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March 1, 2025 • 60 mins

Another awesome year of the Youth Music Showcase! Hosted at Millersville University. Thank you to the volunteers, students, and the artists that gave their time for this event.
Please enjoy some short interviews with the artists before the hit the stage.

The lineup for this year was:
Lucy Trout, Johalys Bencosme, Jake Rollins, Lydia Mowers, Juliet, C.Z. Moe, Carmine Gontz, Blank Page, Alex Lee Warner, Penny Shaw, Izzy Butters, and Lucy Hood.

Being our third year at this event it is amazing to get to see how each artist has grown; and getting to speak to some incredibly talented newcomers.

Thanks again to the CPMHOF, Todd Bedard, Brandon Valentine, and all others that helped make this event happen this year.

You can find out more about the CPMHOF @ https://cpmhof.com/

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to a special episode of the Central
Pennsylvania Music Podcastfeaturing the Central
Pennsylvania Music Hall of FameYouth Music Showcase, including
the top 18 and under acts.
Hello and welcome to the 2025Youth Music Showcase at
Millersville University broughtto you by the Central

(00:20):
Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame.
I'm your host, daniel.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
And I'm your co-host, alan You'll be seeing us talk
to a bunch of talented youthartists that are here to perform
, so stay tuned, see whatthey've got to say and you can
hear all about their journeysand their path.
And we are here at MillersvilleUniversity at the 2025 Youth
Music Showcase.
And we are here speaking withJuliet.
How are you, ma'am?

Speaker 3 (00:41):
I'm good.
I'm good how.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
I'm doing good.
I understand you were very,very busy since the last time we
talked to you.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
Yes, just a little bit.
I've gone to LA, I did somerecording of some songs and I
started shooting a music video,which is super exciting.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Oh, that's awesome.
Music videos are always fun.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yeah, it's my first professional music video, so it
was great.
I'm going back in early Marchto finish shooting it with the
other actors and everything, soit'll be so fun.
I can't wait that's awesomeyeah super fun.
You just released an album, too, didn't you?

(01:19):
I recorded it.
I wrote it all by myself, and Irecorded and produced it all in
my bedroom, so it was a superfun.

Speaker 4 (01:26):
That's really good, thank you.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
Thanks.
Yeah, it was a super funprocess.
It was cool to be able to likehave have control over it and
just I just really wanted to getsomething out there.
That was before I met mymanager and started working with
other producers.
So I just wanted to getsomething out there, I was like,

(01:51):
why not?
So yeah, it's 16 songs and itwas a really fun process.
And after releasing that,that's how I got discovered by
my manager and now I'm recordingan EP with like actual
producers and other songwriters.
So it's been cool to see thedifference between the two
processes are like totallyopposite, so it's been cool.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
That is really cool.
Is the music video for a songoff the album or the upcoming EP
?
The EP, yes, okay.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
So, yeah so the first single from the EP.
It's called Cold to the Core,okay.
And it's going to be releasedin April, so I'm super excited.
The music video is for that,and then I'm thinking, like June
or July I want to release thefull EP.
It's five songs.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
And it's five songs and yeah, are you gonna?
Are you gonna trickle release,like up until that, like full
release date, like maybe likeone or two?
Yeah, what?

Speaker 3 (02:27):
I might do is just the one and then release all
five together and I might dosome little snippets on like
tiktok and stuff like that youknow release yeah, release
little teasers of the songs, butI probably won't fully release
all of them that's awesome.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
Yeah, definitely got your game plan going here so is
there anything past the ep?
Then you have any plans likegoing past that yeah, you can
talk about, yeah you got amanager and I don't want to step
on contracts we're good.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
We're good.
Yeah, I've already finishedwriting an album.
So, um, 12 songs plus five forthe deluxe, so 17 all together.
So, um, yeah, so I'm startingto record the demos for it in my
room, just so that when I getwith the musicians and stuff,
they know what they, what theywant to do.
Um, so I've started recordingthe demos and as soon as we're

(03:16):
done with all of the like youknow, releasing and promotion of
the ep, I want to get into thestudio.
I'm going to record the albumthat's super cool.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
yeah, yeah, thank you .

Speaker 1 (03:26):
You have quite a pipeline built up right now for
stuff.
So that's, that's amazing.
Do you have any plans on liketouring here in the future?
Like can people go see you livesomewhere?

Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, I do a lot of a lot of performances locally.
Um, on March 8th I'm going tobe at gift horse brewing, where
I was our last, our last meeting.
I brewing where I was our last,our last meeting.
I'm going to be doing athree-hour set there, um, and
then I'm going to do some stuffin LA.
I'm going to do like anacoustic show on Newport Beach
and the Hollywood City Walk isdoing like a music festival over

(03:54):
the summer and then some uhstuff in Nashville the Bluebird
Cafe, commodore Grill, yeahhitting all of the major,
crucial points.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
That's like dude, dude congratulations.
Thank you so much.
You're very welcome.

Speaker 3 (04:06):
Yeah, it's been really fun.
I just sort of like have a listof, like you know, all the
places I want to play and I'mtrying to work through it and I
still have obviously a lot morework to do and a lot of like
goals to hit.
But, yeah, it's been fun to getto do all this.

Speaker 2 (04:22):
Well, it's been fun to get to do all this.
Well, that's awesome.
I got two final questions foryou.
One where can people find yourmusic?

Speaker 3 (04:27):
So my social media is julietl7, and it's J-U-L-I-E-T
period L7.
So that's all of my socialmedias, and then on Spotify it's
just Juliet.
So if you look up Dream byJuliet, you should see my album
coming out.

Speaker 2 (04:44):
That's awesome.
What song can we expect for youtoday?

Speaker 3 (04:48):
I'm going to be singing a new song.
It's called my Fairweather Boyand I'm going to be singing and
playing that on the guitar.
It's super fun.
I wrote it like three weeks agoand I was sort of thinking
about a situation where you knowthose people who are there for
like the good times and maybenot so much for the hard stuff.
And I was thinking about it andI had the phrase fair weather

(05:09):
friend in my head, that everyonesays that phrase and so I
decided to make it my fairweather boy, and it's really fun
.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
I like it.
I mean, it honestly sounds likea really good indie movie title
.

Speaker 8 (05:21):
I feel, like it would do really good at Sundance or a
festival or whatever.
I think it's a perfect title,yeah, like I feel like it would
do really good at like Sundanceor a festival or whatever.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
I think it's a perfect title.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
Thank you, you're very welcome.
Yeah, it's fun.
Yep Well.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
Juliette, thank you so much for taking the time and
coming to us.
Thank you for having me.
Oh, of course.

Speaker 3 (05:33):
It's always a pleasure.

Speaker 2 (05:39):
I can't wait.
Thank you, yes, thank you somuch.

Speaker 1 (05:41):
Thanks for having me Thanks again, thank you.
We are here with Lucy Trout.
Thank you so much for coming onthe show.
You are a singer-songwriterfrom Central PA.
Thank you for your time.
So you're here today to performwhat song?

Speaker 9 (05:53):
I'm performing my song Pennsylvania.
It's sort of like a love letterto Pennsylvania, I guess, as a
state, just sort of appreciatingthe like as a whole.
It's very upbeat and I wrote itabout a year and a half ago.

Speaker 1 (06:11):
So that's awesome.

Speaker 2 (06:12):
Okay, so tell me, tell me about your musical
journey.
How did it all start?
Where did it all start?

Speaker 9 (06:18):
Well, I've been singing since I was about three
years old or well, ever since Icould talk.
I love to sing um, and I'vebeen doing musicals for the past
few years and just last year Ikind of started focusing on
writing and playing guitar andpiano and um, I really love it

(06:40):
so much, it's like my favoritething to do ever that's awesome.

Speaker 2 (06:44):
That's exactly the way passion should be.

Speaker 1 (06:46):
So don't, don't don't lose that.

Speaker 2 (06:48):
Just hold onto that as long as you can, or as tight
as you can.

Speaker 1 (06:50):
Yes, so, um, with your musical journey.
Uh, we were talking a littlebit before we said you've been
working on some other music aswell with this.

Speaker 9 (06:58):
Um, yeah, so I have been.
I have three songs that I liketo perform.
I do open mics and that kind ofthing pretty regularly, like
maybe like every two weeks or so.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
Awesome.

Speaker 9 (07:13):
And I will perform covers or my songs.
And my three songs arePennsylvania, Leave them All
Behind, and my World Doesn'tRevol revolve around you.
So those are my big songs rightnow.

Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah, a little more like stick it to them.
World doesn't revolve aroundyou yeah, um.

Speaker 9 (07:37):
So those are like I I've been kind of more doing
covers recently because I, as Isaid, I love to sing and I like
to challenge my voice and sortof like show off, um, my vocals
as much as I can, because it'sthe most fun part of what I like
to do oh 100.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
What's your favorite cover?

Speaker 9 (07:59):
um, oh I I'm a swifty .
So, like Taylor Swift, gracieAbrams, those are my
inspirations.

Speaker 2 (08:08):
Sort of very cool, that's awesome so you're going
to be performing Pennsylvaniatoday?
Yes, so any future plans, anyplans of recording Pennsylvania,
any plans of I mean I knowyou're doing it at home any
plans of going to like a studioor?

Speaker 9 (08:23):
anything.
I really want to start likecollaborating with others to
write songs and I want to recordthem at some point and sort of
I'm waiting until I can sort oflike close this chapter of my
life and then until I canrelease an album or EP, because

(08:45):
I kind of want to do it all atonce.

Speaker 1 (08:47):
Okay, yeah, yeah, that's awesome.
You have a plan and that's themost important part.

Speaker 2 (08:52):
And how old are you?
If I can ask, I'm 15.
You've got a great job goingright now.
You've got the passion you likechallenging yourself.
You're already doing the openmics.
That's a great way to getexperience, not have stage
fright whenever biggeropportunities come.
So I think you're doing itright.
I think you're doing a greatjob right now.
Just keep doing what you'redoing, keeping your head down,
keep your nose to the grindstone.

(09:12):
I expect to see you here,probably next year, and hear a
whole bunch of other tales ofall the musical journeys you've
done.
So it was a pleasure meetingyou.
So, uh, it was a pleasuremeeting you and thank you so
much for taking the time tospeak with us ma'am.

Speaker 9 (09:28):
Anything from you, that's it.
Uh, do you?
Should I say my spotify?
I was just.

Speaker 2 (09:30):
Yes, I was literally just gonna come back to them, be
like actually, where can wefind your music?

Speaker 9 (09:34):
yes, yeah, um, so I have performance videos on
instagram lucy trout official um, and I'm on YouTube.
Lucy Trout and I have a Spotifywith three covers, um, just a
small cover album recorded inlike an hour and a half with my
music teacher, like you know.
Um, so that's on Spotify underLucy Trout.

Speaker 2 (09:58):
Well, lucy, again thank you so much for taking the
time to come and speak with us.
I look forward to hearing yoursong Pennsylvania today at the
showcase.

Speaker 9 (10:03):
Thank you so much for having me.
You're very welcome.

Speaker 2 (10:04):
Absolutely All right, and we are here with Lucy Hood
and all of her friends.
I'm going to say that because Iknow you guys are definitely.
You guys are the supportingband right now and everything.
But I know we're primarily hereto talk to you and I know
you're here to perform a songcalled Control Freak.
Please take it away.
Tell us all about it, tell usabout your music career, tell us
about everything.

Speaker 6 (10:23):
Yeah, so I've been writing music like literally as
long as I can remember, since Iwas like like five is probably
since I started writing this.
The song I'm playing today,control Freak, I wrote when I
was I think I was 12 or 13,right Like around there.
So, yeah, it's not around there.

(10:48):
Um, so, yeah, it's, it's not.
It has a very special place inmy heart in the sense that it
was the first one that I like,that it got it got polished,
that I recorded with my dad, andthat I like we, we finished it
okay, so like we had startedrecording other things that I
had written before, but this isthe first one that, like you
know, got got to the point thatit did.
So that's, that's pretty cool,but yeah I would say it's very,
very cool.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
Yes.

Speaker 6 (11:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (11:07):
So let's talk about the band a little bit more.
So this is you guys' first timeperforming together correct?

Speaker 7 (11:11):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (11:12):
Awesome.
So how did this all cometogether?

Speaker 8 (11:15):
Mitch.

Speaker 1 (11:15):
Mitch.

Speaker 11 (11:17):
Literally just Mitch and the father walked on the
set In case anyone out of camerais wondering.

Speaker 2 (11:22):
He picked, walked on the set in case for anyone out
of cameras wondering.

Speaker 12 (11:24):
So he picked us up from the orphanage and just
threw us in the.
But now I'm taking.

Speaker 11 (11:28):
I'm taking Lucy as my own.
I'm adopting her.
We've already got the adoptionpapers and everything and I went
for Illinois.
I'm like three months olderthan her wonderful.

Speaker 1 (11:36):
So who all is playing what today?

Speaker 11 (11:38):
I am playing bass and it is very fun okay, I'm on
drums.

Speaker 6 (11:41):
I'm rhythm guitar I am thank you.

Speaker 11 (11:44):
I'm vocals kim, what was that like?
Hand off the mic?

Speaker 2 (11:49):
I don't know so we're obviously very excited to hear
control freak.
Outside of that, what else doyou have going?
You have anything else comingup, any kind of music projects?
You guys trying to maybe makethis more of like a permanent
setup here, possibly I mean Iwould love to.

Speaker 10 (12:02):
I would love this to be permanent, because it's
really fun playing live.
Maybe she can write all thesongs and I can just leech off
her.
That'd be awesome.

Speaker 2 (12:11):
You're the first person I would kick out of my
band.

Speaker 11 (12:13):
Rehearsals are very chaotic and hilarious.

Speaker 2 (12:18):
If the dynamic works, the dynamic works.
I'm not going to poo-poo onanyone's creative process.

Speaker 11 (12:24):
During our break, we started singing karaoke and we
forced cam into it.

Speaker 2 (12:28):
Hey, that's awesome though I mean it's karaoke can
be great practice.

Speaker 6 (12:31):
Yeah, california girls are full volume I've
wanted to be doing somethinglike this for a long time, like
I've always hoped that if I everpursued a career of music which
I've always wanted to do I'vealways wanted people to do it
with that I actually enjoy, andso I don't know.
I'm really happy that thisended up coming together and I

(12:52):
hope that it can last for aslong as it can.

Speaker 2 (12:56):
No, I mean, and honestly, it seems like you guys
have a good chemistry, it seemslike you have a good dynamic,
and that's very important whenit comes to being in a band,
because nothing can deteriorateband progress more than
inter-band problems.
So you definitely want tosurround yourself with the right
people, so you definitely havethe right mindset with that, and
I'm sure your dad can tell youthat as well.
I'm sure he's had plenty ofexperience with that.
Surround himself with the rightpeople.

Speaker 6 (13:17):
He complains.

Speaker 12 (13:19):
And shows off a lot too, you do know that you're
putting your father on blast.

Speaker 2 (13:22):
You do know that you're putting your father on
blast.
It's just out to the entireworld, he's fine, don't worry,
mitch, we do love you.

Speaker 11 (13:27):
We're just being turds.
It's fine, it's okay.

Speaker 12 (13:30):
We're little turds.

Speaker 11 (13:31):
Oh, my God.

Speaker 1 (13:32):
Performing as a band together.
How much were you guyspracticing together to get to
this point today?
Just once, One time.

Speaker 8 (13:40):
One rehearsal.

Speaker 11 (13:46):
It was epic one group rehearsal but we had
multiple weeks of like listeningto the track and playing on our
own until like it.
It was a lot, it was a lot.

Speaker 6 (13:50):
Well, it certainly sounds like my sister got sick
of hearing me the one time Ifeel bad for my sorry the one
time that we practiced togetherwas the first time that we all
formally met each other it wasso incredibly chaotic it was was
very fast, Like you cametogether very quickly.

Speaker 11 (14:06):
It was also on Super Bowl Sunday, so we had that
going on too.

Speaker 8 (14:09):
It was really fun though.

Speaker 11 (14:11):
Yeah, yeah, I just read him I love this guy.
It was really fun.

Speaker 1 (14:15):
It was really fun, though.
Well, I mean, you guys have tobe pretty talented if you all
just got together one time andjust meshed it together and
we're gonna be performing today,so that's awesome.
Hats off to you guys, seriouslylucy, how was that cookie?

Speaker 11 (14:26):
you didn't get what huh?
Mitch stole your cookie oh yeah, it's fine, it was great, it
was a good cookie.
She bet on the wrong team.

Speaker 2 (14:35):
It was, it was a good cookie so can we hear any of
your music online anywhere?

Speaker 6 (14:41):
um, not yet.
Uh, we are working on releasingControl Freak.
That's probably going to be thefirst one that is released, but
, yeah, there's a lot of stuffthat I have and, kim, you've
written some stuff that's verycool.

Speaker 11 (14:57):
Dude Kim's music is amazing.
It's so cool.
Praise me more.
Yeah, we'll just keep inflatingyour ego.
That's going to go well.

Speaker 6 (15:05):
So there's a lot of different things that I think
could come together and bereally awesome.

Speaker 2 (15:10):
So you've got a lot of momentum going, a lot of
potential here.
That's awesome.
I look forward to seeingeverything that you're going to
do here and I honestly very muchlook forward to seeing Control
Freak perform today.
So thank you, guys, for takingthe time and coming to speak
with us.

Speaker 10 (15:21):
Yes, thanks for having us.

Speaker 2 (15:22):
Hey, not a problem, and then until next time.
I'm sure there's going to be anext time, especially with your
dad.
I'm sure there's going to be anext time.
So until then guys.

Speaker 1 (15:31):
Yep, thank you, you're very welcome.
Thank you for your time.

Speaker 8 (15:38):
We're here with Izzy Butters.
Izzy, thank you so much forcoming out.

Speaker 1 (15:40):
You being here Today, you are going to be doing a
live performance.
You're doing a cover ofRadiohead by Creep.
Is that correct?
Creep by Radiohead?
Oh my God, it's okay.
I love that song and that band.
It doesn't matter.
Everyone knows what we'retalking about I'm a little
dyslexic.
Yeah, we know what we're saying.
Yeah, professionals, so greatsong choice.
Love that, of course.
So.
Are you doing outside of this?
Do you do your own music aswell, or just?

Speaker 8 (16:01):
covers right now.
Yeah, no, I play live shows allthe time.
I play one with the UptownMusic Collective, so I play the
shows that we do with them, andthen I also play gigs in and
around Williamsport, which isthe town that I live in.

Speaker 2 (16:16):
Okay.

Speaker 8 (16:17):
And just at local restaurants and bars I just play
me and my guitar.

Speaker 2 (16:22):
Nice, hey, I love it.
Sometimes that's the bestrelationship you can have.
Sometimes it's therapy as well.
But I also read you arenominated for Best Youth Music
Artist this year.

Speaker 8 (16:32):
Right, yeah, I did get nominated for that that's
very cool.

Speaker 2 (16:34):
How does that make you feel?

Speaker 8 (16:36):
I'm excited, yeah, yeah.
I mean I'm super excited forthe awards ceremony.
I've never done anything likethat before.
It's a lot of fun it is.

Speaker 2 (16:44):
It's literally exactly like the Grammys.

Speaker 3 (16:46):
Is it it?

Speaker 2 (16:46):
is big, it is yeah.
Everyone's dressed to the nine.
I know, I saw that it's a funtime for sure, so I'm excited
for you for your first time.

Speaker 4 (16:55):
That's going to be awesome.
Thank you, you're very welcomeno-transcript.

Speaker 8 (17:12):
And he plays guitar, and so he started playing guitar
for this girl named BrynnCartelli.

Speaker 4 (17:19):
Okay.

Speaker 8 (17:20):
And she was on the Voice, I think.
I think she won the Voice orsomething.

Speaker 4 (17:24):
Oh, wow, yeah.

Speaker 8 (17:27):
And he played and she did a cover of it and she just
sings it like the octave up andshe does it a little bit
differently.
But I just thought it was sobeautiful and now I just play.
It's pretty similar to herversion but like a little bit.

Speaker 2 (17:39):
Hey, there's nothing wrong with that.
I mean, if you hear someoneelse that did a different
version, you're like, oh man,like I wonder if I can even do
that.
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Speaker 8 (18:00):
I have a gig.

Speaker 2 (18:03):
Well, I usually play every week so it's kind of hard
to keep track.
I understand You're like it'sactually not a big deal because
I'm always gigging.
All right, very cool.

Speaker 8 (18:13):
But for Uptown I have a show March 15th.
It's called a 90s mixtape, soit's like Oasis, no Doubt, I'm
trying to think who else Twogreat names already.

Speaker 7 (18:30):
Two great names already exactly.

Speaker 2 (18:32):
Is it Wonderwall by Oasis?
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (18:34):
Of course it is.
You can't get me that one.
Why would?

Speaker 1 (18:36):
you pick any other song by Oasis yeah, of course.

Speaker 2 (18:37):
Why would you pick any?

Speaker 1 (18:37):
other.
I didn't know they had anyother songs oh, that's awesome
though that.
That's exciting, man, oh sowhat has your journey been like
as a musician?

Speaker 8 (18:45):
when did you start getting into music and um, I
started with the collective whenI was nine.
Wow, okay and I was in whatthey call a community
performance group, a CPG, andthey group you into mini bands
inside the collective.
And so I was in a Motown bandfrom the time that I was like 10

(19:08):
, 11, 12.
I was in that band and then Iauditioned to be in the special
performance group.
And then I auditioned to be inthe special performance group,
which is where we play at alocal theater in our town in
Williamsport, the Community ArtsCenter, and it holds about like
2,200 people and we usually dofour shows a year there, big

(19:33):
shows that we put on and yeah,so I've been just doing this
performing since I was nine andthen a couple years ago I
started to take it likeindependent of the collective.
I bought, like we bought my ownequipment, like um amps and
speakers that I use, and likeall my own stuff so that I could
go.
And we just reached out to likelocal bar, just like places

(19:55):
that like if we like knew theowners or people knew like who I
was from uptown, um, and wejust reached out to them.
We were like, hey, like can Iplay here?
Can I, like I can play atwo-hour set?
Like can I just like come andplay?

Speaker 2 (20:13):
that's awesome.
Wow, yeah, networking is keyand, I will say, the fact that
you were involved in a Motowngroup, that's awesome, because
Motown has, in my opinion, Ithink has one of the biggest
influences, especially on modernmusic.
You can always find roots ofMotown in anything.

Speaker 4 (20:27):
So, Motown.

Speaker 2 (20:28):
The fact that you have that experience that's
going to help you tremendouslymoving forward as well already
moving forward as well alreadyhaving that experience, I will
say that certainly.
Well, izzy, it was a pleasuremeeting you.

Speaker 1 (20:41):
I look forward to hearing your rendition of creep,
and I look forward to seeingyou at the cpmas as well.
I'm sorry, real quick.
Is there anywhere we can findyour music out there?

Speaker 8 (20:45):
I'm on like everything facebook, instagram,
tiktok, youtube.
It's all just izzy butter'smusic.
So it's easy.
You just search it anywhere andwonderful that's such a trendy
name.

Speaker 2 (20:55):
I love it.
I love it.
That's that's, that's so.
It's easy.
You just search it anywhere.
Wonderful, that's such a trendyname.

Speaker 11 (20:58):
I love it.
I love it.
It's so good.
You're very welcome.

Speaker 2 (20:59):
Thank you so much for all your time.

Speaker 8 (21:00):
man Thank you Pleasure meeting you.
Man, Pleasure meeting you.

Speaker 3 (21:03):
Sorry, no, it's okay.
It's okay, you could have lefthim hanging.
Yeah, you could have.

Speaker 1 (21:10):
We are.

Speaker 5 (21:11):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (21:12):
And today you are going to be.
Let's go over this way as well.

Speaker 1 (21:14):
Just get them both out of the way at the beginning
yeah, there we go.
So today you're going to bedoing a live performance of
Sweet Child of Mine.
Yep, okay, awesome.
Tell us a little bit more aboutyou and your music career.

Speaker 5 (21:24):
So I started when I was seven and my mom she was
like you know, we should justput you in singing lessons.
I always hear she put me insinging lessons.
And then we decided to startpiano for a little bit.
And then I quit piano and didsinging for a little bit.
And then I quit singing andthen did piano for a little bit,
and now I'm just singing andpiano.

Speaker 2 (21:45):
Hey, that's awesome, though.
Piano is like the foundationfor everything.
If you can understand piano,then you inherently start
understanding music theory then,so that's perfect.
So good job, mom.
So I also see that you're gonnabe performing.
Sweet child of mine, what madeyou pick that choice?

Speaker 5 (22:01):
so my mom just thank you for everything to my mom um
kid of the year.
Right here, dude, bestinterviewee ever she was like
you know what, what song shouldwe do for thon factor?
And I was like, oh, I don'tknow.
And she was like, well, whydon't we do like a kind of rock
pop song?
And I was like, okay, so wedecided to start to listen to
like some no Doubt and SweetChild of Mine, and she was like

(22:25):
you know what Sweet Child ofMine is a really good choice.
So we decided to start doingSweet Child of Mine and then
that was kind of it.

Speaker 2 (22:39):
That's kind of it.
That's awesome.
So what made?

Speaker 5 (22:40):
you want to start, because I saw on there as well
you kind of do want to startgetting more like the rock pop.
Yeah, what, what?
What brings, what draws you tothat genre?
Just, I don't know.
It's just I just love rock somuch I mean definitely not like
I'm a huge metallica fan, yeah,but I do like, no doubt, and all
these like rock kind of popgirls I guess absolutely, and I
mean it's.

Speaker 2 (22:55):
You're seeing a lot of big surge in that as well,
and I think, rightfully so.
You had your staples, like yousaid, like no Doubt, like Pink
and stuff like that.

Speaker 4 (23:04):
Avril.

Speaker 2 (23:04):
Lavigne Paramore.
I think Paramore was really theone that kind of like really
laid the foundation for like hey, you can do, really you can do
what the other guys are doing,but like a different kind of
rock, exactly, yeah.
So I think that's awesome, dude, I'm all for.
I mean, I don't even know why Ilike rock music either, but I
just do so, it's okay you're notalone, it's just the best so

(23:26):
what?
uh, after we do this, then,after you're done here at the
youth music showcase, what areyour plans moving forward?
What, what are your goals, whatare your achievements that
you're trying to take on?

Speaker 5 (23:35):
I would say I just really want to start writing
music and then start likeposting it online and stuff and
maybe do a lot of covers andstuff, like that Audition for
more musicals.

Speaker 2 (23:45):
Okay, very good, yeah , cause I did see you did
musicals as well, so tell usabout that.

Speaker 5 (23:49):
So I started out with doing Beauty and the Beast at
this little Eagle Foundationthing and then I started.
Then I auditioned for Chip atthe CV High School.
I did not get that, but I stillgot to be like an ensemble kid.
And then I auditioned forMatilda at my school and I got
to play the role of Matilda,which was actually a really fun
experience.

Speaker 10 (24:08):
Oh that's awesome.

Speaker 5 (24:09):
And then we're doing Willy Wonka right now and we
have 20 days till opening night,and I played Charlie Bucket,
which is really fun too.
That's cool, okay, very big,some big roles there.

Speaker 2 (24:18):
So you got like the number one roles twice now.
Dude, that's awesome, pound it.

Speaker 5 (24:24):
That's awesome.
Good for you, that's cool.

Speaker 2 (24:26):
No, you're very welcome.
So that's awesome and I thinkthat's very smart.
Like when you said doing coversand everything, I I think
that's a really good idea,especially at your age, to kind
of keep figuring out where yourrange is and keep your skills
sharp, Because it also allowsyou to try different things
whenever, if you're not writinglike that, you hear something
you're like oh, I wonder if Ican do that.
That's a really good way to dothat.

(24:46):
That's how I taught myself howto sing was through covers and
stuff like that.
So, it can be a tremendous helpand you're starting at the right
age as well.
So I mean that's perfect.
I mean, yeah, I'm excited tosee what you do, I'm excited to
hear your, your, your sweetchild of mine.
I'm excited to see, like, whatyou do moving forward here.
Maybe we'll have to come outand check one of your musicals
out and see how you'reperforming, because I do.
I do love the movie matilda, soI would like to go see that one

(25:09):
not a big fan of charlie andchocolate factory but I would
come see, I would I would comesee it because you're there, so
I would do that.
But, dude, thank you so muchfor coming out and talking to us
.

Speaker 12 (25:17):
Yes, thank you so much.
Thank you, you're very welcome.

Speaker 4 (25:19):
Penny, you have a great time.
Yes.

Speaker 15 (25:20):
Pleasure meeting you .

Speaker 2 (25:23):
And we are here with Carmine Gantz.
Carmine, it's a pleasure to seeyou again, man.

Speaker 12 (25:26):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (25:29):
This is the third time now and, dude, I remember
seeing you.
The first time I was like, okay, I was like this guy's got an
interesting style.
I wonder where it's going to go, where it's going to take him.
And I've just I mean your sheethere that we have.
I mean you're just crushing itright now.
So please fill us in, tell uswhat's been going on since the
past year, since we've talked toyou.

Speaker 14 (25:47):
Thank you.
I've been working on a lot ofnew music, the called Lost in
Space.
I'm going to the studio to workwith that song, but I have a
song recorded now that I have amusic video filmed for.
That's so amazing.
I filmed it with Tom Flynn,who's worked with some of my
favorite bands like Killswitch,engage and some really cool
metal bands so that video isdope that is crazy.

(26:07):
It's going to be awesome when Irelease it.
I think I'm hoping releasingthese songs, but I don't want to
rush anything.
I want to make sure I haveeverything true as good as I can
have it.

Speaker 2 (26:15):
So absolutely yeah, working with new music and stuff
and dude, I gotta say too thisis one thing I'm noticing I
remember the first time weinterviewed you and this is not,
this is a good thing but youwere a lot more nervous, you
were a lot more like whatever,but you are just so relaxed and
confident and just dude, it'sreally cool to see, like, how
you have progressed, like as amusician, and being confident,

(26:37):
like in your craft andeverything.
So it's really cool to see.
But I just wanted to let youknow I did recognize that and
it's very cool I reallyappreciate that, of course, man.
So you guys you also were onbaba rally as well, correct?
I mean you guys did wildlysuccessful with that cover.
I mean you guys got a lot ofcoverage on that.
What was?
Was that like?

Speaker 14 (26:55):
Oh, it was amazing to be recognized by like Roger
Daltrey.
That's crazy.
I never would have thought thatwould have happened.

Speaker 1 (27:01):
Yeah.

Speaker 14 (27:01):
But yeah, the experience was amazing recording
it and everyone did an amazingjob and I'm super excited for
the next song we do with theband.

Speaker 2 (27:09):
Dude, you're just like throwing out like random.
I'm working with the musicvideo producer of Killswitch
Engage, Robert Daltrey, and say,oh, cool, cool, cool, cool,
cool, good for you.

Speaker 14 (27:18):
No, I'm just kidding , no, but seriously very good
for you.

Speaker 2 (27:21):
That's really cool, man.
So, after this music videorelease and after this album
release, what's the next step?
What are you thinking?
Where are your?

Speaker 14 (27:30):
gears turning towards that's a good question.

Speaker 2 (27:32):
I'm not really sure about my future.

Speaker 14 (27:34):
I want to keep working with my music.
Um, I'm considering collegewith like a music business
degree and stuff.
But we got a perfect guy to putyou in contact with.
Yeah, awesome, yeah, but I justwant to be a performer, I want
to put my music out um keepdoing what I love and see where
everything goes.
I guess you know absolutely,man.

Speaker 2 (27:51):
Yeah that's it's.
It's really cool.
I, I love.
This is why we love doing theyouth music showcase, because
we've kind of, in a way, we'vegotten to see you grow like as
as a person and as a musician,and it's just really cool to see
how some of this stuff kind ofcomes around full circle here.
So, dude, I'm really excited tohear this um, I do know I'm not
going to talk about it, becausesomeone put it in our ear that
there's something really coolcoming out soon.

(28:12):
I'm not going to talk about it,though, and I'm not going to
give specifics, but I'm reallyexcited to hear about the secret
project that you've been on.

Speaker 14 (28:21):
It's awesome.
Stay tuned.

Speaker 2 (28:23):
That's all we'll say.
We'll say stay tuned.
We don't want to break anycontracts right now but I'm very
excited I'll say color meimpressed with what I know is
involved with that project andwhat you have done Absolutely
cover me.

Speaker 1 (28:34):
With all that.
I mean we've seen how muchyou've grown over the past three
years meeting with you and youknow you've seen what's
attainable from your realm.
What do you see next being like, another big step for you in
your career?

Speaker 2 (28:48):
I'm putting you on the spot.

Speaker 14 (28:50):
I'm not really sure.
I guess I just want to keepputting myself out there and
maybe throwing my music in frontof like, sending it to a lot of
labels or famous people and tryto see if something crazy
happens.

Speaker 2 (29:01):
Crazier things have happened.

Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah, I was going to say I mean, with what you've
achieved so far, man, thatwouldn't be a long shot for you.
I don't think you have a prettystacked resume now, especially
at your age.

Speaker 2 (29:11):
Yeah, you're doing all right.
I'd say you have a pretty goodshot.
Just sending it out there.
You going to try and giganywhere.

Speaker 14 (29:16):
Yeah, I plan on still gigging everywhere in the
area.
I do a lot of gigs up in thenortheastern PA area and
something like the Cats goes upthere, but I'm doing some gigs
up here.
I just played in Gettysburgthis weekend a few times.

Speaker 2 (29:28):
Very cool, nice yeah.
How are you feeling on stage?
How does it feel to be on stage?
Is it still like kind ofnerve-wracking, or is it more
like therapy and you're like, ah, like, this is where I want to
be um, I don't get too nervouswith guitar and singing.

Speaker 14 (29:41):
Um, I want to get better, more.
Maybe we just sing without theguitar, like loose on the stage.

Speaker 1 (29:45):
But what do I do with my hands?

Speaker 2 (29:47):
yeah, I get that because, being a primary
vocalist, I think I I really didhave to practice on, like you
know, looking at the size of thespace that you have and then
kind of dominating that spacewithout inconvenience in your
bammers, because you can't juststand there like a statue the
entire time.
So I get that.
So I mean, dude amir is goingto be your best friend when you
do that and just put on yourfavorite songs, figure out what

(30:07):
works for you.
That's literally that's what Idid, and that's how I got better
at my stage presence as wellyeah, well, thank you so much
for your time, man.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Did you have anything?
Where can we find?

Speaker 14 (30:16):
your music, oh yeah, everywhere once I release it.
I still haven't released thesongs yet, but once they're out
they'll be on all streamingplatforms.
And keep an eye out on mysocial media pages.

Speaker 2 (30:29):
My Facebook and Instagram dude again.
It was a pleasure man yes,thank you.
Thank you so much, thank youwe're looking forward to seeing
you perform that man, but thankyou so much, thank you so much
we were back with the alex leewarner.

Speaker 1 (30:43):
It's been three years now that we get to see you
again.
It's so good to see you, man.
So good to see you.

Speaker 2 (30:48):
Yeah, alan's over there yep, I was gonna start
crying if you didn't shake myhand good, so sorry.

Speaker 1 (30:55):
You're always doing a lot.
What's been going on with yousince the last time we saw you?

Speaker 10 (30:58):
Yeah, it's been quite a busy three years.
I've been playing a lot, asanybody knows.
If you go on and you check outmy stuff, you know that I've
been down in Nashville, memphis,even Mississippi, which was an
incredible experience.
That's awesome.
Yeah, absolutely.
And you'll also know that Ihave released my first original

(31:29):
and that was very, very specialto me because it took a while
for me to figure out how to,like you know, get in the
songwriting lyricism.
But I knew with this song, whenI wrote wrote it, I was actually
originally supposed to sing onit, but, um, I actually had
changed my mind on that andrealized that it would have been
way better with a vocal singerthat is female.
Um, just because it had, it hadthat soulful thing to it and,

(31:50):
um, I feel like I couldn't pullthat off.
So I had had Danika Shirey.
She was on the Voice.
She's an incredible, absolutelyphenomenal singer.
She came in, she sung the wholething.
We made some revisions to thelyrics too, but as soon as she
sung on that, it was like thefairy dust on top of the song.
It was absolutely incredible.

Speaker 2 (32:12):
That's super cool, man.
Also, that's a super maturemusician way of thinking.
You're like, hey, this is mything and like I know it was
originally I was supposed to,but recognizing, like the, the
flow and the creative process ofthe project and you're like
actually having someone else onhere would do the song more
justice.
You're you're writing for theright reasons, everything, and
you're making the right choices.

(32:32):
So that's, that's a veryintelligent thing to be able to
do, especially at your age.

Speaker 10 (32:37):
Yeah, thank you, you're very welcome man, that's
awesome.

Speaker 2 (32:39):
So Danica Shirey, she's from the Voice.
What I got to know is I mean,you're working with a lot of big
name people, so I'm just goingto just for the cameras.
How are you pulling this off,man?
What's?

Speaker 10 (32:52):
your secret sauce?
I wouldn't say that I havesecret sauce.
I just happen to run intopeople very unexpectedly at
random times.

Speaker 2 (33:03):
You also happen to be super talented too.
You run into these people andthey're like hey, how good are
you?
And you're like Do you want tohold it?
And they're like oh, okay, okay, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 10 (33:12):
Normally, I just say , I'm pretty good hey super
humble man.

Speaker 2 (33:17):
Humbleness gets you places but, when they can put
you on the spot, you're like,okay, I'm ready, that's awesome
man.

Speaker 10 (33:23):
Yeah, and on that song, Peace, Love Blues, make
sure you go check it out onSpotify and all streaming
platforms.
There was also a reallyincredible drummer on that, Ed
Toth, the original VerticalHorizon drummer and currently
Doobie Brothers drummer.
I also had Bobby Gentello dothe producing and the bass on
that.
Thanks, Huge shout out to Bobby.

(33:46):
It would have never happenedwithout him and Nate Young on
the keys, and then, of course,me on the guitar lyrics.
And yeah, dude that's it's.

Speaker 2 (33:58):
It's really cool, man , like I'm super stoked for you,
I mean, and but out of all ofthis, then too, you also have
multiple nominations this yearas well yeah, yeah, I was a
little shocked myself by it.

Speaker 10 (34:07):
Yeah, yeah, I don't think you should be man.

Speaker 2 (34:09):
I mean, I think it's kind of like to be expected,
dude you certainly earned it.

Speaker 1 (34:12):
Yeah, you're, yeah, this didn't just fall into your
lap.

Speaker 2 (34:14):
I mean, you're obviously you're very dedicated
to your craft.
I remember, like the first timewe interviewed you, we were
blown away because we're like,oh, like, how much do you
practice?
Like eight hours a day.
And I was like, dude, what?
Yeah?
You're like, yeah, yeah, likeeight hours, like sometimes 10,
and I'm just like I was like, ohmy god, dude, this kid is
dedicated.

Speaker 10 (34:32):
Yeah, yeah, it's not as much anymore.
I've cut it down quite a bit,it's it's about four to six
hours a day now I feel, do youfeel like that also comes with,
like the skill, like you've?

Speaker 2 (34:40):
you've gotten to a level that you're like, okay,
I'm at a high enough level thatI don't need to be like refining
it that much right now, likeI'm already good enough, but I
obviously want to keep gettingbetter?

Speaker 10 (34:50):
oh, yeah, but it's kind of like a scalability thing
, like I mean, I've figured outways to kind of make it a little
bit more compact, so I canstill work on stuff that you
know makes sense for me and it'salso efficient at the same time
yeah so it's about the sameamount of work.
It's.
It's a lot similar to like for,say, how like bodybuilders like
work and go to the gym and thatkind of thing and you know

(35:14):
they're not going to be therefor like three hours.
They're going to be there for acertain amount of time and keep
it as fast you figured out howto do power sets essentially,
essentially for your uh, foryour practicing yeah, that's
dude.

Speaker 1 (35:25):
What?
Very well, what is yourpractice like?
Are you?
Are you practicing you're?
Are you writing original music?
You doing covers?
Are you doing both?
Um, what does the practice foryou look like?

Speaker 10 (35:33):
for me.
Uh, I just I do a lot ofimprovisation, okay, so it's
always me trying to figure out,you know, different chord
voicings and how to take thatnote, mix that note and make
those two work, or you know, alot of times what I do now is
I've been actually and this goesagainst everything, like all my

(35:55):
principles, because I don'tnormally do it, but I've been
doing it thanks to Rich Sexton.
Okay, like all my principlesbecause I don't normally do it
but I've been doing it, uh,thanks to rich sexton.
Okay, um, and I actuallylearned that if you practice the
major scale with the tempo likea metronome and you just keep
running through it on the beat,double the beat, um, or slightly
off the beat, like every secondbeat, that's been really,

(36:16):
really helping me with you knowtiming and that kind of stuff
and oh for for sure, stuff likethat With your creative process
you're doing here.

Speaker 2 (36:22):
You're essentially taking, you see the box and
you're like, okay, so that's thebox.
And you're like, okay, I'mgoing to pick that up and I'm
going to just throw it on theground over there and you're
like, I'm going to figure outand create my own box with
making those chords and thosenotes and figuring out how to
make them work, which I think isreally really cool and also
really brave, especially at yourstage.
But you're like, yeah, I don'tneed a box, I'm going to create

(36:45):
my own box.
That's pretty cool, man, andthat's what makes artists unique
.

Speaker 10 (36:49):
And sometimes I do steal from other boxes too.
Oh wait Is that your box?

Speaker 2 (36:53):
Oh, your box looks way cooler than mine.

Speaker 4 (36:54):
I'm just going to take that piece and I'm going to
put that in my box now.

Speaker 10 (36:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (36:58):
Hey, you know, sometimes you got to do what you
got to do.

Speaker 10 (37:00):
Yeah, we all do it.

Speaker 2 (37:02):
That's exactly what music is about.
Yeah, but, dude, I am superexcited to hear you play today.
I'm super excited foreverything that you've got going
on and moving forward Any otherbig things that?

Speaker 10 (37:16):
you want to talk about right now that might be
coming up.
Well, I'll say this theredefinitely will be another
couple original songs coming outsoon.
Okay, for sure, I'm actuallywriting some right now that I
might even put into an album orsome kind of LP thing.
Okay, and then I'm thinkingabout releasing maybe another
one this year, or maybe nextyear, at the start of next year.

Speaker 2 (37:39):
So, yeah, things are starting to look up what would
you say your catalog?
Is that right now like how manysongs you think you got in the
bank right now?

Speaker 10 (37:45):
uh, about like three or four, three, four good ones.
Okay, three, four ones.
They still need work.
They still need work, it's okay.

Speaker 2 (37:51):
Everything needs refined, that's okay.

Speaker 1 (37:53):
But okay very cool man dude, I'm stoked.

Speaker 2 (37:55):
Where can people find in case they missed it earlier
through everything else that wasgoing on, just for to hit it
right here?

Speaker 10 (37:59):
where can everyone find your music?
I'm really easy to find.
If you just look up Alex LeeWarner.
I'll pop up on Facebook,youtube, spotify, every little
thing you can think of.
I'm always coming up, dude,that's awesome man.

Speaker 2 (38:14):
Pleasure seeing you again man, pleasure seeing you.
And thank you for taking thetime to talk with us.

Speaker 1 (38:17):
Yeah, absolutely, it's always a pleasure.
Oh, there we go, there we go,we fixed it.

Speaker 2 (38:23):
And we are here with Blank Page comprised of Jack and
Avery.
Pleasure to meet you guys.
I'm going to shake your handthere real quick.
Nice to meet you guys.

Speaker 1 (38:31):
Pleasure to meet you.
We'll go around that way, we'llgo around that way.

Speaker 2 (38:35):
I just got to be honest because I thought it was
pretty funny.
I thought it was a typo on oursheet with Blank Page.
How did you guys come up withBlank Page?

Speaker 4 (38:42):
Yeah, so it's from a Grammy-nominated song from the
Warren Treaty which at the timewe picked it, was not a
Grammy-nominated song, and thenthey blew up.
And it's actually a funny storybecause the Warren Treaty, if
you don't know them, they'rekind of a country Americana
gospel.
They do everything, but theycan sing their butts off.
They're incredibly talented,okay, and so we got the name
from their song and then lastaugust they actually invited us

(39:02):
to sing with them at theirsold-out show in dc what so it
was like the craziest thingwe're like.
Are you like the bass on this us?

Speaker 2 (39:09):
is this the real message?

Speaker 4 (39:10):
it's insane but then we've been connected with max
brown.
Their guitarist was so kind.
He produced our latest single,flower, which is out now, and a
few more songs that are on theway.
But that's where we got thename from is their music and
they've been a great inspirationand nothing but helpful to our
career, them and their band.

Speaker 7 (39:25):
Their band also worked with us on some of our
upcoming pieces and flower,which is out now.
Um, and our first debut singlethat we released last august
called simple love song.
They have just been huge helpsin getting us kicked off.
So that's I.

Speaker 2 (39:38):
That does not happen very often so congratulations,
that is so

Speaker 8 (39:42):
cool.

Speaker 2 (39:43):
Okay, so you obviously got some originals out
and everything.
What's the plan moving forwardhere?
What are the goals, what arethe goalposts that you guys are
trying to achieve right now?

Speaker 4 (39:53):
Yeah, so we're headed to Tennessee for college in the
fall, okay, and we've got somemore original songs on the way,
but definitely just trying toget it out there in country
music yeah, that's awesome.

Speaker 2 (40:03):
You guys going to Tennessee specifically to try to
be close to the Memphis area soyou can kind of really hammer
that.

Speaker 4 (40:07):
Yeah, that's really smart, that's really smart.

Speaker 2 (40:09):
You guys going to what college?
You guys thinking?

Speaker 7 (40:12):
Middle Tennessee State University so.
Murfreesboro.

Speaker 2 (40:14):
Did?
Did she say it just like it waslike one of those, like college
views?

Speaker 4 (40:18):
Like she was a professional.
They're talking about wherethey went to school.

Speaker 2 (40:20):
She just rattled it off.

Speaker 4 (40:22):
You were ready.

Speaker 1 (40:23):
You had that locked and loaded.

Speaker 2 (40:24):
She was ready, but congratulations, that's awesome.

Speaker 1 (40:30):
Is there going to be a lot of like opportunity for
like playing live gigs there andstuff, where you're going like
at the actual college itself orjust like a surrounding area?

Speaker 4 (40:33):
Yes, it's 45 minutes from Nashville so we went.
Last summer we went to theCountry Music Hall of Fame, got
into their advanced songwritingcamp.

Speaker 1 (40:40):
Oh, wow.

Speaker 4 (40:41):
So we performed at the Ford Theater there.
So we kind of already have someinroads and connections with
Nashville.

Speaker 1 (40:45):
Oh, that's awesome.
That's perfect.
Yeah, so you already have kindof an in so you can just get a
head start and then get downthere and hit the road.

Speaker 2 (40:50):
Basically, yeah, that's awesome and you guys are
nominated for Best Youth MusicBand or or best youth band right
now this year.
How does that make you feel,guys?

Speaker 4 (40:59):
Incredible.
We're so grateful, so honored.
We're so excited to go to ourfirst awards show and we're just
honored to be a part of it.

Speaker 2 (41:05):
I was just going to ask have you guys ever been to
it yet?
Have you guys ever been to theCP Maze?
This will be our first time.

Speaker 1 (41:09):
How long have you guys been playing music together
?

Speaker 4 (41:12):
Almost two years.

Speaker 7 (41:14):
Almost two years to the same high school.
We actually go to an art school.
It's called carver center um intowson, maryland and, uh, we
met there and he saw me singingfor because we have primes, um,
it's like everyone's like whythe prime?
Every time?
We're like we're in differentprimes and it's like a magnet
school.
But it's a public magnet school, it's not private.
Um, and I'm in the vocal prime,he's in the digital

(41:35):
instrumental music prime so Iwas singing at one of our events
because there's a lot ofopportunities there.
Obviously it's an art school andhe saw me singing.
He was like, come on, let's gettogether and go play some shows
.
So we started playing a lotlocally and since then it's just
been magic.
See, it's like it's just beenmagic.

Speaker 2 (41:53):
I mean you guys got a lot of good opportunities.
But no, I'm really excited foryou guys.
The CPMAs are great.
We've been there multiple timesalready now.
I mean everyone's dressed tothe nine.
I mean it's going to be, it'sawesome.
It feels just like the Grammys,especially for the local scene
and everything.
I mean I don't really feel likeyou guys need more connections
right now.
No-transcript, you guys a songtoday as well.

(42:28):
Um, where can people find allyour music?
Where can they?
Where can they find?

Speaker 4 (42:33):
everything.
Yes, we've got two songs outnow, flower and simple love song
, which are both out on allstreaming platforms.
And then we're on all socialmedia at BlankPageDuoMusic.

Speaker 2 (42:42):
I feel like BlankPage that was such a good marketing
pick too.
Just be like what are you goingto do.

Speaker 4 (42:45):
It gets people talking.
They're like what's thatSomeone's?

Speaker 2 (42:48):
like Google BlankPage template Like oh, did you mean
music?

Speaker 4 (42:51):
And you're like, ah, yeah, you get in the views.

Speaker 2 (42:55):
So hey, thank you so much for taking the time to come
and talk with us.

Speaker 7 (42:57):
Thank you for having us.
It was a pleasure meeting bothof you.
Thank you so much.
Of course, you're very welcome.

Speaker 2 (43:01):
Thank you and I look forward to seeing you guys at
the CP.

Speaker 3 (43:03):
Maze.

Speaker 1 (43:10):
Don't be afraid to come say hi there, yes, please,
yeah, we'll be out there.
Awesome, thank you.
Until next time, guys, pleasuremeeting you and your music
career.
How did you get into music andwhere are you at now?

Speaker 12 (43:18):
Well, my family has always been very big into music.
Oh, thank you.

Speaker 2 (43:21):
You're very welcome, sir.
I just want to make sure theyhear you.
Man, I understand.

Speaker 12 (43:25):
Yeah, my family has always been big into music my
grandfather, he grew up playingmusic in a band and they're
called Buffalo Crossroads.
I've always listened to theirmusic.
I love their music.

Speaker 2 (43:35):
I, I feel like I've definitely heard that band
before too.
Yeah, it sounds familiar, itsounds really familiar.

Speaker 12 (43:38):
They were a pretty big local band back I don't even
know the 90s, early 2000s.
It's like 2000 years for you.

Speaker 10 (43:44):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (43:44):
I know, I know.

Speaker 12 (43:46):
But, yeah, I've always grown up listening to a
lot of music.
I mean everything from metal tolike jazz.

Speaker 2 (43:53):
Yeah, oh, that's awesome, that's good spread
every, everything I mean that'sawesome.
So what?
What drew you to the guitar?

Speaker 12 (44:00):
um, again my, my mom and my grandfather.
Okay, they both played and I, Ipicked up my mom's guitar and I
loved it ever since that'sawesome man, so you listen to.

Speaker 2 (44:12):
You know anything from metal to jazz, but today
you're going to be performingcold by chris stapleton, so
you're is this kind of like atribute back to?
Like the family roots andeverything and like how it kind
of oh I just love I Cold byChris Stapleton.
So is this kind of like atribute back to the family roots
and everything?

Speaker 12 (44:21):
and how it kind of oh, I just love, I love Chris
Stapleton.
I mean it's not a bad answer,that's a good answer.

Speaker 2 (44:26):
He's great, absolutely he is a good, he's
great.
So, with that, any kind ofplans on like gigging, any plans
on like taking this a littlebit further, taking this a
little bit further.
What's your plan, what's yourpath right now?

Speaker 12 (44:41):
You know, I'd love to just get my name out there a
little bit more.
Keep playing some shows andjust let the world hear me.

Speaker 2 (44:46):
I mean, you could really make a presence by, just
if you want to go find out, ifyou want a gig there, you can
just walk through the wall.

Speaker 12 (44:52):
Oh yeah.

Speaker 2 (44:53):
And just tell them and be like hey, I want to play
music here.
And they're like oh okay, allright, yeah, sure I'll be fuming
out my ears.

Speaker 1 (45:00):
They have to say yes, yeah, they're not gonna say
they're not gonna say no, theyhave to.

Speaker 2 (45:04):
They have to because you're.
You're not gonna give them anoption.

Speaker 12 (45:07):
No, absolutely I'm gonna that look in my eye I got
that crazy looking, that'sawesome.

Speaker 2 (45:13):
There's something not not there, so you picked, you
picked, uh, chris stapleton tocover any cover.
Any other favorite artists tocover Any other fan favorites I
love Alice in Chains.

Speaker 12 (45:25):
Oh, okay, I was in like a punk and grunge band and
we do a lot of Alice in Chainsand stuff like that.

Speaker 1 (45:31):
So you do another band outside of just your solo
music.

Speaker 12 (45:33):
Oh, we're called Paradox.

Speaker 2 (45:36):
Good name band.
That's a good band name.
I like that.

Speaker 12 (45:39):
I like that.
We play a bunch of local shows.
I mean, have you guys played?

Speaker 2 (45:43):
at the new Champ?
Yet no not Are you guys tryingto get into the new Champ?
Didn't know about it yet.
Okay.
Well so we can talk about thisoff record.

Speaker 11 (45:52):
It's a whole thing to go with the Champ and the
legacy of

Speaker 12 (45:54):
the Champ.

Speaker 2 (45:55):
But that's awesome man.
So, um, that's awesome man.
So you are you trying tobalance both?
You think you're going to tryto take more time and focus on
yourself put more time into theband.

Speaker 12 (46:03):
What are you thinking here?
Well, right now we're in themiddle of um making an album,
recording an album very cool andthat's been a lot of fun.
Yeah, it's, it's an experience,it's difficult but it's pretty
awesome.

Speaker 2 (46:15):
Everyone's like oh, I want to go record, and then you
like, go through the recordingprocess and you're like this is
actually like really tough yeahit is very monotonous it is and
it takes a lot of time andyou're like I got here at nine.
You're like, wow, it's 1 am andlike, cool like first song's
done.

Speaker 12 (46:29):
That's awesome I got food, now can I?

Speaker 2 (46:33):
eat now, please.
No, that's awesome, man.
Dude, I'm excited to see this.
I'm excited to hear you.
You've got a great attitude,you've got a great sense of
humor.
You've been taking all thejokes like that's been perfect.
But yeah, I'm really excited tohear what you're going to do,
man, and with that I'm going tojust say thanks for taking the
time to come and talk to us.

Speaker 12 (46:47):
Thank you for having me absolutely man pleasure.

Speaker 1 (46:49):
Thank you so much for your time, man.
Thank you, we are here with czmo of mojo.
It is so good to see you again.
We saw you last year, and lastyear you won the judges' choice.
Is that correct?

Speaker 2 (47:00):
Yes, we did you guys were a curveball, you crushed it
.
Yeah, I did not know what Iexpected when you guys got up
there, but I just remembered Iwas grooving with you guys?

Speaker 13 (47:11):
Yeah, that's our goal.
We like to have fun and makeothers have fun on stage.
That's awesome.

Speaker 2 (47:16):
So what have you guys been up to in the past year?
Tell us everything that'stranspired since then.

Speaker 13 (47:21):
I mean honestly, since the boys started going to
Millersville there's been just alittle bit of a hiatus.
It's just been harder to gettogether and rehearse a lot,
which is why I have beenpracticing a lot by myself.
So I'm excited to showcase mysolo abilities today.

Speaker 1 (47:35):
I'm excited to see it man, you too, you guys like I'm
excited to see it.

Speaker 2 (47:37):
Man, you guys, like I said, you guys crushed it, so
they're going to Millersvillenow.
You're still working on yourI'm still at HAC.

Speaker 13 (47:44):
I'm graduating this semester with my associates in
graphic and interactive design,and then I plan to go to
Millersville for musicproduction very cool oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 (47:52):
So you'll probably be working with.

Speaker 7 (47:55):
Dr, Bariatics right maybe, possibly, we'll we'll
fact check this later yeahyou'll love barry.

Speaker 4 (48:01):
He's a.

Speaker 2 (48:01):
He's a very great guy , all right um, so what song
you're going to be performingfor us today?

Speaker 13 (48:05):
um, it is an original I've been working on.
It's called diane diane, allright.

Speaker 2 (48:10):
What's the inspiration behind this, if
we're allowed to ask?

Speaker 13 (48:12):
um, okay, so, like a lot of great musicians, I am
having a hard time in therapy.

Speaker 2 (48:18):
So, um, I'm just losing my mind okay, and this,
and this is kind of like youroutlet for all that I guess yeah
, yeah, yeah hey, that's yeahit's good exactly, trauma
creates some of the best music,unfortunately, but it is the
truth, yeah, so are you gonna be.

Speaker 1 (48:34):
You're gonna be performing alone today.
Are you gonna be playing guitaror piano?

Speaker 13 (48:37):
I'm doing piano, which is new for me.
I mean, I've always been apianist but I haven haven't
played by myself in a whilebecause I always just made Joe
do all the hard piano parts.

Speaker 15 (48:47):
But now I'm writing them and learning them myself.

Speaker 2 (48:50):
Hey, but you're growing as a musician, yeah yeah
, piano is one of the bestthings you can learn as a
musician.

Speaker 13 (48:55):
Yeah, I started actually on piano.
I took piano lessons when I waseight years old and I just
slowly started transitioningmore over to guitar when COVID
hit around that time.
And since then, like I letpiano go to the wayside.
But this past, like these fewmonths, I've just been really
addicted to it, so I've beengoing more at it.

Speaker 2 (49:15):
I feel like you can also put like a lot more emotion
into like piano, like initialemotional response from piano
sound.

Speaker 13 (49:20):
Yeah, and it's a lot easier for me to do melodic
stuff because on guitar I viewit as shapes and I have limited
shapes to really like,especially solo, because you'd
have a lead guitar and a rhythmguitar yeah but with piano
you're kind of doing rhythm inthe left hand and lead in the
right hand half the time.

Speaker 2 (49:35):
So that was a really interesting way.
But can you, I'm just gonna ask, can you elaborate on like you
view guitar as like, shapes like, because I'm thinking like
chords.

Speaker 13 (49:44):
Um, with guitar, especially with like bar chords,
you can play many differentchords with the same shape, like
like the f shape can also be g,g sharp, so forth.
If you just go up the fretboard, I'm like not thinking about it
, I'm just thinking of differentpositions per se, whereas piano
I'm thinking, oh, I know, thisis a c sharp, I'm playing right
here because I know that note.

(50:06):
Um, yeah, it's probably justbecause I started out as a
pianist that I see it that waydude, that's really cool though,
like it's, it's, it's.

Speaker 2 (50:14):
It's always interesting to see how each
musician kind of views music andprocesses music and everything
and I gotta say that's probablyone of the most unique answers
I've ever got, but it might belike one of my favorites,
because you're like, oh yeah,guitar is like shapes to me and
I was like, make that make sense.
I want to know how that makessense.
That's a response I get a lot.

Speaker 13 (50:32):
I say things that don't go that far.
I wasn't up to par, I'm justsaying.

Speaker 2 (50:43):
But, dude, I'm really excited to see what you do and
I wish you absolutely the bestof luck on this performance.

Speaker 13 (50:47):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 2 (50:48):
Where can people find your guys' music with the Mojo
band?

Speaker 13 (50:52):
Well, mojo is on Instagram at Mojo Band, I'm also
on Instagram at CZMo and I'malso on Spotify and Apple Music.

Speaker 1 (51:01):
Are you releasing music on your own?

Speaker 13 (51:03):
right now.

Speaker 1 (51:03):
Yeah, okay, very cool Awesome.

Speaker 2 (51:06):
Well, cz, thank you so much for taking the time to
talk to us.
I really am like not justsaying that I'm excited to see
how you do tonight.

Speaker 1 (51:12):
Thank, you Very excited.

Speaker 2 (51:14):
Pleasure seeing you again.
Man, you as well.
Yes, thank you so much fortaking the time to come and talk
with us.
Of course, thanks for having me.
You're very welcome.
So I understand you're gonna beplaying when I was your man by
bruno mars.
So fill me in.

Speaker 16 (51:35):
What was the inspiration for this song choice
and everything um, I was moreinterested in like the classic
piano and voice.
Only, you know, nowadays modernmusic there's always like
auto-tune and you know all thedifferent voices and you know I
like that too.
Yeah, but there's justsomething about a person singing
and playing like it's likeintimate almost like raw, just

(51:56):
raw so I'm more like bruno mars,adele well, she doesn't play it
, but it's just more piano andsinging.
Adele, john Legend I just likemore classic and I feel like
it's not as common nowadays.
You know what I?

Speaker 2 (52:07):
mean, yeah, no, I mean you're right, they do all
their big professionalproduction type stuff and then
they just do those one-offthings as a special or something
.
It's like a every once in awhile type thing, and you're
like no, you like that as likeyour everyday thing, kind of.
That's awesome, and you alsoplay the ukulele, correct.
I do yeah, I know Danny has asoft spot for the ukulele.

Speaker 1 (52:29):
Yeah, I started playing when I was like 13.

Speaker 16 (52:30):
I'll play that song with the ukulele, then next time
.

Speaker 1 (52:32):
You should absolutely .

Speaker 2 (52:35):
Oh, she said I got you, I got you.
She.
What made you pick the ukulelethen?

Speaker 16 (52:39):
It's easy for me because I have small hands and I
couldn't with guitar.
I have to stretch my hands over.

Speaker 2 (52:46):
That's actually a really good point.

Speaker 16 (52:46):
So ukulele it's more of like a.
It matches my vibe low key.

Speaker 2 (52:51):
I love it.
I love it.

Speaker 16 (52:52):
Yeah, and I.
Just it was easier for mepersonally.

Speaker 1 (52:55):
That's true.
It's a very fun instrument toplay too.

Speaker 2 (52:57):
Yeah yeah it's super easy yeah, that's awesome, and
you recently played at pennsquare oh, yeah, yeah, the young
musician academy.

Speaker 16 (53:05):
Yeah, I did that too how, what was that experience?
Yeah, my first event ever.
Like it was surreal and I feltlike I was.
I was like, but it was fun.
It was fun, it was, I had a funtime.
Um, I sang john legend, what'sit called all of me?
Oh really, yeah, another goodone, a, a classic, you're
picking some big shoes.

Speaker 2 (53:25):
I'm just saying because I've not heard you
personally yet, so I'm veryexcited because you're actually
going to say oh yeah, I'm goingto do Rocket.

Speaker 16 (53:33):
Man by Elton John and I'm going to be like, okay,
I mean I'm open to it.

Speaker 2 (53:38):
Dude, that's I'm, I'm , color me impressed.
That's very cool, especiallyfor that to be like your first,
like live performance.
That's a very big song, so.
I mean that's awesome.

Speaker 16 (53:47):
Very cool, thank you .

Speaker 2 (53:48):
You're very welcome.
So what's your plan after this?
I mean, you're performing hereat the Youth Music Showcase.
What are your goals?
What's your, what's your?

Speaker 16 (53:56):
path that you're was just thinking about.
I was throwing myself out theretrying to find anywhere I could
just sing and and be myself,but I've always wanted to have
my own album.
Okay, I never.
I haven't stepped foot intothose waters yet, but I was
hoping like these events couldpush me forward, because I don't
really have any experience onwriting songs and writing my own
album, but I've always had adream to sing in a recording

(54:19):
booth with the headphones and,like I, that was my dream it's
not that hard to attain, youknow so you could definitely do,
especially if you're outplaying these types of shows and
performing the songs that youare already playing, like when
you.

Speaker 1 (54:31):
I remember when I first started playing music, I
started with covers likeeverybody else and within a year
, I was already writing my ownmusic, so I don't know how long
have you been playing music uh,it's probably been teaching
myself for like half a year, sojust playing things by ear
nowadays wow, wait, so hold up

Speaker 2 (54:50):
you've been teaching yourself for half a year and
you're already out thereperforming, singing and playing
piano john legend and now brunomars okay, I'm gonna have a
confession.

Speaker 16 (55:01):
I didn't play the piano for John Legend, but I am
playing tonight, yeah, piano.

Speaker 1 (55:05):
That is phenomenal.

Speaker 2 (55:07):
That is awesome and I will tell you everything that
you're looking for and you'retrying to branch out to kind of
make these connections beingwith the Youth Music Showcase,
being with the CentralPennsylvania Music Hall of Fame
they are definitely the peoplethat will help you get those
kinds of connections.
They'll get you networked withthe right people and stuff like
that.
All you got to do what you'realready doing is be courageous
enough to take that step forward, put yourself out there, talk
to people, but this isdefinitely the place that you

(55:28):
will meet those people and getthat networking that you need
for sure.

Speaker 16 (55:31):
Thank you so much, of course.

Speaker 1 (55:33):
Of course.
Well, thank you so much foryour time.
Is there any music recorded yet, but I'm looking forward to it
in the future.

Speaker 2 (55:41):
Thank you so much.
Of course, Absolutely.
I'm looking forward to yourperformance and thank you so
much for your time.
Thank you so much.
You're very welcome, ma'am.

Speaker 1 (55:46):
Thank you, we're here with Lydia Mowers.
Thank you so much for coming onthe show, yeah.

Speaker 15 (55:50):
I'm so excited, Of course yeah, Singer-songwriter
from Pennsylvania.

Speaker 1 (55:56):
Today you're going Wilson, I already forgot the
name.

Speaker 15 (55:59):
Things a man ought to know.

Speaker 2 (56:00):
Would you look at that, something you ought to
know?

Speaker 1 (56:05):
Well, that is super cool.
So tell us a little bit moreabout you and your journey as a
musician.

Speaker 15 (56:10):
Well, I've played for about two years now.
I played the guitar, startedsinging.
I've always loved singing,since I was, like I don't know
born, but it's something that Ireally like to do for fun, and
that's why I came here today,just to get to know some people
get to sing for fun.
Um, mark Fasio, jim, not my gymteacher, my guitar teacher,
he's actually um, he's beenhelping me.
He got me a gig at big hillcider shout out to them and I

(56:32):
just I'm excited to play and seewhat I can do.

Speaker 2 (56:39):
today is like your words are tough yeah, this is
your version of kind of likedipping your toes in the water
yes, like do?

Speaker 4 (56:44):
I want to put more effort into this, so I want to
make this more like a full-time,like effort type thing, that's
very cool.

Speaker 2 (56:49):
I mean, how's it feel taking those steps?

Speaker 15 (56:51):
it's.
I got.
I got nervous coming up heretoday even doing the the sound
check, but I'm really excited tojust see if this is something
that I want to keep doing in thefuture, because I love doing it
and having fun with it.

Speaker 2 (57:00):
So yeah, that's all I mean.
Really, that's all it takes.
You got, you got to putyourself out there because you
don't know if you're gonna likeit if you don't try it.

Speaker 15 (57:06):
Yeah so exactly 100.

Speaker 2 (57:07):
So what made you pick , uh, lenny wilson and that song
specifically?

Speaker 15 (57:11):
out of personal experience.
I just love her um countrymusic in general and she's
become a big star.
I got I got to see her live ata concert so I was like I can
sing her it's.
I love listening to it, so whynot I?

Speaker 2 (57:22):
mean what better?

Speaker 7 (57:23):
reason and things.

Speaker 2 (57:23):
A man ought to know.
Yeah, she's like.
I changed that song at lastminute because I realized I
could do wordplay with thisduring the entire interview,
exactly so, over the last twoyears, what do you think would
be like your biggest growth as amusician?

Speaker 15 (57:36):
honestly, um, probably just I haven't taken
voice lessons, but connectinglike strumming with singing was
really hard at first, but itkind of just it.
Really I from personalexperience it was hard to
connect those two but it was funto like learn through that and
get to play different songs.
Like as soon as you you learnlike the basic chords, it's like
you can play like so many songsand it's fun to get to do that.

Speaker 1 (57:57):
So yeah, yeah, I mean you get that, you e, or, I'm
sorry, c, g, c, e a d, f, youknow you can play like millions
of songs.

Speaker 15 (58:04):
It's amazing.

Speaker 1 (58:05):
Yeah, exactly yeah but then, like you were saying,
you're getting down thestrumming with the singing, like
that's the hardest part.
And then, finally, you get thatbreaking point.
Yeah, you break through it andyou're like oh, I can do
anything yes yeah really cool,really cool part that that is
awesome.

Speaker 2 (58:16):
So country, that is that your main.

Speaker 15 (58:20):
That is definitely the main forte.

Speaker 2 (58:21):
Yes, okay, okay, I like country, I like country you
ever, you ever think about youknow, dipping your feet in the
metal scene too I could do it alittle, maybe, okay, maybe a
little bit.

Speaker 15 (58:30):
That's definitely my stepdad's forte, so I could, I
definitely could do that alittle bit, okay, okay okay, I
just I'm but, I do love thecountry though too, I'm really
excited to see what you can dohere with the lenience and
everything that's awesome.

Speaker 2 (58:41):
So if this goes well, let's say you mean you make the
right connections, you do theright networking and everything
what would you want to say yournext step would be like if you
had the choice, like what wouldbe your next first step?

Speaker 15 (58:51):
I think getting into a studio to just or starting to
write songs in general will bea lot of fun, because I can play
the basics, you can write asong off the basics, so I think
think it would be interesting tojust start writing and have fun
with that.

Speaker 2 (59:02):
Dude, that's awesome.
I mean, you've got your headgoing straight.
You've got a plan.
Now all you've got to do isjust stick to it and, honestly,
I'm excited to hear this.
I mean, you seem very confidentthat you can sing this song, so
I'm excited to hear how thisgoes.
But I wish you I honestly hopeit becomes something you do want
to do a little bit more, I hopeso.

Speaker 15 (59:20):
Yeah, thank you.

Speaker 7 (59:21):
It was a pleasure meeting you ma'am.

Speaker 4 (59:22):
Yep Pleasure, pleasure meeting you Pleasure,
thank you.

Speaker 1 (59:26):
All right, everybody.
That about does it for thisepisode.
Thank you so much for tuning in, Alan.
It was super neat getting tosee these students again this
year.

Speaker 2 (59:35):
And, of course, obviously meeting that some of
the returning artists have hadand we get to go sit down and
listen to them perform now.
So, we get to see some of thenew ones and see how they're
going to do.
But hey, until next year youknow where to find us.
Same channel, same time everyyear.
Have a good one, guys.
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Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.

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