October 13, 2025 • 31 mins
It is a pleasure to welcome country music singer Adam Warner to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.
Country music’s breakout artist has learned not to take himself too seriously, and his music gives his audience permission to do the same. With standout releases like “4 Square Miles,” which reached #1 on The Country Network’s Video Countdown, and “Semper Fi” featuring Trace Adkins, a tribute to active and former military that was named Independent Country Music Song of the Year, Warner has carved out a place of honor in the genre. His high-energy anthem “Welcome to the South,” even became a game-day staple at Tennessee Titans home games in Nissan Stadium.
In 2022, Adam Warner released the acclaimed album What We’re Known For, earning rave reviews from the industry. The 12-track project featured fan favorites such as “Catchin’ Hell,” “Reason to Redneck,” “One Drunk,” “Split A Beer,” “Lost In A Country Song,” a powerful remake of the classic “Long Haired Country Boy,” and the title track “What We’re Known For.” 2023 brought even more momentum, highlighted by the heartfelt re-release of “First Face”, a tribute to Warner’s wife, Megan, and their first child, Rivers Paige. In 2024, Warner continued to deliver hits with a steady stream of new singles and milestone performances, including his debut appearances at both CMA Fest and the iconic Country Thunder festival in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin.
2025 is already shaping up to be a milestone year for the Nashville authentic country music sensation, marked by the release of his most dynamic project yet. His 12-song album Where I’m Coming From, released in May, features streaming favorites like “The People”, a patriotic salute to everyday Americans, along with “The Farmer,” “Back When,” “Outlaws Baby,” and “Do Country” featuring Nate Kenyon. The project also highlights “Most of This Town” and three distinct versions of “Bridge I’d Love To Burn” – including the original, a club mix, and a mandolin mix featuring rising bluegrass phenom Wyatt Ellis. Having just lit up the stage at Summerfest, up next, fans can expect to see the Marine-turned-country sensation’s music philosophy brought to life at The Hoofbeat Festival, the legendary Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA, and at various clubs, venues, and festivals throughout the United States.
On this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Adam Warner spoke about the lessons he learned from sharing the stage with Lee Brice, Rhonda Vincent, and Trace Atkins, performing at the Grand Ole Opry, and sharing the stories behind his most-streamed Spotify songs.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jake-s-take-with-jacob-elyachar--4112003/support.
Country music’s breakout artist has learned not to take himself too seriously, and his music gives his audience permission to do the same. With standout releases like “4 Square Miles,” which reached #1 on The Country Network’s Video Countdown, and “Semper Fi” featuring Trace Adkins, a tribute to active and former military that was named Independent Country Music Song of the Year, Warner has carved out a place of honor in the genre. His high-energy anthem “Welcome to the South,” even became a game-day staple at Tennessee Titans home games in Nissan Stadium.
In 2022, Adam Warner released the acclaimed album What We’re Known For, earning rave reviews from the industry. The 12-track project featured fan favorites such as “Catchin’ Hell,” “Reason to Redneck,” “One Drunk,” “Split A Beer,” “Lost In A Country Song,” a powerful remake of the classic “Long Haired Country Boy,” and the title track “What We’re Known For.” 2023 brought even more momentum, highlighted by the heartfelt re-release of “First Face”, a tribute to Warner’s wife, Megan, and their first child, Rivers Paige. In 2024, Warner continued to deliver hits with a steady stream of new singles and milestone performances, including his debut appearances at both CMA Fest and the iconic Country Thunder festival in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin.
2025 is already shaping up to be a milestone year for the Nashville authentic country music sensation, marked by the release of his most dynamic project yet. His 12-song album Where I’m Coming From, released in May, features streaming favorites like “The People”, a patriotic salute to everyday Americans, along with “The Farmer,” “Back When,” “Outlaws Baby,” and “Do Country” featuring Nate Kenyon. The project also highlights “Most of This Town” and three distinct versions of “Bridge I’d Love To Burn” – including the original, a club mix, and a mandolin mix featuring rising bluegrass phenom Wyatt Ellis. Having just lit up the stage at Summerfest, up next, fans can expect to see the Marine-turned-country sensation’s music philosophy brought to life at The Hoofbeat Festival, the legendary Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA, and at various clubs, venues, and festivals throughout the United States.
On this edition of The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Adam Warner spoke about the lessons he learned from sharing the stage with Lee Brice, Rhonda Vincent, and Trace Atkins, performing at the Grand Ole Opry, and sharing the stories behind his most-streamed Spotify songs.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jake-s-take-with-jacob-elyachar--4112003/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Lay's edition of
the Jake's Take with Jacob Ealley Share podcast. I'm your host,
Jacob Ali Shara, chief contribution writer at jakesak dot com,
a pop culture entertainment news website. If you're listening us
to on audio, please give us a five star. Download
this episode in more episodes. I'm thrilled to welcome this
(00:20):
next guest today. He's a former US Marine, but now
he's a Nashville based independent recording artist who has shared
a stage with American young Lee Brice Midland, Ronda Vincent,
and Trace Atkins. As of this recording, he has over
twenty two thousand Instagram followers, thirty thousand monthly Spotify listeners,
and thirty one thousand Facebook followers. Please hell me welcome
(00:44):
Addam Moarnar to the pododcast.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Hey, thanks for having me on, man. I appreciate it.
Good to be here, Adam.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
I'm so happy that you're here. Thank first and foremost,
thank you so much for your service. We really on
behalf of my audience. We really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Thank you. It means a lot. I really appreciate that.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
You're so welcome. So let's get started. So, Adam, when
did you get interested in performing and how did that
passion evolve into desire to pursue a career in a
recording industry.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, man, I mean I was pretty young, to be
honest with you. I think my first musical instrument I
was around eight years old, nine years old, started playing
piano through my grandma and both grandmas actually they both played.
But I mean I started my first band I was,
I want to say, I was like fourteen and little
(01:33):
rock band I had with a neighbor friend of mine
and a drummer, and man, we played until it would
have been like the summer before we were in high school.
Until we graduated. I was in several different bands, and
it's just always been something I've been a part of.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I love music. I love writing music, and the most
the most fun for me is getting to perform that.
So I'd say, yeah, as early as thirteen years old,
fourteen years old.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
I was just like, this is what I'm There's something
I want to do.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
That's amazing. And I got to say this remind me
when you were telling me about that, remind me thought
of some friends and former in my past, and of
course some dear friends of mine. Two of them went
on to have their own independent band and they had
their own following, but then nygrad Once they graduated high school,
it was over. However, another person I know who was
in my boy Scout troup, joined a band called Black Oxygen,
(02:25):
but then pardoned ways with them after several years. So
that's started to remind me. And also my brother Aaron.
Shout out to Aaron. He is a self taught musician.
He played tuba, he was trombone. He marched with both
high school and with a private Arizona merching band in
the University of Arizona. So Henny was trying and played
the guitar at the piano. We called him Aaron Dylan
(02:46):
for a song.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
So that's awesome. I love that. That's great.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, And not to mention, I was in the choir
from fifth grade twelfth grade, so I love a kidding. Yeah,
I was in chow car from sixth eighth grade and
quite regularly from fifth to twelfth grade. In fact, I
was a three year class quite secretary.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
No kidding, I was inquired let's say sixth grade too,
I think my sophomore or junior year of high school,
I can't remember exactly, but I know it was either.
I think it might have been my sophomore year.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
But yeah, that's still a long time. That's still a
long time for requiring. I got to say this, we
need the performing arts in schools.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Oh for sure. I agree, yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I love pee and everything, but however you can sacrifice
that for later. But the music always and performing arts
are always play a much bigger role.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Oh yeah, I mean I did both, you know, and
I think it's like again, it gives kids an opportunity
to explore, you know, if it's performing in theater or
for this singing, you know, being able to whether it's
a you know, acquire coach or whatever you want to
call it, during you know, your high school or junior
high years. It kind of gives you that bug and
(03:57):
lets you know whether or not it's something you want
to pursue.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
So definitely important.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Absolutely, And shout out to the great choir directors, especially
two important ones from me, Miss Pamla Kelly, who is
the Oxford Middle School choir director, and then late great
mister Dale Eaton, who is my high school choir director
for all four years.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
All right, We're not here at some robinus about choir.
We're here to talk about you. So one of the musicians,
the musicians and songwriters that influenced her sound.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
At him, you know, songwriters. For me, it's kind of
an easy one. I would go Kim Williams as a songwriter.
I just I feel like, you know, I grew up
on nineties country and man, I feel like every song
that he wrote was you know, my childhood soundtrack. You know,
he had a ton of Garth Brooks cuts. Some of
(04:46):
my favorites were Papa Love Mama, I Ain't Going Down
Till the Sun Comes Up Midnight, Cinderella, and then Randy
Travis is Three Wooden Crosses.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
So, I mean, he was just a brilliant.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Brilliant songwriter and just wrote some of my favorite songs
that you know that I grew up on musician wise.
You know, I didn't really know too many musicians as
a kid like that were what I was, you know,
that created a certain sound. I would say, but you know, uh,
he's played on a lot of my on a lot
(05:17):
of my songs, and his name is John Conley. He's
actually Kenny Chesney's bandleader and he's a guitar player, and
may not he plays everything, but what that man can
do on a guitar and how and how he can
he creates a sound, you know, and not just for me,
but multiple artists. I mean, I'm pretty sure he played
on a bunch of Luke Combs and stuff and amongst others.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
But I love.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
John He's a great, hanging, phenomenal musician, and I just
I love his playing. But as far as like artists
goes in shaping my sound, I love Southern rock music.
My neighbor back in the day had a Southern rock band,
and and I love rock and roll and I love countries.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
So I mean anything from you know.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Molly Hatchett, Leonard skinnerd Aumen Brothers to you know, Alison Chains, Nirvana,
Smashing Pumpkins, to Brooks and Dun, Joe Diffey, Charlie Daniels.
I mean, it's just such a wide range of music
for me. I just I'm a fan of every every genre,
to be completely honest.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
If it's good, it's good.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
So but I'd say for the most part, you know,
I listened to a lot of Garth Brooks and Dunn
was by far my favorite band. Or country groups as
a kid growing up there and still to this day,
I love those guys.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I think they're just phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
So I think I took a little bit of you know,
dipped into a little bit of everything to kind of
perfect where I'm at in my sound.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
And sing with me. When it comes to songwriters, like
I know that you said that, Kim Williams for me,
it's Max Martin, look at and when it comes to
the pop side, and like I can think of the
Battery Boys to Brittney and see oh yeah and up
to the and it even Selene Dion and Bond Jovie
and also Taylor Swift's Arrival and Katy Perry's and even
(07:09):
Gaga now is in the Weekend. So like it's like,
it's amazing once you have a songwriter that has defined
your life and like like him and Williams for you,
Max Martins for mine, and then it's just it's amazing, O.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
It is, yeah, it's and they're just brilliant on both
sides of what they do.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
So it's, uh, it's cool.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
It's really neat how they can create all these masterpieces
in such a short amount of time.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Absolutely absolutely, so you had the opportunity to share to
stage just several legendary country music artists such as Jamie Johnson,
Lee Brice, Ronda Vincent, Andrey Sakins. So what were some
of the lessons that you learned from these icons that
helped you grow as a country meat music artist and
a performer.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
You know, out of all those people, Trace was He's
always been so good to me, and I learned a
lot from him, And the biggest thing was the show
flow and then stage presence. Like you know, when I
was opening for Trace, I noticed there wasn't a whole
lot of downtime unless it was planned.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Like I mean, he his show flowed just seamlessly.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
And then you know, from the time he walked out
on stage to the time he walked off stage, it
seemed like he just had the crowd in.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
The palm of his hands.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
So, you know, getting to watch that firsthand was you know,
I was just trying to be a sponge and soak
it up and just see. You know, when when there
was breaks in the music, it was for a purpose
or if it was a story leading into a song
or something like that. They were never what I like
to call like these awkward moments of silence where you know,
(08:42):
you see it a lot in newer bands, I think
it is more common, but you know, they'll get the
musical end, and then there's like this thirty second pause
of like whether or not they're trying to figure out
what song they're going into, or if they just haven't
figured out a transition yet.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
And even though thirty seconds.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Doesn't seem like a long time, I feel like it
feels like a lifetime sometimes, especially on a live show.
So that was one of the biggest things I took
away was it was the show flow, keeping it going,
and even if you're talking or you have a break,
you know, having whether it's your guitar player, I call
it like church music, wherever you know he's doing, you know,
(09:20):
some type of ambient noise or something that just kind
of feels in those gaps to whether there's no I
don't like silence on stage. I like to keep my
shows rolling and and I feel like you get the
crowd or the audience more engaged that way, and you
don't lose them as much.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
So that was one of the biggest takes.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I had from him, anyway, was was how he put
on his show. I try to copy and paste it
a little bit.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
I think a lot of people in country music because
I remember my very first country show I went to
last year was Dan and SHA's tour last year, and
I was so in awe of what they were able
to do. Yeah, they had talking and everything, but they
did have church music and the flow and everything. And
I think back to some people like I saw, I
was so can you see one of Cirl and John's
final performances at Radio City at Massive Square in the Garden,
(10:05):
and like there were some moments, but like the thing is,
there's there only link moments to like drink water or
something like that. That's fine for lesser sure, but like
Bruce Springs. But however, for someone like a Bruce Springsteen,
I've seen him. I'm grateful I got seen twice and
both times with my folks, and it's like, basically he
has a roadmap for that, And like I rather go
(10:26):
to people that go and do have road maps than
spend thirty seconds of silence because I don't want to
hear crickets.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Right, No, And I'm saying I think it's I think
that's what makes the difference between like what I would
call like a pro a pro set and somebody that's
still trying to figure it out is you know, there's
transitions between songs and certain songs can you know, mash
into other songs. And I think it's just important keeps
the show rolling, you know it Again, I think the
engagement part is the big thing.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Like you don't ever lose your audience.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
By the silence, you know, because that's how I am too,
Like if I see a live show and I get
hit with that, you know, that thirty second gap before
there's nothing going on and you're just kind of like,
you know what was happening?
Speaker 3 (11:12):
You know.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Yeah, So I don't want to do that. But you
are one of the very important. You have a lot
to be proud of because the thing is you have
not a lot of performers have done this, but you
had a unique opportunity to perform on the Grand Old
Oprey stage. What does it mean to you to have
the invitation to perform on one of music's sacred grounds.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah, you know, that was a giant check in the
box for me. I mean, like you said, there's just
been so much history on that stage, so many people
before you, you know, legends and just your heroes.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
And people you look up to.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
So it was definitely very surreal, you know, I said
the first time I did it, like, I don't really
I tried to take it in, but it's like as
soon as you walk out, the lights happened and you're
seeing the circle on the floor, you're walking up to it,
it's kind of like you check out a little bit
and it's almost like that this is this is how
you know, well, this has really.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Happening type of moment.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
And yeah, that that's one of those that feeling never
gets old. You know, I've been I've been very blessed
and fortunate to be able to do that. I think
it's five times now, and and every time is magic. Man.
It's just, uh, there's nothing nothing better than walking out
on that stage.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
And five times, not even a lot of artists are
still and you can say.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
That, Yeah, I'm proud. I'm proud of that.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Yeah, that's a that was That's a big deal to me,
you know, and especially again just being able to say that,
you know, you've got to play that stage with gosh,
countless countless you know, heroes and legends that have that
have been in this industry and other and other genres
as well.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
But yeah, that was a big deal for me.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
I think there are several different hologrounds for music in
my opinion. In New York there's both Masive Square Garden
and Radio City Music Hall both I've been to both
events both there. I wish I was able to go
to Grand Ole Opry. I would love to be there,
and also with the Ryman in Nashville. And then oh yeah,
I would also add into the mix for me my
(13:10):
hometown like a Kansas City Coffin Center for performing arts.
It's just I peckable. I've seen concerts there. I saw
legends there like Patti LaBelle and need to add Pattie
Labone and both of them is phenomenal with that. And
then also another thing for me is the Hollywood Bowl.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Oh yeah, yeah that would be cool.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
I mean for me too, you like I'm with you,
Like the Rhymen would be another like Holy Grail. And
if I ever get lucky enough, I'd love to do
Red Rocks.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
I feel like that would be Oh.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
I was about ready to say that because I was
a CU bowler alum as well, and I forgot Red
Rocks and I'm like, I hit myself on the head
I just remember because that's another special venue.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Oh for sure, for sure, I would love the opportunity
to play there at some point.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
That'd be amazing.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Okay, let's speak it out to the universe that you'll
be performing at Red Rocks.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Let's do it alrighty.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
So, speaking of being an independent artist, what have been
some of the challenge the face being an indie artist
and how did you overcome those obstacles?
Speaker 2 (14:11):
You know, the hardest thing I would say is again
is just not having the funds that you know, some
of these major record labels have when it comes to
putting out music. You know, it's hard to compete with
artists that have millions of dollars behind them, and you know,
you know, we're doing everything on our own as of
right now. So the only way really to overcome it,
in my opinion, is just having a sturdy fan base
(14:31):
and having that support system of people that you know
aren't just listening to your song one time, but they
got it on repeat and then you know they're helping
figure your algorithm. But that's the toughest thing, man is
you know, it is a machine when it comes to
putting music out for sure. And whether people know it
or not, or want to believe it or not. You
know a lot of these.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Hey guys, Sorry, we had a technical difficulties on both
of our sides, so we're back with Adam Order and
Adam we were talking about the challenges that you face
being an indie artist and how you overcome them.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Yeah, so, like I said, I mean right, you are right.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
I was just saying, you know, the hardest thing about
you know, the independent route and being an independent artist
is you know, you don't have those the funds that
these major labels have and and you know they're literally
putting millions of dollars behind a lot of these releases
and and uh, you know, get it out to the
masses that way. And for an indie guy, that's what
I said, Like for me, the most important way is
(15:46):
to overcome is is building a solid fan base and
your supporters that are following you across those media platforms,
whether it's Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or Spotify. You know, those
are the ones that are hitting the play button and
then hitting and hitting repeat and it's not just you know,
somebody hearing it for the first time and you're getting
one spent out of it. So for me, it's just
(16:07):
been it's kind of stay authentic and building a strong
fan base and repeat listeners because again, unless you have
a major label behind you or a lot of money
behind you, I mean, let's just face it, it's hard
to be heard out there because there's so much music
being released every single week. So I think, you know,
(16:30):
building that fan base and having that connection with the
people that are supporting you is probably the most important
thing you can do as an independent.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Artist, absolutely, And I get a lot of people that
come to my that I get a lot of influx,
and it's very hard with a lot of music to say, okay,
this person and look, there's so many different factors I
look into, and one of the things right now that
is so important is social media numbers and also the
person that is performed, person that is support that is
(17:01):
pushing because I can look at a relationship with someone
that I know and trust for like years, over someone
that I haven't heard, I just heard of, and once
I listen to them, it's important. And like what I
found with you is like I was in awe of
your sound when I listened to came back Country.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Oh Mars, Yeah, and I appreciate that that's one of
that's probably one of my new favorite ones that we've released.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
But yeah, like you.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Said, I mean, it's a social media I mean, whether
you like it or not, it's one of the most
important factors in the game right now. As much as
I hate to play that play that game, it's just
it's a must and you have.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
To absolutely, absolutely. So while we are on the subject
of numbers, I want to talk to you about some
of your most stream songs, but we got to get
talk about the song that's got you on my radar,
which is your Lacey Well came back Country as that
this recording has over twenty six five hundred Spotify streams,
so I love Can you share with my audience about
(17:59):
that story.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
So I wrote that song with my friend Jeb Gibson
and my producer Daniel Dennis. We were in the studio
at my producer's house and you know, thrown around ideas
to write and my buddy Jeb said, I've had this.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Title for a while.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
I just don't I'm not really sure what it means
that I liked the title and it was came back Country,
and the first thing that popped into my mind was
was downtown Nashville was Broadway, you know, like we have it's.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Like little Las Vegas now.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
I mean, we have so many bachelorette parties come into
town from all.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Over the world, literally all over the world.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
And uh. And the thing that I love about it
so much is like within a you know, twenty four
hours of them being in our in our city, it's
you know, they find themselves in brand new cowboy boots,
new cowboy hat and uh, and they're just embracing the lifestyle.
So I was always just like, I think that's the
song man is. You know, we got these we got
(18:53):
people that come to our town and when they leave,
they go back a little country. So came back country
was I felt like the perfect that that story, I
felt like was the perfect story for that title.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
And I can have a I can imagine coming back
from Kansas City and do that but at Dallas, but
coming back to LA and New York history to different stories.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
I was just in New York not too long ago.
When I got off the airplane. I'm pretty sure I
was the only cowboy hat at JFK.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Yeah, they don't see that often. Yeah, it's all right,
all right, so we got to talk about Simplify one
hundred and forty seven thousand, seven hundred and I believe
it's about the Marine Corps.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Yeah, So Trace Atkins he put that song out.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
I believe it was like in.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Two thousand and eight, maybe two thousand and eight, two
thousand and nine. And of course, you know, when I
was opening for him, he played that song a few
times live and we were in a Wisconsin, Wisconsin Dell's,
and I remember it was after a show and I
was about kind of joking said it jokingly, but I
(20:02):
was being serious about it, and you know it was
I was like, man, you know, me and you should
re record simple Fight together.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
I think that'd be cool.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
And he kind of paused for a second and just
and took a drink of a pepsi and goes.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
All right. So I was like, okay, well, I'm gona
hold you to it then.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
So we went and we ended up cutting that song together,
and of course media and the Marine Corps. That song
meant a lot to me, and Trace has done a
lot for the veteran community, so I'm very grateful for
him for that too.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
But yeah, that was a lot of fun to be.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
In the studio with him and watch him work, you know,
outside of life and seeing how he works in the studio. Man,
that guy's a beast. It's it was a really cool experience.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I'm glad he had that experience with him, and it
feels like with both him and Gary Sinisee have done
wonders for the armed force, for US arm forces.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Over the years, Oh for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
All right, let's talk about something that's opposite of that
one drunk that has over three hundred and three five
hundreds to fight streams.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So my good buddy of mine wrote that song, Mark
Addison Chandler, and I just the groove of that song
caught me first time I heard it. I just was like, dude,
I love that. You gotta let me, Yeah, let me
take a swing at that song. So it's just fun man.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
You know. I've I played it.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Live a bunch before we recorded it, and it seemed
to get a really good response from the line dancing
crowd and stuff like that and some of these you know,
country clubs we'd been playing. And after I kind of
felt that process out a little bit, I was just like, man, like,
we need to cut this. I think you know this
is this is fun, it's you know, it's a good
time song. It's got a great it's got a great
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lick to it. It's very earwarmy, and uh yeah, that
that one's been a good one for us. I would
say I was surprised, but I've been more surprised if
it hadn't done good.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
You know, absolutely, and if it's a good friend that
wrote your song, it's like, Okay, that's great and it
makes it hit. Okay, let's come on tour, and let's
have you come on out of a guest spot and let's
absolutely I can sing one drunk.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Now let's talk about live. We spoke about living lifestyle
and when we spoke about Nashville. But I would love
to know that the story behind that's know how You're
Living has over three hundred and sixty seven thousand point
seven spot three hundred sixty seven thousand seven Spotify streams.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
So I wrote that with a good friend of mine,
Jeff Anderson. And you know, it been so long since
we wrote that song, but I remember I had the
title and and and kind of a little bit of
that chorus like pre done going in there, and I
just kind of told him what vibe I was going for,
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and it was one of those songs that just kind
of fell out, you know. I want to say, we
wrote that thing in like an hour and a half
and we're just kind of like looking at each other
in the room.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
Like, yes, it's done, you know.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
But yeah, that's another one man, just good fun, upbeat song.
And I still play that one live, you know, and
all my shows, even though it's a little bit older.
But yeah, that was a lot of fun riding now
with them.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
All right. The final one and your most popular one.
It's four square miles and it has over a four
hundred and twenty six thousand Spotify you're probably your most dreamed.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Yeah, yeah, and you know that one's a special one
for me. I had the idea my so my family
farm that sits on twenty five hundred acres where my
grandpa's house is at and that's twenty five hundred acres
is about four square miles. So I thought that was
kind of a cool song title to begin with. And
I wrote that first verse and again I had to
(23:38):
write with Jeff and Carlene Watt, and I brought in
that song and I was on a different melody at first,
and Carlene kind of drove the melody to where it
is now, So thank you for that. And yeah, you know,
that was just kind of another one like once we
once we wrapped our head around the story of it
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and imagery of that song, it was just it was
one of those that fell out pretty quick. And then
you know, one of the coolest things I love about
that is after the song was all said and done,
we went back to my hometown and we filmed. We
filmed almost all of that in my hometown on my
family farm, my dad's and my grandpa's and yeah, and
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that's where the music video came from.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
That's incredible. That's incredible to hear, and it must and
I bet your family must have been very happy with.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
That song, oh for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Yeah, alrighty, I want to talk to you about potential
collaborators and have you thought about the singers as songwriters,
the musicians, the producers that you would how that you
want to collaborate with and how would they enhance your sound?
Speaker 3 (24:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Absolutely, you know, first obviously I would love to do
a song with Brooks and Dunn. Travis Tritt would be
another one that I would just I would love to
do a song with him. Uh, newer artists trying to think, like,
I love Zach Topp, I love I love his sound,
I love what he's doing. I would absolutely jump at
(25:09):
the chance to do something with Zach. And uh, you know,
Michael Knox would be a fun producer to work with.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
I love, I love what he does in the studio,
So it would be fun to kind of see what
he could do and take you know, what I do
musically to hear like his version of what my sound is.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
You know. Keith Stiegel's another one.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
You know, he's produced Alan Jackson and Zach Brown Band
and just a name for you. But uh, yeah, I
think I think that would be I think that would
be sick to work with those guys.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
I have several sug, I have a couple of suggestions
for you if you don't mind.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
So someone that you whose aesthetic reminds me so much.
One of my fans, wife's seen Grow Up, Grow and Rise.
He was a songwriter for Jason el Dean. I'm talking
about my friend John Daniel Morgan, John.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Morgan, Yeah, yeah, I'll definitely be down for that.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
And then also another guy, another guy whose country who's
gripped matches yours, my friend Kyle Daniel, those two immediately.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Yeah, I could see that, yeah for sure.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Yeah. And then also I would love to see for
you do something with Miranda, if you guys.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Do something with Oh, yes, that'd be sick. Yeah, Maranda
or Lanny Laney would be a lot of fun too.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
She Oh yeah, absolutely, she's great.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
I love her. She's awesome.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Yeah, that's amat. Yeah, those are four. So John Morgan,
Kyle Daniel, Miranda, Landy Wilson. If you're hearing this, let's
go reach out, Let's go. Because Adam Warner would be
a great composer. And I also got to say this,
I would love to see you with Hardy or Morgan.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Oh man, that would be cool too. Yeah, I mean yeah,
that would be nuts. That would be crazy.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Yeah. I love Hardy two man.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
I think he's one of the best songwriters in Nashville,
to be honest with you, and and I like his
I just love his energy and of course more into
you know that. I think for everybody, the Morgan routes
is probably the most obvious you know answer to that too.
So not that I would be against it, but because
I think that would be incredible as well, because I
love his music too and look at.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
His records seeing the Dangerous One, and then also I'm
the problem one of my Both of them were some
of my albums of the year.
Speaker 3 (27:21):
Yeah, for sure, Dangerous I think probably my favorite. That
that that album, I mean, I mean not that the
new one.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
The new one's great as well, but man, it was
just Dangerous for me. Was Yeah, they couldn't miss on
that one.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
I've been in contact with Morgan's people and I'm going
to put this out in the universe. Morgan Wallen will
come on my podcast one day.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Let's do it? Heck, yeah, as you should.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Morgan Wallen will collaborate with aud A Mourner.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
That'd be amazing too.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
That'd be a lot of fun with hard Yeah, all
three of us, let's go Hardy, Morgan and Item let's
get Let's do it. That would be a really flying,
raucous Oh yeah, I don't know how much work we'd
get accomplished.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
That might be a little too much energy. Maybe that'd
be fun though.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
Alrighty, so last question, are you ready Let's do it?
Where can my audience find you on social media number one.
Number two where can they find your music? And three,
if you're playing shows, where can they find information about
the shows and buy tickets?
Speaker 3 (28:23):
Absolutely? Yeah, So shows and social media kind of go
hand in hand.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
So I'm just Adam Warner music across the board, whether
it's Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, or I guess x now,
same on YouTube, and I usually I'm always posting show
dates on all those platforms. My next show is actually
next weekend. I'll be in Bloomington, Illinois at a place
called Six Strings. I believe it's on Friday. That might
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be September twelfth, Maybe I don't know. I don't have
a calendar in front of me, but it sounds right.
And then after that, I got a show in my hometown.
I'm doing a show called Adam Warner and Friends on
October eleventh in my hometown of Lawrenceville, Illinois, and I'm
bringing my co writer Jeb Gibson with me, and then
a good buddy of mine, Josh Gallagher, who was on
the Voice first country artist Adam Levine Ever took to
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the final.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Oh it was amazing.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
Yeah, he's another one.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
He's a beast man. And we got a song.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Josh and I got a song getting ready to come
out September nineteenth together called get Down, So be looking
for that one.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
That'll be long.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I will. And by the way, if any artist country
artist is stolen from Blake Shelton, I think that if
someone didn't get Blake Shelton's approval, I think Adam's got
it and made it to the final. That's good on.
Speaker 2 (29:38):
Adam, you know, I think it was I think originally,
and don't quote me on this because I have a
bad memory, but I feel like Blake was his first
chair turn and then he was on Blake's team.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
And then I want to say that Josh.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Got dropped in the battle and when he got dropped,
Adam Levine saved him, and then he ended up going
to the fine.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
Which is great. Well, and guys, you can, guys go
on but the voice Wikipedia page to find out because
we're not experts in that, and Scot.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
Talent I will know, no, man, Josh, he's he's one
of them dudes.
Speaker 3 (30:13):
I love him so much, but it's hard.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
I hate playing with him because he's so dang good.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
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Speaker 2 (31:24):
I appreciate it. Yeah, we'll do it again, and thank
you for making time for me. And I really enjoyed
the chat man.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
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next guest today. He's a former US Marine, but now
he's a Nashville based independent recording artist who has shared
a stage with American young Lee Brice Midland, Ronda Vincent,
and Trace Atkins. As of this recording, he has over
twenty two thousand Instagram followers, thirty thousand monthly Spotify listeners,
and thirty one thousand Facebook followers. Please hell me welcome
(00:44):
Addam Moarnar to the pododcast.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Hey, thanks for having me on, man. I appreciate it.
Good to be here, Adam.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
I'm so happy that you're here. Thank first and foremost,
thank you so much for your service. We really on
behalf of my audience. We really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Thank you. It means a lot. I really appreciate that.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
You're so welcome. So let's get started. So, Adam, when
did you get interested in performing and how did that
passion evolve into desire to pursue a career in a
recording industry.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, man, I mean I was pretty young, to be
honest with you. I think my first musical instrument I
was around eight years old, nine years old, started playing
piano through my grandma and both grandmas actually they both played.
But I mean I started my first band I was,
I want to say, I was like fourteen and little
(01:33):
rock band I had with a neighbor friend of mine
and a drummer, and man, we played until it would
have been like the summer before we were in high school.
Until we graduated. I was in several different bands, and
it's just always been something I've been a part of.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Man.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I love music. I love writing music, and the most
the most fun for me is getting to perform that.
So I'd say, yeah, as early as thirteen years old,
fourteen years old.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
I was just like, this is what I'm There's something
I want to do.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
That's amazing. And I got to say this remind me
when you were telling me about that, remind me thought
of some friends and former in my past, and of
course some dear friends of mine. Two of them went
on to have their own independent band and they had
their own following, but then nygrad Once they graduated high school,
it was over. However, another person I know who was
in my boy Scout troup, joined a band called Black Oxygen,
(02:25):
but then pardoned ways with them after several years. So
that's started to remind me. And also my brother Aaron.
Shout out to Aaron. He is a self taught musician.
He played tuba, he was trombone. He marched with both
high school and with a private Arizona merching band in
the University of Arizona. So Henny was trying and played
the guitar at the piano. We called him Aaron Dylan
(02:46):
for a song.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
So that's awesome. I love that. That's great.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, And not to mention, I was in the choir
from fifth grade twelfth grade, so I love a kidding. Yeah,
I was in chow car from sixth eighth grade and
quite regularly from fifth to twelfth grade. In fact, I
was a three year class quite secretary.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
No kidding, I was inquired let's say sixth grade too,
I think my sophomore or junior year of high school,
I can't remember exactly, but I know it was either.
I think it might have been my sophomore year.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
But yeah, that's still a long time. That's still a
long time for requiring. I got to say this, we
need the performing arts in schools.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Oh for sure. I agree, yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I love pee and everything, but however you can sacrifice
that for later. But the music always and performing arts
are always play a much bigger role.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Oh yeah, I mean I did both, you know, and
I think it's like again, it gives kids an opportunity
to explore, you know, if it's performing in theater or
for this singing, you know, being able to whether it's
a you know, acquire coach or whatever you want to
call it, during you know, your high school or junior
high years. It kind of gives you that bug and
(03:57):
lets you know whether or not it's something you want
to pursue.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
So definitely important.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Absolutely, And shout out to the great choir directors, especially
two important ones from me, Miss Pamla Kelly, who is
the Oxford Middle School choir director, and then late great
mister Dale Eaton, who is my high school choir director
for all four years.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
All right, We're not here at some robinus about choir.
We're here to talk about you. So one of the musicians,
the musicians and songwriters that influenced her sound.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
At him, you know, songwriters. For me, it's kind of
an easy one. I would go Kim Williams as a songwriter.
I just I feel like, you know, I grew up
on nineties country and man, I feel like every song
that he wrote was you know, my childhood soundtrack. You know,
he had a ton of Garth Brooks cuts. Some of
(04:46):
my favorites were Papa Love Mama, I Ain't Going Down
Till the Sun Comes Up Midnight, Cinderella, and then Randy
Travis is Three Wooden Crosses.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
So, I mean, he was just a brilliant.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Brilliant songwriter and just wrote some of my favorite songs
that you know that I grew up on musician wise.
You know, I didn't really know too many musicians as
a kid like that were what I was, you know,
that created a certain sound. I would say, but you know, uh,
he's played on a lot of my on a lot
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of my songs, and his name is John Conley. He's
actually Kenny Chesney's bandleader and he's a guitar player, and
may not he plays everything, but what that man can
do on a guitar and how and how he can
he creates a sound, you know, and not just for me,
but multiple artists. I mean, I'm pretty sure he played
on a bunch of Luke Combs and stuff and amongst others.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
But I love.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
John He's a great, hanging, phenomenal musician, and I just
I love his playing. But as far as like artists
goes in shaping my sound, I love Southern rock music.
My neighbor back in the day had a Southern rock band,
and and I love rock and roll and I love countries.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
So I mean anything from you know.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Molly Hatchett, Leonard skinnerd Aumen Brothers to you know, Alison Chains, Nirvana,
Smashing Pumpkins, to Brooks and Dun, Joe Diffey, Charlie Daniels.
I mean, it's just such a wide range of music
for me. I just I'm a fan of every every genre,
to be completely honest.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
If it's good, it's good.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
So but I'd say for the most part, you know,
I listened to a lot of Garth Brooks and Dunn
was by far my favorite band. Or country groups as
a kid growing up there and still to this day,
I love those guys.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I think they're just phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
So I think I took a little bit of you know,
dipped into a little bit of everything to kind of
perfect where I'm at in my sound.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
And sing with me. When it comes to songwriters, like
I know that you said that, Kim Williams for me,
it's Max Martin, look at and when it comes to
the pop side, and like I can think of the
Battery Boys to Brittney and see oh yeah and up
to the and it even Selene Dion and Bond Jovie
and also Taylor Swift's Arrival and Katy Perry's and even
(07:09):
Gaga now is in the Weekend. So like it's like,
it's amazing once you have a songwriter that has defined
your life and like like him and Williams for you,
Max Martins for mine, and then it's just it's amazing, O.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
It is, yeah, it's and they're just brilliant on both
sides of what they do.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
So it's, uh, it's cool.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
It's really neat how they can create all these masterpieces
in such a short amount of time.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Absolutely absolutely, so you had the opportunity to share to
stage just several legendary country music artists such as Jamie Johnson,
Lee Brice, Ronda Vincent, Andrey Sakins. So what were some
of the lessons that you learned from these icons that
helped you grow as a country meat music artist and
a performer.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
You know, out of all those people, Trace was He's
always been so good to me, and I learned a
lot from him, And the biggest thing was the show
flow and then stage presence. Like you know, when I
was opening for Trace, I noticed there wasn't a whole
lot of downtime unless it was planned.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Like I mean, he his show flowed just seamlessly.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
And then you know, from the time he walked out
on stage to the time he walked off stage, it
seemed like he just had the crowd in.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
The palm of his hands.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
So, you know, getting to watch that firsthand was you know,
I was just trying to be a sponge and soak
it up and just see. You know, when when there
was breaks in the music, it was for a purpose
or if it was a story leading into a song
or something like that. They were never what I like
to call like these awkward moments of silence where you know,
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you see it a lot in newer bands, I think
it is more common, but you know, they'll get the
musical end, and then there's like this thirty second pause
of like whether or not they're trying to figure out
what song they're going into, or if they just haven't
figured out a transition yet.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
And even though thirty seconds.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Doesn't seem like a long time, I feel like it
feels like a lifetime sometimes, especially on a live show.
So that was one of the biggest things I took
away was it was the show flow, keeping it going,
and even if you're talking or you have a break,
you know, having whether it's your guitar player, I call
it like church music, wherever you know he's doing, you know,
(09:20):
some type of ambient noise or something that just kind
of feels in those gaps to whether there's no I
don't like silence on stage. I like to keep my
shows rolling and and I feel like you get the
crowd or the audience more engaged that way, and you
don't lose them as much.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
So that was one of the biggest takes.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I had from him, anyway, was was how he put
on his show. I try to copy and paste it
a little bit.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
I think a lot of people in country music because
I remember my very first country show I went to
last year was Dan and SHA's tour last year, and
I was so in awe of what they were able
to do. Yeah, they had talking and everything, but they
did have church music and the flow and everything. And
I think back to some people like I saw, I
was so can you see one of Cirl and John's
final performances at Radio City at Massive Square in the Garden,
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and like there were some moments, but like the thing is,
there's there only link moments to like drink water or
something like that. That's fine for lesser sure, but like
Bruce Springs. But however, for someone like a Bruce Springsteen,
I've seen him. I'm grateful I got seen twice and
both times with my folks, and it's like, basically he
has a roadmap for that, And like I rather go
(10:26):
to people that go and do have road maps than
spend thirty seconds of silence because I don't want to
hear crickets.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Right, No, And I'm saying I think it's I think
that's what makes the difference between like what I would
call like a pro a pro set and somebody that's
still trying to figure it out is you know, there's
transitions between songs and certain songs can you know, mash
into other songs. And I think it's just important keeps
the show rolling, you know it Again, I think the
engagement part is the big thing.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Like you don't ever lose your audience.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
By the silence, you know, because that's how I am too,
Like if I see a live show and I get
hit with that, you know, that thirty second gap before
there's nothing going on and you're just kind of like,
you know what was happening?
Speaker 3 (11:12):
You know.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Yeah, So I don't want to do that. But you
are one of the very important. You have a lot
to be proud of because the thing is you have
not a lot of performers have done this, but you
had a unique opportunity to perform on the Grand Old
Oprey stage. What does it mean to you to have
the invitation to perform on one of music's sacred grounds.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah, you know, that was a giant check in the
box for me. I mean, like you said, there's just
been so much history on that stage, so many people
before you, you know, legends and just your heroes.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
And people you look up to.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
So it was definitely very surreal, you know, I said
the first time I did it, like, I don't really
I tried to take it in, but it's like as
soon as you walk out, the lights happened and you're
seeing the circle on the floor, you're walking up to it,
it's kind of like you check out a little bit
and it's almost like that this is this is how
you know, well, this has really.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Happening type of moment.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
And yeah, that that's one of those that feeling never
gets old. You know, I've been I've been very blessed
and fortunate to be able to do that. I think
it's five times now, and and every time is magic. Man.
It's just, uh, there's nothing nothing better than walking out
on that stage.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
And five times, not even a lot of artists are
still and you can say.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
That, Yeah, I'm proud. I'm proud of that.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Yeah, that's a that was That's a big deal to me,
you know, and especially again just being able to say that,
you know, you've got to play that stage with gosh,
countless countless you know, heroes and legends that have that
have been in this industry and other and other genres
as well.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
But yeah, that was a big deal for me.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
I think there are several different hologrounds for music in
my opinion. In New York there's both Masive Square Garden
and Radio City Music Hall both I've been to both
events both there. I wish I was able to go
to Grand Ole Opry. I would love to be there,
and also with the Ryman in Nashville. And then oh yeah,
I would also add into the mix for me my
(13:10):
hometown like a Kansas City Coffin Center for performing arts.
It's just I peckable. I've seen concerts there. I saw
legends there like Patti LaBelle and need to add Pattie
Labone and both of them is phenomenal with that. And
then also another thing for me is the Hollywood Bowl.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Oh yeah, yeah that would be cool.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
I mean for me too, you like I'm with you,
Like the Rhymen would be another like Holy Grail. And
if I ever get lucky enough, I'd love to do
Red Rocks.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
I feel like that would be Oh.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
I was about ready to say that because I was
a CU bowler alum as well, and I forgot Red
Rocks and I'm like, I hit myself on the head
I just remember because that's another special venue.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Oh for sure, for sure, I would love the opportunity
to play there at some point.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
That'd be amazing.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Okay, let's speak it out to the universe that you'll
be performing at Red Rocks.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Let's do it alrighty.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
So, speaking of being an independent artist, what have been
some of the challenge the face being an indie artist
and how did you overcome those obstacles?
Speaker 2 (14:11):
You know, the hardest thing I would say is again
is just not having the funds that you know, some
of these major record labels have when it comes to
putting out music. You know, it's hard to compete with
artists that have millions of dollars behind them, and you know,
you know, we're doing everything on our own as of
right now. So the only way really to overcome it,
in my opinion, is just having a sturdy fan base
(14:31):
and having that support system of people that you know
aren't just listening to your song one time, but they
got it on repeat and then you know they're helping
figure your algorithm. But that's the toughest thing, man is
you know, it is a machine when it comes to
putting music out for sure. And whether people know it
or not, or want to believe it or not. You
know a lot of these.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Hey guys, Sorry, we had a technical difficulties on both
of our sides, so we're back with Adam Order and
Adam we were talking about the challenges that you face
being an indie artist and how you overcome them.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Yeah, so, like I said, I mean right, you are right.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
I was just saying, you know, the hardest thing about
you know, the independent route and being an independent artist
is you know, you don't have those the funds that
these major labels have and and you know they're literally
putting millions of dollars behind a lot of these releases
and and uh, you know, get it out to the
masses that way. And for an indie guy, that's what
I said, Like for me, the most important way is
(15:46):
to overcome is is building a solid fan base and
your supporters that are following you across those media platforms,
whether it's Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or Spotify. You know, those
are the ones that are hitting the play button and
then hitting and hitting repeat and it's not just you know,
somebody hearing it for the first time and you're getting
one spent out of it. So for me, it's just
(16:07):
been it's kind of stay authentic and building a strong
fan base and repeat listeners because again, unless you have
a major label behind you or a lot of money
behind you, I mean, let's just face it, it's hard
to be heard out there because there's so much music
being released every single week. So I think, you know,
(16:30):
building that fan base and having that connection with the
people that are supporting you is probably the most important
thing you can do as an independent.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Artist, absolutely, And I get a lot of people that
come to my that I get a lot of influx,
and it's very hard with a lot of music to say, okay,
this person and look, there's so many different factors I
look into, and one of the things right now that
is so important is social media numbers and also the
person that is performed, person that is support that is
(17:01):
pushing because I can look at a relationship with someone
that I know and trust for like years, over someone
that I haven't heard, I just heard of, and once
I listen to them, it's important. And like what I
found with you is like I was in awe of
your sound when I listened to came back Country.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Oh Mars, Yeah, and I appreciate that that's one of
that's probably one of my new favorite ones that we've released.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
But yeah, like you.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Said, I mean, it's a social media I mean, whether
you like it or not, it's one of the most
important factors in the game right now. As much as
I hate to play that play that game, it's just
it's a must and you have.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
To absolutely, absolutely. So while we are on the subject
of numbers, I want to talk to you about some
of your most stream songs, but we got to get
talk about the song that's got you on my radar,
which is your Lacey Well came back Country as that
this recording has over twenty six five hundred Spotify streams,
so I love Can you share with my audience about
(17:59):
that story.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
So I wrote that song with my friend Jeb Gibson
and my producer Daniel Dennis. We were in the studio
at my producer's house and you know, thrown around ideas
to write and my buddy Jeb said, I've had this.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Title for a while.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
I just don't I'm not really sure what it means
that I liked the title and it was came back Country,
and the first thing that popped into my mind was
was downtown Nashville was Broadway, you know, like we have it's.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Like little Las Vegas now.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
I mean, we have so many bachelorette parties come into
town from all.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Over the world, literally all over the world.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
And uh. And the thing that I love about it
so much is like within a you know, twenty four
hours of them being in our in our city, it's
you know, they find themselves in brand new cowboy boots,
new cowboy hat and uh, and they're just embracing the lifestyle.
So I was always just like, I think that's the
song man is. You know, we got these we got
(18:53):
people that come to our town and when they leave,
they go back a little country. So came back country
was I felt like the perfect that that story, I
felt like was the perfect story for that title.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
And I can have a I can imagine coming back
from Kansas City and do that but at Dallas, but
coming back to LA and New York history to different stories.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
I was just in New York not too long ago.
When I got off the airplane. I'm pretty sure I
was the only cowboy hat at JFK.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Yeah, they don't see that often. Yeah, it's all right,
all right, so we got to talk about Simplify one
hundred and forty seven thousand, seven hundred and I believe
it's about the Marine Corps.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Yeah, So Trace Atkins he put that song out.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
I believe it was like in.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Two thousand and eight, maybe two thousand and eight, two
thousand and nine. And of course, you know, when I
was opening for him, he played that song a few
times live and we were in a Wisconsin, Wisconsin Dell's,
and I remember it was after a show and I
was about kind of joking said it jokingly, but I
(20:02):
was being serious about it, and you know it was
I was like, man, you know, me and you should
re record simple Fight together.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
I think that'd be cool.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
And he kind of paused for a second and just
and took a drink of a pepsi and goes.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
All right. So I was like, okay, well, I'm gona
hold you to it then.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
So we went and we ended up cutting that song together,
and of course media and the Marine Corps. That song
meant a lot to me, and Trace has done a
lot for the veteran community, so I'm very grateful for
him for that too.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
But yeah, that was a lot of fun to be.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
In the studio with him and watch him work, you know,
outside of life and seeing how he works in the studio. Man,
that guy's a beast. It's it was a really cool experience.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I'm glad he had that experience with him, and it
feels like with both him and Gary Sinisee have done
wonders for the armed force, for US arm forces.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Over the years, Oh for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
All right, let's talk about something that's opposite of that
one drunk that has over three hundred and three five
hundreds to fight streams.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So my good buddy of mine wrote that song, Mark
Addison Chandler, and I just the groove of that song
caught me first time I heard it. I just was like, dude,
I love that. You gotta let me, Yeah, let me
take a swing at that song. So it's just fun man.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
You know. I've I played it.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Live a bunch before we recorded it, and it seemed
to get a really good response from the line dancing
crowd and stuff like that and some of these you know,
country clubs we'd been playing. And after I kind of
felt that process out a little bit, I was just like, man, like,
we need to cut this. I think you know this
is this is fun, it's you know, it's a good
time song. It's got a great it's got a great
(21:39):
lick to it. It's very earwarmy, and uh yeah, that
that one's been a good one for us. I would
say I was surprised, but I've been more surprised if
it hadn't done good.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
You know, absolutely, and if it's a good friend that
wrote your song, it's like, Okay, that's great and it
makes it hit. Okay, let's come on tour, and let's
have you come on out of a guest spot and let's
absolutely I can sing one drunk.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Now let's talk about live. We spoke about living lifestyle
and when we spoke about Nashville. But I would love
to know that the story behind that's know how You're
Living has over three hundred and sixty seven thousand point
seven spot three hundred sixty seven thousand seven Spotify streams.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
So I wrote that with a good friend of mine,
Jeff Anderson. And you know, it been so long since
we wrote that song, but I remember I had the
title and and and kind of a little bit of
that chorus like pre done going in there, and I
just kind of told him what vibe I was going for,
(22:41):
and it was one of those songs that just kind
of fell out, you know. I want to say, we
wrote that thing in like an hour and a half
and we're just kind of like looking at each other
in the room.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
Like, yes, it's done, you know.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
But yeah, that's another one man, just good fun, upbeat song.
And I still play that one live, you know, and
all my shows, even though it's a little bit older.
But yeah, that was a lot of fun riding now
with them.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
All right. The final one and your most popular one.
It's four square miles and it has over a four
hundred and twenty six thousand Spotify you're probably your most dreamed.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Yeah, yeah, and you know that one's a special one
for me. I had the idea my so my family
farm that sits on twenty five hundred acres where my
grandpa's house is at and that's twenty five hundred acres
is about four square miles. So I thought that was
kind of a cool song title to begin with. And
I wrote that first verse and again I had to
(23:38):
write with Jeff and Carlene Watt, and I brought in
that song and I was on a different melody at first,
and Carlene kind of drove the melody to where it
is now, So thank you for that. And yeah, you know,
that was just kind of another one like once we
once we wrapped our head around the story of it
(23:59):
and imagery of that song, it was just it was
one of those that fell out pretty quick. And then
you know, one of the coolest things I love about
that is after the song was all said and done,
we went back to my hometown and we filmed. We
filmed almost all of that in my hometown on my
family farm, my dad's and my grandpa's and yeah, and
(24:20):
that's where the music video came from.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
That's incredible. That's incredible to hear, and it must and
I bet your family must have been very happy with.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
That song, oh for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Yeah, alrighty, I want to talk to you about potential
collaborators and have you thought about the singers as songwriters,
the musicians, the producers that you would how that you
want to collaborate with and how would they enhance your sound?
Speaker 3 (24:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Absolutely, you know, first obviously I would love to do
a song with Brooks and Dunn. Travis Tritt would be
another one that I would just I would love to
do a song with him. Uh, newer artists trying to think, like,
I love Zach Topp, I love I love his sound,
I love what he's doing. I would absolutely jump at
(25:09):
the chance to do something with Zach. And uh, you know,
Michael Knox would be a fun producer to work with.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
I love, I love what he does in the studio,
So it would be fun to kind of see what
he could do and take you know, what I do
musically to hear like his version of what my sound is.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
You know. Keith Stiegel's another one.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
You know, he's produced Alan Jackson and Zach Brown Band
and just a name for you. But uh, yeah, I
think I think that would be I think that would
be sick to work with those guys.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
I have several sug, I have a couple of suggestions
for you if you don't mind.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
So someone that you whose aesthetic reminds me so much.
One of my fans, wife's seen Grow Up, Grow and Rise.
He was a songwriter for Jason el Dean. I'm talking
about my friend John Daniel Morgan, John.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Morgan, Yeah, yeah, I'll definitely be down for that.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
And then also another guy, another guy whose country who's
gripped matches yours, my friend Kyle Daniel, those two immediately.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
Yeah, I could see that, yeah for sure.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Yeah. And then also I would love to see for
you do something with Miranda, if you guys.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Do something with Oh, yes, that'd be sick. Yeah, Maranda
or Lanny Laney would be a lot of fun too.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
She Oh yeah, absolutely, she's great.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
I love her. She's awesome.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Yeah, that's amat. Yeah, those are four. So John Morgan,
Kyle Daniel, Miranda, Landy Wilson. If you're hearing this, let's
go reach out, Let's go. Because Adam Warner would be
a great composer. And I also got to say this,
I would love to see you with Hardy or Morgan.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Oh man, that would be cool too. Yeah, I mean yeah,
that would be nuts. That would be crazy.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Yeah. I love Hardy two man.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
I think he's one of the best songwriters in Nashville,
to be honest with you, and and I like his
I just love his energy and of course more into
you know that. I think for everybody, the Morgan routes
is probably the most obvious you know answer to that too.
So not that I would be against it, but because
I think that would be incredible as well, because I
love his music too and look at.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
His records seeing the Dangerous One, and then also I'm
the problem one of my Both of them were some
of my albums of the year.
Speaker 3 (27:21):
Yeah, for sure, Dangerous I think probably my favorite. That
that that album, I mean, I mean not that the
new one.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
The new one's great as well, but man, it was
just Dangerous for me. Was Yeah, they couldn't miss on
that one.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
I've been in contact with Morgan's people and I'm going
to put this out in the universe. Morgan Wallen will
come on my podcast one day.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Let's do it? Heck, yeah, as you should.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Morgan Wallen will collaborate with aud A Mourner.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
That'd be amazing too.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
That'd be a lot of fun with hard Yeah, all
three of us, let's go Hardy, Morgan and Item let's
get Let's do it. That would be a really flying,
raucous Oh yeah, I don't know how much work we'd
get accomplished.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
That might be a little too much energy. Maybe that'd
be fun though.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
Alrighty, so last question, are you ready Let's do it?
Where can my audience find you on social media number one.
Number two where can they find your music? And three,
if you're playing shows, where can they find information about
the shows and buy tickets?
Speaker 3 (28:23):
Absolutely? Yeah, So shows and social media kind of go
hand in hand.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
So I'm just Adam Warner music across the board, whether
it's Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, or I guess x now,
same on YouTube, and I usually I'm always posting show
dates on all those platforms. My next show is actually
next weekend. I'll be in Bloomington, Illinois at a place
called Six Strings. I believe it's on Friday. That might
(28:50):
be September twelfth, Maybe I don't know. I don't have
a calendar in front of me, but it sounds right.
And then after that, I got a show in my hometown.
I'm doing a show called Adam Warner and Friends on
October eleventh in my hometown of Lawrenceville, Illinois, and I'm
bringing my co writer Jeb Gibson with me, and then
a good buddy of mine, Josh Gallagher, who was on
the Voice first country artist Adam Levine Ever took to
(29:13):
the final.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Oh it was amazing.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
Yeah, he's another one.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
He's a beast man. And we got a song.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Josh and I got a song getting ready to come
out September nineteenth together called get Down, So be looking
for that one.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
That'll be long.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I will. And by the way, if any artist country
artist is stolen from Blake Shelton, I think that if
someone didn't get Blake Shelton's approval, I think Adam's got
it and made it to the final. That's good on.
Speaker 2 (29:38):
Adam, you know, I think it was I think originally,
and don't quote me on this because I have a
bad memory, but I feel like Blake was his first
chair turn and then he was on Blake's team.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
And then I want to say that Josh.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Got dropped in the battle and when he got dropped,
Adam Levine saved him, and then he ended up going
to the fine.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
Which is great. Well, and guys, you can, guys go
on but the voice Wikipedia page to find out because
we're not experts in that, and Scot.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
Talent I will know, no, man, Josh, he's he's one
of them dudes.
Speaker 3 (30:13):
I love him so much, but it's hard.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
I hate playing with him because he's so dang good.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
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(31:03):
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category in the podcast division. Adam, thank you so much.
You have such a bright future. My friend. You are
more welcome to come to the block to the podcast anytime.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
I appreciate it. Yeah, we'll do it again, and thank
you for making time for me. And I really enjoyed
the chat man.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
It was a lot of fun, all right, did too,
and guys, thank you so much for listening. Until next time,
have a great one everybody, good bye,
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