February 25, 2025 • 27 mins
Join us on a lively journey through nearly four decades of entertainment history with our guest, Chris Koval of Future Sounds. With a rich career that began in the 1970s as an announcer at baseball fields and evolved through radio and television, Chris has seen and done it all. He shares his fascinating transition from performing arts to becoming a pioneering DJ in the wedding and events industry, founding Future Sounds in 1998. You’ll hear about his early days in radio, the unexpected career shifts, and his passion for creating memorable experiences for live audiences.
Chris's story is one not just of personal success but also of reinvention, emphasizing the importance of networking and community involvement. His experiences with organizations like ILEA, AHAA, and NACE were instrumental in revitalizing his career at a critical juncture. Listen in as Chris recounts his humorous anecdotes from his time performing with San Antonio Parks and Recreation and reflects on the joys and challenges of working in radio, including encounters with fascinating personalities along the way. His insights into the industry provide a delightful blend of humor and wisdom, highlighting both the challenges and unique rewards of engaging audiences.
Get a sneak peek into the evolving world of wedding entertainment as Chris discusses how these celebrations have become more diverse and culturally rich over the years. From the complexities of selecting music that resonates with global audiences to the impact of technology on music access, Chris offers his take on what it takes to cater to today’s eclectic wedding gatherings. As we wrap up the episode, we express our gratitude to our dedicated listeners and extend an open invitation to Chris to return for more insightful discussions. Don’t forget to subscribe, leave us a review, and catch our next episode as we continue exploring the vibrant world of wedding and event planning.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the Tipsy Guest Podcast.
I am your host, MarcoBuenrostro, and every week I'm
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(00:26):
Hey guys, welcome back to theTipsy Guest.
I am Marco, your host, andtoday, oh my gosh, I am so
honored to have the mostexperienced DJ.
I know I mean, we'll talk aboutit for how long in a little bit
, but, oh my gosh, Chris Cobaltfrom Future Sounds.
(00:46):
Hello, hello.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Great to be with you this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
How are?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
you, sir.
Yeah, I'm feeling well.
You're getting ready for a big.
I think 2025 is really going tobe an exciting year for our
industry, so I'm looking forwardto what it brings us.
It was a great 2024.
And I think we're, according toindustry experts.
They say, of course, beforeCOVID, they thought 2020 was
going to be an amazing year.
So I think, now that we're intothis new year, I think all the
(01:13):
experts say this year is goingto be what 2020 should have been
, so it should be exciting forall of us.
I think we'll see a nice uphillclimb for us and it'll be
rewarding at the end of the year.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah, I mean it is so crazy, at least for our
listeners out there.
Time of recording.
Right now it is January,mid-january 2025, and I mean the
holidays were insane.
I keep saying it, but I meanthere were so many events I was
going crazy.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Yes, I can't remember .
Just someone asked me uh, justyesterday, go what, what do you?
What'd you do?
Uh, what was your weekend like?
I'm like?
Well, let's see, I had a eventyesterday that was tuesday,
event on monday.
Uh, I said I don't reallyremember the weekend and nor can
I really remember december orthe last quarter last year,
because it was just, I mean,it's a it's a blessing for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
But, oh my goodness.
So I think from november 30thall the way to december 20th, we
had straight events, for for 20days straight, it, I mean, it
didn't matter if it was a mondayor tuesday, whatever day of the
week.
We were doing holiday parties.
We had a lot of weddings inDecember.
It was such a good month and Iwas like you know what, I'm
(02:27):
looking forward to January andtake a little break.
No, it has been really busy,thankfully.
So, yeah, I mean, but I'm veryexcited to have you here today.
You, I mean, I've known you forwhat I think maybe nine years
now.
I think.
I mean I've been in thebusiness for about 10 years, so
I think I've known you for aboutnine.
Yes, I would say so.
(02:47):
That's about right, and everysingle time I have a
conversation with you, I justfeel like I am talking to an
entire generation of justamazingness.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I don't know how to take that Generation.
That makes me feel really old.
Thank you, Mark.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Well, not that I'm giving your age away, but 40
years behind the microphone andnearly 30 years of entertainment
as Future Sounds.
Yes, talk to me about that.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Well, I started my career and the 40 years wraps up
the entirety of when I startedworking behind the microphone.
So as a young teenager I wasworking at baseball fields
announcing to players as theycome up to bat.
So that slowly transitionedinto me working at skating rinks
(03:34):
and radio and television.
Doing all those things back inthe early 80s and 90s is when,
essentially, I began all that.
So I was just laughing thismorning as I was preparing for
this I was like well, maybe Ishould send you some of my
earlier radio air checks whichif you listen to that you kind
of hear my voice.
It's not necessarily what itsounds like right now, but not
(03:58):
so good.
You're like that's terrible.
And compared to my later years,I worked in radio for about 10
years.
So I started that in in thelate 80s, uh, and then worked
through about the mid 90s or so,uh, with radio.
Kg 97 here in san antonio isone of my latest state uh, the
last stations I worked with uh,but during that time in 93 is
(04:19):
when I started working in themobile industry, uh, cutting
edge entertainment, ron peenactually.
He and I used to be co-DJsthere with one of the original
owners, wow.
So all that stuff they werelooking for mobile DJs and at
the time, when I was in theradio, I'm like, well, that's
not really what I was thinkingabout doing, but okay, I'll help
out.
And, needless to say, yearslater, 1998's, when I began,
(04:39):
future Sounds sounds, and did Iever think I'd be here, 25,
almost 30 years later?
Speaker 1 (04:45):
No.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I didn't think that and nor did I think in 93, I'd
start a business and be doingthis mobile stuff for weddings
and parties, although I lovedwhat I did as a radio
personality and doing what I donow, it gives me that
interaction Just like here today.
It's like if you say somethingthat's funny, you may get a
laugh, but it's that completeinteraction that you have.
(05:07):
And when you're in a roomfilled with people and you see
the fun that you have, it's,it's, it's, it's very um, it's
mesmerizing in a way, becauseyou're like wow, look at that.
It's like I used to tell peopleyears ago it's, it's kind of a
neat feeling when you say jumpand they do.
That's just the neatest feeling.
And if, especially if you have10 people or 10 000 people, yeah
(05:28):
it's.
It's quite uh, it's quite ahumbling experience to go
through that and realize thepower you have as much as you
can earn, that at some event youcould quickly lose it, and when
I worked in some of the clubsit was that it's like I could
quickly mess this up.
Everybody's having a great time, but.
But, if I say the wrong thingor play the wrong thing or do
the wrong thing, it takes alittle time to get that back.
(05:52):
So, yeah, so, nearly 40 yearsbehind the microphone and with
the entertainment I mean I wasactually I'll tell you about.
I tell you this Back in 1975, Iused to do my sisters were in
dance and so I reluctantly wentto their performances and
(06:14):
they're like, oh, we need someyoung men to be in with the
ladies dancing, need, um.
But I, I learned, uh, I joinedthat san Antonio Parks and
Recreation so I did tap, jazz,ballet, gymnastics, clogging, uh
, all those things so I can do.
Is there any?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
footage of this anywhere uh, luckily no see.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Back then they didn't have cameras oh my goodness and
and when they used the termyoutube, it was more like you
boob is is the way.
I think no just kidding.
No, there might be some actually, I think posted on my website
or maybe in Facebook.
There's some early photos of meholding a little plastic guitar
(06:55):
.
I used to do pantomimes.
Matter of fact, kkyx stillaround right now, but they used
to do shows kind of like yourSide of Town Entertainment, when
they bring in people fromdifferent sections of town for
the city of San Antonio to show.
Hey, here's our.
Just like Star Search orAmerican Idol.
Well, san Antonio does that,but back then some of the radio
stations would request theirguests hey come out, we're
(07:17):
having this thing.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I like that.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
So at one of the early Poteet Strawberry
Festivals back in 1975, 76, Idressed up and did this
pantomime to a song by CharlieRich, the Most Beautiful Girl,
and it was on a 45 record and Isped it up to 78, so it was
really fast.
So I sang like a chipmunkpantomime to this thing.
So I need to say so I've beenentertaining for quite a long
time, class clown in my gradeschool and high school.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I can see that.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
I can definitely see that.
So all that and more has kindof led to where I am today and
you know so very respondent topeople around me and I love
working off the energy of a room, so, whether it's with people
or without people radio.
A lot of times I was in a smallroom like this and so you
didn't see outside, I didn'tknow if it was cloudy or
sunshine or rain or snow.
You just kind of get a reportand you're looking at computers
(08:07):
and monitors and you're kind ofgoing off a feel for what you're
seeing and reading.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Hey look, it's sunshine and 86 outside right
now, but it's always interestingto go across things.
So there's kind of a nutshellof the last many years of my
life and how it kind of began.
And Future Sounds was just oneof of the things.
I was working with anothercompany, a good friend of mine.
His company was called um um,um, ultimate entertainment, and
(08:35):
we parted ways and a lot offriends in the industry back in
the 90s said you know, youshould start your own business
and I was like, well, okay, Isaid I guess I can do that.
And so I did.
It's always a scary thing tostart a business, so I did.
And then I ended up meetingpeople and I had at one point in
the mid-2000s I had eightpeople working for me and we
(09:01):
were doing really well.
So it was a neat thing and allthat was good.
But they got real jobs andmoved on.
But, needless to say, it was agreat experience of expanding
and taking all on, but alsoscary.
And after some of those guysmoved on I thought about
expanding again.
But I said you know I shouldstay where I'm at, and at the
time I was also working at UTSA.
You know I should stay whereI'm at, and at the time I was
also working at UTSA.
I worked there for about 15years as a communications
coordinator for the Office ofInformation Technology, so
(09:28):
that's where I kind of get theacademic side of me working with
teachers and teaching them howto use technology but then moved
from there or left there in2013.
Actually, they fired me, marco.
Someone hated me.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Oh, no, needless to say, I lost my job at utsa and
and julie.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Julie and I met in 2013 and, uh, she is.
We were just getting ready tobuy a house and I said stop
everything.
And she's like what I said um,I just lost my job today oh no
what I said, yes, so let's uhtake a step back here.
And after a few months she hadjust moved in with me and we
were looking to buy a house, andthen she says well, maybe you
(10:03):
just focus on your business,because that's going well of
ILEA since 2006,.
But in 2013 is when I made thecommitment to say you know, they
say that if you give to theorganization, eventually you get
back from that.
So I put that to the test,joined ILEA, joined AHA, joined
(10:26):
NACE and actually became more ofan active member versus just a
passive member.
I was like oh, occasionallyI'll go and say hello and it's
been very rewarding.
I can't say it hasn't becauseI've expanded that reach of
connection, not just people inthe industry, but beyond that.
So there you go.
That was a lot of information.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
I am amazed with all this information.
I can kind of relate with youon the whole radio station.
I used to work at a radiostation, well, years and years
and years ago.
And yeah, like you said, it's asmall room like this and then
you're just pretty much I meantalking to the world, but you're
in a little room and this was,I think.
(11:07):
I worked at a radio station, Ithink it was 2007, 2004, back in
the Valley, and then 2007 herein San Antonio, 104.1, which now
is a Norteño station.
Back in the day, when I wasworking there, it was a spanish
pop station, okay, and I mean Iabsolutely loved, loved doing
radio.
(11:27):
It was so fun.
It was, I mean, all the peoplewe met, all the I mean the
concerts, just you know,answering the phone calls and
talking to people.
I mean I wish radio would goback to what it used to be.
I don't think a lot of peoplelisten to the radio nowadays,
but I miss those days.
It was such a fun experience.
(11:49):
I mean I remember back in highschool, back in middle school, I
would go to sleep listening tothe radio and you would have
your favorite shows on the radio.
It was just so much fun.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
I miss those days.
It's at one of the radiostations I worked at, kono here
in town, and it was.
They were a free format.
So we, we had and and and this,this you might know.
Uh, you know, you, you get.
You don't not all radiostations, I just play whatever.
I mean, it could be countryradio station, uh, old east
radio station, pop pop radiostation, chr, but it's like you
have a list of music you'replaying.
This is the order you'replaying it in and you just pull
(12:24):
them and play them.
Now it's easier with computers,you're just probably even more
automated.
But Kono allowed us to say,well, here's kind of the
suggestions to play, kind ofstick to this, but yeah, yeah,
you can play anything.
So they made it really easy tointeract with the audience yeah
and uh, it was, and I have somecrazy things.
That was the probably most umengaging radio station I worked
(12:46):
with because it allows to bereally enjoy that free format
and have fun with the guests.
So if they would, we'd do livecalls and all these things, even
though most of them were stillrecorded as we were engaging.
When one of my mentors in radio, dave Rios, he was like Chris,
he goes, you make it sound sogood.
It's so fun because I wouldjust love talking to people and
I would transition that aftertaking a few minutes to edit
(13:08):
whatever we did and back then,unlike now where you have the
digitally kind of highlight andyou can delete.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
We had the old reel-to-reel machine oh my gosh,
cutting with the razor and it'slike, oh hey, play another song
, I need another three minutesto get this done.
Um, but uh, I had a lot ofgreat mentors back then and
people that I loved listening to, and that's what, um, what
helped me really kind of uh,fine-tune the personality that I
had, uh, as a, as a person, asa as a radio person, and and I
guess the, the inflection wasalways important too, the way
that you speak and things thatyou should say or not say, which
(13:46):
is always an interesting thingin radio when you're like, well,
there could be one personlistening or there could be
100,000.
It doesn't really matter.
But if I don't say thingscorrectly, if I can't really
share information, well thenit's a loss for all of us and
it's not going to be very funny.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Yeah, I mean yeah, and I feel like right now that I
guess it brings me to my nextquestion, with which is you know
you like the interaction withpeople.
You love, of course,entertaining.
How have I mean you've beendoing weddings for such a long
time?
How have I mean you've beendoing weddings for such a long
time?
What do you think, I guess, ofthe transition throughout the
(14:22):
years?
Speaker 2 (14:31):
You know how have the weddings changed?
In a way, you know, when itcomes to you as the
entertainment of the weddings, Ithink the thing that's changed
the most is that years ago.
So when I started doing theweddings back in the 90s and I
would go to Floresville or, youknow, could be here in San
Antonio but everybody that cameto that event knew each other.
It was your parents,grandparents, it was your
neighbors.
Everybody had something incommon more than just a bride
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and groom, and so thecommonality that was in that
event was very homey in a way.
You felt very comfortable, andthe music styles that were
played everybody knew, Whereastoday the commonality might just
be the bride and groom, and youknow the bride or you know the
(15:17):
groom.
You may know them both, you mayknow them through work or
through school, but otherwisethat level of extension of
saying, oh, I've known johnnysince he was 12 or since he was
five, that's that's not.
That's not as uh as a common ofan occurrence that you uh see
these days.
So that's, that's the big thing.
(15:37):
So when you go to a wedding,the music styles that you may
play, it's like you have, justlike you were saying, it's like.
I've been to weddings where mybride was from Puerto Rico and
my groom was from Mexico Cityand friends and family were from
around the globe.
I did a wedding probably early2000s.
The dad was a diamond traderand there were 32 countries
(15:59):
represented.
There were 13 languages spokenduring the toast.
Wow, Heads of state.
I mean it was an insane type ofthing to be a part of and I was
like I'm the smallest personhere around all these people and
it's like you know, I wasprobably nothing back then when
they were paying for thingsbecause they spent uh, it was,
(16:19):
it was at the St Anthony andthey brought in their own tables
.
The only thing they used wasthe flatware.
Everything else was brought in.
But but I think the fascinatingthing about that was the number
of countries and people anddialects and all these things
that were represented, and thecommonality was the parents and
the family and the couple.
(16:40):
But that's changed even morebecause it's more diverse, and
that's both good and bad,because it makes it more
difficult.
If you say, hey, I'm going tobe playing this type of music,
Well, someone may like it orthey may not.
Maybe you have a handful ofpeople that may like it.
So are you going to get a fulldance floor?
Well, maybe it depends on thatcrowd and how much you know they
(17:01):
are really into that or not.
Just like yesterday, I wasplaying a lot of Bollywood.
You know they were saying, hey,play this, and I'm like, okay,
so we were just playing GeorgeStrait and then I went right
into Bollywood music.
Yeah, and so it's like fine, youknow, but that's the way some
of these weddings are is thatyou're trying to please everyone
, and it's difficult to do that.
(17:22):
It's always nice to kind ofhave a heads up if you have
people.
Even I always joke about whenyou look at people that are from
Corpus or they're south ofCorpus, they're in far or
further into the valley.
You know, Selena works for some, but if you're further south of
Corpus it's like no, Cumbia is,yeah, Selena's good, but we
want other stuff.
Yeah.
So it's knowing that and beingaware that where people are
(17:45):
coming from, that slightdifference, going across the
border from Laredo to Montereyor wherever, that's different
music.
It's not the same.
Yeah, it's a completelydifferent story.
Yeah, and if you're notprepared for that, or aware of
that, or not knowing thatthere's that difference, just
play us some Latin music.
Okay, hold on, that's a widerange.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
That's a big genre of music.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
If you're from Puerto Rico or Cuba or Mexico or South
America or you're from Brazil,it all changes.
And I think, just as much asyou can appreciate, that
American music now, or worldmusic, is no different.
There's so many differentvariations and now, with the
access to that, that makes a bigdifference.
So people, they just expect youto have it all and it's like,
(18:28):
well, you're just pulling thatup on your phone and that's
great.
But you know, yeah, I guess Ican play it off my phone and I
can stream that.
All the music I have.
I have here.
I don't have to worry aboutbeing connected to the world to
get that.
So I think that's.
Another big difference is notonly are the people more diverse
and eclectic in what theylisten to, but also the access
(18:52):
to music.
Where years ago radio, weshaped what people listen to.
This is what we want.
This is released by mca or rcaor sony or whomever those that
company released it because theysponsored that artist.
But now people say I can go onyoutube or I can go search
anywhere stream stuff on anymusic streaming service and I
(19:12):
can find the music that I reallylike, which is great for
artists and great for theconsumption of that.
But then going to our eventsnow, it's like, oh, where am I
at on this spectrum of playingmusic?
And so it's always.
It's neat to learn this.
I mean, we're all into learningnew stuff, but it's difficult
to know it all and have it all.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Yeah, I know for sure .
And so, for example, I know Imean you guys asked the DJ for
the weddings or events.
I mean you guys are playing fora long time.
You know like it could be whatthree, four or five hours,
depending on the timeline of thewedding, is nothing.
(19:58):
Of course, no shade against thebands, but I mean the bands
take breaks, you know they.
They might do a set I don't, Idon't know really how many songs
they do, but then they take abreak and then they come back
and then they take another breakand then another break.
So I mean I feel like couplesout there are spending a lot of
money to hire a band.
You know, in comparison to howmuch a DJ charges.
(20:19):
I mean I'm sure there'sdifferent tiers of, let's say,
your packages, for example, butI guess educate me on this I'm
assuming a DJ is still less thana band, right?
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Yeah, I think it depends on the performance value
.
You have those that are on thehigher end of the industry.
They put on a performance and Ithink, whether it's you know,
we all start somewhere.
But then you have those of uswho have worked hard to to not
only have the best gear, allthose things play a factor light
shows, and then thepresentation that we present to,
(20:52):
to our clients, to our, to ourguests, to the guests that are
there, and so I think thatelevation of performance and
that was one thing many yearsago someone asked me.
I said well, technically, we'reall doing a live performance.
Yeah, I may be pushing a buttonor adjusting some type of thing
on a mixer, but we are all I'mplucking strings, pulling this,
(21:13):
pushing that, we're all doingthose types of things.
So most DJs I mean, if you lookat the traditional style,
you're playing about 17 songs anhour.
When you start saying, okay,now we're beat mixing those or
remixing those.
Okay, we're playing instead ofthree minutes or four minutes or
five minutes of a traditionalsong, now we're playing maybe a
minute and a half or two minutesof that, so you can get more
songs in per hour, but it'snonstop and that's the ultimate
(21:36):
goal is it's a nonstop mix ofmusic.
There are some bands out therethat are using some new
technologies that allow them todo that, but generally more
traditional when they play theirsets of music, where they may
play a particular song and singthat song out and maybe add
their own flair to that song andmay extend it.
If flair to that song and mayextend it if it's a very popular
(21:58):
, very familiar song for thetype of music they play, and
especially if that's what theguests are into, then it works.
But then you look at them,maybe they're playing, instead
of that, 17th song an hour.
They may be less than thatbecause they don't necessarily
make a nonstop rhythm that takesthem through that whole period.
So you may be looking at maybemaybe 10 to 12 songs an hour
(22:18):
because if they stop in betweenevery song yeah, again that now
I there are some bands that playmore traditional.
They play their song, pause,play the next song.
There are a few that may playmaybe a set of songs that may be
all, uh, essentially mixed intogether as they play it, and
and others that may be doinglonger sets.
So there are the variation outthere between the larger bands
(22:41):
that are more into trying tokeep that energy.
But I think that's one of thebig things between bands and DJs
is most DJs are going to tryand keep that energy going and
weddings are difficult becauseyou have the formalities that
occur.
So I think as long as they evenbands, they try and work around
those formalities.
It's like we're going to do ourset, then you break.
But I think years ago whenpeople would ask me the
(23:03):
difference between bands and DJs, I was like well, the
difference is really 20 to 40songs in the grand four-hour
event, you know, five-hour event.
Once you start adding thosehours, that number changes a bit
.
But still you say, okay, dj,I'm going to play nonstop.
You hire me for four hours orfive hours.
It's nonstop, you know.
I think I heard in one of theother things, like, do you go to
(23:24):
the bathroom?
Well, just like in radio, if Ihad to go to the bathroom, music
can't stop, although on a rare.
Like okay, I'm going to do that.
But with a band, if someoneleaves the stage, especially a
critical musician, okay, well,we'll do that during the break.
So you need that.
(23:45):
So that's one of the bigdifferences between a band and
DJs, the amount of music thatcould be essentially played in
an hour or in an extended amountof time.
Also, the footprint that wetake.
I mean there's some DJs.
I know that we have big setupsonce we start bringing in
trusting and lighting and largersound systems, but that's the
other thing.
Footprint is a big differencebetween most DJs in a band.
(24:08):
I mean we can fit into a smallcorner but yet we could take up
a large stage if the need isthere, yeah, I mean, that's a
big difference.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
I honestly so, I guess.
To our listeners out there, Ithink uh, you know, biggest
takeaway right now is you hire aband for four hours, you hire a
dj for four hours.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
The dj is gonna play more and there's nothing better
than a live performance.
I mean seeing someone thatknows their trade, that that can
sing well or play an instrumentwell.
My parents are musicians.
I was not gifted with that.
I can fake it really well,maybe.
I can just fake it, maybe notreally well, but again, I think
we're all talented in certainways and I love seeing live
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music.
But again, when you're lookingat those formalities, the big
differences between there it'slike if that's what I want,
between there it's like ifthat's what I want.
And I guess the other criticalthing, or crucial thing, that is
the big difference is if youhire a band that plays country
music or Spanish music, or maybethey're a variety band but yet
they don't necessarily play.
If you don't know your audiencecoming in that evening, like
(25:10):
yeah, they're all my friends,well, but what is it that they
listen to?
What are their favorite songs?
And if they don't like the bandand they're not necessarily
going to dance to what theband's playing, um, they can't
change who they are.
This is the set, the, the amountof music.
We know that we can play djwithin.
Oh, you want to go?
You need bally bollywood music?
Here we go.
You know, I have some.
(25:30):
You need cajun music orwhatever it is, let's go, you
know, you know, and I thinkthat's easier for us to do on
our end than it would be for atraditional band.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Yeah, I love that.
Alright, chris.
Well, we are running out oftime.
Thank you so much.
Yes, I actually love thisepisode because it was like you
were interviewing me, like Ijust get.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
I was just listening here, I I think someone needs to
do a travel one with you andask to be on all your travel
experiences.
I think we should do an episodewhere you interview me.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
I think you should be the host.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna invite youback and you're gonna be the
host, and it's gonna be anepisode about photo booths, but
you're gonna be interviewing me.
This is your open invitation.
But hey, um, I want you to letour listeners know where can
they go, find you social mediawebsite, maybe a phone number,
how can they reach out to you?
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Well, one of the main places you can find the most
information about Future Soundsand Chris Koval.
If you go to our website,future-soundscom great place to
start.
I keep that the most updated.
You can find me on social mediaat future sounds dj uh, on any
of the social media channels.
I'm not on tiktok, I'm, I'm.
I'm much older, so I haven'tgotten the tiktok thing yet, but
(26:44):
, uh, a great.
If you know, what I get reallyexcited about is, uh, when my
stuff posted on the website.
Uh, my pinterest boards matchmy my pricing sheet so you can
easily go there so you can say Isee all this gibberish on this
price sheet.
I have no clue what that is,but it matches on the Pinterest
site, so you just need picturesof my packaging so you know
exactly what's there.
So, yeah, at Future Sounds DJfor the DJ service on social
(27:08):
media and future-soundscom, themain web address.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Awesome.
Well, thank you so much again.
We'll have you open invitationto have you again, because I
know you do have other servicesthat you offer and we'll
definitely be talking about thaton a different episode.
But to our listeners out there,thank you so much for tuning in
today.
I will catch you guys next week.
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Hey guys, welcome back to theTipsy Guest.
I am Marco, your host, andtoday, oh my gosh, I am so
honored to have the mostexperienced DJ.
I know I mean, we'll talk aboutit for how long in a little bit
, but, oh my gosh, Chris Cobaltfrom Future Sounds.
(00:46):
Hello, hello.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Great to be with you this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
How are?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
you, sir.
Yeah, I'm feeling well.
You're getting ready for a big.
I think 2025 is really going tobe an exciting year for our
industry, so I'm looking forwardto what it brings us.
It was a great 2024.
And I think we're, according toindustry experts.
They say, of course, beforeCOVID, they thought 2020 was
going to be an amazing year.
So I think, now that we're intothis new year, I think all the
(01:13):
experts say this year is goingto be what 2020 should have been
, so it should be exciting forall of us.
I think we'll see a nice uphillclimb for us and it'll be
rewarding at the end of the year.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah, I mean it is so crazy, at least for our
listeners out there.
Time of recording.
Right now it is January,mid-january 2025, and I mean the
holidays were insane.
I keep saying it, but I meanthere were so many events I was
going crazy.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Yes, I can't remember .
Just someone asked me uh, justyesterday, go what, what do you?
What'd you do?
Uh, what was your weekend like?
I'm like?
Well, let's see, I had a eventyesterday that was tuesday,
event on monday.
Uh, I said I don't reallyremember the weekend and nor can
I really remember december orthe last quarter last year,
because it was just, I mean,it's a it's a blessing for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
But, oh my goodness.
So I think from november 30thall the way to december 20th, we
had straight events, for for 20days straight, it, I mean, it
didn't matter if it was a mondayor tuesday, whatever day of the
week.
We were doing holiday parties.
We had a lot of weddings inDecember.
It was such a good month and Iwas like you know what, I'm
(02:27):
looking forward to January andtake a little break.
No, it has been really busy,thankfully.
So, yeah, I mean, but I'm veryexcited to have you here today.
You, I mean, I've known you forwhat I think maybe nine years
now.
I think.
I mean I've been in thebusiness for about 10 years, so
I think I've known you for aboutnine.
Yes, I would say so.
(02:47):
That's about right, and everysingle time I have a
conversation with you, I justfeel like I am talking to an
entire generation of justamazingness.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I don't know how to take that Generation.
That makes me feel really old.
Thank you, Mark.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Well, not that I'm giving your age away, but 40
years behind the microphone andnearly 30 years of entertainment
as Future Sounds.
Yes, talk to me about that.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Well, I started my career and the 40 years wraps up
the entirety of when I startedworking behind the microphone.
So as a young teenager I wasworking at baseball fields
announcing to players as theycome up to bat.
So that slowly transitionedinto me working at skating rinks
(03:34):
and radio and television.
Doing all those things back inthe early 80s and 90s is when,
essentially, I began all that.
So I was just laughing thismorning as I was preparing for
this I was like well, maybe Ishould send you some of my
earlier radio air checks whichif you listen to that you kind
of hear my voice.
It's not necessarily what itsounds like right now, but not
(03:58):
so good.
You're like that's terrible.
And compared to my later years,I worked in radio for about 10
years.
So I started that in in thelate 80s, uh, and then worked
through about the mid 90s or so,uh, with radio.
Kg 97 here in san antonio isone of my latest state uh, the
last stations I worked with uh,but during that time in 93 is
(04:19):
when I started working in themobile industry, uh, cutting
edge entertainment, ron peenactually.
He and I used to be co-DJsthere with one of the original
owners, wow.
So all that stuff they werelooking for mobile DJs and at
the time, when I was in theradio, I'm like, well, that's
not really what I was thinkingabout doing, but okay, I'll help
out.
And, needless to say, yearslater, 1998's, when I began,
(04:39):
future Sounds sounds, and did Iever think I'd be here, 25,
almost 30 years later?
Speaker 1 (04:45):
No.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I didn't think that and nor did I think in 93, I'd
start a business and be doingthis mobile stuff for weddings
and parties, although I lovedwhat I did as a radio
personality and doing what I donow, it gives me that
interaction Just like here today.
It's like if you say somethingthat's funny, you may get a
laugh, but it's that completeinteraction that you have.
(05:07):
And when you're in a roomfilled with people and you see
the fun that you have, it's,it's, it's, it's very um, it's
mesmerizing in a way, becauseyou're like wow, look at that.
It's like I used to tell peopleyears ago it's, it's kind of a
neat feeling when you say jumpand they do.
That's just the neatest feeling.
And if, especially if you have10 people or 10 000 people, yeah
(05:28):
it's.
It's quite uh, it's quite ahumbling experience to go
through that and realize thepower you have as much as you
can earn, that at some event youcould quickly lose it, and when
I worked in some of the clubsit was that it's like I could
quickly mess this up.
Everybody's having a great time, but.
But, if I say the wrong thingor play the wrong thing or do
the wrong thing, it takes alittle time to get that back.
(05:52):
So, yeah, so, nearly 40 yearsbehind the microphone and with
the entertainment I mean I wasactually I'll tell you about.
I tell you this Back in 1975, Iused to do my sisters were in
dance and so I reluctantly wentto their performances and
(06:14):
they're like, oh, we need someyoung men to be in with the
ladies dancing, need, um.
But I, I learned, uh, I joinedthat san Antonio Parks and
Recreation so I did tap, jazz,ballet, gymnastics, clogging, uh
, all those things so I can do.
Is there any?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
footage of this anywhere uh, luckily no see.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Back then they didn't have cameras oh my goodness and
and when they used the termyoutube, it was more like you
boob is is the way.
I think no just kidding.
No, there might be some actually, I think posted on my website
or maybe in Facebook.
There's some early photos of meholding a little plastic guitar
(06:55):
.
I used to do pantomimes.
Matter of fact, kkyx stillaround right now, but they used
to do shows kind of like yourSide of Town Entertainment, when
they bring in people fromdifferent sections of town for
the city of San Antonio to show.
Hey, here's our.
Just like Star Search orAmerican Idol.
Well, san Antonio does that,but back then some of the radio
stations would request theirguests hey come out, we're
(07:17):
having this thing.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I like that.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
So at one of the early Poteet Strawberry
Festivals back in 1975, 76, Idressed up and did this
pantomime to a song by CharlieRich, the Most Beautiful Girl,
and it was on a 45 record and Isped it up to 78, so it was
really fast.
So I sang like a chipmunkpantomime to this thing.
So I need to say so I've beenentertaining for quite a long
time, class clown in my gradeschool and high school.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I can see that.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
I can definitely see that.
So all that and more has kindof led to where I am today and
you know so very respondent topeople around me and I love
working off the energy of a room, so, whether it's with people
or without people radio.
A lot of times I was in a smallroom like this and so you
didn't see outside, I didn'tknow if it was cloudy or
sunshine or rain or snow.
You just kind of get a reportand you're looking at computers
(08:07):
and monitors and you're kind ofgoing off a feel for what you're
seeing and reading.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Hey look, it's sunshine and 86 outside right
now, but it's always interestingto go across things.
So there's kind of a nutshellof the last many years of my
life and how it kind of began.
And Future Sounds was just oneof of the things.
I was working with anothercompany, a good friend of mine.
His company was called um um,um, ultimate entertainment, and
(08:35):
we parted ways and a lot offriends in the industry back in
the 90s said you know, youshould start your own business
and I was like, well, okay, Isaid I guess I can do that.
And so I did.
It's always a scary thing tostart a business, so I did.
And then I ended up meetingpeople and I had at one point in
the mid-2000s I had eightpeople working for me and we
(09:01):
were doing really well.
So it was a neat thing and allthat was good.
But they got real jobs andmoved on.
But, needless to say, it was agreat experience of expanding
and taking all on, but alsoscary.
And after some of those guysmoved on I thought about
expanding again.
But I said you know I shouldstay where I'm at, and at the
time I was also working at UTSA.
You know I should stay whereI'm at, and at the time I was
also working at UTSA.
I worked there for about 15years as a communications
coordinator for the Office ofInformation Technology, so
(09:28):
that's where I kind of get theacademic side of me working with
teachers and teaching them howto use technology but then moved
from there or left there in2013.
Actually, they fired me, marco.
Someone hated me.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Oh, no, needless to say, I lost my job at utsa and
and julie.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Julie and I met in 2013 and, uh, she is.
We were just getting ready tobuy a house and I said stop
everything.
And she's like what I said um,I just lost my job today oh no
what I said, yes, so let's uhtake a step back here.
And after a few months she hadjust moved in with me and we
were looking to buy a house, andthen she says well, maybe you
(10:03):
just focus on your business,because that's going well of
ILEA since 2006,.
But in 2013 is when I made thecommitment to say you know, they
say that if you give to theorganization, eventually you get
back from that.
So I put that to the test,joined ILEA, joined AHA, joined
(10:26):
NACE and actually became more ofan active member versus just a
passive member.
I was like oh, occasionallyI'll go and say hello and it's
been very rewarding.
I can't say it hasn't becauseI've expanded that reach of
connection, not just people inthe industry, but beyond that.
So there you go.
That was a lot of information.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
I am amazed with all this information.
I can kind of relate with youon the whole radio station.
I used to work at a radiostation, well, years and years
and years ago.
And yeah, like you said, it's asmall room like this and then
you're just pretty much I meantalking to the world, but you're
in a little room and this was,I think.
(11:07):
I worked at a radio station, Ithink it was 2007, 2004, back in
the Valley, and then 2007 herein San Antonio, 104.1, which now
is a Norteño station.
Back in the day, when I wasworking there, it was a spanish
pop station, okay, and I mean Iabsolutely loved, loved doing
radio.
(11:27):
It was so fun.
It was, I mean, all the peoplewe met, all the I mean the
concerts, just you know,answering the phone calls and
talking to people.
I mean I wish radio would goback to what it used to be.
I don't think a lot of peoplelisten to the radio nowadays,
but I miss those days.
It was such a fun experience.
(11:49):
I mean I remember back in highschool, back in middle school, I
would go to sleep listening tothe radio and you would have
your favorite shows on the radio.
It was just so much fun.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
I miss those days.
It's at one of the radiostations I worked at, kono here
in town, and it was.
They were a free format.
So we, we had and and and this,this you might know.
Uh, you know, you, you get.
You don't not all radiostations, I just play whatever.
I mean, it could be countryradio station, uh, old east
radio station, pop pop radiostation, chr, but it's like you
have a list of music you'replaying.
This is the order you'replaying it in and you just pull
(12:24):
them and play them.
Now it's easier with computers,you're just probably even more
automated.
But Kono allowed us to say,well, here's kind of the
suggestions to play, kind ofstick to this, but yeah, yeah,
you can play anything.
So they made it really easy tointeract with the audience yeah
and uh, it was, and I have somecrazy things.
That was the probably most umengaging radio station I worked
(12:46):
with because it allows to bereally enjoy that free format
and have fun with the guests.
So if they would, we'd do livecalls and all these things, even
though most of them were stillrecorded as we were engaging.
When one of my mentors in radio, dave Rios, he was like Chris,
he goes, you make it sound sogood.
It's so fun because I wouldjust love talking to people and
I would transition that aftertaking a few minutes to edit
(13:08):
whatever we did and back then,unlike now where you have the
digitally kind of highlight andyou can delete.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
We had the old reel-to-reel machine oh my gosh,
cutting with the razor and it'slike, oh hey, play another song
, I need another three minutesto get this done.
Um, but uh, I had a lot ofgreat mentors back then and
people that I loved listening to, and that's what, um, what
helped me really kind of uh,fine-tune the personality that I
had, uh, as a, as a person, asa as a radio person, and and I
guess the, the inflection wasalways important too, the way
that you speak and things thatyou should say or not say, which
(13:46):
is always an interesting thingin radio when you're like, well,
there could be one personlistening or there could be
100,000.
It doesn't really matter.
But if I don't say thingscorrectly, if I can't really
share information, well thenit's a loss for all of us and
it's not going to be very funny.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Yeah, I mean yeah, and I feel like right now that I
guess it brings me to my nextquestion, with which is you know
you like the interaction withpeople.
You love, of course,entertaining.
How have I mean you've beendoing weddings for such a long
time?
How have I mean you've beendoing weddings for such a long
time?
What do you think, I guess, ofthe transition throughout the
(14:22):
years?
Speaker 2 (14:31):
You know how have the weddings changed?
In a way, you know, when itcomes to you as the
entertainment of the weddings, Ithink the thing that's changed
the most is that years ago.
So when I started doing theweddings back in the 90s and I
would go to Floresville or, youknow, could be here in San
Antonio but everybody that cameto that event knew each other.
It was your parents,grandparents, it was your
neighbors.
Everybody had something incommon more than just a bride
(14:54):
and groom, and so thecommonality that was in that
event was very homey in a way.
You felt very comfortable, andthe music styles that were
played everybody knew, Whereastoday the commonality might just
be the bride and groom, and youknow the bride or you know the
(15:17):
groom.
You may know them both, you mayknow them through work or
through school, but otherwisethat level of extension of
saying, oh, I've known johnnysince he was 12 or since he was
five, that's that's not.
That's not as uh as a common ofan occurrence that you uh see
these days.
So that's, that's the big thing.
(15:37):
So when you go to a wedding,the music styles that you may
play, it's like you have, justlike you were saying, it's like.
I've been to weddings where mybride was from Puerto Rico and
my groom was from Mexico Cityand friends and family were from
around the globe.
I did a wedding probably early2000s.
The dad was a diamond traderand there were 32 countries
(15:59):
represented.
There were 13 languages spokenduring the toast.
Wow, Heads of state.
I mean it was an insane type ofthing to be a part of and I was
like I'm the smallest personhere around all these people and
it's like you know, I wasprobably nothing back then when
they were paying for thingsbecause they spent uh, it was,
(16:19):
it was at the St Anthony andthey brought in their own tables
.
The only thing they used wasthe flatware.
Everything else was brought in.
But but I think the fascinatingthing about that was the number
of countries and people anddialects and all these things
that were represented, and thecommonality was the parents and
the family and the couple.
(16:40):
But that's changed even morebecause it's more diverse, and
that's both good and bad,because it makes it more
difficult.
If you say, hey, I'm going tobe playing this type of music,
Well, someone may like it orthey may not.
Maybe you have a handful ofpeople that may like it.
So are you going to get a fulldance floor?
Well, maybe it depends on thatcrowd and how much you know they
(17:01):
are really into that or not.
Just like yesterday, I wasplaying a lot of Bollywood.
You know they were saying, hey,play this, and I'm like, okay,
so we were just playing GeorgeStrait and then I went right
into Bollywood music.
Yeah, and so it's like fine, youknow, but that's the way some
of these weddings are is thatyou're trying to please everyone
, and it's difficult to do that.
(17:22):
It's always nice to kind ofhave a heads up if you have
people.
Even I always joke about whenyou look at people that are from
Corpus or they're south ofCorpus, they're in far or
further into the valley.
You know, Selena works for some, but if you're further south of
Corpus it's like no, Cumbia is,yeah, Selena's good, but we
want other stuff.
Yeah.
So it's knowing that and beingaware that where people are
(17:45):
coming from, that slightdifference, going across the
border from Laredo to Montereyor wherever, that's different
music.
It's not the same.
Yeah, it's a completelydifferent story.
Yeah, and if you're notprepared for that, or aware of
that, or not knowing thatthere's that difference, just
play us some Latin music.
Okay, hold on, that's a widerange.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
That's a big genre of music.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
If you're from Puerto Rico or Cuba or Mexico or South
America or you're from Brazil,it all changes.
And I think, just as much asyou can appreciate, that
American music now, or worldmusic, is no different.
There's so many differentvariations and now, with the
access to that, that makes a bigdifference.
So people, they just expect youto have it all and it's like,
(18:28):
well, you're just pulling thatup on your phone and that's
great.
But you know, yeah, I guess Ican play it off my phone and I
can stream that.
All the music I have.
I have here.
I don't have to worry aboutbeing connected to the world to
get that.
So I think that's.
Another big difference is notonly are the people more diverse
and eclectic in what theylisten to, but also the access
(18:52):
to music.
Where years ago radio, weshaped what people listen to.
This is what we want.
This is released by mca or rcaor sony or whomever those that
company released it because theysponsored that artist.
But now people say I can go onyoutube or I can go search
anywhere stream stuff on anymusic streaming service and I
(19:12):
can find the music that I reallylike, which is great for
artists and great for theconsumption of that.
But then going to our eventsnow, it's like, oh, where am I
at on this spectrum of playingmusic?
And so it's always.
It's neat to learn this.
I mean, we're all into learningnew stuff, but it's difficult
to know it all and have it all.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Yeah, I know for sure .
And so, for example, I know Imean you guys asked the DJ for
the weddings or events.
I mean you guys are playing fora long time.
You know like it could be whatthree, four or five hours,
depending on the timeline of thewedding, is nothing.
(19:58):
Of course, no shade against thebands, but I mean the bands
take breaks, you know they.
They might do a set I don't, Idon't know really how many songs
they do, but then they take abreak and then they come back
and then they take another breakand then another break.
So I mean I feel like couplesout there are spending a lot of
money to hire a band.
You know, in comparison to howmuch a DJ charges.
(20:19):
I mean I'm sure there'sdifferent tiers of, let's say,
your packages, for example, butI guess educate me on this I'm
assuming a DJ is still less thana band, right?
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Yeah, I think it depends on the performance value
.
You have those that are on thehigher end of the industry.
They put on a performance and Ithink, whether it's you know,
we all start somewhere.
But then you have those of uswho have worked hard to to not
only have the best gear, allthose things play a factor light
shows, and then thepresentation that we present to,
(20:52):
to our clients, to our, to ourguests, to the guests that are
there, and so I think thatelevation of performance and
that was one thing many yearsago someone asked me.
I said well, technically, we'reall doing a live performance.
Yeah, I may be pushing a buttonor adjusting some type of thing
on a mixer, but we are all I'mplucking strings, pulling this,
(21:13):
pushing that, we're all doingthose types of things.
So most DJs I mean, if you lookat the traditional style,
you're playing about 17 songs anhour.
When you start saying, okay,now we're beat mixing those or
remixing those.
Okay, we're playing instead ofthree minutes or four minutes or
five minutes of a traditionalsong, now we're playing maybe a
minute and a half or two minutesof that, so you can get more
songs in per hour, but it'snonstop and that's the ultimate
(21:36):
goal is it's a nonstop mix ofmusic.
There are some bands out therethat are using some new
technologies that allow them todo that, but generally more
traditional when they play theirsets of music, where they may
play a particular song and singthat song out and maybe add
their own flair to that song andmay extend it.
If flair to that song and mayextend it if it's a very popular
(21:58):
, very familiar song for thetype of music they play, and
especially if that's what theguests are into, then it works.
But then you look at them,maybe they're playing, instead
of that, 17th song an hour.
They may be less than thatbecause they don't necessarily
make a nonstop rhythm that takesthem through that whole period.
So you may be looking at maybemaybe 10 to 12 songs an hour
(22:18):
because if they stop in betweenevery song yeah, again that now
I there are some bands that playmore traditional.
They play their song, pause,play the next song.
There are a few that may playmaybe a set of songs that may be
all, uh, essentially mixed intogether as they play it, and
and others that may be doinglonger sets.
So there are the variation outthere between the larger bands
(22:41):
that are more into trying tokeep that energy.
But I think that's one of thebig things between bands and DJs
is most DJs are going to tryand keep that energy going and
weddings are difficult becauseyou have the formalities that
occur.
So I think as long as they evenbands, they try and work around
those formalities.
It's like we're going to do ourset, then you break.
But I think years ago whenpeople would ask me the
(23:03):
difference between bands and DJs, I was like well, the
difference is really 20 to 40songs in the grand four-hour
event, you know, five-hour event.
Once you start adding thosehours, that number changes a bit
.
But still you say, okay, dj,I'm going to play nonstop.
You hire me for four hours orfive hours.
It's nonstop, you know.
I think I heard in one of theother things, like, do you go to
(23:24):
the bathroom?
Well, just like in radio, if Ihad to go to the bathroom, music
can't stop, although on a rare.
Like okay, I'm going to do that.
But with a band, if someoneleaves the stage, especially a
critical musician, okay, well,we'll do that during the break.
So you need that.
(23:45):
So that's one of the bigdifferences between a band and
DJs, the amount of music thatcould be essentially played in
an hour or in an extended amountof time.
Also, the footprint that wetake.
I mean there's some DJs.
I know that we have big setupsonce we start bringing in
trusting and lighting and largersound systems, but that's the
other thing.
Footprint is a big differencebetween most DJs in a band.
(24:08):
I mean we can fit into a smallcorner but yet we could take up
a large stage if the need isthere, yeah, I mean, that's a
big difference.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
I honestly so, I guess.
To our listeners out there, Ithink uh, you know, biggest
takeaway right now is you hire aband for four hours, you hire a
dj for four hours.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
The dj is gonna play more and there's nothing better
than a live performance.
I mean seeing someone thatknows their trade, that that can
sing well or play an instrumentwell.
My parents are musicians.
I was not gifted with that.
I can fake it really well,maybe.
I can just fake it, maybe notreally well, but again, I think
we're all talented in certainways and I love seeing live
(24:47):
music.
But again, when you're lookingat those formalities, the big
differences between there it'slike if that's what I want,
between there it's like ifthat's what I want.
And I guess the other criticalthing, or crucial thing, that is
the big difference is if youhire a band that plays country
music or Spanish music, or maybethey're a variety band but yet
they don't necessarily play.
If you don't know your audiencecoming in that evening, like
(25:10):
yeah, they're all my friends,well, but what is it that they
listen to?
What are their favorite songs?
And if they don't like the bandand they're not necessarily
going to dance to what theband's playing, um, they can't
change who they are.
This is the set, the, the amountof music.
We know that we can play djwithin.
Oh, you want to go?
You need bally bollywood music?
Here we go.
You know, I have some.
(25:30):
You need cajun music orwhatever it is, let's go, you
know, you know, and I thinkthat's easier for us to do on
our end than it would be for atraditional band.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Yeah, I love that.
Alright, chris.
Well, we are running out oftime.
Thank you so much.
Yes, I actually love thisepisode because it was like you
were interviewing me, like Ijust get.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
I was just listening here, I I think someone needs to
do a travel one with you andask to be on all your travel
experiences.
I think we should do an episodewhere you interview me.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
I think you should be the host.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna invite youback and you're gonna be the
host, and it's gonna be anepisode about photo booths, but
you're gonna be interviewing me.
This is your open invitation.
But hey, um, I want you to letour listeners know where can
they go, find you social mediawebsite, maybe a phone number,
how can they reach out to you?
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Well, one of the main places you can find the most
information about Future Soundsand Chris Koval.
If you go to our website,future-soundscom great place to
start.
I keep that the most updated.
You can find me on social mediaat future sounds dj uh, on any
of the social media channels.
I'm not on tiktok, I'm, I'm.
I'm much older, so I haven'tgotten the tiktok thing yet, but
(26:44):
, uh, a great.
If you know, what I get reallyexcited about is, uh, when my
stuff posted on the website.
Uh, my pinterest boards matchmy my pricing sheet so you can
easily go there so you can say Isee all this gibberish on this
price sheet.
I have no clue what that is,but it matches on the Pinterest
site, so you just need picturesof my packaging so you know
exactly what's there.
So, yeah, at Future Sounds DJfor the DJ service on social
(27:08):
media and future-soundscom, themain web address.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Awesome.
Well, thank you so much again.
We'll have you open invitationto have you again, because I
know you do have other servicesthat you offer and we'll
definitely be talking about thaton a different episode.
But to our listeners out there,thank you so much for tuning in
today.
I will catch you guys next week.
Cheers.
Thanks for listening to theTipsy Guest Podcast.
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the love and share it with them.
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Next round's on us, same time,same place, cheers.
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