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Speaker 1: On this episode, Kevin has a familiar face to everyone

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Speaker 1: here at the Bobby Bones Show, Lexie Hayden. Lexi was

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Speaker 1: One thing Kevin has discovered with these independent artists is

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Speaker 1: their ability to remain independent and be proud to do so,

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Speaker 1: but also be striving for more, and Lexi is a

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Speaker 1: great example of that. Lexi still has held a full

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Speaker 1: She's appeared on an MTV reality show. She's most recently

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Speaker 1: teamed up with Pepsi and United Masters for a project

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Speaker 1: to highlight independent artists, which they talk about here. She's

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Speaker 1: also been out and opened for me on some shows. Now,

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Speaker 1: the next six months can vary for them because there

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Speaker 1: that's what he's here to do. So Lexie Hayden is

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the sixth and final episode of Unsigned and Independent.

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Speaker 1: This is Kevin O'Connell. Thank you so much. If you

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Speaker 1: listen to any of the first five as well. We've

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Speaker 1: had some great artists, great bands, all tell their stories

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Speaker 1: also unique, and this one is no different. With Lexie Hayden.

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Speaker 1: Alexis great. She was an intern here Bobby Bone Show

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Speaker 1: gonna really enjoy this. They'll follow her at Lexie Hayden,

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Speaker 1: follow me at Kickoff, Kevin. Make sure you share the episode,

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Speaker 1: share the artist, share the music, share it all. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for listening. Here's Lexie Hayden. Hey Lexie,

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Speaker 1: how you doing today? I'm good? How are you doing good?

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Speaker 1: Doing good it. So you used to be an intern

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Speaker 1: So don't worry. It's not as bad as they say.

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Speaker 1: um I recorded them about a week and a half ago.

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Speaker 1: And then they'll go over to Pepsi and United Masters

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Speaker 1: and they're gonna come out next year UM with them,

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Speaker 1: and they're gonna do everything they can to create opportunities

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Speaker 1: for us in the next fifteen months that we're in

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Speaker 1: the program. Wow, that's super exciting. Yeah, that's that's that's awesome.

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Speaker 1: See another thing that came out of the MTV and

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Speaker 1: telling yeah you you just Yeah, I am so glad

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Speaker 1: I did that show. Um, I don't regret it at all.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. Man, it sounds like it's leading to a

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Speaker 1: lot more opportunities, which at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: it's all about the networking and creating more opportunities for yourself. Yes, um, well,

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Speaker 1: what what else future wise next six to twelve months

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Speaker 1: outside of that? Do you have planned? You have some

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Speaker 1: some singles coming out and the music that you want

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Speaker 1: to talk about or what's in the works. So next

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Speaker 1: year is kind of a mystery for me, But I

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Speaker 1: kind of like it that way because I feel like

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Speaker 1: that's what this year was for me and look what happened,

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Speaker 1: and um, I'm excited. I think that I'm finally ready,

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Speaker 1: like I'm getting to the point where, Um, this year,

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Speaker 1: I've been able to really live off my music financially,

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Speaker 1: which has been one of the coolest parts of this year,

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Speaker 1: especially with having a song country Radio, being on this

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Speaker 1: TV show, working with Pepsi, and I've had a lot

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Speaker 1: of sync opportunities with music as well. So it's really

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Speaker 1: something that I've been working where my whole life is

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Speaker 1: be able to financially depend on music. And I think

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Speaker 1: I'm finally next year will be that point where I

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Speaker 1: can do music full time because I still nanny a

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Speaker 1: little bit. That's what I wanted to ask you about that.

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Speaker 1: You're You're one of the few where I've talked to where,

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Speaker 1: you know, a lot of people move here and they

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Speaker 1: work another job until then, and a lot of people

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Speaker 1: I've talked to you so far they finally worked up

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Speaker 1: to where they only play music for the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years. But you're still working another job while doing

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Speaker 1: your music currently. Correct, And what do you You You said

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Speaker 1: you're a nanny, Yeah, but the nanny is like two hours,

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Speaker 1: like three or four days a week. Yeah, but two

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Speaker 1: hours with kids that can sometimes seem like it's and

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Speaker 1: you know, I really don't even know that I can

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Speaker 1: give up the kids like I and they're getting too

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Speaker 1: old now where it's like the perfect time where like

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Speaker 1: they're not even like the oldest is not thirteen, so

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Speaker 1: it's like they don't I mean the youngest is five,

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Speaker 1: but like it's like almost like the perfect time because

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Speaker 1: I'm not needed as much. I'm more of like an

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Speaker 1: uber driver, like I'm taking a gymnastics I do car

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Speaker 1: full line. I was joking the other day, I was

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Speaker 1: like I literally picked up the kids like harpal and

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Speaker 1: I went to c M a party. I was like,

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Speaker 1: from the carpal line to them, Really, that's what it is.

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Speaker 1: Do you ever have Did you ever have a lot

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Speaker 1: of trouble not necessarily now, but say a few years

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Speaker 1: ago juggling the balancing act And how many late nights

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Speaker 1: did you have doing music in early morning? Did you

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Speaker 1: have to do that a lot? It was it was

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Speaker 1: really hard. And now I finally feel like I'm at

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Speaker 1: a point where I have the perfect schedule and my

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Speaker 1: schedule is so flexible to like I went to New

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Speaker 1: York for the Pepsi stuff two weeks ago, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I just tell the mom and nanny. I'm like, she

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Speaker 1: knows my music opportunities come first. She's a manager as well,

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Speaker 1: she manages Phil Vasser, and she does a lot of

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Speaker 1: different stuff, so she knows, she knows the drill, she

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Speaker 1: knows what's up. So if I'm like, hey, i gotta

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Speaker 1: go to New York the whole week, She's like, go girl,

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Speaker 1: I love it. It helps to have that support, especially

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Speaker 1: somebody local. Do you have that back home as well

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Speaker 1: with your parents and your family? Are they're very supportive? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: My mom sent me was at spin class this morning

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Speaker 1: and she made her spin teacher play my new song

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Speaker 1: with a mirror work till the morning. They were spinning

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Speaker 1: to it this morning. Yeah, did ever everyone go crazy

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Speaker 1: for it? Yeah? And it's it's such a sink song,

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Speaker 1: so I'm really excited to see what It's so different

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Speaker 1: for me. It's it's like, uh, it really like it

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Speaker 1: sounds like some of you and hearing a commercial, it's

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Speaker 1: really not like country is my other stuff. But I

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Speaker 1: think it's to the point of my career where I've

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Speaker 1: thrown so much stuff at the wall to see what works.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm just gonna throw everything at the wall

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Speaker 1: and see what sticks. It's called Work Till the Morning,

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Speaker 1: Work Till the Morning, and it is out correct. You

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Speaker 1: can go streaming if you're listening to this right now,

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Speaker 1: go stream it Work Till the Morning by Amra Unplugged

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Speaker 1: and Lexie Hayden, and listen to it when you're at

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Speaker 1: the gym. I promise it'll pump you up. I love that.

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Speaker 1: I love that, Lexie. I've had a great time doing this.

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Speaker 1: This has been awesome. Is there anything else you'd like

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Speaker 1: to say or promote talk about? Yeah, go listen to

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Speaker 1: Work Till the Morning. And I've got two Branny songs

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Speaker 1: coming out next year and I'm just super excited to

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Speaker 1: see what this next year brings. And go independent artists.

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Speaker 1: Love it, love it, keep push and for where can

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Speaker 1: they find you? On social media? Um, Lexi Hayden, Eli

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Speaker 1: x I E. You can't forget the E on the

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Speaker 1: end of Lexi and then Hayden and it's just Lexi

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Speaker 1: Haydden music on TikTok, I'm on Facebook, YouTube, I'm everywhere.

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Speaker 1: Go find her. Alexi Hayden, She's everywhere. You can find her. Lexi,

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Speaker 1: thanks a lot, Thank you so much for having me