Invisibly Famous, Junk Food Jail, and More with Gareth Davies

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Gareth: Bad news travels fast, doesn't it? So, you know, it would be nice to highlight more of the good stuff. (00:00):
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Gareth: And it does. And I think, you know, there are certain situations which arise (00:06):
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Gareth: like, you know, recent riots. (00:11):
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Gareth: And there's a lot going on in the States at the moment. And, (00:14):
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Gareth: yeah, I just think if everyone just takes a breath and if they're not, (00:17):
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Gareth: you know, if you're not sure, just be kind. (00:23):
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Gareth: You know, you never know what's going through someone else's head. (00:26):
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Danny: Hi, and welcome to 5 Random Questions, the show where every question is an adventure. (00:30):
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Danny: I'm your host Danny Brown, and each week I'll be asking my guest 5 questions (00:35):
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Danny: created by a random question generator. (00:39):
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Danny: The guest has no idea what the questions are, and neither do I, (00:41):
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Danny: which means this could go either way. (00:44):
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Danny: So sit back, relax, and let's dive into this week's episode. (00:46):
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Danny: Today's guest is Gareth Davies. Gareth has written soundtracks for a commissioned (00:50):
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Danny: animated series for TV, and music for use in ads and programming around the (00:53):
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Danny: world. Through his company, The Sound Boutique, he has also helped a wide variety (00:57):
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Danny: of clients with their problem audio and created and produced original podcasts. (01:01):
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Danny: Podcasts currently in ongoing production are The Music Room and Podcasting People. (01:05):
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Danny: So, Gareth, welcome to Five Random Questions. (01:09):
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Gareth: Hello, Danny, you lovely man. This is exciting and terrifying in equal measure. (01:12):
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Danny: And I see you're buttering me up already to try and go easy on you with the questions. (01:18):
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Danny: So, Gareth, we've been on each other's podcast. You've got a few podcasts running, obviously. (01:23):
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Danny: I've got a few podcasts running. I think we've both compared each other to serial (01:29):
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Danny: podcasters. and when you were on my other podcast that I'd sort of, (01:33):
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Danny: that's kind of sort of archived, it was just an experiment, a fun experiment. (01:40):
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Danny: But when you were on that, one of the TV shows that you had produced music for, (01:43):
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Danny: Toad and Friends, hadn't been released yet. (01:48):
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Danny: And obviously you're in the UK, it's a very well-known story in the UK, (01:51):
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Danny: Wind in the Willows, Toad of Toad Hall, etc. (01:54):
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Danny: But that's now released on Warner Brothers Discovery, if I'm correct. (01:57):
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Danny: So how's that been? are you now rich and famous you driving about in the the nice you know yeah (02:02):
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Gareth: Lamborghini yeah just uh yeah come down to the boat anytime um no not at all up on the Thames, (02:07):
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Gareth: it literally has been released in the (02:16):
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Gareth: uk last month um so (02:19):
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Gareth: that's exciting. It's actually been airing around um (02:22):
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Gareth: Europe and a bit further afield that way (02:25):
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Gareth: previously i think it's going to (02:28):
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Gareth: the US and Canada in the (02:31):
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Gareth: spring of next year so it's kind (02:34):
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Gareth: of this very kind of slow rollout. So in terms of royalties um we have something (02:37):
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Gareth: called the PRS in this country uh in the UK where every quarter you get paid (02:43):
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Gareth: out uh some money for every time your music is broadcast on tv. So when and that takes about a quarter. (02:48):
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Gareth: When it goes overseas, you can add quarters to it. So in some countries, (02:56):
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Gareth: it might be two years before I see anything. So, you know, really, (03:02):
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Gareth: I just move on to the next thing. (03:07):
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Gareth: And then at some point, there'll be a trickle of pennies, shekels coming in. (03:09):
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Danny: And how does royalties work on that? Is that consistent while the show's on TV, et cetera? (03:16):
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Danny: Is there a set time limit? Is it different depending on productions, artists, et cetera? (03:23):
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Gareth: Yeah, it really depends on not only what territory you're in, (03:28):
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Gareth: but also what channel you're on. (03:34):
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Gareth: So, for instance, in the UK, primetime BBC can pay a load more than maybe, (03:36):
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Gareth: you know, one of the Dave channels or in the middle of the night. (03:43):
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Gareth: And there's been a lot of (03:49):
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Gareth: um lobbying about you know the the (03:52):
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Gareth: kids at the time that kids come home from school about that (03:55):
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Gareth: being prime time because it's prime time starts a (03:58):
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Gareth: little bit later um but in fact there's a huge audience there and so i don't (04:01):
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Gareth: know it feels a little bit like um we're not being paid you know in in in a (04:06):
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Gareth: fair way in that sense but you know that's always ongoing and And the TV and (04:14):
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Gareth: film industry is ever-evolving, (04:18):
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Gareth: and with streaming now... (04:21):
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Gareth: You know, we have to be careful that rights aren't being negotiated away. (04:23):
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Gareth: But in terms of royalties, yeah, it really depends on what channel you're on, (04:28):
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Gareth: which territory you're in. (04:32):
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Gareth: I think I had a whole series on in Brazil and I think they take a sample. (04:33):
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Gareth: And if your program isn't on on that sample day, then you don't get paid. (04:39):
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Gareth: So it can be as random as that. Yeah. I'm talking about five random questions. (04:45):
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Gareth: You know, it can be as random as that to be paid sometimes. (04:49):
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Gareth: Um yeah so it's it really varies. (04:53):
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Danny: Well and you moved nicely into that speaking of random uh i i unfortunately (04:56):
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Danny: i can't pay you for your appearance today um but if we ever if i ever make loads (05:01):
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Danny: and loads of money i will be sure to slot you into the prime time ongoing revenue slot beer (05:06):
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Gareth: Or cake that's fine it's fine or both or both. (05:12):
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Danny: Beer and cake don't don't don't sell yourself self-shot mate yeah (05:15):
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Gareth: Cake goes well with tea surely i'm not sure beer and cake no i don't know. (05:18):
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Danny: Well that's a new a new diet fad we can put into place so gareth are you ready (05:23):
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Danny: i know we were speaking in the green room before i started recording and you (05:30):
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Danny: mentioned you may be a little bit nervous about this but how are we feeling (05:33):
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Danny: for the five random questions ahead i'm (05:36):
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Gareth: Sure all of your guests have said this, but I have no idea. (05:39):
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Gareth: And as I said, as equally excited and terrified, it'll go how it goes, I guess. (05:44):
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Gareth: So yeah, fire away. (05:50):
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Danny: I like that. All right. So let's bring up then the random question generator. (05:53):
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Danny: Okay. This is a nice one. A nice easy one, I feel, to kick things off, Gareth. (05:59):
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Danny: Question number one. Would you rather keep your current sleep schedule or hibernate (06:03):
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Danny: for three months and have nine months of 24 7 alertness without being tired i (06:09):
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Gareth: Love this this is so random i mean talk about random, (06:14):
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Gareth: Wow. Um, I think sleep is really important. (06:18):
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Gareth: I'm one of those people who has to get sleep. (06:23):
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Gareth: Otherwise I'm, I'm cranky and I don't concentrate properly. (06:26):
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Gareth: So I feel like sleep is something that's in my routine. It's kind of ingrained. (06:32):
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Gareth: It's a non-negotiable for me. (06:37):
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Gareth: Um, you know, sometimes I go out and have a late night and kind of get through the next day. (06:39):
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Gareth: But yeah, so I think I'd probably like to keep my current sleep schedule because (06:46):
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Gareth: it's kind of comforting and it's in well within my routine. (06:52):
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Gareth: But how about you? What would you do? (06:56):
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Danny: Well, I think the funny thing is as well, there is you said schedule and I said (06:59):
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Danny: schedule and both from the same country. (07:04):
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Danny: Obviously, originally, I'm in Canada now, but UK originally. (07:06):
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Danny: And that reminds me of a part on Would I Lie to You or, oh no, (07:09):
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Danny: it was 8 of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (07:13):
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Danny: While the good Sean Locke was still alive and he was and John what's John's surname? (07:15):
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Danny: John Richardson yeah so John Richardson answered (07:22):
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Danny: a question that Jimmy Carr had asked and he says oh well you've got to have (07:25):
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Danny: a schedule and then you know Sean said well what is it is it schedule or schedule (07:29):
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Danny: because Jimmy Carr had said schedule and Sean had said schedule and both British (07:33):
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Danny: people it just reminded me there it took me out a little bit schedule schedule (07:38):
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Danny: both same not wrong um yeah i (07:43):
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Danny: feel um i feel i'd want to keep kind of (07:47):
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Danny: because looking at the question there it says um you can (07:50):
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Danny: have your current sleep schedule or hibernate for three months so obviously you (07:52):
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Danny: sleep for a complete three months so i guess about almost half of what a bear (07:56):
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Danny: sleeps during the winter or maybe just under half of what a bear sleeps during (08:00):
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Danny: the winter but then that part of the end where it says nine months of 24 7 alertness (08:04):
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Danny: that basically means you're awake wake essentially for nine months. (08:09):
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Gareth: Yeah. I mean, how would you demarcate your day? (08:13):
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Gareth: If you're just not tired at all. I mean, I have had jobs, (08:17):
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Gareth: and I'm sure you've had this, I'm sure most working people have this, (08:22):
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Gareth: of occasionally deadlines get a bit crunchy and you have to pull a few late-nighters. (08:27):
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Gareth: And in those circumstances, maybe if I had a weekend every month where I could (08:34):
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Gareth: stay alert for the whole weekend and then make up the time some other way, (08:39):
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Gareth: that would be quite nice but yeah actually nine months of 24 7 alertness i think (08:44):
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Gareth: could be a little bit disturbing it's. (08:50):
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Danny: Almost like that 30 days of night um yeah where you know in alaska they've got (08:53):
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Danny: it's just all night and then there's another place we've got all daylight as (08:58):
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Danny: well for like three months of the year or something where it's just there's (09:02):
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Danny: no darkness at all because of where they are in the world um and the skies (09:07):
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Gareth: There's a there's a podcast um it's called cold tapes, (09:10):
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Gareth: and it's uh set i can't remember if (09:15):
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Gareth: it's in the antarctic or the arctic um but it's (09:18):
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Gareth: basically a murder mystery (09:21):
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Gareth: um but because they're wintering over (09:25):
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Gareth: in this uh in this podcast wintering over (09:27):
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Gareth: meaning there comes a point where you can't leave (09:31):
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Gareth: because the weather is so bad the police (09:34):
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Gareth: can't actually go to the location to investigate so (09:38):
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Gareth: they have to do it all over the phone and and over (09:41):
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Gareth: zoom and things um so that's where the the podcast audio becomes a really good (09:44):
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Gareth: medium to tell that story so yeah absolutely they winter over so it becomes (09:49):
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Gareth: very dark and weather becomes becomes too cold and to leave and things like that amazing. (09:55):
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Danny: That sounds interesting as you say podcast because it's an audio medium it's (10:03):
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Danny: a perfect take that you could really get enveloped in now definitely check that (10:06):
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Danny: out and leave a note for our listeners and the show notes i think with this (10:09):
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Danny: one as well i mean if you're married or you've got kids and (10:13):
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Gareth: Do they. (10:17):
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Danny: All go to sleep at the same time does everybody just hibernate or now are you (10:18):
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Danny: leaving your family to you know fend for themselves for three months while you're (10:22):
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Danny: you're out of action and then when you wake up does someone else take a three-month (10:25):
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Danny: stint and now it's your turn or (10:28):
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Gareth: Well i can see i'm not a parent myself but i can appreciate that having nine (10:29):
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Gareth: months of 24-7 alertness when the kids were in bed, that would be quite nice (10:35):
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Gareth: because you have the time to do what you want then, maybe. (10:41):
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Danny: Yeah, now you're talking Mission Impossible. I'll learn as soon as the kids have gone to bed. (10:44):
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Danny: As a parent of two, I can tell you, no, that is not happening. (10:49):
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Danny: So I think we agree, we're going to keep our current sleep schedule or schedule. (10:53):
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Gareth: Or schedule. (10:58):
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Danny: Or schedule, which I'll be fair. Speaking of schedules, let's move on to question number two. (10:59):
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Danny: I think we've kind of answered this in the intro, but let's go for it anyway, Gareth. (11:07):
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Danny: Question number two. What are you most likely to become famous for? (11:11):
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Gareth: That's a tricky one. I don't, I'm not someone who particularly seeks fame. (11:17):
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Gareth: Fame's a very strange thing, isn't it, really? (11:25):
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Gareth: And it's partly why I became a composer as opposed to a performing musician. (11:29):
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Gareth: I've never really been a fan of the limelight particularly, (11:34):
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Gareth: but I love sitting in a dark room and creating music to support a story, (11:39):
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Gareth: writing to picture, and doing it that way. (11:46):
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Gareth: Yeah, and podcasting as well. My mantra is, it's not about me. (11:50):
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Gareth: That's why it's a little bit weird being a guest, because it is about you. (11:56):
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Gareth: Um but yeah it's definitely (12:00):
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Gareth: i find everything i do is more (12:03):
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Gareth: about other people or other people's stories um (12:06):
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Gareth: and so yeah i don't really crave fame (12:10):
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Gareth: but if i were to be if i (12:13):
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Gareth: had to you know nail it down to what would (12:16):
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Gareth: you have to become famous for i'd like (12:19):
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Gareth: to think it was being kind or just basic (12:22):
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Gareth: human decency because we (12:27):
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Gareth: see a lot of the opposite in the world at the moment and I think you know recent (12:31):
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Gareth: times are showing me that people are you know really intrinsically good you (12:36):
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Gareth: do have some people who I don't know may have lost their way a little bit there (12:43):
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Gareth: may be reasons for why they behave a certain way but, (12:47):
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Gareth: Yeah, I think if I had to become famous, it would be for those reasons rather (12:51):
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Gareth: than, you know, look at my new shoes or influencing something, you know. (12:55):
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Danny: I always like watching these videos or reels or whatever on, (13:02):
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Danny: say, Facebook or Instagram, etc., where it shows you, to your point, (13:06):
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Danny: like kindness of others without expectation of kindness back. (13:10):
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Danny: And sometimes it might show famous sports people (13:13):
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Danny: stepping in because all that's happening is (13:17):
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Danny: like a kid might just want a selfie or an autograph and a (13:19):
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Danny: security like an example is a security guard (13:22):
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Danny: came over and picked this like 10 year old kid up and frog marched (13:25):
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Danny: him away from his sport and idol his football idol and the (13:28):
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Danny: football player stopped mid-interview and went after the guard and (13:31):
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Danny: got the kid down got the selfie and all that which is no need to (13:34):
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Danny: do that it's like that's just a good human being that's being (13:36):
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Danny: raised the right way doing the right thing and yeah i (13:40):
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Danny: feel certainly since 2019 2020 um (13:42):
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Danny: obviously the world changed completely for the obvious reason of the (13:46):
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Danny: pandemic and i feel that's brought a lot of people not out (13:49):
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Danny: of the gutter maybe that's too strong a phrase but it's (13:52):
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Danny: it's shown a lot of people in their true light because for whatever reason it's (13:55):
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Danny: it's led to people being pitted against each other and a lot of bad stuff is (13:59):
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Danny: coming out because of that and it's like you say it's i feel we need to highlight (14:04):
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Danny: more of the the good stuff that's happening to show there is a lot of bad stuff (14:08):
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Danny: but that still remains a very small minority that are just very very vocal (14:11):
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Gareth: Absolutely. Yeah. Bad news travels fast, doesn't it? So, you know, (14:16):
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Gareth: it'd be nice to highlight more of the good stuff. (14:20):
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Gareth: And it does. And I think, you know, there are certain situations which arise (14:24):
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Gareth: like, you know, recent riots and there's a lot going on in the States at the moment. (14:29):
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Gareth: And yeah i just think if everyone just (14:34):
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Gareth: takes a breath and and if they're (14:37):
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Gareth: not you know if you're not sure just be kind (14:41):
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Gareth: you know you never know what's going through someone else's head and i on social (14:44):
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Gareth: media as well i take the view of don't say anything negative because it's a (14:49):
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Gareth: tinderbox isn't it there's always going to be someone who's going to come back (14:55):
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Gareth: at you so just you know stick Stay to your lane, (14:59):
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Gareth: which is a shame in a way that you can't have that kind of frank dialogue without (15:02):
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Gareth: that comeback. But that's the way of the world, I suppose. (15:09):
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Danny: Well, I know a lot of my friends have started to lock down their Twitter replies (15:12):
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Danny: and only allow replies from people that follow them or they're connected with. (15:16):
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Danny: Because often, to your point, you just get, you know, hate bombed by, (15:20):
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Danny: you know, if you're speaking politically, for example, you get hate bombed by (15:25):
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Danny: the supporters of the other political rival. (15:28):
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Danny: Or if you're speaking about various conflicts that are happening globally, (15:30):
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Danny: always dangerous areas to walk into when you're trying to offer support from (15:34):
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Danny: one side or maybe support both sides and trying to find a middle ground. (15:40):
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Danny: It's not easy. And like you say, maybe sometimes do what you need to do as a (15:44):
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Danny: supporter behind the scenes and just maybe stay quiet about it in front of everybody else. (15:49):
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Gareth: Yeah. Yeah. It is a shame, isn't it? Because... (15:54):
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Gareth: Especially you mentioned politics there, especially in politics, (15:58):
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Gareth: you have these conversations to make up your mind about things quite a lot of the time. (16:02):
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Gareth: So to vocalize questions and opinions to kind of kick the tires of political (16:06):
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Gareth: opinion to then get shot down, it's just a shame really, isn't it? (16:13):
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Gareth: It's either black or white. There's never a kind of gray area of discussion. But there we go. and. (16:19):
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Danny: I think we can all agree that if we all became famous for being kind the world (16:27):
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Danny: would be a much better place (16:31):
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Gareth: I feel like we should have the muppet show theme in here or something well. (16:32):
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Danny: I can't give you the muppet show theme because licensing and all that you know (16:38):
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Danny: yourself you're a composer you (16:40):
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Gareth: Know I thought you were going to say you're a muppet well. (16:42):
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Danny: I am that too I've been called out many many times and continue to do so but (16:44):
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Danny: I can be kind and ease you on to to question number three (16:48):
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Gareth: Okay so. (16:52):
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Danny: Question question number three what is the most difficult challenge thus far in your life (16:55):
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Gareth: Okay there yeah a really (17:02):
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Gareth: easy question to answer um as you (17:07):
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Gareth: know danny i've had a bit of a tragedy (17:10):
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Gareth: a family tragedy recently (17:14):
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Gareth: my mum passed away in july not only (17:17):
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Gareth: that we lost dad beginning of 22 in fact my dad and my uncle in the space of (17:21):
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Gareth: a few weeks in 22 then mum was diagnosed with cancer in beginning of 23 and (17:28):
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Gareth: we just lost her in July so there's. (17:34):
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Gareth: There's the brain catch-up of what's just happened there's also the milestone (17:39):
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Gareth: of not having either of my parents in the in in the world uh which is really (17:45):
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Gareth: strange i feel like you know, (17:50):
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Gareth: i think oh i need to tell mum that (17:53):
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Gareth: on the phone or i need to take a picture of that and send it (17:55):
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Gareth: to her and so there's an element of disbelief at (17:58):
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Gareth: the moment going on through my head um but you (18:01):
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Gareth: know because neither of them are here then we have (18:04):
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Gareth: the estate to handle we got the probate challenge (18:07):
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Gareth: you know all of that stuff which is just (18:10):
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Gareth: a constant we have to go through the house which is very strange walking through (18:14):
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Gareth: their house without them there with all of their things to remind us of of them (18:19):
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Gareth: and so so yeah easily the most difficult challenge thus far uh in in life I. (18:25):
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Danny: Can we were speaking about this in the green room obviously (18:33):
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Danny: earlier I can only imagine what that's like (18:36):
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Danny: and you said there one of (18:39):
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Danny: the weirdest things or the challenging things or the strangest things is going (18:42):
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Danny: through your parents house and seeing mementos of the life that they created (18:46):
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Danny: and built etc has there been some nice surprising things that showed you something (18:50):
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Danny: about your mum or your dad that you may not have known because you come across it during that process (18:56):
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Gareth: Yeah well i mean there (19:01):
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Gareth: were lots of photos that we (19:05):
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Gareth: hadn't previously seen yeah going through their their (19:08):
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Gareth: paperwork and stuff um you know (19:11):
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Gareth: just mementos that they'd kept from you (19:15):
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Gareth: know they they'd lived a life you know they had lots of (19:18):
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Gareth: friends around them and uh seeing all (19:21):
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Gareth: that seeing a kind of life in pictures and various (19:24):
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Gareth: certificates from you know whatever qualifications they (19:28):
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Gareth: had and um you know all of those kinds of (19:32):
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Gareth: things were quite amazing and actually um (19:34):
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Gareth: from when mum was ill the last couple of months of her life her her community (19:38):
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Gareth: coming around um and just not wanting to bother us too much but just bringing (19:42):
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Gareth: cake or just coming for a chat and a cup of tea and seeing how we are and just (19:48):
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Gareth: witnessing that caring community (19:53):
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Gareth: firsthand was quite amazing. (19:57):
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Gareth: And I saw, you know, these are people I've known majority of my life, (19:59):
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Gareth: but I've seen them in a different light. (20:03):
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Gareth: Of late yeah it's been uh it's been lovely i. (20:06):
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Danny: Think often as kids we forget our parents had a life before (20:10):
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Danny: us you know it's um i like um (20:13):
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Danny: our kids but before kids were born my wife and i were very big concert goers (20:16):
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Danny: we love live music and we'd go to three four five different bands every weekend (20:21):
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Danny: we'd support you know local indie bands and if some bigger ones came to the (20:25):
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Danny: toronto where we lived at the time we'd go see them and our kids look at especially (20:28):
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Danny: me now because i'm a bit a a little bit older than my wife. (20:32):
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Danny: So they look at me and think, you never went to concerts. Look at you, old man. (20:35):
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Danny: But I watched an interview with Daley Thompson, you know, the heptathlete. Yeah. (20:38):
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Danny: Or decathlete, sorry, not heptathlete, (20:44):
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Danny: decathlete. Very famous British decathlete, Olympic gold winner. (20:46):
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Danny: And just recently he was getting interviewed and he was saying that his kids (20:50):
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Danny: can't believe that he was this athlete that was so successful. (20:55):
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Danny: Successful and it's only really if he shows them his medals that they start (21:00):
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Danny: to believe oh wow dad actually did do something and i think sometimes we actually (21:05):
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Danny: forget our parents had very active and very different lives from what we might (21:08):
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Danny: have expected prior to us you know being part of that that life yeah (21:12):
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Gareth: Yeah very much so yeah my parents were very (21:16):
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Gareth: active in their community and yes to to (21:20):
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Gareth: your question uh there there were um things that (21:23):
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Gareth: the friends came out with where i realized oh i didn't actually know he did (21:26):
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Gareth: that but they were very there for their community and their friends and they (21:31):
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Gareth: would they would do anything for anyone really and yeah that's that's something (21:35):
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Gareth: to take away really it goes into the uh being famous for being decent doesn't it. (21:39):
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Danny: Well exactly and i think that that shows and that (21:44):
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Danny: outlook on life it shows you know the the impact that your parents both (21:47):
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Danny: parents had on you and and that's all you can ask for if you can (21:50):
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Danny: show uh be a good person that's the (21:52):
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Danny: perfect legacy for you for for any parent it feels like the (21:56):
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Danny: children doesn't matter they're great at their job successful (21:58):
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Danny: rich whatever they can be a good human being i mean (22:01):
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Danny: that's like the biggest legacy any parent can ask for yeah absolutely well speaking (22:04):
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Danny: of legacies we're going to legacize this episode and move on to quit i'm getting (22:10):
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Danny: really good at these like these transitions i've been working on them but we're (22:16):
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Danny: going to legacize this episode and move on on to question number four. (22:20):
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Danny: Okay. I'm always curious about how, I mean, I'm a British person myself. (22:25):
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Danny: I'm always curious how British people answer this question. (22:29):
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Danny: So Gareth, question number four. (22:32):
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Danny: If you could close one fast food chain due to disgusting food, what would you pick? (22:35):
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Gareth: My wife's going to hate me for this. Yeah. (22:41):
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Gareth: It's not that I don't like the food. it's the the food just doesn't agree with (22:45):
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Gareth: me when it's delivered and that's kfc, (22:50):
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Gareth: I love it. I absolutely love it. But yeah, can't do it. Can't do it. (22:54):
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Gareth: My wife absolutely loves KFC. (23:00):
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Gareth: Not every day, you know, just as a treat. (23:02):
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Gareth: If you gave her, you know, some chicken and a big bucket of gravy, (23:05):
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Gareth: she'd be just your friend forever. (23:10):
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Gareth: But yeah i mean i quite (23:11):
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Gareth: like fast food as a little treat sometimes the (23:14):
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Gareth: odd mcdonald's it's always very disappointing isn't it but it's quite (23:17):
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Gareth: nice um just to go ah sod it i'm gonna i'm gonna have that today but yeah i (23:21):
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Gareth: think it might have to be kfc i'm trying to think of the other fast foods there's (23:27):
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Gareth: kfc there's mcdonald's there's burger king that actually is quite nice what other ones are have you. (23:32):
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Danny: Got i'm i'm assuming the uh the uk's got taco bell now right (23:39):
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Gareth: Yeah and see i quite like tacos you. (23:42):
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Danny: Weirdo i like tacos don't go wrong but do you like taco bell (23:46):
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Gareth: I i don't know if i've tried it actually so maybe not you know if if uh the (23:49):
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Gareth: great danny brown says don't eat taco bell then uh that's fine i mean would (23:55):
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Gareth: you rate chinese food as fast food as. (23:59):
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Danny: Fast um i (24:04):
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Gareth: Don't think it I don't think so. (24:05):
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Danny: Because normally you take, I mean, I don't know, I mean, most Chinese restaurants (24:06):
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Danny: that we've gone to here, for takeout anyway, they've always taken about 20, (24:09):
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Danny: 25 minutes to get your order ready. So they're cooking it obviously as ordered. (24:14):
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Danny: So I always feel fast food, it's either got it pre-cooked, ready to go out the (24:17):
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Danny: door, kind of like a McDonald's, it's got, you know, the row of burgers or breakfast, sausages, etc. (24:21):
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Danny: As opposed to where you go in and you order it and it's cooked fresh from that order. (24:26):
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Danny: But my wife would probably get on really well with yours because she loves KFC. (24:31):
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Danny: She'll get like the, so if we're doing like a quick, easy dinner, (24:35):
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Danny: because generally I'll be doing the cooking, but because my kids both are very (24:39):
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Danny: involved in sports, then there are calendars all over the place. (24:43):
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Danny: So a lot of the time they are doing the sports in the evenings after school. (24:47):
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Danny: So evening meals are generally reserved for the weekends. (24:50):
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Danny: So because of that, That's something Jacqueline will get. You know, (24:54):
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Danny: go to KFC, get a bucket of chicken, fries, gravy or chips. (24:56):
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Danny: I keep forgetting. I've got to make it back to the chips and the fries difference. (24:59):
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Danny: Gravy, you know, etc. So I feel they'd get on really well together. (25:04):
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Gareth: So if we reframe that question and said, what one fast food chain would you save? (25:08):
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Gareth: What would that answer be, I wonder? (25:16):
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Danny: I'd probably save, I'm going to go for A&W burgers. (25:19):
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Danny: I think that's maybe a Canadian chain, mate. Yeah. But obviously they're competitors (25:24):
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Danny: to McDonald's, but if you look at McDonald's menu, you mentioned it or you referred (25:30):
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Danny: to it earlier, you look at McDonald's (25:34):
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Danny: menu and you see what looks like a really juicy quarter pounder. (25:36):
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Danny: And then you get this little flaccid thing wrapped up in a soggy piece of paper. (25:39):
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Danny: And you're like, what is this? (25:43):
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Danny: I once took a picture and posted it because I could hold my thumb and forefinger (25:45):
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Danny: together fairly closely. (25:49):
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Danny: And that was my burger from McDonald's. It was disgusting. But A&W Burgers, (25:50):
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Danny: the burgers are amazing. The fries, the chips are excellent. (25:55):
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Danny: The chicken tenders, all the stuff they make is really, really good. (25:58):
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Danny: So if that was classed as a fast food chain and that was under threat, (26:02):
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Danny: that'd be the one I'd want to save. How about you? (26:05):
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Gareth: Yeah, it's a good question. I mean, I agree about McDonald's burgers. (26:07):
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Gareth: They are pretty disgusting. (26:11):
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Gareth: But they also do the strawberry shake, which feels like a real treat. (26:13):
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Gareth: Yeah, that's like going out for ice cream, isn't it? (26:19):
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Gareth: Yeah, it's a tricky one. Tricky one. (26:23):
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Danny: I'm going to make an executive decision here. I'm going to close down McDonald's, (26:25):
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Danny: but save the drinks and move them to another chain. (26:30):
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Gareth: Oh, yeah. (26:33):
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Danny: Is that acceptable? (26:34):
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Gareth: That's very acceptable. (26:35):
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Danny: All right. I think we've saved the world there. I think we've made an important (26:37):
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Danny: decision globally, you know, for global peace and health and everything. (26:40):
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Danny: But let's get rid of McDonald's, save the drinks. (26:44):
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Danny: All right. Well, on the premise of saving the world, it's time to save your (26:47):
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Danny: answer for the last question. (26:51):
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Danny: And actually it's not time to save your answer because you're going to share it (26:52):
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Danny: so let's move on to question number five okay gareth i feel i know the answer (26:55):
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Danny: to this um again we're kind of alluded to it in the intro when we're chatting (27:03):
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Danny: a little bit but question number five do you serve money or does money serve you i'm (27:07):
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Gareth: Trying to work out what that means so do you serve money as in. (27:14):
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Danny: I I think, yeah, I think that's mainly around, do you serve money? (27:18):
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Danny: Are you like a slave to money where everything you do is just to earn money (27:22):
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Danny: to make whatever happen? (27:27):
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Danny: Or is that just like a side benefit to what you're doing anyway? (27:28):
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Gareth: So it's just staying alive. Yeah, that's basically it. (27:33):
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Danny: It's not by eating McDonald's food, that's for sure, because that's gone. (27:37):
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Gareth: Yeah, yeah, very much the opposite. Yeah, I don't, you know, (27:40):
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Gareth: I wouldn't be a freelance composer and an indie podcaster if I was a slave to money. (27:45):
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Gareth: Yeah, as every other indie podcaster will tell you. (27:51):
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Gareth: So yes, very much the opposite. it um i think if you can get by there's a lot (27:54):
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Gareth: more to life than just the pursuit of money i'd say i've had peaks and troughs (28:00):
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Gareth: in my music career but i wouldn't change a second of it because it's been absolute (28:06):
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Gareth: it's you know you're living the dream aren't you, (28:12):
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Gareth: Some people's dream might include a speedboat and a million followers and a big sponsorship deal. (28:15):
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Gareth: But no, give me a guitar and some good food and good company. (28:24):
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Gareth: That's all you need, really, isn't it? (28:29):
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Danny: I think it goes to that phrase where money doesn't buy you happiness. (28:31):
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Danny: And often people say, well, it's only rich people that say money doesn't buy (28:34):
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Danny: you happiness. Because I'm sure, you know, I'm not well off whatsoever. (28:38):
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Danny: If someone gave me 10 million pounds, I'd be supremely happy. (28:41):
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Danny: But then I guess it does also bring its own problems where (28:45):
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Danny: because you don't have to work I mean you can still obviously (28:49):
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Danny: work but because you don't have to work for a living to (28:52):
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Danny: keep a roof over your head or pay bills etc then what (28:55):
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Danny: are you doing with your time and if you don't have something to do with that often that's (28:58):
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Danny: blame for how people fall into bad habits and you know that can cause different (29:01):
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Danny: kinds of issues now that you have money that you wouldn't have had before for (29:06):
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Danny: example and i feel maybe that's where it comes down to like you say at some (29:10):
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Danny: point you have enough that you need to be comfortable do you really need anything after that and (29:15):
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Gareth: Also to your point inherently if you're given money you're not pursuing it are (29:20):
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Gareth: you so you can still be given 10 million pounds and be very happy thank you (29:26):
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Gareth: very much but your decisions in life aren't all to go after that money you know (29:31):
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Gareth: if there's a byproduct of something where you're given (29:36):
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Gareth: lots of money, then fantastic. (29:38):
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Gareth: But I don't think it's a good way to live your life, really. (29:41):
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Danny: No. And I shared a tweet yesterday, late last night, actually. (29:44):
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Danny: I just finished some editing, and so I went online just to finish the evening off. (29:49):
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Danny: And I saw this tweet that was shared from someone in the US. (29:52):
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Danny: So I re-shared it because I found it a really powerful message. (29:56):
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Danny: And it speaks to this, where it was a lady that was speaking about poverty and money and services, (29:59):
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Danny: healthcare, care etc i believe she was in the u.s um and (30:06):
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Danny: it was a really powerful statement that she said because there's (30:09):
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Danny: some governments i don't want to get political this isn't a political show but there's (30:12):
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Danny: some governments whether it's in the u.s canada uk australia worldwide (30:15):
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Danny: really that are criminalizing homelessness so they're you know they're moving (30:19):
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Danny: away tent cities they're they're actually charging you're fining you which seems (30:24):
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Danny: ridiculous if you're homeless how are you going to pay a fine but um so it's (30:28):
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Danny: there's a big thing going on about that and one of the things that she mentioned was, (30:32):
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Danny: what state of consciousness do you have to criminalize poverty? (30:36):
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Danny: Which I thought was an incredibly powerful statement. (30:39):
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Danny: Because at some stage, I feel that's where, you know, having too much gets you. (30:43):
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Danny: You want more, you want more power, you want more money, et cetera. (30:47):
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Danny: And then that leads to the lesser, I'm trying to work this properly, (30:50):
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Danny: the lesser parts of society, whether that's money, home, et cetera, (30:56):
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Danny: are really struggling because of that. (31:00):
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Danny: And I kind of wonder, you mentioned, you know, about comfort zones and having (31:03):
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Danny: X amount of money, but then after that, you're really comfortable. (31:07):
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Danny: If that can then be redistributed under something like universal basic income (31:10):
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Danny: or something i don't know do you have any thoughts on that without getting too (31:15):
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Danny: deep in the weeds in political or anything (31:18):
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Gareth: No no i mean i mean it works for some (31:19):
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Gareth: countries doesn't it to have the um what's the (31:22):
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Gareth: living wage the the you get governments (31:25):
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Gareth: coming and going doing pretty much the (31:28):
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Gareth: same thing it would be interesting to see if (31:30):
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Gareth: a government came in and went right we're just going to change everything (31:33):
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Gareth: thing it's clearly not working we're clearly uh too (31:36):
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Gareth: far in debt let's try this instead you just (31:40):
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Gareth: don't don't do you might end up with um no riots people who are a lot happier (31:43):
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Gareth: and um don't feel like they need to go and uh push police vans over and set (31:49):
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Gareth: things on fire and uh you know raid gregs and things well. (31:56):
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Danny: And that goes back to the whole like the the value for value that obviously (32:01):
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Danny: Obviously, podcasting is really pushing at the moment where instead of supporting (32:03):
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Danny: monetarily, you exchange services. (32:09):
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Danny: Maybe we just need a whole big reset and just go back to trading camels and (32:12):
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Danny: apples for plumbing services, etc. (32:16):
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Gareth: Yeah, absolutely. I actually, interestingly, podcasting people will understand this. (32:20):
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Gareth: I got an email earlier about a tape sync job, which is quite nice. (32:26):
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Gareth: And it just speaks to that, doesn't it? (32:31):
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Gareth: You feel like you're kind of doing a little service for the greater good. (32:33):
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Gareth: So that's quite exciting. (32:39):
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Danny: Well, Gareth, on that note of offering value, we've reached the end of this (32:41):
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Danny: week's five random questions for you. (32:46):
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Danny: And I'm pretty sure we've brought value to our listeners. (32:48):
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Danny: In full fairness, it is time for you to offer your random question to me to (32:51):
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Danny: even things out just a little bit. (32:57):
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Gareth: Okay. So if money or time were no object, what podcast would you make? (32:58):
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Danny: Oh, that's a good one. I have not been asked that before. (33:05):
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Danny: Um, hmm. I think, like, I'm a massive, massive Star Wars fan, (33:11):
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Danny: which I think, you know, our erstwhile, you know, connection, (33:16):
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Danny: Mark Asquith, is a huge Star Wars fan. (33:21):
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Danny: I think it's a prerequisite to work at Captivate where I work. (33:23):
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Danny: And Mark co-founded, you need to be a Star Wars fan to work there. (33:26):
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Danny: Mark's got his own Star Wars podcast. I feel I'd want to, I'd like to do a proper (33:30):
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Danny: video one because I don't have the time or expertise, et cetera, (33:36):
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Danny: to do a really nice video podcast. (33:39):
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Danny: I've always wanted to do one, but I never had the time, expertise or money. (33:42):
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Danny: It takes a lot to do it really properly. (33:45):
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Danny: But I'd love to go and speak to all the extras that were hidden. (33:48):
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Danny: So they didn't even have their face in the movie. (33:55):
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Danny: They were underneath a java costume or they were an (33:58):
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Danny: ewok but but not the well-known ones not you know not warwick (34:01):
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Danny: davis for example uh but just the the ones (34:04):
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Danny: that were just like there on screen for a split second and and just basically (34:07):
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Danny: ask them about their experience what they felt did they feel like they were (34:11):
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Danny: like going back to the original star wars did they feel they were part of something (34:14):
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Danny: big or was this like a really stupid thing that they were making at the time (34:16):
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Danny: because you had a big walking carpet and you had like you know like weird robots and is (34:20):
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Gareth: There a documentary. (34:26):
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Danny: About just (34:27):
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Gareth: That they were it was to do the extras and uh people on set i can't remember. (34:28):
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Danny: It's possible i know ricky gervais had extras like the tv show but that's a (34:33):
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Danny: little bit different yeah i mean so yeah i mean because of my love of star wars (34:38):
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Danny: and it might be a really short-lived thing they might have nothing to say because (34:42):
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Danny: they just turned up got paid and buggered off home who knows well (34:46):
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Gareth: This is this is where we're you know quite aligned in our podcast thinking because (34:49):
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Gareth: my show that i I think I would that I would want to make is the same thing but for session musicians, (34:54):
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Gareth: So this person played on that, you know, what was it like? (35:01):
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Gareth: You have people like Steve Lukather who played who's who is you know, (35:05):
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Gareth: the lead guitarist in Toto and, (35:10):
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Gareth: toto as a band was made up of these session these (35:13):
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Gareth: amazing session musicians world class who played (35:16):
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Gareth: on loads and loads of things and you don't realize wow he played on that he (35:19):
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Gareth: played on that so to speak to people who will have played on various hits or (35:24):
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Gareth: you know you think it's a bit like i was there too you know that would be very (35:31):
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Gareth: very interesting but yeah i mean star wars i'm in i mean let's do it. (35:35):
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Danny: So there you go amazon you've just given 100 million to the kelsey brothers (35:39):
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Danny: others for their new podcast exclusive you've got two ideas right here and we'd (35:43):
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Danny: probably only charge 10 million so bonus or (35:47):
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Gareth: Beer and cake you know it's absolutely fine. (35:50):
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Danny: Sorted i'm going to be on it i'm going to get mark the reach out he's i'm sure (35:53):
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Danny: he's got a really good contract amazon we'll get on this mate yeah nice so gareth (35:56):
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Danny: we've reached the end and included my question and i have really as always i (36:01):
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Danny: always enjoy chatting to you mate like i say we've sort of been on each (36:05):
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Danny: other's podcasts and it's always been really enjoyable for people that want (36:07):
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Danny: to check out your audio compositions your work that you do for tv movies and (36:12):
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Danny: the work you do for podcast clients or even just check out your podcasts on (36:16):
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Danny: their own where's the best place to listen to them and connect and reach out to you the (36:21):
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Gareth: Website is always good that's the sound boutique.com i have like you mentioned (36:26):
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Gareth: two active podcasts at the moment the music room and podcasting people their (36:31):
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Gareth: musicroom.community and podcastingpeople.community. (36:36):
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Gareth: And I'm all over social media as Gareth Sounds. (36:40):
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Danny: I write social media tart. (36:43):
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Danny: I mean, you need a T-shirt. I'm going to get a T-shirt printed and send it over (36:48):
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Danny: to you. I'm a social media tart. (36:52):
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Danny: But then you have to say it in that voice as well, though, when you're speaking to people. (36:56):
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Gareth: Oh, yeah, might have to get that T-shirt made. (37:01):
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Danny: I will look to see what I can do. So again, Gareth, I really appreciate your time today, mate. (37:04):
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Gareth: It's been so much fun. Thanks for inviting me, Danny. (37:08):
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