May 18, 2023 • 19 mins
In this week's episode of the It's A Lot Y'all podcast, we dive into the ACMs in Texas, a country music award ceremony full of star power, and Producer Nicole's involvement in the festivities. We also discuss the fun-filled Cowboys draft party at the Star. Plus the Cowboy's schedule has been released, which means their annual schedule release video hit the social media airwaves as well, and it involves the hottest show in the country right now, Yellowstone.
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Hello everybody.
Welcome to the, it's a lot y'allpodcast.
I'm Allie d, this is producerNicole.
And we're back.
We've had a little hiatus, ifyou'll may or if you'll, we've
both been pretty busy doing ourthing away from the Mavs and
Cowboys, which are in their offseason, but we have a lot to
discuss this episode becauselike I said, you've been busy.
(00:30):
I've been busy.
We're gonna get into all ofthat.
Hello, Nicole.
Hello.
We're gonna catch up and I'm soexcited.
I know this is like our time tocatch up and find out what we've
been doing.
And I've been wanting to ask youa million things about all the
events you've been working,because I see you're still like
doing it, busy stage, managingall these great, amazing events.
So I wanna ask you about allthose.
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your hair looks super cute, bythe way.
Love it.
Thanks.
A bunch of dry shampoo in here,but.
Products, new shampoo.
What's going on?
I have, I have, I've been usingDivvy by Danny Austin.
yes, she's a big influencer outin Dallas and she first started
off with her hair serum, scalpserum to help people with really
(01:12):
thin hair Anyway, she developeda new shampoo, which is supposed
to be like chemical free, allthe things.
Deep cleanse in the scalp, hairgrowth.
so, so far, I mean, it's onlybeen like maybe week three, but
I love it.
It looks longer for sure.
I feel like I haven't seen youin ages cause we only talk on
the phone.
It's true.
I'm little lucky enough to catchyou to talk on the phone I
texted Nicole.
(01:32):
I'm like, hello.
Remember me?
Your old friend?
No, no.
You're just as busy as I am.
No, you just dumped me as soonas Max home is over.
No, absolutely not.
You know that's not true.
I don't know if you can tell,but I've been using a new
shampoo as well.
Tell us about it.
Well, mine unfortunately is justthe dove shampoo that you get
(01:53):
from Dollar General.
But I will say that it smellsreally good and you can't be my
friend.
It's like, do shampoo, Lord.
I know.
Well, I ran outta my good stuff,so I had to just, I was
desperate for something and Iactually, I don't mind We'll let
you slide.
Well how many chemicals are inthis thing though.
My hair smells good for like twodays, so it's just probably
(02:13):
strictly perfume that I'mwashing my hair with and nothing
else.
Good for you.
So, but I have been trying tofind some more natural, you
know, shampoo and conditionerand like deodorant and all that
stuff.
Just cause I'm reading abouthim.
I know, I know.
You start to pay attention tothe ingredients.
it's called fragrance or likeperfume that are in, whether
it's your deodorant, yourshampoo, and you try to get the
(02:35):
fragrance free types, but youshould try divvy.
I'm telling you, next time youmake it into Dallas and there's
Alta around, give it a shot.
It's about 30 bucks.
Oh, books.
There's an Alta in Grandberry,which is Mary, so, okay.
I didn't know they had it there.
Well, they might not have itthere, but, oh, come on.
But you could order it online.
Okay.
Well I'm gonna go checkGrandberry Olta and see if they
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have it.
So you're giving a great littleplug for your influencer.
I know Danny Austin.
Send me free divvy.
They'll sponsor the show.
So cool.
Okay, so you've been working somany great events.
You've been all over the place,been watching you traveling.
but one really cool one that youworked that I wanna get into all
the gossip about was the ACMs.
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Oh yes.
Okay.
So it was so much fun.
The scoop on that is, it was atthe Star, right?
At Ford Center.
So, Ford Center got to host theacm.
So it was on a Thursday eveningand to kick off the event and
celebrating that ACMs made it toFrisco.
They did this awesome, ACMs.
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Kickoff at the Star andbasically it was a two day free
event to the public.
you can come out, and you got tolisten to live music from a ton
of up and coming artists.
so it was a really, really coolevent.
And everyone that I worked withat the event, I was telling
them, I'm like, this has been byfar one of my favorite events.
and I don't know.
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I just think, I think what it isis country artists and country
music is so laid back and sochill that there's not a lot of
pressure I get it.
Yeah, because I remember when Iworked Final Four, we worked, we
had those big concerts, alwayshad huge acts, like I remember,
maroon five and it's just likeso stressful because you have
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Adam Levine and all that likethat comes with it.
His model girlfriend and likethe entourage.
There's just so much like stressand pressure backstage that
everything goes well.
But whenever there's countryacts, Like, yeah, the vibe is
just totally different.
It's so easy, laid back, easygoings.
I don't know if it's like a popversus country thing or what if,
or you know, it has to be,because I've definitely
recognized the same thing.
Yes.
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Things like that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And previously, when I was inCleveland, I would help out
sometimes when the concerts camethrough And I still remember it
was Luke Combs, and at the timeMorgan Wallen opened up.
Forum, which Morgan Wallenwasn't even a big name then,
which is just crazy to thinkabout in two years how he's
exploded, but crazy.
I just remember them being soeasy.
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So it's just funny how differentartists are what did you have to
do at the ACMs?
Because you sent me a picture,you were like side stage.
I think Ian Munk was on stage,which he's great from Wyoming.
I love him.
He sings about rodeo and fuckinghorses and all things.
So of course I love him.
But like, what were you doing?
so I was a stage manager, so Iwas really making sure that the
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artists were ready to go andmaking sure that we were all set
on stage for, you know, thetransitions in between artists.
There was about like 10 to 15artists per day that came on.
They each played about four orfive songs.
So you got to hear like eithertheir most popular songs or
covers and then at night, onceit kind of got darker, we
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incorporated a band.
But basically I was the middleman, so I was working with the
ACM production staff to makesure that the artists were
there, we're on time, everythingsounds good.
the stages all set up for theartists and kind of making sure
they're micd up, tuned up, readyto go.
it was really neat.
We had all kinds of artists fromIan Munk to Nate.
Smith, Dylan, Scott, Corey,Kent.
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Um, I will be honest, I didn'tknow any of these guys when I
first got the rundown.
Like Parker and McCollum,remember that?
Geez, what an embarrassment.
Yeah.
I did not know anyone, so Iwasn't sure what to expect, but
it's kind of cool listening tothem because I kind of had a
realization like I'm the age nowwhere like these are gonna be
the future upcoming.
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Maybe Miranda Lamberts, youknow, Luke Bryants, that kind of
thing.
so anyways, it was really,really cool.
But everyone I worked with wereawesome.
Super easy one.
Were they all from Nashville,the people you were working with
or what?
Majority of them.
Majority of them, A lot of theartists were either from
somewhere but now live inNashville.
So if you're up and come anartist, you're in Nashville.
You gotta be in Nashville.
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I know.
okay.
I wanna know, was there anyartists that were like hard to
work with?
Or, you don't have to tell usnames, but was there anything
juicy that went on backstage?
Come on, spill You know,honestly, and this is so honest,
there wasn't really any issueswith any artists.
I will say though, so the firstnight we had Amazon Prime take
over for the last sets.
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So basically took over the videoboard and they streamed live on
Amazon Prime for the lastperformance with the band.
Yes, they So Amazon came in andthen all of a sudden it was like
their run a show.
if I had anything that wasdifficult, it was that
transition because it was likeon their time.
and they kind of came in with,you know, Ready to go attitude.
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So yeah, bully attitude, Besidesthat, it was really good, but
all the artists were super,super nice.
Every country artist, as soon asthey got off the stage, they
went say, Hey to fans, signautographs, take photos.
and you could tell that they'reall humble and we're just all so
thankful to be at the ACMs.
Right.
so, you know what's funny islike back in the day, like 10
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years ago when I was, reallyheavily pursuing my country
music career.
Yes.
Traveling, like the whole nineyards so, so hardcore.
I got invited to go to severalof these like award shows, and
one of them was in Vegas that Iwent to, I think it was called
the acas.
okay.
And, I just remember beingthere, like walking the red
carpet, doing the whole thingwith the pictures and like the
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paparazzi's yelling your name.
I was on a TV show back thentoo, so like I had a little bit
of like, clout I guess you couldsay, you know, kind of some
recognition.
And it was, people were like,Ali D look, there's Ali D.
Yeah.
And I was never really pannedout too much, but, it was really
fun and it was cool, just kindof like being a part of that
experience and seeing what it'slike and seeing what goes on
backstage and, Watching all thebig acts, win all the awards and
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sitting there in kind of likethe first few rows and you get
your little name on your chairand all that stuff.
So it was really cool.
And it was fun seeing you therecause it kind of brought me back
to like those memories.
Getting to go there.
If you look on my Instagrampage, like occasionally, every
once in a while I'll post like athrowback photo and there's some
yes.
Award shows.
It was so cool.
That is so awesome to experiencethat.
You know what else I wanted tomention though about the ACMs,
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which is actually really cool,and I think this is the first
year they did it.
Our first night there weawarded, the up and coming male
artist of the year.
And female.
Yes.
Oh my gosh.
and Gabby Burett, I think that'show you say her name, so sorry
if I got that wrong.
But she came to the stage andannounced the winners of the
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year and I actually got to seean alive ACM trophy, which is so
cool.
I wanted to take a photo of it,but I didn't.
But I was like, oh my gosh, howneat is this?
Wow.
So cool.
This is kind of really funny,but, so I've been getting like
decent royalty checks everymonth for my music.
I know.
It's so fun.
That's awesome.
I haven't made music orperformed in so long, but you
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know, I have a Spotify, it getsdecent amount of streams, I
guess.
I don't know where it's comingfrom, but I have different
organizations that represent mysongwriting.
Cause I did a lot of writing andmusic and so it's fun getting
these checks every month.
So I'm like, you know what, I'mgonna go ahead and just like, I
have a lot of songs that I neverreleased.
And so now that, like I'm, I'mat home pretty much all the time
with the kids, so I call myselfa stay home musician because I'm
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not s aa s.
A h m Not stay at-home mom, butstay at-home musician.
Cause like I feel like, okay, Ican make a little bit of extra
money, you know, promote somesongs that I never released.
So I'm gonna start releasingsome music here in the near
future.
So if you wanna follow up thatwhole journey, follow me on
TikTok, it's at Ali d Music.
and I've got one post up so farand, I like manifested that it
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was gonna get a thousand viewsovernight and.
That I would get like maybe ahundred followers in the first
day, which was like crazy.
So this is really crazy becausewe're, last I checked, I was at
15,000 views and like 380followers.
Oh my gosh.
I know in one day from thathost.
So I think, I dunno why TikTokis just a really great place to
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get awareness for your music.
So anyways, if you wanna followthat journey, I'm gonna dabble
in it a little bit on, on myTikTok.
That's the only place cause I,that, that is so awesome.
Also, shout out to you, let'sall go follow and subscribe on
Spotify.
Start streaming your music.
Yeah, you guys, I get like 3cents a stream so, I would
appreciate, know.
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It does.
So funny.
well thank you for sharing thatabout the hc.
I'm so cool because I've beenwanting to like get all the
whole thing about how it was inthe event working it and your
position being like stagemanager with the artist.
it's so cool to like meetpeople.
I feel like I met a good amountof people and just even like the
tour managers and all the thingsand hear about their experience.
Cuz way back in the day, that'swhat I envisioned, like maybe
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one dad go on tour with a bigartist.
You would be, you would be sucha good tour manager if I ever go
into that again.
You are coming with me.
Are you gonna hire me?
Forget the bus.
Yeah.
Heck yeah.
we're going on the road.
that would be so fun.
One way or another.
I know.
It's like me and the kids andYeah.
We'll have snacks in the wholeday.
I'll drive the bus.
Drive the bus.
Yeah, exactly.
but, you know, one thing I didwanna ask you about is So we're
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used to talking to you aboutworking sports mm-hmm.
And sports events.
Mm-hmm.
So how was it different likeworking in like a music event
versus a sports event?
Was there a big difference?
So it wasn't as crazy of adifference.
cuz I feel like a lot of timesin sports, you either gotta cue
your DJs or get people on andoff the stage.
And it was same concept and wedid have a run a show, but it
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wasn't as, scripted to where wehad to be, so on time.
But I will say, and you can askanyone there, we were on time
both days.
I've never been so on time, I'mlike, this is insane.
I think one time we were likefive minutes ahead of schedule,
which was wild.
So we had to make some time upto get back on schedule.
yeah.
But really it's not a hugedifference.
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It was more relaxed, ifanything.
And mainly just making sure thatthe artists.
they're on time.
Right?
That's the biggest thing.
Making sure they're ready to go.
They have everything they needand they're comfortable.
you also worked another, bigevent recently, the giraffe
party, which was up there too.
the Cowboys, we had the draftparty.
They had the a first round, Ibelieve it was a 26 pick.
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so the Cowboys hosted a draftparty and mm-hmm.
We were all up there.
Rowdy was there.
We had DCC in the building.
Oh.
rhythm and blue.
kicking off, you know, the startof football season.
It's the beginning.
It really is.
It's crazy how much the fans areinvested in the draft.
Like I was watching some statson that and it's just crazy
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numbers.
The viewers they get for thedraft even.
Yes.
Just how it like supersedes anyother sport.
It's just incredible.
And then that, yeah, like yousaid, that really kicks off.
Now we're going into summer,then we're gonna training camp
and we are gonna go intopreseason.
I mean, it's gonna be herebefore we know, which I can't
wait.
Wait.
I'm like so ready for cowboyseason.
I know it's right around thecorner.
but the draft party was great.
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Jerry Jones came out and spoketo the crowd.
So if you were there, you got tosee Jerry up close and personal.
Great turnout cowboy fans cameout to support and really cool
night overall.
Did any of the players come out?
Yes, yes.
We had the players come out.
We had two rounds of playersthat also were inside doing
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autographs, and I think you hadto be there early to sign up to
get, a wristband to go getautographs.
about 20 guys that came to thestage and oh, just got to say,
hey, to Cowboys fans.
We did a little small interviewand The whole entertainment, I
would say.
That's so great.
I love that.
so speaking of Cowboys draftparty, like I said, we're
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getting ramped up for theseason.
The cowboys schedule just cameout, which is so cool because
now the teams are doing thesevideos, to get everybody hyped.
Mm-hmm.
And it was really fun to see theCowboys one because it was tied
in with Yellowstone, which youknow, is the biggest show in
the.
World right now.
People are obsessed withYellowstone.
So like what better marriagethan a Dallas Cowboys and
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Yellowstone bringing out theWestern, the whole cowboy thing,
the guys were wearing the hats.
Taylor Sheridan, the creator ofYellowstone, was in the video.
Really cool.
It was neat cuz it was liketying being a cowboy all
together.
Right.
I think it's so awesome that thedigital and social teams get
together now and it's a hugething to see which N F L team
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creates the best schedulerelease video.
So it's a whole thing.
They all drop it at a certaintime.
During the day.
I feel like the Cowboys theirsjust keeps getting better and
better.
Last year's for the Cowboys wasawesome, and this year I thought
was really cool.
Yeah, it was so great seeing allthe cowboy western influencing
ties they were bringing in.
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Cause it is the Dallas Cowboysat the end of the day, you know?
Mm-hmm.
And we're right here next to allthe ranches and the rodeo.
Yeah.
And I love Yellowstone.
I wanna be a Dutton.
Yeah.
And by the way, the creator ofof Yellowstone lives kind of
near us, or he has a ranch nearus.
And so there's always like a lotof Yellowstone action.
Like they're filming a lot ofprequels and Spinoffs and all
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that stuff.
Wow.
And it all goes on like rightaround here.
So just the other day I was onFacebook and someone in my town
was like, what's going on?
On Rock Church Highway, which isa highway just right down the
street, there's all these vansand trucks and all these signs,
and someone chimes in.
They're like, oh, they'refilming for Yellowstone.
And then they all start chimingin about where they're filming.
So cool.
Filmings Laman, bass Reeves.
I think what the new Spinoff iscalled, so they're filming that
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down the street from my house.
They film in Grandberry, thenext town over, Taylor Sheridan.
his place is in Weatherford, hisbig ranch, and so it's just
really cool seeing that all tiedinto Dallas.
So.
Awesome.
I mean, they're the hottestthing going right now.
It's crazy.
Oh, I feel like every event I goto, I see someone from
Yellowstone there like, Theshow.
It's crazy even at all therodeos.
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Yeah.
Like I'm sure you've seen theypop up at all the rodeos.
You guys having bulls.
Y'all need to see if they needbulls.
Oh yeah, I know.
And get incorporated withYellowstone.
How cool would that be?
It's so funny.
I actually just.
Saw, rip the other day.
He was, yeah.
Which is so funny.
Him.
Yeah, I know the PBR finals aregoing on in Fort Worth at
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Dickie's Arena, and so Corey hasbulls out.
So I went up there with the kidsand we were just hanging out
until the bull riding started,and he pulled up in like this.
You know, pick up with a wholeentourage thing.
I think they're filmingsomething, cuz I think he's
really involved with PBR R nowis what it sounds like, which
just professional bull riding.
For those of you that may notknow, PBR is bull riding and we
raise bulls and bring them todifferent rodeo events in the
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PBR and whatnot.
But anyways, yeah.
He was there like repping theshow in the full rip gear and
it's like you almost think he'sa real person, but he's a
character.
He's like playing a character.
So everyone says he's supergreat and they love him and he's
very kind and super humble.
So that's always good to hear.
It's not just like some likeCali guy, Kevin.
Exactly, exactly.
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A really good guy.
So yeah, it's been really funseeing all the influence there.
So, great job on Dallas Cowboysfor tying that in.
Love to hear that.
Oh, and Jerry Jones, he lookedthe part with the bolo tie.
I know the guys had cowboy hatson.
It's so cute.
If you haven't seen it, go tothe Dallas Cowboys Instagram
page.
I'm sure it's on their Twitterand Facebook as well.
Mm-hmm.
But that's where you'll see thiscrazy schedule announcement,
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which the pre-season gamesweren't on there yet.
And that's like our firsthurrah.
So yes, that's like our kickoff.
Yeah, that's just like inAugust.
I think the first home game islike mid-September, That'll be
like our first regular seasongame.
But yeah, preseasons August andI'm like, gosh, that's just so
serious.
I know.
I forget when preseason gamesget announced, but it's gotta be
coming up in the next couple ofmonths.
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And like you said, that's ourfirst, like we'll all get
together.
Hopefully we'll have our crewback together.
Yes.
and it's kind of like you getthe jitters out and you just
kick off the season, so excited.
okay.
Well that's another episode ofthe, it's a lot y'all podcast.
We're just rolling through allthese fun things really that
you're doing because I'm just.
Basically sitting at home.
Totally my thumbs, no waitingfor you to call me and fill me
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in on anything cool going on asI'm out here 90 miles away from
civilization.
So, I look forward to our chatand I'm so glad we got talk
today about all the great stuffyou're doing.
Catch up.
Yeah.
And catch up.
And thank you all to thelisteners for hanging in there
with us.
as we are going through our offseason time, we will be doing
podcast still.
So be sure you have yournotifications turned on so
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you'll know when they are comingout automatically.
All right Nicole.
Well that's it for this episode.
don't forget to follow us onsocial media at it's a lot y'all
for me, Ali, and producerNicole, we'll see you next time.
Bye-bye.
Hello everybody.
Welcome to the, it's a lot y'allpodcast.
I'm Allie d, this is producerNicole.
And we're back.
We've had a little hiatus, ifyou'll may or if you'll, we've
both been pretty busy doing ourthing away from the Mavs and
Cowboys, which are in their offseason, but we have a lot to
discuss this episode becauselike I said, you've been busy.
(00:30):
I've been busy.
We're gonna get into all ofthat.
Hello, Nicole.
Hello.
We're gonna catch up and I'm soexcited.
I know this is like our time tocatch up and find out what we've
been doing.
And I've been wanting to ask youa million things about all the
events you've been working,because I see you're still like
doing it, busy stage, managingall these great, amazing events.
So I wanna ask you about allthose.
(00:50):
your hair looks super cute, bythe way.
Love it.
Thanks.
A bunch of dry shampoo in here,but.
Products, new shampoo.
What's going on?
I have, I have, I've been usingDivvy by Danny Austin.
yes, she's a big influencer outin Dallas and she first started
off with her hair serum, scalpserum to help people with really
(01:12):
thin hair Anyway, she developeda new shampoo, which is supposed
to be like chemical free, allthe things.
Deep cleanse in the scalp, hairgrowth.
so, so far, I mean, it's onlybeen like maybe week three, but
I love it.
It looks longer for sure.
I feel like I haven't seen youin ages cause we only talk on
the phone.
It's true.
I'm little lucky enough to catchyou to talk on the phone I
texted Nicole.
(01:32):
I'm like, hello.
Remember me?
Your old friend?
No, no.
You're just as busy as I am.
No, you just dumped me as soonas Max home is over.
No, absolutely not.
You know that's not true.
I don't know if you can tell,but I've been using a new
shampoo as well.
Tell us about it.
Well, mine unfortunately is justthe dove shampoo that you get
(01:53):
from Dollar General.
But I will say that it smellsreally good and you can't be my
friend.
It's like, do shampoo, Lord.
I know.
Well, I ran outta my good stuff,so I had to just, I was
desperate for something and Iactually, I don't mind We'll let
you slide.
Well how many chemicals are inthis thing though.
My hair smells good for like twodays, so it's just probably
(02:13):
strictly perfume that I'mwashing my hair with and nothing
else.
Good for you.
So, but I have been trying tofind some more natural, you
know, shampoo and conditionerand like deodorant and all that
stuff.
Just cause I'm reading abouthim.
I know, I know.
You start to pay attention tothe ingredients.
it's called fragrance or likeperfume that are in, whether
it's your deodorant, yourshampoo, and you try to get the
(02:35):
fragrance free types, but youshould try divvy.
I'm telling you, next time youmake it into Dallas and there's
Alta around, give it a shot.
It's about 30 bucks.
Oh, books.
There's an Alta in Grandberry,which is Mary, so, okay.
I didn't know they had it there.
Well, they might not have itthere, but, oh, come on.
But you could order it online.
Okay.
Well I'm gonna go checkGrandberry Olta and see if they
(02:56):
have it.
So you're giving a great littleplug for your influencer.
I know Danny Austin.
Send me free divvy.
They'll sponsor the show.
So cool.
Okay, so you've been working somany great events.
You've been all over the place,been watching you traveling.
but one really cool one that youworked that I wanna get into all
the gossip about was the ACMs.
(03:17):
Oh yes.
Okay.
So it was so much fun.
The scoop on that is, it was atthe Star, right?
At Ford Center.
So, Ford Center got to host theacm.
So it was on a Thursday eveningand to kick off the event and
celebrating that ACMs made it toFrisco.
They did this awesome, ACMs.
(03:38):
Kickoff at the Star andbasically it was a two day free
event to the public.
you can come out, and you got tolisten to live music from a ton
of up and coming artists.
so it was a really, really coolevent.
And everyone that I worked withat the event, I was telling
them, I'm like, this has been byfar one of my favorite events.
and I don't know.
(03:59):
I just think, I think what it isis country artists and country
music is so laid back and sochill that there's not a lot of
pressure I get it.
Yeah, because I remember when Iworked Final Four, we worked, we
had those big concerts, alwayshad huge acts, like I remember,
maroon five and it's just likeso stressful because you have
(04:19):
Adam Levine and all that likethat comes with it.
His model girlfriend and likethe entourage.
There's just so much like stressand pressure backstage that
everything goes well.
But whenever there's countryacts, Like, yeah, the vibe is
just totally different.
It's so easy, laid back, easygoings.
I don't know if it's like a popversus country thing or what if,
or you know, it has to be,because I've definitely
recognized the same thing.
Yes.
(04:40):
Things like that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And previously, when I was inCleveland, I would help out
sometimes when the concerts camethrough And I still remember it
was Luke Combs, and at the timeMorgan Wallen opened up.
Forum, which Morgan Wallenwasn't even a big name then,
which is just crazy to thinkabout in two years how he's
exploded, but crazy.
I just remember them being soeasy.
(05:01):
So it's just funny how differentartists are what did you have to
do at the ACMs?
Because you sent me a picture,you were like side stage.
I think Ian Munk was on stage,which he's great from Wyoming.
I love him.
He sings about rodeo and fuckinghorses and all things.
So of course I love him.
But like, what were you doing?
so I was a stage manager, so Iwas really making sure that the
(05:21):
artists were ready to go andmaking sure that we were all set
on stage for, you know, thetransitions in between artists.
There was about like 10 to 15artists per day that came on.
They each played about four orfive songs.
So you got to hear like eithertheir most popular songs or
covers and then at night, onceit kind of got darker, we
(05:42):
incorporated a band.
But basically I was the middleman, so I was working with the
ACM production staff to makesure that the artists were
there, we're on time, everythingsounds good.
the stages all set up for theartists and kind of making sure
they're micd up, tuned up, readyto go.
it was really neat.
We had all kinds of artists fromIan Munk to Nate.
Smith, Dylan, Scott, Corey,Kent.
(06:04):
Um, I will be honest, I didn'tknow any of these guys when I
first got the rundown.
Like Parker and McCollum,remember that?
Geez, what an embarrassment.
Yeah.
I did not know anyone, so Iwasn't sure what to expect, but
it's kind of cool listening tothem because I kind of had a
realization like I'm the age nowwhere like these are gonna be
the future upcoming.
(06:26):
Maybe Miranda Lamberts, youknow, Luke Bryants, that kind of
thing.
so anyways, it was really,really cool.
But everyone I worked with wereawesome.
Super easy one.
Were they all from Nashville,the people you were working with
or what?
Majority of them.
Majority of them, A lot of theartists were either from
somewhere but now live inNashville.
So if you're up and come anartist, you're in Nashville.
You gotta be in Nashville.
(06:47):
I know.
okay.
I wanna know, was there anyartists that were like hard to
work with?
Or, you don't have to tell usnames, but was there anything
juicy that went on backstage?
Come on, spill You know,honestly, and this is so honest,
there wasn't really any issueswith any artists.
I will say though, so the firstnight we had Amazon Prime take
over for the last sets.
(07:08):
So basically took over the videoboard and they streamed live on
Amazon Prime for the lastperformance with the band.
Yes, they So Amazon came in andthen all of a sudden it was like
their run a show.
if I had anything that wasdifficult, it was that
transition because it was likeon their time.
and they kind of came in with,you know, Ready to go attitude.
(07:29):
So yeah, bully attitude, Besidesthat, it was really good, but
all the artists were super,super nice.
Every country artist, as soon asthey got off the stage, they
went say, Hey to fans, signautographs, take photos.
and you could tell that they'reall humble and we're just all so
thankful to be at the ACMs.
Right.
so, you know what's funny islike back in the day, like 10
(07:50):
years ago when I was, reallyheavily pursuing my country
music career.
Yes.
Traveling, like the whole nineyards so, so hardcore.
I got invited to go to severalof these like award shows, and
one of them was in Vegas that Iwent to, I think it was called
the acas.
okay.
And, I just remember beingthere, like walking the red
carpet, doing the whole thingwith the pictures and like the
(08:11):
paparazzi's yelling your name.
I was on a TV show back thentoo, so like I had a little bit
of like, clout I guess you couldsay, you know, kind of some
recognition.
And it was, people were like,Ali D look, there's Ali D.
Yeah.
And I was never really pannedout too much, but, it was really
fun and it was cool, just kindof like being a part of that
experience and seeing what it'slike and seeing what goes on
backstage and, Watching all thebig acts, win all the awards and
(08:34):
sitting there in kind of likethe first few rows and you get
your little name on your chairand all that stuff.
So it was really cool.
And it was fun seeing you therecause it kind of brought me back
to like those memories.
Getting to go there.
If you look on my Instagrampage, like occasionally, every
once in a while I'll post like athrowback photo and there's some
yes.
Award shows.
It was so cool.
That is so awesome to experiencethat.
You know what else I wanted tomention though about the ACMs,
(08:55):
which is actually really cool,and I think this is the first
year they did it.
Our first night there weawarded, the up and coming male
artist of the year.
And female.
Yes.
Oh my gosh.
and Gabby Burett, I think that'show you say her name, so sorry
if I got that wrong.
But she came to the stage andannounced the winners of the
(09:16):
year and I actually got to seean alive ACM trophy, which is so
cool.
I wanted to take a photo of it,but I didn't.
But I was like, oh my gosh, howneat is this?
Wow.
So cool.
This is kind of really funny,but, so I've been getting like
decent royalty checks everymonth for my music.
I know.
It's so fun.
That's awesome.
I haven't made music orperformed in so long, but you
(09:39):
know, I have a Spotify, it getsdecent amount of streams, I
guess.
I don't know where it's comingfrom, but I have different
organizations that represent mysongwriting.
Cause I did a lot of writing andmusic and so it's fun getting
these checks every month.
So I'm like, you know what, I'mgonna go ahead and just like, I
have a lot of songs that I neverreleased.
And so now that, like I'm, I'mat home pretty much all the time
with the kids, so I call myselfa stay home musician because I'm
(10:01):
not s aa s.
A h m Not stay at-home mom, butstay at-home musician.
Cause like I feel like, okay, Ican make a little bit of extra
money, you know, promote somesongs that I never released.
So I'm gonna start releasingsome music here in the near
future.
So if you wanna follow up thatwhole journey, follow me on
TikTok, it's at Ali d Music.
and I've got one post up so farand, I like manifested that it
(10:22):
was gonna get a thousand viewsovernight and.
That I would get like maybe ahundred followers in the first
day, which was like crazy.
So this is really crazy becausewe're, last I checked, I was at
15,000 views and like 380followers.
Oh my gosh.
I know in one day from thathost.
So I think, I dunno why TikTokis just a really great place to
(10:43):
get awareness for your music.
So anyways, if you wanna followthat journey, I'm gonna dabble
in it a little bit on, on myTikTok.
That's the only place cause I,that, that is so awesome.
Also, shout out to you, let'sall go follow and subscribe on
Spotify.
Start streaming your music.
Yeah, you guys, I get like 3cents a stream so, I would
appreciate, know.
(11:06):
It does.
So funny.
well thank you for sharing thatabout the hc.
I'm so cool because I've beenwanting to like get all the
whole thing about how it was inthe event working it and your
position being like stagemanager with the artist.
it's so cool to like meetpeople.
I feel like I met a good amountof people and just even like the
tour managers and all the thingsand hear about their experience.
Cuz way back in the day, that'swhat I envisioned, like maybe
(11:28):
one dad go on tour with a bigartist.
You would be, you would be sucha good tour manager if I ever go
into that again.
You are coming with me.
Are you gonna hire me?
Forget the bus.
Yeah.
Heck yeah.
we're going on the road.
that would be so fun.
One way or another.
I know.
It's like me and the kids andYeah.
We'll have snacks in the wholeday.
I'll drive the bus.
Drive the bus.
Yeah, exactly.
but, you know, one thing I didwanna ask you about is So we're
(11:50):
used to talking to you aboutworking sports mm-hmm.
And sports events.
Mm-hmm.
So how was it different likeworking in like a music event
versus a sports event?
Was there a big difference?
So it wasn't as crazy of adifference.
cuz I feel like a lot of timesin sports, you either gotta cue
your DJs or get people on andoff the stage.
And it was same concept and wedid have a run a show, but it
(12:12):
wasn't as, scripted to where wehad to be, so on time.
But I will say, and you can askanyone there, we were on time
both days.
I've never been so on time, I'mlike, this is insane.
I think one time we were likefive minutes ahead of schedule,
which was wild.
So we had to make some time upto get back on schedule.
yeah.
But really it's not a hugedifference.
(12:35):
It was more relaxed, ifanything.
And mainly just making sure thatthe artists.
they're on time.
Right?
That's the biggest thing.
Making sure they're ready to go.
They have everything they needand they're comfortable.
you also worked another, bigevent recently, the giraffe
party, which was up there too.
the Cowboys, we had the draftparty.
They had the a first round, Ibelieve it was a 26 pick.
(12:57):
so the Cowboys hosted a draftparty and mm-hmm.
We were all up there.
Rowdy was there.
We had DCC in the building.
Oh.
rhythm and blue.
kicking off, you know, the startof football season.
It's the beginning.
It really is.
It's crazy how much the fans areinvested in the draft.
Like I was watching some statson that and it's just crazy
(13:18):
numbers.
The viewers they get for thedraft even.
Yes.
Just how it like supersedes anyother sport.
It's just incredible.
And then that, yeah, like yousaid, that really kicks off.
Now we're going into summer,then we're gonna training camp
and we are gonna go intopreseason.
I mean, it's gonna be herebefore we know, which I can't
wait.
Wait.
I'm like so ready for cowboyseason.
I know it's right around thecorner.
but the draft party was great.
(13:38):
Jerry Jones came out and spoketo the crowd.
So if you were there, you got tosee Jerry up close and personal.
Great turnout cowboy fans cameout to support and really cool
night overall.
Did any of the players come out?
Yes, yes.
We had the players come out.
We had two rounds of playersthat also were inside doing
(13:58):
autographs, and I think you hadto be there early to sign up to
get, a wristband to go getautographs.
about 20 guys that came to thestage and oh, just got to say,
hey, to Cowboys fans.
We did a little small interviewand The whole entertainment, I
would say.
That's so great.
I love that.
so speaking of Cowboys draftparty, like I said, we're
(14:20):
getting ramped up for theseason.
The cowboys schedule just cameout, which is so cool because
now the teams are doing thesevideos, to get everybody hyped.
Mm-hmm.
And it was really fun to see theCowboys one because it was tied
in with Yellowstone, which youknow, is the biggest show in
the.
World right now.
People are obsessed withYellowstone.
So like what better marriagethan a Dallas Cowboys and
(14:40):
Yellowstone bringing out theWestern, the whole cowboy thing,
the guys were wearing the hats.
Taylor Sheridan, the creator ofYellowstone, was in the video.
Really cool.
It was neat cuz it was liketying being a cowboy all
together.
Right.
I think it's so awesome that thedigital and social teams get
together now and it's a hugething to see which N F L team
(15:01):
creates the best schedulerelease video.
So it's a whole thing.
They all drop it at a certaintime.
During the day.
I feel like the Cowboys theirsjust keeps getting better and
better.
Last year's for the Cowboys wasawesome, and this year I thought
was really cool.
Yeah, it was so great seeing allthe cowboy western influencing
ties they were bringing in.
(15:22):
Cause it is the Dallas Cowboysat the end of the day, you know?
Mm-hmm.
And we're right here next to allthe ranches and the rodeo.
Yeah.
And I love Yellowstone.
I wanna be a Dutton.
Yeah.
And by the way, the creator ofof Yellowstone lives kind of
near us, or he has a ranch nearus.
And so there's always like a lotof Yellowstone action.
Like they're filming a lot ofprequels and Spinoffs and all
(15:43):
that stuff.
Wow.
And it all goes on like rightaround here.
So just the other day I was onFacebook and someone in my town
was like, what's going on?
On Rock Church Highway, which isa highway just right down the
street, there's all these vansand trucks and all these signs,
and someone chimes in.
They're like, oh, they'refilming for Yellowstone.
And then they all start chimingin about where they're filming.
So cool.
Filmings Laman, bass Reeves.
I think what the new Spinoff iscalled, so they're filming that
(16:04):
down the street from my house.
They film in Grandberry, thenext town over, Taylor Sheridan.
his place is in Weatherford, hisbig ranch, and so it's just
really cool seeing that all tiedinto Dallas.
So.
Awesome.
I mean, they're the hottestthing going right now.
It's crazy.
Oh, I feel like every event I goto, I see someone from
Yellowstone there like, Theshow.
It's crazy even at all therodeos.
(16:25):
Yeah.
Like I'm sure you've seen theypop up at all the rodeos.
You guys having bulls.
Y'all need to see if they needbulls.
Oh yeah, I know.
And get incorporated withYellowstone.
How cool would that be?
It's so funny.
I actually just.
Saw, rip the other day.
He was, yeah.
Which is so funny.
Him.
Yeah, I know the PBR finals aregoing on in Fort Worth at
(16:47):
Dickie's Arena, and so Corey hasbulls out.
So I went up there with the kidsand we were just hanging out
until the bull riding started,and he pulled up in like this.
You know, pick up with a wholeentourage thing.
I think they're filmingsomething, cuz I think he's
really involved with PBR R nowis what it sounds like, which
just professional bull riding.
For those of you that may notknow, PBR is bull riding and we
raise bulls and bring them todifferent rodeo events in the
(17:08):
PBR and whatnot.
But anyways, yeah.
He was there like repping theshow in the full rip gear and
it's like you almost think he'sa real person, but he's a
character.
He's like playing a character.
So everyone says he's supergreat and they love him and he's
very kind and super humble.
So that's always good to hear.
It's not just like some likeCali guy, Kevin.
Exactly, exactly.
(17:28):
A really good guy.
So yeah, it's been really funseeing all the influence there.
So, great job on Dallas Cowboysfor tying that in.
Love to hear that.
Oh, and Jerry Jones, he lookedthe part with the bolo tie.
I know the guys had cowboy hatson.
It's so cute.
If you haven't seen it, go tothe Dallas Cowboys Instagram
page.
I'm sure it's on their Twitterand Facebook as well.
Mm-hmm.
But that's where you'll see thiscrazy schedule announcement,
(17:51):
which the pre-season gamesweren't on there yet.
And that's like our firsthurrah.
So yes, that's like our kickoff.
Yeah, that's just like inAugust.
I think the first home game islike mid-September, That'll be
like our first regular seasongame.
But yeah, preseasons August andI'm like, gosh, that's just so
serious.
I know.
I forget when preseason gamesget announced, but it's gotta be
coming up in the next couple ofmonths.
(18:13):
And like you said, that's ourfirst, like we'll all get
together.
Hopefully we'll have our crewback together.
Yes.
and it's kind of like you getthe jitters out and you just
kick off the season, so excited.
okay.
Well that's another episode ofthe, it's a lot y'all podcast.
We're just rolling through allthese fun things really that
you're doing because I'm just.
Basically sitting at home.
Totally my thumbs, no waitingfor you to call me and fill me
(18:35):
in on anything cool going on asI'm out here 90 miles away from
civilization.
So, I look forward to our chatand I'm so glad we got talk
today about all the great stuffyou're doing.
Catch up.
Yeah.
And catch up.
And thank you all to thelisteners for hanging in there
with us.
as we are going through our offseason time, we will be doing
podcast still.
So be sure you have yournotifications turned on so
(18:55):
you'll know when they are comingout automatically.
All right Nicole.
Well that's it for this episode.
don't forget to follow us onsocial media at it's a lot y'all
for me, Ali, and producerNicole, we'll see you next time.
Bye-bye.
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