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<v Speaker 2>a couple of guests joining me here. We signed up

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<v Speaker 2>to chat with Mike Deviassi, but he's got some other

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<v Speaker 2>folks with him. Mike, who do you have with you there?

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna chat about Yellow Snow and you got a

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<v Speaker 2>whole crew there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, we have the original vocalist from Yellow Snow. We're

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<v Speaker 3>getting ready for our show tonight, so we flew in

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<v Speaker 3>from Rhode Island, some of us fresh from the Asan Asylum.

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<v Speaker 3>We have Albas, we have Matt Bairtt, and we have

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<v Speaker 3>Jason Burns.

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<v Speaker 2>That is awesome. Hi, guys, how's it going there? Well?

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<v Speaker 2>I am fantastic. I'm excited for you guys because you've

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<v Speaker 2>got some fun stuff and I had a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>listen to this. So we're gonna We're gonna go back

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<v Speaker 2>with Mike. First, let's explain. For folks that have never

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<v Speaker 2>heard of Yellow Snow, let's explain who you guys are,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's a bunch of amazing talented people from a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of different bands that came together to do some

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<v Speaker 2>really cool stuff. So tell me about Yellow Snow.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So we've been.

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<v Speaker 3>Doing it for quite a while, and it started off

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<v Speaker 3>as just a bunch of friends getting together to do

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<v Speaker 3>Christmas music. And it started out just a small thing,

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<v Speaker 3>and we would make songs and record them and play

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<v Speaker 3>them and we would give them out to our friends

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<v Speaker 3>and family for Christmas. And then over time people just

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<v Speaker 3>would ask me to come over and play acoustically. And

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<v Speaker 3>after I had three or four people ask me, I

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<v Speaker 3>would say to Matt and Alls the time, I'd say, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>why don't we just do a show, so have everybody

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<v Speaker 3>come to us instead of us going to them, And

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<v Speaker 3>then we would we did our first show, and after

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<v Speaker 3>we did our first show, we did seven two thousand

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<v Speaker 3>and seven, and we decided that we would give the

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<v Speaker 3>money that we made from the show to charity. So

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<v Speaker 3>we started the first show then, and then soon after

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<v Speaker 3>that we decided, hey, we have all these songs, what

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<v Speaker 3>are we going to do with them? So we said, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>let's make a record. So at the time I was

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<v Speaker 3>working with a friend of mine who I had met

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<v Speaker 3>was my teacher at Full Sale, Mike Fiorantino, and Mike

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<v Speaker 3>was living in Nashville at the time. So I said, hey, Mikey,

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<v Speaker 3>I've got all these songs, I've got a band, and

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<v Speaker 3>I want to put this thing together and let's record

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<v Speaker 3>it for real. So he said, You've got a flight

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<v Speaker 3>own to Nashville and worked down here and said okay.

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<v Speaker 3>So he and Brian Kone they set up the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 3>They got Kyle Cooke for Matchbox twenty, they got John Coleman,

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<v Speaker 3>they got Ryan Scarborough, and we came down. We cut

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<v Speaker 3>all the basic tracks, and then we flew back to

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<v Speaker 3>Rhode Island, and then I recorded the vocals with Jay

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<v Speaker 3>and Allen Matt and over time, and it did. It's

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<v Speaker 3>not a Chinese democracy, but it's pretty pretty close. It

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<v Speaker 3>took so long that we finally finished over time, and

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<v Speaker 3>then I was really lucky that Jack Joseph Sweig was

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<v Speaker 3>kind enough to work with me to mix the record,

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<v Speaker 3>and so we got to really work with, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>great players also in the top level, and again a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of members of the band who aren't here today,

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<v Speaker 3>but Kurt Ram and Billy Holloman when they arranged and

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<v Speaker 3>played all the horns the record, and they are just

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<v Speaker 3>there's cool guys as they are players, and it really

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<v Speaker 3>made Yellow Snow sound the way it sounds. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean being able to play with these these guys

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<v Speaker 3>and some it talents to crazy talented female vocalists and

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<v Speaker 3>it just sort of grew from two thousand and really

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<v Speaker 3>two thousand and three is when we started Double Beginnings. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>and again it's been the quote unquote band or everybody,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's been thirty or so people and it's been

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<v Speaker 3>an awesome thing. And I got to say, I asked

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<v Speaker 3>people to play, and it doesn't matter what level they are,

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<v Speaker 3>if they are the best of the best in the

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<v Speaker 3>world or just you know, a garage band, I just

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<v Speaker 3>want to come out and play. Everybody has been so

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<v Speaker 3>kind of play and be part of this. And it's

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<v Speaker 3>a really good cause. We're always donating money to charity

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<v Speaker 3>and it's really cool and that's really what we're all about.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that. And the cool thing is again it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's fun Christmas music from a band called Yellow Snow

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<v Speaker 2>and giddya Up. Santa Claus appeared on the hit series

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<v Speaker 2>CW hit series Riverdale. So you guys have had fun

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<v Speaker 2>doing this, but it's also kind of taken on a

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<v Speaker 2>life of its own, hasn't it.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, you kind of hit the nail on the head.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I said, we were just doing this for fun.

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<v Speaker 3>It was literally just Hey, Jay, you want to come

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<v Speaker 3>out and sing for this song?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's that'd be cool. And hey, Matt, I got

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<v Speaker 3>to sighted because Matt and I used to play in

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<v Speaker 3>a band in the nineties, were in high school and

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<v Speaker 3>it really started that way. And then my friend who

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<v Speaker 3>I was roommate with in high school that you know, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>you got some songs that are pretty good and their

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<v Speaker 3>originally you should let me see if we could license

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<v Speaker 3>them somewhere. So we license them to the CW network,

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<v Speaker 3>and people just over time really liked it. To be

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<v Speaker 3>honest with you, none of us, especially me, set out

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<v Speaker 3>to be the Christmas guy and to do this with Christmas.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's just people like it, and we just happened

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<v Speaker 3>to hit upon something that people really enjoy and it's

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<v Speaker 3>something different. And yeah, I mean, we never set out

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<v Speaker 3>to do it professionally and do it at this level,

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<v Speaker 3>but it just kind of grew that way.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that. I think that those are my favorite

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<v Speaker 2>stories too, because like, if you and tended this, if

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<v Speaker 2>you set out on here's what we're going to do,

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<v Speaker 2>we got this plan, it probably wouldn't have worked, but

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that you just kind of dove in here

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<v Speaker 2>it is you know, I agree.

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<v Speaker 3>Because it's totally like I said, I mean, I'm being honest.

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<v Speaker 3>It was not forced, it was not intentional. It was

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<v Speaker 3>just it was almost like, fuck, crap, we're.

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<v Speaker 2>Really good at this, man, Now we got to do

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<v Speaker 2>more Christmas songs?

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<v Speaker 1>What?

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<v Speaker 2>Well?

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<v Speaker 1>Yellow Like, Yeah, I was like, dude, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to stem you know. And I think you came to

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<v Speaker 1>be like the very first thing you were like, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>less like Mariah Carey. It more like very special Christmas.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Bruce Braingstein doing you know Christmas? Oh now

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<v Speaker 1>the City? Yeah, I'm like, yeah, that's cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think what you guys are doing is awesome. Yellowsnow,

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<v Speaker 2>music dot Com is where you go to find this.

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<v Speaker 2>And if there's one song for me to play on

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<v Speaker 2>the radio right now, which song should I play? And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to let you introduce it.

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<v Speaker 3>The song is going to be The Grinch and it's

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<v Speaker 3>sang by the Lunatic sitting next to me Al Diaz,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's one of the best songs on the record.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we're gonna play that one right now. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>so much for listening to Sonny Radio. And again, yellowsnow

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<v Speaker 2>Music dot com is where you go to find the

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<v Speaker 2>entire album. Again here it is The Grinch from Yellow

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<v Speaker 2>Snow unless you're listening on the podcast version where we

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<v Speaker 2>sadly can't play music. But I do have a link

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<v Speaker 2>to this song at Facebook dot com slash Sunny Radio

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