WEBVTT - I messed up (Won't happen again) 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:14.480 Pat to everybody, Welcome to the podcast. Thanks for listening. 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:20.680 I messed up. I messed up last week, and it 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:23.520 was bound to happen. You know, it's time to hate 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:26.120 to say. It's not the first time that I've actually 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:29.280 put the wrong title on a wrong video. And that's 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:31.000 what I did on this podcast last week. I believe 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:36.600 it was called Girls with Daddy Issues and what happened. 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:38.960 Let me explain, me explain, because then I started reading 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:42.480 these comments below the last podcast and they were like, Hey, 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:45.080 I don't think you talked about girls with daddy issues. 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.960 I liked the podcast, but I didn't hear you talk 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.520 about girls with daddy issues at all. You're right, You're right. 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.160 And then Amber came to me and she was like, hey, babe, 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:56.760 I think you said the wrong title. I've done that 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:59.160 on the Smiths and my other my family YouTube channel. 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:02.600 I've put a one thumbnail on and then said the 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:05.040 wrong title because I had two videos going on in 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.600 my brain. So Bernie was my guest the last two weeks, 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:13.360 and I didn't do an intro like I'm doing right 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.959 now for today's podcast in the same sitting as when 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:21.000 I was with Bernie. So as I was thinking about Okay, 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:22.800 I got to intro this podcast, I got to talk 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:24.319 about it. So I pulled up my phone and I 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.720 pulled up Dropbox that I had uploaded the content to, 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.600 and I started scrolling through to remember what I talked about, 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:35.120 and I heard me talking about daddy issues, and it 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:38.760 just so happened to be the podcast before the last podcast, 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:42.720 so I didn't realize that ran with it. Did the intro, 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:47.319 talked about it, did the thumbnail, did the title. It 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:51.120 was an honest mistake, So I hope you guys forgive me. 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:55.640 I'm doing this intro right now in the same moment 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:58.720 that I'm actually doing the actual podcast, so I'm not 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:03.480 going to mess this up. And I've got really good questions. 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:10.119 I got questions that I love answering because it feels 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:15.520 like it feels like a good way to bounce off 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.720 an idea, and it's just kind of go back and 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:23.080 forth on a good, solid life issue. And I'm not 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.880 going to tell you that I'm not always going to 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:27.560 give you the right answer. I'm just going to give 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:31.640 you my opinion, and I'm gonna reference stories from my 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:37.440 life and apply that as if it was something happening 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:40.239 to me. Or a friend. That's what I'm gonna do, 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:42.959 And you can email Grangersmith Podcast at gmail dot com 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:46.760 and ask me anything. I've been organizing your questions and folders, 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.160 and I've been as this podcast has gone on and 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.880 on and on, I've started titling these different folders that's 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:58.720 like this, music questions, light questions, heavy questions, Amber questions, 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:03.560 God questions, other questions. So I've been kind of organizing 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:05.120 as I see them come in all though, oh that's 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:10.000 a God question, that's a music question. So it makes 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.760 it easier for them for me to scroll and build 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:15.920 the content for you guys, and as always, thank you 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:20.680 for listening to this content. Thank you for engaging in 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.960 something like a long form podcast, because that builds a 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:26.400 relationship with me and you wherever you are, whether you're 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:29.000 an over the road trucker right now, maybe you're cruising 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.440 down the road in your big rig shout out to you. 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.600 Maybe you're in your tractor in the Midwest. Maybe you're 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:38.080 you're driving your Mercedes to your high rised office building 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:41.680 in Detroit. I don't know where you are, but I 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:44.880 just think it's really cool that there's all kinds of ages, 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:49.680 all kinds of personalities, all kinds of countries that are listening, 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:53.160 and I'm grateful for it all because that allows me 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:56.640 to draw in closer with you, so you feel like 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:58.240 you know me. And if you feel like you know me, 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.400 that makes it it easier for me to make videos 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.360 because then I could see your comments, and then we 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:08.080 could all get along, and as soon as touring starts, 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.400 I could see you back again in person at a 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:14.680 meet and greet, which is what I really want. I 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:16.760 really want this podcast to be able to move back 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:21.920 and wildflower my bus and sit there and talk in 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:23.640 the parking lot of a venue like I used to 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:26.520 in the old days. Meanwhile, I'm here at the EEG 0:04:26.680 --> 0:05:02.839 Farm Grangersmith Podcast, Episode sixty nine. Here we go did 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:12.040 chant and dcl month time and so long line up 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:30.160 and down on back range cog. Yeah you gnation. You 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:34.400 could ask me anything you want, just email granger Smith 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.960 Podcast at gmail dot com. I see all kinds of stuff, 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:43.440 all kinds of questions, all different topics, and I know 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.400 of the way that this podcast has evolved is been 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:50.680 me answering them off the cuff without rehearsing or taking 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:55.279 notes or having books to reference, because I kind of 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.479 wanted to for a couple of reasons. When it's just 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:02.360 remain where it's like me and you the truck driving along. Hey, 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.480 I'm gonna bounce something off you. Something's going on in 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:08.880 my life or some good news. I have just a 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.320 normal conversation with friends. It's kind of how I want 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.479 this podcast to be. One of the reasons I like 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:16.480 that is because it allows me to just flip this 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:22.280 podcast out every Monday, every Monday morning, and I don't 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.920 have to I don't have to get into a busy 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:29.000 week of my work and think, oh no, I forgot 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:33.800 to draw out an outline for a podcast topic. You 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:37.560 guys give me the topic, and that allows me to 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:42.200 continue to pump out the the podcast episodes and not 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:45.320 fill the burden. And so that allows me sometimes to Hey, 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.000 I got some extra time, I'm gonna write out this outline, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.520 or have some extra time. I'm gonna have this guest 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:52.920 come in. It's got an amazing story, or I'm gonna 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:56.240 tell a story in the meantime, I'm gonna jump on 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:59.080 some of these questions right here. This question comes from 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:04.080 Travis from Tacoma, Washington. Shout out to Washington State. It's 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:08.000 one of the many places that I've desperately missed from touring. 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:12.920 Fans are revenous and amazing in Washington, so shout out 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:16.960 to Washington State. It says, Hey, Grangeur, I met you 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:20.360 in Seattle at your concert last December before COVID happened, 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.840 and I had the time of my life. I did too, brother, 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.239 it was so fun. Your music has changed my life 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.280 in so many ways. Thank you for everything you do 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.920 as a music artist and an entertainer. I appreciate you, Travis. 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:35.360 And it says, my question is that if I have 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:39.720 a monthly subscription to Apple Music, do you get anything 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:43.720 if I add and listen to your music on Apple Music? 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:50.000 Thanks again, Yeah, good question, Travis, and a couple answers 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:55.560 quickly here. It is monetarily. I do not get any 0:07:55.640 --> 0:08:01.520 of your money from Apple Music subscription. There are ways 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:06.280 that that royalty pays out and it's fractions of pennies. 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:11.040 And so I'm part of a record label, and my 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.760 record label the way that it works, we have a 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:18.520 really good deal structure. I keep most of my content, 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:26.920 the label keeps music streaming and purchases until my album 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:29.360 and all my bills are paid for and then we 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:32.600 split it after that, so it works out great because 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.280 they can essentially work for it as like a bank 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:38.079 to me, and I can get a big loan and 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:42.120 go to all the studios and hire musicians and artwork 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.559 and pictures and music videos like we're about to go 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:49.000 tomorrow and shoot a really nice music video that costs 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:50.680 a lot of money, and I don't have to pay 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.760 for it at all because the record label will front that. 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.640 So that is a huge blessing when it comes to that. Now, 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:58.960 when it like touring, I get to keep all that 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.680 and pay my guys. So that's where the majority of 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:04.480 my income comes from. So I don't worry too much 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:07.520 about things like Apple Music. It is fractions that do 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:11.679 go to my record label. So that being said, that 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:15.160 is more for you, Travis and and your entertainment. I 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.240 don't I'm not a member of Apple Music. I don't 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:22.560 know how much that cost, but to me, it is 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:24.680 worth it for you to be able to have access 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.080 to every song in the world, as opposed to needing 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.840 to drive to Walmart because you love a song and 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.400 then you're searching through I just think it's a better system. Yes, 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:35.800 artists don't get paid as much. I don't care. I 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:39.320 think it's a it's a better system to have music 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:43.559 widely listen to and available to anyone. It's because that 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:47.280 just helps everybody, right, you would think. What it does 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:51.760 do to me, Travis, is when you do add and 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:57.400 listen to my music on Apple Music, it increases the 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:00.960 spins and the plays and the impressions on my profile 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:04.240 and on that particular song that you're listening to or album. 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:09.840 When that happens, the stock, my stock rises within Apple Music, 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:15.960 it squeaks over into Spotify and Pandora and all the 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:21.560 other streaming services. And they say, you know, they're trying 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:23.400 to run a business. What they want is they want 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:27.080 people going like you and subscribing to their services, and 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:30.320 they want you listening a lot. So they want you. 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:33.040 They want to find the music that you like. So 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.960 if you like something that's similar to my song, they're 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.720 gonna squeak my song in there so that you listen 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:42.240 to it more so that you stay on their subscription longer. 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.240 And that helps me because then they're pushing me up 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:47.680 at the top of the list for other people to hear. 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.200 So if you've ever seen like my face on the 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:54.120 cover of a playlist on Apple Music or Spotify or Pandora. 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.000 That's a really big deal for me because that means 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.280 they feel confident that by putting my face on the 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.080 cover of their playlist, more people will go to their 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.880 playlist and stay on their subscription, and then that pushes 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.720 me hire. It gets more people to hear it. The 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.400 more people that hear it, the more people that want 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:12.079 to look me up. The more people look me up, 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.240 the more people will go to a concert and buy 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:19.240 a ticket in a normal year. So yeah, So my answer, 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:22.360 Travis says, yes, it helps me a lot. When you 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:24.839 add my song and listen to my music, it helps 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:29.880 me a lot, just not directly from that money, if 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.160 that makes sense. It's an investment. There's so many things 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:43.319 in life are There's another question, Kayla. Kayla is from Eustace, Florida, 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.679 and this email came in September, so I'm sorry I'm 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:51.520 reading it a little bit late here, but it says, Hey, Granger, 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:56.280 many people struggle with this just talking about Eustace. How 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.679 to say, Eustace, thanks so much for reading my email. 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.840 I wonder if you or Amber ever struggle living far 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:08.520 from home, which side note, we don't live too far 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:10.640 from I'm two and a half hours and Amber is 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:14.880 two hours and forty five minutes, so we're not that 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:19.040 far from home, she says. My husband and I are 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:22.160 from Wisconsin and we moved to Florida six years ago 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.160 and we have met some amazing people along the way. 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:28.160 Our parents are getting older, they're in their fifties and sixties, 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.240 and we feel a sense of need to move back 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:34.640 to enjoy our time together with them, though we will 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:38.600 never give up what we've established here in Florida, friends, jobs, etc. 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.440 Is this the right move? I'm sorry, she said, though 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.600 we will give half to give up what we've established 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:47.640 here in Florida, friends, jobs, et cetera. Is this the 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:51.600 right move? We love the southern culture and the Midwest 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.800 is cold. What do you think we should do? Thank you, Caleb, 0:12:56.840 --> 0:13:02.520 great question, and here's my answer. As if we're sitting 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:07.200 together in a pickup truck, the fact that you're asking 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:11.080 me means it's on your heart. It means you've been 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:14.480 thinking about it a lot, you and your husband. And 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.480 the short answer for me is yes, you should move. 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:24.000 Let me try to explain you will not look back 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:30.760 thirty years from now and say, man looking back on 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:35.880 my life parents are dead. I'm glad we stayed in 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:41.160 Florida with our good jobs and friends and weren't there 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:44.679 when our parents died. I don't think you're going to 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.120 say that. I think it's more likely for you to say, 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:53.000 you know what, looking back on our life, we made 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:59.440 a decision to move back to Ohio, and I'm sorry, Wisconsin, 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:03.040 I get my Midwest mixed up. We decided to move 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:06.920 back to Wisconsin to be with our parents, and then 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.560 we were with them as they got older. We were 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:13.720 able to help them out and transition into their older age. 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.240 Maybe it was a nursing home or whatever, and then 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:18.680 we were with them when they died. They passed away, 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:22.120 we got their last wishes, We've got our children to 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.960 be around them, to be around their grandparents. I think 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:30.240 that's the more likely scenario, Kayla, that this is something 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:33.400 that you would possibly have a deep regret about if 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:37.200 you were in Florida and you lost your parents and 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.160 you felt like you didn't give the rest of your 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.040 time that you could to them, even if it's a 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:46.080 little bit, even if it's once a week, heck, even 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:48.080 if it's once every two weeks, you know, you go 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:52.000 have dinner with your mom. There's just something to say 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:55.880 for that time is the most valuable commodity on the planet. 0:14:56.520 --> 0:15:00.760 How are you spending that time? The most precious commodity 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:05.960 on the planet, time, and how are you spending that 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:07.880 Because you're not ever going to get that time back 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:11.720 with your parents, maybe you have a rocky relationship with 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.600 them that could be fixed up a little bit during 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:20.240 that time. Listen, Wisconsin. You say it's cold. It is cold, 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:23.800 and Florida is not. But Wisconsin is a beautiful place. 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.840 It has great cheese and it's a beautiful place in 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:32.480 the summer. You almost have to look at the positives 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:34.920 instead of the negatives. Yeah, you're gonna deal with cold, 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.880 but you're in a warm house and you got your 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:40.120 family close to you. I think you kind of feel 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:42.040 this way, and I think that's why you ask the question. 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.320 I kind of think you're leaning that way anyway. And 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.600 you know what, you could always later down the road, 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:50.880 twenty years down the road, I don't know how old 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:53.200 you are. You can always pack up and go retire 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.040 back in Florida again, and you could reconnect with those friends. 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:01.840 You could make new friends in Wisconsin. You could, Hey, 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:04.400 it's a good scenario. Move to Wisconsin and then go 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:07.640 stay with your friends that you've made in Florida. These relationships, 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.480 go stay with them and enjoy the beautiful weather in 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:15.200 the wintertime of Wisconsin. Go spend that in Florida. That's 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:17.000 my answer right now. I don't know the rest of 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:22.200 your story, but that's my quick answer for you. This 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:26.960 question is from Justin, says Hey Granger. My name is Justin. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:31.280 I'm a combat wounded vet from Iowa and I've just 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:34.040 began to love Jesus again because of you and Amber. 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:36.440 Thank you for helping me find my way. My question 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:40.280 to you is this, with you being the lead singer, 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:42.760 face of the band, image of the company, whatever you 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:46.720 want to call it, have you ever gotten lead singer syndrome? 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.920 I know that singers get a big head and think 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:53.880 they are everything about the band, which tends to cause 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:57.440 big problems. Is it ever your way or the highway? 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:01.920 Or do you always work together as a team. Thank 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:07.320 you for your time, Justin, thank you for your service, 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:13.960 and shout out to Iowa. A wounded combat bet from Iowa. 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:18.320 You sound like a good dude and you love Jesus. 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:22.440 You sound like a good dude, sound like my kind 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:25.240 of guy. You're a true American hero in the American heartland. 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:28.159 So shout out to you, buddy, Thank you for writing in. 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.200 It's a great question. I do think about it a lot. 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.720 There is such thing as lead singer syndrome. I've seen 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:43.480 it many times with friends in the How do I 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:50.480 say this starting from the bottom? I know it's cliche, 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:54.600 and growing my band and crew from the very beginning, 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:59.960 where we all at some point we're struggling in a 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:03.960 in a van or pickup truck, changing flat tires and 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:10.280 a trailer loading gear in the cold of Wisconsin and 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:14.199 hauling it into venues and playing shows to nobody, and 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:16.880 then getting cheated by the venue and not getting paid anything, 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:21.000 and having a leave and trying to get the cheapest 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:24.440 hotel room possible, and then flipping the mattresses over where 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:26.440 some people slept on the mattress and some people slept 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:28.960 on the box spring so we could fit eight people 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:33.720 in one ninety nine dollars hotel room nineteen dollars and 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:40.080 ninety nine cents. I think that that that really puts 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:44.040 perspective as you start growing, and what we always try 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:47.320 to do is just be so grateful for every day 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:52.280 and every new accomplishment with the band. And it's hard, 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:56.680 I think, to get a big head about that when 0:18:56.680 --> 0:19:00.040 you know where you came from. It's hard to I 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.439 had to see some big success and think it's all 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:07.160 about you when you and your boys made this happen 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:13.120 in Amarillo, Texas, when it was snowing and you're spinning 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:16.240 tires in the van backing up to a rusty venue 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:18.439 door and no one's there but a bartender. You know, 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:22.080 paying your dues, that's what they say. And I paid 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:28.240 my dues with my boys, not by myself. What I 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:33.200 do to put in place in our crew so that 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:36.840 that we don't have a potential of that happening is 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:41.840 I keep the same guys around, and I trust them, 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:45.480 and they're also my friends, and they keep me accountable. 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:50.040 And we've done this long enough now that I don't 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:54.920 threaten anyone with firing them. I don't say I have 0:19:55.160 --> 0:19:58.119 a long time ago, but I don't anymore say you 0:19:58.240 --> 0:20:02.240 do that again, you're fired, because, as you said, it's 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:05.560 my way or the highway. It's funny that as I'm saying, 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:09.479 I look down to my monitor, engineer text me will 0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:14.040 But I don't threaten them with firing them. I try 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:16.840 to always listen because if they if they're say they 0:20:16.960 --> 0:20:19.000 messed up, maybe they're just having a bad day. Maybe 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:21.600 maybe need work on it together, you know, maybe it's 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:24.160 something you need to sit down. You're you messed up, man, 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:27.000 you're having a bad day. I'm disappointed. Let's talk this 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:30.800 out instead of using instead of using a threat like man, 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:34.280 I'll fill your shoes and a heartbeat, fill your bunk. 0:20:35.320 --> 0:20:38.960 So I don't do that. And I also actively tell 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:42.960 my guys, hey, if you see me doing something out 0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:46.840 of line or acting out of arrogance, call me out, 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.760 call me out on it, and I'm gonna listen to you. 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:55.040 And having this approach doesn't make things all warm and fuzzy. 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:58.960 It does create problems when when guys will look at 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:03.320 me and go, hey, Granger, screw you, man, you're wrong. 0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:06.560 And there is something inside of me that don't say 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:11.000 those specific words, but in some form they say that 0:21:11.080 --> 0:21:13.639 to me. It hurts deep down and there's this little 0:21:13.840 --> 0:21:17.520 voice inside that goes, I'm the man, I'm gonna fire you, 0:21:18.119 --> 0:21:21.760 and I gotta go Nope, no, i'm not. We're a team. 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:24.960 And if you've got a problem with me, then maybe 0:21:24.960 --> 0:21:26.880 there's something I need to look at in myself. Maybe 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:30.000 there's something internally I need to look and dig deep 0:21:30.400 --> 0:21:34.560 and figure out what am I doing that is causing 0:21:34.560 --> 0:21:36.960 you to react that way? Because we got to all 0:21:37.000 --> 0:21:40.840 be responsible for ourselves. It all starts with us ourselves. 0:21:41.640 --> 0:21:44.320 If you're having a problem with somebody, have you looked 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:46.439 at yourself first? That's where you got it. You're not 0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:49.640 gonna change that person. It's impossible. You're not gonna convince 0:21:49.680 --> 0:21:54.200 them of your way. You gotta look inside and go 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:57.800 maybe I'm maybe I'm doing this, I'm going about this wrong, 0:21:58.080 --> 0:21:59.640 or I need to do it in a different way, 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:02.760 maybe not even wrong. So does that make sense? I 0:22:02.840 --> 0:22:08.160 just I mean my brother is my manager, my best 0:22:08.160 --> 0:22:13.160 friend for twenty three years is my tour manager. Every 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:15.280 other band member has been with me for ten years, 0:22:15.840 --> 0:22:19.159 so they know me, you know, like they know me. 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:22.000 They know everything about me, and there's nothing I could 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:24.280 hide from them, and there's nothing they can hide from me. 0:22:24.840 --> 0:22:28.239 So we're a band of brothers truly. Essentially, we're a 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:30.640 brand of brothers because I have both my brothers work 0:22:30.640 --> 0:22:33.360 here Atyege Apparel with me. As you heard me say 0:22:33.440 --> 0:22:36.879 with me, not for me, not under me. With me, 0:22:38.920 --> 0:22:42.320 my band they work with me, not under me, not 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:46.199 beneath me. My show doesn't sound right if there's not 0:22:46.280 --> 0:22:49.280 drums and I don't play those. My show doesn't sound 0:22:49.359 --> 0:22:51.879 right if there's not a or doesn't look right if 0:22:51.880 --> 0:22:55.240 there's not lights and I don't run those, Sean does. 0:22:55.760 --> 0:23:00.119 So as long as I keep those people around on 0:23:00.240 --> 0:23:02.960 me and don't get this Elvis syndrome where you feel 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:05.400 like you got to fire everybody and then hire yes men, 0:23:05.480 --> 0:23:07.879 that's the biggest danger that you're talking about justin that 0:23:07.880 --> 0:23:10.760 you've seen, and Elvis is like the ultimate example of 0:23:10.760 --> 0:23:13.600 that because it actually ended up being the death of him. 0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:17.280 He died because of yes men surrounding him, and no 0:23:17.320 --> 0:23:21.439 one was brave enough to say, hey, King, you probably 0:23:21.440 --> 0:23:25.359 shouldn't be taking that pill. You probably shouldn't be eating 0:23:25.400 --> 0:23:28.160 that right now. No one was brave enough to say 0:23:28.160 --> 0:23:30.840 that because he surrounded himself with yes men that just 0:23:30.880 --> 0:23:32.680 said yeah, man, yeah, King, Yeah, you do what you 0:23:32.720 --> 0:23:36.800 want to do. So yeah, I think about it a lot, dude. 0:23:36.800 --> 0:23:39.520 I think it's a great question, and I appreciate you 0:23:39.560 --> 0:23:42.480 asking it. Once again. Thank you for your service. You're 0:23:42.520 --> 0:23:46.720 a wounded combat vet and all of us listening to 0:23:46.800 --> 0:23:50.280 this podcast are indebted to you in some way. Justin'll 0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:58.119 take a quick break. Thankful to have sponsors for this 0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:01.480 podcast today, and thank you guys for listening. 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