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Speaker 1: Taking a Walk.

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Speaker 2: Be comfortable with being uncomfortable.

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Speaker 3: Don't settle with the notion that you have to do

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Speaker 3: what everyone else is doing. Do something that makes you

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Speaker 2: And that's the key component is feeling.

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Speaker 1: This is the Taking a Walk Podcast hosted by Buzz Night.

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Speaker 1: Buzz talks with musicians ranging from new and independent artists

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Speaker 1: to Hall of famers. On this episode, he's joined by

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Speaker 1: rock singer Tristan Tritt discussing his upcoming tour and his

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Speaker 1: latest project called Cause Its Mind. Tristan speaks his mind

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Speaker 1: on inauthenticity in the songwriting process from some artists. Join

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Speaker 1: Buzz and Tristan next on Taking a Walk.

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Speaker 4: Well, Tristan, thanks for being on a virtual edition of

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Speaker 4: the Taking a Walk Podcast. We like doing them in person,

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Speaker 4: but we love season the opportunity virtually whenever possible. And

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Speaker 4: I'm so glad to meet.

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Speaker 2: You, Ernest Well, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 4: Tristan. The latest singles called Couse It's Mind. Talk about

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Speaker 4: the message of the song and in particular, what authenticity

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Speaker 4: means to you.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, I think that the artists that inspired me the

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Speaker 3: most when I was first falling in love with music

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Speaker 3: something that was always drilled into me even as a kid,

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Speaker 3: of like sticking to your guns and being responsible for

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Speaker 3: as everyone wants you to go and be a part of,

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Speaker 3: you know, the mass crowd. So it's a tongue in

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Speaker 3: cheeks song in a lot of ways, but there's definitely

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Speaker 3: a lot of truth kind of peppered on top of it,

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Speaker 3: of actual conversations that I've had in my first couple

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Speaker 3: like to be an artist and having people who aren't

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Speaker 3: And this is just my way of kind of poking

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Speaker 3: back at them, and who.

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Speaker 4: Are some of the artists today that you admire for

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Speaker 3: Absolutely well, I think right now is a really special

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Speaker 3: I was always a part of I think music was

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Speaker 4: It's almost like a MBA class having a dad like

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Speaker 3: Oh, absolutely absolutely, And he'll be the first one to

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Speaker 4: And you clearly like the concept of not fitting into

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Speaker 3: Yeah, even as a young kid, I don't think I

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Speaker 4: And you were influenced as a young man by Guitar Hero.

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Speaker 4: At the time of us recording this episode, you're recording

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Speaker 4: Are We Doing? Describe the creative process when you go

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, for me, there really is two forms to go

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Speaker 3: I typically I like to come in with at least

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Speaker 3: Because I think there can be a bit of friction

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Speaker 2: I'm not territorial when it comes to who writes what.

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Speaker 3: Really having to get in touch with a lot of emotions.

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Speaker 2: What's the point of being in this in the first place.

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Speaker 3: So be comfortable with being uncomfortable, but definitely push the

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Speaker 4: And you're going to be heading out on a tour.

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Speaker 4: Talk about the tour, what that means to you, and

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Speaker 4: the joy of performing in front of people.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, February twenty second, we start off in my home

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Speaker 3: like just really genuine people. But there's a certain magic

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Speaker 3: But there's adrenaline that you just cannot replicate other than live.

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Speaker 4: So back to writing for a second. I mean, I

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Speaker 4: What do you think you would have done if you

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Speaker 4: In any veterans that you'd like to work with that

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Speaker 4: I love that. So then Crystal ball out where you're

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Speaker 2: And really digging deeper than I ever have before. That's

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Speaker 4: And in closing in terms of learning, what that you

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Speaker 3: It's kind of a it's it's kind of an open

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Speaker 2: So I'm always learning, you know.

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Speaker 3: I find out how stupid I am every single day

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Speaker 4: You're much wiser than your age, my friend.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate that.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate you being on Taking a Walk. I wish

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Speaker 4: and I wish you well on this tour, and I

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, and then I appreciate you once

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Speaker 2: again for having me.

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