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Speaker 1: I've always believed in one mantra, share your story or

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someone will write it for you. And as we continue

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to grow inside this podcast world, there's a lot of

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stories we haven't dug into yet. Aro dot net, A R.

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R Oe dot Net. Thank you so much for supporting

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the vision as well as the path. Good morning, Good

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morning mister Ralph. How are you doing today?

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Speaker 2: Good? How about you? Errow?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely fantastic and very excited to share a conversation with

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you because to me, there's a vibe about you that

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I think you know you've got and it's like, teach

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me how you got there, because so many people run

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away from a situation where they think where things start

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to change with them creatively as artists, and they go, ah,

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that's not why, I don't.

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Speaker 2: Want to do that.

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Speaker 1: But yet you're moving forward and it's like, that's the

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guy I want to talk with.

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Speaker 2: Oh, that's awesome, thank you.

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Speaker 1: How are you able to tap into that? Then?

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Speaker 2: Honestly, I'm just I just I go with the flow.

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A lot of the times, I'm having fun and and

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I'm always down to learn, so I'm ready to go.

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That's that's pretty much what I do.

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Speaker 1: So does that tell me that you are what I

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call a stream thinker. In other words, it's moving through

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you at all times. You get to choose like we

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do channels on the flat screen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah no, I mean I definitely. I definitely like to

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like to switch it up and like to change things

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and like to you know, whatever, whatever whatever it calls for.

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I do.

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Speaker 1: To to be able to sing with your grandfather, I

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mean that that that blows me away because I thought

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I was the weird one that got to sing with

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his grandmother all the time. Except probably is so I

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always try to sing like Jim Nighbors on Andy Griffith,

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because you always had that voice that sounded like this,

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and I thought that's the way you're supposed to sing

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and and but she never told me to stop doing it.

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So so when I heard that, you know, you've got

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your honey grandpa and things like that, it's like, it's like,

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my god, I'm so jealous of this guy. I'm so

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jealous that he got to do this.

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Speaker 2: Definitely. You know, my whole family's been pretty musical. My

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mom singing church, my uh my mom's dad, my other

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grandpa I call him, thought that he was a musician

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for years too. Honey, Grandpa used to have me in

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the garage. We would always sing along to some music

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and it was just all such an amazing experience and

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you know it's it's you know, molded me into the

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person I am today.

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Speaker 1: All Right, So let's talk about that garage performance, because

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I grew up playing in a garage band. When you're

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in that garage, a lot of people don't realize that

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when you're singing music, your eyes have got to be

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fixed on something. Where did you go to? I always

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went to the spider webs because I always thought them

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as being magical and that they always had a way

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of reaching out to other things.

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Speaker 2: Wow, that's that. That's great. Actually, I like that honestly.

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I mean I was, I was young when I was

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in there with him. He's definitely it was a it

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was like a just kind of like a we. He

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would work on something or he'd have his tools out

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doing stuff and be singing along and just having fun.

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Speaker 1: But isn't that what's fun about music is that somewhere

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along the line you realize, wait a second, even though

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I'm singing right now in the present place of now,

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it had to start somewhere and God for you to

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be there with your grandparents and your family, your mom

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and the church. I mean everything that you are today

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is because of those before you.

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Speaker 2: Exactly, wow, exactly, I've never forgotten that either. That's that's

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the way. That's the way it's got to be. And

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I definitely give it to give it to my family

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for helping me get there too.

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Speaker 1: Did you ever kind of laugh as that child when

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your mom would be singing in church? Because when mom

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would play the piano in church and she would walk

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in there, it was like, that's not my mom, that's

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rock star mom. She's look at the way she's walking.

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be the rock star mom ome.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, all those harmonies, I'm like, okay, I didn't not

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even like that. That's so funny, because yeah, no, I

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mean here hearing my mom. Even my mom and grandma

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they like to sometimes, I like Thanksgiving and stuff. They'll

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break into a little song too, and it's it hasn't

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happened for a couple of years now, but I have

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a feeling it might happen this year. We'll see what happens.

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Speaker 1: How important are videos for you in this generation and

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the reason why I bring this up because I have

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done so much research in the past month about the

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several different levels of where people are musically. Is it

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on the radio, is it on TikTok? Is it on

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a digital streaming platform? And each time you go to

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a different platform, it's a different human being listener that's

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getting a different side of the story. How are you

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dealing with it? Living with it?

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Speaker 2: I would say, I mean, you know, as long like

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content is everything, obviously we got to you gotta put

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out a lot for people to see. So I definitely

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try to do you know, I like to go live

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and stuff like that on social media and talk to people,

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sing a little bit, answer questions. I give people opportunities

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to have access to me, because you know, some people

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just shut off from the world, and I don't want

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to do that. I want to make sure that you know,

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people know that I'm available. I am definitely that person

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that loves to talk if I can, and I also

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love to listen to so there's a there's kind of

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a mix to me for sure. When it comes to

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Speaker 1: Speaking the street right now, that that is like why

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didn't you do radio if you love to talk? Because

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I've always believed that the reason why people get into

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radio is because the writer just needs a stage to perform.

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done broadcasting? Because if you love to talk, you're not

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going to stop.

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Speaker 2: I love to talk. I'd love to do more of

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the music side of things, So I mean like actually

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performing and things like that. So that's one thing I

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always tell Like my band, I was like, man, you

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guys at to turn off my mind because I'm just

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gonna keep on talking until But that's not a that

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wasn't you know. It's funny that ever crossed my mind.

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Speaker 1: That, well, only only because I've always believed that. Why

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didn't I come out sounded like one of those disc

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jockeys on the radio from Klifornia or or from you know,

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from New York City. And it was like, because I

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grew up with Casey case I'm telling stories. Oh my god,

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maybe I'm a writer. Oh my god, I mean the

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wrong business.

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Speaker 2: That's awesome because me being a.

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Speaker 1: Creative person, I mean that that puts you in a

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position of okay, okay, where are we going to take

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this ship? Because it's floating no matter what, right and

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Speaker 2: You gotta go somewhere. You gotta be a storyteller. But

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that's what music does too. For me. I love telling

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a story with music and I love you know, it's

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you know, you can let people know exactly what's going

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on with with music, and you know with a certain

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song you're singing, people feel that, and yeah, it's music

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tells a story always.

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Speaker 1: Do you have to pinch yourself when you take a

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tour of France or even if you travel around and

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all of a sudden you step on that stage. You're going,

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how did I get here? Oh my god, thank you Jesus.

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I'm here. Now let's figure out what we're gonna do

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I tried out for the Voice. I've

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tried out for the Voice eleven times. This is my twelfth,

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this is my twelve time. But I'm actually finally on

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the show, which is amazing. You know those other times

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I never got to the actual stage and so you know, yeah,

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when I first saw the Voice stage, I had to

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pinch myself. I teared up a little bit because it

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was like, man, I've been trying to get here since

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I was seventeen, sixteen, seventeen years old, and now I'm thirty.

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I always do it around. I was like, man, they

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waited till I was thirty to give me on this show.

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ready back then and now I am. So you know,

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I feel like everything happens for a reason.

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Speaker 1: Well, they always say that, you know, everything that we

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do in our twenties is because we wanted to do

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it as a teenager but our parents said no. And

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once we hit thirty, we're mopping up the mess that

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we created in our twenties. Okay, so how, oh, how

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are you mopping up your mess of that seventeen year

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old that had visions? In other words, what was that

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seventeen year old holding that you now have knowledge of today?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 1: I mean, because I mean beginning, I can't imagine what

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Speaker 2: Right, and so I I you know, it's it's definitely

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a mental game too. You're like, man, am I even

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good enough? You know? The whole time? But you know,

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I've just had to never say die attitude and just

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I don't have a plan B, Plan A is what

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I'm trying to do. And this wasn't the only show

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multiple times too. In the double digits also, I just

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never wanted to stop doing music. So in between that

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college choir, you know, high school, middle school. I've always

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been singing. And then dare I say I was a

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karaoke singer for a little bit too, because in the

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Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Ralph Edwards coming

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up next. He toured France as a musician. Now he's

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on NBC's The Voice. We are back with Ralph Edwards.

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You speak so perfectly in tune and your connection to

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people blows me away, And so I have to ask you,

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is there a real person job that you're doing that

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puts you in front of real people to know who

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it is that you're trying to reach. Because it took

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me thirty six years to go get a real job

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at a grocery store only because I wanted to be

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with people. What about you, Ralph in the way that

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how are you doing this? And I just want to

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know if you're with real people in a real job somewhere,

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and that's that's what you're envisioning when you're on that

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giant stage.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's funny if you look at my resume

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and you'd be like, oh my gosh, this guy has

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done so many different things. I mean, he used to

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be a cashier. I was a car salesman YEP. At

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one point I worked in the medical field and the

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like the retirement homes. I was arrested strong manager there like. So,

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of that. I've always been able to talk. I've always

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been able to communicate very well. And that's that's transferred

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over to you know, my stage work and you know,

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talking to people while I'm performing or you know, interacting

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throwing some jokes out there. Yep. I'm in no way,

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shape or form a comedian. Don't let me say that,

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Speaker 1: Sometimes real person. Question, because you brought it up. You

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said you worked for a retirement home. One of the

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things that I'm dealing with right now is the aging

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of the guests that I've been with for the past

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five to six years. How did you handle that aging process?

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the guarantee of life, it's going to happen, but dealing

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with it as close as what you were, because I'm

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not that close yet to it, but you were, What

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did you learn from that moment of transition?

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Speaker 2: You know, it's it's it happens. It happens, and you

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know everybody everybody has their day. Everybody has it and

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and you know, obviously you can't you can't tell which

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day is yours is going to be. But I think

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that that you just make the most of when you're here. Uh,

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a restaurant manager. I also would sing for the residents

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it was during COVID, so we had to deliver the

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food to the rooms and things like that. So and

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you know, making them stay in their rooms and and

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not making them that came out bad, but having them

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having to stay in their rooms because of COVID and

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things like that was such a stressful time. But you know,

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getting to smile at them and getting to for them

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to you know, obviously not be able to see your

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actual smile, but at least see your eyebrows go up

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because of the mask. But you know, talking to them

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and just being that part of their day where they

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get to have a human interaction was amazing. And and

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you know, I'll never forget that job because that job

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was one of the most rewarding jobs. And you know, obviously, yeah,

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I got paid for it, but at the same time,

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like I loved what I did, and I loved taking

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care of them, yep, and I would loved I'm probably

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actually gonna go back and visit them as many times

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as I can. You know, as you said, you know

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that life happens, and that's that's there is some it'll

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probably be some different residents, but I wanted definitely to

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make sure that I go and reach out and go

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do some things like that because I love I love

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you know, the elderly people, and I love you know,

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taking care of people as much as I can.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, I'm so jealous of you to be

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able to do that. And the reason why is because

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we did a movie promotion and an assisted living place

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and they I walked in there and they're listening to

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Bruno Mars and they were hanging out with the snoops

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and all that kind of stuff with the vocals, and

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I'm going, what is going on here? These people are

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are are up there and they go, what are you saying?

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People are old? No, this is the this is how

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they feel on the inside. So you for you to

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be in that retirement home, you, as far as I'm concerned,

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you were hanging out with a bunch of damn teenagers.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, you know, it's funny. It's it reverses too,

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because they like to get away with stuff. Yes, Oh definitely, man,

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it's it's so funny. It's you know, yeah, no, it's

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it's so funny. I truly missed those days when I

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was when I worked over there.

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Speaker 1: Wow, so now what is your vision growing forward? Because

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please tell me that you were journaling, because in your

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journals and through your experiences there is so much valuable

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information that you can use as tools.

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Speaker 2: I'm definitely I'm definitely keeping track of what's going on.

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Right before I left for the show. Uh, one of

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my friends gave me a journal to kind of ride

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in there when I when I was over there at

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the hotel and everything. But you know, I'm definitely keeping

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track of what's going on, trying to timestamp things. Everything

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has just been so crazy and amazing and the back

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and forth. You know, I'm only three hours away from

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LA so it's not like I have a huge flight

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or anything like that. I'm kind of just driving back

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and forth when it's time. But uh, I mean, I've

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just been living in the moment and having fun. Arrow.

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This is this is my my Uh, this is my

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time to finally, you know, to get this thing going.

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And so I'm not gonna I'm not gonna miss anything

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with it.

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Speaker 1: So I'm just having Well, see, that's your inner eye

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right there. Your inner eye is saying, okay, this is it, Ralph, Okay,

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But but it doesn't mean that it's gonna be over,

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but there are some tools that you need to pay

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it to me, it's like playing watching my grandson play

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those video games. And and because you've got to pick

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something up along the way, what are we going to

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pick up today? And what is the one thing that

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Snoop has planted inside of you where you're going? I

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knew that was possible, but until he said it, Oh

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my god, I've got to activate it right.

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Speaker 2: And his his main advice has always been to just

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relax and live in the moment. So he he kind

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of the the advice I've been using and advice I

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just said, like he's been giving me that advice. I

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think after the show, I would love to work with

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him a lot more, a lot closer even to to like,

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you know, maybe release some original music and things like that.

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And that's kind of the goal afterwards, you know, after

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the lights turn off, you know, what are you going

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to do? And I want to make sure that I, uh,

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I don't just you know, I want to go back

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to Fresno for sure. I want to come back here

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to come back home and and uh you know, live

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live here, but also maybe live a little bit in

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La too, and and release some music and hopefully one

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god willing go on tour.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but you know what the rules are when you

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when you move to LA, You've got to limit your

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in and out burgers. You can't be over there every day.

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You gotta you gotta take it one burger at a time,

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maybe once every other week.

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Speaker 2: Well if it makes you feel better. Fresno has one,

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has one on every block too, So yeah, I'm used

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to that in and out burger stuff for sure.

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Speaker 1: Dude, you got to come back to this show anytime

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in the future. First of all, before we check out

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what is your what is your side of dress? Where

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can we find out more about you so that we

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can give you that love long before this moment of now.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate that you can follow me on Instagram at

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Ralph Edwards Music. You can follow me on TikTok at

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Ralph's Gonna Wreck It with two t's at the end.

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You know, I got a band called vibe check Yep,

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that's vibecheck dot the band on all social media platforms

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and www dot vibecheckdband dot com. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I love those videos too.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 1: You guys are like real rock stars and those damn

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videos too. You guys do it right.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you. We just have fun, man, We

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go up there and have fun. That is the goal

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every night, because you know, the only time I'm working

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is when I'm cleaning up the speakers. So true, that's

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the job right there.

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Speaker 1: Please come back to this show any time in the future.

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The door is always going to be open for you.

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Speaker 2: Ralph, thank you so much. Eric, I appreciate you.

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Speaker 1: You'd be brilliant today.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, my friend, thank you, thank you, you too.