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Get started at ship station today. 35 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: Click on the microphone at the top of the hope 36 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: pay and type in Granger that shipstation dot com. Then 37 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: enter the offer code Granger shipstation dot com Make ship Happen. 38 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: Today's podcast is answering questions. I fielded a bunch of 39 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: them today off Instagram, and I love these kind I 40 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: love to be able to dive in and I don't 41 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: have any notes, so I'm not keeping notes here. I 42 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: feel like maybe the show in a way could be 43 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: better if I went through every question and wrote out 44 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: a little thesis and got it, you know, tried to 45 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: get real interesting with it. Maybe in a way on 46 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: some of these questions, they could be better. I could 47 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: answer them more concisely and give you specific answers. But 48 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: I think it's cool if I just wing it and 49 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: I read a question. I screenshoted to several of them. 50 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: If I just kind of wing it, read the question 51 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 1: and answer off the top of my head, as if 52 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: we're sitting in a living room together. That's the goal, 53 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: me and you sitting together. Maybe I'm driving, you're sitting 54 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: shotgun and we're just having a conversation. That's how I 55 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: want this to feel. Welcome to episode forty five the 56 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: Granger Smith Podcast, did Chide and d My Time and 57 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: so long line, fool of umping down on back, Crazy 58 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: cover Nation. I think it's fair to say before I start, 59 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: a lot of these questions are based on a new album. 60 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: There's a lot of questions about a new album, so 61 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: I'll try to answer those quickly. But there is a 62 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: new album from me coming out, and you guys are 63 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: gonna hear songs at the end of this month. August 64 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: the twenty eighth, You're gonna expect a couple of new 65 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: songs and then the rest of the album in September. 66 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: Also on that day, August twenty eighth, I will be 67 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: announcing the exact date in September that the album's gonna 68 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: come out, plus more. I can't tell you everything yet. 69 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: There's a lot I can't tell you yet, but there's 70 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: gonna be more after September, more songs, and I'll tell 71 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: you how. And so with that being said, I'll dive 72 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: into some of these questions. Is yee Fest still on 73 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: the radar after this new album? Ye Fest is a 74 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: concept that my brothers and I I have been wanting 75 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 1: to do for a long time where we could we 76 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: could brand a festival with music and theme it to 77 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: Yee Nation, where we have some of my maybe some 78 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: of my influencer buddies like Matt Character at Demo Ranch 79 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: and Lucker's TV and lake Fork Guy and Outlaw and 80 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: a bunch of these Matt Best like you know, like 81 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: some of these these crazy influencers that I'm in music 82 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: videos with and that some of them are on this 83 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: podcast with and we could all just have a big 84 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: Yege party, play music, have other bands, maybe like Mudding, 85 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: you know, bring your ATV and have like a Mudding 86 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: trail and it would be so fun. And we have 87 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: been putting this off for different reasons. Twenty nineteen had 88 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: a big turn for me in my personal life. Twenty twenty, 89 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: of course, concerts just are not happening that as far 90 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 1: as festivals are concerned because of COVID. So I would 91 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: really hope and expect you're gonna see a EEE fest 92 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, I really hope. So there's a 93 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: couple of ways we could do it. We could do 94 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: multiple EEE fest where we do like an East Coast version, 95 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: a West Coast version, and something right in the middle 96 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: in the Midwest. Or we could just stick with something 97 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: in the Midwest and expect people to come around to 98 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: that and do it for multiple days. Comment below let 99 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: me know which one you would prefer. Will you consider 100 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: making a Christmas CD pretty please? Hashtag ee Yeah. I 101 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: screenshoted this one because I personally won't be making a 102 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: Christmas CD, at least not this year. But we have 103 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: been toying with the idea of Earl Divils Junior doing 104 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: a Christmas song or two or three four and we have. 105 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: I have a lot of Earl Christmas song ideas and 106 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: I think it would be so fun. So the reason 107 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: I screenshoted this and wanted to answer it is because 108 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: I would love for Earl to have a Christmas song. 109 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: I hope that you would too, So let me know 110 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: about that too. Ooh, this is a good one. This 111 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: is a good one. What is the most dangerous thing 112 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: you've done? I like that question? Strange, strange, but I 113 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: like it. I'm gonna I'm gonna. I'm gonna go in 114 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: modern history of myself and not go into the teenage 115 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: version of me that we all have. You know, a 116 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,679 Speaker 1: long list of things we could We could say about 117 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: our teenage years, of dangerous things that we've done, but 118 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: then modern history for me, I would love to think. 119 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: I would love to think that the most dangerous thing 120 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: I've done has to involve me going to Iraq and 121 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: playing music. And we did this three times, and each 122 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: time we went, we would travel in helicopters, black Hawk helicopters. 123 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: We would take two black Hawk helicopters. One would have 124 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: me and the band and the other one would have 125 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: our cases and our guitars and gear and drums and 126 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: stuff like that, and we would be there for about 127 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: two weeks each trip, each of the tours, and we 128 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: would play about two shows a day for two weeks. 129 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: So do the math. Sometimes three shows, sometimes one show, 130 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: sometimes three, most of the time two. That's a lot 131 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: of shows. I don't even know exactly how many we played, 132 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: but every day we traveled, so that could be. It 133 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: could be. An average day would be like we're in 134 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: a FOB, a small fob forward operating base where people 135 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: haven't seen music in a while, and maybe they don't 136 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: even have a proper dining facility there, maybe they don't 137 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: even have a proper latrine. We saw some places that 138 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: just had tubes that literally PVC pipe tubes that went 139 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: into the ground and that's where you peede, and that's like, 140 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: that's what they had on base as far as latrine 141 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: was concerned. So we loved going to those kind of places. 142 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: So we would play a concert there right there in 143 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: the dirt, and then the helicopters would come in to 144 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: the LZ. They would pick us up and we would 145 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: go to another gig, and we would go to a 146 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: similar place and we would play the gig and then 147 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: we would stay there in tents. So we'd stay in 148 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 1: the tents. And then that's when it got weird because 149 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: sometimes depending on the flight schedule, because we were like 150 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: the obviously the last on the list of the logistics 151 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: of moving people around for these Blackhawks. So depending on 152 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: the flight schedule, sometimes our flight would leave at two am. 153 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: Sometimes it would leave at like seven am. That was 154 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: mostly early morning, like six, seven, eight am, but sometimes 155 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: we didn't know. Sometimes it was a window, say of 156 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: midnight to three am. Be ready, So we would sleep 157 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: in our clothes with our bags and just lay on 158 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: our bags. And we learned, just like the Army did 159 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: there in the Marines, to fall asleep and lay on 160 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: the bag as a pillow and be ready. If you 161 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: hear the helicopter, they would wake us up say hey, birds, 162 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: you're rolling in. So with that, to get back to 163 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: the question, there's always a danger when you're flying that 164 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: much twice a day in helicopters in a war zone, 165 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: there's always just a certain amount of danger that goes 166 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: to that. Because we would ask them like how many 167 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: black Hawks go down ever in Iraq? I'm thinking maybe 168 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: one or two, and you'd hear about it on Fox news. 169 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: Now I was wrong. They go down a lot, and 170 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: our news media outlet's just don't report it. You just 171 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: don't because it's it's like it doesn't matter anymore to 172 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: the average civilian as far as a news cycle. So, 173 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: but they do go down a lot. And those those 174 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: men and women that fly those oh gosh, that is 175 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: a there's a lot of tough gigs out there, and 176 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: that's one of them that you don't think about us often. 177 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: Those pilots and those crew chiefs and everybody that flies 178 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: in those black Hawks. It's tough, man. They're like, they're 179 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: like the workhorses of the Middle East for American forces. 180 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: They're just going, going, going, and there's a lot of 181 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: danger to it. There was several times when we had 182 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: really close calls with with shoulder mounted rocket launcher, grenade launchers. 183 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: I can't even think of everything that there's a lot 184 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: of small armed guns that were shot at us. I 185 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: can't even think of everything that was that was fired 186 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 1: at us. But we got a little taste of a 187 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: lot of it, and we would have to shoot flares 188 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: out to distract. We would make all kinds of evase 189 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,199 Speaker 1: of maneuvers. I learned really, really fast that those black 190 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: Hawks could maneuver like crazy. They just go up, you know, 191 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: and I mean it's no roller coaster can compare to 192 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: a black Hawk helicopter. It's like you're sitting there and 193 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: then in a fraction of a second, you're completely vertical 194 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: going straight up, and then it turns like this with 195 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: zero reaction time, and then you could be and there's 196 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: no doors, so you're just you know, you're completely sideways. 197 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: There's the desert right there. You're thank god you're strapped 198 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: in with these five point harness and then you're back 199 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: the other way and you don't even know that you're 200 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: being pursued by some enemy fighter that's trying to kill you. 201 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: So we had several of those experiences. And we also 202 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: had experiences where we actually played concerts and a mortar 203 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: we'd had incoming mortaround into the base and hit close 204 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: to where we were playing, because probably because they could 205 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: hear the music and the enemy could hear the music, 206 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: and we would have to go into a bunker and 207 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: then we'd have to wait for a long time in 208 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: these concrete bunkers for the all clear. All that being said, 209 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: I have to when I tell stories like this, I 210 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: have to say that I don't want to at all 211 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: tell a story like this and try to diminish or 212 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: raise myself on a pedestal of look how scary this was, 213 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: because there's men and women that do this daily. Is 214 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: part of their job, that's just what they do. And 215 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 1: so for me to come in and say I did 216 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: two weeks as nothing, So let me just throw this 217 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: out there that that was probably the most dangerous thing 218 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: I've done, is those series of shows, those series of travels, 219 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: But it does not compare to the people that actually 220 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: do it for a living, and that's part of their lives. 221 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: Because I remember when those when those black Hawks would 222 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: land and we would jump off, and we had to 223 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: jump off fast because their schedule was so tight there 224 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,439 Speaker 1: to another mission. And I remember a couple of times 225 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:09,239 Speaker 1: after these crazy maneuvers, after the crazy incoming and RPGs 226 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: are coming in and we're dropping flares, crazy maneuvers, they 227 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: drop us off. We get off on the LZ and 228 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: we're moving and I look back. Those birds are already gone. 229 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: They're going right back into Baghdad, right back into the 230 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: hell zone. And I'm just thinking, God bless them, man, 231 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: God bless them. They're just going right back where they 232 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: came from because that's their job. So yeah, I love 233 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: talking about that subject. And to Colin from Instagram, it's 234 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: probably the most dangerous thing I've done. I'm gonna take 235 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: quick break. 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I love answering these questions 271 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: for you guys, And here's one that says, have you 272 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 1: ever thought about coming to Canada's prairies. I know you 273 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: have a lot of fans here, and I screenshot of 274 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: this because I was like, we've played Canada a lot 275 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: and I've never heard, specifically someone say, have you ever 276 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: thought about coming to Canada's prairies. I actually don't even Jeff, 277 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: I don't even know what that means. I mean, I'm 278 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: assuming you're talking east of Calgary. When the mountains start, 279 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: You're talking about going east where the prairies are? You 280 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: guys got to help me with this. But regardless, Jeff, 281 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: we love playing Canada. Some of my favorite fans. I 282 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: feel like we've played coast to coast in Canada. Not 283 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: nearly enough, but we have played coast to coast on 284 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: several tours, and so, yes, Buddy, count me in for 285 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: Canada's Prairies. Here's a question that says, is there gonna 286 00:17:56,359 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: be Earl Dibbles junior songs on this new album? Yes, Buddy, Yes, Yes. 287 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: The So the album as a whole, there's a lot 288 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: of songs on it. There's going to be three Earl 289 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: Devils junior features. I'll go ahead and tell you now 290 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 1: two of them. This is exclusive podcast information two of 291 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 1: them are just Earl, so it's like your typical earl 292 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: like you did City Boy, Stuck and Comfortable Song and 293 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: Countryble We Love and America Don't Tread on Me Is. 294 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: There's two of those, and then there's one where he's 295 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 1: with Granger with me. It's always weird speaking third person, 296 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: but when he's with me, like in Holler when he 297 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: comes in at the bridge. You're gonna learn a lot 298 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: more about this in the next month, but dude, I'm excited. 299 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: Earl songs are always so fun immediately to add them 300 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: to a show, a live concert, it's because we could. 301 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: They're There's so many other songs that really depend on 302 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: if the crowd knows them and if the crowd is 303 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: going to sing along, if they're familiar with the new 304 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: song yet. But Earl doesn't matter. Like we could play 305 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: an Earl song tomorrow. You've never heard it, we've never 306 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: played it, and it's just going to work. So I'm 307 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: really excited about that. And as far as a live 308 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: show is concerned, here's a question from Holden Anderson. It says, 309 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: what is the most you've missed out from being Let 310 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: me read this again, what is the most you have 311 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: missed from being out on tour, And I'm assuming what 312 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: is the most you've missed from being out on tour. 313 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: I'm assuming you're talking about the stuff at home, Like 314 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: what have I had to skip because I'm on the 315 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: road touring and that is that has always been a 316 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 1: struggle with not only me but my band and crew. 317 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: It's a sacrifice we make. And there is a Garth 318 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 1: Brooks song called not Lament. It's an unknown album cut 319 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: song night Writer's Lament and a man I've always loved 320 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: that song because it just talks about this cowboy that's 321 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: that's out on on on a drive with his few 322 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: cowboy loner buddies, and he gets a letter from home 323 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: and he reads it and the letter talks about his 324 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: old girl is now married and she's doing great, and man, 325 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: you really you really missed the boat when you didn't 326 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: come back, and and you get all you get this 327 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 1: sad feeling like, man, he sacrificed a really cool life 328 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: and a really cool girl all for this life is 329 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: being a cowboy. But then when he gets to the bridge, 330 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: it says, ah, but they've never seen the northern lights, 331 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: They've never seen a hawk on the wind. They've never 332 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: spent spring in the Great Divide, and they've never heard 333 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: Old camp Cookie sing. And it gives me chills just 334 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: thinking about it. It's like you sacrifice such a normal 335 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: life to be on the road, but there's certain things 336 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: you get out of it that are worth it. And 337 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: that's the way I feel about touring. I've missed a 338 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: lot in my life. I've had to sacrifice a lot, 339 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: but it's not all in vain. Like if it was 340 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: in vain, I wouldn't do it anymore. I would quit. 341 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: But there's there's things that we get. There's smiles that 342 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: we see, There's there's hugs that we're able to give. 343 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: There's lives that we can foreseeably change with music and 344 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: with touring, and we're making memories. All those helicopter stories. 345 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: I just told you that that doesn't happen without touring. 346 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: If I'm if I'm safe and i'm home and I'm 347 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: living my safe, little predictable life, I don't have those stories. 348 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: I don't have a potential to make someone smile on 349 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 1: a bad day, bring someone out of a place that 350 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: they didn't want to be, in a dark place that 351 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 1: been only a music concert on the Saturday Night could 352 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 1: have brought. And this is not at all bragging on me. 353 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: It's a testament to what music and live music and 354 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: touring does. All that being said, buddy, holding your question, 355 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: what is the most you have missed from being out 356 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: on tour? Man, I've missed. I've missed countless birthdays for 357 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: my kids, my wife, I've missed anniversaries. I've missed every 358 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 1: single wedding from everybody you could possibly imagine that I've 359 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: had from high school and college, and we all have 360 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: and that has just been part of that's been part 361 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: of the sacrifice. We just don't go to weddings because 362 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: weddings are on Saturday nights and we're playing. That's when 363 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: we're making money, that's when we work. That in comparison, 364 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: Saturday night to me is your Monday afternoon. Like that's 365 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: your work day, that's the day you gotta go. You 366 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: gotta go to work, you got to clock in on Monday. 367 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: That's just when you go. I gotta clock in on 368 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 1: Saturday night. And with that, my choice is I'd say, hey, 369 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: sorry tour, sorry band, sorry crew. I got a buddy 370 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: from college and he's getting married, and I'm going to 371 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: go be at that wedding, and some of you listening 372 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 1: might think, well, that would be the noble thing to do. 373 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: That's your buddy, But where do you draw the line 374 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: and where do I say I have an obligation with 375 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 1: my band and crew to play this show or with 376 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 1: my fans to play this show. At what point do 377 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: I start saying no to a buddy or at what 378 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: level of friendship does he need to be if I'm 379 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: going to say yes to his wedding man Johnny Wazenski, 380 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 1: my bass player, I missed his wedding because we had 381 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: a show that night and we had to get a 382 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: fill in bass player. I'm not trying to be mean, 383 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 1: are are cynical or crude by any means. That's just 384 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: what we signed up for. And we don't skip. We 385 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,959 Speaker 1: don't skip touring to stay home and go to birthday 386 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: parties and weddings. Now, all that being said, we try 387 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: our hardest to be as present as possible when we 388 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 1: are home and when we are with our friends and 389 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: make up for it. And when my kid has a 390 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: birthday on a Thursday night and I'm gone, when I'm 391 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 1: come home Sunday, we're doing a birthday party and we're 392 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: gonna make it big and we're gonna make it special. 393 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna FaceTime on that Thursday, and I'm gonna 394 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: send them secret notes that they're hidden in the room 395 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: that they're gonna find under their pillow. I'm going to 396 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: I'm going to go try to go an extra mile 397 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: on those days to make up for it. But unfortunately 398 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: that's part of the sacrifice. That's a good question. Here, 399 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: here's one speaking of cowboys. When are you coming to Wyoming? Buddy? 400 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: If you're listening to this in real time on Monday, 401 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: when this podcast comes out, I'm coming to Wyoming Thursday. 402 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: In three days, I'll be driving to Wyoming. So we're 403 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: going Cheyenne this coming Thursday. So we are touring here 404 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: and there. It's sparse, but we are here and there. 405 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: Iceberg ask, what kind of music making software do you use? 406 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 1: And I'm assuming you're talking about recording. You say music 407 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 1: making software, I'm assuming you're talking about audio recording software, 408 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: and that is pro Tools. It's what I'm using right 409 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: now for this podcast. Directly behind this camera, I'm running 410 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: my laptop and I'm running pro Tools, and it's recording 411 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 1: this microphone into pro Tools. It is a software recording 412 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: that I have used since two thousand and three. I 413 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: believe I've used pro Tools for seventeen years, y'all. I 414 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: was using it when it was old and black and white, 415 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: and it was great back then. I was going to say, 416 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: when it's old, black and white, not that good, but hey, 417 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: it was great in comparison, Like it was always, it's 418 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: always been top of the line, you know, cutting edge technology. 419 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: It's always it's always been very user friendly, which is 420 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 1: what I love about pro Tools. But if you guys 421 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: are thinking about it, it's kind of the industry standard too. 422 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: There's just a few others that people use, and the 423 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: industry standard is typically pro Tools. So if I'm recording 424 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: in pro Tools, I could send it to a buddy 425 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: who's going to put a guitar down in pro Tools, 426 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: and I could send it to my other buddy who's 427 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: going to mix it in pro Tools, and my other 428 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: buddy who's going to edit in pro Tools. So most 429 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 1: people use. It's industry standard, and if it's not, if 430 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: someone's not using it, you could easily bounce down to 431 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 1: wave files and send them that for the software that 432 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,479 Speaker 1: they're using. But I'm a big, big advocate for it, 433 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: and I've used it for seventeen years and a lot 434 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 1: of albums. Every album you've ever heard, every vocal you've 435 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: ever heard has come from my computer on pro Tools, 436 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: different versions. Here's one. I'm take a break in a minute, 437 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: and so I don't want to get into this is 438 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: a good one. Both of these back to back are good. 439 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 1: So here's Mike. He says, when are the new songs 440 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: coming out? So I'll reiterate one more time that the 441 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: album is coming out in September. There will meet, there 442 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: will be more after that. That announcement's coming on August 443 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: the twenty eighth, where you're going to get two new 444 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 1: songs on August the twenty eighth, and then you'll on 445 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 1: that same day you'll get the announcement of how and 446 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: why and when the rest of the music is coming. 447 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: Joe says, will your new album have any previously released singles? 448 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: Much love this bump, Joe. It will have one song 449 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:13,360 Speaker 1: on the digital that you know, and that's that's why 450 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: I love Dirt Roads. So that will be the only 451 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: song on the digital release. That's Spotify and Apple Music 452 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: and Pandora and all the other digital platforms. Uh, that 453 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: will only have that's why I love Dirt Roads, that 454 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 1: you know, but the physical, the actual CD which is 455 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: not coming out yet, it's that's that's a little bit 456 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: later announcement that come soon that will have Holler and 457 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: that's why I love Dirt Roads featuring Leathan Warlick on 458 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: the CD. So the CD will have all of that. 459 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: We'll have all the new songs plus those. So we 460 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: didn't think you needed to get it on did you 461 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: didn't didn't need it to get anything that existed already 462 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: on digital because you're already having digitals right there. But 463 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: for the collector's item, which is basically what CDs are 464 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: these days, are collector's items, it'll have some extra stuff. 465 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to get to some of these ooh, these 466 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: deeper ones quick bread. This episode's brought to you, guys 467 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: by raycon Earbuds. 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Then the negativity is more from social media, 502 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: from people you know, commenting hate on social media, and 503 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: it's even that is rare, And I maybe it's rare 504 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: because I don't look for it and I don't want 505 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: to deal with it. I just try to skip over 506 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 1: it and I don't see especially in country music, there's 507 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: a lot that there's not a lot of negative reviews 508 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: in the media because everyone pretty much plays nice or 509 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: they just don't talk about it at all. It's like 510 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 1: the old grandma saying, if you don't have anything nice 511 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: to say, don't say anything at all. But I can't 512 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: I'd be lying to if I didn't say that there 513 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: are times when I make a post or put out 514 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: a video, or put out a song and scroll past 515 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: good comments looking for a bad one. And I don't 516 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: know what it is about human nature that makes us 517 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: want to look for a fight or drive around looking 518 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: for looking for trouble. This is basically what it is 519 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,239 Speaker 1: when you're on social media just scrolling, you're basically that's 520 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: the old days, are driving around looking for trouble. And 521 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is about human nature that 522 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 1: makes you makes that that little bit of that little 523 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,479 Speaker 1: the little spark in the brain that goes, so I'm 524 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: gonna find something bad, like, oh, one good, one good, 525 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: one good, one good, this is the worst all perfect. 526 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: Was this guy saying what he's saying about how bad 527 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: this song is. It takes practice to get away from that, 528 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: to get out of that habit, to try to avoid that, 529 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: but needless to say, it does happen. So I took 530 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: this this little poster off my brother's wall next door, 531 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 1: and it's kind of hard to read because it's gold 532 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: and it's it's got glares on it. But Theodore Roosevelt, 533 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,239 Speaker 1: who I've spoken about many times in this podcast, who 534 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 1: I have tattooed on my arm, dear mighty things, on 535 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: my left arm. He speaks to that. He speaks to 536 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 1: your question, dude, He speaks to exactly what you're saying, 537 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: how do you deal with a negative review? And this 538 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: is what Theodore Roosevelt would say. It's called it was 539 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 1: a speech made, and the speech has been commonly titled 540 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: the Man in the Arena, And it says, it is 541 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: not the critic who counts, not the man who points 542 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer 543 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:08,280 Speaker 1: of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs 544 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 1: to the man that's actually in the arena, whose face 545 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 1: is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, 546 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,799 Speaker 1: who errs, who comes short again and again, because there 547 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: is no effort without error and shortcoming. But who does 548 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:31,560 Speaker 1: actually strive to do the deeds, who does great enthusiasms, 549 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: the great devotions, who spins himself in a worthy cause, 550 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: who at the best knows in the end the triumph 551 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:43,280 Speaker 1: of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, 552 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,360 Speaker 1: at least he fails, why daring greatly so that his 553 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: place shall never be with those cold and timid souls 554 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: who know neither victory nor defeat. Good Old Teddy. I 555 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,400 Speaker 1: could not have said that any better. So how do 556 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: you deal with a negative review? You know, listen to 557 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,360 Speaker 1: it unless they're in the arena with you, blood, sweat 558 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: and tears, fighting right there alongside of you. Those are 559 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: the people you listen to. You can name those people, 560 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,319 Speaker 1: each of you on this podcast listening and me, we 561 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:16,800 Speaker 1: could all name on one or two hands the people 562 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: that are in the arena with us, fighting our battle 563 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: with us, right and if you're not, if you're not there, 564 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: So say, for instance, me if I put out a 565 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: song and there's some random dude up high in the 566 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: bleacher seats, and the analogy of the arena, the gladiator arena, 567 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,880 Speaker 1: as Roosevelt was thinking, there's a dude up in the 568 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 1: nosebleeds and he goes, oh, I don't like it. I 569 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 1: can't hear you. I can't hear you down here because 570 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 1: I'm fighting a battle and the floor of the arena 571 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: and there's men that want to kill me, and we're 572 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: all fighting and sweating and bleeding, and there's a few 573 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:55,240 Speaker 1: guys with me here fighting with me. We got swords 574 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,600 Speaker 1: and shields, and you know, but that guy, those Bleeds 575 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 1: who just came in to watch the fight. I'm sorry, dude, 576 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,319 Speaker 1: I'm I can't listen to you. I can't. I can't 577 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: even hear you. So that's not me. That's not a singer, 578 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:13,360 Speaker 1: that's not a country singer. Or this is life. This 579 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,359 Speaker 1: is so many things in life. This can apply you, 580 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 1: name it, plug it in. It applies to you in 581 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 1: your life. Boom the next one. Do you ever struggle 582 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 1: with self confidence? Yes? Yes, that's an easy answer. That's 583 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,719 Speaker 1: an easy question, easy answer, But it's much more complicated 584 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:38,320 Speaker 1: than that. Do you ever struggle with self confidence? Daily? 585 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:41,799 Speaker 1: I wake up in the morning and I deal with it, 586 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: and there's there's voices in my head in the morning 587 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 1: when the first thing I gonna wake up says you're 588 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: not good enough today. You're not good enough to be 589 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 1: where you are. You think you have a podcast? What 590 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 1: a joke? If you have you heard Joe Rogan. You 591 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,800 Speaker 1: know how many followers he has, how many listeners? Yours 592 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:59,320 Speaker 1: is a joke. You're not good enough? Why would anyone 593 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 1: this podcast thing is going to go away. You got 594 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,319 Speaker 1: a couple sponsors on this episode. Good for you, it's 595 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 1: gonna go away. You probably won't have them next week. 596 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: This goes on and on and on until you learn 597 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,319 Speaker 1: to silence that internal voice. And as we spoke about 598 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 1: the critic and the last question, the biggest critic is yourself. 599 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: And you got to beat yourself. You got to be 600 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,239 Speaker 1: better than you were yesterday. And a lot of times 601 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,840 Speaker 1: that silencing that voice that wants to tell you you're 602 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 1: not good enough. So it's a daily struggle. It's a 603 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 1: daily struggle to not scroll through Instagram and look for 604 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: negative comments. It's a daily struggle to silence the voice 605 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 1: that wants to tell me that I'm not good enough 606 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,600 Speaker 1: to be here, I'm not good enough. I struggled for 607 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:45,360 Speaker 1: a long time, and I think I could honestly say 608 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,640 Speaker 1: I probably probably not. I probably can't say this yet, 609 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: but I did struggle. And I remember the first time 610 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 1: I felt this feeling. It was when I was going 611 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: to Texas A and M and I had a song 612 00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:01,400 Speaker 1: that was that was locally popular called we Bleed, and 613 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,799 Speaker 1: it was about the school, Texas A and M University, 614 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 1: and it went it went a little bit viral back then. 615 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,839 Speaker 1: It was in two thousand and six enough that I 616 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: was able to move some product, move some songs. The 617 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 1: little albums EP and then I was able to sell 618 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 1: tickets at concerts and get a bunch of people there, 619 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: as opposed to the old days when it was like 620 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,800 Speaker 1: forty people. I could actually go in a couple of 621 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,760 Speaker 1: times and see a see if four or five hundred people. 622 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 1: And I remember being out there knowing that I had 623 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,960 Speaker 1: we Bleed Maroon. That was the reason they came. They 624 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,800 Speaker 1: came because I was the guy that sang we Bleed Maroon? 625 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,360 Speaker 1: How do you think that makes me feel? On every 626 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: other song I sing that night? Completely self conscious? All 627 00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 1: I'm thinking is A, I got to hurry up and 628 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,319 Speaker 1: get the we Bleed Maroon? And B what am I 629 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: going to do after that song's over? Like? How am 630 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 1: I going to end the show? If that's the song 631 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,280 Speaker 1: they came to hear. So it was a huge struggle, 632 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: and I would think about it song after song. I'd 633 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,520 Speaker 1: be thinking, no one wants to hear this song. I'm sucking. 634 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,719 Speaker 1: I'm not worthy of all these people being here. I'm 635 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 1: disappointing them. I know it. I'm disappointing these people. They 636 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: came to hear one song, and now I'm disappointing them 637 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:19,680 Speaker 1: with all the others Instead I could have been replacing 638 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 1: those thoughts with all Right, I'm gonna try to win 639 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:23,960 Speaker 1: these people over. They came to hear one song. I'm 640 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:25,600 Speaker 1: gonna try to win them over with another song that 641 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,359 Speaker 1: they don't even know. Then they'll leave here a fan 642 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,160 Speaker 1: of that song. But I would be lying if I 643 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,160 Speaker 1: said the voice that won those conversations in my head 644 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 1: was typically the voice that said, you are not worthy 645 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: to be here. You're disappointing these people. You're better hurry 646 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:43,840 Speaker 1: to get to we believe Maroon, and I still feel 647 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,760 Speaker 1: that voice. It's gotten a lot better, a lot better. 648 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,400 Speaker 1: I would say ninety five percent of the shows I 649 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: play now I'm able to enjoy them and play them 650 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,880 Speaker 1: song by song and actually enjoy the moment and be 651 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:56,680 Speaker 1: in the moment with my band and be in the 652 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,240 Speaker 1: moment with the fans. But they're still that five percent. 653 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,839 Speaker 1: I'm in a bigger show, or it's a TV show, 654 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:07,960 Speaker 1: or it's a big arena show than I think. I 655 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: got lucky. I just got lucky. I locked my way 656 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 1: into the show, and I just tricked them. I tricked 657 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,160 Speaker 1: these people into thinking that they should be here to 658 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,319 Speaker 1: hear me, But then they're really going to be disappointed 659 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: and probably end up filing out one by one as 660 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 1: soon as they realized the jokes on them. I just 661 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,239 Speaker 1: trick I'm a con artist and I tricked them into 662 00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:31,239 Speaker 1: coming to this show. So so yeah, I know that's 663 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,960 Speaker 1: a long answer. But do I struggle with self confidence? Absolutely? 664 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: I do. What life advice would you give to a 665 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,480 Speaker 1: young adult that you wished you knew you would have known? 666 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,200 Speaker 1: Let me read that again. Messed that up? What life 667 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,080 Speaker 1: advice would you give to a young adult that you 668 00:40:53,200 --> 00:41:04,719 Speaker 1: wished you would have known? Question by Sierra. And It's 669 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,839 Speaker 1: taken me a lot of years to realize that there's 670 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:17,719 Speaker 1: a story worth reading, worth understanding in the Bible. And 671 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,480 Speaker 1: some of you are going to might maybe be repulsed 672 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:25,000 Speaker 1: by that answer, some of you might agree with that answer, 673 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,200 Speaker 1: and some of you, who I'm probably speaking to, I hope, 674 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:34,239 Speaker 1: are wondering what that means and maybe intrigued by that. 675 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,160 Speaker 1: And I would have to say because a lot of 676 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:38,640 Speaker 1: these questions too were like, Hey, are you going to 677 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,799 Speaker 1: do Amber Dozer devotionals every Sunday morning? Are you going 678 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,720 Speaker 1: to do that? And I'm still really in a place 679 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:48,319 Speaker 1: of figuring out my rhythm right now with this. But 680 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,640 Speaker 1: the truth of the matter is I became a devotional 681 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,799 Speaker 1: junkie a little bit, and I felt like I got 682 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:59,480 Speaker 1: too much into reading Christian devotionals and hearing these beautiful 683 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,840 Speaker 1: verses and a beautiful explanation of the verse and a 684 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,600 Speaker 1: way that that could applied to my life at the time. 685 00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,520 Speaker 1: And I think that's great. But I became a junkie 686 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,560 Speaker 1: about it, and I read every morning and that's what 687 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,000 Speaker 1: I read, that was the extent of it, instead of 688 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:18,319 Speaker 1: actually getting into the Scripture itself and digging in. And 689 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 1: when I did that, I stopped devotionals. I stopped the 690 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:28,359 Speaker 1: influence from man altogether, from preachers and worship leaders and 691 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:32,000 Speaker 1: devotionals and books and podcasts, and I got away from 692 00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,800 Speaker 1: all of it, and I just went into the word itself, 693 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:40,040 Speaker 1: the Scripture itself. Starting at the beginning, I actually read 694 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:45,759 Speaker 1: the complete New Testament, first discovered all the beauty of 695 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,759 Speaker 1: the New Testament, all the missing pieces. I heard it 696 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:52,600 Speaker 1: described one time. It's like a beautiful scripture is like 697 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,239 Speaker 1: a pearl, and you hold it out in front of you, Oh, 698 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:58,680 Speaker 1: God so loved the world, or you have these beautiful 699 00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,840 Speaker 1: verses and it's a beautiful pearl. But then when you 700 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:05,400 Speaker 1: read it all in context and read why for instance, 701 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:09,680 Speaker 1: John said three sixteen, and why Paul said all the 702 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:15,200 Speaker 1: beautiful things he says in Romans and Corinthians, you you 703 00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:19,920 Speaker 1: feel the entire string of all the pearls laid out 704 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:21,640 Speaker 1: in front of you, and it all just makes sense. 705 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,879 Speaker 1: And so that's been my journey for a while now. 706 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:31,400 Speaker 1: For this whole year, it's just been avoiding devotionals. And 707 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:36,480 Speaker 1: it's not that I avoid sermons and preachers, but I 708 00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:42,839 Speaker 1: I start. I start with me and the own word 709 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,919 Speaker 1: and my my own interpretation of the word that I'm 710 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:47,759 Speaker 1: reading right there in the Bible. So now I'm in 711 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:51,520 Speaker 1: the Old Testament, for example, and I'm like, wow, this 712 00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:53,719 Speaker 1: is all like all the dots are going to have 713 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:57,120 Speaker 1: I've gone to Sunday School since i was a little kid. Guys, 714 00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,640 Speaker 1: but I know all the stories. I know no one 715 00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:01,839 Speaker 1: they are. I know Moses and the Ten Commandments. I 716 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:05,520 Speaker 1: know these stories. But when you connect them and you 717 00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:08,520 Speaker 1: create the timeline and you read it as an adult, 718 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:13,879 Speaker 1: and you read it without someone preaching in your ear 719 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:18,440 Speaker 1: or without a devotional telling you to turn to this page, 720 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,840 Speaker 1: you just start and it's like, oh my god, this 721 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,680 Speaker 1: story is literally, Oh my god, this story is amazing 722 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:32,720 Speaker 1: and it's changing my life again. I feel I feel 723 00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:37,000 Speaker 1: like I have died and I've been reborn literally, And 724 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:41,480 Speaker 1: so I'll get I'll get way more into that, and 725 00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:43,920 Speaker 1: as i continue down that path, I'll kind of pull 726 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,920 Speaker 1: more of those little those little pieces out For you, guys, 727 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:51,200 Speaker 1: these are awesome questions. Thank you for asking them. If 728 00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,279 Speaker 1: you have a question, go to your social media of 729 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,960 Speaker 1: choice and hashtag Granger Smith Podcast. Ask me the question. 730 00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,879 Speaker 1: I'll search for it, find it. I'll have guests too 731 00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,479 Speaker 1: coming up soon, and so much more to talk about 732 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:06,400 Speaker 1: with this new album. Love you guys, appreciate you listening. 733 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:07,839 Speaker 1: See you next time.