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Welcome recording artist Atlas to the backstage past, my friend,
(01:05):
how you.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Doing doing good? How are you doing? Thank you good?
Speaker 4 (01:09):
I appreciate you being here.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Man.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
We could talk a little music, have a little fun
and get to know you kind of that first name
basis out there, get to know you as an artist. Well,
I'll tell you what. I love those mountains. I love Denver, Colorado,
no doubt. It's one of my favorite cities to be from.
Travel to love it. Wish I was from there. I
always say a Texas boy once born and bred Texas,
but Colorado, Arizona, anything out west out there was like
(01:30):
my favorite, you know state to visit. Talk about just
your upbringing a little bit and the connection to music
from an early age.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Tell us about that.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Yeah, I mean when I was young, I was born
Indiana and then my dad was in the military, so
there we were moving around a bunch, and when my
parents split, we ended up in Colorado. It was in
a little city called Commerce City, in the trailer park.
It was a good smelling city, Purina dog food factory.
Was he just whip it in. It's a great, great smell.
(02:01):
But yeah, I mean, just grew up pretty poor with
my mom just raising three kids and you know, and
and that's like kind of like how my upbringing was
and just kind of just chrunk through, you know, hard sometimes,
but we bounced back eventually.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
What artists kind of pulls you through that? People say,
you know, music pulls them out of difficult situations out
there at the same time, and whether it be any
genre of music, was there artists.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
You were connecting with an early age, who would they be?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I think on an emotional level, I feel like The Fray,
which is another Colorado local band, and it was like
they just had like how to save a life and
cable car and I remember just loving the piano ballady
stuff and also just them being from Colorado. I just
feel like they really just talked about emotions and just
they weren't scared to be vulnerable, which I think is
the first band I connected to in terms of that,
(02:50):
or maybe like Rascal Flats or Hurts the Most was
a really good one for me.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, it's very challenging this music thing too, And everybody
asked me the key to this and chasing the dream
and all that advice you guys would give younger artists
and things out there when it comes to you, because
everybody's different in personal situations. You know matter to people
out there when it comes down to it, and you know,
plowing your way through this and making a name for yourself.
What's been the most gratifying part of this so far?
And then what's been the most challenging part for you
as an artist?
Speaker 1 (03:18):
I mean, I think the best part is just being
able to like get out any kind of like what
I'm writing is my I think is the best part
just in terms of music kind of helps me deal
with my emotions. So me just writing through stuff is
kind of how I get through things in life. I mean,
the odds part is probably just like the kind of
work you got to put in. I think, you know,
(03:39):
you started doing this for fun, and there's like a
passion and then like eventually people start caring and looking
and then there's a little more pressure, and I think
that's a tough part of it.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
But it's also if you get to do this for
a living, it's a blessing. So come to both.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
It's just come with both, no doubt.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Hey tell me about your artist name, because when I
when I first heard it, I was like, man, that
is so unique, and what a cool story to kind
of tell all about that too.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
How did you come up with Atlas? It's kind of
like the artist name. I love that.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
So in seventh grade, we had a creative writing project
on Greek mythology and the teacher was like, pick someone
in the book write about it. I remember everyone was
riding about Zoo Suposeidon, and I kind of have ADHD
so I have to.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Like connect to something.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
I'm very zero or one hundred, so I had to
like emotionally connected my homework to do it. So I
remember just slipping through the book, just trying to land
on something, you know, and then I landed on Atlas,
which is a tight mile was the world on his shoulders.
And when I saw that, I didn't see Atlas, I
saw my mom, and so Michael starting this was kind
of the Atlas for her and one day be able
(04:40):
to you know, take care of her. And because of
the music and because of the success we've had, I
was actually able to retire my mom a couple of
years ago.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
It's cool.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
That's one of the best stories you can have right
there to maybe one of the best I've heard here
on the backstage pass and retire her too.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
That's back to her.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah, yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Mean that's I don't know where we go from here,
but that's the best moment of my life.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Retire with my mom, my mom.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
No matter what happens radio, if I ever get to
sell Red Rocks, it's gonna have to be a number
two for me, because that is I started.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
You did.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Yeah, you accomplished one of those checklists. I was to
ask you about that goals. I mean there's one right
there too. Let me ask you about this before we
play a little snippet of the song title track of
the EP second Hand Smoker in a Second. As far
as bucket list things that Grand Old Lockery and Center Circle,
things like that. You mentioned Red Rocks, other stages you
want to step on that would just kind of really,
you know, float your boat.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yeah, I think.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I think Red Rocks for me is the biggest one,
just because coming from Colorado, like that's my favorite venue.
It's just such a unique venue. And I also found
out recently that if you sell it out, they give
you a piece of the rock as like a trovia,
which is just so cool. But I remember as a kid,
I would like I never got to go because we
never had the money, but we would like drive up there.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
I'd walk up and down the steps.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I remember sitting up there and just looking out when
I was a kid, being like one. And that's still
that's still a goal.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
You know.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
I'm not there yet, but i'd be'd be cool if
I could. That'd be like, I think that's buggetless terms
of venues.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
I gotta tell you what man accomplishing those things out
there too. I wish I could have retired one of
my parents, but I can't speak on behalf of that
to you. Always try to give back to them when
I get a chance. But it is amazing to be
able to tell that story and and just have that
feeling inside of you and know what that really felt
like too, tell you what you're gonna feel this. I
actually gave a media quote on this record. Second hand
smoke ep out there too. We're gonna play a little
sippet of the title track here. It is the backstage
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Speaker 2 (07:02):
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Least to Mary second ass More, don't know for never
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Don't think they'll never gone to have children. If they
grow up like me worth they hit.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Up flying, I mean.
Speaker 9 (07:33):
Learn all.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I need them enough.
Speaker 7 (07:35):
When I was ten years old, my mama.
Speaker 9 (07:38):
Sent me down, lit up a marble.
Speaker 10 (07:42):
She said, don't world this means? She said, don't world,
it's cold. At least to my worries.
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With second ass More.
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love my friends, what say they're still on my clothes?
Speaker 11 (08:05):
Least to Moirise, we're sicking nass More. Every time I
find me something perfect, I look for her flock. Every
time my life is finally working, something I'll go wrong.
Every time someone walks into my life, I don't get
(08:26):
too close, because nothing's worse than home.
Speaker 9 (08:31):
Learn all I need some. When I was ten years old,
my mama sent me down, lit up a marble. She said,
don't world.
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This means, she said, don't world, it's cold. Least to
my errise with sicking ass foll She tell me. People
believe and promises getting book. If you want anything, then
do it on your vote. All my friends, what side
(09:03):
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Speaker 7 (09:05):
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Hey back here the backstage pass Atlas joining us here
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(13:16):
about it. This was the one that caught everybody's attention,
no doubt, the top one's there. We're gonna play another
one here called the Devil Ain't done here in a
little bit too. But man, what a song, and man,
the writing of this I can tell you sitting on
the back porch, the song really talks a lot about life.
And I want to get a lot of backstory on
second hand Smoke.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Man.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
First, I commend you on a great song.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Awesome, thank you. Yeah, I mean that song.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
For me, that song is just like I've never heard
second hand Smoke said that way. I think it's always
such a negative thing. I just like for me, like.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
My mom is the closest thing I know to a
real life superhero.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
We're talking like two full time jobs, raising three kids
all by ourself, mortgage payment, card payment, and she had
a lot on her plate, you know, and like we
as kids made it really hard on her when we
probably should have made it easier. Like I'm pretty sure
my sister when we were like growing up was trying
to break againness for a record on how many boys
she could date with active warrants before teeny eighteen.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
My brother was friends with power down the street.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
That guy burned down the forest in the back of
our trailer park.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
And I have like, like I said, I have ADHD,
so like I think I was eating with my hands
while I was thirteen, like spaghetti, Like it was bad.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
It was bad. So she had a lot on her plate.
Speaker 18 (14:29):
Man.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
But like the very few minutes she had in her
life for herself was that pack of cigarettes.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
It was it's our front porch.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
And like that was her mental health exercise, which why
I love that song. And I remember being ten years
old walking in school smell like cigarettes and that's.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Like the first time I ever heard about second hand smoke,
you know.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
And there's just so many hard things in life, it
just doesn't feel like a big priority.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
And that's kind of like that's what inspired that song.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Great writing here too. When it comes to getting pitched
a song or are you just kind of doing your
own thing out there writing, We'll get secret there because
every artist is different, you know, pinning your own music
or getting something pitched that has to kind of like
secondhand smoke resonate with them, that kind of thing. What's
your process or is there a process for you for songwriting,
either like a fantasy or a personal experience having gone
through it to be able to bring it out talk
(15:21):
about that.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
For me, I think every song is different, but I
think for these I really wanted to dive into like
my past and just things that I grew up and
like things that I noticed when I was a kid,
and I never really wrote.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
About that on previous albums.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
So I remember just the idea of like my my
manager was like, why don't you just write stuff down
from your childhood and just like write down little like notes,
and so I just came up with like a fifteen
track trailer park, you know, song title list, and I
think only like one or two made it, but like
I just remember going through the whole list, and I
really loved taking second hand smoke. So when I went
(15:56):
into the writing room, I was like, hey, I want
to have an idea for Secon Day of Smoke. But
I wanted to be like least of my worries because
I just feel like I've never heard that, and I just.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
That's that's how I felt, despite like people are.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Always just saying how negative it is, I felt like,
I don't know it just for me, it was my
mom's mental health that effect on my health. I think
it kind of balanced, you know.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
I think it did too.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
And there was that positive connotation that I took from
the song The life lesson though, you know, learning so
much more out there too compared to sitting in a
group setting or something. And it was kind of like, Okay,
your parents have been around the block. And it made
me think about my grandma because you know, she lived
to ninety four years old, like we just lost her
few years back, and like she went through the Great Depression.
She told life stories, she struggled through life when it
(16:43):
came to smoking and stuff like that. It was always
kind of like a go to for her. But she
did find herself quitting, you know, back in her I
guess sixty seventy somewhere and the last thirty years of
her life. Lived a great life too, but she was
always moving around and stuff. But it was that wisdom
that she can enhance on people all the time. She
told great wisdom stories from going through all those different experiences.
(17:03):
So she made sure that, you know, she called us
her kids like I was her son, Like that was
the big thing, a second mom. To me, it was like, Okay,
don't make the same mistakes I did. So that's what
I got from second hand smoke was that positive connotation.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
You know, it's awesome.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
I mean, yeah, I wonder like in terms of just
like the front porchs wisdom, do you have anything that
you like remember? She would say, like she had like
a go to remember one that comes to mind.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
It was like, uh, don't stay out after midnight because
nothing good happens.
Speaker 4 (17:33):
Man, I know you stayed after midnight if you time.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
I did?
Speaker 4 (17:37):
I did, she would, Yeah. It's like breathing into smoke.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
It's like, Okay, you know you're gonna it's not as
bad as actually probably lighting one up right there from firsthand,
but uh yeah it was I did. Yeah, we went
against the advice. I'm gonna be honest with you. That's
just one of those things. You know, don't drink so
many beers. I mean, you're visiting the porcelain sink at
the end of the night, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
So I then sound advice both those, both of.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Those, yeah, she would always say. And then other thing
was probably like, Okay, don't stay out after midnight because
nothing good happens and you end up in handcuffs, and
that was another thing. Or go to jail, and I'm like,
well that's I get the crowd we're playing with too,
But you know what, we had to take that experience
and learn from our mistakes. But then again, as she
got older, and I think I got older now that
I'm in my forties, I look back and I'm like,
you know what the old woman, dad gum it, she
(18:19):
knew what she was talking about.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
I mean, when you got that kind of experience, and
if you're leaning on that, like I feel like anyone
I know that leans on the smoking addition has a lot.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Going on there, life a ton and they're trying to
balance everything.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
And that's absolutely get it. That's it all right. We
got to play another one too. The EP just came
out October tenth. Make sure you guys go streaming and
check him out to Atlas Underscore Music on Instagram, out
there too and across all the socials.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
It is a second Hand Smoke EP. The song is
Devil Ain't Done.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
We'll tell you what we're gonna find out if he's
done here coming back here on the backstage past more
with that list. The song is Devil Ain't Done off
the album Second Hand Smoke, coming back a little snippet
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Speaker 4 (19:08):
Back in the flash, stay tuned.
Speaker 7 (19:09):
I never want to close my eyes, Caney, even for saisons.
Speaker 10 (19:15):
I feel like just giving.
Speaker 19 (19:20):
Every time I tell myself from me be please, then
a time me you me out, and finally turn the page.
They're voice in the back of mon mind says no
one ever changes, even when everything's on.
Speaker 7 (19:38):
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Speaker 2 (19:41):
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Speaker 20 (19:43):
My eyes, and Cane even follow sas I feel like
just giving. I'm trying to put the best behind, but
he finds me every singing time.
Speaker 9 (19:57):
Don't she came along?
Speaker 7 (20:03):
Away from the Cinera's but something tells me it's the Devil.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Lne Down.
Speaker 8 (20:09):
Burying me.
Speaker 19 (20:10):
Can't breathing my feet in carrying me.
Speaker 7 (20:13):
You can't tell if he knows me better than me,
trying to hide in Eliza.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
I want to believe.
Speaker 11 (20:18):
I want to believe, but I know how this SNS
can't go down.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
That road again. So I never want to cross my eyes.
Speaker 9 (20:28):
Can't even FO season.
Speaker 15 (20:30):
I feel like jealous.
Speaker 20 (20:36):
I've tried to put the best men, but it finds
me everything off time.
Speaker 7 (20:41):
John came a long way from the cinema, but it's
but something tells me the Devil lane down.
Speaker 20 (20:54):
Something tells me and the Devilophne downs.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Start signing. You came find me.
Speaker 20 (21:15):
I never want to close my uh canny even FO
save some nights.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
I never want to close my eyes.
Speaker 9 (21:26):
Canne even first save series.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
I feel like a gim.
Speaker 20 (21:34):
I've tried to put the best bed everybody five every
single time.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
Don't came along away from the cinema books, but something
tells me the Devil Laine done.
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It's a grand slam of music, sports and entertainment. Back
here with at list, So let's talk about it it too.
Uh again, grad Ep, no doubt, devil ain't done. Let's
get a backstory on that one for us.
Speaker 1 (25:06):
Yeah, I remember we were in uh we're in a
song right, and there's a couple of amazing writers and producers.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
Uh it was David Garcia and Jeff Warburton, and uh
I remember when the first it started with those drums.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
It was just a production, but those drums came in
on like the hook and it just felt like whoa
and I think what it just we we just started
going like going through like ideas, and we ended up
letting on Devil ain Done because you see, like the
beat is so built so big, and then rat the
end there kind of comes out and then that just
the vocal line comes through. But something tells me the
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devil ain't done. It kind of started there and once
you write that. We kind of got that little line first,
and then we wrote from the.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Beginning all the way up to it. I do love
that record. That record is it's just a fun listen.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
I'll tell you what's a that's a fun one too.
And then there was another one on here we touched
on love this work. Everything is so great of it,
but this one the art of letting go. Let's let's
dive into this one a little bit too. I love
this song too.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Yeah, that one, man, that one hurt.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Usually Usually when I write, like I said, I try
to write through things and through pain. But I definitely
ran from that one for a couple of years just because, Uh,
that was tough man. I mean, addiction, addiction is tough man.
That's like, people talk a lot about addiction, but what
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they don't talk about enough is how hard is to
love someone who's addicted, you know, and being an addict
is help, but being on the suber side of it
is it's also hell. And three years ago I lost
my sister to addiction, and that's you know what that
song's about. And that song has been helping me navigate it.
But that one, that one hurts man, that one, that
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one broke me. But I know that it's been connected
with a lot of people since we put it out.
I get so many dms and just seeing so many
people just commenting on them who they lost the date
of it, and that was a hard one to sing,
I'll say live it's it's hard not to lose it
a little.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
Bit, especially if you again you experienced it firsthand that
you talk about this, and it's not easy again to
put out these songs that have the personal meeting with
yourself and a lot of fans out there to get
them through the tough spots in life out there. There's
not a country song that I didn't have a great title,
and Baby Mama to me kind of just like filled
it up for me.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
It's being a father now and having.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
A daughter who's going to be six years old next
year or two and understanding how much these ladies mean
to us and mean to our family that you know,
we would not be here consistently moving forward without the
significant others and things like that. I love it as
much as you as you do, and I thought this
really hit home for me too. The song baby Mama,
I'll say that one I like.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
I think the writing on it is probably the best
on the EP in terms of just the flipping baby
Mama three times because I love the they say you're
just a baby mama. You know that's what people were
saying about you, but it's like you were just a
baby mama, Like, don't blame yourself.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
He didn't ask for all this to happen.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
And I'm the youngest, so when I go, I'll always
be your baby mama. It just has this like triple meaning,
which I've always loved a song that has like multiple
meanings and multiple flips like that. But I remember when
we finished that chorus, I was like, and the reaction
my mom got.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
When I showed her it's pretty good. It's a good
reaction I got out of her. But she's the best.
She's the best that she deserved. She deserved. The song
No doubt too.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
Like I said all this, you always to accomplished those
checklists and those bucket list things.
Speaker 4 (28:31):
Retiring mom. That's at the top of the wish list.
There you got that done? Sing all right?
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Iod on you this it's a song number three on
the CP MAN. Really good feel to it. And I
know this has been very high streamed out there too.
You got to be proud of this one too. At
the same time, Yeah, I love this one.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
This one's funny because I don't think we had the
intention of writing a love song.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
Like when it first started.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
I remember it was just like I was in a
room with one of my favorite writers, Autumn by Sea,
and uh, we just kind of talked and she's talked
for an hour, talk about life, and we usually talk more.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Than we write, but I was just I was just talking.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
I remember I was saying something about how my mom
smoked cigarettes and she'll just she always says she'll do
them till the very end.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
I remember her saying, my mom will spend her last
breath on a cigarette. I was like, what's that? What
is that?
Speaker 1 (29:17):
So I remember we were just writing from there, which
is funny because we almost had no direction of where
we were going, but they were like, what if what
is your dad? You know, like, let's do this addiction,
my brother's addiction, my sister. And then it was like,
what if we flip it into you're addicted to this person,
which I think is And that's why I think it's
really funny because initially we didn't think it was a
love song writing it.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
It just kind of happened to go into that.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
And then when we landed on iod on wylu, it
was like, this one's special, Like I love that one.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
That's that's in the title of it too, I mentioned
I said you there to iod on wyou. That's that's
just a great again. Those letters mean so much out
there and resonating with so many people out there too well.
Speaker 4 (29:57):
Talk about this.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
You know, we're winding down twenty twenty five, I've headed
into another year, which is still crazy to even think
about that.
Speaker 4 (30:03):
What's next for you? What are you most looking forward to?
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Obviously the the the ePIE is doing well now with
the six songs on it too, just came out of
October tenth. Next big projects. I know, musicians never rest
on their laurels. There's always something they're looking forward to
going into a new year, we're looking at new music.
Other projects talk to us about that.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Yeah, I mean it's the EP, so I know late
at least next year sometime they're gonna release. We're gonna
release the album. So that's really I'm always excited to
release it.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Like new music.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
There's also we just got the country radio with Devil
Ane done, and this is my first time a radio
so that's very exciting to get to hear myself on
the thing that you grew up listening to, you know,
and like that's like a bucket list for me. And
then festivals, I mean, I have the filling next next year,
there's gonna be a lot of things I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
Just new stuff.
Speaker 4 (30:50):
That's that's all we can look forward to.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Congratulations on that was at like fifty seven stations that
I found out they picked up Devil Laying Down, which
is amazing.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Fifty seven, I mean, and we've been going around meeting people,
But the idea of having that many ads on the
first week as a new artist, I feel, I'm definitely blessed.
I don't think that's a It's not always a very
normal thing to happen when you go to radio for
the first time I got an amazing team.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
You got to help the team.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
And I'm thinking Jay Jones is right there too, and
we'll tell you right now. We got to know each
other in Nashville few years back. In one of the
best guys I know in the music industry too, So
definitely kudos to him into your entire team, and that's
what I was gonna go to next. Man, it's hard
to do it without a team, no matter what profession
you're in, especially the music industry. But you got to
have that great team behind you to be able to
pull something like this off too, because you're only one
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person and you can only do so much, right, Yeah,
you know.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
I mean you need you need people that believe in
it just like you and having people that and I
think like a lot of times when you're looking for labels,
because I was independent for so long, you know, I've
been to a lot of label meetings that just felt
like it wouldn't be a priority, or it's just like
you're looking to sign someone just because you have some
budget and you just maybe something will happen with them.
But bbr BMG, they've been incredible. From the Dad met them,
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They've given me as much attention as they can and
just really believing in it. I think even more than me.
It comes to the point where they're like, you think
you know what's about to happen, and I'm like, I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
I don't I know.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
You guys see it clearer than me, which is is
pretty exciting to know that everyone on the team, including
Jay and my management, my label, everyone is working just
as hard as me, which is this is a blessing
now that mean people, but you definitely need It's.
Speaker 3 (32:31):
Hard to do it all by yourself, possibly do this
radio show by myself, because I forget half the things
that need to be done before we actually do them,
and that's just crazy. Without the team behind you, it's
hard to even pull off something like this. Can imagine
only just being an artist out there, and I want
to get your thoughts on this couple of things. I
love this because the Nashville's always like that test market
for favorite restaurants when I get to go to them,
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and the biggest thing is always something on something corner.
I went to Midtown three one two Pizza during some
of the events we get to go up there and
do the radio show in town. There was really good
at the Chicago Style Pizza. Love it when you go
out or kind of a night on the town, Uh,
kind of scope out restaurants? Do you yelp something you
kind of already know where you're gonna go, what kind
of flavor of food?
Speaker 4 (33:12):
Where do you go? Where do you go too?
Speaker 1 (33:14):
My favorites is you know, it's tough. I've been making
food at home, but like I'm I'm pretty bad. I'll
just eat Taco Bell. I'm just so addicted to fast
food when I do go out. But if I was
gonna get a restaurant, there's a there's a place called
Party Foul oh yeah, which has a really really good
like they have this on brunch just on Saturdays.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
They have like a hot chicken French toast.
Speaker 4 (33:39):
I've had it, yes, yeah, good, it's good.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
I mean that's that's probably my go to, or just
like a burrito from Oscars taco shop.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
But nothing, I don't know. I'm not much of a
fancy guy outside of that.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
It's Taco Bell or meat at all of all the
restaurants to come out. Was not expecting that one to.
Speaker 15 (33:55):
I love.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
Hey, we go to the border and you gotta go
past me go to the border for for taco Taco
Bell out there too that still has.
Speaker 4 (34:04):
The best Taco Bells.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
They're different, I promise.
Speaker 3 (34:08):
There's still everywhere out there too. And you know what, Hey,
I'll say this, the breakfast is not as bad too.
If you want a breakfast burrito and you're gonna pull
through there and get one of the grills like chicken
or breakfast burritos or even sausage or hash browns, Taco
Bell is still pretty good.
Speaker 4 (34:19):
On the breakfast side of things. I'll say this, there's.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
Only one place right now that has Tacobo breakfast. I
love that you said this, because nobody knows this.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Whenever I say Tacobo breakfast, people are like, but the
breakfast brunt wrap.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Bro steak, hash brown, Oh my god, you know a
that might actually be my favorite. Taco Bell is breakfast
good one. But they took it away from They took
it away. It's not in most places.
Speaker 3 (34:44):
Now're true, I'll say around here in Texas where I'm
at too, it was kind of like, yeah, I was,
and I think maybe one or two have it left.
But like if if it's there, that crutch wrap was
was good stuff, all right, and you're downtime, I guess
not doing music. You know, that's probably very rare, is it,
like spend time with just immediate friends and family hanging out?
Speaker 4 (35:04):
What kind of hobbies? What are you into when not
doing music?
Speaker 2 (35:08):
Yeah, I think I think I mean hang out with
the dogs, my girl. I think when I when I
do have some time.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
It's funny because I moved here from I moved here
from Colorado, so like I'm still trying to build like friends.
Speaker 6 (35:21):
You know.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
I love gaming, you know, like a just like a
video game, like a online something for like an hour,
or we'll go on the boat, which is also fun
to just be on the lake.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
So those are those are the things I like those.
Speaker 4 (35:36):
Let's get there, get in an order.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
I'd love to, I said, get away, escape and all
those things really resemble me from from a young age too,
which is great out there. Well, I'll tell you what,
this record is fantastic too. You don't find too many
artists that, man, I tell you what, just have the
it factor he does out there too for this record,
like Secondhand Smoke, It's across all the DSPs out there
for your listening pleasure. And make sure you guys go
check out the songs, and you need to go check
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out the songs because we gave you just a little
snippet there too the same time for two of them,
and they're six on the record out there too, and
check you out at lists underscore music across all the
social media. My friend, looking forward to seeing just more
great things coming from your camp. And we appreciate you
being with us here on the backstage pass and looking
forward to more great things as you, guys go into
twenty twenty six. Appreciate you being here with us.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
Appreciate you for having me men. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
Got it at lists across all the DSPs out there, secondhand,
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Speaker 4 (36:44):
Take care, God blessed, We will see you soon.
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