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When you see my 32 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:50,080 face? Do you die? I got do? I can't hear your boys, 33 00:02:50,199 --> 00:02:54,560 and I don't know how I should feel. I can see your smile 34 00:02:54,960 --> 00:03:27,680 and die don't know it? It's real? Is it the same? Everywhere 35 00:03:27,759 --> 00:03:35,120 I go? I can feel the sair give it in my ba. I 36 00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:43,360 can feel your scall shot, know that job the shuttles at the thing when 37 00:03:43,439 --> 00:03:51,800 I'm my mile. I really all the same for you. But I've been 38 00:03:51,919 --> 00:04:00,360 lady Joe and did a shave. Feel that flad though I'm not you why, 39 00:04:00,439 --> 00:04:11,840 I'm gad why I wanna know it's the same. Don't want to sleep 40 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:18,600 because I know I'll meet you there. Don't wanna away to the saw too 41 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:27,920 bad? You got know go child? Got do? Went off my father? 42 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:36,560 I know it saw anything rat set to be shot my eyes, he 43 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:44,720 got talking. My goot to off the hide. Co may not do something 44 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:49,680 that I can I f this side. I'm going to do in set. 45 00:04:50,319 --> 00:06:25,040 Maybe got doing by maybe got doing by sh that is good. That is 46 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:30,319 Dying in Breath by Soda so ot Ah, And we have the man behind 47 00:06:30,439 --> 00:06:32,920 that with us here today and we're going to introduce him in just a moment. 48 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,879 But this is Matt Connorton Unleashed and we are live from the studios of 49 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,519 w m n H ninety five point three FM and Glorious Downtown Manchester, New 50 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,480 Hampshire. And of course you can go to my website Matt connorton dot com 51 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:48,360 slash live to stream the show from anywhere and to interact with us. And 52 00:06:48,439 --> 00:06:53,279 of course we're also streaming on Facebook. You can go to the Matt Connorton 53 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,160 Unleashed Facebook page, participate in the chat room and all of that. It 54 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,439 is, of course Saturday March nine, twenty twenty four. Jenny is here 55 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:08,839 as well at the news table. Yes and returning to the show Casey Darren 56 00:07:08,959 --> 00:07:11,360 is with us. Hello, Hey, how you doing, Matt good? 57 00:07:11,399 --> 00:07:14,360 How are you? I am doing fantastic. Thank you so much for having 58 00:07:14,399 --> 00:07:17,120 me back. Absolutely, I love that Dying Breath that as catchy as hell. 59 00:07:17,959 --> 00:07:20,959 Thanks so much. It's impossible not to not to get into that, 60 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,120 so really really good stuff. Now, the last time you were on you 61 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:28,360 were in We should get this part out of the way for people who were 62 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,000 wondering, you were in a band called after Image as well as this. 63 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,720 You had this project going on at the same time. But now what happened 64 00:07:34,759 --> 00:07:40,959 with after Image? Well, we a few months ago it was decided that 65 00:07:41,079 --> 00:07:46,160 After Image was going to be no more. And it was not my decision. 66 00:07:46,839 --> 00:07:48,839 It was came, as you know, a big surprise to me. 67 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:55,279 I really loved being in that band. It was a different outlet for me 68 00:07:55,639 --> 00:07:58,560 than Soda was. Yeah. When Soda was started, it was never meant 69 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,720 to be competition or anything like that. Yeah, you know, a different 70 00:08:01,959 --> 00:08:09,000 emotional outlet with After Image. I didn't write any of the lyrics early on. 71 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,360 I had a little bit, but I got to a point where I 72 00:08:13,439 --> 00:08:16,319 felt that I needed to, you know, have an emotional outlet lyrically, 73 00:08:16,439 --> 00:08:22,439 and that's why I started Soda. Yeah. So Yeah, when the rest 74 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:28,600 of the band presented the fact that they wanted After Image to be no more, 75 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,039 Like I said, it came as a surprise and I loved I loved 76 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,120 the band. I thought it was it was a lot of fun. We 77 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:39,039 had some great shows together over the seven years that we were a band, 78 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,399 and we gained quite a lot of fans in the New England area that like, 79 00:08:45,159 --> 00:08:50,519 it was just I was living my dream for a nice run. Yeah 80 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,879 you guys, I mean you put a lot into it too, with the 81 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:58,159 videos and everything were really well produced and you know, I mean you you 82 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,360 really put a lot into it. Yeah, no, I mean it was 83 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,720 it was my it was my baby, it was all of our baby, 84 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,759 and it was a passion project for all of us. So I don't know, 85 00:09:07,799 --> 00:09:11,080 I like we had a lot, or at least I had a lot 86 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,279 on the horizon that I wanted. I still had goals for After Image, 87 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,519 and I think the whole band did. But I don't know. I think 88 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:28,399 that I think that there was a misconception that maybe I was taking Soda to 89 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:33,679 a new level that I didn't care as much for after Image, which was 90 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,159 absolutely not true. I there was a lot that I was planning out and 91 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,159 I was getting excited for for this coming year. But at the end of 92 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,799 the day, I I am so happy that I was in that band for 93 00:09:43,879 --> 00:09:48,320 the time I was, and I can't thank the fans enough for giving us 94 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:54,240 that support. It was really something that let me. I like I said, 95 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,200 I was able to live my dream and I played some really cool shows. 96 00:09:56,279 --> 00:10:01,039 We opened up for Morbid Angel. Actually five years ago today, I 97 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,440 got a Facebook notification at the Worcester Palladium and like things like that that I 98 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:09,720 never would have dreamed of back when I was in high school. And it 99 00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:11,559 was thanks to the collective of the band that we were able to do that. 100 00:10:11,799 --> 00:10:13,399 Yeah. Yeah, Like I said, you guys had a lot. 101 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,360 Did someone indicate to you that they felt like, like, did you sense 102 00:10:18,399 --> 00:10:22,679 a resentment about what you were doing with Soda or did somebody say something to 103 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:31,919 you about it directly? I don't nobody said it directly. I don't know. 104 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:37,639 I just felt like at the end of the day, they started a 105 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:41,720 new project without me, and I just kind of felt like, oh, 106 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:46,480 so to me, it seemed like I was the problem and I didn't realize 107 00:10:46,519 --> 00:10:48,759 that was the problem, and I like, I would have loved to have 108 00:10:48,879 --> 00:10:52,759 had a conversation, and I would have loved to have fixed if there was 109 00:10:52,799 --> 00:10:54,720 a problem, I would have been more than happy to, you know, 110 00:10:54,879 --> 00:10:58,600 fix that and continue on and grow as a band, because that's what you 111 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,840 do. It's not easy being in a band. There's a lot of push 112 00:11:01,879 --> 00:11:07,200 and pull. So when I found out that they were moving on without me, 113 00:11:07,279 --> 00:11:09,919 that's when I was like, oh, man, Like so there was 114 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,159 something there that I didn't even know that that was causing I guess some resentment. 115 00:11:13,399 --> 00:11:16,440 So but was it when when they made that decision? Was it we're 116 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,399 going to do this other thing and put after Image aside without you? Or 117 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:26,440 or yeah that's how the conversation went. Wow, and you did you didn't 118 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,559 see it coming? No? No, I honestly was blindsided. I we 119 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,399 we had a show in December, they made the decision in November. We 120 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:41,559 had one final show in December that we kind of quietly exited, and then 121 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,480 just last week they made the post on our after Image social media accounts that 122 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,320 we were no more. Wow. We do still have some music that I 123 00:11:52,399 --> 00:11:56,039 think will be coming out this year. I'm not really in those chats so 124 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:01,360 much as I was six months ago, but I'm hoping that you'll hear a 125 00:12:01,399 --> 00:12:05,320 new EP from us to kind of close that book. Yeah yeah, wow, 126 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,519 Well I'm sorry to hear about that, but but I do have to 127 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:13,279 say I love what you're doing with Soda and I like that you gave it 128 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:20,559 a new England name. A New England name. So oh, I mean 129 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:26,000 there you go, sled styled? Where where? Where does the name come 130 00:12:26,039 --> 00:12:28,519 from? How did you come up with the name. We actually talked about 131 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:33,840 this the last time I was on but basically, the name Soda comes from 132 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:41,480 the Old Testament and it's basically the name or somebody who was accused of cheating 133 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,279 on their significant others oh right, right, right. So they went through 134 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:48,159 this trial of the poison water where if they were given poison water and they 135 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,159 survived, oh, they're not a cheater. They drank it and they died. 136 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,080 It was like, well, you know, they had it come into 137 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,559 them because they were a cheater. So when I was writing one of my 138 00:12:58,639 --> 00:13:03,240 first songs with Soda, I kept hearing the phrase in my head poison the 139 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,639 water, poison the water. And at that point I knew nothing about the 140 00:13:07,879 --> 00:13:13,559 religious aspect to it. I'm not very religious by any means, but I 141 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,759 like to pull from religion because you know, I'm deeply rooted in metal roots 142 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,519 and they love the you know, this band's like Testament and I love that 143 00:13:20,639 --> 00:13:26,320 stuff. There's a lot of imagery to pull from. So I kept hearing 144 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,960 that phrase poison the water. So I looked it up and I said poison 145 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:33,200 the Water Bible on Google and Soda came up, and I was like, 146 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,600 wow, that's that's really like spot on to where I was at that point 147 00:13:35,639 --> 00:13:41,519 in my life. And I looked on Spotify. I said, is there 148 00:13:41,519 --> 00:13:43,200 a band called Soda? There wasn't, so I said, okay, that's 149 00:13:43,279 --> 00:13:46,159 it because it's so hard to find band names these days. Oh yeah, 150 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,120 yeah. You would almost think there'd be like a Christian rock band somewhere called 151 00:13:50,159 --> 00:13:52,679 that or something, you know, I know, I know, but yeah, 152 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,879 but it's named after somebody who's a bad person, So why would you 153 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,919 know necessarily true? Yeah, well might not think that. Yeah, yeah 154 00:14:01,159 --> 00:14:05,879 that's true. Yeah, that's uh, you're right, I do remember now 155 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,879 before Yeah, no, that's that's great, that's great, and it is. 156 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,519 Yeah, it is hard to find band names that you know, somebody 157 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:16,919 else hasn't already taken. So uh so that's now. Now who else is 158 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,879 in this project with you? Or is this all you? You do everything? 159 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,120 So I write all the music, and up until this point I have 160 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:31,000 recorded most of everything. So the core band is I play rhythm guitar and 161 00:14:31,279 --> 00:14:35,559 I sing. My brother Killian Drone is on the bass and he does backup 162 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:41,840 vocals, and then my longtime friend from high school, Johnny DaShan plays drums, 163 00:14:41,399 --> 00:14:46,080 So on all the studio recordings he plays drums. I do everything else 164 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:54,679 except for the solos, which was Brandon Curcio from Afterimage. He recorded all 165 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,919 of that for me. But when we do the live shows, we keep 166 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:03,000 that core three of yes, and we've gone through, you know, a 167 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,759 handful of lead guitarists, just because it's hard to find musicians that want to 168 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,840 that aren't in another band. First of all, right, right, that 169 00:15:11,039 --> 00:15:16,600 can stay fully committed. But we've had many phenomenal guitar guitar players play with 170 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,759 us live and they've all just killed it. So yeah, yeah, very 171 00:15:20,799 --> 00:15:24,240 cool. Uh. If you have any questions or anything at all for our 172 00:15:24,279 --> 00:15:28,039 guests, we have Ksey Darren here from Soda S O T A H is 173 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,399 the spelling if you're looking for them online, and the studio line is open 174 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,480 six O three two five six seven six O three two five six seven. 175 00:15:35,679 --> 00:15:41,000 You can also text us at six one seven nine one four seven six on 176 00:15:41,159 --> 00:15:45,240 social media at Matt Connorton. You can email me Matt at Matt connorton dot 177 00:15:45,279 --> 00:15:48,480 com, and of course you can interact on to opine in the Facebook live 178 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,600 chat. Uh j fed, our friend from Vermont, is asking U have 179 00:15:52,759 --> 00:15:56,879 you ever considered growing a beard? He's very beard centric, So I would 180 00:15:56,919 --> 00:16:00,120 love to grow a beard, if I could even start to grow a beard. 181 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:03,320 I got a little, you know, a little fuzz going right now. 182 00:16:03,559 --> 00:16:04,960 That's as much as I can get. No, I could. I 183 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,080 could try to growing this thing for months and you'd see nothing. You should 184 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:15,519 see my head. Yeah, we we a hat? Well, fair enough, 185 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,919 fair enough. Now you you brought your guitar. Did you want to 186 00:16:18,919 --> 00:16:21,759 play a couple of songs for us? One thing I'd love to Yeah, 187 00:16:21,759 --> 00:16:25,200 I love to hear you live. Yeah, yeah, so we'll let you. 188 00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:29,039 Yeah, and I've got that other mic plugged in, so that should 189 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:30,840 it worked well for Eric. Yeah, we'll let you do whatever, do 190 00:16:30,919 --> 00:16:33,799 whatever you gotta do. But yeah, if you're just joining us, Casey 191 00:16:33,879 --> 00:16:38,679 Darren from Soda is here with us live in studio and we're talking about his 192 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,799 project and we'll play some more studio tracks later in the show too. But 193 00:16:42,039 --> 00:16:45,639 uh, he's gonna play live for us. Really looking forward to this. 194 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:52,519 And if you are just joining us, of course, uh, we are 195 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:55,279 everything's everything seems to be working this week. I know last week we had 196 00:16:55,279 --> 00:16:57,240 a little bit of a problem with Facebook, but uh, looks like we're 197 00:16:57,279 --> 00:17:00,039 good. All right, let me turn that other like, actually, let 198 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,399 me get both of those mikes on. That would probably help. Yeah, 199 00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:10,240 go ahead and strum a little bit. That sounds good. That sounds good. 200 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:15,119 So yeah, we'll let you, uh yeah, whenever you're ready, 201 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,680 just if you want to tell us what you're gonna So this is an unreleased 202 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,759 song. It's called Flood of Tears, and there's a little bit of a 203 00:17:21,799 --> 00:17:26,640 backstory to this. This was written. I think I wrote this about two 204 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:33,759 or three years ago. In my time as a musician, I have become 205 00:17:34,079 --> 00:17:40,119 very close with an organization called the Jason R. Flood Memorial and they host 206 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:45,480 an annual event called Pizza Stock. So Doug and Danielle Flood lost their son 207 00:17:45,559 --> 00:17:52,000 to suicide about eight years ago, and he was exactly my age, and 208 00:17:52,799 --> 00:17:56,400 I've been a part of the Pizza Stock events for since since. It's an 209 00:17:56,599 --> 00:18:03,279 inception and it really hit hard. I never knew Jason Flood, but he 210 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,880 was very close to me. We shared a lot of similar interests. We 211 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:10,119 both love the mighty Mighty Boss Tones, the Dropkick Murphy's I Love the Muppets. 212 00:18:10,519 --> 00:18:14,680 He loved the Muppets like they were all sorts of things that we're just 213 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,559 so close between us, and I wrote this song and tribute to him, 214 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:25,440 a kid that I never met, but the story just resonates with me so 215 00:18:25,599 --> 00:18:33,559 much and the magnitude everything that the Flood family has endured. But they've spread 216 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:41,480 such positivity and they're creating such change by spreading suicide awareness and mental health awareness 217 00:18:41,839 --> 00:18:45,759 in the past seven eight years that I just found them so inspiring and I 218 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:49,000 had to write a song for them. So we played this first live a 219 00:18:49,039 --> 00:18:53,640 few weeks ago at their Pizza Stock event at Tupelo Music Hall and Darry and 220 00:18:53,680 --> 00:19:00,559 I'm hoping to release this on my first studio LP, which yet to be 221 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:06,160 recorded by This is definitely on the cutting block for that excellent, excellent This 222 00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:41,680 is called Flood of Tears. I've seen the tears that can never be clean, 223 00:19:41,839 --> 00:19:47,720 boring down from the faces of those in between, darkening the light where 224 00:19:47,839 --> 00:19:52,480 the sun never shines, who just want to live, but their souls have 225 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:57,119 died. They want to go back to the life from before. They want 226 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:03,079 to see his face through that all ben door, sing in his songs with 227 00:20:03,279 --> 00:20:07,039 this electric guitar. They want to take him back, but he's gone too 228 00:20:07,279 --> 00:20:30,599 far, and they know there's nothing they can do but stay strong with some 229 00:20:30,839 --> 00:20:37,400 hope. Together, they can sing as a song. Together, they can 230 00:20:37,519 --> 00:20:47,960 sing as a song. Oh oh oh, I've seen your flood of tears, 231 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:56,000 but still you're standing here. They watched him play it away when he 232 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,319 turned eighteen. He never got to know what it's like to be free from 233 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:07,039 the darkness he felt on the lonelyest nights, to the battles inside that he 234 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,119 just couldn't fight. They saw it in him when his heart hit the floor, 235 00:21:11,799 --> 00:21:15,880 They saw it in his eyes, went in look through the door, 236 00:21:15,599 --> 00:21:21,160 and all they ever wanted was to kill all his pain. They never thought 237 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:36,279 they'd have to give their baby away the morning, or some days alone in 238 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:49,039 the rain, watching the deer drop's father his gray put love in their hearts 239 00:21:49,200 --> 00:22:18,839 and promises wad together they will never let his dem refain. Oh oh oh, 240 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:29,160 I've seen you're blood of tears, but still you're standing here. Oh 241 00:22:30,519 --> 00:22:41,359 oh oh oh, I've seen your blood of tears, but still you're standing 242 00:22:41,759 --> 00:22:52,680 here. Wow, beat, awesome, beautiful, beautiful. Casey Darren is 243 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,119 here with us of Soda s O T A H Live in studio. Yeah, 244 00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:00,759 that's a great song. I felt that absolute absolutely. By the way, 245 00:23:00,799 --> 00:23:04,559 you had a very nice uh comment in the oh, we got some 246 00:23:06,039 --> 00:23:08,519 multiple comments for you here, Drew Darren, I'm sorry, Dave. Dave 247 00:23:08,759 --> 00:23:15,359 Darren rather says a great song. Uh, And Jody West Darren says, 248 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,880 you have a beautiful face, no beard necessary. So there you go. 249 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,319 Yeah. Those are my parents. I figured they'd be in the chat today. 250 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,039 Yeah, I think I think they were last time you're on the show. 251 00:23:26,039 --> 00:23:29,720 I think they were in there too. My dad called in actually last 252 00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:33,079 time. Oh that's right. Yeah, And he asked about my Kermit tattoo, 253 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,039 because it's a running joke in my family for whatever reason, that I 254 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,079 have a Kermit tattoo. Yeah, they use it. One of my brothers 255 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,759 uses that as like a line of defense if we're like in an argument. 256 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:45,720 He goes, yeah, but you have a Kermit tattoo, as if that 257 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,400 like hurts me or something like, I love the Muppets, I love Kermit. 258 00:23:48,519 --> 00:23:52,480 Of course I have a tattoo. Well you did mention, Yeah, 259 00:23:52,519 --> 00:23:55,000 you did mention the Muppets earlier, and yeah, I remember you. I 260 00:23:55,039 --> 00:23:59,599 remember you explaining that before too. I remember that that that that subject came 261 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,799 up. Oh, that's funny, that's funny. Now, how much how 262 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,200 much material does this band have? Soda? Do you have a lot or 263 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:12,599 we have a lot that's not recorded? So we have an EP that I 264 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,880 released back in September. That was the last time I was on this show, 265 00:24:17,079 --> 00:24:21,440 was promoting that Dying Breath was a standalone single, and the very very 266 00:24:21,559 --> 00:24:25,880 first single that I released was an acoustic cover of the Mighty Mighty Boss Tones. 267 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:27,559 They will need music, Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. We have 268 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:33,000 six songs out on Spotify and Apple Music and YouTube and wherever else. Yeah, 269 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:38,119 and I probably have about twelve to fifteen songs that we've played. We've 270 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,839 played a couple of them live. They're not recorded yet. I'm trying to 271 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:47,119 get my ducks in a row and figure out what songs I want to put 272 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,839 on my first full length album. Yeah, that's the next goal. I 273 00:24:51,039 --> 00:24:55,200 do have a song that I don't want to say too much yet because it's 274 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,839 going to be coming out relatively soon. It's in the final mixing and master 275 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,960 stages. But one of my biggest influences of all time musically is actually a 276 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:11,440 guest vocalist on the song. And I wrote this song probably two to three 277 00:25:11,519 --> 00:25:15,119 years ago as well, and I have been itching to get this one out, 278 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,920 very excited, so that's something to expect probably late spring, early summer. 279 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,720 Okay, so yeah, I can't say who yet though, No, 280 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,680 because it's so big, and it's so big to me that I don't want 281 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,640 to just drop it right now. I think that we should set up like 282 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:36,799 a whole another interview for that alone in a few months, because it's pretty 283 00:25:36,799 --> 00:25:40,839 big and to me, it's just I feel like all my work for the 284 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:45,000 past eight years has culminated to this point. So I'm very excited. Okay, 285 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:51,160 okay, very cool. Where do you record so for the past? 286 00:25:52,599 --> 00:25:56,839 Well, for the EP, I recorded everything at Blackheart Studios, which is 287 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:00,599 right across the street over in the right by the Manchester Music Mill. I 288 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,440 finally met him, Eric Souder. Oh, he's a great guy. Yeah, 289 00:26:04,279 --> 00:26:07,079 because I and I find Yeah, I finally met him. I think 290 00:26:07,079 --> 00:26:12,359 it was a couple of months ago because I was at Manchester musicvill and uh 291 00:26:12,599 --> 00:26:15,920 and I told him, I said, dude, your name comes up all 292 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,079 the time. On my show. Yeah, he's got a great studio and 293 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:25,480 it's it's great, it's very it's very homey. I definitely want to mention 294 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,960 that he actually had very little to do with that Love Hate EP that I 295 00:26:30,039 --> 00:26:33,799 put out. We used his beautiful space, but it was actually Brandon Curcio 296 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,200 from After Image who mixed, mastered, engineered the whole project for me. 297 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,200 Oh okay, And then the first two singles They Will Need Music and Dying 298 00:26:41,279 --> 00:26:45,640 Breath I recorded in my bedroom. Yeah, yeah, so everything was just 299 00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:49,839 it was actually I hate to say this because I know the guitar aficionado's out 300 00:26:49,839 --> 00:26:53,160 there are gonna kill me for this, but the guitar was just direct into 301 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,279 my computer and I did some ant modeling for the first two singles, but 302 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,960 everything after that was at Blackheart. We have the technology where you can yeah 303 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,960 do that. Yeah, I mean Brandon did a phenomenal job getting it to 304 00:27:06,039 --> 00:27:10,359 sound like it wasn't recorded in my bedroom, right right? Yeah? Yeah? 305 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:11,880 Well do you want to you want to play another live one for us? 306 00:27:12,039 --> 00:27:17,640 Absolutely? Yeah, I'm gonna do a cover it's an old one, 307 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,279 and then we're gonna throw in a couple more. Uh, it's a little 308 00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:23,400 medley that I put together. Actually this week I was playing around. I 309 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,119 was like, you know, this would be cool. So we're gonna start 310 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,799 off with us so lonely by the police. Oh sorry, let me get 311 00:27:30,839 --> 00:27:33,519 I apologize. Oh, no worries. We're going to take two. There 312 00:27:33,599 --> 00:27:37,000 we go. We're still get used to the new studio here, absolutely beautiful 313 00:27:37,039 --> 00:27:40,000 studio. I love it. Oh thank you, we love it too. 314 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:55,000 Yeah, all right, this is so lonely by the police. Well, 315 00:27:55,160 --> 00:28:06,400 someone told me yesterday that when you throw your love away, you act as 316 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:15,920 if you just don't care. You act as if you're going somewhere. But 317 00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:26,960 I just can't convince myself. I couldn't live with no one else and I 318 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:33,640 can't on live play that part. Then City, that's my broken hut, 319 00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:45,400 the Loanlans, Lonelans, Loanelans, Loonland, Loanelands, Loanlans, Loanelans. 320 00:28:57,119 --> 00:29:04,839 Now know what's knocked up for on my door for one thousand years old? 321 00:29:06,079 --> 00:29:15,680 More on it up and nowhere to go. Welcome to this one man show. 322 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:26,400 Just take a seat there, always free, no surprise, No mister 323 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:38,039 rests at that I call my soul. Ioways playing the Starling role so loanlan 324 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:52,559 so loanlans solanlans so Loanlan so Loanlan so loanlan so Lonelan Solanla so loanlans Loanelan 325 00:29:55,359 --> 00:30:00,920 so Loanlan so loanlans Loaneland. It was a place and the name of the 326 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,519 place escaped mare, but I can't remember. Hit in the tates mac or 327 00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:07,119 b. I can't remember, could be at you? Just to no it's 328 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:11,200 moved the sun alone and try to find the blood. There was a girl 329 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,880 and I don't know her name either. She gave in love and I said 330 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,480 I never leave it rima. Did I come back? Some can't finder? 331 00:30:18,799 --> 00:30:23,279 Maybe I will. I should write down and remember one day one day, 332 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:32,119 who knows. Some day, some day, I suppose there was a place 333 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,920 and the name of the place escapes man, but I can't remember. Hit 334 00:30:36,039 --> 00:30:37,920 in the tates me could p I can't remember, could beat you just to 335 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,359 not? Just moved a song alone? Heain try to find the blood play 336 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,720 the mabe with promises. She certainly uncertain. I can't wait to see the 337 00:30:45,839 --> 00:30:49,160 paper. Oh they close the curtain. One day I feel so low. 338 00:30:52,400 --> 00:31:06,039 Someday I feel so low. One day, so low someday you're so low, 339 00:31:15,799 --> 00:31:23,720 you're so halfe long episode and on no up, only up below ups 340 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:41,319 man and only no up it so lonly up feel low ever being close to 341 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:47,279 trag of fels, close to folks who have hea, you have a piper 342 00:31:47,319 --> 00:31:57,319 paints so powerful, so heavy you collapse. No, well, never I 343 00:31:57,599 --> 00:32:04,319 had to knock onward, but I know someone who has, which makes me 344 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,359 wonder a rip that could? It makes me wonder to rip. I I've 345 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:13,960 never had to knock gone wood, and I'm better I have, and yet 346 00:32:14,799 --> 00:32:30,279 because I'm sure that isn't good. That's the impression that again, have you 347 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:34,680 ever had the arms nicked up so high you need a strange mosa process? 348 00:32:35,519 --> 00:32:38,559 Or has it ever come down to do or die you got to rise above 349 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:51,000 the as? No? Well, God never had tune knock goneward, but 350 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:55,480 I know someone who has, which makes me wonder rip I could? It 351 00:32:55,599 --> 00:33:01,720 makes me wonder rip I've never had to do God would, and I'm glad 352 00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:07,680 i have been yet because I'm sure it isn't good. Definitely appreciate that. 353 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:44,039 Again you so low, up up up low, very cool. That is 354 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,480 Casey Darren. He is live with us in studio from the band Soda and 355 00:33:47,799 --> 00:33:51,960 uh that sounded great, great, yeah, very much. I like it, 356 00:33:52,359 --> 00:33:55,720 very cool, very cool. We should play another studio track absolutely, 357 00:33:55,759 --> 00:34:00,200 go ahead, And what would you suggest you have a I've got your band 358 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,720 camp open here. Yeah, why don't you do a Shadow over my Heart 359 00:34:02,759 --> 00:34:07,320 that seems to be a little fan favorite. Let's see on the Love Hate 360 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:15,639 ep. Yes, I think, oh, here we go yep. Oh 361 00:34:15,039 --> 00:34:20,440 wait a minute, wait a minute, I see Uh, what's up? 362 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:28,239 Why I see unfinished? Oh you're looking at the Yes, that's the Love 363 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,440 Hate demos that I released exclusively on band camp, which is just my original 364 00:34:31,519 --> 00:34:37,079 iPhone recordings of all of those songs. Here we go, okay, all 365 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:38,079 right, cool, Yeah, let's uh, we'll give this a listen. 366 00:34:38,159 --> 00:35:04,440 This is Shadow over my Heart studio track from Soda Today Taxes Abo, so 367 00:35:04,639 --> 00:35:10,719 the Stars suyester Day. I say, I'm not the song concaster about something 368 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:30,280 to say? Why don't be so stonebout something's in the world? Shadow old 369 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:43,480 of my eyes, shout out, move my bye, shout out over my 370 00:35:43,840 --> 00:36:01,199 eyes, shout out move with my eyes said my you sho say no, 371 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:08,000 it's not insane, gotta change. She just to the game. What if 372 00:36:08,119 --> 00:36:15,480 make you fallo out to buy the world, sir, trying to see so 373 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:42,599 loud and conta shadow of my eyes. Shoutow, move my eye, shoutow 374 00:36:43,440 --> 00:37:08,199 my eyes shadow move by so out to keep myself. I'll child happy that 375 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:22,880 word, STA said, I I know what my Lord by it all again? 376 00:37:25,519 --> 00:37:38,559 Mony sody an change. Where's my father again? I just told my 377 00:37:38,880 --> 00:38:30,639 lord. Oh oh shadow the shadow, shadow, shadow, shadow shadow, 378 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:45,079 the shallow shadow over my heart from the band Soda and that is spelled s 379 00:38:45,159 --> 00:38:49,639 O T A H. That is from the E P Love. Is that 380 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:54,880 an EP? It is a EP? Yeah, yeah, very very cool. 381 00:38:55,199 --> 00:38:59,239 Do you do you have a lot of songs that you play live that 382 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,599 you haven't recorded yet? Just a couple. Yeah, there's a song that 383 00:39:02,639 --> 00:39:08,880 we've played for about a year now intermittently called Sunrise that is not released. 384 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,679 Like I said, Flood of Tears is another one that we just started playing 385 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:19,159 live, not released. And there was one it's a fun little song called 386 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,320 too Much that we've played a couple of times where it's like a fast hardcore 387 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:28,360 punk song and I explicitly swear every other beat of the song and it's it's 388 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,920 a little joke. I wrote it because there's an abundance of swears in a 389 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:36,880 lot of modern music, and I feel that it takes away the power and 390 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,559 the weight of that word, so when you use it so much. So 391 00:39:38,639 --> 00:39:40,880 I said, you know, what would be funny if I wrote a song 392 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:45,760 where every beat I'm saying the F word. So it's fun to play live 393 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:50,360 because we usually end the sets with that, and we're not very much a 394 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,400 hardcore punk band, so when we play that one hardcore punk song, everyone's 395 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:57,280 kind of thrown up guard, especially with all my profanity, right yeah, 396 00:39:57,559 --> 00:39:59,880 yeah, because everything else is clean, which is nice. No need to 397 00:40:00,039 --> 00:40:02,239 make radio edits. I don't think I can make a radio edit of that 398 00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:06,400 one, right right? Yeah, No, No, that's like, uh, 399 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,400 that would be like we had Kenny Trudea on the show and he's got 400 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,000 that song, Yeah, don't blank this one up, and it's like, 401 00:40:12,199 --> 00:40:15,960 uh, they really good song. But because sometimes I will, you know, 402 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,400 if I have a guest who's who's got a song with a swear in 403 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,519 it, you know, I'll make a radio edit of it for the show. 404 00:40:21,639 --> 00:40:23,000 But but I was like, I don't think I could do this with 405 00:40:23,079 --> 00:40:25,440 this Kenny Trudan song. I don't know if you've heard it, because it 406 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:29,679 would ruin the song, right right, you know, it would just be 407 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:31,880 too much. Well when swears it used tastefully, yeah, I think they 408 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,360 can hold a lot of power. Yeah, and that's kind of what the 409 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:40,239 song's about. Yeah, as I use it untastefully there, that's cool. 410 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:43,760 What it must be a big surprise to people when they hear it. It 411 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:49,159 was the surprise to my mom, that's for sure. Now do you have 412 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,159 do you have a lot of shows coming up? We have one and then 413 00:40:52,199 --> 00:40:54,719 we're actually going to be taking a little hiatus and I'll talk a little bit 414 00:40:54,719 --> 00:41:00,000 more about that. But we have a show in man Chester, New Hampshire, 415 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:05,280 Thursday, March twenty first at the Shaskiine Excellent. It's gonna be a 416 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,480 really fun show. It's a six to OZHO three showcase show. So we 417 00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:15,159 have Dead Time is opening up the show. They're duo actually from New Hampshire. 418 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:20,199 Then we have We're Up second, there's a band called day Trip, 419 00:41:20,599 --> 00:41:24,679 and then coming in from Chicago. There's a band called Guardrail headlining the show. 420 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,920 So it's gonna be a lot of fun. It's only five dollars at 421 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,159 the door, twenty one plus but We've got all sorts of merch that we're 422 00:41:30,159 --> 00:41:35,039 going to be selling, all sorts of songs obviously, and we're unveiling a 423 00:41:35,119 --> 00:41:39,000 brand new long sleeve tea that I'm super excited to have everyone see. It's 424 00:41:39,079 --> 00:41:43,960 it's full print, sleeve, print everything. So yeah, yeah, yeah, 425 00:41:44,199 --> 00:41:45,440 we'll have to see about getting a guardrail. That's the name of the 426 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:49,119 band from Chicago. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, they'll be in 427 00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:52,320 on twenty first. Are they on tour? Are they coming in They're doing 428 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,760 a little mini mini tour yeah, yeah, interesting. Interesting, And then 429 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,920 so you're you're taking a break after that, we're taking a little high eight 430 00:42:00,119 --> 00:42:05,559 and I this is the first time I'm publicly saying this, but I'm actually 431 00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:12,880 going to be going on tour as a roadie, merch tech, guitar tech, 432 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,840 all of that. With a newer band called The Defiant, which is 433 00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:20,880 Dicky Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Boss Tones. He has a new supergroup, 434 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:25,760 so Dicky Barrett, Greg Camp from smash Mouth, Pete Parratta from the off 435 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:30,960 Spring on drums, Joey Laracca from a band called The Briggs, and then 436 00:42:31,039 --> 00:42:36,679 Johnny Rio from a New England band called The Street Dogs. It's a supergroup 437 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,679 and they're doing their first tour. They're opening up for Me first and the 438 00:42:38,679 --> 00:42:43,239 Gimmy Gimmes. Okay, so I'm gonna be hitting the road with them for 439 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,519 through April and May, and then after that, I'm going to be tour 440 00:42:47,599 --> 00:42:54,639 managing a local reggae artist named Joe Samba, Killer Killer musician that has really 441 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:58,639 been blowing it up in the past year and a half. So we'll be 442 00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:02,480 doing all sorts of festival gig one of his shows he's playing, actually two 443 00:43:02,519 --> 00:43:07,280 of the festivals that he's playing, Sublime is headlining. So it's like some 444 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,840 pretty real, real deal stuff. So I'm super excited to spend the next 445 00:43:12,119 --> 00:43:16,280 you know, four or five months on the road and it you know, 446 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:20,679 it puts Soda a kind of a standstill for a few months. But the 447 00:43:21,079 --> 00:43:24,159 opportunity and the connections that I will be making in the next five months, 448 00:43:24,599 --> 00:43:28,719 it's it would be a no brainer. It is a no brainer. Well 449 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:30,679 worth it. Yeah, you ever do anything like that before? No, 450 00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:36,679 this is my first time. It was funny, So I I go to 451 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:40,199 the Joe Samba shows all the time when he's local, and we went out 452 00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:44,800 to lunch because he posted on his Instagram. He said, you know, 453 00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:49,199 if any local musicians want to meet up and you know, either record music 454 00:43:49,679 --> 00:43:51,760 talk music, and I was like, I'd love to talk music. So 455 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,480 we had lunch and about a week later he said, hey, are you 456 00:43:54,559 --> 00:43:58,000 interested in doing tour managing? And I'm like, oh my gosh, I 457 00:43:58,039 --> 00:44:00,760 don't know, Like that's that's a big you know, it's a big ask 458 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,679 because I have a full time job. I do marketing. And I was 459 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:05,440 like, I don't know, you know, I don't think I can swing 460 00:44:05,519 --> 00:44:08,719 it. And then a week after that, Dicky Barrett texted me and he 461 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:10,760 said, hey, do you want to come on the road with us? 462 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,840 And I was like, all right, I get it. This is a 463 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:15,880 sign like I think this is my calling. I think this is something I 464 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:21,360 need to do. So I said, you know what, this is my 465 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:24,960 passion. So I'm doing both tours and I'm very excited about Yeah. Good 466 00:44:25,039 --> 00:44:29,760 for you, Good for you. Yeah? Absolutely, Well will there be 467 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:34,159 any opportunities do you think on these sours for you to play? I don't 468 00:44:34,199 --> 00:44:37,639 think definitely. With the Defiant, that's a no go because they're they're an 469 00:44:37,679 --> 00:44:40,679 opener for like I said me first in the gimme gimmis. But and they're 470 00:44:40,679 --> 00:44:44,800 playing some killer but like they're playing Big Night Live in Boston. They're doing 471 00:44:45,519 --> 00:44:50,079 House of Blues Orlando, like some really really good venues. Joe Samba, 472 00:44:50,199 --> 00:44:52,079 he's expressed interesting. He said, you know, maybe one day and we 473 00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,840 might get to open, which would be a dream. I love I love 474 00:44:54,920 --> 00:45:00,519 him, and he's a really cool guy. So nothing's a fish. I'd 475 00:45:00,559 --> 00:45:02,199 love for that to happen. So we'll see one day. Yeah, yeah, 476 00:45:02,559 --> 00:45:05,920 yeah, because I assume you'll bring your guitar, right, Oh of 477 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,639 course. I mean, well, we'll all be talking music the whole time. 478 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:13,360 So now the Defiant are they? Do they have an album? If 479 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,440 they recorded anything? Yeah, they just released an album, full length album 480 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:20,599 that I actually appeared on. I did some vocals. Yeah, they released 481 00:45:20,639 --> 00:45:24,880 that back in October. It's called if We're really being honest, phenomenal album. 482 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:30,519 They're kind of a misunderstood band, and I won't get into the details 483 00:45:30,559 --> 00:45:35,159 of that, but all I can say about The Defiant is that they are 484 00:45:35,199 --> 00:45:37,679 some of the nicest, down to earth people that you will ever meet. 485 00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:44,119 And all of them have just shown me such grace and kindness and compassion and 486 00:45:44,199 --> 00:45:49,719 love. So I think that people need to, you know, just give 487 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,719 it, give them a second and take a listen to the music. They're 488 00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:57,199 all coming from these huge bands and they they just put out a killer, 489 00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,119 killer album, killer products. So I'm very excited about that opportunity. Cool. 490 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:05,000 Cool. Are the Bosstones doing anything? They broke up? They broke 491 00:46:05,119 --> 00:46:12,039 up. Yeah. Based on interviews with Dicky, he he would love to 492 00:46:12,119 --> 00:46:15,679 be in the boss Tones, but given what he is singing about, in 493 00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:21,119 the lyrical content that he's pushing at this point in his career, I I 494 00:46:21,159 --> 00:46:25,320 don't think some of the members of the boss Tones really wanted that enveloped in 495 00:46:25,559 --> 00:46:30,320 their band. It's a lot of it is political, and the Bosstones have 496 00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:36,000 always been political, but we're at such a divisive point in the country. 497 00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,800 America is so divided that if you say anything the wrong way politically, you 498 00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:44,280 know, half half of the country cancels you, half the country praises you. 499 00:46:45,679 --> 00:46:51,079 And I think that's the problem is that, you know, the Bosstones 500 00:46:51,119 --> 00:46:54,599 just didn't feel comfortable with the lyrical content that he wanted to put out. 501 00:46:55,679 --> 00:47:00,360 And the reason I love Dicky Barrett is that he's singing these songs about what 502 00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,159 he stands up for what he believes in. But never once does he tell 503 00:47:02,159 --> 00:47:05,480 you this is how you should believe. He is always like, you make 504 00:47:05,519 --> 00:47:07,719 your decision. This is what I believe, and this is what I stand 505 00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,880 for. And I really appreciate that sentiment because there are bands out there that 506 00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:15,239 are like, you know, this is what you need to follow, and 507 00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:16,599 if you don't follow that, then you're dead to us, right right. 508 00:47:16,679 --> 00:47:21,119 I've always appreciated about that, that about Dicky and the Bosstones, where it's 509 00:47:21,159 --> 00:47:23,239 always been make your own decision. We're here to question things. We're here 510 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:27,800 to you know, question the government, question all sorts of things. But 511 00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,840 at the end of the day, it's your choice and you do what you 512 00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:32,440 want to do with your life, you know. Yeah, Now when does 513 00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:37,719 that start? When does that tour start? That starts I fly out to 514 00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:44,000 Chicago that is April fifteenth, I believe, and then that goes through May 515 00:47:44,159 --> 00:47:46,039 fifth. Oh okay, yeah, so we'll be doing pretty much an East 516 00:47:46,079 --> 00:47:51,159 coast run. We'll go up to Canada, come down through Maine, Boston, 517 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,639 then obviously New York. You gotta do New York, ye teck our 518 00:47:53,679 --> 00:47:59,239 way down to Atlanta, and then a couple of stops in Florida. Yeah, 519 00:47:59,559 --> 00:48:02,840 wow, cool outstanding. Are you playing out of Manchester? I don't 520 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:07,320 know yet. I'm gonna have a little phone call chat with the band manager 521 00:48:08,039 --> 00:48:10,840 next week, so we'll see. I'm assuming not I might see you. 522 00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:15,079 I'm flying the fifteenth. Oh really, Oh that's funny. Where are you 523 00:48:15,159 --> 00:48:19,280 going? I can't tell you. Okay, that's a surprise. Oh very 524 00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:24,800 nice, very nice. No, that's that's cool though, that you're getting 525 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:29,079 to do that. So now do you have so you probably don't have any 526 00:48:29,159 --> 00:48:32,119 any shows book because it's hard to even long term, it's hard to know 527 00:48:32,199 --> 00:48:37,280 when you'll be wrapped up all that right beyond this show in two weeks, 528 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,880 I don't have anything booked. But when I come back in the fall, 529 00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:46,519 maybe even late summer, I really want to do a homecoming Soda show and 530 00:48:46,679 --> 00:48:50,239 just you know, plan it all, get some bands that I love on 531 00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:52,639 the bill, and bring it back because we have a lot in store. 532 00:48:52,639 --> 00:48:59,280 I don't want to, like concern any of the listeners that were you know, 533 00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:01,559 we're stopped. There's so much on the plate. Like I said, 534 00:49:01,639 --> 00:49:06,280 we have like about fifteen unrecorded songs. I want to release a full album. 535 00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:10,760 I'd love to tour yeah, but it's just I'm teaching myself that I 536 00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:15,480 have to be a little patient with these things. As my girlfriend can attest. 537 00:49:20,519 --> 00:49:22,280 Well, Casey, this has been wonderful. It's great to see you. 538 00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,440 Thank you for coming in. Oh, thank you so much for having 539 00:49:24,519 --> 00:49:29,719 me sound great. Absolutely. What should our listeners know in terms of where 540 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:31,000 to find you online, where to keep up with everything that you're doing. 541 00:49:31,119 --> 00:49:35,480 I'm on everything. I'm on Facebook, Instagram. If you look up Soda 542 00:49:35,559 --> 00:49:38,800 Band, Soda New Hampshire, whatever, you'll find me s O T a 543 00:49:39,119 --> 00:49:45,719 H. We're on every streaming platform. We have music videos and live video 544 00:49:45,039 --> 00:49:50,719 on YouTube, so just look up Soda s O T a H. We 545 00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:53,719 post silly stuff, we post serious stuff, We post about our shows, 546 00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:58,199 our music, all of that. And like I said, we're playing the 547 00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:01,559 shaskiin in Manchester, New Hampshire and Thursday March twenty first five dollars at the 548 00:50:01,599 --> 00:50:05,920 door, twenty one plus. I'm super excited about it. Like I said, 549 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,079 it's kind of our farewell show for a few months, so I'd love 550 00:50:08,119 --> 00:50:10,320 to see some friends out there. I'd love to see some new faces. 551 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:15,480 It's going to be a really fun time. Yeah, yeah, outstanding outstanding. 552 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:19,840 We will. We'll actually close out in a moment with one more studio 553 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:23,639 track. Great stuff. But yeah, Jenny, do you remember who we 554 00:50:23,679 --> 00:50:27,639 have? You know who we have next week? Off hand? Do we 555 00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:30,960 have next week? I know we got a we have got a pretty stacked 556 00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:37,599 show at Pop Farmers coming in Jesse Coffee will be returning with some original Yes, 557 00:50:38,599 --> 00:50:45,159 and we'll have a skyping guest from Texas, missus Nancy Mennett will be 558 00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:49,079 introducing herself to our listeners. Very good, very good, all right, 559 00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:52,199 and doesn't look like we've had any technical glitches today, so the show should 560 00:50:52,199 --> 00:50:57,880 be up and available today's show in just a little bit, both in video 561 00:50:58,079 --> 00:51:02,559 and audio form. We've had some gremlins on some weeks here as we continue 562 00:51:02,599 --> 00:51:06,599 to settle into the news space, but overall, it's it's all been been 563 00:51:06,679 --> 00:51:09,960 quite wonderful. And of course, if you miss any part of today's show, 564 00:51:10,079 --> 00:51:13,519 it will be up in just a little bit as far as I can 565 00:51:13,599 --> 00:51:19,280 tell at Wmnhradio dot org and at my website Matt Connorton dot com, and 566 00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:22,880 we'll throw the video up on YouTube and all that good stuff. And thank 567 00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:27,239 you everybody, Thank you everyone in the Facebook live chat and of course everyone 568 00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,800 who participates, and Jenny, you want to plug your website absolutely come check 569 00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:34,920 me out at Gencoffee dot com. J E N N C O F f 570 00:51:35,039 --> 00:51:38,639 UI dot com. I will be speaking next week onnay Limes, one of 571 00:51:38,679 --> 00:51:43,159 the invited guests today live stream. Go to my blog you can find out 572 00:51:43,199 --> 00:51:46,039 more information on where I'm speaking and what we're talking about. Yes, yes, 573 00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:52,000 absolutely all right and by the way, thank you again to Eric from 574 00:51:52,039 --> 00:51:54,920 Temple Mountain for joining us in the first hour. That was wonderful. Do 575 00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:58,159 you know him? Do you know Temple Mountain? No? I just heard 576 00:51:58,159 --> 00:52:00,079 of them today because of you. Yeah, yes, super talented guy. 577 00:52:00,079 --> 00:52:05,079 I love his voice, just really really good. But we will close with 578 00:52:05,199 --> 00:52:07,679 one more track from Soda and again that is spelled s O T A H 579 00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,960 for those of you looking online, and I encourage you to do. So 580 00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:14,639 what should we close out with? Key? Did you do better than you? 581 00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:16,639 That's another one that the fans seem to really like and I like it 582 00:52:16,719 --> 00:52:21,000 too. Oh, I like this one too because I remember we played this 583 00:52:21,159 --> 00:52:23,599 last time and yeah, this is yeah, this is really good. So 584 00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:28,960 we will we will close out with this and uh again, thanks everybody and 585 00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:52,559 we'll talk at you a little bit later. Bye. I'll let you give 586 00:52:52,639 --> 00:52:59,320 by the show. You want to see me though, see a couple of 587 00:52:59,559 --> 00:53:02,960 tis to make it be a better say, I see you. We're gonna 588 00:53:04,039 --> 00:53:09,559 go, but let us Do you know I might be down by the still 589 00:53:09,639 --> 00:53:15,639 doing better. I do know, and then do never afraid, and we'll 590 00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:21,760 pot ben to day. But somehow I know that it's not man for you, 591 00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,920 and it's going to the expo. Say to make the feel present. 592 00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:43,960 I'm up to be down by the field the you So what more do you 593 00:53:44,079 --> 00:53:50,760 want to go? Because I'm ready to go. I've had enough that I'd 594 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:55,400 like to both get up. No, I can give you some pole love 595 00:53:55,480 --> 00:54:00,239 it. I'm like at Joe. I could Dad, but they're not you 596 00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:07,400 know, better than the everyone ever the play it will find many day. 597 00:54:08,639 --> 00:54:14,400 But somehow I know that it's not bad by you, and it's probably affects. 598 00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:20,960 Boy. Say to make the field pocase it's full the down by the 599 00:54:21,039 --> 00:54:52,960 fielding's better than you. 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