1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk. Buzz Night the host of the Taking 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: a Walk podcast. 3 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 2: And one of the things I love doing is discovering 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 2: new podcast especially music podcast And there's a great one 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 2: that started as a YouTube channel, still is a YouTube channel, 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: and now it's a podcast. 7 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: It's called The Professor of Rock. 8 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 2: And we're here to talk to Adam Reader, the professor himself. 9 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 2: Hey Adam, Hey, how's going It's going great. I wanted 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 2: to ask you this question. Yeah, with all the many 11 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 2: interviews you have done, I think you've done into eight 12 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 2: hundred of them. I think as the Professor of Rock, 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 2: is there one takeaway that you find from musicians that 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 2: kind of gives insight into what their creative process is 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 2: all about? 16 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 3: Yeah? You know, one thing that I have found that 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 3: has been common with most of the artists that I've interviewed, 18 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 3: especially the older uh, the old school uh or the ogs. 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 3: I guess if you would call them the you know, 20 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 3: I man, I had three hours with Leman Dozer from 21 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 3: Holland Dozer to Holland that wrote all the great motown 22 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 3: songs for the Four Tops and the Supremes and Martha 23 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 3: and the Van Del's and uh. And then you know, 24 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 3: I love interviewing like songwriters like Berry Man and Cynthia 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: While who wrote You've Lost that love and feeling and 26 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 3: on Broadway and uh, and then you know Brian Wilson, 27 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 3: one of my heroes. 28 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: Uh, Beach Boys, genius. 29 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 3: Uh. A lot of these artists, they they didn't have 30 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 3: a plan B. You know, they didn't have a plan B. 31 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 3: They wanted to do music and that was it. And that, 32 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 3: I mean, it was it was a music or bust. 33 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 3: And I really respect that because, I mean I grew 34 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 3: up in a in a small town where education was 35 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 3: really important and and it was like, you got to 36 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 3: go get your degree. You gotta go do this, You 37 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 3: got to get your mortgage and your two point five 38 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 3: kids and and live that that life that that to traditional, 39 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 3: your traditional life. And uh, it was kind of pushed 40 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 3: onto us that you've got to go do this. This 41 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 3: is this is the path you have to go get 42 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 3: a degree. And and uh, these artists they didn't follow 43 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 3: that path. They they didn't care. You know, they they 44 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 3: had a guitar in their hand from the age of six, 45 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 3: you know, like Neil Sean from Journey or Steve Lucather 46 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 3: from Toto, and and you know that was their craft 47 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 3: and they were they were going to make it in 48 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 3: music or they were going to starve. And and I 49 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 3: really think that's an incredible mentality because they they were 50 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 3: just driven by their art. They were driven by writing 51 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 3: and crafting and creating music. And I really respect that drive. 52 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 3: And so that that's one thing that I've I've found 53 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 3: in common. 54 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: And I mean, if you were. 55 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 3: If I go speak at you know, schools and colleges, 56 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 3: and you know, if I were to tell a high 57 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 3: school I've mentioned this before, people are a little shocked. 58 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 3: You can't say that, you know, you can't say just 59 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 3: go after with everything you have. But really they did. 60 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 3: They didn't have a plan B. It was like they 61 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 3: were going to make it music and that was that. 62 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: So that's great. 63 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 2: I have discovered the same thing from talking to so 64 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 2: many folks, and it's a great lesson to be learned. 65 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,639 Speaker 2: If you really believe in something and believe in yourself, 66 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 2: then take that no plan B approach for sure. 67 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: So yeah, Adam Reid to the Professor of Rock. 68 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: Check out the podcast on all the platforms, Apple and 69 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 2: Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts, and coming up 70 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: on a future episode of Taking a Walk Adam and 71 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 2: I are going to talk about the amazing Led Zeppelin documentary, 72 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 2: which I can't wait. 73 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 3: Yes, I'm going to look forward to that. 74 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: Thanks Adam, thank you.