August 22, 2025 • 16 mins
In this episode, Brendan dives into the journey of Stuey Blanco, a rising star in the Christian hip hop scene. Stuey shares how influential artists like Tedashi, Trip Lee, and Andy Mineo have shaped his music and career. From his early exposure to Christian rap through his father's shows to his collaborations with Seventh Day Slumber, Stuey's story is one of passion, perseverance, and faith. Join us as we explore the impact of these artists on his unique sound and the lessons he's learned along the way.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We have a not a brand new but a newer
hip hop artist in the genre who's friends with Grace
Graber and also went on tourists Seven Day Slumber. We
have Stuie Blanco here today. Stewie, thank you for joining
me today.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
What's up man? Thank you for having me brother.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
And it's great to finally sit down with you after
a couple of weeks. I've kind of worked this out
and everything. We had a couple of technical difficulties down
the way, but we're here and we're ready. Steeve. For
those who don't know who you are, can you tell
us a little bit about yourself, how you got into
the music industry and like, what's your story?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Man, Well, that starts almost ten years ago.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
I met Seventh Day Slumber actually at a show in
my hometown here in Washington State. And I went to
the show and they needed a person to go out
on the road with them.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
And so I did that.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
And I was already making music at the time and everything.
But they really like took me under their wing and
got me opportunities for shows and everything like that.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
And they never.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
They never were stingy with their opportunities at all, Like
they really blessed me to be able to be in
the industry, and especially Joseph Rojas. He let me just
kind of sit in the right rooms with him and
watched how he ran his business and everything like that.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
So they're they're a big part of it.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
And you know, my older brother before he passed away sadly,
he was a rapper, and so he got me into
pretty much everything. Like I won't name any of the
secular artists names, but yeah, like he got me into everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
That I still listen to today.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
And he got me into all of the things that
influenced me still. And then as I got older, you know,
and especially after he passed, I started digging into the
Christian rap genre, you know, first discovering like Tadashi and
(02:21):
Trip Lee and Andy Minio of course, like those guys
big inspirations on on what I do.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
And that Read Records old Reach records is like superior.
Like if you're like looking up for like if you're
like a Christian hip hop artist trying to start Reach records,
it is like a great like the early years especially
are a great place to start, like dive into those
artists like Andy Kadachi, Triple and everything but yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Dude, Like when I was six years old, my dad
used to put on shows for Christian rappers, and so
I got to be around people really young.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Like if you're an oj Christian.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Hip hophead, you know about like John Rubin and Beautiful Eulogy.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
And stuff like that. So like I was around.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
People like that at a really really young age, behind
the scenes, you know, and some of them even stayed
at my house.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
When I was a kid, you know, So like I
was really around it for a long time.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
And it's funny because my dad, you know, he has
nothing to do with the rap scene, let alone the
Christian rap scene, you know, but he just had rappers
come stay with us and then put on shows and
in our hometown and everything. So it was it was
pretty cool to be around as a kid, and it
(03:43):
definitely affected me obviously, because I mean this is what
I do now, so.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
You know, that's really exciting. Do you have any like
favorite people, I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Know, favorite people's work for lenything in a second.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Like favorite memory or do you have a memory from
like any favorite a favorite story from like the time
like with your dad, like Chris, remember, is there something
like that inspired you or like stood out, like this
is really cool. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I was probably seven turning eight, and I saw John
Rubin for the first time at a show and uh,
I forget.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
What song it was.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
I don't know, you know, I don't know any of that.
I don't remember any of that anyways, but he h
he was playing this song and he like was rapping
this lyric and then uh, he said something and then
the lights went out, and then he kept rapping and
then the lights turned back.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
On, and I don't know. As a kid, I was
just like that was the coolest thing ever, Like, oh
my gosh, just freaking out. Yeah, that was one of
like my favorite memories.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
And like I got to be backstage with him and everything,
so it was really cool. And I got to be
backstage with uh. I don't know if you're familiar with
like the Humble Beast camp from from a while ago,
like that's like propaganda and stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Like thatpaganda, Like I know the name, but I don't
know on toaple.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Like my head. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Yeah, so yeah, a few of those Humble Beasts artists
they did a show here too that my dad also
helped with, and I got to hang with some of
those guys and that was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
That sounds very exciting and like it's cool to see
what a Christian hip hop industry was in like two thousand,
early two thousand now where we are nowadays. It's grown
a lot in the last I at least the last
five years, i'd say, and it's going to continue to
grow grow in general. You just released a new song recently,
and you've been working releasing a single after single. Can
you tell us a little bit about your creative progress
(05:56):
of these songs? Uh?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Yeah, Yeah. Basically I was just like, I want to
make three songs and release them for the entire month
of August, and yeah, man, I just really wanted to
like pour my heart out in a different way, you know,
(06:19):
instead of like the typical because I mean I released
songs almost every single week, sometimes bi weekly, and sometimes
I'll take a little more time in between just to
really like build my content up and everything.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
But really, like I had intention. You know, when you're.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Smaller artist, you know, it doesn't do you justice to
really put out a project, you know, because songs can
get buried, especially if fans aren't looking for a project
from you. So so what I wanted to do was
just like give people something to.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Listen to like in a row.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
You know, that's like a project, but they're still singles
so that way nothing.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Ever gets hidden, you know.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
And uh, they're like the three songs that I have
coming out this month. I only have one more coming
out it's called ten, but they're all meant to be
in like a small ep like so they all kind
of go together, and hopefully when you hear the third
(07:39):
one too, you'll you'll kind of see how they all
kind of tie in.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
That's really cool, and like, I see a lot more
artists in that. I think the proper term correctly if
I'm wrong, it's called the umbro efect. So they'll release
one song, then they'll release the next song, but they'll
put the first song in the next like release with
the next new release. Then they'll put the third song
then the other two releases. They call it like the umbrella.
I think that's what the name of it is. It's
(08:04):
very cool just to see that, and it's like a
more popular trendament scene between the small artists. And it's
works really well on Spotify with the algorithm and everything there.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
It helps you be consistent too.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
That's another thing that I'm just in right now. I'm
just in my consistency mode. And you know, because like
I believe in hard work. You know, like just because
you're talented and a Christian doesn't mean that you deserve,
you know, all the accolades and platforms that other people get.
(08:39):
Like you have to build what God gave you, you know,
and you know, like think back to Noah in the Arc.
You know, it took him a long time to build
that arc, and he got hated on the whole time
he was building it too, you know, And so I
kind of think of it that way, you know, just
(09:00):
like you know what, it's gonna take time. I have
to just keep trusting God behind the scenes and keep
putting out content, keep putting out pieces of the arc,
you know, and just keep building.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
And so you know, that's another reason.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Why the the three Songs for the Month of August
is kind of a thing right now, just to not
shy away from from the hard work that needs to
be done when you are an artist, because you know,
because of the Internet and everything, it's a very saturated market,
so it's tougher to stick out than it used to be.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
It is, and the Internet's been changing like the streaming,
Like I think TikTok is a big platform now. I've
talked about this a lot before, Like that's one way
the music industrict gross too. And it's just crazy how
much things growing like a year like from like if
we talk this time next year, like everything's gonna change again.
So there's a like there's consistency, but every in the
(10:01):
genre now they pully different, like, oh, try a pop song,
Try a country song, try rap song, Like it's every
genre now, Like like you look at Brandon Link's I
always get Brandon Link for an example, just because everyone
knows who he is. But he has like worship, he
has pop, he has country, has rocked, and he kind
of tried to dive into hip hop and everything in
this song and it's just all over the place.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Forrest Frank, I mean he's multi talented artists and like
you know, he can write the best pop song you've
ever heard, but then he can also rap, Like I
really hope nobody who listens to Forrest Frank sleeps on
how good of a rapper that man is?
Speaker 1 (10:38):
And if you want to hear Forst Frank rap, I
think he has some rap parts in his band Surfaces
before he became like I mean Forest Franks's real name,
but before he went Forrest Frank, he was with Surfaces
music and everything.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah, dude, they got some bops too, man, they got
some bops.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
And definitely And for for people that haven't checked out
your music, Stude, how would he describe your music style?
For those are now like, oh, I want to check
out Stue's music, And for those that were listening.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Watching, I would describe it as.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Uh, I don't want to get to I don't want
to get to technical or whatever.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
But I guess you could describe it as like what
I would call it is trap neo soul.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
That's what I would call it.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
And yeah, because like I have a lot of moments
where like I'll have songs that are just like straight
R and B and like even some of my harder
rap songs, I use a lot of R and B
samples and like everything. So like, yeah, like trap, neo soul,
R and B. Probably like how I describe it, you know.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
And do you have a message for like any aspiring
like artists in the industry or like some just people
in the industry, do you or like say, like there
was a younger version of you, and they want to
make it do something in the industry, or I'll playing
hip hop artist, but they don't know how to do.
Do you like any advice or wisdom you would like
to hear with.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
That, If God gave you the vision, then just stick
with it despite what anybody says to you. You don't
need people to believe in you in order to carry
out something that God gave you, you know. And that's
a very big misconception, is that you need a whole
(12:27):
group of people in order to do this. And I
see a lot of people saying like, oh man, I
gotta wait till I get a better camera, or I
gotta wait till this and wait till that. Like there's
very popular artists right now who make music on their
phone and it sounds great, you know. So there's like
(12:47):
there's no excuses really, And so yeah, that's something I
would tell a new or a younger version of me,
just like, don't don't look at what you don't have,
look at what you do have and utilize it to
the best of your ability, and just follow God's plan
for your life, because that's all you gotta do.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Easier said than done, though, definitely exactly.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
And from there, like I know, we talked a little bit,
like about the EP You're kind of really said the
new song like in Yourn. Do you have anything else
you're looking forward to for next year or two in
your music journey? Is there something you're quick passionate about
your hoping to see.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Yeah, we got another tour with Seventh Day Slumber and
Grace Graber coming up in September.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
I think you probably saw the dates for that.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I've seen the dates, but I saw the poster or
get come to our city or whatever.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah, okay, okay, like marketing emails.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Yeah, yeah, No, we got a show coming up in Brian, Texas.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I'm really really excited for that. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
I got more tours, uh, more booking, you know, like
just single shows that I'm really really excited for.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
I'm really excited to dig into that, you know.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
And I have a new team now, you know, That's
something that I didn't have before, and so especially in
the this this ladder part of the year, I'm really
excited to see what happens, you know. And obviously I'm
excited for next year, but like really this ladder part
(14:30):
of the year, I'm really excited to see what happens
and see how God elevates from here, because you know,
now I have a team and a machine that I
didn't have before. You know, I was just doing everything
on my own, which there's nothing wrong with that, but
now that I have a team and the machine kind
(14:51):
of working behind me, it helps so much.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
So I feel that that's how I kind of work.
And like, shout at the Matt. You know who Matt is.
I think you've been talking to Matt and I don't
know if you're his partner John. Have you met his
partner John?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Me and John talk extensively every like i'd say, probably
a couple of times a week.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yeah, yeah, I did too, So like we're kind of
working with to say people, So it's really cool to see.
That's kind of how do we got connected actually, So
shout out to Matt and John there watching They're great people.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
They are the best people.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
And I'm jealous of Matt right now because he's at
Holy Smoke without me, and uh, I'm really jealous right now.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
And it's exciting to see and I'm excited for you
having a team and see what's next for you at
the twenty and a twenty twenty five, early twenty twenty six.
It's gonna be great. The year's gonna end with the bang.
It's gonna be here before you know it. But it's
gonna be a great. Last four months and two weeks,
I guess I just forgot. We're like halfway through August already.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Wait, how many more months of the year do we
have now?
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Like we have like four months and two weeks.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Yeah, man, that's nuts. Wow, Yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
The time goes back fast. I guess when you're having
fun or being a creative, I guess.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Yeah, yeah, No, I just I don't stop working.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
So whenever I like take a second to really think
about it, I'm like, oh my gosh, we're already like
almost through August.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Like this is crazy,
We have a not a brand new but a newer
hip hop artist in the genre who's friends with Grace
Graber and also went on tourists Seven Day Slumber. We
have Stuie Blanco here today. Stewie, thank you for joining
me today.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
What's up man? Thank you for having me brother.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
And it's great to finally sit down with you after
a couple of weeks. I've kind of worked this out
and everything. We had a couple of technical difficulties down
the way, but we're here and we're ready. Steeve. For
those who don't know who you are, can you tell
us a little bit about yourself, how you got into
the music industry and like, what's your story?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Man, Well, that starts almost ten years ago.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
I met Seventh Day Slumber actually at a show in
my hometown here in Washington State. And I went to
the show and they needed a person to go out
on the road with them.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
And so I did that.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
And I was already making music at the time and everything.
But they really like took me under their wing and
got me opportunities for shows and everything like that.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
And they never.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
They never were stingy with their opportunities at all, Like
they really blessed me to be able to be in
the industry, and especially Joseph Rojas. He let me just
kind of sit in the right rooms with him and
watched how he ran his business and everything like that.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
So they're they're a big part of it.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
And you know, my older brother before he passed away sadly,
he was a rapper, and so he got me into
pretty much everything. Like I won't name any of the
secular artists names, but yeah, like he got me into everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
That I still listen to today.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
And he got me into all of the things that
influenced me still. And then as I got older, you know,
and especially after he passed, I started digging into the
Christian rap genre, you know, first discovering like Tadashi and
(02:21):
Trip Lee and Andy Minio of course, like those guys
big inspirations on on what I do.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
And that Read Records old Reach records is like superior.
Like if you're like looking up for like if you're
like a Christian hip hop artist trying to start Reach records,
it is like a great like the early years especially
are a great place to start, like dive into those
artists like Andy Kadachi, Triple and everything but yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Dude, Like when I was six years old, my dad
used to put on shows for Christian rappers, and so
I got to be around people really young.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Like if you're an oj Christian.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Hip hophead, you know about like John Rubin and Beautiful Eulogy.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
And stuff like that. So like I was around.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
People like that at a really really young age, behind
the scenes, you know, and some of them even stayed
at my house.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
When I was a kid, you know, So like I
was really around it for a long time.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
And it's funny because my dad, you know, he has
nothing to do with the rap scene, let alone the
Christian rap scene, you know, but he just had rappers
come stay with us and then put on shows and
in our hometown and everything. So it was it was
pretty cool to be around as a kid, and it
(03:43):
definitely affected me obviously, because I mean this is what
I do now, so.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
You know, that's really exciting. Do you have any like
favorite people, I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Know, favorite people's work for lenything in a second.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Like favorite memory or do you have a memory from
like any favorite a favorite story from like the time
like with your dad, like Chris, remember, is there something
like that inspired you or like stood out, like this
is really cool. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I was probably seven turning eight, and I saw John
Rubin for the first time at a show and uh,
I forget.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
What song it was.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
I don't know, you know, I don't know any of that.
I don't remember any of that anyways, but he h
he was playing this song and he like was rapping
this lyric and then uh, he said something and then
the lights went out, and then he kept rapping and
then the lights turned back.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
On, and I don't know. As a kid, I was
just like that was the coolest thing ever, Like, oh
my gosh, just freaking out. Yeah, that was one of
like my favorite memories.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
And like I got to be backstage with him and everything,
so it was really cool. And I got to be
backstage with uh. I don't know if you're familiar with
like the Humble Beast camp from from a while ago,
like that's like propaganda and stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Like thatpaganda, Like I know the name, but I don't
know on toaple.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Like my head. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Yeah, so yeah, a few of those Humble Beasts artists
they did a show here too that my dad also
helped with, and I got to hang with some of
those guys and that was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
That sounds very exciting and like it's cool to see
what a Christian hip hop industry was in like two thousand,
early two thousand now where we are nowadays. It's grown
a lot in the last I at least the last
five years, i'd say, and it's going to continue to
grow grow in general. You just released a new song recently,
and you've been working releasing a single after single. Can
you tell us a little bit about your creative progress
(05:56):
of these songs? Uh?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Yeah, Yeah. Basically I was just like, I want to
make three songs and release them for the entire month
of August, and yeah, man, I just really wanted to
like pour my heart out in a different way, you know,
(06:19):
instead of like the typical because I mean I released
songs almost every single week, sometimes bi weekly, and sometimes
I'll take a little more time in between just to
really like build my content up and everything.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
But really, like I had intention. You know, when you're.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Smaller artist, you know, it doesn't do you justice to
really put out a project, you know, because songs can
get buried, especially if fans aren't looking for a project
from you. So so what I wanted to do was
just like give people something to.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Listen to like in a row.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
You know, that's like a project, but they're still singles
so that way nothing.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Ever gets hidden, you know.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
And uh, they're like the three songs that I have
coming out this month. I only have one more coming
out it's called ten, but they're all meant to be
in like a small ep like so they all kind
of go together, and hopefully when you hear the third
(07:39):
one too, you'll you'll kind of see how they all
kind of tie in.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
That's really cool, and like, I see a lot more
artists in that. I think the proper term correctly if
I'm wrong, it's called the umbro efect. So they'll release
one song, then they'll release the next song, but they'll
put the first song in the next like release with
the next new release. Then they'll put the third song
then the other two releases. They call it like the umbrella.
I think that's what the name of it is. It's
(08:04):
very cool just to see that, and it's like a
more popular trendament scene between the small artists. And it's
works really well on Spotify with the algorithm and everything there.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
It helps you be consistent too.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
That's another thing that I'm just in right now. I'm
just in my consistency mode. And you know, because like
I believe in hard work. You know, like just because
you're talented and a Christian doesn't mean that you deserve,
you know, all the accolades and platforms that other people get.
(08:39):
Like you have to build what God gave you, you know,
and you know, like think back to Noah in the Arc.
You know, it took him a long time to build
that arc, and he got hated on the whole time
he was building it too, you know, And so I
kind of think of it that way, you know, just
(09:00):
like you know what, it's gonna take time. I have
to just keep trusting God behind the scenes and keep
putting out content, keep putting out pieces of the arc,
you know, and just keep building.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
And so you know, that's another reason.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Why the the three Songs for the Month of August
is kind of a thing right now, just to not
shy away from from the hard work that needs to
be done when you are an artist, because you know,
because of the Internet and everything, it's a very saturated market,
so it's tougher to stick out than it used to be.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
It is, and the Internet's been changing like the streaming,
Like I think TikTok is a big platform now. I've
talked about this a lot before, Like that's one way
the music industrict gross too. And it's just crazy how
much things growing like a year like from like if
we talk this time next year, like everything's gonna change again.
So there's a like there's consistency, but every in the
(10:01):
genre now they pully different, like, oh, try a pop song,
Try a country song, try rap song, Like it's every
genre now, Like like you look at Brandon Link's I
always get Brandon Link for an example, just because everyone
knows who he is. But he has like worship, he
has pop, he has country, has rocked, and he kind
of tried to dive into hip hop and everything in
this song and it's just all over the place.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Forrest Frank, I mean he's multi talented artists and like
you know, he can write the best pop song you've
ever heard, but then he can also rap, Like I
really hope nobody who listens to Forrest Frank sleeps on
how good of a rapper that man is?
Speaker 1 (10:38):
And if you want to hear Forst Frank rap, I
think he has some rap parts in his band Surfaces
before he became like I mean Forest Franks's real name,
but before he went Forrest Frank, he was with Surfaces
music and everything.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah, dude, they got some bops too, man, they got
some bops.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
And definitely And for for people that haven't checked out
your music, Stude, how would he describe your music style?
For those are now like, oh, I want to check
out Stue's music, And for those that were listening.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Watching, I would describe it as.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Uh, I don't want to get to I don't want
to get to technical or whatever.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
But I guess you could describe it as like what
I would call it is trap neo soul.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
That's what I would call it.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
And yeah, because like I have a lot of moments
where like I'll have songs that are just like straight
R and B and like even some of my harder
rap songs, I use a lot of R and B
samples and like everything. So like, yeah, like trap, neo soul,
R and B. Probably like how I describe it, you know.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
And do you have a message for like any aspiring
like artists in the industry or like some just people
in the industry, do you or like say, like there
was a younger version of you, and they want to
make it do something in the industry, or I'll playing
hip hop artist, but they don't know how to do.
Do you like any advice or wisdom you would like
to hear with.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
That, If God gave you the vision, then just stick
with it despite what anybody says to you. You don't
need people to believe in you in order to carry
out something that God gave you, you know. And that's
a very big misconception, is that you need a whole
(12:27):
group of people in order to do this. And I
see a lot of people saying like, oh man, I
gotta wait till I get a better camera, or I
gotta wait till this and wait till that. Like there's
very popular artists right now who make music on their
phone and it sounds great, you know. So there's like
(12:47):
there's no excuses really, And so yeah, that's something I
would tell a new or a younger version of me,
just like, don't don't look at what you don't have,
look at what you do have and utilize it to
the best of your ability, and just follow God's plan
for your life, because that's all you gotta do.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Easier said than done, though, definitely exactly.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
And from there, like I know, we talked a little bit,
like about the EP You're kind of really said the
new song like in Yourn. Do you have anything else
you're looking forward to for next year or two in
your music journey? Is there something you're quick passionate about
your hoping to see.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Yeah, we got another tour with Seventh Day Slumber and
Grace Graber coming up in September.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
I think you probably saw the dates for that.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I've seen the dates, but I saw the poster or
get come to our city or whatever.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah, okay, okay, like marketing emails.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Yeah, yeah, No, we got a show coming up in Brian, Texas.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I'm really really excited for that. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
I got more tours, uh, more booking, you know, like
just single shows that I'm really really excited for.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
I'm really excited to dig into that, you know.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
And I have a new team now, you know, That's
something that I didn't have before, and so especially in
the this this ladder part of the year, I'm really
excited to see what happens, you know. And obviously I'm
excited for next year, but like really this ladder part
(14:30):
of the year, I'm really excited to see what happens
and see how God elevates from here, because you know,
now I have a team and a machine that I
didn't have before. You know, I was just doing everything
on my own, which there's nothing wrong with that, but
now that I have a team and the machine kind
(14:51):
of working behind me, it helps so much.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
So I feel that that's how I kind of work.
And like, shout at the Matt. You know who Matt is.
I think you've been talking to Matt and I don't
know if you're his partner John. Have you met his
partner John?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Me and John talk extensively every like i'd say, probably
a couple of times a week.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yeah, yeah, I did too, So like we're kind of
working with to say people, So it's really cool to see.
That's kind of how do we got connected actually, So
shout out to Matt and John there watching They're great people.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
They are the best people.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
And I'm jealous of Matt right now because he's at
Holy Smoke without me, and uh, I'm really jealous right now.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
And it's exciting to see and I'm excited for you
having a team and see what's next for you at
the twenty and a twenty twenty five, early twenty twenty six.
It's gonna be great. The year's gonna end with the bang.
It's gonna be here before you know it. But it's
gonna be a great. Last four months and two weeks,
I guess I just forgot. We're like halfway through August already.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Wait, how many more months of the year do we
have now?
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Like we have like four months and two weeks.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Yeah, man, that's nuts. Wow, Yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
The time goes back fast. I guess when you're having
fun or being a creative, I guess.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Yeah, yeah, No, I just I don't stop working.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
So whenever I like take a second to really think
about it, I'm like, oh my gosh, we're already like
almost through August.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Like this is crazy,
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