1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: Podcast playground. Well, this is Buzz Night, the host of 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: the Taking a Walk podcast, and we're here in the 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: Mary Cummings Park for this episode here in lovely Burlington, Massachusetts. Now, 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: this podcast started out out of the love of storytelling 5 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: and connection. And if you're a regular listener, I want 6 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: to thank you so much. Please share it, write a review, 7 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: subscribe to it, all the above. But if you're a 8 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: first timer, we try to tell stories that highlight the wisdom, 9 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: the perseverance, the creativity of cool people, victories either occurring 10 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: quickly or after a long haul. And this is a 11 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: story I absolutely love with someone I'm so proud of 12 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: in awe of Julie Russell, the founder a fangirl Fantasy. Now, 13 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: I'm quite surprised that I was able to elbow my 14 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: way through her assistance to get some time with her. 15 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: I don't really know how this happened. It must have 16 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: been bribery. I'm thinking, Julie, is so nice to see 17 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: you and to be taken a walk. Of course, no bribery. 18 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: Of course, when you asked, I said, I'm tell me 19 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: where to be and I will be there. Well, so 20 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: it's so great to see you. It's been a while. 21 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: Let's let's tell the audience first a little bit how 22 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: how we met? Okay, because I think it's a pretty 23 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: funny story. It scared me. How did I do that? 24 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: Do you remember? So we met at the radio. I 25 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: was the promotions coordinator at ninety five. I just remember 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: this story so specifically, go for it anyway to bring 27 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: It's not when we met, but I just remember where 28 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: I sat. You're like the office down the hall a 29 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: little bit, but Kelly Anderson and Mike Thomas were like 30 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: just in front, like their offices were diagonal for me, 31 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: and I think you were talking to Mike and I 32 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: didn't know you were there, and you were like hidden 33 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: behind the wall. I almost had a heart attack. I 34 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: was out of my seat. I think I yelled. I 35 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: think I like yeah, I think I was like holy. 36 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: But I think what used to happen is what I 37 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: think we would, uh you know once the day and 38 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: the week it sort of evolved. I think essentially we 39 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: would I would stop and see you guys, or you 40 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: guys would stop and see me, and we would do 41 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: stick for each other. Yeah, we were we got out 42 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: dragged into the esports. Oh yes, that's how I think 43 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: that's how. Yes, we would share our love daily or 44 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: weekly saga. Yeah, our love for esports, and that's how. Yeah, 45 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 1: but it was a lot of we've just did. What 46 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: was so great is just you know, finding you guys 47 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: and seeing what you were up to and just hanging 48 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: out and uh, you know because I was, you know, 49 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: in that back office here. No one, no one really 50 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: knew you were back there, and no one really to 51 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: this day knew what I did. Yees, no, Ill, Everyone's like, well, 52 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: I just know, it's like Buzz Cadillac, like Mike. It's 53 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: just kind of like the guy's like in charge. And 54 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: then they're like, I don't know what any of them like, 55 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: I don't know what any of them do. My wife 56 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: said that back then and to this day it says 57 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: the same things. So so, so we worked together during 58 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: that period. I left toward the end of two thousand 59 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: and nineteen, yes, and uh, you know, we had stayed 60 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: in touch and then you left, quote unquote left. They 61 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: kicked me out that door, no, thank god, it did. 62 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: And that was in twenty twenty. Yeah. Yeah, so I 63 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: got furloughed like right when like the COVID in March, 64 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: and then I got completely laid off in September October 65 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: time of twenty twenty, and I had a nice little 66 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: summer break. But what's so amazing about this is there's 67 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: people who are listening to this that I'm sure this 68 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: has happened to. And what I love about your story 69 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: and why I'm so glad that we're going to be 70 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: taking a walk, which we could start in a second, 71 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: is you never looked back, like you never in a 72 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: had a second of looking back. How did you muster 73 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: up that courage and resolve? Really? And I know I 74 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: sound like I'm being a wise ask, but I really 75 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: mean that let's go walk too, I guess basically, I 76 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: mean I had my company since twenty nineteen is when 77 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: it started. So while I was at the radio station, 78 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: like I was on the side building out everything and 79 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: still doing fangirl fantasy, but the sports ub and radio 80 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: was my full time job, and it was kind of 81 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: like I mean, I love the sports and I think, 82 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: out of all the radio stations I work for, is 83 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: like the most to do, I learned the most, I think, 84 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: so like that, and radio was always my dream, like 85 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: always like Maddie in the morning, listened every single morning, 86 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: like I went to all the events, like winning the 87 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: concert tickets like that was me one hundred percent the 88 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: radio fan and so means so being able to like 89 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: work and like be in a full time position and 90 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: work for so many different stations in Boston was just 91 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: like the dream. And then it kind of got to 92 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: the point where I'm not a nine to five girl 93 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: looking even at events, Like I got to work all 94 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: the events, and you know, I wasn't always at my desk, 95 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: but I can't do that. My brain doesn't work that way. 96 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: I'm a very creative person. I like to be going 97 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: one hundred and ten miles an hour. So when COVID hit, 98 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: it kind of gave me. It forced me really like 99 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: when I got laid off, to be like, all right now, 100 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: we're never like you kind of you're in a position 101 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: that you're getting paid to be home and you have 102 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: nothing else to focus on except everything that you want 103 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: to build. So Pharago Fantasy is an events company, but 104 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: there's no events obviously because COVID hit, so I was 105 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: kind of just building everything else. I created a podcast, 106 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: but and I interviewed fangirls who made it into the 107 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: music and entertainment industry and showing that there's another path 108 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: just because you like me, love the Jonas brothers and 109 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: have met them a hundred times, you're the one camping 110 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: outside all that, like there's a career path, you know, 111 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: there's a career path or anyone you can turn your 112 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: passion into a job. And so that's kind of interviewing 113 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: different women in the industry that have done that, and 114 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: so I'm building that out. Then I was building out 115 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: a team of interns and assistants to work under me 116 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: and help me kind of build our social content and 117 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: then just figure out, okay, be prepared at every moment 118 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: that they could lift all these bands and ten thousand 119 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: people could fit in a venue again. So I was 120 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: just making sure like I had all the events ready, 121 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 1: I had the team ready travel, and that was kind 122 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: of what I focused on the whole entire time while 123 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: COVID was of twenty and twenty twenty one. So yeah, 124 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: the foundation was being laid you You you were, you know, 125 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: sort of getting your brand out there in terms of 126 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: what you were doing with the podcast, which was audio 127 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: and video, yes, and you were really knowing that eventually 128 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: the world was going to open up, So you were 129 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: just getting yourself ready during that period, yes, And were 130 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: there any moments that you said, this can't this is 131 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: never gonna happen. Did you just kind of look at 132 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: something and realize and think, oh god, I don't know 133 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: how we're going to pull this off? And it was 134 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: just you never knew, Like it was just to the 135 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: point we didn't do our first event back until last August. 136 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: So August twenty twenty one, right, is that what it mean? Well? 137 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: Year is it twenty twenty one? And so it was 138 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: a year and a half to almost two years of 139 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: no event. So it was just like the Waiting Games 140 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: and be like no mass mass, you can do that. 141 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: Do that. So it was really like we'd have events 142 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: announced or like on hold at the venues to be 143 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: able to go. But it was just then are people 144 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: even gonna be comfortable to go out? You know? I 145 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: don't want to also be that person to put you know, 146 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: no one has to go. But it's like, am I 147 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: that jerk that's not being like all right, I need 148 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: my company to like start you know, happening. So it's 149 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: like is it too soon? You know, there's no right 150 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: or wrong kind of situation. Like it was just so 151 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: weird with the regional asspact yeah, or the city by 152 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: city because you've built this into a national brand. Yes, yeah, 153 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: so it was just really Yeah. There's times I'm like, 154 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: I don't know when we're gonna be able to do 155 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: this again, but it was just like I said, making 156 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: sure that when we were able to do it, I 157 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 1: was just completely ready at all times. So how many 158 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: people are part of your team? So we have JD 159 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: who's the DJ for He travels with me everywhere. Me 160 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: and him are the ones that are at all the events. 161 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 1: I have a project coordinator Live who has been with 162 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: me since our first event in twenty nineteen. She helps 163 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: me with like all social, She helps me at all 164 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: the Boston events and kind of coordinating everything and helping 165 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: with the interns that we have. And then we have 166 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: three interns who have been with me for about a 167 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: year and a half now. They help with graphics, social, 168 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 1: coming up just different ideas and getting a different perspective 169 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: on different fandoms that I might not be a part 170 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: of but are detrimental to the music industry and the 171 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: younger audiences. So they're really helpful at that end. And 172 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: then we're building out the team right now with about 173 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 1: four to five more DJs, and we're gonna be building 174 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: out different themes and while me and JD are on 175 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: the road, they'll be going to other places and kind 176 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: of building out so that Bango Fantasy can be in 177 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: more places at once. So how many cities have you hit? Oh? Goodness, 178 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: probably I think we're like, I mean, I think we're 179 00:09:55,360 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: in our fiftieth event this year. Yeah, wow, So I 180 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: don't know how many, but we've be done. I've seen 181 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: the calendar like a full time. Like, yeah, as I said, 182 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 1: I didn't, I'm thinking there's no way I'm going to 183 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: get to Julie a big deal here with this uh 184 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: fangirl thing. She turned it into a monster trying to So, yeah, 185 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of the and the city spanned 186 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: all over the place. Yeah, we've, I mean, we've It's 187 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: super fun. I love to travel and I always have 188 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: and so being able to like go to different seats, like, 189 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: aren't you glad you're back in the area and to 190 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: experience the summer mosquitoes and bugs as we're walking here 191 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: in Burlington. That's exactly what I'm so glad to be 192 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: here for. I really missed I missed no one when 193 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: I woke up this morning, like my allergies. Yeah, it's 194 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 1: not like we don't got plant there's no there's no 195 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: I got palm trees. I've got no wilderness like that. 196 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: But I think it's fun. We just get to go 197 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: to these different cities that have never been to, Like 198 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: we're just like Louisville and Saint Louis And it's like, 199 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: unless you're traveling for something like this, I don't know 200 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: when I would ever go there. And so just like 201 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: you know, experiencing the different culture and food and realizing 202 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: how different every thing is. So what are you finding 203 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: out there in terms of the cities, because I hear 204 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: stories from people that travel to Saint Louis is an example. 205 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: You brought up Saint Louis And obviously you know cities 206 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: have been hard hit the last couple of years, So yeah, 207 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: what are you finding in the cities? First that you're 208 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: seeing as you go across the country. A lot of 209 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: these downtown areas when we go, they're just empty. And 210 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: I think it is I think when I think of downtown, 211 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: like I'm thinking of Boston and Fannel Hall and like 212 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: it's busy, NonStop everywhere, you know, tourists every some of 213 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: these cities, like yeah, Saint Louis except for the Arch, 214 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 1: there wasn't much going on. And even there was, like 215 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: the restaurants and stuff around there, they were just empty 216 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,439 Speaker 1: and like vacant too, Like there's nothing. There's not even 217 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: a restaurant or anything in these buildings. That's so sad 218 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 1: to see. And you said, I think Columbus was on 219 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: your your list coming up. If you've been to Columbus. 220 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: This would be our second time going to Columbus. And 221 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: we're in Yeah, we're like a more downtown area too, 222 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: and with Austin we're there. We sold it out and 223 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: it was like eight hundred people. And it's I always 224 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: just wonder too, It's like how far are they traveling 225 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: from in Columbus, Because you know, I'm from bil Rick, 226 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: so going to an event in Boston the mean streets 227 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: of bill Rickers, Yes, yeah, the Dirty Rick But I 228 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: mean I haven't lived there since I was eighteen, so 229 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: like I've never experienced in like going out to a 230 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: bar or club and then going having to get back 231 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: to bull Rica or anything like that. But I'm like, 232 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: there's no tea stops there's no communal girls in some 233 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: of these cities. I'm like, sometimes there's just a commitment 234 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: these people are doing to come to our events is 235 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: so crazy. Well, and I noticed in Columbus too, because 236 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: I was there a few months back that, Yeah, even 237 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: though the downtown is definitely kind of dead. You see 238 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: a lot of cranes in these communities. So there is 239 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: building obviously, but apartments. Who's moving there? I want to 240 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: know all that. Even in Brighton right now, they're just 241 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: building and building and building, and who can afford how 242 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: much you guys are charging for these and who's moving there? 243 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: All right? I have another question. I see a lot 244 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: of people on the roads, but yet all we hear 245 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 1: is there's no jobs or where are these people going? 246 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: I mean people probably see hasn't mean what are these 247 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: two doing? Well? Okay, I mean so I don't know 248 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: what's going on out there. It's kind of a it 249 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: seems to be a lot of confusion, fair amount of anger. 250 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: But you're unifying people around one common thing, which is 251 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: the love of music. Yes, yeah, I mean I think 252 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: for me is like from like when I was fourteen 253 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: to now, I was at every concert. It's my favorite band. 254 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: Or even a band that I learned that like open 255 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: for my favorite band. I was there. I just loved music. 256 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: And some of my closest friends are friends and I 257 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: met waiting outside to go meet the Jonah's brothers, or 258 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: waiting in the twelve hour line to make sure I'm 259 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: barricade at the House of Blues. So now being able 260 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: to like bring these people and these fans together, because 261 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: sometimes you know, they don't these girls, like in fans 262 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: don't friends don't see each other unless their favorite band 263 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: comes to town and they go to that concert and like, 264 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: I haven't seen you since. But now they get to 265 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: go to a fangirl fantasy of that and be like, oh, 266 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: we're seeing them here and at the concert and building 267 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: just like a safe space for them to all come 268 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: and hang out and not have to really worry about anything. Yeah, 269 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: it's a community. Yeah, fan community. Nothing better than it 270 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: really is, and it's something to look forward to and 271 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: get excited about. I love how you describe fangirl as 272 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: this unapologetic love around these these bands, these musicians, these artists. 273 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: Unapologetic Yeah right, I mean I'm literally in this position 274 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: because the Jonahs brothers. I will scream it to the 275 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: roof deck, like I was that girl wearing the merch 276 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: at school, going to the concerts, going to New York 277 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: to meet them, then going to class the next day. 278 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: Anyone can say that, like that is Julie Russell's whole 279 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: brand in high school, all of it. It's like this 280 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: is very on brand. You know, no one can say, 281 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: like I created this company. I'm not even a fit. 282 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: You know, this isn't me. So for these girls to 283 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: be able to just like have a place to do that, 284 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: and like it was never cool. It was also never 285 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: cool to be that that music or fan geek, you know, 286 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: if you want to say it, because why why was 287 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: I cool? I don't know, like you have don't have 288 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: anything better to do than like to love the Jonah's 289 00:15:54,840 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: brothers or one direction every Yeah, but now it's like okay, cool. 290 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: Well now turn around and look the bands aren't even here, 291 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: and there's six hundred people here that love exactly what 292 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: I love, and so just yeah, building a community. But 293 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: what's also amazing is during this period, you as an entrepreneur, 294 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: building a brand. So if somebody is listening to this 295 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: and they're contemplating in their own head how to build something, 296 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: how to build their own you know version of this. 297 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: I don't say the same way, but whatever their their 298 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: version is what advice would you give to someone in 299 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: terms of that process and that mentality. I think in 300 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: regards to like building a brand, you just need to 301 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: It needs to be what you're passionate about or you're educated. 302 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: All like I said, is like no one can say 303 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: Julie Russell is not a fair girl, you know, so 304 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: like this is very authentic and real. So I think 305 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: finding something that you know, that that kind of matches 306 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: out energy. But I think it's not easy, Like people 307 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: will be like looking like this past year, we've had 308 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: a great year, and it's like on a really high pedestal. 309 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: Every he's like, oh my god, this and that, but 310 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 1: they didn't see the two years before it, or you know, 311 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: when it was starting in twenty nineteen, and like you 312 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: gotta start from somewhere, Like I was paying like my 313 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: the DJs, like on a pocket with Julie Russell's money 314 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: that I made from the sports up like you know, 315 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 1: like and then I finally started making money and this 316 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: and that, and I've gotten screwed at venues. I've I've 317 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: like you know, I've gotten screwed through contract because I 318 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 1: don't know what I help, like, how to you know 319 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: what this meant or this meant? And so there's a 320 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: lot of trial and error get through it. You know, 321 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of bumps. But if you 322 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: actually really care about what you're doing and like really 323 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: see the vision on it, it all happen. But it 324 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: does not happen overnight. And that's like the one thing 325 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: that like recently people are like, oh my god, it 326 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: just blew up. I'm like three years, three years, and 327 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 1: it's it's not even where I want it to be, 328 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: you know. And so it's like just that perspective, and 329 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 1: you know, everyone kind of sees one thing, and you know, 330 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 1: they see the highlight rail on social media. No one 331 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 1: knows that I'm on calls twenty four to seven. I 332 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: have people below me that I have to answer to you, 333 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: I have this, this and that, and so yeah, I 334 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: just there's a lot of ups and downs, but it's fun. 335 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: I love it. I'm my own boss, I mean, and 336 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: we get to go for a walk on a Monday morning. 337 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 1: Better right, But it's a lonely road sometimes. Yeah, for sure, 338 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: No one I have no one to like lean like, 339 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: no one gets it, no one gets it like you, right, 340 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: I mean yeah, and or isn't it invested? As like 341 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: JD is very invested, I will say, like, and he's 342 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:44,959 Speaker 1: the person I get to lean on. And I have 343 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: a great support system of like friends in the industry 344 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: that are like, okay, cool like this and that. But no, 345 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people who just see the success 346 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: and now want to jump on or But yeah, it 347 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: is lonely because there's days I'm just like sitting in 348 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: front of my laptop for ten to twelve hours doing 349 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 1: Excel sheets and you know, or having to talk to 350 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: my accounting or talk to this and like do all 351 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: this little nitty gritty stuff and it's no one else's 352 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: responsibility to do but me. It's not you know, like 353 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,199 Speaker 1: JD's or the interns. It's like, Okay, this is not 354 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: that Julie has to hand, like no one else about 355 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: myself can handle. Yeah, it's miserable. Yeah, but that's the 356 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: that's the grind part about it. But yeah, great part 357 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,719 Speaker 1: is you walk into a venue and you see a 358 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: packed house, right, I mean you don't take that for 359 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: granted to you. No, I had a conversation on the 360 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: other day. It's like, I it's really hard sometimes to 361 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: live in the moment because you're thinking about one hundred 362 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: other things that are going on or like that could 363 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: be better or this or that, and you know, at 364 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: the venues, I'm like making sure the music. You know 365 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: that the music's good. We have merched that they're good. 366 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: The photographer, I'm running in a hundred different directions, and 367 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: sometimes I'm like, okay, like the event's halfway over and 368 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: I haven't even even know what songs have been played, 369 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 1: you know, because I'm just not So I've definitely learned 370 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: to like be able to like I'll try to, like 371 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,120 Speaker 1: I always just like step back, go to the back 372 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: of the venue or like you know, the side of 373 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 1: the stage and kind of like soak it in and 374 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: just like watch. But it can be really and sometimes 375 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: I don't, like it doesn't soak in or like like, 376 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: oh my god, we did this in this random city, 377 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,400 Speaker 1: like we sold out, Like when we sold out Columbus, 378 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: there's eight hundred people. I don't know anyone in Columbus. 379 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 1: It was just all you know, it was all just 380 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: people that loved where Boston. It's way more special too, 381 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: because all of our friends get to go and you know, 382 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: then there's people that will tag me that I didn't 383 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: even know we're going. But there's not that you take 384 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: about the success doing Boston events. No, no, no, it's 385 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: it's home. I mean that's got a really yeah, we've 386 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: just as much, definitely, and get them to enjoy it 387 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: with my friends and getting like, you know them because 388 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 1: my friends that have been by my side and like 389 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: watch the journey, they know, like I mean the real 390 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 1: ones know like the time and effort or me not 391 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: going out or me being like sorry, I have to 392 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: handle this, can't do that, or been with me when 393 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: I'm on the phone, so they had to kind of 394 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: like then watch it. Also come to life is really fun. 395 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: And we recently just partnered with the Red Sox and 396 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: did an event at Fenway. Right, congrats, I saw that. 397 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: Thank you. So that one was also like, you know, 398 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 1: our support system of friends that showed up was like 399 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: unmatched and so fun. So that's like the best part. 400 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: And my dad came to his first event at Fenway, 401 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: so that was good to behave himself. Ah, we had 402 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: to kick him out. He just not too rowdy, so 403 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: it was really cool to be able to because it's 404 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: really hard to explain what I do unless you see it, right, 405 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: So it was good to be able to like have 406 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: him come and check it out. And it was at 407 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: Fenway Park, so it didn't really get any better than that, right, 408 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: Oh my god. So has I assume the word of 409 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 1: this has gotten to some of the artists that you celebrate, yes, 410 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: And what's their reaction? Then? I mean, I think it's 411 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: just easy marking for all of them, first off, because 412 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: their music is getting played and we do a lot 413 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: of like one direction and five Seconds of Summer, which 414 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: five Second Summer used to open for One Direction. It's 415 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: kind of like their little peak is you know how 416 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: they got their fans, like you know, starting fan base, 417 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: but like you're not hearing Five Sauce in any other 418 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: club anywhere anywhere, any bar. Maybe one or two radio 419 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: singles you know you'll hear. But so for that it's 420 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: just like we play their new music. We play their 421 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: new singles, and so like it's a one direction fan 422 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: came but obviously like knowing some of the one like 423 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 1: Five Sauce songs and this and that, like and then 424 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 1: we get to play their new single that like there's 425 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: there's fans in there that are probably hearing it for 426 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: the first time. And then I also, you know, there's 427 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,680 Speaker 1: things like we have the doors open at say eight pm. 428 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: Music like Deep JD doesn't go on until nine. So 429 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 1: we have like a playlist that I have curated that 430 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,679 Speaker 1: goes on and so I'm always playing like new music 431 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 1: for our to kind of test out and see like 432 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: where the thick to fans of this song, like, and 433 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: I kind of just watch the crowd and then I'm 434 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: super fortunate that I'm in this industry, the entertainment industry, 435 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: and so when I'm pitching things, I like, also, Okay, 436 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: there's seven hundred people in the crowd, and I just 437 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: played this new band, like a baby band that I 438 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: really like, And so then I record the crowd and like, hey, 439 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 1: I just played your song, and so I'm using it 440 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,679 Speaker 1: for you know, other marketing strategies on my own and 441 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: partnership opportunities. And so that's kind of everyone knows. But 442 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: it's also liked, be I gotta be careful too, like 443 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: using Taylor Suff's a name, you know, so I everything 444 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: I business purposes is handled the correct way. But yeah, 445 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: it's a dreamous to have one of the artists come 446 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: to the event, so we'll see. I have no doubt 447 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: that's gonna happen. It's just when, when and who? Right? Yeah, 448 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: I mean, and then you get one and then the 449 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 1: rest of all that's right, I believe. So that's part 450 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: of the whole patience. So besides that, where do you 451 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: want to take this in the future, What are your 452 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,199 Speaker 1: dreams to go further on it? Uh? Definitely, First is 453 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: like having the artists come, but fangirl Fantasy in general, 454 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 1: and I think just in my background and music and entertainment, 455 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: I would love to be like bring Fangirl as like 456 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 1: a marketing resources for teams where these artists come to 457 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,959 Speaker 1: Fangirl Fantasy for fit engagement help and you know, album 458 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: roll out help or just kind of whatever they need 459 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: because we are in that niche of kind of what's 460 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,239 Speaker 1: going on, and you know, we are the fans. We're 461 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: the one consuming where sometimes you know, the teams don't 462 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: know a vest, you know, so bringing on So I 463 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 1: would love for that working on some things in that direction. 464 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: But every time I say like a goal and then 465 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: something else happens, I'm like, I didn't even think that 466 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: was a goal, but I just checked that off a bucket, 467 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, like I never thought Fenway Park and then 468 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: like I did it, and I'm like, well, I guess 469 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 1: that was like a bucketless item, you know. So yeah, 470 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: there's a bunch of small little things that like, personally 471 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: I want to accomplish. But yeah, we'll see. But you're 472 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: doing other stuff too besides fangirl, right, you're doing some 473 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: day to day managing things of influencers and stuff. Correct. Yeah, 474 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: So my other full time job is I'm a day 475 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 1: to day for some influencers and content creators in Los Angeles, 476 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 1: hindle their whole scheduling calendar and like the liaison between 477 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: them and their agents and attorneys and kind of their 478 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: whole team and just kind of package it all together. 479 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, I always also do that. But that's where 480 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: do you find those extra you know, there's always time, 481 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: twenty nine hours, there's always time for something. I'm super 482 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: fortunate that the influencers and creators that I work for 483 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: are super supportive, and I'm really lucky because there's not 484 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: a lot of people like that in LA or in 485 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: that space, because they want you for themselves, and so 486 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 1: I'm super fortunate that the three that I work for, 487 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 1: like you're helping us like chase our dream, like we 488 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: want you to be able to continue to do that. 489 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: And like I said, like none of that would be 490 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 1: possible because they could be like, no, you're not going 491 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: to go travel on the weekends, like we need you here. 492 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: So finding that the people that kind of support you 493 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: is like really important. But I think just being my 494 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: own boss at Fangirl and then the different position I'm in, 495 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: like with being a day to day like I don't 496 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: work out an office I work for like you know, 497 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: I've been on calls for them all morning and I 498 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 1: have calls leader for them, and so the remote kind 499 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,439 Speaker 1: of helps, you know, And like I can do my 500 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: Excel streets while I want a call for someone you know, 501 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: for them and I make their schedule, so I make 502 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 1: my I make my schedule. So it kind of just 503 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: works out in that way. There's always time. There's always time. Julie. 504 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: I'm so in awe and so happy for your success 505 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: and I see it growing even further by by the day, 506 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 1: by the week. I just keep keep pushing, thank you 507 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: so much and congratulations on it. And I'm so grateful 508 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 1: We got to reconnect and take a walk me too. 509 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: Thank you for having me on. I'm so excited I 510 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: got your text until your assistant. Thank you for letting 511 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 1: me get through it. I will took a while tell 512 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: her it did not. I think we look at the timestamp. 513 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: I answered you in like three minutes. I have attached 514 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: to my phone but I have to. But I have 515 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: to give you hard time. Thanks Julie. Of course. Taking 516 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: a Walk with Buzznight is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, 517 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.