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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. Ero 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, Ryan,

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how are you doing today?

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Speaker 2: Good morning? I am doing great. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely excited to share a conversation with you because you

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are the rocker on the show this year, and I'm

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so excited to really kind of break out and try

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to figure out how you're preserving that voice because to me,

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you're putting more pressure on those vocal cords than anybody

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else because you know where you want to go and

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you know what you need to do to extend new

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opportunities to happen. But that's stress on those vocal cords.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. Yeah. I mean I'm loud. I've always been

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really loud, So it's nothing new to me.

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Speaker 3: That stress is. It's happening every day. I think I

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got a good technique. I don't know, but I just

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I like to sing loud. It's just like everyone who

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I love too.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's me. Like when I when I grew up

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in that band up in Montana. I mean, those speakers

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weren't loud enough. In fact, I just read an article

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about Metallica that they it was a bit based on

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the amplifiers behind the band? Do fans want to see that?

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And they said no, And I said no, get away

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from me, Metallica. You have to have those amplifiers and speakers.

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Speaker 2: It's funny you mentioned that.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I remember practicing in high school with my

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band and we didn't have a PA in my buddy's

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basement and I would I would sing and I was

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Speaker 2: Loud enough to sing over the drums. So you know,

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I can I feel that for sure.

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Speaker 1: Those drums. You're right, How did you even handle that situation?

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Because even if you were playing in someone's basement, It's like,

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while I went to a show last night, I heard

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the drums, but I didn't hear anything else.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've played some venues, I mean, you know a

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lot of more punk type of venues that the drums

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don't have mics on them.

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Speaker 2: But but you're you're in someone's basement and the sound

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Speaker 3: And you gotta you gotta overpower some of the instruments,

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for sure. Sometimes the mix isn't isn't great either, you know,

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you're curing yourself through a through.

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Speaker 2: A monitor that's not quite there, you know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So with with you moving to the front of

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the stage like you have, because I mean, I mean,

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do the history on how many drummers have moved to

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the front of the stage. Very little, very rare. So

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what is it like for you to be a part

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of this very elite group?

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Speaker 3: Man, It's it's a dream, and I'm just I'm like,

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I'm grateful that I that my blind audition even aired,

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you know, But everything past that point has just been

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so cool. It's just been so cool to be a

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part of this and be surrounded by so much talent

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and so much drive.

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Speaker 2: Everyone I've met on this show has been so cool.

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Speaker 1: So now, what are you doing with your arms when

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you're singing? Because I sit here and hit the microphone,

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I'll knock over the cop up of coffee, I'll sit

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here and bump because I can't keep my arms to

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myself when I'm doing anything.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I it's you know, someone else mentioned that to

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me and I never really put it together, but uh,

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I think I used to sing with with tension in

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my neck, and I, you know, I have to put

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that tension somewhere, you know. And since I've you know,

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been learning technique, especially on the show, I've found that

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if I, if I can put that into my hands,

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into my arms, it gives me.

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Speaker 2: Something to something to put that tension into. And it

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also you know, it.

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Speaker 3: Helps give me direction to where I'm pointing my focus.

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Speaker 2: You know, it helps me out for sure.

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Speaker 1: Wow, what do you do in the studio? I mean,

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because I mean, you know, once you're in that studio

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and the only person that can really see you are

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is either the band or the engineer, do you do

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you let yourself down? You let the guard down so

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you don't have to sit there and be on display

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all the time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 3: And you know also, I I mean, I my fohilosophy

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with recording in the studios, it's all about the performance.

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Speaker 2: So I I love to record.

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Speaker 3: On just like a like like an s F seven

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of mic. And if I can, if I can treat

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that lack of performance, that's when I find I get

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the both the best vocal takes, you know, rather than

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sitting still.

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Speaker 1: Dude, they'll sit there and tell me you hit your nose.

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What do you mean, I hit my nose. I don't

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remember hitting my nose with that microphone. You hit your nose,

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You got to redo it, you gotta do. We got

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to sit there and do a punch at it. You

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hit your nose. Absolutely, it's the crazy stuff that you

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wish that could stay in the songs, because I think

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that's what was so great about the music of the

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fifties and sixties and why it's still around today, is

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because if it hit the nose, who cares you went

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a little nasal for a second.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's all about those those happy accidents, those mistakes.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Do you ever have spinal tap moments?

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Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, sure, you know.

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Speaker 3: I've definitely put things in a song by accident and

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listened back and been like, oh, wow, that's the coolest thing.

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Speaker 1: And then but then how do you get back to it?

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Because I'm sure Stevie Nicks and Lindsey bucking Dam do

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the same thing. They both take chances with their music

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and it's like, oh, how did we even get there?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I mean it's weird, you know, on that note kind

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of during my blind audition on the voice, you know,

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at the end of that song, on the end of

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a hitting Baby one more time, I went off script

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and I was getting up into this this more mixed,

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kind of higher part of my register because I was,

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Speaker 2: Worst thing that could happen already happened, right.

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Speaker 3: I got no chair turns the day before, so I

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was like, I'm gonna try something else, and I think

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ultimately that's what.

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Speaker 2: Ended up getting rebit a turn or chair.

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Speaker 3: So it really is sometimes going off script that ends

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up making the best moments.

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Speaker 1: I think what led you to that song? And the

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reason why I bring that up is because I've done

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so much research on the artists of the MTV generation

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versus those on the TikTok generation, and there is such

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a separation between the two different sitting fans and you

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being twenty five years old. How is it that you

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landed on that song on the blind Ambit auditions.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it's it's it's weird because I grew

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I'm not really part of that generation.

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Speaker 2: A lot of my favorite music. And I'm also, you know,

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Speaker 3: So I you know, I'm kind of on both of

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those worlds a little bit. And Uh, as far as

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that song goes, hit Me Baby One More Time, that.

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Speaker 2: The decision really came down to, Uh, I liked. I

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liked what the song meant in the.

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Speaker 3: Context of what was happening, you know, hit Me Baby

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one More Time. I was like, I mean the thing

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that I can I can channel the perspective of the button.

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that song, like come on, like like one more time,

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like let's let's get this. And I I was trying

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to really channel that feeling because that's what I was

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feeling at the time, like this is my this is

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my shot, you know, and I don't want to miss.

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Speaker 1: Wow, we we've kind of, in a very weird kind

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of a way, have something in common. This morning, you

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sang the Britney Spears song hit Me One More Time.

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Not even an hour and a half ago. I was

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with Kevin Feederline, Britney Spears husband, and and so it's

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really weird that the two of us are sitting here

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and we have this energy around has caused you know,

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and and and the effect of it all is that

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it affects both of us.

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Speaker 2: Oh wow, yeah, absolutely, that's crazy.

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Speaker 1: Wow what what? But that's what music is, and that's

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part of the story. And that's why I think sometimes

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instead of hitting next, next, next, next, next on on

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your platforms, man, sit there and listen to the song

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and get to know who who Ryan is?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, what would you say?

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Speaker 1: The answer to that question would be who is Ryan?

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And Ryan you're with Reba McIntyre. I hope to god

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you're learning something with a Southern accent, because that girl's

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nailed it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, she absolutely has. Man, who is Ryan? I mean I,

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at my core, I think I'm a I'm a songwriter really,

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and that's uh, That's always been first in my in

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my music, and you know, I think I learned it

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to sing as a byproduct of that. But I really

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I love like arranging the songs and making them my own, yes,

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and connecting to the to the material and you know,

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making making these songs my own.

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Speaker 2: I think that's that's who I am.

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Speaker 1: Well, okay, now you bring up something here and now

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now you've taken me back into an area. I'm because

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I'm blessed with the opportunity to talk with a lot

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of authors. I talk with a lot of singer songwriters

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who are now writing children's books because they believe it

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uses the same exact creative muscle as writing a song.

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Are you into anything like that or have you heard

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anything like that being a songwriter.

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Speaker 2: Writing children's book.

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Speaker 1: Well, because they feel that because you have to you

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to put it into a children's book, because it is melodic,

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it does have a rhythm to it, it's and you know,

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there's harmony in the words and things like that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I could absolutely see that connection. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think the best songs too, you know,

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they're not it's not overly thought out. Sometimes they come

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through you more than they they They're created from you,

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you know, so I think and I think probably probably

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writing children's books is it's probably similar, right, It's it's

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a simple kind of thing.

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Speaker 2: It's not overthought you know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Do you grab the smartphone immediately when that song

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hits you while you're driving in the car or if

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you're at a movie theater.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, I've got a lot of a lot of

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voice memos, a lot of shaky voice memos in the

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car for sure. Yeah, totally if I if I don't

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want to forget something, or you know, often I'm laying

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in bed and it's it's two in the morning, and

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you know, my girlfriend's next to me, and I'm like,

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I'm like, hold on, I gotta to record.

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Speaker 2: This little rift that puffed into my head real quick,

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Speaker 1: But yeah, well yeah, And the reason why I bring

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that up is because Steven Ferdick from Elevation Church just

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talked about that. He teamed up with these groups of

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guys who do that. They they'll throw their vocals into

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a smartphone and then they don't know what to do

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with them. Well, that was the challenge of that that

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particular recording project. Grab all the songs that you've been ignoring,

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put them out here, and let's figure out what we

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Speaker 3: Oh man, Yeah, yeah, if I think about it, I've

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got like, yeah, song idea six hundred and forty two

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Speaker 1: Sure and see, and you're not afraid to go into

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the several different layers of where music is. I mean,

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that's one thing I find so inspiring about you, Ryan,

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is that it's like you look at it and go, Okay,

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I'm gonna make it my own. Okay, I got it,

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I got it. Let's let's make it happen.

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Speaker 2: Thank you? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: No, absolutely, Where do you get that confidence? Though? It

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can't be just an LA thing. And by the way,

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congratulations to your Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Yeah go Dodgers. Absolutely where do I get that? Man?

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Speaker 3: I mean a lot of it I think comes from

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my dad at a young age. He's a songwriter. And

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ever since I was a kid, I've been I've been

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fascinated by his ability to just like make these beautiful

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songs and and.

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Speaker 2: I've always thought that that was so cool.

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Speaker 3: And I you know, I think he's emphasized just like

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the importance of a lot of these things since I

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was a kid. And he never he never really you know,

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told me to go into songwriting or you know, any

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of my siblings or any of that, but I just, uh,

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it was always around and and just the way that

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he could do that and make make something out of

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nothing or something out of.

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Speaker 2: Whatever he was going through.

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Speaker 3: I just thought that that it's like it's like such

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a superpower, you know. And I think when I was

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a teenager. That really set in and I was like,

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I can I can take things in my in my

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world and maybe you know, are negative or difficult, and

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I can turn them into something positive that'll that will

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help someone else. Or I can take something positive in

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my world and turn into something fun, you know, And

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that's just the coolest thing ever to me.

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Speaker 1: Do you have a studio in the house and are

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you using pro Tools? Adobe Audition? What do you use

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in Vegas? What do you got?

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Speaker 2: I kind of use a combo of pro tools and

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Logic and.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've got myself a little set up with a

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vocal booth. That's that's kind of all you need these

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days with your laptop. And you know, I've got a

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drum kit too, which is which is great.

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Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Ryan Mitchell coming

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up next. He's one of the big stars on NBC's

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The Voice. We are back with Ryan Mitchell. How do

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you go into a into sound booth? Because I mean,

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I have to do it right here in front of

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the computer when I'm dropping vocals, because I feel like

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that this is the womb and inside this womb, this

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is where creativity is. And if I have to go

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over there to that room. There's a lot of thoughts

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that move through me before I go ten feet totally.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's kind of like I was saying, I

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guess the sound the sound booth might be an overstatement.

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I really do enjoy using a dynamic mic, being in

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anulated space that's big enough where I can move around

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and you know, close my eyes and pretend I'm on

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on a sound stage somewhere, you know, you know, a

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performance to an audience.

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Speaker 2: You know, that's uh, that's I think the best vocals

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come from that.

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Speaker 1: You coming from la Is there a side of you

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that would like to be at the Hollywood Bowl?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely? Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I snuck into the Hollywood Bowl one time night. Actually,

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and I say, I say, on stage at the Hollywood

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Bowl with a couple of my friends. I I, well,

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I guess this is the radio high Maybe I shouldn't

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be saying that.

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Speaker 1: Don't know, would you do go through the back Did

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you go through the back side of it or did

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you go up to the front side, come down that

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come down the actual stairs to go up that way?

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How did you How did you get up on that stage?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: You know, it's it's harder than it used to be,

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I think, because at first I tried to go through

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the front, and there's security, and so I climbed the

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hill behind.

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Speaker 2: The Hollywood Bowl.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I climbed the hill, and I was with a

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couple of friends and we we walked down that that

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whole area and ended up getting up on stage and

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they looked like they were set up for something that

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the following week. There's like some scaffolding on stage and

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some stuff. But you know, I got up on stage

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and I sang some queen and I was like, perfect,

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I'm sang it. The Hollywood Bowl were in the foot.

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Speaker 2: We got that off the checklist and then we left.

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But yeah, well.

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Speaker 1: See I've always called that the obi wan kenobi. If

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you act like you know what you're doing, nobody will

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ever stop you.

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Speaker 2: Yep, oh for sure.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god. Because and to be able to use that,

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you're right, it is a little bit tougher today, but

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still just to be able to have that confidence, that

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sense of realm that's around you, and then people don't

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ask questions. You're going, how the hell did this happen? Good?

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Go for it. I'm gonna sing queen right now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So now absolutely what is it like for you to

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sing Queen? Because I was there on the radio when

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Queen was brand new and program directors thought they were

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just too freaking weird. And yet today they are the

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greatest rock band on the planet, or at least one

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of them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I do think that they are one

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of the greatest rock bands on the planet, and we're

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one of the greatest rock rock bands on the planet.

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Speaker 2: I love to sing Queen.

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Speaker 3: And and for me, it's it's just like the perfect storm,

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you know, Like when when I think of Queen, I

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think of I mean Brian May's guitar that's so melodic,

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it's and and intentional and perfect. It's it's like singing,

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and they're the harmonies that are built into those guitar parts.

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Speaker 2: It's just brilliant.

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Speaker 3: And I mean, Freddy is just, I really think, maybe

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the best rock vocalist that has ever been.

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Speaker 2: Uh. I've tried, you know, I tried to sing his songs.

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Speaker 3: I have a different instrument than him, and I don't

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think anyone will.

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Speaker 2: Ever have his instrument again maybe, but.

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Speaker 3: He's just such an incredible vocalist. And then it's just

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the writing on top of that. It's just like so

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personal and and and the drama and everything that comes

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with that. It's it's perfect. It's everything is just it's

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the perfect storm. And that's why I love pointing.

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Speaker 1: So true, so true. I've been with Brian. That was

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one of those where I was so freaked out beforehand,

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and then when he gets on there and shares his

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first words, it's like, this was so meant to be

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because he it's just like we're talking here, it was

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just an everyday conversation with this guy who just happens

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to be in Queen But yet if you're during that conversation,

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you would never know it. He's just a regular guy.

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 1: Wow, Yes, and so were you. You've got it down

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so well, Ryan. Where where did where do you find

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your calm? Is Is it in l a thing to

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where you're walking in peace? Because it really feels like

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that you you're in control.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, I I really I just try to

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I try to stay present as much as I can,

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you know, But but that's I think that's that's it

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for me. Yeah, trying to stay present in the moment.

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Speaker 1: Jeez, where can people go to find out more about you?

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Because dude. I mean, you've got that sound, and I

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know you're gonna be coming to Charlotte and I know

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we're gonna have to get together and have some Southern

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barbecue or something. But the thing is is that when

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when you hit that road and start traveling, where where

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can people go to get those long distance tickets, the

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merchandise and everything like that as you grow forward?

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Speaker 3: Well, you can find me on on on Instagram and

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on TikTok at. Ryan Mitchell sings is my handle and

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there's no spaces, no anything, and all my Spotify and

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everything else, and you know, my my.

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Speaker 2: Website and all that you can find through there too.

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Speaker 1: So do you do you ever practice saying your name?

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Like in other words? When because Kiss always had the

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greatest introduction, you know, the hottest band of the world.

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Do you ever just sit there and go, ladies and gentlemen,

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Ryan Mitchell? Where do you go, ladies and gentlemen, Ryan Mitchell?

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What what do you do? What is your best way

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to be introduced?

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Speaker 2: I never really thought of it. Actually, I go with

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my name because it's my name.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, Yeah, it doesn't over complicate things for me,

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you know, And it's one thing that's never going to change.

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Speaker 2: So that's that's what my name is, what I what

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I use.

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Speaker 1: But you know how this who generation is and I've

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learned that they like to chop things down because I'm

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anxious to find out how how Courtney Kardashian is gonna go. Well,

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it's gonna be. I listened to Ryan Mitch. It's Ryan Mitchell. No,

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I listened to Ryan Mitch. You know how they shorten

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it down. What are you gonna do when they start

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doing that to you, Ryan, or they're going I listened

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to Rye. Ryan is my man. He's the guy that

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gives me that music. I'm gonna listen to some Rye today.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 3: If anyone cares enough to be doing that, that's fine

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by meat.

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Speaker 1: Dude. You gotta come back to this show anytime in

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the future. The door is always going to be open

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for you.

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Speaker 2: I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Will you be brilliant today? Okay?

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Speaker 2: Ryan?

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Speaker 1: And not Rye? Not yet? Not yet. It's coming though.

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Speaker 2: Sounds good. Ryan,