1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: What's up everybody. Welcome to the Granger Smith Podcast. Thank 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: you for watching and listening. So much stuff going on 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: here at the EE Farm. We have a truck giveaway. 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 1: My truck we're going to give away to one of you. 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to announce that on October thirtieth. See today's 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: the twenty third. As I record this, we're announcing on 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: October thirtieth. All the details exactly how to do it, 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: how you could be qualified to do it, and how 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: you could actually win this truck right here with me 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: at the EEE Farm. And maybe now that I think 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: about it, maybe we should bring that winner right here 12 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: to this room and get on the podcast. That'd be 13 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: pretty cool. We have a new album coming out. We 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: just released Country Things Volume one. We have Country Things 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: Volume two coming out November twenty seventh, so I'm going 16 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:57,959 Speaker 1: to be talking about that. That will be the completion 17 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: to Volume one, sixteen songs total if you add up 18 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: Volume one and Volume two. We're gonna have the physical copy, 19 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: which is going to be CD and vinyl. So all 20 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: that's coming out on If you can't remember November twenty seventh, 21 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: remember Black Friday is when this is going down and 22 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: that's also the same time, within a few days that 23 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: we give away the truck, all that will be cleared up. 24 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: You could follow this stuff right here on this YouTube page. 25 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: We will be putting out videos not only of the 26 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: information on how you could win that truck, but how 27 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: we're upgrading that Silverado pickup truck. And I'm also going 28 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: to be teasing a lot of these songs. So other 29 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: ways you could follow me. You can follow me on 30 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: cameo dot com. If you want to get like a 31 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: birthday shout out or happy anniversary or a little pep 32 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: talk or whatever, you can find me on cameo dot 33 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: com and I could shoot you a message. It's super simple. 34 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: It's a video message I could send you. You could 35 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: follow on ye nation dot com. This is a exclusive 36 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: fan club that we started. It's brand new. Anything that 37 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: I feel is super exclusive that I don't want to 38 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: tell everybody all at once, I'm putting on ye nation 39 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: dot com. So go check that website out, and then 40 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: everything else, ye Apparel, everything we have going on, all 41 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: the stuff we got cooking is on yee dot com. 42 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of dot coms and all this stuff. 43 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: If you can't tell I have had so much dagam 44 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: iced tea. I'm completely hopped up on iced ta and 45 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna finish this. I'm gonna go film some Earldibbles Junior, 46 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: dip them and pick them, and then I'm gonna go 47 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: right across over here to the EE garage and work 48 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: on Earldibbles old truck that I'm doing with Butch and Bull. 49 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: We're building this truck from scratch. We took it down 50 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: all the way to the frame and we're building it 51 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: all the way back up. It's it's been such a 52 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: fun series that we're putting out on YouTube. I think 53 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 1: we're like we're into like part sixteen on this series 54 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: building this truck. So so much fun stuff going on, 55 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: and I'm glad that you guys joined me on this 56 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: podcast this morning. I want to talk about something that 57 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: I get asked a lot, and I think it's it's 58 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: finally time to really get into detail about it. But 59 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: decy is what if you want to learn guitar? What 60 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: if you want to learn guitar? And it seems overwhelming 61 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: on how in the world you even know where to 62 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: buy a guitar or how to learn or what how 63 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: do you how do you get started if you want 64 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: to play guitar, and I could give you my best 65 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: advice on that. I could tell you what I've done 66 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: and what I did to learn guitar at the time, 67 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: and I think it worked for me and I think 68 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: it could work for you. If anything you hear today 69 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: adds value to your life in any way, I would ask, 70 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: because this is free to listen to on all fourmats, 71 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: I would ask that you just tell a friend and 72 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: you subscribe, comment, spread the message in all these ways. 73 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: I mean, just hitting that little like button right here 74 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: below this page is huge to making this podcast grow. 75 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: Subscribing to whatever page you're watching or listening to right 76 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: now is huge to making this podcast grow. And even 77 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: bigger than those two things, even bigger is telling a friend. 78 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: If someone says, hey, where'd you where'd you get that from? 79 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: You go? Uh, Granger Smith told me on his podcast 80 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: over there, the Greater Smith Podcast, So that that that 81 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: is awesome. That's my only price for you today listening 82 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: to this, and I hope, I hope you can get 83 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: some from it. We're gonna dig deep, We're going for 84 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: it right now. Welcome to Granger Smith Podcast. Ye ye 85 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: did chids in DC un times and so long line 86 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: I'm fool up and down on back Ranger coage. Yeah 87 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: that gation. If you're new to this podcast, I'm getting 88 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: these questions from you guys at Granger Smith Podcast at 89 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: gmail dot com. So if you want to ask me 90 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: anything under the sun, everything is is okay to ask. 91 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: If you listened listened before you could you could tell 92 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: that there are three lighthearted questions. There's very deep questions. 93 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: There's questions about life, there's questions about music. Whatever you have, 94 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: email me Grangersmith podcast at gmail dot com. I'll read 95 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: your question, include your name and where you're from. I'll 96 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: read the question on the podcast and answer it the 97 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: best I can, and I have them right here. I'm 98 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: gonna kind of flip through so it makes it somewhat random, 99 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: and go right here to Stephanie. And this question says, 100 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 1: Hey Granger, my name is Stephanie. I'm from South Dakota. 101 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: I just wanted to start off by saying I love 102 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: your music and a door watching your family on the Smiths, 103 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: I was wondering how you choose songs that are on 104 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: the radio. What makes you think, oh, this song is 105 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: going to be a great hit. Also, are there any 106 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: of your older songs that, whenever you think of them, 107 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: you think, Man, I wish I would have written that 108 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: different or change the lyrics to this. Your song Tractor 109 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: means the world to me. It was played at my 110 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: grandpa's funeral and there is not a dry eye when 111 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: it was played because it fit him to tea. October 112 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: sixteenth will be a year since we lost him. It 113 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: was an amazing He was an amazing man, and I 114 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: bet that him and your dad would have had some 115 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: interesting conversations. I've been struggling since he passed, but listening 116 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: to you and Amber talk about lost love and faith 117 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: has helped me move forward through this time and be 118 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: grateful and all the time that I did get to 119 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: spend with him while he was here. Thank you for 120 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: being open and honest in this crazy world we live in. 121 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: I cannot wait for Country Things Volume two. Ye Ye. 122 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: Thank you Stephanie so much. Shout out to South Dakota. 123 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to the music and watching me 124 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: and my family on the Smiths on our YouTube channel. 125 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: And you have a couple questions here, so I'll dive 126 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: in with the first question on how a chew songs 127 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: for the radio. And that's an interesting question, often misunderstood 128 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: if you're not in the music business, and it's complicated, 129 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: and I wish that it wasn't. And to be honest 130 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: with you, Stephanie, this is the most frustrating subject in 131 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: my career is country music radio songs that go to radio, 132 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: what determines a single, and the possibility of skipping over 133 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: the songs, or at least not talking about them as much, 134 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: at least not making music videos of the songs in 135 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: between the radio singles on the albums. And it's tough 136 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: because you mentioned Tracter that song, just like you said, 137 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: for you, that song's very special for me. I wrote 138 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: it about my dad after he passed away in twenty fourteen. 139 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: It was on my album Remington, and it means so 140 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 1: much to me that actually I've only played it a 141 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: few times at shows, and it's difficult for me to 142 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: play that song because it was about my dad and 143 00:08:55,400 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: it's so close to me, the story of him through 144 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: those lyrics and through that melody. It's one of my 145 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: favorite music videos we've ever done. If you haven't seen 146 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: that music video, please take a look at it. Because 147 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: I poured my heart into it. It's the music video 148 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 1: kind of goes through the song itself visually and talks 149 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: about my dad. And then we had to use an 150 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: actor to play my dad, and so that actor I 151 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: picked my dad's best friend. So these guys were inseparable. 152 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: They were childhood buddies, they grew up together, they were 153 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: friends all through adult life. They had children at the 154 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: same time, and it was they were so close, and 155 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: they dressed the same, they talked the same, they had 156 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: the same interest and so being able to use Steve 157 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: in the music video playing my dad makes it even 158 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:03,439 Speaker 1: more special to me, and it makes him visually, really, 159 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: if you know, my family really hits home with that 160 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: music video. And also my son, Lincoln is in that 161 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: music video and he's a baby, and it's a really, 162 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: I think, a really good tie together with Lincoln and 163 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: Steve Lincoln. My son was three months old when my 164 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: dad died, so my dad knew him for three months 165 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: and Lincoln will never be able to remember that, and 166 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: so there's an interesting tie between those two. So thank 167 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: you for bringing up that song, because that's a perfect 168 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: example of a song that the rest of the world, 169 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: the casual country music listener probably would never hear unless 170 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: you're a fan of me. But what the casual fan 171 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: of country music would here is my radio singles. And 172 00:10:55,880 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: I've had a handful of independent, really independently, really least 173 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,959 Speaker 1: radio singles that I put out in regional radio when 174 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: I lived when I was just marketing to the state 175 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: of Texas and Oklahoma. And then I have a handful 176 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: of songs that we worked at national radio, starting with 177 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: back Road Song in twenty fifteen. That was my first 178 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: national radio single. My first regional radio single was Colorblind, 179 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: And one day, I promise you I will be a 180 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 1: whistleblower on this whole process. And I've actually had dreams 181 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: of being the whistleblower to the whole process because it's 182 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: it's frustrating and it's devastating to the artist. But in 183 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: a lot of ways, it's a necessity to try to 184 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: get your music to more people, and ultimately that's you know, 185 00:11:55,840 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways. I can't speak for me personally, 186 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: but in a lot of ways, artists have the goal 187 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: of reaching more people. Who who wouldn't want their music 188 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: to get to more people. No one really says I 189 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: want to grow to a certain amount of fans and 190 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: then I want to stop right there and I don't 191 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 1: want to gain anymore. I want to just have those 192 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: fans and never get any more. So you get what 193 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: I'm saying. It's like any business. You have a concrete company, 194 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: you want to increase your client base, and that's what 195 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: songs are for musicians. So what we have to do 196 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: is we have to pick one and then we have 197 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: to pitch that to radio, and radio can only when 198 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: we give them one. They can only play that one 199 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: if they want to play right, If they pick another 200 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: one and decide to play that, it hurts the current single. 201 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: And if it hurts the current single, then the current 202 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: single will never move up the charts because radio stations 203 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: look at each other's playlist and they share them together. 204 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: And so we need to be unified on one song, 205 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: so that the radio stations across the country in the 206 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: world are unified on one song because as they each 207 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: contribute their amount of spins, those spins are counted and 208 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: that counts for the chart system, which you guys might 209 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 1: know as the Billboard chart where a song starts going 210 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: up the chart, and that's based on spins per market 211 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: per radio station. So we have to focus on one. 212 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: So here's the problem. There's a lot of problems, but 213 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: here's one of them. Say Philadelphia jumps on this song early, 214 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: the current radio single from me, and they start playing it, 215 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: but Portland, Oregon, they're not sure yet, or they're too full, 216 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: maybe their playlist is too full because they can only 217 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: play so many songs in one day, so they want 218 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: to wait a little bit longer. And then Boston jumps in, 219 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: and then Louisville, Kentucky, jumps in on it, and then 220 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: and then Fort Lauderdale jumps on it. But Portland's still 221 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: not playing it. So then six months goes by and 222 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: Portland goes, Okay, we're ready. We think this song's a hit. 223 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: So they start playing it. But now, guess what, Philadelphia's 224 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: been playing it for six months, and it's getting to 225 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: be a little bit old to them. So it's brand 226 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: new in Portland, it's old in Philadelphia. And you got 227 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: to get them all to keep on playing it. So 228 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: it keeps going up to chart, and some stations say, 229 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to play it till say Detroit will 230 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: throw that out there. SA Detroit says, we don't want 231 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: to play it until it's top thirty. On the chart. 232 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: So Detroit's not even going to touch it until it 233 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: gets the top thirty. And so you need Portland to 234 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: start playing it. You need Philadelphia to stay active on it. 235 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: You need Fort Lauderdell to start increasing their spins on 236 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: it so that it gets top thirty. So Detroit adds it. 237 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: Then Detroit adds and they're brand new on it and 238 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: they're eight months in. But Philadelphia, now they're eight months 239 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: old with the you know what I mean, it's a 240 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: huge problem. And and my my fan base is thinking, yeah, 241 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: we've heard this song for eight months now, he's still 242 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: talking about it. And that's why you might hear an artist, 243 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: a major artist that's keeps talking about the same song 244 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: on Instagram and you've heard it a million times, but 245 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: he's still or she's still talking about it. It's because 246 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: they still got to get these other stations on board. 247 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: So by the time this whole process is done today 248 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: and today today's world, it's like it's it's like a 249 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: year's process, like fifty weeks or more. So by the 250 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: time that year goes by, you've been pumping one song, 251 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: You've got all the stations, it's peaked out at whatever 252 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: position on the chart, and then then you have to 253 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: decide should we release another single from this album or 254 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: I already have all these new songs written, maybe we 255 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: should just put up a new album. And it's a 256 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: big dilemma. Then you put out a new album and 257 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: then guess what happens. All those songs that you thought 258 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: were good are now old and on the previous record 259 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: and it's super frustrating. How do you fix the problem? 260 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: I mean, there's that's that's another question for another day. 261 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: It's very it's very detailed, and one day, like I said, 262 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: I might maybe I'll write a book about this. And 263 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: it's not one person or one station or one artist problem. 264 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: It's all of them collectively creating a system that's a 265 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 1: monster to the music business. And it's not it's not 266 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: like some people say, like Nashville sucks, Well, it's not Nashville. 267 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: It's collectively everyone cooperating in the same in the same 268 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: system that becomes the problem. So to answer your original question, Stephanie, 269 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: how do you pick it? We just guess. I mean, 270 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: we guess what might work well on radio. We guess 271 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 1: what we might play it for a few people radio 272 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: stations and see if they have a top song out 273 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: of three that we give them, and then what sucks 274 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: is you got to you got to pick the song 275 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: that you know is gonna work well in all fifty 276 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: states of the United States and Canada and Australia and Europe, 277 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: and you it's really hard to find a song that 278 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: works in San Antonio, Texas and every other city you 279 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: could possibly think of. I mean, I mean, you can't. 280 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: You can't sit here and go okay. Sioux Falls works 281 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: with Portland, Maine, which works with Portland, Oregon, which works 282 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: with Miami, Florida, which works with Charlotte, North Carolina, which 283 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: works with Phoenix, with you know, Albuquerque. It just it's 284 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: a crazy mess, and it's a great question, Stephanie. I 285 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: hope that. I hope they kind of got to it 286 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 1: for you here. Let's move on. Next question random It says, Hey, there, Granger. 287 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,239 Speaker 1: Everyone has their own definition of success. Was there a 288 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: moment or time that you felt like you actually made it? 289 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: Just hitting this time in my music career, almost twenty 290 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: five years later, my definition turns out to be much 291 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 1: less glamorous than what I ever expected it to be. 292 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: Thanks man, Love the show, Randy. Awesome question Randy, and 293 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: success is a very volatile word because the reality about 294 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: success is everyone has their own definition and you have 295 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: to almost categorize success in your career, success in family, 296 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: success in life, and those are multi layered, each of those. 297 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: So if you just want to look at career, that's 298 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: one thing, but you might have been a failure in 299 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: your family. If you want to be a success in 300 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: your family, you might be a failure in your career. 301 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: So how do you balance all that? So how you 302 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: define success, Randy is different than your next door neighbor, 303 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: or me, or your mother. So I get this question 304 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: a lot when people ask me when was the time 305 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: you felt like you made it? It's such a It's 306 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: such a common question and yet so difficult to answer 307 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: because whenever I hear that or read that, I always think, well, 308 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: I haven't made it yet. And you might listen to 309 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: the show Randy and think, well, bro, I follow you, 310 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: I listen to your music. You have plaques hanging on 311 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: the wall, you have a podcast, and you've made it, dude. 312 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 1: But I don't think I have and I don't think 313 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: I ever will kick back in the chair in country 314 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: music and go, ha made it. I made it. And 315 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: then even if I did, what would I do? Then 316 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: where would I go from there? Well, why if I 317 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: did make it, what would I Why would I still 318 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: make music? Would it just be for fun? After I've 319 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: made it? Why would I want to put out another 320 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: record just because I can? And so you see the 321 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: interesting problem that occurs with saying I've made it. But 322 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: I could dig in a little bit and say there 323 00:20:55,240 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: are moments in my career when got better are easier. Okay, 324 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: even that creates problems because then you think, well, with more, 325 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 1: a little bit more success, you get a little bit 326 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: more problems. And that is so true. You make a 327 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: little bit more money, you're spending more money every time. 328 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: Every time you make more money in any business, you're 329 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: inevitably also spending more money. And sometimes you can make 330 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: just enough money and spend exactly that amount, and then 331 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: make more money and spend that, so you end up 332 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: not making anything different than you were ten years ago. 333 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: And it's hard to really create a separation between if 334 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: you're a small business like me, creating a separation between 335 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 1: the extra money you're making from a successful business and 336 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: then the extra money then you need to spend to 337 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 1: keep up with that new success that you have. And 338 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: that's as simple as take employees. For example, if I 339 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: if my career grows as a musician and we get 340 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: bigger and better shows, then I have to pay my 341 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: guys bigger and better money. I can't just pay them 342 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: what I paid them when we were in the van 343 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: and say, ah, this is great, we're doing good, we're 344 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: getting good shows, and I have to I don't have 345 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: to pay my guys anything. That's my responsibility to keep 346 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: them relatively moving up with their salaries and their money 347 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: so that that they're joining in on all of this. 348 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: So digging into your question, my definition, as you say, Randy, 349 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: my definition turns out to be much less glamorous than 350 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: what I expected it to be. And that is exactly right, 351 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 1: and that is not any different than anyone else. The 352 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: keyword that you said in that sentence is expected, because 353 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 1: expectation is a dangerous game that you play with yourself, 354 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: and you have to keep your gratefulness higher than your 355 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: expectation at all times because if you don't, then when 356 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: you get to where you thought you had made it, 357 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: where you expected to make it, it's going to be disappointing. 358 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 1: Unless you're a little bit more grateful. And I've said 359 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: this before, but if you're going to have higher expectations, 360 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: you better have really high gratitude. And I don't want 361 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: anyone listen to this podcast to have low expectations in 362 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,959 Speaker 1: their life or their love, or their business or their family. 363 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: You shouldn't have low expectations. You need to have high. 364 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 1: So that requires super high gratitude, and so many people 365 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 1: forget that part of it. They forget that they need 366 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 1: to stack up their gratefulness. The world teaches you to run, 367 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 1: succeed and get up early and fight and claw and 368 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: expect greatness, but the world doesn't always teach you to 369 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: constantly be looking around and grateful where you are right now, 370 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 1: right here, right now. What are you grateful for today? 371 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: And if you have trouble with that question, you should 372 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: seriously consider thinking about it and dissecting that in your brain, 373 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: because if you can't think of what you're grateful for 374 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 1: today right now, you have to go all the way 375 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: back to Huh, I'm grateful that I'm sitting in this 376 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: room in a T shirt, I'm not sweating and I'm 377 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: not cold. Simple as that, I'm grateful for an air conditioner. 378 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,239 Speaker 1: That's keeping this room right around seventy degrees because I've 379 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: been in a lot of situations when I'm really hot 380 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: and sweating and miserable. I've been in a lot of 381 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 1: situations where I'm freezing cold and can't not warm up. 382 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: So right now, I am grateful to beat a T 383 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: shirt and have a normal temperature. Right I mean that 384 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: sounds stupid, but that is how you can find gratefulness 385 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: in everything you do, And if you learn to cultivate 386 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: that gratefulness, then it will start counteracting that high expectation 387 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: that you have. I don't know if I really gave 388 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: you the answer that you wanted, but that's the truth. 389 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: I don't know if I've ever felt like I made it, 390 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: And I could be retired from music one day and 391 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: still not think that. But as long as I have 392 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: a high gratefulness, I'm okay with that. Good question, buddy, 393 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: here's a question from John. He says, Hey, Granger, my 394 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: name is John. I would like to know how you 395 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: come up with song with the song I Kill Spiders. 396 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 1: I also wondered, is the little girl's voice in that 397 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: song your daughter? Like the new album? I can't wait 398 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: for Volume two? God bless you your family, crew and friends. 399 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: Stay safe. John h. Thank you, buddy, thank you for 400 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: those kind words. And I Kill Spiders is on the 401 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: Country Things Volume one album. I wrote that about my 402 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: daughter London, and I wrote it with my buddy Tim Owens, 403 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,199 Speaker 1: who's a dear friend of mine, longtime songwriter with me 404 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: and close friend. And he called me one day here 405 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: at the Yege Farm and he said, Granger, I got 406 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: a great idea for a song. It's called I Kill Spiders. 407 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: That's how he talks. And I said, all right, I 408 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: don't I said, I'm intrigued. I don't know what that means, 409 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: but I'm intrigued. And he said it's basically the idea 410 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: that no matter what I achieve in my life and 411 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: my career, to her, I'll always be the hero. They 412 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: could kill spiders for her figuratively. And I mean, I thought, man, Tim, 413 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: that's an awesome idea. So I went home that day. 414 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 1: I wrote the song probably less than an hour. It 415 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 1: was one of these super easy songs to write. And 416 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: I wrote it from my daughter's perspective because it's just 417 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: such such a cool image to think about the many 418 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: times when she's called me into her room. Because she's scared. 419 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: Maybe there's something she feels like, there's something in the 420 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 1: sheets or under the bed or in the closet or 421 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,479 Speaker 1: on the floor, or maybe there's a cricket climbing up 422 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: the wall. We've all been there, and you come in 423 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 1: as a dad and you're just the hero that takes 424 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: the cricket and throws it outside. And I thought, well, 425 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: you know, what a cool idea for a song. So 426 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: after I finished it, I was in the studio right 427 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: here at the EE Farm actually recording guitars, and I 428 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: felt like there was needed, it needed one more thing 429 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,719 Speaker 1: to that recording, So I called London. She was with 430 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,959 Speaker 1: my mother and I said, hey, can you send me 431 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: some voice memos on your phone of you acting scared? 432 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: So she said yeah, yeah. So she's she loves acting 433 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 1: and pretending and that's that's just way up her ally. 434 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna pull it up right here, and 435 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: so that's the beginning of that song. And she did 436 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: that on one take and I added it to the 437 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: track and I think it made it a lot better. 438 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: So if y'all haven't heard that song, check it out. 439 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: I'm proud of her, and it's something that I'll be 440 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: able to look back on in ten years and hear 441 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: her sweet little voice when she was a little girl, 442 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: and it'll it'll remind me of this time in twenty 443 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: twenty when we were recording at the Yee Farm making 444 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: this album Country Things, and it'll be a very special 445 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: memory for us. Thank you, John, appreciate it, buddy. I'm 446 00:28:53,720 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: gonna take a quick break. You're right back. This next 447 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: question says, Hey Granger, It's Mary from Lowell, Michigan. What 448 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: is some relationship advice your parents gave you whenever you're younger, 449 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: either before or during your time with Amber. Thank you, Mary, 450 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: Iowa State University, Agricultural Engineering. Thank you, Mary. That's a 451 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: good question. And I haven't talked a lot about me 452 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: growing up in my relationship with my parents, but it 453 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: was a good one. I'm very blessed to have had 454 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: some really good parents that were they were very thoughtful 455 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: in their parenting, and they had a good balance of 456 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: protecting us as little boys, the three of us, and 457 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: maybe even more so, preparing us for the world. And 458 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: what I mean is it is more important to prepare 459 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: your children for the world than protect them from that, 460 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: because if you constantly are protecting them from the world. 461 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: They're going to get. The world's going to teach them 462 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: a lesson whether or not you're around or not, and 463 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: so it's better to prepare them. And I feel like 464 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 1: my parents did a good job of preparing us for 465 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: the world. And they were more or less, they were 466 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: pretty strict on us. They disciplined us, they were strict 467 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: on us. We were raising a god fearing home. And 468 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: sometimes during those times, I was, you know, I get 469 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: frustrated and see friends that had more freedom than I did, 470 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: and I'd get get frustrated with that. But then I 471 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: got older and I looked back and I was like, 472 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: oh my god, I'm so glad that they were. They 473 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: were They had a close rope on me. You know, 474 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: they kept us on leash, and that's a good thing. 475 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: That's a good thing. When it came to relationships, they 476 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: encouraged us to date as many people as possible as 477 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: opposed to get stuck in a serious relationship when you're young, 478 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: talking middle school, high school. They would discourage us from 479 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: getting into these serious relationships, which we still did. You know, 480 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: we still did, but I remember Dad would always be like, 481 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: why you do he's still dating her I'm a gradear 482 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 1: I wish she would. Wish you'd date other a lot 483 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: of other girls. There's a lot of other girls you 484 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: just kind of skip around. And what he meant he 485 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: maybe he didn't explain it right to a teenager, but 486 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: what he meant was and what he wanted to see 487 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: from me, is explore all the options. Learn of learn 488 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: all the people you don't want, the kinds of people 489 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: you don't want to date, so that you could narrow 490 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: it down when you get older to exactly what you 491 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 1: need and what you want, instead of wasting two years 492 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 1: of your high school with one girl, and then you 493 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 1: get out of high school and it's like you haven't 494 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: really seen much of the dating world. And Dad also 495 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: worried about me not spending time with my guy friends 496 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: because you're stuck in a relationship. So if you're stuck 497 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:25,719 Speaker 1: every weekend hanging out with his girl watching movies on 498 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: her couch, then you're missing out on really important bonding 499 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 1: time with your buddies. Dad saw that. Dad warned me 500 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: that I didn't always listen to him. I did spend 501 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 1: a lot of time on couches watching movies with you know, girlfriends, 502 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 1: And he was right sometimes you got to get out 503 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: and mess things up with your buddies a little bit, 504 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: you know, bro time you got to do that as well. 505 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: But they were strict when it came to things like 506 00:32:55,120 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: no closed doors inside the house in a relationship. They 507 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: always wanted to know where I was. I always had 508 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: a curfew. I could never just go out and disappear 509 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: and oh, hey, I'm spending the night so somewhere, or 510 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: going camping with a bunch of people, guys and girls. 511 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: They were onto that, and so they were very They 512 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: were very involved when it came to our relationships growing up. 513 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: And when I got out of high school, when I 514 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: left the house, I was out in the real world. 515 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: I was playing music. They still had rules like you 516 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: can't live with a girl. You can't. There was a 517 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 1: lot of things that they didn't want us doing if 518 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: we weren't married, and they stayed honest about that kind 519 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: of stuff, and they would disapprove if we went in 520 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: another direction. So maybe most important of all that is 521 00:33:55,520 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 1: they taught us to love are our partner through their 522 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: example of their love for each other. So that's probably 523 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 1: You asked me, what is some relationship advice your parents 524 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: gave you? What probably more important is what they showed me, 525 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: the relationship advice that they showed me through them and 526 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: their love, and that is the most important thing they 527 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 1: could have done for me. We'll spin through here and 528 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,800 Speaker 1: find another random All right, here we go. This question says, 529 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,959 Speaker 1: Hey Granger. I'm Will from New Hampshire. I saw you 530 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: for the first time at Bernie's in New Hampshire. It 531 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,839 Speaker 1: was awesome, love the show, and it was the second 532 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: time I got to see you. I'm just wondering, do 533 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: you and your band own your staging and do you 534 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,839 Speaker 1: ever go and rent them? I'm just curious and as 535 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 1: how all that works. Ye, thank you Will, good question, man. 536 00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: And when it comes to touring and staging, we you 537 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:07,440 Speaker 1: don't ever own or rent staging until you're really in 538 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: the arena tour level. So arena bands, if you've ever 539 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: been to a big arena concert, the headliner of that 540 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:21,839 Speaker 1: concert is renting that stage. And they've come into that 541 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,480 Speaker 1: empty arena early that morning and they unload their semis 542 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: and they build their stage that's all packed up in 543 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: their semis, and they build it right then and there 544 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: for you, including lights and everything. Everything. It's literally started 545 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,280 Speaker 1: as a basketball or a hockey or a soccer arena, 546 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:44,520 Speaker 1: and they built the concert out of that. And we've 547 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 1: been on tours with guys like Forda, Georgia Line and 548 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,879 Speaker 1: Luke Bryan and Kane Brown that we're all in these 549 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,400 Speaker 1: big arena tours and so I've watched it. Sometimes I 550 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: would get up at seven am just to see the 551 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 1: stage go up. And it takes hours and hours and 552 00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: hours to build and hours and hours and hours to 553 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:04,320 Speaker 1: break down. So these crew guys are the last ones 554 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,759 Speaker 1: to close the doors on the truck late at night, 555 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: that the last ones to go to bed, and they're 556 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,600 Speaker 1: the first ones back up in the next city the 557 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: next morning in the new arena and they're out there. 558 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,799 Speaker 1: First thing they do about seven am or whenever they 559 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,720 Speaker 1: arrive is they go out there with their tape measures 560 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: and their tape and they start taping off the floor 561 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: and measuring and seeing where all the legs of the 562 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:30,759 Speaker 1: staging is going to go. So typically, like you said 563 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:36,000 Speaker 1: you saw me in New Hampshire Bernie's. Typically the at 564 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,440 Speaker 1: a venue like Bernie's, the stage is already there. It's 565 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: already there when you get it. The lights are already hanging. 566 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:45,719 Speaker 1: Festivals that you go to that they provided that stage 567 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 1: or the lighting. It's only in arenas when bands bring 568 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:53,319 Speaker 1: their stage. What we do bring is we bring all 569 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,760 Speaker 1: of our equipment. We bring all of our anything sitting 570 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: on the stage, and that includes risers, the little stages 571 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,360 Speaker 1: that sit on top of the big stage, the lights 572 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,959 Speaker 1: that shine at the people, all the instruments, banners, things 573 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,319 Speaker 1: like that. That's all from the band that came that night. 574 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 1: But that's a good question. Will thank you for that. 575 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:23,320 Speaker 1: Here's a question from Pam. It says, know you've answered 576 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 1: this one hundred times, but how hard is it living? 577 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 1: Excuse me? How hard was it leaving the last place 578 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,319 Speaker 1: that river was alive? I could never imagine what you'll 579 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,400 Speaker 1: have been through. And I have a handicaped son in 580 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:41,360 Speaker 1: a wheelchair and he's nonverbal, and I could never handle 581 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: if something ever happened to him. You and your wife 582 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,719 Speaker 1: are amazing people. I followed you guys on YouTube and 583 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: your channel since forever. My name is Pam. My hometown 584 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:58,320 Speaker 1: is isel Town, Ohio, a little town between Cincinnati and Dayton. 585 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:10,799 Speaker 1: Thank you, Pam. I'm trying to think how to start this, 586 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: but thank you for your kind words. My heart goes 587 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 1: out to you with your nonverbal, handicapped son in a wheelchair. 588 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:28,440 Speaker 1: I can't imagine the difficulty that you have. You've been 589 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:32,439 Speaker 1: through with him, and you say, here, I could never 590 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:37,160 Speaker 1: handle it if something happened to him. I'm here to 591 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:41,840 Speaker 1: tell you, Pam, that you could. You could. And I 592 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:45,799 Speaker 1: know that that's just a it's just it's a way 593 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,120 Speaker 1: of saying it that you typed I could never handle it. 594 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:56,600 Speaker 1: But it's a tremendously beautiful thing what humans could go 595 00:38:56,719 --> 00:39:01,759 Speaker 1: through and what they could persevere through, and the suffering 596 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,840 Speaker 1: that they can handle. And the reason I say that 597 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 1: is because look at history. You look at the horrors 598 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 1: of history and the wars and holocaust and the craziness 599 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 1: of human history, and the one thing that's consistent to 600 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 1: that craziness is the chaos that is bound to happen 601 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: and the suffering. And the other thing that's consistent is 602 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:33,279 Speaker 1: people persevere through it. They always do. They always have 603 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: something very well might happen to your son or someone 604 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 1: else around you. Probably that's just the oddogy that we 605 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: play as humans. And so you say I could never 606 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,240 Speaker 1: handle it, but I'm here to tell you you could. 607 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,839 Speaker 1: I can't tell you how I can't tell you it's 608 00:39:53,880 --> 00:40:02,240 Speaker 1: going to be easy, but you would because you are 609 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 1: apparently very strong, uh, for dealing what you've you've already 610 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 1: dealt with so far, so it could get worse and 611 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:16,960 Speaker 1: you you could handle it. To answer your question specifically, 612 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,040 Speaker 1: was it hard leaving the last place that river was alive? Oh? 613 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:27,360 Speaker 1: My god, yeah, absolutely it was. It was. It's one 614 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,080 Speaker 1: of the worst things in my life to leave, leave 615 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,880 Speaker 1: the place where we raised my little boy who passed away, 616 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:40,080 Speaker 1: and it was. It was terrible. There's not there's not 617 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 1: a there's not an adjective to describe how terrible it was. 618 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:49,719 Speaker 1: But there was one thing worse than that, and that 619 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:55,480 Speaker 1: would have been staying there longer. Because Amber and Not 620 00:40:55,520 --> 00:41:00,319 Speaker 1: talked many times about how we have a million good 621 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:06,000 Speaker 1: memories there and one bad one, and unfortunately, the one 622 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:12,360 Speaker 1: bad one is what forced me to relocate for my 623 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:16,440 Speaker 1: own sanity and for our family's sanity, and for a 624 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 1: restart afresh beginning where we could take what we've learned 625 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:27,440 Speaker 1: and take our love and move forward. And there's a 626 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:31,200 Speaker 1: difference between moving on and moving forward. But the only 627 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:38,640 Speaker 1: way to go is forward and relocating to a new place, 628 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: which we've now done twice. Since then. It was my 629 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:52,080 Speaker 1: only option, regardless of how difficult it was. And that 630 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:57,279 Speaker 1: sums up life in a lot of ways that when 631 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 1: you only have one option, that doesn't matter, matter if 632 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,400 Speaker 1: it's easier or hard, that is your only option and 633 00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,719 Speaker 1: you got to do it. So that's what we were 634 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: faced with. We had a lot of challenges and where 635 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,120 Speaker 1: we were living and moving to a new place was 636 00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,160 Speaker 1: one of the smaller problems we were having at the time, 637 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:24,080 Speaker 1: but nonetheless it was terrible and it was one of 638 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:27,560 Speaker 1: one of the one of the hard things that we 639 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:32,319 Speaker 1: had to deal with out of the darkest time in 640 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:41,600 Speaker 1: my life so far, and we've also grown a lot mentally, spiritually, 641 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:47,239 Speaker 1: the love for each other. And I am a firm 642 00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:52,120 Speaker 1: believer that through that suffering, through any suffering, we grow. 643 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,160 Speaker 1: And in order for anything to grow, it has to 644 00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:59,080 Speaker 1: be broken first, at some level. It needs to be 645 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:05,239 Speaker 1: broken to grow from there. And that's what we did 646 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:08,400 Speaker 1: and that's what we're doing. My heart goes out to you, Pam. 647 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:10,880 Speaker 1: It sounds like you have a challenge on your hands, 648 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:15,359 Speaker 1: unthinkable challenge, and my prayers go to you. Thank you 649 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:28,640 Speaker 1: for emailing the show. This question comes from Stephanie says 650 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,920 Speaker 1: Hey grangeer, my name is Stephanie, and it said hang 651 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:33,920 Speaker 1: on a second, let me let me read. Let me 652 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,279 Speaker 1: correct myself as I'm reading. Like I said, I read 653 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,520 Speaker 1: these just off the cuff. I don't prep these at all. 654 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,520 Speaker 1: I read them off the cuff. So let me phrase this. 655 00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:43,560 Speaker 1: Let me read it exactly how she said it. Hey granger, 656 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:51,480 Speaker 1: my name is Stephane, not Stephanie Stephane. So figured if 657 00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:54,560 Speaker 1: I at least I can get a shout out. I'm 658 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:57,920 Speaker 1: from a tailgate town called Windover, Ontario, in Canada, and 659 00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,960 Speaker 1: I was wondering if we would see a song featuring 660 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:04,360 Speaker 1: Donnie Cowboy, maybe he could even team up with Earl Dibbles. 661 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:08,319 Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan. New album is awesome. Can't wait 662 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:14,680 Speaker 1: for volume two. Congrats, Thank you buddy. This is something 663 00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:18,280 Speaker 1: I think about a lot because Donnie Cowboy is another character, 664 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:22,200 Speaker 1: if you guys don't know, on my YouTube page that's 665 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:27,160 Speaker 1: in a group of Earl Dibbles, Junior, Bobby Wayne, Live 666 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:32,799 Speaker 1: with Lionel Freddie, Donnie Cowboy. And there's a lot of 667 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,600 Speaker 1: characters on there that aren't as popular as Earl Dibbles, 668 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,480 Speaker 1: and I wish they were. I love Donnie He's one 669 00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:43,560 Speaker 1: of my favorites. Donnie is coffee and cigarettes to Earl Dibbles, 670 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:47,279 Speaker 1: beer and dipon and he loves nineties country and he 671 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,480 Speaker 1: has a song called Parked Out by the Lake that 672 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:52,680 Speaker 1: we have a music video for that I love on YouTube. 673 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,000 Speaker 1: He's just not quite as popular, so I don't actively 674 00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:59,239 Speaker 1: pursue him. It's not as fun for me creatively to 675 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,880 Speaker 1: pursue so thing that I know is not going to 676 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:06,520 Speaker 1: get as much attention as Earl. And you know, right 677 00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:08,960 Speaker 1: now as I finished this podcast, we're about to go 678 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,600 Speaker 1: out and shoot another Earl Dibbles Junior Diploman pick them, 679 00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,840 Speaker 1: which is so fun for me to pick college football 680 00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,000 Speaker 1: games as Earl. And it goes on CBS Sports on 681 00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,160 Speaker 1: Tuesday nights, and I know that people watch it and 682 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,120 Speaker 1: people like it, and people laugh, people smile, And if 683 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:28,560 Speaker 1: I know I'm making people laugh and smile at a 684 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:31,160 Speaker 1: large level like Earl does, it makes me want to 685 00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:36,360 Speaker 1: do more. And although I know people laugh at Donnie, 686 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:42,640 Speaker 1: it's just it's not as popular. So I definitely would 687 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,480 Speaker 1: want to do another song besides Parked Out by the 688 00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:47,440 Speaker 1: Lake for Donnie. But I'll keep you, I'll keep you 689 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:52,040 Speaker 1: in the loop Buddy shout out to Windover, Ontario. Cannot 690 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:53,800 Speaker 1: wait to get back to you guys up in Canada. 691 00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:59,160 Speaker 1: Let's chip another one here. This one is from Liam says, 692 00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:02,680 Speaker 1: Hey Granger. I'm I'm a high schooler from Northeastern New York. 693 00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:04,200 Speaker 1: I would like to thank you for all your music 694 00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:06,960 Speaker 1: You've provided me as a listener, and I can't thank 695 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,600 Speaker 1: you enough. I remember when I first heard you while 696 00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,040 Speaker 1: watching Off the Ranch with Matt Carricker in the summer 697 00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:15,840 Speaker 1: of twenty nineteen. I've been hooked ever since. I try 698 00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:19,520 Speaker 1: and spread your music as much as I can. Every 699 00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:22,320 Speaker 1: event in my life can be put to your music. 700 00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:25,600 Speaker 1: I've been there in the best of times and the 701 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:27,400 Speaker 1: not so great times. Hate you like I love you 702 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:30,240 Speaker 1: hits my heart so hard in the song I'm actually 703 00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:32,359 Speaker 1: listening to. It's the song I'm actually listening to as 704 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,520 Speaker 1: I type this. I hope you and your family are 705 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:37,080 Speaker 1: staying safe and healthy during this tough time. My question 706 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:40,480 Speaker 1: to you is I would like to start playing guitar. 707 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:44,480 Speaker 1: What guitar do you think is best to begin with? Also, 708 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,160 Speaker 1: where do you get your inspiration for your music? Thank 709 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:51,920 Speaker 1: you and God bless sincerely, Liam shout out to Northeastern 710 00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:54,840 Speaker 1: New York. Thank you for your question, Liam, Thank you 711 00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,960 Speaker 1: for listening to the music and finding me off the ranch. 712 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,160 Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. Thank you for listening to Hate You 713 00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,920 Speaker 1: Like I Love You. That song, by the way, is 714 00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:06,560 Speaker 1: doing well for me. It's getting streamed a lot, it's 715 00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:08,840 Speaker 1: getting looked at it on YouTube a lot. And so 716 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:10,879 Speaker 1: to go back to the beginning of this podcast, it's 717 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:12,799 Speaker 1: interesting because then you look at a song like hate 718 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,000 Speaker 1: You like I Love You, and you go, okay, this 719 00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:20,240 Speaker 1: is leading all signs leading to being a radio single. 720 00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:23,920 Speaker 1: So kind of looping back to the original question, how 721 00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:26,480 Speaker 1: do you pick a radio single, Well, something like this, 722 00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:27,840 Speaker 1: you look at it and go, man, A lot of 723 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,879 Speaker 1: people are streaming and watching this song on YouTube, so 724 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,480 Speaker 1: that's a really good indicator that hates You like I 725 00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:37,680 Speaker 1: Love You could go to radio. I always like to 726 00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:40,239 Speaker 1: say when someone asked me about playing guitar and the 727 00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:43,160 Speaker 1: best guitar to start with, this is not a very 728 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:47,319 Speaker 1: popular opinion, but I like to say that instead of 729 00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,840 Speaker 1: spending a lot of money on a nice guitar, because 730 00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:53,400 Speaker 1: there's just like cars, there's a difference in a cheap 731 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:57,000 Speaker 1: guitar and the way it plays and an expensive guitar 732 00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:00,160 Speaker 1: in the way it plays. It's an expensive guitar. It's 733 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,880 Speaker 1: easier to play, it's lighter on your fingers, and it 734 00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:08,400 Speaker 1: sounds better. It stays in tune better a cheap guitar, 735 00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:10,640 Speaker 1: and say a pawn shop guitar is going to feel 736 00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:13,200 Speaker 1: rough on your hands, it's hard to push down the strings, 737 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:17,240 Speaker 1: it sounds like crap, it's it's always out of tune. 738 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,560 Speaker 1: So that there there lies the dilemma. You know, So 739 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,200 Speaker 1: what do you do if you're a brand new guitar 740 00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:26,320 Speaker 1: player and you don't want to spend over a thousand 741 00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:30,040 Speaker 1: bucks for a nice guitar some I mean some guitars. 742 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:36,200 Speaker 1: You're talking three four thousand dollars for a super nice guitar, 743 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,239 Speaker 1: or you're sitting there looking at the pawn shop and 744 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:40,400 Speaker 1: you go, hey, that one's one hundred and fifty, Like 745 00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:43,680 Speaker 1: maybe I should just do that. So what I like 746 00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:48,080 Speaker 1: to say to compromise between these two things is try 747 00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:53,319 Speaker 1: a an on brand, like a brand that you recognize, 748 00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:58,920 Speaker 1: a brand that you've actually heard before, and instead of 749 00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:03,680 Speaker 1: some weird Japanese brand that you don't you've never heard 750 00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:07,960 Speaker 1: of in your life. So get a cheap on brand guitar, 751 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:11,719 Speaker 1: take the strings off of it and replace them with 752 00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:16,520 Speaker 1: nylon strings. Nylon strings are typically used for Latin guitars. 753 00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:20,440 Speaker 1: Got string guitars, as they're called. Sometimes you can get 754 00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:25,080 Speaker 1: them at any guitar store or any music shop. Put 755 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:31,160 Speaker 1: nylon strings on the cheaper on brand guitar, and you 756 00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:33,800 Speaker 1: could have the guy at the at the guitar shop 757 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:37,120 Speaker 1: do it for you. Say hey, I want that guitar 758 00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,600 Speaker 1: and I want those strings, nylon strings, and the guy's 759 00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:42,959 Speaker 1: gonna go, what, no, No, that does that doesn't go together? 760 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,440 Speaker 1: And you go, yeah, but Granger Smith on the podcast 761 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:47,680 Speaker 1: told me I should do this, and he's gonna go, 762 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:49,960 Speaker 1: that doesn't it doesn't match up, and you can you 763 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:51,959 Speaker 1: just please try to do it? Yeah, but it doesn't 764 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:53,600 Speaker 1: have a metal ball at the end. Can you tie 765 00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:55,440 Speaker 1: a knot at the end and just make it work? 766 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,560 Speaker 1: Trust me, Guys, put these nylon strings on here. They're 767 00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:00,800 Speaker 1: so much easier on your fingers. There's so much easier 768 00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:04,080 Speaker 1: to push down and navigate. They don't stay in tune. Great, 769 00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:08,480 Speaker 1: but that's the one compromise. But you're gonna thank me 770 00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,480 Speaker 1: for it, and you're gonna want to play guitar more. 771 00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,759 Speaker 1: If your fingers aren't hurting as bad. That's a big deal. 772 00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:19,319 Speaker 1: When you get your fingers aching and it sounds like 773 00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:22,120 Speaker 1: crap and your fingers are bleeding on the end, you're 774 00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:24,160 Speaker 1: not going to want to go back and play guitar again. 775 00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:27,160 Speaker 1: And the whole purpose of learning guitar is so you 776 00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:30,600 Speaker 1: want to just practice over and over and over. So, Liam, 777 00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:34,120 Speaker 1: great question. I hope you follow this advice and then 778 00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:37,759 Speaker 1: come back to this podcast and email it back Grangersmith 779 00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:40,799 Speaker 1: Podcast at gmail dot com and let me know how 780 00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:45,680 Speaker 1: it went for you. And as far as the inspiration 781 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,440 Speaker 1: your last question, where you get your inspiration free music 782 00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:52,440 Speaker 1: life all over it? Everything. I listen to everything. I 783 00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:54,960 Speaker 1: listen to my friends talk, I listen to the fans, 784 00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:59,239 Speaker 1: I listen to a conversation in the movies, and I 785 00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:01,439 Speaker 1: write it all down phone. So I hear somebody say 786 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:03,920 Speaker 1: something in a movie or a friends or in a 787 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:07,640 Speaker 1: conversation and they say something, I write it down, and 788 00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:11,399 Speaker 1: then when I start writing, I use the experiences I've 789 00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:15,680 Speaker 1: had in my life to make a story around that line, 790 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:21,319 Speaker 1: that phrase, that melody, And I know that that's that's 791 00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:24,000 Speaker 1: a hard way to answer that question, but that's the truth. 792 00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:27,040 Speaker 1: That's where the inspiration comes from. It comes from life. 793 00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:32,480 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys so much. Once again, this podcast 794 00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:37,920 Speaker 1: is free for you. 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