1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Music Saved Me. There are people in this world who 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: hear music differently. They understand on a cellular level that 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: a song can do what medicine sometimes cannot do. And 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: my next guest is one of those rare individuals. John 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Beltzer is the founder of Songs of Love Foundation, an 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: incredible organization that creates personalized, original songs for children and 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: teens facing serious illness. And we're talking about custom written 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: music crafted specifically for a child, using their name, their 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: favorite things, their personality, and it's delivered at a moment 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: when they really need to feel seen and loved and 11 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: uplifted most. John Beltzer is an old friend, a dear friend, 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: and he is next on Music Saved Me. Don't go 13 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: anywhere you're not going to believe the story Music Saved Me. John, 14 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to Music Save Me. It's so great to have 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: you here. I feel like I haven't seen you in 16 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: like a decade? Is that possible? 17 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 2: Yeah at least. Yeah, it's been a while, but were 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 2: reconnecting me. 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: Too, and I'm so glad that you reached out because 20 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: this is the perfect story for this podcast, Music Saved Me. 21 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: Can you first take us back to that spark that 22 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: was that moment that led you to create songs of love. 23 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: It was there a situation, a child, a song that changed. 24 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 2: There was a situation, Yes, a big situation. 25 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: Tell us about it. 26 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 2: So back in nineteen ninety six, I was walking down 27 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 2: the street in my neighborhood in Forest Tolls, Queens, and 28 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 2: I was really destroyed. I came off a record deal 29 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 2: that didn't work out, signed to Electra Records or the 30 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 2: young Lady I discovered, and she, you know, she went 31 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: on to do some great things. But what happened was 32 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 2: they didn't really want me, so they dropped me out 33 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: of the picture. And that was in late nineteen ninety five. 34 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: So I was really destroyed. So when I was walking 35 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 2: down the street early in January of ninety six, I 36 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: was licking my wounds, and all of a sudden, I 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: had this unbelievable epiphanies realization that I could use my 38 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: talents to help make this a better world than The 39 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: concept just popped it to my head to start a 40 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: charity that would write personalized songs for seriously ill children 41 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: and teens, and it would contain their names and all 42 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 2: the things that they loved. And I was reacting as 43 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 2: though somebody was telling me the idea. Oh my god, 44 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 2: that's unbelievable. I think we're going to raise a million 45 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: dollars the first year, which you know, of course, I 46 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 2: was naive. I was just going on pure passion. So 47 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 2: as soon as I thought of that concept. I had 48 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: a fraternal twin brother who committed suicide back in nineteen 49 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: eighty four, Julio, and we weren't a band together. I 50 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 2: was the drummer who was the lead singer. So three 51 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: months before he died, he wrote this beautiful song called 52 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: Songs of Love as a ballad. He loved Stevie Wonder, 53 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 2: and so the name for the organization just instantly came 54 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 2: to me. I would call it the Songs of Love Foundation, 55 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: named after Julia's song. It was pretty amazing, because you know, 56 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 2: I had no idea how to run a charity. I 57 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: was just this guy wanted to be a pop star, 58 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: and I just had the fortune, the good fortune to 59 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 2: actually see a little opening in my ego bubble, if 60 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 2: you will, and I saw that there was a bigger 61 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 2: possibility for my talents, and I just immediately hit the 62 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 2: ground running. I called up saying Jude Children's Hospital. I 63 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 2: told him I was a songwriter in New York, and 64 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: so I told him I wanted to write some songs 65 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 2: for their kids. That they were taking care of it 66 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 2: and said, well, we can't really divulge information because of 67 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 2: confidentiality rules. But they said, you know what, we do 68 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 2: have a few kids were using for promotional purposes. So 69 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 2: they sent me six stickers of these six different kids 70 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 2: with brief biographical data, and I created when I got them. 71 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: I created six songs in four days and I sent 72 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 2: it back to the hospital on cassette. You remember cassette hit. Yes. 73 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: I don't like to admit that, but yes, yes. 74 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 2: So then I get a call from the PR department 75 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 2: and they thanked me for the songs. But the clincher 76 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: call came two weeks after that when a mom phoned 77 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: me and she put Britney Smith on the phone, five 78 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 2: years old with cancer and with the cutest little voice, 79 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 2: she said, thank you for my song. And when I 80 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 2: heard them, I was like bawling my eyes out, and 81 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 2: I said, that's it. I've arrived and there's no turning back. 82 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 2: So that was the moment that started it all, from 83 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: that call from that little girl, which has never happened 84 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 2: quite like that, since you know, we get a lot 85 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 2: of amazing letters calls from parents, but not with them 86 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 2: immediately putting the little kid on the phone. So like 87 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: the universe, isn't the call that you need? Yes, So 88 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: it was unbelievable. So then from there we just started 89 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 2: building up, you know, just calling up more hospitals and 90 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 2: recruiting some of my songwriter friends, and then it just 91 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 2: built and here we are thirty years later, and we've 92 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 2: created nearly fifty thousand songs for kids, and now not 93 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 2: only kids because of our We just recently partnered with 94 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 2: an amazing company, and some people are pushing back against it, 95 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: as you probably know, Suno, the AI music company. 96 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: You know, Oh, because it's Ai, because it's Ai, and 97 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: everyone's so scared of it. 98 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 3: Yeah. 99 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, but I think we have the perfect use for it. 100 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: And they, frankly really embraced what we were doing. And 101 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 2: we felt so lucky that they did that because I 102 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: sent an email to their CEO, Mikey Shulman, and I 103 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 2: told them I wanted to bow before him because now 104 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: I realized that we could create songs in any style, 105 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 2: any genre, any era, and I thought, well, my own 106 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 2: mom had Alzheimer's, So why not start creating songs for 107 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 2: seniors with dementia and other health elements? And Suno enables 108 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 2: everyone to create songs from back in the day with 109 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 2: simple prompts like big and through Motown, all kinds of 110 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 2: songs from you know, decades ago. And because of that feature, 111 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 2: you know, now we're able to scale in a way 112 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 2: that we've never been able to before. 113 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 1: So you can help so many more people. Yeah, and 114 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: John may I add though, now, like you said earlier, 115 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: you wanted to be a big star and famous and 116 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: have a band and all that. In a sense, you 117 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: kind of are bigger than the average. I mean, because 118 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: you're using all of your powers for good and not 119 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: just you know, self indulgence. I mean you're giving it 120 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: all away to help others. So that's a huge not 121 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: only commitment, but also it gave you your dream without 122 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: having to rely on the traditional sources and doing good 123 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: at the same time. 124 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 2: Well, I appreciate you saying that, Lenn means a lot 125 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 2: to me. 126 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: Well, it's true. Can you walk our listeners through exactly 127 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: how songs of Love works? You know, for example, the 128 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: moment you get a call from a family member, they 129 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: reach out and a child wants to get a song done. 130 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: How would this work? 131 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, we have a song repluest form online. Okay, it's 132 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 2: that Songs of Love dot org Forest class request and 133 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 2: they simply go on there and fill in the pertinent 134 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 2: information and the child's name, their age, family members, friends, 135 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 2: special interest hobbies, everything that they love in their lives, 136 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 2: and then we commission the individual song creator to create 137 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 2: the song for that child. But now if you go 138 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 2: to that site, you also have the opportunity to choose 139 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 2: either child or senior. So now you know, we encourage 140 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: everyone dealing you know, care givers, we're dealing with seniors 141 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 2: at dementia, other health issues to you know, hop on 142 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 2: our site and request the song that's been shown to 143 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 2: help on so many different levels. 144 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: Yes, music is not only just a way to make 145 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: somebody smile, it really is. It can help heal them 146 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: from so many levels. As I keep learning on this 147 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: show more and more, it's astounding. 148 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, we just did a small clinical study with music 149 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: and memory with Conchetta Tomato. She's the founder, and what 150 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: they usually do is they provide a playlist for seniors 151 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: of songs that they grew up with, so we're taking 152 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 2: it to the next level, writing songs in the style 153 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 2: that they grew up with, and now there's their whole 154 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 2: biography written into the lyric, so sort of like a 155 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 2: life review of that individual person, which the study showed 156 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 2: that they're able to retain their memories better than before 157 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 2: they started listening to the song. So we're really excited 158 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: about that. And we're barking on another clinical study with 159 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 2: the New Jewish Home on the Upper West Side, and 160 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 2: so that's already in motion. And coincidentally, Mikey Shulman, the 161 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: CEO of Pseudo, volunteered at the New Jewish Home when 162 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: he was in middle school. 163 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: So did you know that or that just happened? It 164 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 1: was meant to be. It was definitely meant to be, 165 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: you know, I do feel right now is a really 166 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: interesting time, John, especially with all of the AI and 167 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: people being so fearful of it. But the reality is 168 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: is that if you forget all the things that you're 169 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: scared of and start to focus on all the things 170 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: that it's going to fix for all of us. You know, 171 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: blind children seeing again, quadriplegics walking again. Maybe just simple 172 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: chores or things that you just you could spend time 173 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,599 Speaker 1: with your family instead of having just the things that 174 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 1: it solves are pretty remarkable. 175 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely. We have a couple of songwriters, one of them 176 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 2: Carl Loco. He used to be signed with Tommy Mattola 177 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: or recently he had tongue oral cancer. They needed to 178 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 2: remove his tongue, so he couldn't write for us anymore. 179 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 2: Now soon came along and now he's able to write 180 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 2: songs again. Not only that, they have a feature called 181 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 2: Persona where you could actually train his voice and he 182 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 2: could quote unquote sing the songs again. Now how cool 183 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 2: is that. 184 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: That's incredible. That is goosebumps. 185 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, and we have another writer with Parkinson's and he 186 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 2: couldn't play the keyboard anymore so and he couldn't really 187 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 2: sing that well anymore. Now he's able to keep creating 188 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: songs for us. So it helps on so many different levels. 189 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 2: And not only that, but me as a singer songwriter, 190 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 2: I'm writing like new songs every week just on my 191 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 2: spare time on the weekends. And the other feature Suno has, 192 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 2: which a lot of songwriters out there really appreciating, is 193 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 2: the fact that you could sing an original song into 194 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 2: your iPhone with you know, guitar and your whatever lyrics 195 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 2: you come up with, upload it to Suno, and it 196 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 2: gives you a fully produced version of that song. Wow, 197 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 2: And which encourages songwriters to write a lot in a 198 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 2: lot more prolific way because they know they're going to 199 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 2: get it produced almost immediately. So it really enhances the 200 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 2: creative experience. And you know, you have a board member 201 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 2: who's eighty years old, Richard Bararti he wrote Alabama's first hit, 202 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 2: and he's so thankful that I told him about Sunro 203 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 2: because he's like a little kid in a candy store. 204 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 2: Now he's got all these musical ideas lying around. Yeah, 205 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 2: now he could you know, actually bring them back to 206 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 2: life by using sooner. So it's a lot of great 207 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 2: stuff about that platform. I'm so grateful and Mikey, he 208 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,839 Speaker 2: really has his heart in the right place. And it's 209 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 2: really gonna inspire a lot of creative people out there, 210 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 2: because I know you have some singer songwriters who are 211 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 2: kind of pushing back because you know, they think it's 212 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 2: taking the jobs away, but it's not really. You're using 213 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 2: it as a tool. If you know how to use 214 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 2: it a tool, it just enhances what you do. And 215 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 2: in addition, you have millions upon millions upon millions of 216 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 2: what I call mind musicians, who all people who are 217 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 2: creatively in their head. But then they never had a 218 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 2: chance to learn then instrument you never could afford to 219 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 2: go into a studio. Now, well soon I was giving 220 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 2: them the opportunity to realize their musical ideas that they 221 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: carry here and bring it into the world. So that's 222 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 2: not a bad thing. That's a great thing. 223 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: It is an amazing thing. And you're really you're creating medicine, yes, 224 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: you know, however it gets done, let's give it life 225 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:23,439 Speaker 1: to help others, you know. And so what this You've 226 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 1: created thousands of songs you mentioned like fifty thousand, which 227 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: is just unbelievable. What does the moment look like when 228 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: a child who's really, really sick, here's a song written 229 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: just for them for the first time? 230 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 3: You know? 231 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 2: Interesting you just asked me. Yesterday, we went to deliver 232 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 2: a truckloaded of songs to ahrc ARC, New York City. 233 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 2: They help special needs people, and there were seniors, teenagers there. 234 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 2: So we had twenty songs prepared for each individual person. 235 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 2: So we had like a song playing party yes today, 236 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 2: and we have a video there and I got to 237 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 2: you know, I got so emotional because I've been doing 238 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 2: this thirty years, but when you see it in front 239 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 2: of you, you kind of, you know, you're doing it 240 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 2: so much that you kind of almost start to lose 241 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 2: touch with what we're doing. People have to remind me, John, 242 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 2: you're doing great things. As for all that, Yeah, I 243 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 2: guess you're right, you know. So then I see how 244 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 2: they react, they start dancing to it, and how they 245 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 2: respond to it, and you know they're they're listening to 246 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,599 Speaker 2: their whole life story played back to them in this 247 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 2: fully produced, amazing song. And seeing that in front of 248 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 2: you as as it's happening, it's so gratifying. I got 249 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 2: all choked up. It's just unbelievable. So it's really very 250 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 2: fulfilling for me as a singer songwriter to be using 251 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 2: my talents to give back to this world. 252 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: Yes, and doctors and nurses and hospital staff. I mean, 253 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 1: they've all witnessed your songs firsthand and that happening. What 254 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,719 Speaker 1: kind of feedback have you from the medical community, Oh, 255 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: the impact. 256 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 2: So many, so much feedback they've gotten. A common one is, 257 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 2: for instance, a child is receiving chemotherapy or going through 258 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 2: a painful treatment, so then they play their song to 259 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 2: help them distract them from the pain and they start 260 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 2: to concentrate on who they are as healthy, beautiful people, 261 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 2: and they don't concentrate on their illness, so they're just 262 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 2: listening to how wonderful they are as human beings. So 263 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 2: it helps on so many levels during treatment, or they'll 264 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 2: played at home within our feeling. Well, it's sort of 265 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 2: like you might say, a portable form of music therapy 266 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 2: because you have music therapists do great stuff in the hospital. 267 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 2: They'll interact with the patient and they'll do different exercises them. 268 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 2: But this is we delivered the song on an MP three, 269 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 2: We email it. We also have the box that it 270 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 2: has this design on the boxes which reflects the content 271 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 2: to the lyrics. It's a personalized art and so they 272 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: now they have they have their songs with them that 273 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 2: they can play anytime they want. So obviously they're not 274 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 2: always in the hospital, so they can always receive, always 275 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 2: receive music therapy because the music therapy is not going 276 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 2: to go home, and you know, so this is sort 277 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 2: of like a focused form of music therapy, and we 278 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 2: actually are putting songs together with beautiful core chaines, beautiful melodies, 279 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 2: and that's sort of our skill set. Music therapists have 280 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 2: their skill set. Our skill set is to be able 281 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 2: to create you know this, this beautiful anthem, life anthem 282 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 2: for each individual. 283 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 3: Will be right back with more of the Music Save 284 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 3: Me Podcast. Welcome back to the Music Saved Me Podcast. 285 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: It's pretty incredible in the whole I was just trying 286 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: to visualize. You said, a truckload of songs you're bringing somewhere, 287 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: and I'm thinking, how does that look like? Do you 288 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: actually pull up an truck, like an eighteen wheeler filled 289 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: with CDs. 290 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 2: The future, we'd like to do that. You know. We 291 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 2: had it in the trunk of our car. It was 292 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 2: like in little bags, you know, with the little boxes 293 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 2: if you me. 294 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, there it is. Oh that looks beautiful 295 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: and there's a QR code and everything. 296 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. We have these displays now and you see what 297 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 2: the little child is holding, uh in her hand. That's 298 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 2: a USB drive. Yeah, that they receive with every song 299 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 2: at the box and inside the boxes the lyrics are 300 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 2: inserted and uh yeah, it's a it's a whole package 301 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 2: that they get. Not only did get the song email, 302 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 2: but they get a physical package as well. And what 303 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 2: we're doing, what we're excited about, is we are starting 304 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 2: this campaign, the QR code campaign, to put in all 305 00:16:51,960 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 2: different kinds of facilities, hospitals, pedutricians, geriatricians, offices, you know, restaurants, packaging. 306 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 2: We have big visions for this now excellent so people 307 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 2: could simply scan the QR code that requests a song 308 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 2: for any child or senior dealing with the serious health 309 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,479 Speaker 2: or emotional issuear. So we have this in nine banks 310 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 2: now of First Central Savings. So we just started. Congratulations, 311 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 2: we're excited about that. 312 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. 313 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: And you know what really thrills me, John, is that 314 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: you've been doing this thirty years and it seems like 315 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: you just started doing it. You still have the exact 316 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: same enthusiasm. You're still excited about it, and that just 317 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: makes me so happy because that means so many people 318 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: are going to receive help and healing because of your organization. 319 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, we're more excited than ever. I feel like 320 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 2: we're just getting started. This is sort of like Songs 321 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 2: of Love two point oh, I love it. We have 322 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 2: to be around thirty years in order for this amazing 323 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 2: technology to come online. And now we're taking advantage of it. 324 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 2: So we're so excited. 325 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: Fifty thousand watch out, you're going to have one hundred 326 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand really soon. And also you work with 327 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: songwriters and musicians who volunteered their talents for these children 328 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: and these everyone who now you're open to helping with 329 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: your charity. What does that community look like and what 330 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: draws the artists to give their gifts in this all? 331 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 2: It's like, you know, while they're waiting to achieve commercial 332 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 2: success or selling their song to an artist, you know, 333 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 2: what better way than to give back with the talents 334 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 2: that you could give it. So they're very grateful that 335 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 2: they're able to do that. You know, we still accept 336 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 2: songs from songwriters the old fashioned way, you know, we're 337 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 2: not turning that down. Oh yeah, it's a fusion of 338 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 2: old school singer songwriters. We we've also been holding workshops 339 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 2: with this community. You know, they have a large community 340 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 2: out there in the world, and they've been very excited 341 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 2: and we've been teaching them the whole process. And there's 342 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 2: still very much a person behind every song creation with 343 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 2: just as much love, just as much intention behind the process. 344 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 2: So between our you know, close to five hundred two. 345 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 2: I mean, through the year has been a thousand singer 346 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 2: songwriters and these new pseudo creators, you know, and maybe 347 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 2: i'mber I think they might have about one hundred million 348 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 2: users now all over the world. So we see us 349 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 2: having workshops, we keep bringing new Songs of Love SUNO 350 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 2: creators on board. So it's going to make us well 351 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 2: positioned to really go global with this with any style 352 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 2: and any language. 353 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 1: Really no two questions. How would artists get involved? And 354 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: well I'll save the next one after Yeah, how do 355 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: people get involved to help write songs perform songs? 356 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, just simply email us at info at songs 357 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 2: Love dot org or call eight hundred and nine to 358 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 2: six O song And you know, obviously we need to 359 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 2: hear that you know, you have some ability to put 360 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 2: a song together. You know, we don't want to scare 361 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 2: the patients. You know, we don't make sure the person 362 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 2: could actually sing. You know, we're not like a record company, 363 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 2: go I don't get a chorus, you know, yeah, just. 364 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: Line again, I understand you. 365 00:19:58,600 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 2: So we just want to make sure that they have 366 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 2: the ability and that that we're giving something to these 367 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 2: wonderful patients, you know, of quality yes, you know, we 368 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 2: definitely have a certain criteria that needs to be. 369 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: Met, absolutely, you know, back to Souno. Adobe is an 370 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: online production tool that uses, for lack of a better way, 371 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: artificial intelligence to help producers make things. It's been around forever, 372 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: just in different forms exactly. 373 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 3: You know. 374 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: I always used to say, remember the wah wah pedal? Yeah, okay, 375 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: wasn't that kind of the beginning of you know. 376 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 2: I couldn't agree. I couldn't agree with you more, not 377 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 2: only wah wah pedal, but synthesizers, sequencers, you know, sampling, 378 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 2: you know, drum loops. Do you know what? 379 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: I took the song Frankenstein with the synthesizer that first 380 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,239 Speaker 1: in seventies. This is how geeky I was even as 381 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: a kid, and like fourth grade Show and Tell I brought. 382 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: I brought a cassette recorder with the song Frankenstein. And 383 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: the teacher was standing in the front because she was 384 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: looking at me like okay, we're going to figure out 385 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: why she brought this for show and telling him like 386 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: here it is here listen. And it was the synthesizer 387 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: you know, that went And it was just incredible to 388 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: me that you could make these sounds and how good 389 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: it made me feel and you know, the emotion. So 390 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: it's always been around in just different forms, and it 391 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: still needs humans. You still need to write, you still 392 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: need to create. It's just helping you. 393 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 2: I don't know if you saw the interview with Pete 394 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 2: Townsend and Stephen Colbert. No, Stephen Colbert asked Pete Townsend, 395 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 2: so do you have songs lying around that you've never done? 396 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 2: Because you know I have it round three to four 397 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 2: hundred song snippets and you know, I'm working with this 398 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 2: company called Pseudo and it's wonderful. So now you know, 399 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 2: Pete Townsend, he's using it to like, you know, finish 400 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 2: the songs he has lying around. Yeah. 401 00:21:58,280 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: I like how you did his accent when you did. 402 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: John has doing this work for so many years changed 403 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 1: the way that you experience music overall personally? 404 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely, Uh, you know it's it's put me in 405 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 2: a better headspace and not being so frustrated that I, 406 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 2: you know, didn't make it as a quote unquote pop star. 407 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 2: And it's maybe a lot calmer and it's maybe more 408 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 2: connected to what I feel I was placed on this 409 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 2: earth to do. Yeah, So you know, I still like 410 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 2: you know, I'm still going to go out there and perform. 411 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 2: I kind of put it in the back burner for 412 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 2: thirty years. Actually, I have a gig tonight, an open 413 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 2: mic really where on my own a place called the 414 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 2: Red Pipes on Austin Street in Forest Hills. Oh nice, Yeah, yeah. 415 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 2: So you know, I've been writing a lot of songs. 416 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 2: I still love performing. Still, I'm still always going to 417 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 2: write songs the old fashioned way, and I'm thankful that 418 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 2: I have Suono to be able to, you know, produce 419 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 2: it in whatever way I want. 420 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: Ye, Well, what Songs of Love has given to thousands 421 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: of children and family is truly immeasurable. And and your 422 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 1: stick to itiveness and continuing to you know, push ahead, 423 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 1: it's just incredible. And I just wish you nothing but 424 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: continued success with everything you're doing and moving forward. What 425 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: do you view Songs of Love looking like in the 426 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: future and how you know what direction are you going? 427 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 2: Oh, we'd like to blanket the entire world with the 428 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 2: with healing melodies. And I see people having access to 429 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 2: what we do globally and with our partnership with Suno, 430 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 2: and now it's very possible. It's just it's just a 431 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 2: matter of time. You know, we we partner with them, 432 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 2: if you go to the blog, you know, we're all 433 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 2: sort of their exclusive charity and with their help and 434 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 2: with their pipeline as well. I see songs of love 435 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 2: growing in ways that you know, we can only imagine before. 436 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 2: You know, you have a lot of these charities that 437 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 2: have these brand names, and it's amazing what they do. 438 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 2: But I like to have songs of love, you know, 439 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 2: come out of the lips of everybody around the world 440 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 2: saying yeah, I know someone who received a song of 441 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 2: love and and they really were helped by it. So 442 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 2: that's what that's why Ian envisioned just a global footprint 443 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 2: for what we do. 444 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much for doing it, and congratulations 445 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: on all the success over three decades. Just amazing to me. 446 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: Thank you, and I'm so glad our paths crossed years 447 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: ago and again, like I'm just thrilled to see that 448 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: you're still doing it and you're still helping people and 449 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 1: your proof that music really does truly save lives. 450 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 2: Thank you, Adam. 451 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: And what a beautiful legacy to your brother and your 452 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: family too. 453 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, yeah, And just to close off, I 454 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 2: came across an old recording of a song that I 455 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 2: wrote with my brother Julio, and it was only a 456 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 2: live recording we did. I don't have a studio recording 457 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 2: of it, a song called when Will You Realize? I 458 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 2: have a recording of us trying to write it at 459 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 2: the Queen's College piano room. So when I found it, 460 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 2: I go, let me see if I could bring this 461 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 2: song to life. So I uploaded sooner and there it 462 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 2: was the entire song, fully produced, with a song that 463 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 2: I wrote with Julia. So that was very meaningful. And 464 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 2: then I used AI. I'm like an AI nerd when 465 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 2: it comes to video, So I brought my brother back 466 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 2: to life and I have him singing that song. 467 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: What where can we see this? Where can we find it? 468 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:20,959 Speaker 1: Is it on YouTube? Oh? 469 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, It's on Songs of Love YouTube channel. Yeah, and 470 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 2: you'll see Julia and the people get a chance to 471 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 2: see him. He died when he was twenty four, but 472 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 2: the face expressions that he used to make it got 473 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 2: it like around ninety percent accurate. 474 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: Wow, what does that feel like when you first saw that? 475 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: It must have been like strange and amazing at the 476 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: same time. 477 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 2: It was very It was very emotional because I got 478 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 2: to see my brother again. Because some people say, oh, John, 479 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 2: that's really freaky. Not really, because you know, you see 480 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 2: pictures of your relatives and you remember by not seeing 481 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 2: a video of them. I mean, you know when they're 482 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 2: making their facial expressions like that you said, Now you 483 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 2: really remember what they were like, and you feel like 484 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 2: what it. 485 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 1: Was like being around them. You know, I say voicemails 486 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: from people that have have crossed right, you know, I 487 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: totally And people say that's kind of creepy to me too, 488 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: but I think no, I mean just amazing that you 489 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: can just pick up the phone. The one thing I 490 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: wish I did is retain my dad's voice. 491 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 2: So I could listen to remember. 492 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, it does, and it's amazing. 493 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 2: Time goes by and you kind of you kind of 494 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 2: remember their voice, but not really. But now you come 495 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 2: across a recording, Oh yeah, that's you know, it's really beautiful. 496 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 2: It's a beautiful thing it is. 497 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: And you're a beautiful person for what you do. And 498 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: thank you so much for your heart, John, your vision, 499 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: and for joining us here and telling your story on 500 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: music Save Me, because I really hope you're going to 501 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: get an influx of more musicians calling to help make 502 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: more songs and and SUNO. It's not going to have 503 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 1: enough people to run the company. Thank you so much, 504 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: and it's great reconnecting with you. Yeah, and keep doing 505 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: what you're doing. 506 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 2: Are you doing what you're doing that you kept going, 507 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 2: which is beautiful. 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