Amy Simpson & Sir Dominique Jordan

This episode we have:

Amy Simpson:
Lead Vocalist of Blitz Dynette, a Hall of Fame Soul Band out of Central PA - Amy is also a CPMA winner for Best Female Vocalist.
Amy grew up performing music all over the world as a young adult. Amy Started with Blitz Dynette in 1992, and has recorded 2 full length albums and 1 EP with the band. Amy also sings with the Groove Rebels, a Rock Band also out of Central PA, and her own solo project. In this episode Daniel, Alan, and Amy discuss her come up as a musician, some experiences from her music career, and her monthly article in Harrisburg Magazine.
https://blitzdynette.com/
https://www.facebook.com/people/Groove-Rebels/61555198117280/

&

Sir Dominique Jordan:
Lead Vocalist of The Prolific Steppas, and the founder and CEO of The Artivist Corp. and Nobody's Pen. Also a CPMA Spot Award winner for Best Spoken Word.
Traveling the country, sharing the transformative power of Hip Hop culture and creative expression, especially through spoken word poetry. Sir Dominique Jordan is a true superhuman, in music, poetry, as well as activism. Spreading positivity and encouragement all over the country, Sir Dominique Jordan is not just a Hip Hop artist. Joining Sir Dominique Jordan in this episode is Lassai, a solo artist out of Lancaster, PA.
Make sure you stick around for an exclusive live performance at the end of the episode!
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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Central Pennsylvania Music
Podcast Tonight Amy Simpson andSir Dominique Jordan.
This episode is sponsored byMembers, First and now your
hosts, Daniel Kime and AlanMcCutcheon.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Central
Pennsylvania Music Podcast.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
I'm your host, daniel , and I'm your co-host, alan
Coming up we have Amy Simpson ofthe Blitz Dinette and an
award-winning CPMA Hall of Famer, and followed by a local
musician, sir Dominique Jordan.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Stay tuned.
All right, we are sitting herewith Amy Simpson from the Blitz
Dinette, amy hey.

Speaker 4 (00:50):
How are you man?
Thank you so much for coming onthe show.
I am doing good.
I'm freezing, but I'm doinggood it is kind of cold out
right now.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
Quite brisk it's a little colder than normal, but
I'm here for it winter action.
I agree, totally agree, I am,I'm not, I'm a summer, I'm not a
summer person oh, I am I'm okaywith the summer if, like,
there's an immediate body ofwater that I can get into.
Like, if I'm hot, I canimmediately go swimming.
If that is not available, I'mlike get this heat away from me.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
I'm good, I'm good at finding shade, and you know, uh
, if I sweat, I sweat is what itis, but we are not here to talk
about the weather, we're hereto talk about you, ma'am all
right, all right so you havebeen rocking with the blitz
dinette since 1992.
Yes, you've had a career inmusic previous to that.
Yes, let's talk about you andyour music career.
Where did this all begin?

Speaker 4 (01:34):
um, as a child I traveled around the world with
my folks.
My dad was in the army, so wedid a lot of road trips.
So that's where I kind ofdiscovered, oh I, I can actually
sing, and people were actuallyvery encouraging that's awesome.
Yeah, and then it went intochoir, church choir and then
choral ensembles in high schoolcompetitively, which was fun too

(01:56):
, and then I just kind of gotthrown into it.
So in my late teens I went onthe road with different road
groups and stuff and it was justwent from there I mean, where
would you say your favoritelocation, like in the world, is
that you've played uh, probablyfinland helsinki, oh yeah, that

(02:17):
sounds awesome, yeah, and that'svery arctic

Speaker 7 (02:22):
yeah, we're built for it.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
That's awesome what were some other uh locations?
You've been just just forreference um, well, fountain
blue miami.

Speaker 4 (02:30):
I had a house gig there for a while with the group
I was playing with.
Um, very cool, that was reallyinteresting.
Um, let's see, did some uhcruises?
Yeah, on on one particularsally Albatross, oh wow, that
was pretty fun.
Yeah we did two shows a day.
They were 24-hour cruises, sothey'd pick people up, throw the

(02:52):
anchor out, do your show andthen you'd end up in the morning
at the other place and thenthey'd throw the anchor out.
It just was back and forth.
When did you sleep?
We slept, actually.

Speaker 3 (03:05):
After we did our show we were, we were pretty good to
go.
Okay, we did one quick littleshow.
We're good like.
We partied like the first weekand then you guys probably were
like, okay, well, they did partyon that boat.
Oh I'm sure they did.

Speaker 4 (03:14):
You only got 24 hours to let loose, probably going,
oh my god, it's a little scarybecause the skipper was like the
trashed, you know yeah, yeah,captain, those waves, hey,
you're talking people who coulddrink vodka and never stop.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
It was pretty crazy you know, I think it just makes
it more exciting.
It's that danger aspect wildcard yeah it's a wild card so
you performed, uh, all aroundthe world.
Um, and I'm sorry this was whenyou were still growing up,
correct?

Speaker 4 (03:50):
yeah, this was like late teens into my early 20s
okay before I met blitz dinetteokay and then I came back and
heard them uh, force, they hadrepresentation at the time.
Um, they wanted me to comecheck the band out downtown and
I went down and I was justamazed at how great they were.
Uh, original songs, smooth, youknow.

(04:10):
They looked great, you know.
And I thought, well, you know,I could go back out on the road,
but I don't think I'm gonna youknow, because these guys are
way too good.
You know, I can't pass that upyou know.

Speaker 3 (04:20):
So now here you are.
Yeah, 2024.
I mean, yeah, I, I feel likeyou've uh, you've definitely
solidified your role with theband.
Yeah, I don't think you have todo anything more to do that.

Speaker 4 (04:30):
Yeah, yeah, they're.
They're great players and greatguys.
So, and you?

Speaker 3 (04:33):
guys have actually just you've been inducted into
the hall of fame as well.
You guys are hall of famers uh,back in april, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4 (04:40):
So congratulations again for that.

Speaker 3 (04:41):
I know we've already said it once, we'll say it again
it's awesome.

Speaker 4 (04:45):
Thank you.
It is awesome.
We were very, very honored tohave that happen.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
It was an honor to interview you guys and if you
listen to that podcast, you mayhave not seen Amy there,
unfortunately.

Speaker 4 (04:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
She was.

Speaker 4 (04:57):
I wasn't well, she was not well, I was not well, I
was not well.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
But now you get the follow-up to that yeah.

Speaker 4 (05:04):
So you've been doing Blitznet since 92, but you've
also been working with GrooveRebels as well, with our buddy
Greg Platzer, with Greg Platzer.
I love Greg, he's so nice.

Speaker 3 (05:12):
He's a great guy.
He's also one of those guys wewere talking a little bit off
camera about how you perceivethem to be and then how they
really are, and I would expectGreg to be just a super
intimidating individual and he'sjust so funny.

Speaker 1 (05:26):
He's so nice and funny.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
I was like, ah, that was the first time we
interviewed him and after we didI was like he's one of my
favorite people.
I think we had to wait 30seconds to turn the cameras on
because we were both so red inthe face.
We were like hold on, give us aminute.

Speaker 4 (05:41):
He's very quick-witted.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
Extremely.

Speaker 4 (05:44):
And on stage he's a blast Because, like I'm not used
to having somebody I mean allaround me on stage and he does
that and I love that you know.
It's kind of nice Because likewhen I play with Forrest, I kind
of give him his space.
I don't think he likes me.
All up on him and he comesright over.
It's very interactive, it'svery cool, that's cool.

Speaker 3 (06:04):
Greg is definitely one of the.
He has the influence of the OGrock and rollers.

Speaker 4 (06:09):
Oh my God, yeah, he definitely channels that energy.
He's totally hooked up Ahundred percent and he earned it
A hundred percent.

Speaker 2 (06:14):
He's not only just a local legend, but he is a true
music legend.
He is, he totally is yeah.

Speaker 3 (06:25):
He is sure um, so you also.
Now, I mean, we're just goingthrough, we're just hitting it
back to back, but you also didyour own project as well for a
little while, 2017.
Yeah, the amy simpson projectyeah that was with uh red chuck,
uh, productions, productions.

Speaker 4 (06:34):
Yeah, I was gonna say studios, but same thing yeah,
michael giblin yeah, um, he's awell-known artist around the
area too, um, he's of starquality as well yeah he plays
away from the area.

Speaker 3 (06:46):
He's in europe touring and his band split squad
and yeah that's pretty amazingbass player, so and vocalist
we've met, like so many bassplayers, like through this, like
I, obviously we know they exist, but like recently we've just
been interviewing so many bassplayers and like I love it.
Yeah, I love it.
Yeah, I used to play bass wayback in the day.
They are, they are the veryfirst thing I did.

Speaker 4 (07:03):
Oh, but recently we've just been interviewing so
many bass players and I love it.

Speaker 3 (07:04):
Yeah, I love it.
Yeah, I used to play bass wayback in the day.

Speaker 4 (07:06):
They are the backbone .
That was the very first thing Idid.
Oh, mm-hmm.
They are part of the backboneof a band.
Oh, 100%, the drummers, mm-hmm.

Speaker 3 (07:14):
Dude, I love it, especially when you've got
someone that can really slap thebass.
Oh, absolutely, I've alwaysenjoyed picking on the bassist.
That's always my favorite partof music.

(07:37):
There's always the one guy thatpicks on the bass 100.
I mean also like if you're likeif you're really struggling as
a band, and I mean this is nodisrespect to any basis out
there, especially because we'veinterviewed some legendary
bassists.
But I will say the easiestposition we ever had to fill was
basis, because if someonereally wanted to be in your band
, if they were a good guitarist,they could easily play bass.

Speaker 5 (07:48):
So we're like hey.

Speaker 3 (07:50):
I know you probably want to play rhythm or lead, but
we really need a bass guitarright now and they're like all
right, and they would do it.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
Well, there's people that can play bass and there's
people that are really good atbass.

Speaker 3 (08:00):
There is a difference .

Speaker 2 (08:05):
Oh, 100%, Just as well with any instrument.
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
So I mean you have thisextensive music career.
What would be your favoritepart of performing live over the
years?

Speaker 4 (08:12):
Just being able to interact with the people I'm
playing with and bringingsomething real to the audience.
You know that's a big, big need, I feel.
Agreed, you know like you cango out and hear a band and if
they're not in touch with eachother on stage, it's just not
gonna happen and you're gonnafeel that just watching it you
know you can see like there'sbeen multiple acts that I've
seen where like you can getreally excited to go see them

(08:35):
live for the first time finally,and then you just see that they
just don't have, like theydon't bring any kind of energy
or stage performance and likethat will kill it like honestly,
it's like I'm like there'snothing for me to see, like,
yeah, you're doing the samething.

Speaker 3 (08:47):
I could just go down in my car and put your, put your
song on.
No disrespect to some of thebands.
I mean, everyone has an offnight and maybe those were those
my nights, that I got to seethem, but yeah, you're 100, yeah
, if you don't bring the energywell, the other thing is is that
you know you've got to interactwith each other up there.

Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah, because I'm not a frontman where I'm going to
be doing splits like James Brownand that crazy stuff.
Really, no, really, I'm notgoing to be doing that stuff, I
think you got it, but if youinteract with people on stage
and you're really getting it.
The crowd loves that.

Speaker 2 (09:18):
Oh, 100%.
Yeah, I mean interacting withyour bandmates and interacting
with the crowd, like I've said amillion times on the show my
favorite band as like the bestcrowd interaction I've ever seen
, where it's just like you getthese people involved and they
feel like this intimacy betweenyou and your in your artists for
a band that had maybe a one-hitwonder loose ends back in the
80s.

Speaker 4 (09:37):
They're a band.
Oh yeah they vaguely know thatname, I think my mom listened to
them yeah, under song band okay, something about being left in
the rain or something.

Speaker 2 (09:56):
It's something yeah, it's perfect.

Speaker 4 (09:58):
Sounds familiar yeah well, I got up on that stage
with them and we were one of theopeners and the stage was so
intimidating I stopped and Itold the crowd I went have you
ever been up on this stage?
It's pretty intimidating, youknow and they just totally like,
totally broke the ice, and youknow you gotta relate with

(10:18):
people you know.

Speaker 2 (10:19):
What was so intimidating about the stage?

Speaker 4 (10:21):
Because it was huge.

Speaker 2 (10:22):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (10:22):
But I feel like you've been playing for You're
not going to be able to movethat much.

Speaker 2 (10:27):
It feels like wow, I can't cover this yeah.
That makes sense Kind of feellike isolated.
But open.

Speaker 4 (10:33):
Yeah, it's like you're this little thing on this
huge.
Yeah, it's very intimidating.

Speaker 2 (10:38):
It's like a freshman homecoming.

Speaker 3 (10:45):
You're just like that is intimidating.

Speaker 4 (10:46):
It is, and if it's too small, if it's too small and
too big, it's very intimidating.

Speaker 3 (10:52):
I think you'll agree with me I'll take too big over
too small any day.
Because, at least I have roomto breathe and we're not going
to run into each other.

Speaker 2 (10:58):
That's true 100%.

Speaker 3 (10:59):
Yeah, that is true you have been doing this for
quite some time.
Yes, so you have seen so manychanges that have come through
the music industry as time hasgone on.

Speaker 4 (11:09):
I have I've seen venues turn over their names.
I mean, I've played differentvenues that have three different
names.
You know they've had threedifferent names in history
around here, yeah, so yeah, howwould you?

Speaker 3 (11:21):
what would your piece of advice be to the musicians
that are trying to get startednow, from someone that you know,
kind of has the roots and itknows, knows how the music
industry worked and is stillcurrently in it.
While it's working now, what?
What's one piece of advice youwould give to, uh, the big one?

Speaker 4 (11:36):
is advertisement, like make sure you've got the
right person advertising.
You do your own advertisement,you know, just make sure you get
the word out, otherwise noone's going to know.
You like I know blitzstein at,we went to vegas and we knew
what we were getting intobecause we went through an agent
, a friend of the band, and wewent out to vegas and hardly any

(11:57):
people in the uh, in the clubsyou know where we were playing
in the casinos, and we knew that.
You know we were basicallygoing out there for the buyers,
for the buyers to come check usout.
But it's the same locally ifpeople don't know who you are.
You know and you don't do anyadvertising and you don't play
enough gigs.

Speaker 3 (12:16):
You know and you don't do the right gigs, you
just kind of fall through thecracks you know, is there
anything that jumps out to youfor you to know if that's the
right gig or not?
Like, is there anything, anykind of patterns that you kind
of picked up on, like any kindof gut feelings?

Speaker 4 (12:29):
um, if you show up and it's like three hours for a
sound check, that's pretty badyou know, especially if you're
sharing a show with somebody andthey're the ones taking three
hours for a sound check.

Speaker 3 (12:41):
You know and you're like okay yeah, guys, I think we
might want to pack it up onthis one.
That was the other night, bythe way I really at the forum.

Speaker 4 (12:50):
Yeah, we showed up for our sound check.
It was a scheduled sound check,yeah, and we're sitting there
and the and the headliners juststanding up there.
They've got like 50 people, youknow, and it's like, okay, what
, what's, what's going on here?

Speaker 3 (13:02):
you know, I gotta run home and get changed, do you
have?
Yeah, yeah, how many feeds doyou need?

Speaker 4 (13:08):
they literally had a rehearsal and not a sound check,
so it was kind of like okaywhich indicated.
Something may have happenedlike maybe they had some a new
drummer that didn't know theintro that's true.

Speaker 2 (13:19):
Yeah, it doesn't always, like you know, say the
quality of the band isn't good,it's just you never know, that's
right, that's right.
You don't know, you reallydon't know.

Speaker 4 (13:24):
It gives benefit of the band.
Isn't good, it's just.
You never know what's going on.
That's right.
You don't know, you reallydon't know.
It gives benefit of the doubt.

Speaker 3 (13:27):
You're like, but it did put a bad taste in my mouth
initially, exactly, but thereare all the bad ones.
Oh, it definitely happens, ahundred percent, and you know
what?

Speaker 2 (13:38):
And not to dog on those people.
Keep trying and keep giving ityour best.

Speaker 1 (13:41):
Take three hours.

Speaker 2 (13:42):
Cut it down to two.

Speaker 1 (13:43):
Cut it down to one cut it down to 30 minutes.

Speaker 2 (13:47):
You know, we all keep continuing to grow as people
and get better as time goes on.
That's true, yeah.

Speaker 3 (13:50):
So you oh go ahead.

Speaker 2 (13:52):
I don't want to cut you off boss.

Speaker 3 (13:55):
So you've been doing all this with music.
But then you also kind of giveback to the scene as well,
because you are a columnist forthe Harrisburg Magazine and you
write for After the Beat.
That's right.
And we were talking a littlebit again off camera and you
said it's kind of like justsitting down and interviewing
your friends.
Yeah, what is it like?
Take us through a day of beinga columnist for the Harrisburg
Magazine and working for them.

Speaker 4 (14:16):
Well, it's actually not a day.
It's like you kind of create acolumn around the person that
you're interviewing.

Speaker 3 (14:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (14:25):
And I kind of I was off, it kind of fell on my lap.
The old editor that was therecalled me and was like, hey, do
you know anybody that wants towrite a column for Harrisburg
magazine about music?
And I went, well, I don't know.
So it was like, but wait aminute, I could do that, maybe,
you know.
And he was like, well, ifyou're interested, and I'm like,
oh, you're offering it to me.

(14:45):
And he went, well, yeah, and Iwent, oh, okay, that makes sense
, cause like I'm kind of likebuddies with a lot of these
people and I and I and the thingI do with the column too is I
try to like get their opinion onthe column so that like they're
interviewed correctly.
You know, that's one thing thatI didn't like.
So I just go with what feelsright to me when I'm

(15:07):
interviewing people you knowwhat I?
mean, like I'll just say hey,you know, is this okay?
Do you like this?
Is this a good representationof this?
Are you happy with it?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, it's,it's gonna be submitted, you
know yeah, and most columnistsdon't do that, and and their
editors don't want them to dothat.

Speaker 3 (15:23):
But you know what's it like.
So I mean I 100 agree with you.
I mean we literally just said Isaid that to you right before
we started shooting too.
I'm like I'm just gonna go with.
I literally just feel out theconversation.
That's the direction that Itake it then how, what, how do
you handle when you get that oneperson that knows they're
getting a comment on them andyou're just hitting them with
question after question andgetting an answer from them is

(15:46):
like pulling teeth I've neverreally had that problem.

Speaker 1 (15:50):
I mean, I've been really fortunate you know that,
never mind the people, I thinkit's because I know them.

Speaker 4 (15:55):
You know, and and it's easier when you know
somebody sure you kind of knowtheir history.
When you're going into it youdo a little work, you know,
because you might not know itall, but you know, you figure it
out and it all kind of comestogether, and then what I'll do
too is record it, and so I'll gohome and piece apart that's
smart what I recorded, and thenI'll write it and then ask them

(16:17):
their opinions on it.

Speaker 3 (16:18):
So yeah, we haven't luckily, we haven't had that
happen in a long, long time, butthere was.
There was definitely someone wefirst started.
There was some people we werejust like.
They were super excited viamessaging like I can't wait to
be on.
We're like all right, cool,kind of gave them the rundown
and they show up and we're justlike and action, and we're just
like so and they're like yeahyes, and it's just like oh, oh,

(16:41):
no, oh no we have an hour ofthis it was definitely a
learning curve for us for surebut it's.
I think it's a great experiencethough, but I mean it's.
It's funny kind of funny to melike you get people that can get
up there they can, they cansing, they can do whatever, they
even have a microphone in theirface, and then you put a
microphone and a camera andthey're like well, if they're

(17:01):
not used to it they're not usedto it, you know well yeah I mean
you kind of have to just blockit out.

Speaker 2 (17:06):
Oh yeah, be yourself yeah, that's the best advice we
talked about that, like when,the time I went on a podcast, I
was just like this is weird.
I'm not used to being on theother side people asking me
questions.
It's just like it catches youoff guard.

Speaker 3 (17:19):
You're just like I don't I don't like it when we
wait, when we're literally onthe red carpet, when we're doing
the cpmas, we'll be doinginterviews.
Someone like hey, like, can wegrab like one or two of you to
do like an interview?
I, I swear and danny can attestthis, I'm like ricky bobby, I'm
like I don't know what to dowith my hands I'm just like even

(17:39):
though, like I do this, nowthat it's on the other foot, I'm
like I don't know what to dowith my hands.

Speaker 1 (17:43):
I'm just like, even though I do this now, that it's
on the other foot.

Speaker 4 (17:45):
I'm like I don't know what.
Can we be done?
That's funny.

Speaker 3 (17:47):
Can we be done please ?
But if I'm in control then I'mlike, oh, I'm fine, and it's not
a control thing.

Speaker 4 (17:53):
If you overthink anything, it's going to be a
problem.

Speaker 1 (17:55):
You're not wrong.

Speaker 4 (17:56):
I know when, like when I'm on stage and I'm trying
to remember a lyric because fora long time I've I've used an
iPad you know, everybody usesiPads now you know I mean like
there are concerts where peoplehave, like you know, the lyrics
right there on a monitor, youknow, like people making it, um.
So I know, when I've had tolike remember the lyrics and I

(18:19):
don't use my ipad, I'm just Iget really nervous about that,
you know sometimes.
But I've sang the songs amillion times so you know it's
like why am I nervous?
So if I, if in my head I don'tjust listen to the music and
relax and go at a nice pace inmy head I'm going to be singing
the third verse first.
You know it may not fit thesong structure, you know being

(18:42):
centered is like a real.

Speaker 3 (18:43):
It's a real big thing I definitely had to learn that
as well.
Yeah, you have to get out ofyour head and let muscle memory
be muscle memory, because thereis muscle memory 100 and like I,
I would do that thing where,like I would get really excited
for like one part of a song andthat would cause me to like mess
up.
So, like I had to be, I had toteach myself to be like present
for like every second of thatperformance and not not just

(19:04):
glaze over like because therewas a way I could do that and I
was kind of going autopilot, butthen you kind of like you, you
missed the experience then too.
Yeah I really had to focus on,like being present that's true
that is what like helped me likenot mess it up because, like
our very first show, I forgotall of our lyrics and screamer
at the time, so no one reallyknew what we were saying.

Speaker 1 (19:21):
No one could understand it.

Speaker 3 (19:23):
I literally got up there and screamed Mary had a
Little Lamb.
It's just different variationsand no one knew.
I just did it to the tempo ofour song and I was like, wow,
that was intimidating.
I pulled through on the end.

Speaker 4 (19:35):
Do you know, scat singing came from that whole
thing in jazz.
Really, they scat sing becausethey couldn't remember lyrics.
Yeah, so like they do thisother thing, it's kind of like
sing your address under yourbreath.
It's the same kind of thing,you know, yeah that's awesome, I
did not know that at allactually.

Speaker 2 (19:53):
That's cool.
Were you always a jazz artist,or did you get into that over
time?

Speaker 4 (19:58):
Over time.

Speaker 2 (19:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (20:02):
It get into that over time, um, over time.

Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, it was definitely something I had to
work on, you know, like thestandards and things like that.

Speaker 4 (20:05):
Oh, and it's a very tough, but what I've worked on
mostly is being versatile, likeI think that's the edge.
You know, like I, I do a lot ofbackground vocals for a lot of
artists in the studio andthey're all different styles and
you know I, just as long as Iget the notes right and the
phrasing right, it's all good.
So it's.
It's opened up a lot of doorsfor me as far as work as well,

(20:26):
you know like people are gonnacall me, instead of worrying
about calling so and so and soand so, because you know I'll do
it that's gotta be a nicetransition too.

Speaker 3 (20:33):
Yeah, like not having to chase anyone down, like
they'll chase you down, that'sright.
It's like yeah, I get the offer.

Speaker 4 (20:38):
I get the offer because I'm pretty versatile,
like that you know I do countrysong to a rock song to a you
know yacht rock song to a youknow jazz song.
You know that that's what I'veworked on.
Mostly is just being veryversatile, that's fun too.
Oh yeah, it is fun.
It's a lot of fun.

Speaker 3 (20:56):
Yeah, I'm gonna hit you with a hypothetical.
If let's say you know you hadthe power, blitz dinette,
awesome, great, you guys areHall of Famers.
But if you had the choice, whatgenre or would you change the
genre that you were able tofocus on more, rather than jazz?
Nope, nope, that's awesome,great answer At all.

Speaker 4 (21:17):
No, I have to tell you, blitzsteinette's been the
best band I've ever been in.
Those guys are trueprofessionals, you know, and I
hated to see Gary leave, garyGrahowski, the drummer, he left
and we had some deaths andthings like that.
It changed it a bit, you know.
So it became more of a movingparts kind of thing, with

(21:39):
Blitzsteinette trying to to findthe right people to fit the the
whole vibe of the band.
Oh yeah, you know it's been.
Forrest did a great, he does agreat job at doing that.
That's not a very easy task.
No, you know getting it to workand have it sound almost like
the same thing.

Speaker 3 (21:54):
You know that's very difficult, so that's a very
specific energy, a very specificthing.
And you're like once you loseone of those cogs you're like
well, they don't make that coganymore.
How do we find that?
And I get that.

Speaker 4 (22:07):
Yeah, it's very difficult to keep it close to
the vest when you want it to bethe vest.

Speaker 2 (22:16):
Yeah, 100% yeah, and you can tell Forrest is
extremely passionate about it.

Speaker 4 (22:21):
Oh, he's very passionate, yes.

Speaker 2 (22:23):
To say the least.
To say the least, he's verypassionate Also.

Speaker 3 (22:28):
I've been meaning to say this the whole night I love
your glasses, oh thank you.

Speaker 2 (22:31):
You're very welcome, thank you.

Speaker 3 (22:32):
Prada.
Yeah, I could not pullsomething off like that.
I wish I had the confidence todo that, but good for you.

Speaker 4 (22:39):
You know I've worn a lot of different designer
glasses, but this was like thefirst time I have a pair before
this.
They're more of a cat eye.
That were white.
I wear them every now and then,but I really like the white.
I mean, it pops, it does, it'slike a signature thing.
So this is my second pair ofwhites you, so I'm I'm hooked on

(23:02):
it.
I really like it but.
I have black and I have burgundyand I have all the other colors
.
You know I don't want to justwear white all the time, but
it's.

Speaker 3 (23:10):
It's kind of cool because it's like a signature
thing it kind of reminds me likea hero.
It's like a superhero mask,like the ones that's where, like
the white, but the sunglasses Idon't know.
Maybe that's why I like it.
I don't know jazz singer she'slike I'm not a superhero, I'm a
jazz singer.

Speaker 4 (23:24):
It's like in my mind you're a superhero well, it's
funny because, like, I'll go toboiling springs and walk my dog
at one of the parks and everytime I'm up there people stop me
are you a singer?
Because I recognize thoseglasses.
So it's kind of it's cool hey,it's working.

Speaker 3 (23:41):
Yeah, it's literally like a trademark, like you said
and it's free marketing yeah.

Speaker 4 (23:46):
When I take them off, I'm lost.

Speaker 3 (23:48):
now no one recognizes me.

Speaker 5 (23:51):
No one recognizes me without these glasses.

Speaker 3 (23:54):
She takes them off?
No one knows who she?
Is.

Speaker 4 (23:56):
She puts the glasses on Everyone knows who she is,
that's funny.
It is, higashi is the bestplace to go get glasses oh yeah,
they're at the uh, what is it?

Speaker 5 (24:07):
capital city mall.

Speaker 4 (24:08):
No, it's camp hill farmer's market oh, oh, yeah,
yeah, okay yes, uh, west shorefarmers west shore, yeah yeah,
oh my god, I love that place.

Speaker 2 (24:17):
Yeah, yeah, they're up in there, they're great.
Yeah, it's like five minutesfrom my house.

Speaker 4 (24:20):
Yeah, they're great, yeah they have the best pizza
there too, really.

Speaker 2 (24:24):
Mm-hmm, like pizza yeah.

Speaker 3 (24:28):
Gotta get your pizza there.
I can love pizza again cuz I'mon Prilosec, so it's great, I'll
do the.
I'll do the quick little smalltext read Side effects may
include.
I don't even care.

Speaker 2 (24:45):
We could use some big pharma money.
We need new cameras, that'sexactly right, so.

Speaker 3 (24:49):
I would love to keep talking about the glasses Before
we wrap this up, though.
Are there any?
Maybe some potentialwhisperings, maybe some upcoming
things, maybe?

Speaker 2 (24:58):
Oh, I have a great jazz joke to make right now.
Just the two of us, we couldmake some careless whispers.

Speaker 3 (25:06):
Yeah, bam bam, well done, well done.
I will give you credit, that'sa good one, thank you, thank you
.

Speaker 4 (25:11):
I'm here all the time Just throwing some things
around.
Right now Can't really mentiona whole lot.
But you know, Groove Rebelswill be doing more, Blitz will
be doing more.

Speaker 3 (25:22):
I.
But Groove Rebels will be doingmore, blitz will be doing more,
I'm sure.
So tell the listeners keeptheir eyes peeled, yeah, and
ears open we're going to bedoing something with Very Fine
Gentlemen soon.

Speaker 4 (25:30):
Let's see Just more stuff with the column, you know.

Speaker 2 (25:37):
I like it.

Speaker 4 (25:38):
There's some exciting things coming up.

Speaker 3 (25:40):
I'm just very grateful that you took the time
to come and sit with us.
Oh, thank you.
I'm very grateful to be hereyeah grateful you guys had the
time to talk to me we willalways make time for you, and we
don't say that to everyone.
Maybe we do.
I'm just kidding, no, but likeyou've seriously been a pleasure
and it honestly was an honor tosit down with you are you guys
going to be at the awards this?

(26:01):
Year.

Speaker 2 (26:02):
We will Lancaster.

Speaker 4 (26:03):
Yep, all right, I might be there, I'm not sure yet
you better be there this timeIf.
I'm there, I'll run by andcheck you guys out.

Speaker 3 (26:10):
We can talk more about that off camera then.

Speaker 4 (26:13):
Okay, sounds good, sounds good.

Speaker 2 (26:16):
Thank you so much for your time.
Thank you.

Speaker 4 (26:18):
Appreciate it, stay warm.

Speaker 2 (26:19):
Yeah, do my best, thank you.

Speaker 3 (26:22):
And we are sitting down with Sir Dominique Jordan,
and you brought a special guestwith you today, lassai.

Speaker 1 (26:27):
Lassai, lassai, lassai.

Speaker 3 (26:31):
I butchered it right off the bat.

Speaker 2 (26:32):
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, good job Alan, good job All
how'd this start?

Speaker 3 (26:47):
where's the beginning ?
What makes sir dominique jordansir dominique jordan?
What makes lise lise?

Speaker 7 (26:53):
uh, for starters, you know I'm a hip-hop artist from
lancaster, pennsylvania.
Uh, poet as well, educator aswell.
Um, and I mean it all startedin lancaster.
For me, you know, music, poetry, you know, has always been a
vehicle to be able to tell mystory, be able to connect with
people from all different walksof life.
Um, hip-hop has been, you know,kind of the thing that raised

(27:16):
me up as well.
You know, I've been writingsince I was like eight years old
that's awesome working withfamily, making music, um, and
then just finding my space andall of it, you know, and
eventually me and lise were ableto align um more recently and
it's just funny how, like youknow, small towns work, because
the more that we connect, themore we realize that we've been
connected for a while, like oneof a really big show.

(27:38):
That happened a few years back.
That was kind of like my firstshow is Sir Dominic Jordan Just
so happened to be like her firstshow, as well as Lissé, and we
didn't even realize we was onthe same show until recently
that we were both at the samevenue at a show you know so you
got to love how the world workssometimes, tell them who you are
, though, please

Speaker 6 (27:55):
tell them Please.
I mean, like he kind of tooksome of the words out of my
mouth, because I'm also a hiphop artist from Lancaster and
I've also been writing since Iwas eight years old.
I'm a mother though, but yes,so I'm a dad too, I ain't say
that I'm a dad too.

Speaker 3 (28:13):
I'm about it.

Speaker 6 (28:14):
Yeah, I mean I've been like writing since I was
eight.
I feel like using my voice toyou know, speak to other people
is definitely something that Ifind pride in and yeah, like he
said, we've been aligned.
More recently, the performancethat he's speaking of was my
first time performing as anadult, um, and I was actually
pregnant with my son at the time, so it was really cool, like to

(28:37):
kind of look back and see thatwe both actually were in the
same space, but kind of justlike on a different journey, and
then now we're here.
So, yeah, that's all.

Speaker 3 (28:45):
And now?
Now your son can say he'salready performing.
He performed before.
He was even welcome to theworld.
He's the world credit alreadyhe's already up there.

Speaker 6 (28:53):
Like he knows all the words to my songs, everything
he's on one of my tracks, so oh,that's, that's cool, he's, he's
making his way yeah, that's myfavorite feature he's got his
credits already.

Speaker 3 (29:02):
That's awesome.
That is so cool.
So, with that, you guys havebeen doing hip-hop, you guys
have been doing those and youyou said you're a poet, so we do
have April Poetry Month comingup as well, and I'm sorry I am
referencing my note cardsbecause these people are stacked
when it comes to awesomecredentials.
Got to keep it straight.
So Living Poetry Museum is aconcept that's coming on.

(29:23):
So, tell me a little bit moreabout that.

Speaker 7 (29:25):
So I got to give credit to where it's due Our
current poet laureate inlancaster.
Her name is dana kinsey.
She's a part of a poetrycollective that I'm a founder of
called nobody's pen, um, andthis is her brainchild, right?
The idea is to not only, youknow, celebrate poetry during
national poetry month, butreally dig deep into the crates
and figure out, you know, thosepeople that set, you know the uh

(29:47):
, you know, set the recordstraight and push the culture
forward when it comes to poetry,when it comes to spoken word.
And, like I said, you know I'minto hip hop more so, you know I
do a lot of other stuff as well, but when I talk about poetry,
I try to talk about it throughthe lens of hip hop, through the
lens of rhythm and poetrythrough rap, right?
So the concept for the LivingPoetry Museum is literally

(30:09):
bringing different people fromdifferent walks of life that
still represent the art form.
So, for instance, you knowthere's people that will be, you
know, literally dressed up,talking about the life and
skills and and assets of WilliamShakespeare.
You know, I'm going to becommon in this approach.
You know there's going to bepeople as Maya Angelou.

(30:30):
There's going to be people asEdgar Allan Poe Like.
There's going to be common inthis approach.
You know there's going to bepeople as Maya Angelou.
There's going to be people asEdgar Allan Poe Like, or there's
going to be somebody as MichaelJackson.
You know I can't give all thestuff, but when I tell you this
is going to be a reallytransformative experience and
it's a one-of-a-kind experience,and I'm just so glad I get to
support one of my teammates onthis journey.

Speaker 2 (30:52):
So yeah, you heard it here first the living poetry
museum happening next month,next month, so make sure you tap
in.
Yeah, that's awesome.
That reminds me of uh, did yougo to like the van gogh
experience, like?
I haven't, but I've seen it, youknow, and I'm like man that
reminds me of that and like thatis such a genius idea because
it's like, like it's going to belike an immersive experience
for sure we've been workingreally, really hard, man, and
again, like I said, there'speople from all different walks
of life that are a part of theexperience, and again we're

(31:12):
highlighting some incredibleindividuals.

Speaker 7 (31:15):
You know, um, and for me, specifically, like to be
able to represent common speaksvolumes to where I come from.
You know, common was the first,uh, hip-hop artist that I've
ever seen in person.
Um, he actually was doing alecture at millersville
University while I was a highschool student in Lancaster, and
when I went there I didn'treally know what to expect, but

(31:37):
he came and like started thislecture with a poem and that
blew me away and I'm like manthis is, I'm in school right now
at a college, and this dudejust started rapping, you know,
and it just spoke to me and I'mlike'm like man one day, like
that's what I'm gonna do in somecapacity.
And more recently, you know, I Iget comparisons to, like j cole
, who's the goat to me, but youknow um, that's awesome, but

(31:57):
then the older I get, people arelike man yo, you remind me of
common and I don't even thinkpeople realize like, like
they'll be like hey, don't takeoffense to this, but you remind
me of common, I'm like offense Idon't even realize what this
guy means to my life yeah, youknow what I mean.
And now, that I get to embodyhim in this experience.
I didn't realize I thought Iknew all this common stuff and
I'm digging in the crates.
I'm like yo, we've been alignedso long.

(32:20):
I'm mad that I didn't listen tosome of this stuff growing up
and really tapped into it.
So it's definitely helping mebecome a better artist and
songwriter as well, and as wellas just stay true to my roots I
love that man.

Speaker 3 (32:31):
I was a big fan of um spoken word like there's metal
bands that do spoken word like.
One of my biggest influences forthat was being as an ocean it's
like they literally, like heliterally like talks and they're
christian so like he like kindof preaches in that thing, but
it's it's so raw and it's soemotional and that's what I
really connect with, because allmusic is poetry, yeah, but I
feel like that it's suchcommonplace knowledge that it's

(32:52):
honestly almost forgotten attimes.
And I loved when and so weimplemented spoken word and I
loved it because you can feelemotion.
Songs can move you, beingbeautiful, being whatever but
when someone decides to liketalk to you, and like slowly
slow down and you can reallyfeel that emotion because I'm
not singing, I'm not screaming,I'm just like, essentially, like

(33:13):
almost like venting, like I'm,I'm getting this off my chest
and it's cathartic.
And I love that connection tothe song.
It makes it so much deeper tothe person, to the message,
everything when you get that.
So I love that.
You guys, like you guys, are sointo that and I, I love it, I'm
I'm done, nerding out thoughI'm not I appreciate.

Speaker 7 (33:31):
I appreciate you saying that sentiment.
Um, I I'm paraphrasing, but Iknow to say you were telling me
about a conversation that youhad fairly recently with um, a
hip-hop dude in our city, aboutlike he was like kind of giving
you advice about the music,about how, like um, I can't
remember, I'm like it was moreso, like you know, you're
supposed to make music as ifyou're speaking to people right,

(33:54):
like when you're rapping, likeyou're supposed to.
It's supposed to sound likeyou're having a conversation
you're not memorizing the wordsyeah, like rather than yeah,
okay, I'm like what conversation?

Speaker 6 (34:03):
yeah, like, yeah, like, so get so comfortable with
like what you're saying andlike believing what you're
saying, that, like when you'reperforming, when you're doing
stuff, like you're just speaking, like you're just speaking to
people, you're not like puttingon a show, you're not putting on
a mask, you're just beingyourself.
So, yeah, I remember that.
Yeah, that was definitely superhelpful 100.

Speaker 3 (34:20):
I love that.
So, and you're you're alsospeaking of artists and the
other artists, so you got you doartist relations correct and
this is uh, prolificis,prolificis, but yeah, I'm sorry
it's really just prolific is,but that's the instagram tag I'm
just messing up all thepronunciations come on, we love
it.

Speaker 7 (34:40):
We love it, um, but, yeah, prolific is is a
opportunity, so so to to peelback the layers a little bit.
You know, um, every artist in asense has like aliases or like
different names that they go by,right?
So, um, over the years of beingSir Dominic Jordan right, I've
been dubbed the prolific oneI've been really big on planting
seeds, you know, in the nextgeneration, whether it's young

(35:02):
people, whether it's the newgeneration of artists, any age,
right, um, but really paving away for other artists to see
themselves on stages or seethemselves in places that they
didn't see themselves before.
Um, but more specifically,prolific is is about aligning
artists truly with opportunitiesthat fit their purpose, um, and

(35:22):
and also not chasing the facadethat the entertainment industry
could look like, but reallyrealizing that we have so much
deep rooted stuff in ourcommunities and afar.
Like I love, when I get to tellpeople about the central
pennsylvania music hall of fame,they're like yo, wait, what is
that?
I'm like, yeah, and I do notmany people I talked to earlier
about this picture right here.
You know, I'm saying I'm likeyo, brent, brent, oh my god, I

(35:44):
can't remember his name, what'sgoing on right now.
But like that speaks volumes.
There's many people, especiallyin our communities in central
Pennsylvania, that have beenputting work in for years on end
and may not feel like they'regetting their due diligence
until we start to build bridgesacross Lancaster to Harrisburg,
lancaster to York, lancaster, tofill in here.

(36:05):
You know what I mean.

Speaker 4 (36:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (36:06):
There's so many other places around the world, around
the country, that are likelittle old Lancaster or
Dillsburg, harrisburg, whereverit might be.
I feel like this is where thebest stuff comes from, those
intimate spaces and, yeah, sothat's.
That's basically what it is,and the first artist that you
know we're representing is Lissé.
She's been killing it right nowand really just shining light

(36:30):
on the experience for women thatare working really hard and
doing their thing, moms that aredoing their thing and just
being honest and vulnerable inher music, and it inspires me to
do what I do.
So, yeah, we in here.

Speaker 3 (36:42):
That's, that's amazing.
Let's say what, if you don'tmind me asking, what does that
mean to you as, like a femaleartist, like to have to, like
know that there's something outhere like this, that's, like you
know, looking out for theartist, trying to make those
connections, and everythingsupport them yeah, how does that
feel for you?

Speaker 6 (36:57):
um, honestly, it feels a little bit surreal
sometimes because I'm just like,um, like he said, kind of like
the facade of like the like youknow, the mainstream industry
and stuff.
You kind of like don't reallysee people for who they are.
So for someone to like kind oflike you know, see you for who
you are and hear you and listento you and say, hey, like what

(37:18):
you're saying is important, likeI feel like other people need
to hear this is very surreal, isvery like humbling, is very
inspiring as well, because I'mlike, okay, like people are
inspired by this, like let mekeep going now too, because
you're inspiring me, because I'minspiring you.
So it's just kind of like thisreciprocated energy.
That's just like, yeah, surreal.
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (37:37):
It's been very, very, um, great that's awesome, I
don't even know motivation bylike the the right things
instead of the wrong things,yeah, and you keep saying that
yeah, I heard you guys both sayit's just like you know, outside
of like the facade, of like thebig, like the big scene of the
music is just like is thisanother avenue for you guys to
like kind of come down to yourmusic roots and like kind of
like explore who you areyourself as a musician and like

(37:58):
is it like an experience likethat for you?

Speaker 6 (38:00):
yeah, I feel like that's exactly where I'm at
right now is I'm trying toexperience and find out who I am
as an artist, like okay, likeI've done these things, but like
let me really dig deep because,like you were saying about like
spoken word, when people arejust speaking to you, like
talking to you, like I want tobe that for people, like I just
want to talk to people, um, andI want them to hear me and I

(38:21):
want them to understand that Ihear them and I see them as well
.

Speaker 3 (38:24):
So that's kind of where I'm at, like personally
right now as an artist so,instead of trying to fit in a
box, you're in the process ofbuilding your own box right now,
right?

Speaker 7 (38:31):
listen, I'm gonna throw this, just put this out
here, because she's humble.
Humble right now, right, butlike I've been performing for a
long time.
Obviously I'm like since I waseight, writing and stuff, but
I've been performing for a longtime, yeah, and you know, when
you grind on something so longand you just feel like sometimes
it's in vain, sometimes youstart losing the motivation or
losing the inspiration behind it.

(38:52):
But she inspires me becauseshe's mad good at what she does.
Like there's some people thatwant to do some but then there's
some people that are reallygood at doing some and it looks
almost effortlessly.
And then, now that we workingtogether behind the scenes too,
I see how hard that she worksand puts in the time and puts in
the work.
Um, she walks the walk, doesn'tjust talk like it's like people

(39:14):
just see the stage and theydon't know what rehearsal
happens behind that.
They don't know like what, likeeven you know.
Um, just aligning yourselfprior to any type of experience.
Like what she said.
You know, let's take a breathbefore we start this.

Speaker 3 (39:27):
Right, that's her before a show you know what I
mean.

Speaker 7 (39:30):
I appreciated that but like I see her before it's
set, I'm like oh, you ready toride.
She's like I'm like all right,cool, let me step away real
quick.
I'm like I I needed somebody totell me that I needed that
before my set you know what?
I mean.
So, yeah, it's definitelyinspiring to see and again, it's
just alignment, you know findother like, uh, like-minded
individuals that want to createsomething with a purpose and

(39:50):
wanted to be in spaces thatcould be received Well, you know
.

Speaker 3 (39:53):
I also got to say this, too, before I forget you
know ADHD, because I will forget.
I got to say that your yourwhole, like purpose behind
prolific dot is and everythingit's got to be comm to, not even
to be willing, but to want tobe the one to almost source the
right places, the right time,the right people for the people,

(40:17):
without wanting Everyone'schasing, like you said, that
fame, that spotlight, thateverything and you're like cool,
but let me help you find theright one for you, so for you to
be that person and want to bethat person.
That is such a selfless thingthat I think we need more in
this scene.
You got promoters.

Speaker 7 (40:37):
You got producers.
I'm going to just jump in whenyou say this right, because I'm
going to be 1,000%.
I cannot claim it to beselfless, it is more so
self-full.
I'm trying to createopportunities so when I'm ready
then I can do my thing.
You feel me like?
Yeah, at the end.
I've hosted open mics and likeall these different types of

(40:57):
experience for years now andlike felt like I was running
myself dry in some, some, someinstances.
But I've also been aspire a lotof people on the journey and
anytime I host I'm usually thefirst one to go right.
I open up the door so somebodyelse can see themselves in me
and then they feel like they cansign up for the list or they
could feel like they could jumpon the stage and do something
when, in this instance, I feellike I want to cultivate

(41:20):
something for individuals likemyself.
So then eventually I can walkthrough that same door.
You know there's only so manytimes you can walk in the dark
and think you know where you'regoing.

Speaker 6 (41:36):
And that's just what it is.
That is, but you're still.
You're still sacrificing things.
So I can see how it's selfless,but I hear what you're saying
too.
Yeah, but you know, see, yousaid the light you feel me.

Speaker 7 (41:42):
You got multiple people holding a flashlight.
We good to go you know what?

Speaker 3 (41:45):
I'm saying, but like yeah, definitely, but I think
that's true, though I mean, I, I, I it did come off, but there's
nothing wrong with it being,like you said, self-full.

Speaker 2 (41:54):
Yeah, man, there's nothing wrong with helping
yourself along the way For sure.
We all need a little bit ofhelp sometimes, and if you're
going to help yourself and helpother people at the same time,
there's not a single thingselfish about that, as long as
you're helping other people, man.

Speaker 3 (42:07):
That age-old phrase like there's no point in being
rich by yourself.
You know what I mean that'sreal, bro.

Speaker 7 (42:12):
Like that's real.

Speaker 2 (42:13):
Someone called up me or alan tomorrow was like hey,
do you guys like want to takeover the jimmy kimmel show?
Like like, yeah, sure I woulddo that, but like in the
meanwhile, like we got thecredentials from helping out
other people along the way yeah,that's beautiful, like yeah,
yeah, exactly, yeah so, um,speaking of so like let's, we
haven't really talked about likeyour music at all lately.
You had a single come outrecently, for sure, and lisa,

(42:35):
you were on it as well, correct?
So?

Speaker 6 (42:37):
she actually had a project that just dropped um,
and I'm actually on one of oneof her, okay that's what I'm
sorry songs on it, but oh, I'mscrewed she did just have a
single too, yeah, so I do have asingle that dropped as well and
, and honestly, you know, um bigshout out to rock 10
productions in lancaster.

Speaker 7 (42:53):
We've been, uh, doing a lot of cool stuff in that
space, um, and bringing otherartists in that space, and a lot
of the stuff we made are all inin the same time.
You know, um, sessions is goingback to back to back, um, and
it's been really cool to see,you know, uh, so at least we're.
In regards to the music thatI've been making, I had this
single that I dropped, 2024,called Up To Me, featuring a

(43:14):
good brother of mine, dvj, andit's really all about, you know,
really tapping in with yourselfand realizing that you know
you're your biggest advocate andyour biggest critic.
So, whatever you want toaccomplish, it's going to start
with you, um, whether that's,you know, speaking it into
existence, whether that's, youknow, delusional manifestation,
right like you got to figure outa way to make it happen for
yourself, for others to believein it, um, and, with that being

(43:37):
said, uh, there's a huge breweryin my uh, my hometown, called
spring house brewery.
They do an artist series thatthey've been working on for a
couple years and in 2025, umhave a music series now where
each month there's a beerdropping for a musician and you
know there'll be a qr code thatlinks you straight to that
musician's song.

Speaker 5 (43:57):
So that is cool.

Speaker 7 (43:58):
Yeah, you said you said your birthday was in may
earlier off camera, right you agemini or you like, gem ah
that's what's up.

Speaker 2 (44:04):
I'm a Gemini too, but I'm a real.

Speaker 7 (44:05):
Gemini June Gemini.

Speaker 2 (44:09):
I'm right on the cusp , but with.

Speaker 7 (44:10):
That being said, come get a bear man in June.
Ours drops in June up to me,you know it'll be really, really
cool.
So, yeah, man, it's amazing tothink like, wow, yo like, and we
already dropped a single.
But the fact that it's going toget re, you know established
for june, you know we'll drop avisual there as well.
I'm thinking maybe we'll dolike the world premiere, the
visual like at spring house, thethe first friday of june, you

(44:33):
know to drop the beer.
So you know, make it fun.
It's a nice little sports baras well, has arcade in it.

Speaker 3 (44:38):
So it'll be, it'll be a good time all right, that's
quite literally the new ageversion of like listen to my EP,
check out my EP.
Yeah, it's like, instead of itbeing a CD, it's like here's a
beer.
And you're like, oh, I'mdrinking now.
And you're like, oh, I keeplooking at it.
And you're like, maybe I'llcheck this person out.
Dude, that is like, that'sgenius, dude.
Million dollar idea, don't 100?

Speaker 7 (44:59):
um, but with that being said, I know we don't got
mad time, but I want to throwthis, this other idea that I
have out there not idea, butthis, um, it's my baby right now
.
I've been working on for thelast couple years.
We have this music series thatwe've been cultivating, um,
where it's all about, you know,building the spirit of diy and
community together in one space.

(45:19):
Um, for everybody, that's likereally been in the tiny desk.
I love tiny desk and you knowespecially the basis of it.
It started with the indieartists giving us a platform,
giving us a space to be able todo what we do in a very
unorthodox way.
Now that it's kind of blown up.
Unless you're, you know,somebody, that's somebody, it's
really hard to get on tiny desk.
So we wanted to cultivatesomething right here in central

(45:41):
Pennsylvania that eventually hasspread its wings and it's
called Washington Rhythm, say,diy music series right in your
neighborhood laundromat.
The idea is that you know you'rebuilding community with the
people that are in, you know thelaundromat at the real time,
not necessarily promoting theshow for weeks on end, but more
so, a pop up Almost feels likeyou're busking in a laundromat.

(46:04):
Right, the idea you know, let'ssay I ask you, hey, you got a
dollar to help me with mylaundry.
Like I'm sorry you ain't got it.
You got a dollar, oh sorry, yougot a dollar.
Oh, you got a dollar for me.
Here you take five dollars andpay for your laundry today and
we just gonna keep vibing how wevibe.
That is going to make thatperson that you just gave that
five dollars to a fanimmediately.
Yeah, I'm like wait what?
And then you're talking aboutsomething that feels empowering,
or at least speaks to somethingthat happened in my life,

(46:27):
whether it's positive, negativeor indifferent.
It just changes the frequencyand I I want to help to start
building experiences like thatoutside of your local bar, pub,
right anywhere you canexperience music, anywhere you
could experience art.
You just got to have an openmind, an open heart, and I feel
like the laundromat is the bestplace to refresh yourself.

Speaker 3 (46:47):
It brings everyone together.
Everyone's got to wash theirclothes, Dude.
That is awesome so.

Speaker 7 (46:52):
Washington Rhythm coming to the Harrisburg area
soon, popping off in Lancaster.
We're trying to bring it asmany places as possible, so if
you have a laundromat that youreally enjoy or artists you
really like, just have them tapin with us on instagram.
For now, we would love toconnect with you or
washingrhythm at gmailcom allright, that's awesome.

Speaker 2 (47:09):
We'll make sure we link all this information,
appreciate you down down in thedescription uh for washing
rhythm, for uh everything.

Speaker 3 (47:18):
I was like I can sit here and relist it all, but yeah
, so I got one last question forboth of you before we get into
it.
So we like to ask a lot,especially the artists.
What is it that you think,especially with you guys, with
your ears to the ground andeverything, being so deeply
rooted and involved witheverything, what do you think
makes Central Pennsylvania sospecial and the music that comes

(47:39):
out of it, and why there's somuch concentrated music that
comes out of this area?
let you go first if you got thatuh, man, I mean, I feel, like
you make it special to you, Iguess special to me make it a
little bit easier I mean thatkind of made it harder.

Speaker 6 (47:57):
But I just feel like I don't know, I think that there
are a lot of unique people thatcome from all over whether
you've been here you know yourwhole life or not.
Definitely a diverse crowd ofpeople that can bring different
experiences, different sounds,and, yeah, I just feel like

(48:17):
people are nicer than we thinkand like a lot of people
actually want to support, and soI feel like that's what I get
from central pa that's awesome.

Speaker 3 (48:26):
I love that answer.
That's a great answer.

Speaker 7 (48:28):
So, hmm, I was trying to think of something profound
to say, but you've been prettyprofound all night so I think
you might be okay if you're notright now, no, but you know what
?

Speaker 6 (48:38):
it doesn't have to be the most prolific answer okay,
I can't help it, no but he isthe prolific one to be the most
prolific answer.

Speaker 7 (48:42):
I can't help it.

Speaker 2 (48:43):
He is the prolific one.

Speaker 7 (48:44):
To be completely honest with you when I think
about Central PA from theoutside, looking in.
I studied at college in Phillyand that was like my first
experience in a metropolitanarea.
I was in the military a littlebit, so I traveled around to
different places and one thingthat makes us unique is that
we're almost like a, like a downsouth country in the middle of

(49:06):
the north, right, yeah, yeah,where I, in my opinion, some of
the best music, likeentertaining, music that feels
good or feels like something,comes from down south.
It comes from people that it'slike low key.
When you take something awayfrom somebody, they're able to
cherish it so much more.
And I think because theresources seem so slim or people

(49:27):
like seem to like not presentthem to us in the way that they
were presented to somebodythat's bigger or from a bigger
area, it makes us just, you know, cultivate something so much
more special.
So I think that's what makes itso unique around here, and
we're just driven the way thatwe are.
You know even that you knowcrabs in a barrel mentality.
When everybody comes from asmall town and we all searching

(49:48):
for the same thing, it pushesyou to work even harder.

Speaker 5 (49:51):
It's true.

Speaker 7 (49:52):
It's like yo, I got some of the best rappers I ever
heard that are from my hometownbecause at one point we all did
not like each other.
So we are writing the best stuffand we are sharp in each
other's pen and each other.
So we're writing the best stuffand we are sharpening each
other's pen, and to me, that'swhere hip-hop comes from right.
It's not always supposed to bebuddy buddy, but when it comes
to us standing the test of timewith other people, we realize
like, oh no, he's jay-z and nasare gonna look at each other

(50:12):
like he's the best, he's thebest, yeah, right, um.
So I feel like, yeah, we, wegot it, you know, and lancaster
is finally getting recognized,and central pa, and I want to
say thank you to y'all becausey'all definitely have been
highlighting us in a in a agreat regard.
You know, being able to seelike the people that have been
nominated for the award show,even for myself getting a spot
award, like that was yeah, itwas it was really humbling, so

(50:36):
I'm thankful to even be here ofcourse, dude, thank you.

Speaker 2 (50:38):
I mean it's great to have you here and, like you know
, honestly I think you might beone of our first.
Uh, not not our first, but youknow we've only had a handful of
like hip-hop or rap, r&bartists on here and it's like
it's dude, it's awesome to likealways hear, like you know,
different sides.
You know, we hear, uh, you know, around here there's of course
a big like rock country, youknow influence and stuff, so

(50:59):
metal exactly so it's like it'snice to have you know that mix
up and hear what's going on inyour guys world.
It's awesome 100%.

Speaker 3 (51:06):
Thank you, but also congratulations you somehow
turned it into prolific.

Speaker 1 (51:11):
And profound.

Speaker 3 (51:13):
You drove it home, man.
We got one more thing, though,and I think it's kind of like a
surprise here for us you guysactually have a live performance
for us, correct?

Speaker 7 (51:20):
Yeah, we're going to drop a little song when you're
up there.
I'm down what is this what?

Speaker 6 (51:25):
what is?
What is this song?
This song is called rise, soit's actually off my new ep I
just dropped, called set herfree awesome featuring sir
dominique jordan and where canwe find this music?
You can find this on allstreaming platforms, actually
everywhere perfect.

Speaker 5 (51:39):
Well, guys, thank you you so much for coming on, and
without further ado, get readyfor our live performance.

Speaker 6 (51:48):
Let's get it, okay, okay, whatever you wait, tell me
, let's get it Bye, bye what wedoing.

Speaker 5 (52:05):
King, whatever you wait, tell me, let's get it.

Speaker 6 (52:10):
Uh-huh Riding through my city in whatever weather.
Real swag now Shorty, going slywhenever.

Speaker 5 (52:16):
Left the hook.

Speaker 6 (52:17):
We cutting up Def Jim and Dada.
Only ring I'm talking about isgoing to make me wetter.
Wetter, I'm feeling saucy.
Above me, A lot lustin' over me, but who gon' lift me up?
Love the real raw me.
I mean the gloves off G.
Can we talk about the prophecyand what we doin' next.

Speaker 5 (52:30):
Can we talk about?

Speaker 6 (52:31):
young minds and how we gon' step Baby.
What's gon' make me sing likemoney ain't a thing when we
gettin' it done, livin' it uphalf, thinking dang, this might
be the one See the basics ispaving the way to the greatest
spin.
Patiently waiting the day thatwe make it in Debating and
taking the time for the faithand the purpose and the
frequency to correlate.

(52:52):
If you want it, you know I wantit hey.

Speaker 5 (52:54):
We can make it alright.
Way too focused, way too focused.
We've been patient all ourlives, but this world needs more
from me.
What they need, cause the limitgot a ground beneath, plus we
got.
We've been patient all ourlives.
But this world needs more fromme, cause the limit got a ground
beneath, plus we got mouths tofeed.
We just try and get by.
What's the real ones?
They call me Sir Dominique.
I spell it phonetically best,respect when I speak.

(53:15):
Won't let you get ahead of mein the race till I peak.
Will I jump, cause you hope,but I won't till I reap what I
sow.
Speak what I know.
Felt a couple times, knees deepon the flow, stepping so
prolific till I reach all mygoals.
Grandma told me young gotta paywhat you owe.
Never no fronts, highs and thelows.
If you know, then you know it'slove.
If you want it, you know I wantit.
Hey, we can make it all right.

(53:37):
Way too focused.
We've been patient all ourlives and this world needs more
from me, cause the limit got aground beneath, plus we got
mouths to feed.
We just try and get by Once thereal ones rise.

Speaker 6 (53:54):
Said I want it.
Got me tapped into my mind.
Now I'm focused.
Please don't pause to hit myline.
Gonna be magic every time.
I've been ready all my life andtogether we can shine, cause
I'm here for the real work.
Here's Flo Fire.

(54:15):
We take off Dreams.
Float me, baby.
I ain't on top.
She tight.
Pretty, but still mad pretty andI do it for the mamas that I
know is gon' feel me.
Just rock with me now, don'tmake a sound.
Thorough ladies back, give themanother round.
Rock with me now.
Thorough ladies back, give themanother round.
Everybody say her season, herseason.

(54:38):
Say her season Her season.

Speaker 7 (54:41):
Come on now, y'all.
If y'all like that, stream itright now, rise everywhere.
She Set her free, yeah that wasbetter.

Speaker 6 (54:51):
That was better.
I don't know why I'm talkinglike this.

Speaker 2 (54:56):
Well, I think that about does it for this week.
Great conversation.

Speaker 3 (54:59):
Great conversation, as always.
I don't think we ever have abad one on the show, honestly
conversation great conversation,as always.

Speaker 2 (55:03):
I don't think we ever have a bad one on the show
honestly never.
So we're gonna keep it rolling.
We're gonna keep it rocking.
Uh, alan, you got anything elseto say?

Speaker 3 (55:08):
we're gonna keep it rolling, and we're gonna keep it
rocking, all right see you nexttime.

Speaker 2 (55:12):
Outro Music.