my father was

834
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:09,839
Speaker 1: only about five foot three four, about the same height,

835
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 1: and he would say, hell, I get out the way

836
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 1: I do it. And so you're talking about when you

837
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 1: watch him, you're talking about drives and somebody just working

838
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:22,879
Speaker 1: and just really serving the people and just working hard.

839
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 1: I think that's what the beginning of me understanding what

840
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,520
Speaker 1: it takes to have the drives and the passion and

841
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 1: the work ethic. We'll be right back with more Money

842
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 1: Making Conversations Masterclass with Rashan McDonald. Now let's return to

843
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations Masterclass with Rashan McDonald. You gotta tell

844
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 1: us how did you start making that music shift and

845
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:56,240
Speaker 1: when did you introduce that music shift to the family. Oo. Wow,

846
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,799
Speaker 1: that's a great not as I'm gonna bring it in.

847
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:03,200
Speaker 1: I started playing, so I became I started playing drums

848
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 1: at the age of two, and I became the church

849
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:07,839
Speaker 1: drummer at the age of five. So when I got

850
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 1: to home, you all in, you all in back there,

851
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:14,920
Speaker 1: two years old? Back there, Yeah, yeah, it was you know, yeah,

852
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,360
Speaker 1: it was so once I got to high school. I

853
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 1: think I had a buddy take me to my first

854
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 1: introduced me to the Yellow Jackets when I was in

855
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,600
Speaker 1: middle school. And actually he's a pastor now and a

856
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 1: buddy by the name of Chris Kayer introduced me to

857
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: the music. He introduced you to the music, and then

858
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:37,719
Speaker 1: it ran back to the church. He did. Yeah, basically no,

859
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean it was like and then later

860
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 1: on I had a buddy didn't changed my life. He

861
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: took me to my first jazz club and it was Olden.

862
00:46:46,239 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 1: I snuck out and from there. I don't know why

863
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 1: my parents, why my mom has this because my dad

864
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 1: passed away when I was nine, and so I don't

865
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 1: know why my mom had this. But I had a bed,

866
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 1: I had a door in my bedroom, so I would

867
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 1: literally sneak out to go here jazz music. And by

868
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:07,839
Speaker 1: high school I had older mentors that said, hey, man,

869
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:09,920
Speaker 1: you need to start doing some gigs, and so they

870
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,040
Speaker 1: will call me while I was in high school to

871
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:16,360
Speaker 1: go play some gigs. And that's where that's when the

872
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,839
Speaker 1: bug bit me. And the thing about it is, I'm

873
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 1: trying to really figure this out, is that a lot

874
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:25,800
Speaker 1: of times is that when you have resistance in terms

875
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: of I remember my family even at that time they said, hey, man,

876
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,760
Speaker 1: drummers come a dime a dozen. But in my mind,

877
00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:34,279
Speaker 1: I'm thinking like, well, I'm gonna be that dime in

878
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 1: a dozen. So I think parents not just handing everything

879
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:42,439
Speaker 1: to you sometimes. You know, it's kind of it's kind

880
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,200
Speaker 1: of weird. It's almost like it makes you want it

881
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,360
Speaker 1: more and it makes you go after it. Like I

882
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:51,240
Speaker 1: had a conversation with a family member to day and

883
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: he talked about, you know, we talked about having a

884
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: plan B. I'm gonna be honest with you. I mean,

885
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 1: I told him this because I always flattered them, because

886
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 1: I love basketball. I said, actually, my plan A was

887
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: to make it to the NBA. But at the agent,

888
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 1: probably nine ten on about eleven, my brother told me

889
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:10,880
Speaker 1: I was wasn't going to make it to the NBA.

890
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:15,319
Speaker 1: Show dream killer dream killer? Huh yeah? He dream killer

891
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 1: and a dream killer or a truth tellers mugsy balls.

892
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:22,879
Speaker 1: He making it. He made it to the NBA five

893
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,840
Speaker 1: foot three. Now, come on, see he hit him and

894
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 1: self whatever that was, okay, But I'm just saying, I mean,

895
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:34,360
Speaker 1: what is the percentage have been a musician? Okay? A

896
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: while liar, I would say this so so to bring

897
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:41,000
Speaker 1: it all in, I just I feel like this, like

898
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: I'm thinking about people that have a plan B And

899
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:45,680
Speaker 1: I'm not saying I believe you should have a plan BNC.

900
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 1: But for me, in my mind, most people that I

901
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:51,359
Speaker 1: know that has a plan of a that means their

902
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 1: resistance and their drive a lot of times it's not

903
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 1: going to quit when they know they purpose because I

904
00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,799
Speaker 1: don't believe then. I mean, I told my family. They

905
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:00,440
Speaker 1: was like, hey, you go to school for music in

906
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:02,399
Speaker 1: New York. I went to music school in New York,

907
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 1: and so they were like, you know, I told my mom,

908
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:06,920
Speaker 1: ye I'm going there. Yea, I can teach, you know,

909
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 1: that's the plan be to them. When I in my mind,

910
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:11,120
Speaker 1: I was like, man, I'm going to New York to

911
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,279
Speaker 1: play with the great and I want to tour and

912
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,480
Speaker 1: do music for a living. That's what my mind was

913
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:18,040
Speaker 1: saying to me the whole time. And I agree with you.

914
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 1: I remember when I but my degree is in mathematics.

915
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 1: I worked for IBM, and I left IBM to be

916
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 1: a stand up comedian and so I so in my mind,

917
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,359
Speaker 1: I always I could always go back. That was my

918
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,200
Speaker 1: plan b was sitting in the back of my mind,

919
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,600
Speaker 1: this jokey joke things, I'm not gonna be the next

920
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:38,239
Speaker 1: Eddie Murphy, next Richard pryor then I could always go back,

921
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: you know I was. I didn't leave with no discard.

922
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:44,080
Speaker 1: You know they were crying when I walked out the door.

923
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,560
Speaker 1: But it was when I decided, you know, going back

924
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,759
Speaker 1: was not an option. That commitment you have to one

925
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:52,680
Speaker 1: time in your life. If you say you're gonna go

926
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:55,759
Speaker 1: to college, if you say you're gonna get married, you

927
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,680
Speaker 1: say you're gonna be in a relationship, you're saying you're

928
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:00,319
Speaker 1: gonna have a cheer. That's about commitment and when you

929
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:02,360
Speaker 1: make that commitment. That's why I always trying to shape

930
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:06,600
Speaker 1: these stories that really they can line up in anything

931
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 1: that you do, whether it's losing weight or getting in shape,

932
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:14,760
Speaker 1: or getting married or dating or having children, or job

933
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:19,959
Speaker 1: or starting their business, all these variables really align themselves

934
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:23,200
Speaker 1: to the same conversation. It's commitment, and if you're gonna

935
00:50:23,239 --> 00:50:27,120
Speaker 1: have a committed effort, it has to be tied to goals.

936
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:31,040
Speaker 1: And when you tie things to goals, then your dreams

937
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 1: can become a reality. And that's where people make the

938
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:38,600
Speaker 1: mistake all the time. They have all these dreams, no commitment,

939
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 1: They have all these dreams, no goals, and guess what happens.

940
00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:47,440
Speaker 1: Frustration sets in. Then they says, become the kings of

941
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:51,879
Speaker 1: your conversation. And next thing you know, you're sitting back depressed,

942
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:54,600
Speaker 1: not and next thing you know, you're forty years old

943
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:57,720
Speaker 1: saying I wish I should have done this. Fifty years old,

944
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:00,759
Speaker 1: I could have done this sixty years old? You mad?

945
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:04,520
Speaker 1: You mad? Yeah, and just all your stories about what

946
00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:07,400
Speaker 1: you could have done. When I tell people, do not

947
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:10,600
Speaker 1: use age as an excuse. If you have a dream,

948
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:13,239
Speaker 1: you can still do that for me, and you still

949
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:17,359
Speaker 1: got talents associated with it that we do it. Yes,

950
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:21,239
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you this. I gotta say this. So

951
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:24,839
Speaker 1: you just mentioned something. You just talked about age, So

952
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:30,239
Speaker 1: here you go. In our twenties, I was in the

953
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:35,480
Speaker 1: Yellow Jackets. In Jean's twenties, she was in Johanna. So

954
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:39,799
Speaker 1: when we started this independent Grind started all the way

955
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 1: back in two thousand and five. Jean left left the

956
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:47,359
Speaker 1: group Johnny I think in two thousand or something like that.

957
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:50,800
Speaker 1: So I'm saying all that to say this. Two thousand

958
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,160
Speaker 1: and five all way up to two thousand and seventeen

959
00:51:53,880 --> 00:52:00,680
Speaker 1: was nothing was building and starting our independent journey. Now

960
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:04,720
Speaker 1: we went to labels, we did all that, nothing happened.

961
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:10,600
Speaker 1: We put out some independents, spent money, we lost money,

962
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: made bad decisions, and you know, just in terms of that,

963
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 1: it was like the education process, like getting a master's degree.

964
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:22,400
Speaker 1: So yes, so so basically I was saying that, you know,

965
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:26,560
Speaker 1: we made decisions. And the fast forward from two thousand

966
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:30,800
Speaker 1: and five now comes two thousand and a round fourteen

967
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:35,080
Speaker 1: and I took a long shower and it hit me

968
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,600
Speaker 1: and said, hey, we should start this band called the

969
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:41,520
Speaker 1: Build a Project where you know, at the time when

970
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:44,120
Speaker 1: I left the Yellow Jackets, I wasn't doing as much touring.

971
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:46,760
Speaker 1: I was doing more production and producing in the studio.

972
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:48,640
Speaker 1: Gene and I and I just said, I want to

973
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:51,239
Speaker 1: get back to playing Gene and you know you can

974
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:54,440
Speaker 1: you know where it features me on drums and you're singing.

975
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:56,440
Speaker 1: You know, we have a full band and everything. And

976
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:59,480
Speaker 1: so I said, man, that would really be cool. And

977
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:04,200
Speaker 1: she said that is the dumbest idea. Okay, don't worry

978
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:08,560
Speaker 1: about it. We're gonna write some music and said, make

979
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:12,720
Speaker 1: no sense. Okay. So this is two thy fourteen fifteen.

980
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:18,000
Speaker 1: So we end up doing our first gig at three

981
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:21,000
Speaker 1: shows at this place called Smoke Jazz Club. The first

982
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:25,800
Speaker 1: set was okay. It's the thought of okay crowd, no

983
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,480
Speaker 1: no off friend to bring it in. I'm gonna bring

984
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:31,399
Speaker 1: it all in. So we did our first show. It

985
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,040
Speaker 1: was okay. The first two sets was rocking, and it

986
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:37,239
Speaker 1: was packed, and it was packed, and out of that

987
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:40,960
Speaker 1: started a residency for like eight to nine months. So

988
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: that was the birthing of Devella Project. We're going to

989
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 1: studio every card and we released this album. Now, the

990
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:51,359
Speaker 1: industry tells you, well, the industry, the way it's been

991
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:54,960
Speaker 1: shaped for years is that it's a youngest person's industry

992
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:59,919
Speaker 1: where your twenties, your best years, or your thirties. Check

993
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:06,960
Speaker 1: this album. We're over our forties. Our first album drops

994
00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:13,080
Speaker 1: and comes out right. This album gets nominated for two Grammys,

995
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:18,399
Speaker 1: Best Jazz Vocal Album and a Song laughs and move on.

996
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,319
Speaker 1: It's for Best Traditional R and B Performance. Why I'm

997
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:24,600
Speaker 1: on famous, Marcus, You're saying is because the thing about

998
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:28,160
Speaker 1: it is is that it's never too late to go

999
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:31,160
Speaker 1: after your goals and your dreams, right now, and I'm

1000
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:32,880
Speaker 1: gonna put it out there because a lot of times

1001
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,319
Speaker 1: is that the industry says that, hey man, you're you know,

1002
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:39,840
Speaker 1: age is what's in your mind, it's what's So there's

1003
00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 1: a new book that's being written, and the book is this.

1004
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:47,560
Speaker 1: I'm Marcus Baylor. I'm forty six years old. My wife Jeane.

1005
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:49,800
Speaker 1: Can I tell them your age? Baby, I'm thinking forty

1006
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:53,759
Speaker 1: six years. I'm on forty six to forty five. Okay, y'all,

1007
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,880
Speaker 1: I'll forget my age. I'll let you know how you

1008
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,920
Speaker 1: say yo because you stop counting, So that mean okay,

1009
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 1: I'll stopped counting more and so all just start again.

1010
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:08,040
Speaker 1: Five years old and my wife Gene, it's fifty one.

1011
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 1: So check it out. We're in two twenty two. Last year,

1012
00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:15,480
Speaker 1: we had a song that was Grammy nominated call Sit

1013
00:55:15,600 --> 00:55:19,200
Speaker 1: On Down for Best Traditional R and P. Performance. This year,

1014
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:25,920
Speaker 1: our album Generations is nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album,

1015
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:29,680
Speaker 1: and we just was blessed to win an NAACP Award

1016
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:34,200
Speaker 1: this year for Best Jazz Album Vocal. Now, it ain't

1017
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:38,200
Speaker 1: about to acculate this and that, but what I'm trying

1018
00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 1: to tell you is this is that age and you

1019
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:46,640
Speaker 1: starting your goals and your dreams. And we literally started

1020
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:49,640
Speaker 1: over when we started to build a project. So I'm

1021
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:53,040
Speaker 1: saying that all to say this is that no matter

1022
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:55,960
Speaker 1: what your age is, if you have to, if you

1023
00:55:56,160 --> 00:56:02,480
Speaker 1: have the breath, and I'm gonna call it to dream,

1024
00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:04,719
Speaker 1: then once your dream, you got to go after that

1025
00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:07,840
Speaker 1: thing and put a plan together like you said, and

1026
00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:10,799
Speaker 1: pursue that and pursue those goals. And this is the thing.

1027
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:13,879
Speaker 1: Everything that we've done so far, I mean, we don't

1028
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,040
Speaker 1: say this too many times, but I will say this

1029
00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:19,840
Speaker 1: is that everything were small goals that we put into place.

1030
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:22,600
Speaker 1: We didn't wake up one day and just say, hey man,

1031
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:24,640
Speaker 1: we want to play in front of in a theater.

1032
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:27,839
Speaker 1: Oh we want to be Grammy nominated. No, let's be

1033
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:32,000
Speaker 1: consistent and persistent when we play in front of fifty

1034
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:36,120
Speaker 1: people are when we then only sold ten tickets, Let's

1035
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:39,799
Speaker 1: play as if the place is packed in full. And

1036
00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:42,560
Speaker 1: so with that being said, that's where the persistent and

1037
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:46,080
Speaker 1: consistency comes in. That and you understanding your purpose. So

1038
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:49,000
Speaker 1: hopefully this, you know, will help somebody. Well, it helped

1039
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:51,600
Speaker 1: me because that's what I talk about all the time,

1040
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:55,839
Speaker 1: and that's what I'm known for telling people ages. Don't

1041
00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:59,080
Speaker 1: let age be an excuse to your dreams being achieved

1042
00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:01,680
Speaker 1: and gene. You know when you talk about that only

1043
00:57:01,719 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 1: ten people in the audience you got in front now

1044
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:06,719
Speaker 1: or that sold that audience you got in front and

1045
00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:09,120
Speaker 1: you get to see those faces, You get to see

1046
00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:12,160
Speaker 1: what the music and what you're doing and people reacting

1047
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:15,080
Speaker 1: to it. How do how does that affect how you

1048
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:19,120
Speaker 1: perform you know at being an entertainer or does it

1049
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:22,040
Speaker 1: take you to another level emotionally? Does that? Does that?

1050
00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:24,919
Speaker 1: Does that give you a little more juice to give

1051
00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 1: one hundred one thousand, ten thousand percent talk about that

1052
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 1: experience as a performer, So yes and no, Like when

1053
00:57:34,640 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 1: you know you draw from the audience for sure. I

1054
00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:42,320
Speaker 1: don't know if audiences really know that, but you know,

1055
00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:44,840
Speaker 1: when you can feel the energy from an audience, you

1056
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:48,600
Speaker 1: know it inspires us as artists on stage, Like yeah,

1057
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:52,920
Speaker 1: you know, um, Now, one thing you know, especially in jazz,

1058
00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:55,720
Speaker 1: you're gonna be in front of different audiences, right um.

1059
00:57:56,400 --> 00:58:00,160
Speaker 1: And so you know, sometimes I'll talk to my m

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Speaker 1: when I teach, and sometimes I talk to telling my

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Speaker 1: students and like, listen, you gotta be able to really

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Speaker 1: you know, a song is a song, but when you

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Speaker 1: come before people, it's really a selfless act. When you

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Speaker 1: go before people to perform and sing and do what

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Speaker 1: you do if you're doing it, you know, and the

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Speaker 1: right frame of mind. But it's important to kind of

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Speaker 1: just just kind of sense the room. And so it'll

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Speaker 1: be a song where I may sing, I don't always

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Speaker 1: sing it to sing exact way every night. For instance,

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Speaker 1: there's a song called Praise Songs, Hollylujah song, and there's

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Speaker 1: a whole story behind that. But you know when we

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Speaker 1: did it in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and it was like an

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Speaker 1: all black audience. You know how we do we talk

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Speaker 1: back to it? Come on now, hey, all right now,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we had a good buddy, Shedrick

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Speaker 1: Mitchell on the organ and he acts a fool when

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Speaker 1: he gets on the organ. And it was just the

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Speaker 1: whole thing. And then you know when we were in

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Speaker 1: I believe it was brought oslava. You're completely different vibe.

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Speaker 1: They do not talk to you like, hey, sing, there's

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Speaker 1: just not part of the air culture, you know, and

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Speaker 1: they could be enjoying it and you're kind of one

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Speaker 1: and well, I think, but they're listening. So understanding that

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Speaker 1: they're they're really listened. But the spirit of the room

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Speaker 1: was completely different, and the lad years sung it completely

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Speaker 1: differently we performed it that it was just it was

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Speaker 1: just a different vibe all together, um and it's just

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Speaker 1: responding to that space in the moment, and and they

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Speaker 1: definitely enjoyed it. You know. One of the ladies just

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Speaker 1: embraced me after afterwards, and she didn't speak English and

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Speaker 1: I didn't speak her language. So anyway, Yeah, it does

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Speaker 1: affect in a way, I think what you do because

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Speaker 1: you're you almost can't help it. You know, if they're

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Speaker 1: vibing with you, you're gonna be vibing right back. But

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Speaker 1: if the same time, it's not people if you're in Japan,

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Speaker 1: they're going to kind of express themselves differently and depending

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Speaker 1: on the age of the audience and that sort of thing.

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Speaker 1: So at the end of the day, you have to

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Speaker 1: kind of have an idea of what it is that

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Speaker 1: you are trying to um give to the audience when

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Speaker 1: you go out there. Sometimes you may have very discouraging

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Speaker 1: situations and it's important to kind of learn how to

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Speaker 1: handle those right. Well, I did it really badly one time.

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Speaker 1: Gotta I gotta figure that out. You know, being a

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Speaker 1: bit a performer is amazing because you're right. Sometimes I

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Speaker 1: have been a perform on stage. Some people give your

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Speaker 1: standard ovations. Some people with standing walk out. That's me talking.

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Speaker 1: That's a standard com gives you a different reactions. I

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Speaker 1: have some people I've acquired audience and say, man, you're

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Speaker 1: the funniest person ever saw. I said, wish you told

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Speaker 1: your faith okay, because I didn't see any laugh to

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Speaker 1: come out of your face. Okay, will help me out there,

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Speaker 1: but I just want to take the time. This was

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Speaker 1: a journey. That's what I do on Money Making Conversation

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Speaker 1: Masterclass and allowing me to speak to the Grammy nominated

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Speaker 1: jazz duo Marcus and Jane Baylor for their new album

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Speaker 1: The Bailor Project. Generations appreciated a husband, a wife and

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Speaker 1: astounding duo built on love, family, faith, culture and community.

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Speaker 1: I wish you luck and on that fantastic night, and

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Speaker 1: again thank you for coming on Money Making Conversations Masterclass.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Thank you so much for having us,

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Speaker 1: and we hope to come down to your area soone

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Speaker 1: and what we do, We're gonna let you know you've

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Speaker 1: been listening to Money Making Conversations Masterclass with Rushan McDonald

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Speaker 1: Always remember to lead with your gifts. Money Making Conversations

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Speaker 1: Masterclass is a presentation of thirty eight fifteen Media Incorporated.

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Speaker 1: You are now tuned in to the Money Making Conversations

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Speaker 1: Minute of Inspiration with Rashaan McDonald. I'm Rashan McDonald for

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Speaker 1: Money Making Conversation Masterclass, your daily minute of Inspiration. I

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Speaker 1: said that. With writer and director Reggie rock Bitewood, he

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Speaker 1: discussed the message behind the series Swagger, having confidence and

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Speaker 1: living your dreams. The show's called Swagger. You know, obviously

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Speaker 1: on the surface that's like barbato and confidence, but really

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Speaker 1: underneath all of that swaggers of having a cause bigger

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Speaker 1: than yourself, whether your causes, your people, your family, your team,

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Speaker 1: having a cause bigger than yourself, it really gives you

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Speaker 1: that sense of purpose, that determination to move closer to

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Speaker 1: your dreams and your calling. And I think that's why

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Speaker 1: you know in Jason's Journey, Jason's journey initially is himself

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Speaker 1: and as we go through the narrative, it expands as

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Speaker 1: he expands. You can listen to this full interview Reggie

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Speaker 1: rock Bitewood. It's available on Moneymaking Conversations dot com.