1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: Hey everybody, thanks for watching and listening. It's been a 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: while since on this podcast I've had a bunch of guests, 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: so it's been a while since I've answered questions, and 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: I always enjoy those podcasts. In fact, there was a 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: time when this podcast was really dedicated strictly to answering 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: your questions, because it seems to be an endless amount 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: of information I could throw out there to answer your questions, 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: and some of them are really unique, and I enjoyed 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: doing it, and it's really good to start a Monday 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: with giving you some answered questions about me or what's 11 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: going on. I want to talk about this new album 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: we have coming out in September, and I want to 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: talk about the Earl Dibbles truck restoration videos that have 14 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: seemed to be on a long hiatus on this channel. 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: And I want to cover a couple of a couple 16 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: of really cool options. Here a couple of questions that 17 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: I've I fielded them off of Instagram. I went just 18 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: a couple of hours ago and put in my story 19 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: asked me some questions for the podcast, and then I 20 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: went through and and screenshoted one two about about fifteen 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: of them. I don't know if I'll get to all 22 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: of them, but those are ones that just caught my 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: eye right off the bat, and it's gonna be a 24 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: fun episode. So these are good ones. Welcome to the 25 00:01:20,959 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: Granger Smith Podcast. Did time and long line down on 26 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: back Rangy Coation, Getting right into it right now. First 27 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: question comes from Chris on Instagram and it says, is 28 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: there any chance that You're going to go on tour 29 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: in Europe at some point? And the reason I screenshot 30 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: of that question is because I saw a lot of them, 31 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: either they were specific to Italy or Germany, or England 32 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: or Ireland. And my answer to that is a little 33 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: bit sad because in twenty twenty we actually did have 34 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: a European tour scheduled in September and October, and we 35 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: had to cancel that probably in April. We held on 36 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 1: for a while during the craziness of COVID, so we 37 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: held on as long as we could. Then found out 38 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: it was best for everybody promoters wanted to cancel. We 39 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: thought it's probably best to push that to twenty twenty one, 40 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: So I would expect to go to Europe in twenty 41 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: twenty one for a tour Chris, I'm sorry it's not 42 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: this year. I love Europe. I love traveling to Europe, 43 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: I love playing Europe. We've done several tours over there. 44 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: One in particular was a United States military base tour 45 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 1: in Germany and Italy. That was just our riot. I 46 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: guess I shouldn't use that word these days, but it 47 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: was so much fun. We had a little bus that 48 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: we traveled around and went to these military bases and 49 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: saw some towns that we wouldn't have normally gone to 50 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: on a tourist route, and gosh, I'd crave it. I 51 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: crave I crave Europe for beer and coffee and food, 52 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: unbelievable architecture, history and history buff all the wars. So anyway, yeah, 53 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: that's Chris, that's the definitely in the plan. And here's 54 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: here's missus Ashton on Instagram. She said update on the 55 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: house build. So it's a good question. Amber and I 56 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: are going to build a farmhouse out on the property 57 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: where we have right now, where we're currently living in 58 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: an RV, and it's been such an adventure I can 59 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be sad to get away from the RV 60 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: at some point because it's really been fun. To have 61 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: this minimalist lifestyle with the kids and really focus on 62 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: each other and our time together and the environment. I mean, 63 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: when it's hot outside, it's hot in that barn that's 64 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: where we're living. If it's cold outside, haven't been there yet, 65 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: but I'm sure it's going to be cold, and we'll 66 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: just be very in tune. Like today, it's actually sprinkled 67 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 1: rained a little bit, and you know, you could you 68 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: hear it in the whole barn. You hear the rain, 69 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: and you hear the thunder, and you feel just very 70 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: much a part of the land. So that being said, 71 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: I am going to be a little bit sad and 72 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: we have to leave that RV. But that being said, 73 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: we're supposed to break ground on this farmhouse in about 74 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: a month. So this particular builder who's a friend of ours, 75 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: likes to have everything picked out, everything done before they 76 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: break ground. So that means flooring and walls and fixtures 77 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: and faucets and all that stuff. He likes to have 78 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: it all done so that whenever we finish that and 79 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: hit go, there's no turning back. About a month Ashton, 80 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: this is a funny one. What made you make the eee'? 81 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: That's the question. And there's always anytime I ask for questions, 82 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: there's always questions about that, where does ee come from? 83 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: Where did you get ee? Why do you say eee? 84 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: I even tell people in the crowd sometimes I'll say 85 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: somewhere in the show, I'll say, hey, by the way, 86 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 1: if you came to this show and for some reason 87 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: don't know what eee means, it means live life to 88 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: the fullest. And in a nutshell, that's what it means, 89 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: live life to the fullest. It means that because that's 90 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: the meaning we gave it. And going back to the 91 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: origins of it, it came from the very first Earl 92 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: Dibbles video before it was a music video, before all that, 93 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: it was called Earl Dibbles Junior. I think it was 94 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: called the Country Boy Part one or Country Boy Part one. 95 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: It was back in twenty eleven and July. And right 96 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: in the middle of that video, if you go watch 97 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: that video, right in the middle and I'll link at 98 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: the top of description, Earle says, you know, holds up 99 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: a shotgun and says ye yee, and that just wasn't 100 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: that big a deal. It was like it's like an 101 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: old Texas cattle call. And there was a couple of 102 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: other takes where he said multiple ye's, but the one 103 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: that actually made the video that I edited it was 104 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: just two yee ye. And that was the luckiest thing 105 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: I've ever said. It was Excuse me, it's the luckiest 106 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: thing Earl Dibbles Junior ever said four me and I 107 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: remember that I knew it was catching on. We didn't. 108 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 1: We didn't think that much of it, me and my brothers. 109 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: But but people started coming to our shows holding up 110 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: signs that said yee. They also held up signs and 111 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: said crack a coal, one put a good dip in. 112 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: I got a tough schedule that said things to other 113 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: quotes from that video, but yee was the interesting one 114 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: that they held up signs. And I remember, as that 115 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: video started going viral, I'll never forget one day driving 116 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: in lam Passas, Texas, and there was a truck dealership 117 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: and in the in the front windshield of all the 118 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: trucks in lamp passes, it said yee and every windshield 119 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: a little sign, and I thought, oh my gosh, this 120 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: is terrible, this is bad. We need to trademark this 121 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: right now, because I knew that if we didn't trademark it, 122 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: somebody else would and then make us not be able 123 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: to say it. And this was right during the time. 124 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: The reason I knew that is because it was right 125 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: during the time when that video came out. The very 126 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: first Earl Dubbles T shirt, the very first one, I 127 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,119 Speaker 1: guess it was the I'm sitting here at the Eye Farm, 128 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: the headquarters of EEE Apparel, the very first EEE Apparel 129 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: shirt ever. On the front it said I'm a country boy, 130 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: and on the back it said I got a tough schedule, 131 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: I wake up, put a good dip in crack a coat. 132 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: It was like a list and it had a little 133 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: check down the list. Well, just a few weeks after 134 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: we started selling that shirt, we got to see some 135 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: distiss see some desist letter from a company I believe 136 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: it was in Ohio, and the letter said you cannot 137 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: use the word the phrase country boy. And I thought 138 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: that was the oddest thing. I was like, we can't 139 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: say country boy any on a koozie or on a 140 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: T shirt or any any kind of merchandise. It was 141 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: the weirdest thing to me. But evidently there is a 142 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: company and they have trademarked country boy and country Girl, 143 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: and they don't let anybody use it, and that's kind 144 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: of part of their stick. You know, they're the only 145 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: ones that could sell shirts like that. It's a terrible 146 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: business to be in if that's your your business plan 147 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: is to just shut down anyone else that says it 148 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,319 Speaker 1: so that you could be the only one. But then 149 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: no one really buys your shirts. I even I even 150 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: know for a fact that Luke Bryan when he came 151 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 1: out with the country Girl Shake It from Me, they 152 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: literally shut down the shirts that said country girls shake 153 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: It from Me because they couldn't use country girl together 154 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: on one shirt. So because of that, and it really 155 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: motivated me to step up with EE and say, oh gosh, 156 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: we got to trademark this, not so that not so 157 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: that it's it's it's ours away from stealing it away 158 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: from the world, but more so that the world couldn't 159 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 1: take it and tell us never to say it again 160 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: or never to put it on shirts. Can you guys 161 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: imagine if I had let that slip away, where what 162 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: would this what would this farm be called? What would 163 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: this apparel company be called? What would what would Earl 164 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: Dibbles say? After that? So it was a scary deal, 165 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: and it was scary because it cost me five thousand 166 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: dollars to trademark that, and that was everything that we 167 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: all had combined. We pulled every penny we had together 168 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: and were able to salvage five thousand dollars for this trademark. 169 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: And I mean that's digging into grocery money back in 170 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: twenty eleven, and so now it was scary and terrible 171 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: and heartbreaking and gave me so much anxiety. But looking 172 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: back on it, it's probably the best thing I ever 173 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: did for my career was pay that five thousand dollars. 174 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 1: And by the way, there's also been other podcast that 175 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: go way more in depth about ye. That's kind of 176 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: the short story. Next question from Bailey Marshall says, what 177 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: would you recommend doing in the mornings to mentally prepare 178 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: for the day. And I think that's an ow some question, 179 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: Thank you, Bailey. I screenshot at it and I can 180 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 1: answer that in a couple of ways. One, I like 181 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: to get up earlier than I need to as many 182 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: times as I physically can. And why I say physically 183 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: can is because I need to get seven hours And 184 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: I've done so much research on this and I've I've 185 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: read so many books about this, and I've studied history 186 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: so much about it, and you can hear flip sides 187 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 1: of the story, Like I remember Arnold Schwarzenegger one time saying, 188 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: if you want to achieve more in life, you got 189 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: to sleep less, and I know what he means. But 190 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: it's also it's also proven over and over again that 191 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 1: if you sleep less than your needed time, then you 192 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: are going to function at half the capacity, the mental 193 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: capacity of what you would on a normal sleep night. 194 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: So if you think you're going to get ahead in 195 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: life by sleeping four hours and getting up early every more, 196 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: like maybe you go to bed at midnight and wake 197 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: up at four, and then you think you have more 198 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: of the day, it's not technically right because you run 199 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: into this sleep deprivation problem where you're only functioning at 200 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: fifty percent of your brain or less. I mean, it's 201 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: proven that you're worse off than being drunk when you 202 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: sleep deprive yourself. That being said, everyone kind of has 203 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: their time that they need, and I have figured out 204 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: that seven hours is my minimum time to sleep. I 205 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: could sleep seven to eight. If I get anything over eight, 206 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: that affects me negatively too. That kind of makes me groggy. 207 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: I feel weird after eight hours, and I feel unproductive, 208 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: So I try to get right at seven. And the 209 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: reason I lead into that is to go to your 210 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: morning question. Is I like to get up earlier. If 211 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: I can an hour earlier that I need to is great. 212 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: So if I have if I have a meeting at 213 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: say eight o'clock, and I have a phone call at 214 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: eight o'clock, and I need to do like the normal 215 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 1: morning stuff like wake up, like the sleep out of 216 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: my eyes, take it, you know, take a drink and 217 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 1: brush my teeth and all that kind of stuff. Get dressed. 218 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: Sound like Earl divils now. So if that takes thirty minutes, 219 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 1: then that brings me back to seven thirty. That means 220 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: I need to get up at six thirty to have 221 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 1: an hour between six thirty and seven thirty to do 222 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: my morning routine. That consists number one of being absent 223 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: from my phone. So I learned a long time ago 224 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: that I can't. I can't wake up and pull up 225 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: my phone and start checking emails and checking text messages, 226 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: going about oh good God, forget bids social media. I 227 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: cannot do that first thing the morning. That just puts 228 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: you on the wrong path. So I like to have 229 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: that that hour to do some reading, to have a 230 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: little little very primitive journal that I'll write in just 231 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: for exercise sake, that I could I could write what's 232 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: going on in my life. Not nothing detailed, nothing poetic, 233 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: just heading heading on tour to the Northwest tomorrow, early 234 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: morning flight. Lincoln played baseball with me last night. Just 235 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: primitive stuff because that helps me a lot to be 236 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: able to journal. And so reading, journaling and having some 237 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: quiet time. You know, I love I love the mornings. 238 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: It's my favorite time. So if I could have a 239 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: cup of coffee and be outside with the birds and 240 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: with the sunrise, watching the sun come up, that is 241 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: such a such a key factor in getting my day 242 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: going in the right direction. After that, I always work out, 243 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: So if I'm going to have a long workout, I 244 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: also have to fact that a factor that into my 245 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: morning routine whenever my day's supposed to start. So that 246 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: usually text me about an hour forty five minutes to 247 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: an hour to get a good workout. I usually do 248 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: strength training at the very least get a good sweat going. 249 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: So if I could do all of those things I mentioned, 250 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: before that phone call or meeting or whatever is, whatever 251 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: it is to start my day, I am just a 252 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: lot better off. I'm a lot better after in the day. 253 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: And Bailey, I hope that kind of answers your questions. 254 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: But I could say if you could do anything that 255 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: I just said anything, get your required hours of sleep 256 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: and don't get your phone first thing in the morning. 257 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: Next question, what's the hardest thing you've ever gone through 258 00:15:55,240 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 1: being a country singer? And that question, I'm going to 259 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: stick with the business side. And I'm assuming that you 260 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: were talking about because you put in country singer. I'm 261 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: assuming you're putting you're talking about the business side, not 262 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: the personal side. Like you didn't say what's the hardest 263 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: thing you've ever gone through as a human being? You 264 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: said country singers, I'm assuming you mean business. So if 265 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: it's business, There's two things that come to mind. One was, well, 266 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: I mean, let's throw us. Let's throw us side COVID 267 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: because COVID wins. That wins that battle every time. Because 268 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: the hardest thing I ever did as a country singer 269 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: was shut down my entire tour, tell my band they 270 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: don't have a job, and scrap for the last six months, 271 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: so that that throws everything out of the out of 272 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: the wall, out of the window right now. So besides COVID, 273 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: it would be one of two things. One and falling 274 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: off the stage and breaking ribs and puncturing alung and 275 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: then having that setback of recovery. But I don't think 276 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: that was as much a big as much of an 277 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 1: ordeal to me as when I lost my voice. And 278 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: I lost my voice just screwed around with one of 279 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 1: the guys on the crew. We were kind of horsing 280 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: around wrestling on the bus in front of everybody, and 281 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: he put me in a chokehold with his forearm and 282 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 1: it caused swelling in my throat in my vocal cord. 283 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: And then I sang that night at a show and 284 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: burst that blood vessel that killed my voice. It completely 285 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: went away. I had nothing but a whisper, And that 286 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: was the hardest thing I've had to go through as 287 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: a country singer, not being able to sing. I did 288 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: a whole podcast about that crazy day and that crazy 289 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: night and the recovery it took after that. It definitely 290 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: put a lot of things in perspective for me and 291 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: taught me a lot about myself. Taught me a lot 292 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: about uh, the value of myself and how grateful I 293 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 1: am for just a normal day of being able to 294 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: use my voice. Judith Rose asked me, what do you 295 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: think are the most important qualities of being a good husband. 296 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: It's interesting that Judith, a female, is asking me what 297 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 1: I think the most important qualities of being a good 298 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: husband are. And I hope that I hope for a 299 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: couple of reasons. Students, I hope you're not either judging 300 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: your current spouse or I hope you're not going to 301 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: use my advice to decide who who you like or 302 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: not to marry one day. And as anything on this podcast, 303 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: you cats can't take, can't take my word for gospel. 304 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm just giving you what I think, and so what 305 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: I think the good qualities are are what I've experienced 306 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: with Amber, and that is honesty. It's got to be 307 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: number one. And number two is forgiveness. And a lot 308 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: of times with Amber and I that forgiveness starts before 309 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: a fight or an argument even happens, meaning she could 310 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 1: do something that might be annoying or something I don't 311 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: believe in fundamentally, but I know quickly that it's not 312 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 1: worth it. It's not worth what that could cause if 313 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: we if I start a disagreement, especially if I know 314 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: she's passionate, passionate about it. And the truth is we've 315 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: both learned how to forgive each other before the problem 316 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: even starts. So that's a different than getting in a 317 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 1: huge brawl and then at the end of it then 318 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: I forgive her right, So before that even happens, I 319 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: look at her and I just go, you know what, 320 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: She's a human being, like I am, very smart human being, 321 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 1: probably smarter, not probably a lot smarter than I am. 322 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: And she feels that way or she does that or 323 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: she thinks that way, and she's entitled to that, and 324 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: who am I to tell her otherwise. And if it's 325 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: a fundamental disagreement, as in disciplining kids or something like that, 326 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: then we both approach each other in a very civil way, 327 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: like you know, but instead of saying, instead of putting 328 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: it on her, like you know what you should do, 329 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 1: instead of doing that to London, I'll approach it like, 330 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: how either how could I help you with that problem 331 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 1: you're having with London? Or can you let me deal 332 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: with her? You let me deal with London? In this 333 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: I have an idea on maybe how to how to 334 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: make this outcome better. It might not work, but can 335 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: I try that? Can I try that on London? Instead 336 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: of saying, Babe, you're wrong? Why would you do that? 337 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: You're wrong? That's that's not the right way. There's nothing 338 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 1: that's going to come out of that, nothing besides me 339 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: being right, and that's not fun. Me being right means nothing. 340 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 1: That doesn't change anything. So, Judith, I hope that helps you. 341 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: Next question, that's funny, that's funny. Literally the next question, 342 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: how do you discipline your children? My son likes to 343 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: say no a lot and he's almost four. Brandon hashtag 344 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 1: ye yee Brandon. First of all, as you know, I 345 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: don't have to tell you, buddy that if your if 346 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 1: your son says no a lot and he's three years old, 347 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: that's natural. That's totally normal. And we both we both understand. 348 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: It's like it's like the puppy theory. When you see 349 00:21:55,960 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: a little lab puppy chewing on the corner of the table. 350 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: You know it's cute, but you imagine him as a 351 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: full grown dog doing that, and that's not cute anymore. 352 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: You know, that's trouble. That's a bad dog. So it's 353 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: the same thing when I when a little three year 354 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: old is talking back and telling you know all the time. 355 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: At some levels, it's cute and it's understandable, but in 356 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: the back of your mind you're thinking, now, I don't 357 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: want this to turn into a teenager that's doing this 358 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: to me. My mother used to always tell me, you 359 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: have to break their will, but not their spirit. And 360 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: there's a big difference. There's a big difference, and you 361 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: need to you need to curb, curb them and and 362 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: break their will and show them the right way without 363 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: tearing down their spirit. And in so many ways you 364 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: could you could accomplish that. One. You gotta just really 365 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,959 Speaker 1: praise them for the things they're doing good, Like if 366 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: they do something good, you got to praise them a lot, 367 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: like good job, buddy, that's so good. Your that is 368 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: so good, You're such a good boy. That was great. 369 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: And then on the flip side, if they do something wrong, 370 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: instead of instead of a personal attack, even with a 371 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: three year old, it works with three year olds all 372 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: the way up. It works with adults. If they do 373 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: something wrong, you don't attack them personally, you don't attack 374 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: their spirit. Instead, you just attack the action like, buddy, 375 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: you are a good boy. You are a good boy, 376 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: but that was not a good decision. That was wrong. 377 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: You do not do that. You're a good boy. You 378 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 1: know better, you know reinforce that. Hey, they're smart, they 379 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: can make their own decisions. That can't because there're three, 380 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 1: but you could reinforce that they can and it helps 381 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: grow them up that way. To more specifically answer your 382 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 1: discipline question, our kids, you know, all three of our 383 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: kids are very different and they're in the way that 384 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: they take discipline. Lincoln, he responds very well to a spanking, 385 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: so I could I could spank him in the right 386 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: way where I know that it's it's just enough to 387 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 1: get his attention, not enough to hurt him, and and 388 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: then he focuses on me, and then I could focus 389 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 1: on fixing it by saying, buddy, you're a good boy. 390 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: You are, you are a smart boy, but you know 391 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: better than that, you know better than to do that. 392 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: And with London, it's totally different because I have spanked 393 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: her a few times and she she only responds with aggression, 394 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: and so that doesn't that doesn't if she If your 395 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: kid responds to to spanking with aggression, then The answer 396 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: to that is not another spanking. That's harder, right, So 397 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,959 Speaker 1: with London, and you just got to learn what it 398 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 1: is that hurts him, and it's not doesn't have to 399 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: be physical. So with London, it's taken something away. So 400 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 1: if she's responding with something, or if I'm responding with 401 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 1: some with some kind of discipline due to her bad actions, 402 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: it's easy for me to say, Okay, I'm taking away, 403 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: making away your doll. No no, no, no, no, please one, nope, nope, 404 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: taking it away. You'll see her in the morning. And 405 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 1: I could take away that doll and I could hide 406 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: her till the morning, and that hurts her so bad. 407 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: That really helps drive home that she was in the wrong. 408 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: And then once again I just reinforced that she's a 409 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: good girl. Today. Just today, right before this podcast, we 410 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: were playing baseball in the yard and we were doing 411 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: this just fun game where the kids were throwing a 412 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: baseball at the barn and then fielding their reflection of 413 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: the baseball as if they were in a game, and 414 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: they were kind of competing against each other, the two kids, 415 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: and London was doing good, she was doing really good 416 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 1: fielding the ball, and then she asked me to start 417 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: filming her. So I started filming her so she could 418 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: show her mama, and she missed a couple of the 419 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: ball at the baseballs. While I was filming, she got 420 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: so mad she threw her glove on the ground and 421 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: started storming off. So I grabbed her and I I said, nope, 422 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: we're not any like that. No, I'm not. I hate 423 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 1: this game good. So I grabbed her. I said, no, 424 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 1: do it again. No, I don't want to do it again. 425 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,239 Speaker 1: I said, do it again. We're not going to leave 426 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: till you do it again. You're not, she said, but 427 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: I don't want to. Why are you making me do this? 428 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: And I said, because you're mad. It's not because you're 429 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: bad at baseball. It's because you're mad, and you can't 430 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: end a game mad. So do it again. So she 431 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: did it a couple more times, finally got it in 432 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 1: her glove. And then when she got it in her 433 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: glove and then her face lit up, and then I ran. 434 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: I grabbed her and said, perfect, you see how much 435 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: better that feels. You see how much better that feels? 436 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 1: And it was great. It was really really awesome because 437 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: she had a huge smile on her face. And then 438 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: she started leaving the field going back to the barn, 439 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 1: and she said thank you, Daddy, and I was like, 440 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 1: oh man, just that thank you Daddy was this little, 441 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 1: this little beautiful moment inside me. And I was like, man, 442 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: that was great. Anytime you could actually do something in 443 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: parenting and feel that reward, it's pretty awesome. So I 444 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: got it. I got it this morning. I hope that 445 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: helps you. Brandon. I'm gonna take a quick break, reset 446 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 1: this camera. This podcast is brought to you by Raycon, 447 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: and I've talked to you about Raycon earbuds before. 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So many 484 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: questions have been coming in about this new album, and 485 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: it's hard for me to answer it right now because 486 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: I know a lot about it, and I can tell 487 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: you a lot about it, but I'm kind of have 488 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: my hands tied a little bit because we're going to 489 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: do some official announcements as they come. So I can 490 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: tell you this it's coming at the end of September. 491 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: I could also tell you and I'll drop this information 492 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: on the podcast, and no one else knows this information. Okay, 493 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: The only time I'll say it is right here on 494 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: this podcast. You ready, There's gonna be more after the 495 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: September release. Okay, So the music's gonna come out the 496 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: end of September, but that won't be the end of it. 497 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: You're gonna be getting a lot of music from me 498 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: this fall. We'll put it that way, okay, And I'm 499 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: very excited about it. We'll say that too. Here's a 500 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: question that says, what's your favorite muscle car? I like 501 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: that question because I would say nineteen sixty nine Charger. 502 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 1: I grew up watching dukes of Hazard. I've always loved 503 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: that car. And guess what, I've never driven one, and 504 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: I've never driven a sixty nine Charger. So he if 505 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: any of you guys have one out there and you 506 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 1: want to let it come to the EG Farm, drive 507 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: it down the EE Farm, we'll do a video, we'll 508 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: do a podcast, we'll talk about what it's like to 509 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: drive a sixty nine Charger. I would love that. Another 510 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: question about the new have you rehearsed any of the 511 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: new songs for playing live yet? Yes, buddy, we have. 512 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: We just started as I get together with the band, 513 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: either one of these live at the EE Farm sessions 514 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: or these little tours that we've been running on. We've 515 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: been kind of getting together and a lot of these 516 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: guys played on the album, so they already know them 517 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: pretty well. In fact, Phish, my guitar player on my 518 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: right side if you're looking at me your left side 519 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 1: on the stage, he produced a lot of songs with me, 520 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: so he knows them backwards and forwards, and we can't 521 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 1: wait to God, we cannot wait to start digging in 522 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: and playing these And I can tell you something else. 523 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: Here's another nugge I'll drop on the podcast. You're gonna 524 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: get your first taste of it this month. Okay, you're 525 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: gonna get a taste of it this month. It might 526 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: be the end of the month, but just saying really 527 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: really exciting, Dylan says, any advice for someone trying to 528 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: follow in your footsteps. You're my idol and want to 529 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: be in our art. Yeah, buddy, let me just let 530 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: me say, first of all, to your question, I don't 531 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: like that word idle. Man. I don't like that word idol. 532 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: I know what you mean. I appreciate it. I'm grateful 533 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: for you. At the same time, no humans or idols, 534 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: because humans are just gonna fail you. So you put 535 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: too much hope in one person and one human eventually 536 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: they're gonna do something that you don't like and what 537 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: that kind of that kind of hurts. So make God 538 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: your idle, buddy, because I'm gonna mess it up for you. Dude, 539 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna mess it up for you. My number one 540 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 1: advice is wherever you are doing, whatever hometown you're in, 541 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: stay in your hometown and play the music there. Play 542 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: to your buddies, play to your friends, play as that 543 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: group grows and builds out and builds out and out 544 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: and out, and and write songs about your hometown, and 545 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: write songs about your buddies, and write songs about right there, 546 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 1: what you know. If you don't write songs, that's another 547 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: piece of advice. Write songs. If you don't know an 548 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: instrument like a guitar or a piano, learn an instrument. 549 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: YouTube is full of great tutorials now, but learn an instrument, 550 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,239 Speaker 1: write some songs. But stay in your hometown. Don't go 551 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: to Nashville or La or New York. You don't need 552 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: to do that anymore. And it's just a seth pool 553 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: of corruption music corruption. There's so many good people there, 554 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: but the collection of the good people starts making bad 555 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: things happen. And you don't want to You don't want 556 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: to throw away all your time doing that. So stay 557 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: in your hometown, crank it up. Play in your local bars. 558 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: If you don't, if you don't have a gig at 559 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: the local bar, go to your local bar and asked 560 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,320 Speaker 1: if you could host an open mic night. Obviously it's 561 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 1: a weird time right now with COVID, but eventually host 562 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 1: an open mic night and just tell the guy I 563 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: went to this place when I lived in College Station, Texas, 564 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:56,840 Speaker 1: and I just went in there. No one knew who 565 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: I was. The owner didn't know who I was. I 566 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: just say, Man, I'm Graing Smith. I'm a singer. I 567 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: know you don't know me, but would you let me 568 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,440 Speaker 1: come in here on Thursday nights at seven pm and 569 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: hosts and open mic night? And if you let me 570 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: do that, could I play some of my original music 571 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 1: in between guests? And he was like how much? And 572 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,439 Speaker 1: I was like, I'll do it for tips. You don't 573 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 1: have to pay me a penny. I'll do it for tips. 574 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: And he said yes. And that grew and grew and 575 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:27,759 Speaker 1: grew in pretty soon we had a pretty good crowd 576 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: there every Thursday, and I built a band and then 577 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: we started playing. The band started playing there. It's like 578 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: I had a gig every single week right there. So 579 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 1: and it doesn't have to be a big place either. 580 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,360 Speaker 1: Timothy says, what career achievement, What career achievement has meant 581 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:53,879 Speaker 1: most to you? And man, that's that's that's another tough 582 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 1: question about music business that I would say. I would 583 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:02,880 Speaker 1: say getting a number one song on Billboard and media Base. 584 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: Having that was the greatest achievement. It didn't last very long. 585 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: It only lasted you know, that week what we were 586 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: number one, and then it was all about the next 587 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: single and the next album and the next tour. But 588 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: during that moment, just relishing that moment was amazing. And 589 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 1: being able to hang the plaque on the wall that 590 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 1: said number one song in all the world, you know, 591 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:37,600 Speaker 1: that's my biggest career achievement. Another music question, I'm dying 592 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: to know your writing process. Do you write all the 593 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: music parts? So my music process, and I've talked a 594 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 1: little bit on this podcast about it, but my writing 595 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 1: process could come from different places. Sometimes it can come 596 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 1: from a title or a first line or a line 597 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 1: in the chorus. It could also come from just a 598 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 1: melody that I'm humming in my head, and I have 599 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:09,319 Speaker 1: some kind of melody in my head, and I take 600 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 1: notes on the lyric things on my little phone here, 601 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 1: and then I'll sing the melodies on my voice memos 602 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:21,879 Speaker 1: on my phone and record those. Sometimes the whole song 603 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 1: comes together as a package in my head. But most 604 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 1: of the time they're separate melodies and lyrics, and so 605 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 1: that I have to If I get a really cool 606 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,799 Speaker 1: melody in my head, I pull up my notes and 607 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 1: I flip through the lyrics and I see if anything 608 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:42,640 Speaker 1: sounds like that, does anything match that musically, and vice versa. 609 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 1: If I get a really cool lyric and I think 610 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 1: I got to write this title, then I'll start flipping 611 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,239 Speaker 1: through my voice memos and listening to me ridiculously hum 612 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,319 Speaker 1: a melody or play something on the guitar, and I'll 613 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: see if any melodies match that lyric. And you really 614 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 1: know right away when a lyric matches a melody. It's like, oh, 615 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 1: that's it, or no, that's definitely not it. You just 616 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: kind of know. And to your question, do you write 617 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:14,959 Speaker 1: all the music parts? I do, but I don't write 618 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:20,799 Speaker 1: them in a sense of musical graphs, Like I don't 619 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: have to get a music graph and draw out the notes. 620 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,400 Speaker 1: I could just write a music chart, which is a 621 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: number chart, which is just chords, and then I could 622 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,880 Speaker 1: record that, and then when I bring people into record 623 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:38,279 Speaker 1: an album, they could play off of what I did 624 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,440 Speaker 1: on my work tape. My original work tape, and luckily 625 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: I do all my own recording, so I'm right there 626 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: with everyone when a guitar player comes in or a 627 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:51,799 Speaker 1: keyboard player comes in. But I also trust heavily on 628 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 1: the musicians. So I have a couple guys that I 629 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: really trust. I could keyboard or guitar, and I could 630 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 1: sit down and say, hey, here's my idea, but you 631 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,960 Speaker 1: do what you do, and they hear it and they go, oh, 632 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,280 Speaker 1: what if we tried this? And here comes this beautiful piano, keyboard, 633 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:14,040 Speaker 1: whatever part, fiddle, steel, and it just comes flowing out 634 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:20,000 Speaker 1: and a song is born that way. Here we go, 635 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:23,720 Speaker 1: switching gears a little bit. Mollie says, do you believe 636 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:27,799 Speaker 1: in baptism in addition to asking God into your heart 637 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 1: to be saved? And then suddenly the podcast took a turn. 638 00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:37,680 Speaker 1: Let me read that question again. Do you believe in 639 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:42,440 Speaker 1: baptism in addition to asking God into your heart to 640 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:47,799 Speaker 1: be saved? My answer is a definite no. I do 641 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:53,000 Speaker 1: not believe in baptism in addition to God to asking 642 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 1: God into your heart to be saved. So she's referring 643 00:38:55,680 --> 00:39:03,400 Speaker 1: to Molly as referring to Christianity and a major a 644 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,840 Speaker 1: major turning point in Christianity that happened about five hundred 645 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:14,680 Speaker 1: years ago after the Roman Catholic Church. So just a 646 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,880 Speaker 1: quick recap of the history of Christianity if anyone is 647 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:27,759 Speaker 1: wondering started. It started with the God of the Jews. 648 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: So it was the Jewish faith and everyone that believed 649 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 1: in Israel, that believed in the God of Israel, the 650 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,040 Speaker 1: God of Moses, and the God of Abraham. They were 651 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,919 Speaker 1: waiting for a messiah that was prophesied to them through 652 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,880 Speaker 1: the Old Testament scriptures. So they were waiting on this 653 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:49,520 Speaker 1: messiah in steps Jesus. Most of you know Jesus, or 654 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,440 Speaker 1: at least the story of him. Jesus came to the 655 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:59,200 Speaker 1: earth born of a virgin and came in a way 656 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:04,600 Speaker 1: that it was prophesied exactly. But most people were expecting 657 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:09,640 Speaker 1: a big, powerful king that would come in and free 658 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:13,000 Speaker 1: the Jewish people of all their bonds that they had 659 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:17,840 Speaker 1: to the Roman Empire at the time. And here comes Jesus, 660 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:22,480 Speaker 1: a son of a carpenter and a very modest preaching 661 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:27,960 Speaker 1: love and talking to children and mingling with the poor 662 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:33,919 Speaker 1: and prostitutes and thieves. And he was preaching to them, 663 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:41,239 Speaker 1: and a lot of people could not understand that that 664 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:48,080 Speaker 1: was the first division of Christ verse Judaism. So then 665 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,200 Speaker 1: the second division comes soon. To help your question, Molly, 666 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:58,319 Speaker 1: the second division comes literally five hundred years later, when 667 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:03,280 Speaker 1: after g Jesus is gone and he's not on earth anymore, 668 00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: the Roman Empire gets taken over by the Church. And 669 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,360 Speaker 1: that is a long process of how that happens, but 670 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:18,760 Speaker 1: it happened with the emperor at the time becomes converted 671 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:25,239 Speaker 1: to Christianity when they found out truly that Jesus's message 672 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:31,600 Speaker 1: was if you believe in Me, you will be saved 673 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:39,120 Speaker 1: through faith. Right, so faith in Me will grant you 674 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:43,640 Speaker 1: my grace and the keys to heaven. So it's faith 675 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:48,840 Speaker 1: by grace to eternity. And it's so simple, that's the 676 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,680 Speaker 1: easiest idea. But that's what he preached, and that's what 677 00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:56,439 Speaker 1: all the apostle preached. All the apostles preached. But when 678 00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:01,040 Speaker 1: it became a government soon after a few hundred years later, 679 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:09,400 Speaker 1: there was a huge worry that the people would start 680 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:13,680 Speaker 1: living in terrible lives if all they had to do 681 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:18,000 Speaker 1: was was believe, or as Molly says, ask God into 682 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,960 Speaker 1: your heart to be saved. If that's all it took 683 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:23,040 Speaker 1: to be saved. Then they worried that people would live 684 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,680 Speaker 1: crazy lives and it would be it would be chaos. 685 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,799 Speaker 1: So they wanted to add a bunch of things. The 686 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,520 Speaker 1: Catholic Church wanted to make sure that you needed to 687 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,680 Speaker 1: do this and this, and then pray to the Virgin Mary, 688 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,960 Speaker 1: and make sure you get baptized, and make sure you 689 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,120 Speaker 1: go to Mass, and make sure you're a good person, 690 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:48,360 Speaker 1: and put all these things on human virtue. When Christ 691 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:52,319 Speaker 1: preached that human virtue is never going to be enough. 692 00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:55,280 Speaker 1: It's never enough no matter what you do, no matter 693 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:57,560 Speaker 1: what sin you have, no matter how good you are, 694 00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:03,200 Speaker 1: that's never enough to get in heaven. Only truly faith 695 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:07,560 Speaker 1: in Him would save you. So about five hundred years 696 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:11,799 Speaker 1: after Christ, the Reformists come in, guys like Martin Luther, 697 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,000 Speaker 1: and they came in and they were looking at the 698 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,680 Speaker 1: Catholic Church, who was making you get baptized, Like if 699 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,799 Speaker 1: you don't get baptized, you're not going to heaven. Guys 700 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:24,399 Speaker 1: like Martin Luther said, Uh, guys, I don't think that's right. 701 00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,960 Speaker 1: Like where in the Bible does it say you have 702 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,399 Speaker 1: to get baptized or you're not going to heaven. Where 703 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,600 Speaker 1: in the Bible. Does it say that we need to 704 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:38,560 Speaker 1: ask ask forgiveness from the pope and then or a priest, 705 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,239 Speaker 1: and then the priest would give us forgiveness. Where does 706 00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:42,719 Speaker 1: that say that? I thought it was supposed to be 707 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:46,919 Speaker 1: all about Jesus. So that was a big, really big deal, 708 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:50,520 Speaker 1: and it was the official split of Protestants from the Catholics. 709 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:55,680 Speaker 1: Long story short, this has been a huge tangent. But Molly, 710 00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:00,000 Speaker 1: I am a Protestant. I believe that through faith a lie, 711 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:08,480 Speaker 1: are you saved? And then we switched to will there 712 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:12,240 Speaker 1: be a pre order to the new album? Yes, we will. 713 00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,760 Speaker 1: There will will be a pre order to the new album, 714 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,360 Speaker 1: and there will be a pre order. I'm almost sure 715 00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,400 Speaker 1: breaking news on this podcast. I'm almost sure. At the 716 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:28,760 Speaker 1: end of August, Ben says, what drew you to music 717 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,319 Speaker 1: as a kid, especially George Strait and how did that 718 00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:35,000 Speaker 1: shape you? Man? I think Ben, I think it was 719 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:39,000 Speaker 1: all about girls, honestly, because I saw there were some 720 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:44,440 Speaker 1: friends of mine that played guitar and they were you 721 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:45,759 Speaker 1: know a lot of girls like that, A lot of 722 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:47,840 Speaker 1: girls like the guys that played guitar and the guys 723 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:50,720 Speaker 1: that sang when they played guitar, and I just remember 724 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,360 Speaker 1: thinking like I want to be one of those guys. 725 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,160 Speaker 1: I want to have that edge. So I learned the 726 00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:01,239 Speaker 1: guitar first, I learned to sing so second, and then 727 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:04,719 Speaker 1: I saw George straight third, and those sequences of those 728 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:10,200 Speaker 1: sequence of events heavily shaped me and drew me into music. 729 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:17,120 Speaker 1: To answer your question, Ben, here's a question, how's Earl's 730 00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:23,080 Speaker 1: truck going? Man? I think that's the most popular question 731 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:26,200 Speaker 1: on my YouTube page right now. And we've been on 732 00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,040 Speaker 1: this hiatus from fixing Earl's truck. We're doing the series 733 00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,120 Speaker 1: called Restoring Earl Dibble's Old Truck, and we've been on 734 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:36,000 Speaker 1: a hiatus because we finished all of our parts. We 735 00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:37,800 Speaker 1: took the truck all the way down to the frame 736 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:41,600 Speaker 1: and we finished that, and we took the body to 737 00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:46,200 Speaker 1: the to the autobody shop to put a new roof on. 738 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:47,799 Speaker 1: That was ruined, so we had to put a new 739 00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:51,799 Speaker 1: roof on the body. And as we took it there, 740 00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:55,080 Speaker 1: a massive hailstorm hit the state of Texas about two 741 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:59,680 Speaker 1: months ago and swamped the autobody shop with work. So 742 00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:02,720 Speaker 1: they had to stick with all that real money coming 743 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,640 Speaker 1: in before they could take on a fun project like ours, 744 00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:08,680 Speaker 1: and it put us on the back burner. So it's 745 00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:13,120 Speaker 1: hugely disappointing. I'm very frustrated about it. I understand where 746 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:14,879 Speaker 1: they're coming from. They got to they got to chase 747 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,319 Speaker 1: the money, they got to do that. But they keep 748 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,719 Speaker 1: telling me that they're going to get on it. So 749 00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:24,600 Speaker 1: I'm expecting a new episode of Restoring the Truck very soon. 750 00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:28,640 Speaker 1: I might go film one tomorrow and and then after 751 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:31,640 Speaker 1: that we should get this this uh, this cab going 752 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,280 Speaker 1: at the auto body shop. So I'm sorry to everyone 753 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,239 Speaker 1: that's that's waiting on it, and I just got to 754 00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:39,480 Speaker 1: tell you that I'm just as frustrated as you guys are, 755 00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:46,920 Speaker 1: for sure. Here's one from Dirk. It says, what do 756 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,600 Speaker 1: you do when all the band members do not agree 757 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:53,960 Speaker 1: on an issue? And I think it's a great question, 758 00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:56,759 Speaker 1: and that's why I screenshotted it because it could kind 759 00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:58,720 Speaker 1: of relate to so many things in life and anyone 760 00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:00,680 Speaker 1: else that's that works with the group of people, or 761 00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:05,400 Speaker 1: has a group of friends or a family, or we're 762 00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:09,239 Speaker 1: just gonna have disagreements. We just are. In fact, this 763 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:14,520 Speaker 1: last tour, we had a pretty pretty deep disagreement and 764 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:19,279 Speaker 1: it was it was a crew two crew members verse 765 00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:24,279 Speaker 1: pretty much everyone else, And my first and foremost I 766 00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:26,960 Speaker 1: like to hear everybody out. I don't like them to 767 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,480 Speaker 1: I don't like them to be rude about it. I 768 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:32,560 Speaker 1: don't like, you know, I don't like anyone to be 769 00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:39,040 Speaker 1: called out or or put down personally personal attacks. But 770 00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:41,719 Speaker 1: I like to hear them out. So I want to 771 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,560 Speaker 1: hear them out personally. First, hear what they got to say, 772 00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,760 Speaker 1: and hear their their are, their best argument for whatever 773 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,480 Speaker 1: they want, whatever their disagreement is, and then I like 774 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:54,600 Speaker 1: to get everybody together. And if it's not worked out 775 00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:58,000 Speaker 1: by then, then when everyone comes together, I can kind 776 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:01,399 Speaker 1: of become the mediator and say, Okay, here's what this 777 00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:04,759 Speaker 1: person thinks, and here's why they think it, and here's 778 00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,319 Speaker 1: why I think that they have a good point, and 779 00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,360 Speaker 1: here's why I think I could see why they're wrong. 780 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:14,799 Speaker 1: And then everyone else kind of chimes in and we 781 00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:18,080 Speaker 1: essentially have a big vote. So we'll have half the 782 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:21,400 Speaker 1: crew saying, man, is this is crazy? I don't, and 783 00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:23,040 Speaker 1: then these guys are saying, well, have you thought of 784 00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:26,399 Speaker 1: it this way? And almost every time when we do that, 785 00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:32,200 Speaker 1: people start putting themselves in the other person's shoes, and 786 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:35,160 Speaker 1: it really diffuses the situation. So if we get in 787 00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:38,600 Speaker 1: front of each other instead of texting or the worst 788 00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:41,800 Speaker 1: thing that could happen is two little groups start texting 789 00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:43,960 Speaker 1: each other and then this group starts texting each other 790 00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:45,640 Speaker 1: and then they come to me and they're like, do 791 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,280 Speaker 1: you hear what that groups saying? And they're like, yeah, 792 00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,719 Speaker 1: don't listen to that group. They're lying to you, they're 793 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,040 Speaker 1: kissing up to you. Whatever. That seems to be a 794 00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:57,439 Speaker 1: popular thing to say. So, but once we get face 795 00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,560 Speaker 1: to face and we get everybody on the bus or 796 00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:03,960 Speaker 1: everyone you know that we did this in Wichita, Kansas 797 00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:07,239 Speaker 1: literally last week, can we stop the bus? And I said, 798 00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:08,800 Speaker 1: all right, I want to have a meeting. We have 799 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:11,600 Speaker 1: a lot of meetings. And we all get out, we 800 00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:14,919 Speaker 1: get outside the bus, and I kind of lead it 801 00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:18,880 Speaker 1: like a courtroom. It's like, Okay, here's this here's this case, 802 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:22,600 Speaker 1: and in respect to this person, we're going to modify 803 00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:24,360 Speaker 1: what we're doing a little bit because they feel so 804 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:27,279 Speaker 1: passionately about it. But in respect to this person over here, 805 00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:31,200 Speaker 1: you need to settle down a little bit. And then 806 00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:34,839 Speaker 1: what I love to do is if anyone's called out 807 00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:38,920 Speaker 1: or or or put down, or there's a personal attack 808 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,960 Speaker 1: going on. I always love to hear a public apology 809 00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:46,000 Speaker 1: in front of everyone, and I require it so that 810 00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:51,040 Speaker 1: person has to get up and just say from the heart, guys, 811 00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,759 Speaker 1: I'm sorry for overreacting on the group text or the 812 00:49:54,880 --> 00:50:00,399 Speaker 1: email or last night. Sorry for yelling I was out 813 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,440 Speaker 1: of line. Shouldn't have done it. I wish I wouldn't 814 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:05,640 Speaker 1: have sent that text. I now see things a little 815 00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:10,799 Speaker 1: bit differently. I still feel passionately about this subject, and 816 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:15,480 Speaker 1: then every time that happens, everything's diffused, and then people 817 00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,960 Speaker 1: just it becomes not that big a deal. It's that 818 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:20,399 Speaker 1: old saying, is this the hill you want to die on? 819 00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:27,399 Speaker 1: And it usually becomes not that big a deal. Last 820 00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:29,480 Speaker 1: question says when can we expect some previews from the 821 00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:34,719 Speaker 1: new album? Man, I'm so excited to show you guys 822 00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,160 Speaker 1: this new album. I'm so shy excited to show you 823 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,680 Speaker 1: some previews. We're kind of filming some music video stuff 824 00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:44,719 Speaker 1: right now. So I would say the same answer I've 825 00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:47,719 Speaker 1: said three times on this podcast so far, the month 826 00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:50,200 Speaker 1: of August. Expect in this month might be the end 827 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:52,000 Speaker 1: of it, but expect this month you're going to start 828 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:56,080 Speaker 1: getting previews or samples or teases but you'll definitely get 829 00:50:57,040 --> 00:51:00,440 Speaker 1: You'll definitely get some stuff this month. You're gonna have 830 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,640 Speaker 1: the full album in September, and then that's not the 831 00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:06,520 Speaker 1: last thing you're going to expect from me this fault, 832 00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:10,840 Speaker 1: So a lot of really cool stuff coming. If you 833 00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,720 Speaker 1: have another question, comment below. If you're on YouTube, comment 834 00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:16,640 Speaker 1: below and we'll try to get to that on the 835 00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:19,839 Speaker 1: next time. But love you guys, thanks for listening, thanks 836 00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:23,200 Speaker 1: for watching. I love this platform that I get to 837 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:24,840 Speaker 1: sit here on this podcast and talk to you guys, 838 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,319 Speaker 1: so appreciate you so much. We'll see you next time. 839 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:33,600 Speaker 1: Ye