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<v Speaker 1>Hi, kids and kid let's or fifty crowd, I'm talking

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<v Speaker 1>to you. It's Shames Augenius fifty plus. So I was,

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<v Speaker 1>I I follow a bunch of younger people. Of course

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<v Speaker 1>we all do, right, we're on social medium. And I

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate while I appreciate their wide eyed you know, optimism

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<v Speaker 1>and strength and minding to fight and things like that

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<v Speaker 1>before what's cause it's it's a tough time out here

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<v Speaker 1>right now. I totally get it. But it's funny what

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<v Speaker 1>they choose to whether it's for clicks and hits or

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<v Speaker 1>for real choose to attack. This is one person I follow.

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<v Speaker 1>And I also notice this cause I'm older now. It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why I say, fifty plus people, you understand this

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<v Speaker 1>like I do. When you feel something when you're younger,

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<v Speaker 1>and not saying we don't when we're older, but when

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<v Speaker 1>you're younger and you feel something, you feel strongly and

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's the truth, and you were just like

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<v Speaker 1>and that's that, and and you know and and this

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<v Speaker 1>and and just there's a lot of things are black

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<v Speaker 1>and white, and that's it. As you get older, you

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<v Speaker 1>like the world's gray. It's not black and white. So

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<v Speaker 1>I was listening to him, and I don't know him personally,

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<v Speaker 1>if he was cute, as why I was following him whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>and now much he did up in his mouth. His

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<v Speaker 1>thing was decided to decide to attack Taylor Swift, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and which is a popular thing to do because she's popular.

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<v Speaker 1>You can take anybody who's popular. That's how that's how

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<v Speaker 1>the life works. And but Donna asks your album coming

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<v Speaker 1>out too, and I was like, and so he was

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<v Speaker 1>basically saying, there's what's going on in the world right now, like,

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<v Speaker 1>how dare she put out an album? And it's just

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of fluff, isn't That wasn't even out yet,

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<v Speaker 1>so you doesn't even know the songs are sounding or anything.

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<v Speaker 1>But he's like, if the album just put some fluff,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, how dare she do that? You know she

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<v Speaker 1>used to put out album, a protest song and all

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff. And I was like, this is this is

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<v Speaker 1>not for me. It's all a personally this is not it.

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<v Speaker 1>My worldview is number one because I'm an artist myself.

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<v Speaker 1>I have two albums coming out right now, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>both not serious albums. I have pronounced some serious albums

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<v Speaker 1>and bought some serious songs in the last couple of times.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I want to dance. Now, I just want to like,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to just like just kind of get lost

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<v Speaker 1>in some music. I would hay for somebody tell me

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<v Speaker 1>what to do. First of all, if you're an artist,

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<v Speaker 1>do whatever you want. That's your business. I would nearly

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<v Speaker 1>anybody dictate what kind of music are you gonna do?

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you what you have to do. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want you doing protest music. If you're not into it,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not your thing. And here's the deal. Her audience

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't want it either. It's like it's her audiences want

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<v Speaker 1>her songs, whether you like it or not, are resonating

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<v Speaker 1>with millions of people. She knows her audience. She writes

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<v Speaker 1>her own music. They have, They have their own meanings.

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<v Speaker 1>It may not be protest songs. He has their own meanings,

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<v Speaker 1>and they meet lots of people. I always say, there

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<v Speaker 1>are folks who do the protest series music very well,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are folks who are meant to do other

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of music. I know I'm a privilege that for

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<v Speaker 1>certain situations I can step out and not as it's

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<v Speaker 1>not as I'm not a part of it. And many

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<v Speaker 1>of this guy too. I mean it's the same. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure he doesn't live in the parks and all this

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<v Speaker 1>stuff that is whatever, but it's it's it's that whole

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<v Speaker 1>thing of all or nothing, and they there's a whole

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<v Speaker 1>term called doomscrolling. But people just I know it's hard,

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<v Speaker 1>but he can't help themselves are online twenty four seven

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<v Speaker 1>and look at the news twenty four seven and just

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<v Speaker 1>like just I mean, cause it's it's scary world out there.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm sorry, as I got older, I don't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And the world's the world's fucked up. I guess I

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<v Speaker 1>get it. I am employing myself from certain things, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>but not twenty very seven. I do need to escape

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<v Speaker 1>any person. We're human. You need to escape. And music

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<v Speaker 1>is that. Books are that. I don't want able to

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<v Speaker 1>come out to just be a book about what's going

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<v Speaker 1>on in the world. I wanna escape it for an

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<v Speaker 1>hour or two. What's wrong with having music that comes

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<v Speaker 1>out you escape for like thirty five minutes, seventy minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>how long the album is. I think, I guess nothing

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<v Speaker 1>wrong with that, and sometimes it's warranted. You can't just

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<v Speaker 1>be on warrior mode twenty four to seven. In my opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>if you choose to be that way that you're a business,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously you can do it. But for me, yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>choose my moments where I'm on warrior mode. I choose

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<v Speaker 1>my moments where I haven't take time off. And again,

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<v Speaker 1>I know my privilege. I'm lucky to do that where

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<v Speaker 1>I live and how I'm living. Some folks don't have

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<v Speaker 1>that luxury. I totally get it. But when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to music, I think it's you know, everybody's artistic expression

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<v Speaker 1>is their business, and it's room for all of it.

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<v Speaker 1>There are folks out there who are putting out really

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<v Speaker 1>great conscious music. So instead of attacking Taylor Swift, which

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<v Speaker 1>is just either you try to get more views or

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<v Speaker 1>reels or it's just it's just tone death, then show

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<v Speaker 1>artists who are putting out good music share their work.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I do all the time. I'm always I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I do my shows. I interview indie artists who are

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<v Speaker 1>doing conscious rap, or conscious R and B or conscious pop. Christian.

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<v Speaker 1>I had Christian artists on here. They songs smile. He

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<v Speaker 1>wants people to He want some people to like uplift themselves,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what I love that's what I's how, that's

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<v Speaker 1>how I'm observed, instead of attacking people that just I mean, plus,

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<v Speaker 1>no one wants to hear Madonna and do protest music.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they don't care about that. But there are

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<v Speaker 1>artists out there who are dreamings who came and get attention.

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<v Speaker 1>I have friends dreams I can't get attention. So I

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<v Speaker 1>was I'm not gonna out this guy, obviously, but I

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<v Speaker 1>would just but again, to me, it shows his age.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say them, instead of folks going on Taylor

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<v Speaker 1>Swift or Madonna or Kyley, even Dug or whatever, go

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<v Speaker 1>to people who are actually Mariah carrys without coming out.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't go after them, go after the ones who are

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<v Speaker 1>really putting out some great stuff that's meaning to it

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<v Speaker 1>and mean something to you. Share that. That's how I

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<v Speaker 1>just how. I mean, seriously, that's how I look at

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<v Speaker 1>everything like that. That's how you that's how you do

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<v Speaker 1>it to mean, that's age, that's wisdom. We all need

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<v Speaker 1>breaks from stuff. You have to have breaks from stuff

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<v Speaker 1>you go crazy. So I just I just that inspired

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<v Speaker 1>this episode of fifty plus. I'm like this because most

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<v Speaker 1>of you guys who are listening are over fifty. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm talking about. You know exactly what I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>We know how do you separate? We know everybody has

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<v Speaker 1>their place. Everybody has everybody has a place in the village.

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<v Speaker 1>They do