1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:06,320 W m n H rip the novels you're listening to w m n H ninety 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:16,120 five point three Command God, don't get so greenly matself. Coank you. 3 00:00:49,119 --> 00:00:54,000 Welcome back everybody as we cruise into our number three New Marrow trace of Matt 4 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:59,200 Connorton unleashed and we are live from the studios of w m n H ninety 5 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,000 five point three five. I'm in glorious downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, also 6 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:06,400 on Comcast Channel six if you're in Manchester, and hello to all of our 7 00:01:06,439 --> 00:01:08,200 online listeners across the nation and around the globe. You can go to my 8 00:01:08,239 --> 00:01:12,480 website Matt Connorton dot com for all your live streaming options, social media links, 9 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,879 contact info, show archives, et cetera, et cetera. Today is 10 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:22,200 Saturday, December ninth, twenty twenty three, and Jenny is here with us 11 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,519 as well at the news desk, present accounted for yes and joining us on 12 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,359 the couch. We've got our a great a musical guest today. Kenny Troon 13 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,280 is here. Hello. Hey, it's great to be here, guys, 14 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,200 Thanks for having me. Yes, Yes, we've been playing some of your 15 00:01:37,359 --> 00:01:42,879 studio tracks. We opened with, We opened with, Oh I forget the 16 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,040 name of the song. Now, don't have a say in anything? Yes, 17 00:01:46,159 --> 00:01:48,560 yes, don't have a say in anything. Great great song. And 18 00:01:48,599 --> 00:01:52,319 then we played old News at the top of the hour at the ten o'clock 19 00:01:52,359 --> 00:01:55,480 hour. And we've got a couple other things that you sent me that we 20 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,560 can play. But I'm also dying to hear you live and if you want 21 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,680 to dive and play something for us, and then we'll come back and uh 22 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:07,400 and we'll Yeah, dying to hear you play something. Yeah, I'm dying 23 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:14,439 to play some raw afternoon music right now before afternoon. I'm still getting ready 24 00:02:14,439 --> 00:02:15,919 in the day. Didn't even have my coffee yet, So this is going 25 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,159 to be a good one. Is your voice deeper? And this was a 26 00:02:19,159 --> 00:02:23,439 discussion on the show earlier, Is your voice deeper in the morning? Yeah? 27 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:30,000 It takes me to like gigs after four or my prime times, right 28 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,400 right right, But you might get some raw goodness right now, because sometimes 29 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:38,039 it's good to get that that early morning voice. Absolutely. Yeah, you 30 00:02:38,039 --> 00:02:40,479 want me to play some right now for you guys, Yeah, go for 31 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:59,280 it. Yeah, it's called the Cattle, all right, get me right, 32 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:08,280 I don't know it's way is our boy? Don't I say? If 33 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:21,599 I al haven't blinked none bove then twice soul listen, but you'll take out 34 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:29,719 the gattle that doubt of it. Now, I'll love them to the gallows, 35 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:37,520 the gallows. Come on, let's me am me good knight, cut 36 00:03:37,599 --> 00:04:00,319 your steak green, good knife. See don't oh that dout of home. 37 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:24,079 Oh get me, oh this thing. I can't control my thoughts. I 38 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:32,399 just say, if it's really me, when I don't feel thing, really 39 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:41,319 really red, really Sunday by the the apple, they say, they say, 40 00:04:41,439 --> 00:04:46,959 Then you walk me through the gardens, the god in the garden, 41 00:04:46,199 --> 00:05:11,120 that's me sunthing, and bring your body in some friction because I'm o hi 42 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:27,279 hi hi loaded out, No, hi hi hi loaded out again Hi hi 43 00:05:27,639 --> 00:05:40,439 hi hi yi. Oh oh oh very nice, very I love that. 44 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,959 I love that nice. If you're just joining us, we have Kenny Troon 45 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,199 live in studio here on the program, and if you have any questions or 46 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,360 feedback or anything at all, uh six o three two five oh six oh 47 00:05:50,519 --> 00:05:53,879 seven, the studio line is open if you want to call and talk to 48 00:05:53,959 --> 00:05:57,759 Kenny six O three two five o six oh seven. You can also text 49 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,079 me at six one seven nine one seven four four seven six. I'm on 50 00:06:00,199 --> 00:06:04,079 social media at Matt Connorton. You can email me Matt at Mattconnorton dot com, 51 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:08,120 and of course you can interact into opine in the Facebook live chat. 52 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,399 But the best thing to do so that we can hear and enjoy your dulcet 53 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,120 tones is give us a call at six O three two five oh six o 54 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,600 seven. Jeff W call Cole if I'm saying that correctly, says, I 55 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:26,519 get it. Bud Jeffy someone you know obviously, Yeah, I love him. 56 00:06:26,879 --> 00:06:30,519 That's my boy, Jeff Run Like Thieves in the chat room says yeah. 57 00:06:30,759 --> 00:06:33,120 Kenny Troon ooh okay, you like that? Yeah, yeah, you 58 00:06:33,199 --> 00:06:36,759 were telling us, uh, if you want to say this again on here 59 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,519 too, This was interesting. How you know how you met Greg? Yeah, 60 00:06:41,639 --> 00:06:45,319 from from Run Like Thieves, Greg Santini, the running drummer. Yes 61 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,040 we uh. I'm from Long Island, New York. Shout out Long Island, 62 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,240 New York. H So you're you're a real New Yorker. I'm a 63 00:06:51,319 --> 00:06:55,439 real New Yorker. I just went to TD Garden last night to see the 64 00:06:55,519 --> 00:06:59,959 Knicks lose to Boston. Yeah, so I've seen the Knicks come to Boston 65 00:07:00,079 --> 00:07:03,920 and twice two losses in a row. But we'll keep going on that. 66 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:10,279 But Greg, when I move up here, I found this app it's like 67 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,920 Tinder for musicians. It's called Vamper, and I swiped right on Greg. 68 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,959 He swiped right on me, and we matched and it was great. We 69 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:25,720 didn't go to dinner, but we played. He drove out to Troy, 70 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:31,480 New York actually on my birthday of last year, and we played a show, 71 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,279 and then after we played he met my band members. He hadn't met 72 00:07:35,319 --> 00:07:39,560 them before the show. He met them after yea, which is great. 73 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,079 But we had a great time. And Greg's the man Greg. Greg fills 74 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,680 in for whenever I play shows up here because most of my band members are 75 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,680 in New York. Yeah, so like when I do stuff up here, 76 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:54,800 Greg's my go to guy. He's awesome. Yeah. Yeah. It's been 77 00:07:54,839 --> 00:08:00,720 a consistent topic on the show about how drummers always play with the different people 78 00:08:00,759 --> 00:08:03,279 because drummers are in such high demand, Like, oh yeah, most of 79 00:08:03,319 --> 00:08:05,800 the drummers I meet, they're in like ten different bands. Oh yeah. 80 00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:09,120 And plus there's like so many singer songwriters who need a drummer right right, 81 00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:15,240 like and bass players too. Basically you need bass players. Those are hard 82 00:08:15,279 --> 00:08:16,959 to come by to. Oh, yeah, sometimes I play bass, And 83 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,199 when I was, yeah, I don't, I don't play anymore. But 84 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,040 when I was out in playing in bands, I was in like four bands 85 00:08:22,079 --> 00:08:26,240 at one point at one time. Yeah, but when you say you don't 86 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,800 play anymore, what does that mean? Like, yeah, I'm just I'm 87 00:08:28,839 --> 00:08:31,039 just still not doing I still could. Yeah, I'm just I'm not active. 88 00:08:31,039 --> 00:08:33,399 And you didn't hit your head and was like, I don't remember how 89 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,360 to play this thing. That would be horrible, that would be no. 90 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,480 No, But although I haven't, I haven't picked up a bass in a 91 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,759 long time. But but yeah, but drummer. My theory about drummers is 92 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,440 when you, you know, if you want to be a drummer, when 93 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,559 you go to have that conversation with your parents about, yeah, I want 94 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,639 to play anstrument, but I don't want to play the drums. Yeah, 95 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:52,559 you know, either the drums or or the tuba is the other one that 96 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,919 they're probably going to try to talk you out of. Yeah, unless they've 97 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:58,960 got a good soundproof room right right, dungeon or basement to throw you down 98 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,639 the exactly exactly. Hey, it's better to hear, than making loud noise, 99 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,240 than doing other bad stuff, you know what I mean. So at 100 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,919 least you know what they're doing. You know now what brought you, what 101 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,600 brought you to this area, because you're from Long Island. How long have 102 00:09:11,639 --> 00:09:16,039 you been here? My parents have lived up here since maybe two thousand and 103 00:09:18,279 --> 00:09:22,279 nine or ten, and I stayed in New York. That I didn't go 104 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,559 with them, but I would always visit New Hampshire. I loved it up 105 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:31,039 here, and it got to a point where nothing was really happening for me 106 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:35,200 in New York. It was very stressful at very expensive. Yeah, jobs 107 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,159 weren't good, and I don't know. I come up here. I got 108 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:45,600 a job with Live Nation immediately being a stage hand and being around the music 109 00:09:45,879 --> 00:09:52,360 industry still and actually work also at the SNHU Arena shout out to the bull 110 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,879 Crow Boys. So I'm still in involved with music now and it lets me 111 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,679 do my music as well. On top of that, it's just been great. 112 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,879 I met the love of my life up here. Excellent. Yeah, 113 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:07,879 so that that's pretty great. And uh, I know, everything's just been 114 00:10:07,919 --> 00:10:11,440 good since I moved up here, and I'm living free and I'm not dead 115 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:20,120 yet. Yes, so something's gone right. I'm swiping right, swiping right, 116 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,039 matchic on Tinder. I guess what other apps we got out there I 117 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,480 can use. Well, speaking of Greg, I think he's on the line. 118 00:10:24,519 --> 00:10:26,879 Greg. Is that great? Did Greg call it right now? Yeah? 119 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,440 This is great? Hello, gentlemen, how are you hello? We 120 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,919 were we were just talking about you, Hi, Greg? Well, I 121 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,399 had to call him in because Kenny's my boy. He is awesome. So 122 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,039 that's awesome. It's such a fantastic job just now. It was really great, 123 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,879 Kenny, dude. Thanks Greg. We got a jam soon again, 124 00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:50,159 Bob. Absolutely, absolutely. But I just want to give a shout out 125 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,279 to you, Kenny, and also to Long Island, New York. Where 126 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:56,960 were we both hail from? Kenny and I were also born in the same 127 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:01,120 hospital, same hospital. Oh no kidding. I'm glad you brought that up 128 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,080 because I was like, we're from the same with the same hospital. Yeah, 129 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:13,039 it gets deeper to get even deeper. Well, very close, very 130 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,080 cool. Yeah, So I just want to say I just want to say 131 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,639 hello and shout out, and also I just wanted to to give you guys 132 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,600 a little heads up for our show. We're actually doing a contest. You 133 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:28,639 know Dan is the singer and Run Like Thieves. He is sponsored by Breed 134 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:33,759 Love Guitar and we're giving away a guitar and I'm putting it out all over 135 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,080 social media on our YouTube channel, and basically what we're doing is asking people 136 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:43,639 to cover acoustically one of our songs and post it and then whoever we think 137 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:50,000 is the coolest and the best, we'll get a guitar. Wow, and 138 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,799 we're going to announce the winner at our show January seventh, which I know 139 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:56,720 you guys, Jen and Matt are going to go to and hopefully Kenny's going 140 00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:58,360 to go to too. Well, I'm gonna win that guitar. Bro, 141 00:12:00,159 --> 00:12:05,759 I'm just letting you know. Ye, you're totally eligible to do it. 142 00:12:05,519 --> 00:12:13,639 I was about to play, am I even eligible for anyone's eligible, even 143 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,000 Jenny. I think Jenny could do it too. I know. No, 144 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,200 that's a great that's a great idea though. That's a great concept. I 145 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,720 like that a lot. That's a cool, cool idea there. Yeah, 146 00:12:22,519 --> 00:12:26,480 yeah, that's gonna be cool to get anyway, I just wanted to say 147 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:28,639 thanks guys, and thanks again for having us on the other week and Kenny 148 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,600 rock it out, Buddy, thanks Bob, thanks for calling in. All 149 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,840 right, Greg, and we will see you on January seventh, Yes, 150 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,159 absolutely, six o'clock. All right, we'll be there, looking forward to 151 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,000 it, all right, buddy thinks, all right, you got it, 152 00:12:43,039 --> 00:12:46,480 Bye bye, all right. The Great Greg Santini, also known as the 153 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,480 running drummery from the man likes to run from run like thieves. Yeah. 154 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,960 I mean if you're a drummer, you gotta kind of have that endurance anyway. 155 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:58,399 Yeah. True, you're flailing and the whole hour set or whatever long 156 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,360 and plays. Oh yeah, absolutely, Yeah, the most physical instrument because 157 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,200 you're using all your limbs. And I'm always impressed when I see singing drummers, 158 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,000 which you don't see a lot, at least not on lead votes. 159 00:13:07,399 --> 00:13:11,399 See a lot of that. But I love a good singing drummer. I 160 00:13:11,519 --> 00:13:16,440 think a good example of a singing drummer turned lead singer and turned their back 161 00:13:16,519 --> 00:13:18,960 on drums is the guy from three Doors Down. Did you know that he 162 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,480 drums on the first record? Yeah, I didn't. I just assumed he 163 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,840 still was. I forget his name. I think it's Brad Arnold, Okay, 164 00:13:26,919 --> 00:13:30,799 I think so, But he was the drummer. But then when they 165 00:13:30,879 --> 00:13:33,279 blew up, he was like, I don't play drums anymore. I'm this 166 00:13:33,399 --> 00:13:35,159 singer. Oh I didn't know that. I always assumed he was still playing 167 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,120 drums. Yeah. No, he wants to be out front. Yeah. 168 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:43,879 I actually did him stage hand for their gig at Meadowbrook and he was, 169 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,600 yeah, he's he's just the front guy now. He's been the front guy 170 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,399 for a while. He abandoned that a while ago. Oh okay, but 171 00:13:48,519 --> 00:13:52,960 yeah with the little Madonna mike. Yeah, I don't know why I called 172 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,799 the Madonna mike, but you know, but yeah, I want to see 173 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:01,440 some drummers that sing, so greg, start your start singingmore? All right, 174 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,000 if you're still listening. Even in bands that do have singing drummers, 175 00:14:05,919 --> 00:14:09,320 a lot of the time, it's only like part like some songs they might 176 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:11,759 sing on like they'll split the lead singer. Yeah, yeah, yah, 177 00:14:11,799 --> 00:14:13,279 yeah yeah. But yeah, I'm trying to think of a band where see 178 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,360 I thought three Doors Down, I didn't realize he had a band in the 179 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,559 drums. I'm trying to think of a band where they have a singing drummer 180 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,840 who sings everything was also the lead singer. Okay everything, do you know 181 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:26,320 Anderson. No, he's a great artist who him and the Free Nationals. 182 00:14:26,759 --> 00:14:31,360 He drums, raps, sings, He's incredible. Oh really yeah, he's 183 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,360 like if you see his Tiny Death concert. Yeah, he's just like in 184 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,519 the middle, like cutting it up, playing the drums flawlessly and just effortlessly. 185 00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:43,000 Oh wow, he's really good. And if you want to go into 186 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,720 like heavier drummers that do the Madonna mic seven dust, do you remember that 187 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:54,080 band Morgan would do the like and had the Madonna mic go on? Yeah? 188 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,120 Yeah, I like that. I can't think of anyone else off the 189 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,440 top of my head. But yeah, they're out there, and if you're 190 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,799 out there, hit up Matt, hit up me. Let's talk about it. 191 00:15:05,919 --> 00:15:11,919 Call us in this bands Like, oh yeah, but was he another 192 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:16,360 one that just so I need to be sort of sort of because if you 193 00:15:16,399 --> 00:15:20,399 see the Eagles live, he'll play drums on some things, but then he'll 194 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:26,720 come up front for others or and somebody else jumps band. But he but 195 00:15:26,919 --> 00:15:31,399 but he's another one who didn't sing on everything, right Yeah, yeah, 196 00:15:31,519 --> 00:15:33,679 like I can't I can't think of an example where the drummer is the leads 197 00:15:33,759 --> 00:15:39,000 full time thing. Yeah, yeah, like in Genesis Phil Collins, he 198 00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:41,440 would you know, he would come up front, you know, he he'd 199 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,679 sing, he'd play drums on a few things, but come up front, 200 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,320 you know. And then he was Genesis one. Uh, Gabes left. 201 00:15:50,279 --> 00:15:54,360 Yeah, and I love Peter Gabriel. He's like one of my favorites. 202 00:15:54,639 --> 00:15:56,480 Yeah. You, by the way, So I didn't know this about you 203 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:02,919 until somebody mentioned it in the chat room that you play multiple instruments, right, 204 00:16:03,159 --> 00:16:08,320 Yeah, I play drums, bass, guitar, and piano. Wow 205 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:14,840 sing a rap? I may be. I'm a producer. Yeah, I 206 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,960 produce and engineer and mix all my records. Oh yeah, oh wow. 207 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,000 I went to audio school in two thousand and four in New York City. 208 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,639 Learned everything I need to learn, and uh, just so no one can 209 00:16:30,679 --> 00:16:33,559 tell me what to like what you do. Like, I think I grew 210 00:16:33,679 --> 00:16:37,480 up in a in an era where I was just like a singer in a 211 00:16:37,559 --> 00:16:41,759 band for a while, people trying to tell me what to do, how 212 00:16:41,799 --> 00:16:47,159 to dress. Signing a label with Capitol Records when I'm twenty one and just 213 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:52,000 dealing with all the behind the scenes stuff like people telling you, oh, 214 00:16:52,039 --> 00:16:53,480 you got to do this, you got to write songs like this you gotta 215 00:16:53,519 --> 00:16:57,679 do. It's like I learned everything myself just so I could make my own 216 00:16:57,759 --> 00:17:00,360 world, make my own universe, because I don't want to play in your 217 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,480 world, dude, Like what I mean, Like yeah, and I hone 218 00:17:03,599 --> 00:17:10,279 my craft for about over twenty years now, so like I love it. 219 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,160 And we're fortunate to live in a time where you can really do that, 220 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:17,519 you know, like now it's even better for a situation like that, I 221 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:21,119 own all my stuff. No one owns anything that's excellent. Yeah, I 222 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:25,400 don't like because that's the thing with these like these deals. When you sign 223 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:29,799 these deals, they're they're covering your recording costs so all this stuff, and 224 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,200 I'm like taking a huge chunk of that away where it's just like you want 225 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,480 to just pay for marketing or so I don't know, right, but even 226 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:41,599 then, like Facebook ads these days, Instagram ads, I have like thirteen 227 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:47,759 hundred followers, but my story only gets like seventy people seeing it. Yeah, 228 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,799 you know what I mean. They want you to pay money, right 229 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,640 right, It's this whole thing where it's like the Wow Wild West where you 230 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,759 got to figure out like new ways to do things. I kind of like 231 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:02,960 it Yeah, Yeah, it's fresh and absolutely it's really cool. Evan Hilsinger 232 00:18:03,799 --> 00:18:10,359 chat Room says Kenny Troon is the greatest Evan. Evan's my longest running band 233 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,839 member, best friend from high school. We were in a man together, 234 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,920 Oh wow, Yeah, where he played guitar, I was singing. And 235 00:18:18,039 --> 00:18:22,599 then now he's my bass player and I play guitar and it's kind of dope. 236 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,559 Now is he back in New York or he's in New York he's listening 237 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:29,160 to New York right now, or he could it's the weekend. He could 238 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,920 be at his house in the Poconos. So but but the so the how 239 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,839 often do you play with the band? Because logistically it must be a little 240 00:18:36,839 --> 00:18:40,200 bit of a challenge. Uh, it is. But we're at a point 241 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,279 where we like know each other very well. Like if we get like a 242 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:47,519 little run like like if I travel to them and we and we're able to 243 00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:49,480 get a little run through for an hour or two before a show, that's 244 00:18:49,519 --> 00:18:53,279 good. Sometimes we don't, but sometimes those shows are the best shows. 245 00:18:53,519 --> 00:19:00,599 Yeah, because everyone's just everyone practices by listening right right, what songs are 246 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,160 we gonna do? Here are the songs? And I'll be like all right, 247 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,359 we'll just show up and we'll leave it there. Yeah, because sometimes 248 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:11,480 when you practice too much, you're like, you like peak already before you 249 00:19:11,519 --> 00:19:12,799 even get there. You're like, oh, you do it great at the 250 00:19:12,839 --> 00:19:15,279 practice like four times, and then you go to the show and it's not 251 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:21,799 it's almost like saving that energy to just like No, that totally, that 252 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,160 totally makes sense. I firmly believe in that. I like it loose, 253 00:19:25,519 --> 00:19:30,559 yeah, but enough where there's a format at the show, Yeah, makes 254 00:19:30,599 --> 00:19:33,640 it makes it more exciting. I totally get that. Yeah. Yeah, 255 00:19:34,519 --> 00:19:37,680 do you want to do you want to play another song? I'm dying to 256 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,200 hear another song. Okay, I could play a new one that I just 257 00:19:41,319 --> 00:19:48,279 wrote with my uh lovely girlfriend's kids. Now new new as in no one, 258 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,279 no one knows this song really, Oh, very nice. We like 259 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:56,839 the premiere on the radio, which they'll probably love. Oh, we love 260 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,039 it too. We love the world radio premieres. Yeh here Beatrix and Walter 261 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:07,039 Saint Pierre helped me write this song. They're in uh second and fourth grade. 262 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:12,839 Yes, so I'll try this one for them, all right, very 263 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:34,799 nice little rock turned into human he ate some grats and Guriel tall. But 264 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:41,200 then he went and had himself some cheese its. He thought, now, 265 00:20:41,599 --> 00:20:48,640 well that is delicious. And they drove off the sunset on an elephant. 266 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:57,799 And they drove off to the sunset on an elephant, and a fante and 267 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:06,119 a fante had a fiete, had a fante. They drove into the sunset 268 00:21:07,519 --> 00:21:14,480 as Man and the panda. They showed up to the party with some not 269 00:21:14,759 --> 00:21:22,160 shows and the Rito's and Freido and they went to the nick game, but 270 00:21:22,319 --> 00:21:26,599 they lost to the Celtics. But it was okay because we had a great 271 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:36,000 time. Then we drove off to the sunset on an elephant, and we 272 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:41,880 drove off into the sunset on an elephant. They had a fante, had 273 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:48,640 a fante, had a fineante, and they drove off into the sunset on 274 00:21:48,799 --> 00:21:56,240 an elephant. Very nice. What is it called elephante? I believe I 275 00:21:56,279 --> 00:22:02,200 didn't write those lyrics. They were written by The lyrics are relatable to me 276 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:07,240 because I also enjoyed cheese its. Yes, And think about being a rock. 277 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:11,000 You're a rock and then you just explode into a human. You eat 278 00:22:11,079 --> 00:22:14,880 grass, you grow tall, but then you find cheese its and you're like, 279 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:19,720 wow, this is way different than grass. Yes, it sounds everyone 280 00:22:19,759 --> 00:22:23,559 can relate to it. I feel it could be my next hit. I 281 00:22:23,599 --> 00:22:30,039 would love to send them to trade schools with the money from that, right, 282 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,000 you know what I mean? Not college. We don't want to send 283 00:22:33,039 --> 00:22:37,400 them to college and have them in debt for like fifty grand. We just 284 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,319 want maybe a ten thousand dollars debt and a trade where they can make money. 285 00:22:41,319 --> 00:22:45,559 You know. There you go, I digress, digress If you're just 286 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:49,680 joining us. Kenny Troon is here with us, alive in studio. Benjamin 287 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:56,319 Blanger in the chatroom says, get it. Oh, Benny, that's awesome, 288 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,680 and Jay Fat is asking in the chatroom, have you were considered the 289 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:06,880 possibility of extending the length of your beard? To be honest, my beard 290 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,319 has been huge before. Yeah, covets beards. Yeah yeah, yeah he's 291 00:23:11,319 --> 00:23:15,640 a beard. It's been really big. Yeah. I actually cut my hair 292 00:23:17,279 --> 00:23:19,000 hair. I'll show you my hair is short right now. But yeah, 293 00:23:19,599 --> 00:23:23,119 my hair was super long. Oh really, my beard was really yeah. 294 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,519 I let it go at the pandemic. It was like, I'm not going 295 00:23:26,599 --> 00:23:30,039 to cut it till this is over. And then it didn't end, right, 296 00:23:33,519 --> 00:23:37,359 But uh, two weeks I try to look I try to look a 297 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,720 little more presentable these days. But yeah, yeah, tell him I feel 298 00:23:40,799 --> 00:23:42,359 his I feel him on the beard. I loved my beard. He has 299 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,640 a large beard. Yeah yeah, I could hide snacks in there for later. 300 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:51,559 It was really good. It was a flavor saver. By the way. 301 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,880 By the way, I'm curious working at the snow Uh do you know 302 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:03,640 Michael Martino also known as Texas Mic. Maybe if he works? What does 303 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,759 he do at this news I forget what he does there exactly. I mean 304 00:24:06,799 --> 00:24:10,079 he's there, he's there for events. You remember, something to do with 305 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:14,599 concessions. Maybe, yeah, you may not have you may not have encountered 306 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:21,000 him. Maybe I've seen him like around. Yeah, definitely, Melanie said, 307 00:24:21,079 --> 00:24:22,960 uh yeah, right, all guys lie and say, you know, 308 00:24:23,039 --> 00:24:30,279 regarding the beard, say it was huge. I swear it was. You'll 309 00:24:30,319 --> 00:24:34,640 find some Google image somewhere of it. We should play another studio track. 310 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,319 We've already played a couple of them earlier in the show, but I'm curious 311 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:45,039 to Uh, let's see, is there we've got that there's a song that 312 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:49,599 you sent me that's from a live show, and then there's another studio track. 313 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,839 I'll let you, I'll let you The other studio track is the single 314 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,359 and video I've been promoting called I Don't Think We're Ever Alone. Oh we 315 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,079 should play that then? Yeah, yeah, let's do that. And uh 316 00:25:02,319 --> 00:25:06,079 yeah, this is a great song and can you tell us about it? 317 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:11,200 Is there a story behind it? Uh? Yeah? I during the pandemic, 318 00:25:11,559 --> 00:25:18,599 I was living in an apartment that turns into a squat because my landlord, 319 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:22,680 we got served papers right before the pandemic happened where he hadn't been paying 320 00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:26,640 taxes on the house for years. Oh, and they were gonna take it, 321 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:30,279 and they were like, you guys shouldn't pay him anymore because like you 322 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,559 know what I mean. So we were like okay, But then the pandemic 323 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:38,960 happened and we were just uh, you know, the power went out, 324 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:45,400 and then I had this steal power from the public library next door and the 325 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,839 house next door, and then it was a whole thing. Wow. But 326 00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:52,279 I ended up getting out of there and finding a new place. But the 327 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:57,480 place I moved into a week or two before, someone had overdosed in the 328 00:25:57,559 --> 00:26:00,119 house and they were trying to get someone else to move in. Yeah, 329 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:06,200 and they didn't tell me that, So I was dealing with all weird spirits 330 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,200 in the house that I moved in. So the song has a lot to 331 00:26:08,279 --> 00:26:12,079 do with the weirdness that was occurring at the new place that I moved into, 332 00:26:12,319 --> 00:26:17,799 where someone had just recently like died in the house. What kind of 333 00:26:17,839 --> 00:26:22,759 weirdness was occurring? Okay, So randomly, I was on the deck and 334 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,920 I was I think I was smoking a cigarette or something, and all of 335 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,599 a sudden, there's a huge fire on the on the deck, Like a 336 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,759 fire just happened. Oh my god, I out of nowhere. I had 337 00:26:33,799 --> 00:26:37,720 to put it out. And then a roommate of mine came out the bathroom 338 00:26:37,759 --> 00:26:41,759 with like blood on him and he wasn't bleeding. It wasn't his blood. 339 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,880 Oh my god. So a lot of things were happening. Yeah, and 340 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:51,400 uh and yeah, So I feel like I don't think we're ever alone. 341 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,240 Was kind of like, I'm like, yeah, maybe, like even if 342 00:26:55,279 --> 00:26:57,599 we pass on, like we're still here. And like just even if you 343 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:06,519 feel like there's no one physically there with you, something's up interesting. All 344 00:27:06,599 --> 00:27:07,960 right, Well, let's give this a listen. Oh, by the way, 345 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,680 run like Thieves in the Chat Room says, this song is one of 346 00:27:11,759 --> 00:27:17,640 my favorite Kenny Truon's songs nice, and Melanie says, why were they weird 347 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,440 spirits? That sounds super judgmental. Well, you know when there's blood and 348 00:27:21,519 --> 00:27:26,200 fire. Yeah, if they were cooking me like breakfast, and like you 349 00:27:26,319 --> 00:27:30,440 know, doing other things for me, like doing my laundry, I'd be 350 00:27:30,559 --> 00:27:34,160 like, this ghost is cool, right, A helpful ghost is nice. 351 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:37,400 You know, that's the kind of ghost. Something strange was the foot at 352 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,160 the circle kve so to speak? You know what I mean? It'd be 353 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,720 nice if you could choose your ghost. Yeah you can't, you definitely can't. 354 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,400 Well, let's give this a listen. So this is Kenny Troon and 355 00:27:48,519 --> 00:27:53,480 this is called I don't think we're ever alone here on Matt Connorton unleashed, 356 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:26,039 just crept in through the door like a black cat in the shadow. Do 357 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:32,599 you hear that? You smell that? I think something's burning. The blood 358 00:28:32,799 --> 00:28:38,519 was spilled, loves we lost, smelling slurk within these walls. Something weird 359 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:48,039 going ding. I don't think we're ever alone, and I don't think we're 360 00:28:48,279 --> 00:29:02,640 ever lone. I don't think where ever, I don't think we're never alone. 361 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:34,880 I don't think that we I ever know, just fell off the ball 362 00:29:36,119 --> 00:29:41,960 was dead like that now's in the corner. Did you see that leg got 363 00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:47,400 in the chat? No, I don't want to remember the dog Spiels. 364 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:56,440 Does spears live with their walls? Something weird going up. I don't think 365 00:29:56,599 --> 00:30:08,720 we're ever lone. I don't sit where ever. I don't sick whereever. 366 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:22,079 I don't think where ever alone. I don't think that we I e A 367 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:26,559 said, I don't think that we I have a sing. I don't think 368 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:36,599 that we I. I don't think that we ever enough. I don't take 369 00:30:36,759 --> 00:30:48,839 whereever at home. I don't sit where ever. I don't take clare ever. 370 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:59,599 I think that we are there for a long that is cool, and 371 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,079 that us have a spooky vibe that is I don't think we're ever alone. 372 00:31:03,559 --> 00:31:07,119 The Great Kenny Truon is here with us, alive in studio. Yee, 373 00:31:07,559 --> 00:31:10,960 the Great Kenny's true. I like the sound of that. Thank you man 374 00:31:11,119 --> 00:31:14,720 absolutely. By the way, run like thieves in the chat room, says 375 00:31:14,759 --> 00:31:19,920 Greg from r LT says that as a retired FDNY fire Marshal, Kenny's cigarette 376 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:25,839 started that fire case. No. I swear though, because I was on 377 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:29,440 the other side of the deck and I was like thinking, did I like 378 00:31:29,599 --> 00:31:33,400 arkle Dan? I do? I had, but like, literally, uh 379 00:31:33,599 --> 00:31:40,440 what I I think happened? I want to clarify to the FDNY alumni out 380 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:45,880 there, Yes, that it was a piece of broken gla mirror on the 381 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:51,640 ground. Son was hitting the mirror reflect. I swear this is what I 382 00:31:51,759 --> 00:31:56,119 came up with if it wasn't a weird ghost or something killer. But I 383 00:31:56,319 --> 00:32:01,559 was like, and there were like dried leaves hit like hitting the I don't 384 00:32:01,599 --> 00:32:05,839 know, I'm trying. Anything's possible. Greg, can you run that through 385 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:12,160 your fd N Y machine? Tell me right if that's accurate or that's the 386 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,680 thing that could happen. And this is very nice. Nicole Saint Pierre in 387 00:32:15,759 --> 00:32:20,720 the chat room says, the kids are feeling very famous after hearing you play 388 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:25,319 there. Yes, that's amazing. Hi, Bob's that's very nice, very 389 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:31,880 nice. That's great. They they they think I'm famous. It's weird. 390 00:32:32,039 --> 00:32:37,039 Well you are now? Yeah, you get the Matt Connerton unleashed bump. 391 00:32:37,279 --> 00:32:39,640 Yeah. When we went to when we went to the Celtics game, Little 392 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:44,839 Walt was like, oh, but can we get sit on the floor. 393 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:51,319 Aren't you famous? I'm like, oh, maybe one day their degrees degrees. 394 00:32:52,759 --> 00:32:54,960 Shout out to them. I'm happy they're listening. And who played a 395 00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:00,279 slide on that song? You mentioned my dude, Josh Honigman playing mean brass 396 00:33:00,319 --> 00:33:02,799 slide on that last song. Is he in your band or he is? 397 00:33:04,079 --> 00:33:07,440 Yeah, he's in my band. We have like a usual suspects list in 398 00:33:07,559 --> 00:33:13,160 my band. There's some altering parts, like Greg will join the band for 399 00:33:13,319 --> 00:33:15,240 like New Hampshire dates when I'm not in New York. You know, stuff 400 00:33:15,279 --> 00:33:20,839 like that. We have like sometimes Maggie will come in and play the sacks 401 00:33:21,039 --> 00:33:24,039 whenever we get Maggie and Maggie had a kid, so Maggie is off for 402 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:28,559 there a little bit. Yeah, like it changes. So we have Josh 403 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:35,119 Hanigman right now on guitar or keys, Chris Pachanka on guitar, Evan Hilsinger 404 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:40,799 on bass, and me on guitar and singing, and then drummers or you 405 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:45,799 know, drummers are hard to come by. Exactly exactly what was your because 406 00:33:45,839 --> 00:33:51,599 you play multiple instruments, what was your first instrument? My first instrument was 407 00:33:52,039 --> 00:33:55,880 bass because I wanted to join Evan's band. Oh yeah, I didn't know 408 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,759 how to play. I just loved music, and I wanted to be in 409 00:33:59,839 --> 00:34:01,720 the and it was so cool that they had a band, Yeah, in 410 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:07,440 ninth grade, so I wanted to do it. That's what got you started. 411 00:34:07,799 --> 00:34:09,840 Yeah, well, actually I think I started maybe a little before that, 412 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:15,440 where I borrowed my friend's bass to play in like a hardcore band. 413 00:34:15,599 --> 00:34:19,400 Oh really, yeah, we were called Savagery. I can't forget this. 414 00:34:19,519 --> 00:34:25,800 Shout out to Nick Voormont, Chris Suarez and Vinnie Roseboom. But we did 415 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,920 that, and then I seriously did a band with Evan where I was playing 416 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,320 bass, but then I moved into the singer spot because we didn't have a 417 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:36,559 singer, or we did have a singer, but he didn't want to sing, 418 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,280 or he was taking too long on doing the singing when it' sing in 419 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:43,079 front of us, or like oh well that's a problem. Yeah, And 420 00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:49,239 then we we we did Me and Evan did a little demo of a song 421 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,679 idea where we had you know, those old laptop mics from that were just 422 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:57,360 on the computer. Yes, so he was in the room while I was 423 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,880 down the hall singing loud and it was like the same volume as it was 424 00:35:02,039 --> 00:35:06,119 just ridiculous. But we did a demo like that where I sang and that 425 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:07,320 was like kind of when I was like, I think I'm going to be 426 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:12,480 the singer interesting. So that's that's how that worked out. Did you take 427 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,960 any vocal lessons or are you self taught? I did when I had a 428 00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:22,280 record deal. The label got me a guy Adrian Holtz, which I love 429 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:23,599 that man. I don't know where he is this day, but it was 430 00:35:23,639 --> 00:35:29,480 in the Lower East Side Manhattan where I would go see him. The label 431 00:35:29,519 --> 00:35:31,360 Legg was like, we need you to have a better voice, and you 432 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:36,079 need to know you know, they're putting money into you. They want you 433 00:35:36,199 --> 00:35:45,920 to have that. But basically the like, I don't know his his his 434 00:35:45,599 --> 00:35:50,920 studying with him was pretty good. It was like I haven't done it since, 435 00:35:51,039 --> 00:35:54,400 but it was the training I needed things I already knew and felt but 436 00:35:54,559 --> 00:35:59,679 didn't really know how to, like I don't know, put him in a 437 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:04,199 boy and understand them, yeah, so to speak. But I did have 438 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,960 some vocal training, okay, okay, like twenty one yeah. Yeah, 439 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,480 We've got Kenny trun here. If you have any questions or anything at all 440 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:15,079 for Kenny six oh three, two five, six seven, the studio line 441 00:36:15,199 --> 00:36:17,320 is open six oh three, two, five, six seven. Can you 442 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,719 talk more about your your experience with being signed to a label, because, 443 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,280 well, for one thing, I'm a music industry nerd, and we talk 444 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:28,320 about we talk about music industry stuff a lot on you on the show, 445 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,039 and you know, and that's kind of a lot of our listener bases made 446 00:36:31,119 --> 00:36:35,280 up of people who either have experience in that or are active in the music 447 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,679 industry in some way. And I'm curious here. I mean, it sounds 448 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,519 like it it sounds like it ended with you feeling like you wanted to be 449 00:36:40,599 --> 00:36:44,480 able to do everything yourself and be really independent. But I'm curious. You 450 00:36:44,519 --> 00:36:46,239 know, pretty pretty traumatic stuff. I guess for me, it's like my 451 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:52,639 PTSD stuff. No kid, I was like twenty Yeah, It's like the 452 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:57,760 whole process of getting a deal was it was so weird. It was like 453 00:36:58,679 --> 00:37:02,800 it was almost like you and you found a Craigslist ad for a producer looking 454 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:07,039 for a hot new band, and this is like, oh, five, 455 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:14,480 two thousand and five. So we get a producer and a manager combo from 456 00:37:14,559 --> 00:37:22,679 Craigslist. Producer manager combo, and they're like kind of like grooming us in 457 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:27,239 a way of like making us look a certain way. And recording us. 458 00:37:27,639 --> 00:37:31,119 Wait, just so I'm clear, So this combo they were advertising and I 459 00:37:31,159 --> 00:37:35,360 don't the drummer found it. I didn't find this all the time, but 460 00:37:35,519 --> 00:37:39,639 like this is how it happened, like they So we got that. We 461 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:44,920 worked with them for like a pretty long time. Like we we got an 462 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:50,400 investor, so they I guess the manager and producer would record a demo for 463 00:37:50,519 --> 00:37:52,599 us, get an investor to pay for it, and then the manager used 464 00:37:52,639 --> 00:37:58,800 his contacts to shop it and it and it worked. We had Hollywood Records 465 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:05,719 come out to see us, took us to dinner after we played the Continental 466 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,119 in New York City. That was great. My mom got a whole school 467 00:38:08,159 --> 00:38:13,000 bus to bring everyone to the city from Long Island, so we packed the 468 00:38:13,039 --> 00:38:15,039 place out. Cool. Yeah, we were We knew what we you know, 469 00:38:15,079 --> 00:38:17,360 we're dealing with. We're having someone come see us and all that, 470 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:22,480 and you know, eventually, you know, some some of the records, 471 00:38:22,119 --> 00:38:27,639 the labels were what were okay? And I got I hit it off with 472 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:32,119 the dude from Hollywood Records, Jason Jordan a lot, and uh, we 473 00:38:32,199 --> 00:38:36,360 didn't end up going with him. I think Breaking Benjamin was with him at 474 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,760 the time. Hollywood Records, and uh, we ended up getting flown out 475 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:45,280 to California to meet with Jamie Feldman and Andy Slater for Capitol Records. So 476 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:52,760 we we had a audition for the Hall label. So it was a cool 477 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,960 moment for me and the and the guys in the band at that time because 478 00:38:57,039 --> 00:39:00,880 we we show and proved like the Hall labels, like let's make a record. 479 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,760 We were just like wow, is this crazy? Like I was the 480 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,840 front man then. So when we did the performance, I go off the 481 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,880 stage, got in their faces, was doing like, yeah, you know 482 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:14,559 what I mean. Today I felt like it was a moment in time I'll 483 00:39:14,599 --> 00:39:16,239 never forget, you know what I mean. It was really great. Went 484 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:21,679 to the Rainbow Room after La where let's all go over're twenty one. But 485 00:39:22,079 --> 00:39:28,599 and then then comes into other stuff where everyone now in the band thinks they 486 00:39:28,679 --> 00:39:31,639 know how to write the hit. I'm just the singer even though I played 487 00:39:31,679 --> 00:39:37,679 guitar and wrote a song like I only wrote like one or two songs where 488 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,679 they let me. Okay the band because the band all things they knew how 489 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:45,800 to do everything. Yeah, they swamped me an auto tune. I hate 490 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:51,719 auto tune. There's just like things that were just really hard to deal with. 491 00:39:52,039 --> 00:39:58,599 Yeah, and then after a while it just was really I couldn't express 492 00:39:58,679 --> 00:40:01,280 myself the way I wanted. I was odd man out on little tours we 493 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:07,119 did where like I wasn't even being friends with them. Really we weren't getting 494 00:40:07,159 --> 00:40:08,679 along. Wow. It was just a lot of things. And I actually 495 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:13,239 and for that to happen so early and all this, you know, yeah, 496 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,440 I habashed it. I left. Wow. I walked away from it 497 00:40:16,559 --> 00:40:21,880 because it wasn't right. It didn't feel right, and I wasn't there was 498 00:40:22,199 --> 00:40:24,480 like telling me what to where, like the the labels, like tell me 499 00:40:24,559 --> 00:40:30,159 where these like leather pants and like just like all this stuff where I'm just 500 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:34,320 like they were riding the wave of like the emo wave and five six sure, 501 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:38,119 yeah seven, And I'm not necessarily I'm from there where a lot of 502 00:40:38,159 --> 00:40:45,440 that music came to, you know, get some notoriety, right, but 503 00:40:45,639 --> 00:40:47,960 like I always felt it was a little different, and I don't know, 504 00:40:49,519 --> 00:40:52,840 it gives me a lot of gave me a lot of grief for a lot 505 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:57,280 of years, because you want that as an artist, You want to be 506 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,519 on a label you wanted, But then it's not crack up to all, 507 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:05,880 you know, what I mean. And you know, we're okay on terms 508 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:07,960 now. Like with that band, we were all young, we didn't know 509 00:41:08,039 --> 00:41:13,639 what the hell was going on. We were all needed to grow and learn, 510 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,840 and it was just, uh, I don't know, because I'm always 511 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:22,039 trying to make it back to that mountain, but that mountain isn't where I 512 00:41:22,119 --> 00:41:27,519 want to go but to some relevance. I want to get my music out 513 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,360 to the masses. But it's weird in these times. You feel like when 514 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:37,679 you post stuff, you're a just in the clutter of everyone else's stuff where 515 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:43,360 it'll get overlooked or you have to pay to play. You gotta pay. 516 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,960 If you don't have the money, it won't talk for you, you know 517 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:52,239 what I mean. So it's just interesting to me. But that that whole 518 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:58,880 dealing with the major label was pretty interesting time when you walked away, I 519 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,480 mean, did did they try to get should have stay? Did the label 520 00:42:00,639 --> 00:42:04,199 put any pressure on you to stay? Or how did? How did know? 521 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:09,679 Because we were signed to the producer and manager who signed to the You 522 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:14,760 know what I'm saying, You're like not even You're like the puppet in that 523 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,480 aspect then, like you don't control anything. Yeah, you know what I 524 00:42:17,559 --> 00:42:22,840 mean, So it becomes like I don't even know at that point, but 525 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:28,559 wow, yeah, did the band try to continue without you? Dude? 526 00:42:29,079 --> 00:42:31,880 They did, okay, and I felt like they used all the same contexts 527 00:42:32,159 --> 00:42:36,840 that they had and I don't care because I didn't want to be involved anymore. 528 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,440 They went on, they did a band for a while, and now 529 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:44,840 they they're not a band like most bands. They're a band till you're not 530 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,960 a band. But I've never stopped. I will say this. I've been 531 00:42:49,079 --> 00:42:52,159 continuing my journey. It's my journey, so it's different from everyone else, 532 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:57,639 is different from theirs, and I kind of like where I've I've gone. 533 00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:00,440 I've gone to weird places I do. We haven't even touched upon this, 534 00:43:00,599 --> 00:43:05,679 but I have different aliases and characters in different genres of music that I do. 535 00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:08,639 Okay, I have an R and B character named Kenneth Wood. Oh, 536 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:12,559 yes, I found Kenneth Wood online. See that's me. Okay, 537 00:43:12,679 --> 00:43:15,440 you didn't know because I was wearing glasses. I was a little more suave 538 00:43:15,559 --> 00:43:21,559 looking. Yeah, But I also have a rap alias Snotty Nose, and 539 00:43:21,679 --> 00:43:25,760 I'm in a metal post metal band called as Dark as You. Oh, 540 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:29,599 that's a cool wow, cool man. Yeah, Like I built like my 541 00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:34,119 own world of genres and music. Like it's my own label of my own 542 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,519 call that weird or narcissistic or anything, but I'm it's pretty. It's my 543 00:43:38,679 --> 00:43:42,880 world that I created, and I really enjoy it. And that's when I 544 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:47,280 put my life's passion and yeah, yeah do they Is there sort of a 545 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:52,239 hierarchy in your mind in terms of in terms of priorities. I keep it 546 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:55,119 loose. I know when it's time to do it's weird. I know when 547 00:43:55,159 --> 00:44:00,639 it's time to like go into one of the other characters and do or like 548 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:02,440 you know, because I also like to switch it up in music because he 549 00:44:02,559 --> 00:44:07,719 keeps it fun that way. Yeah. So I love it. I love 550 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:12,239 doing it. Yeah yeah, And I have total control of my own stuff. 551 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:16,880 So really good, very cool. Yeah, if you're just joining us, 552 00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,440 Kenny Truoness here and if you want to, we don't have a lot 553 00:44:20,559 --> 00:44:22,400 of time left, So if you want to get in with the question or 554 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,239 anything at all, give us a call in the studio line six O three 555 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:28,599 two five six seven. Melanie in the chat room does have a question. 556 00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:31,440 She says, are you still in the Haunted apartment. But obviously no, 557 00:44:31,519 --> 00:44:34,599 no, that was in New York, back in New York. That was 558 00:44:34,679 --> 00:44:37,960 in Patchhog, New York. I don't know if you guys know where Patchhog 559 00:44:37,119 --> 00:44:43,159 is, patch Hoog, but yeah, a fun fact, Billy Idol lived 560 00:44:43,199 --> 00:44:46,719 in Patchhog when he came from uh I think England. Oh really yeah, 561 00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:51,800 and he moved to Long Island in Patchhop very random fact. All right, 562 00:44:52,199 --> 00:44:55,360 yeah, do you want to uh, well, we have some time left. 563 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:59,639 Do you want to play another live song for us? Yeah, let's 564 00:44:59,639 --> 00:45:02,960 see we got here. I'd love to hear more alive again if you're just 565 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:07,639 showing us. We have Kenny Troon live in studio here on the program. 566 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:15,039 We'll get another make up there there we go. Okay, this song is 567 00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:32,840 called mark my words? All right, how many days over in a week? 568 00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:40,519 If you could neverly? No, how we'll ever get the Sunday school 569 00:45:40,679 --> 00:45:47,960 long tie Lola knows it. The bus stops right outside of my house. 570 00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,599 It takes me out in bay Ya. Well, I'm pretty sure that I 571 00:45:52,719 --> 00:46:00,920 can occupy my lie. Just fine, I'm lie competative. Mark my words, 572 00:46:01,679 --> 00:46:08,519 mark your calendar. Well, the day is the day, we believe 573 00:46:08,599 --> 00:46:21,519 in monanjazz miracle monyjasz miracon, mark my words and mark your calendar. Well, 574 00:46:21,559 --> 00:46:30,159 the day is the day we believe in monanjious miracles. How many people 575 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:37,119 do we meet in our short existence? Well, our last count about thirty 576 00:46:37,199 --> 00:46:44,119 eight sad years. And go now I know it's at the bus stops right 577 00:46:44,199 --> 00:46:50,639 outside my house. Takes me out of bow. Yeah, well I'm pretty 578 00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:55,280 sure that I can occupy my life. Just fine, I'm alive. Come 579 00:46:55,400 --> 00:47:04,599 to take the thing. Mark my words in mark your calendar. Well, 580 00:47:04,639 --> 00:47:13,280 the day is the day we believe in mons miricle born jus mimicles. Mark 581 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:21,199 my words and mark your calendar. Well, the day is the day we 582 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:30,239 believe? Will we believe? We believe? How will I even get to 583 00:47:30,519 --> 00:47:39,159 Sunday school on time? If I never sleep a night, if I never 584 00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:52,079 sleep, how will I even get to Sunday school on time? Time? 585 00:47:52,119 --> 00:48:00,679 Time? Who? Mark my words? Who mark your calendar? Well? 586 00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:07,840 The day is the day we was it even bine? Just mirick yes, 587 00:48:07,159 --> 00:48:15,760 mimicals, mack my words in mom your canender. Well, the day is 588 00:48:16,039 --> 00:48:27,599 the day. Day is the day. Oh my god, what a great 589 00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:32,679 song. Thank you. I love that. That's all. I really appreciate 590 00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:36,199 it. What's the name of that again? That song is called Mark my 591 00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:39,880 Words? Okay, now, is that is that out? Is that available? 592 00:48:40,079 --> 00:48:44,840 That's on my first solo album, No Longer Scared, which is out 593 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:50,880 on all platforms? Wow? Yeah really really one of the first song not 594 00:48:51,119 --> 00:48:54,039 first, but like one of the earlier songs I've written, okay, like 595 00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:59,639 twenty two thousand and nine, maybe I wrote it? Oh no kidding? 596 00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:04,039 Yeah, yeah, wow that is that is really good, really good. 597 00:49:04,159 --> 00:49:08,800 Really appreciate it absolutely absolutely. We've got Yeah, we've got a femanis left. 598 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:12,760 If you have any questions or anything at all for Kenny six o three 599 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,360 two five, six o seven, we have Kenny Truon with us alive in 600 00:49:15,639 --> 00:49:22,719 studio. Now, is is everything else? Like, are these as you 601 00:49:22,079 --> 00:49:25,760 described it, these different characters they have in music as? Are they all 602 00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:30,159 easy to find online for people who want to explore all the platforms? Yeah? 603 00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:36,360 Yeah, it's uh if you go to my Instagram Kenny Truon music, 604 00:49:36,639 --> 00:49:42,519 Yeah, the link tree has everything so you can like it's like a treasure 605 00:49:42,599 --> 00:49:45,199 trove of like what is this? Is this the same person? Like? 606 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:49,679 So it's kind of like, I don't know, I want people to find 607 00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,360 my music that way and just like keep digging and me like wait, what 608 00:49:52,599 --> 00:49:57,079 is it? Right? Right? Like how you found it? I found 609 00:49:57,119 --> 00:49:59,679 the link tree and I have been sharing it. Yes, yes, thank 610 00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,840 you, Yeah I have. I just came out with I did a merch 611 00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:07,239 drop with Tea Public. I don't know if you guys heard of that website, 612 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,079 but I got a lot of cool merch on my link tree that I 613 00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:13,760 just came out with. This is one of them. This is my album 614 00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:17,039 cover to most of the songs you played on the radio today. Oh okay. 615 00:50:17,079 --> 00:50:22,440 It's called Mangustine. Okay, nice and yeah, So if you guys 616 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:25,199 want to check out Mangustine, most of the songs that Matt played today, 617 00:50:28,159 --> 00:50:30,760 we're on that album Outstanding. Yeah, we're going into in a couple of 618 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:34,599 minutes. We're going to close out with I've got my thumb out this live. 619 00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:38,320 Now. Where was this recorded? This was recorded at my drummer's recording 620 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:43,760 studio at the Coop Live at the Coop Studios in Irvington, New York. 621 00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,800 Oh okay, And we did it on my birthday. I drove down to 622 00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:52,280 New York for my friend Sue's wedding shout at Sue and Danielle and then the 623 00:50:52,599 --> 00:50:57,880 next day we went to Irvington and I hired a videographer and we did a 624 00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:02,880 live in studio thing and this song is actually improvised, like kidding. We 625 00:51:04,039 --> 00:51:07,719 got in the room and did it. We were starting to do it, 626 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:08,800 and then I was like, wait, let's wait till the cameras on and 627 00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:12,639 then let's really do it, because you don't want to give it a waste 628 00:51:12,679 --> 00:51:15,239 of energy, you know what I mean? Right of course, So once 629 00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:16,760 we caught ourselves, we waited till the camera I was done, and then 630 00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:21,920 we like started into that idea we did and what you're about to hear is 631 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:25,800 that all improvised. Excellent, excellent, And before we do that too. 632 00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:30,000 Where should people go online? Where's the best place to go for people to 633 00:51:30,599 --> 00:51:35,199 keep up with everything that you're doing. I would on Facebook Kenny Troon or 634 00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:38,760 Instagram Kenny Truon music. That's the two most important hubs to find all my 635 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:43,239 music. YouTube Just look up Kenny Truon. I got a ton of I 636 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:46,679 got a channel on there, a ton of videos and uh yeah, and 637 00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:50,199 you have an unusual last name, so it's easy to find you. Yeah 638 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:53,519 t r u H And yes, yes, which Matt has successfully said my 639 00:51:53,679 --> 00:51:58,280 name the whole time without knowing, which is great. Yeah. Yeah, 640 00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:00,159 yeah, I was asking listeners know this, but yeah, I was asking 641 00:52:00,199 --> 00:52:04,599 you off their earlier my senior last name, and it turned out I got 642 00:52:04,679 --> 00:52:08,280 it right. Yeah. I was very happy about it actually talking about it 643 00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:12,000 this morning before we leaf. I hope I'm saying that. I mean, 644 00:52:12,079 --> 00:52:14,880 you don't want to say it wrong, like a bunch of times. I'm 645 00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:17,159 like, oh man, right right, right, like eight times before. 646 00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:22,360 Does anybody ever misspell it? Like have you ever seen it misspelled like on 647 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:27,239 a poster for a show or something. Yes, I've seen, because if 648 00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:30,239 they've heard my name and they try to write it, I've seen it written 649 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:34,880 t r u n e. Oh really yeah, because they're like truan like 650 00:52:35,039 --> 00:52:39,840 prune right. Yeah, yeah, I can see it's funny. I can 651 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:44,519 see where that would happen. Yeah. Yeah, So we'll uh, we'll 652 00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:47,320 play this in a moment, but h for anyone listening, if you missed 653 00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:51,119 any part of today's show, it will be up uh in a little bit 654 00:52:51,199 --> 00:52:53,719 within the hour at w m n H Radio dot organ, at my website 655 00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:59,360 Matt Connorton dot com, and uh, of course next week we've got she's 656 00:53:00,079 --> 00:53:02,079 do you know do you remember offhand when we have next week or do you 657 00:53:02,119 --> 00:53:06,280 have it open? I should have I should have asked you earlier. I 658 00:53:07,079 --> 00:53:09,320 just happened to be that talented that I do happen to be excellent, because 659 00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:15,679 I know we've got a stacked Tom Russo would be joining us as well as 660 00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:20,480 Dark Rain and Vices. Ah, very good, that's all coming up health 661 00:53:20,599 --> 00:53:22,760 on the sixteenth, and of course we'll have Eric Pilcher's classic film review as 662 00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:27,599 well, YadA YadA, So that'll be a that'll be a nice full show. 663 00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:31,199 And then oh no, wait, oh that's the sixteenth today, I 664 00:53:31,519 --> 00:53:35,039 wait, No, today's the ninth. I did give you the right date. 665 00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:37,639 Okay, good, good, excellent. No, you know what it 666 00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:39,320 has to strow me off is that you and I are actually going back to 667 00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:45,119 the Mosaic Art Collection. Oh yes, on the fifteenth for the AI in 668 00:53:45,519 --> 00:53:49,000 Art talk. All right, noon one at five we'll be attending the noon 669 00:53:49,119 --> 00:53:51,679 one on the fifteenth. You know, maybe we'll have a chance to tell 670 00:53:51,679 --> 00:53:54,360 you a little about it on the sixteenth. Yes, absolutely absolutely, And 671 00:53:54,679 --> 00:54:00,440 I'll just remind people too that tomorrow night at seven pm Eastern time. I'll 672 00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:07,199 be appearing on the uh Kevin's Happy Hour podcast Kevin's happy Hour dot com and 673 00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:09,400 you can find me at Jencoffee dot com, j E N N C O 674 00:54:09,679 --> 00:54:13,039 F f U I dot com. And by the way, I said that 675 00:54:13,079 --> 00:54:16,880 wrong, it's Trevor's Happy Hour. I keep I keep getting that mixed up 676 00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:21,480 in my mind. I keep thinking Kevin's. I'm not sure why Trevor's Trevor's 677 00:54:21,519 --> 00:54:23,880 Happy Hour dot com. We'll be discussing the uh Darryl holland John Oates, 678 00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:32,920 Uh backle, that's a Darryl whose house? Daryl, you can't perform my 679 00:54:34,159 --> 00:54:37,960 songs without me. It's such a it's it's all very sad. Yeah, 680 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:45,039 he's such a man eater. Well you know what, I can't go for 681 00:54:45,159 --> 00:54:52,320 that. Well, well, well say it isn't so all right, we're 682 00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,119 out, we're out of time, all right, we that we're gonna play 683 00:54:55,159 --> 00:55:00,280 this. This is I got my thumb out recorded live and this is Kenny 684 00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:02,440 True and Kenny thank you again. So thank you guys for having me. 685 00:55:02,599 --> 00:55:07,159 Absolutely absolutely and check this out and we'll talk to you a little bit later. 686 00:55:07,199 --> 00:57:00,920 Bye, everybody. H h h yah h h m hm s lost 687 00:57:01,159 --> 00:57:14,480 of somewhere locuniverse. Don't see that I got my thumb out, and it's 688 00:57:14,559 --> 00:57:25,960 so universe, and I don't know where I'm going, unsure I'll get the 689 00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:37,440 fast, safe and sound safe. Consult with my thumb out in a universe, 690 00:57:37,559 --> 00:57:58,360 in a universe, gillas so diverse universe, get lost in Unicorn with 691 00:57:58,599 --> 00:58:45,119 my thumb out. What's abow s that's talk where that's somewhere in the vine. 692 00:58:45,519 --> 00:59:44,320 In the vine, don't see that I got my fumile, I got 693 00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:51,519 my thumbile. Sue the verbs once shoot beck me up, beck me up, 694 00:59:51,840 --> 00:59:54,719 beck me up, beck me up, beck me up, beck me 695 00:59:54,920 --> 01:00:00,440 up, deck me up, fake me up, ck me up, yuck 696 01:00:00,519 --> 01:00:05,320 me up, yuck me up, yackly up, yackly up, yack me 697 01:00:05,519 --> 01:00:45,199 up, yeck me up. Don't to say he don't to say lock cut 698 01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:58,639 up lack cut were missed you the bose there? That's you, sat John 699 01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:28,440 to Sambo Coma Drama Ya