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Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of Unsigned and Independent with Kevin O'Connell. Basically,

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Speaker 1: this is a prequel to the Bobby cast. This is

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Speaker 1: Kevin seeing artists that are unsigned and trying to make

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Speaker 1: to them before possibly they blow up. This artist name

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Speaker 1: is Charlie Reynolds. So here we are in episode three

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Speaker 1: of this series. Kevin talks to Charlie he saw on

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Speaker 1: She's got Ryan Stone, boots, big guitar, a lot of

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Speaker 1: followers on TikTok and Instagram, but still unsigned and independent,

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Speaker 1: and he wanted to bring this to us this week.

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Speaker 1: So here he is with episode three of Unsigned and Independent.

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Speaker 1: It's Kevin O'Connell. You can follow him on Instagram at

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Speaker 1: kick Off Kevin, and the artist's name is Charlie Reynolds. Hey,

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Speaker 1: it's Kevin O'Connell. Welcome to episode three of Unsigned and Independent.

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Speaker 1: On this episode, we have an artist by the name

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Speaker 1: of Charlie Reynolds. And like Bobby said, I came across

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Speaker 1: Charlie on TikTok, the algorithms must have been doing something

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Speaker 1: right because I was instantly hooked and I knew I

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Speaker 1: had to get her in studio. She's got a series

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Speaker 1: in the studio. On this podcast, you'll be able to

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Speaker 1: hear it and then dive into her story a little bit.

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Speaker 1: She's from Florida, so if you're not following her, go

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Speaker 1: check her out at Charlie Reynolds Music. You can check

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Speaker 1: me out at Kickoff Kevin. I appreciate all the support.

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Speaker 1: I've gotten some messages and I can't thank you guys

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Speaker 1: enough for listening to this podcast. It's been a lot

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Speaker 1: of fun. This is episode three of six, and I

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Speaker 1: get right into social media because that's how I found you.

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Speaker 1: That I came across you, and you're big on TikTok.

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Speaker 1: I just got a TikTok recently. Really, how do you

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Speaker 1: like it? First time? I don't know what I'm doing.

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Speaker 1: So the reason that you're sitting here, unless I would

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Speaker 1: have found you another way, is TikTok. Well, thank you TikTok.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. Yeah. So I came across you on TikTok

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Speaker 1: with Emily Anne and yes, yes, I was playing it

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Speaker 1: your Instagram followers, TikTok has just blown up recently, right

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Speaker 1: m You're up on Instagram seventy six on TikTok um.

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Speaker 1: UM just in great timing. All of it was in

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Speaker 1: Hr sing a song with the word neeon in it? Oh,

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Speaker 1: Thank you killing it on TikTok Instagram. Teach me how

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Speaker 1: to TikTok please, I got you? Kay? Perfect? Yes, alright perfect? Um. Well, Charlie,

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Speaker 1: Thanks a lot. Charlie had a lot of fun. Thanks