The Conrad Bridges Interview.

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Today's guest has turned long nights on the road and
deep battles within himself into verses that speak to something universal,
and that is the courage to admit what scares us most.
His story reminds us that even when we build bridges

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Speaker 6 (03:04):
Well, ladies and gentlemen. Born out of reflection, long haul
drives and late night creative sections sessions, Conrad Bridges is
an artist who refuses to keep it surface level. With
over one hundred songs released in the past year and
a new single, Scared to Say, Comrad channels gospel, hip hop,

(03:27):
and vulnerability into one voice. His album Emotional About It
is a.

Speaker 7 (03:34):
Soundtrack to honesty, while his Psycho Gang brand represents growth
and resilience. And tonight we unpack the journey of a
man who turns pain into purpose. So please join me
in saying welcome friend to Conrad Bridges.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
Hey, hey, welcome to the show. Hey, how you doing
pretty good?

Speaker 4 (03:56):
Man?

Speaker 3 (03:56):
Are you? I'm good? I'm just really exciting. I'm good though.
All right, all right, well man again, welcome to the show.
We're happy to have you here. Man.

Speaker 4 (04:06):
And before we get into Scared to Say, and it's
your story, what's been on your heart?

Speaker 3 (04:12):
My lately? I think everything's been pretty good. Lately. I've
been I've been writing a lot, putting everything out, so
I know, lately I've been I haven't been holding anything in.
I think that's been helped me, you know, make it
through the day and not hold on to anything. So yeah,

(04:33):
I think I've been good in those regards.

Speaker 4 (04:36):
You're and when you say not holding anything again, you
mean as far as like musically or just being vocal
about everything.

Speaker 3 (04:45):
Everything. I mean, everything I do musically has been stuff
that I've held in, So just just writing it and
making songs, it's kind of helped me realize that, I mean,
I could be vocal in just every day situation, everything
would be cool. So yeah, do you find it easier

(05:07):
to unload in music? I do. I feel it's uh,
it's uh maybe I'm thinking that it's maybe safer, so
maybe I don't you know, I don't know hurt anyone's
feelings or anything like that. But I also like just uh,

(05:29):
just making it sound beautiful with the with the music
and everything behind it, and then you know, maybe if
maybe sometimes I feel like I think a lot about
situations or pick up on things, and I understand that
everybody isn't ready to hear or make changes, so I
figure too, doing the music is nice too, because if

(05:52):
I pick up on something and want to say it.
I could put it in a song and you know,
maybe people want to hear it and need to hear it,
you know, have that chance to hear and that could
change absolutely. Are you still changing? Oh definitely, I feel like, Yeah,

(06:14):
I feel like all the time because I feel like,
I mean, the only thing that keeps us the same
is it's just like traditions and holidays. You know, it's
all tradition, and it's like the way we think keeps
us the same. So if you're trying to steadily grow
and read and try new things, and you're going to

(06:34):
start thinking differently and you know, start just changing automatically,
I think.

Speaker 4 (06:40):
Yeah, yeah, man, change is constant. That's the one thing
I've learned. No matter if you want it to happen
or not, something's going to change around you. But what
I find, Conrad, that's difficult, Well, I won't say difficult,
It used to be difficult for me, is that when
I'm changing or going through metaphorphosis or just evolve and

(07:00):
learning new things, people around me to the shune to change,
like why are you changing or why are you growing?
You know, and I find it counter productive when they
ask me things like that's like, why aren't you changing
with me or why aren't you growing with me.

Speaker 3 (07:17):
In your experience? Man?

Speaker 4 (07:18):
What do you think it is that makes people uncomfortable
when someone around them is changing for the better.

Speaker 3 (07:26):
I think, like I was saying before, I don't think.
I think we're all at different stages. I know, I
know there's still things that I hold on to just
out of habit or not knowing like the next step
to make. So I kind of think that. I mean,
I've had people say, like about their girlfriend or something

(07:49):
like she's going to counseling and she's talking about all
these these things that are helping her, and I can
see and in him that it's like, I guess he's
not ready for that, are ready to make those changes
and take those steps. So I definitely think it's just
everybody's on their own path and it's difficult to see
somebody else making those changes. And I guess being being

(08:13):
brave in that way, and you know ourselves is sometimes
just not knowing what changes we need to make because
everybody's story is different, so you know it. Maybe I
don't know if it's easier for some or not, but
we all definitely, I think got different battles we deal with,

(08:34):
and I don't think all of the battles are our,
like known mainstream and stuff like that. So it's hard
to to kind of know where you're going. Is you
especially feel like you're the only one going down that road?

Speaker 4 (08:47):
Absolutely so, Man, scared to say feels like a confession
on wax.

Speaker 3 (08:55):
What emotions were running through you the night you wrote
it in the back of your truck? Man, I don't,
I don't even know. I feel like I feel like
I pick up on a lot of people's emotions. I
feel like I'm really emotional. So I think at that
time I had just not too long after I did

(09:17):
all those songs in the truck, I switched jobs and
I got out of the truck, and I think it
was just a realization of just I guess, making changes,
not being scared to I think, do what I wanted
to do in life. I feel like the truck and

(09:38):
I got in because my father has suggested it to me,
and so I've been doing that. I was doing that
since twenty thirteen, but it's not something I really wanted.
But it gave me a lot of time to sit
and I think it's come to realizations about myself and everything.
So I think that song was was not really about

(10:01):
being scared to say stuff, but maybe scared to take
action on the things that I was. I was internally
saying to myself, Hm, I get that. And when you
say truck, you mean like semi trucks.

Speaker 4 (10:17):
Yep, yep, diesels yep yea yeah, big rig all right, Yeah,
are you still doing that career?

Speaker 3 (10:26):
No, I've been, and I got out of that last year,
moved to a silver thrown Colorado, So I still drive,
but now I just uh, I settle people up and
down the mountain up here to like the ski resorts,
and people live down here, live up here, bring them
up the mountain, or take them down to a d

(10:48):
at the airport down in Denver. Nice.

Speaker 4 (10:50):
So yeah, I know I heard you mention that you
said that it's something that your father wanted you to pursue,
but you never really wanted to do that.

Speaker 3 (10:59):
And I know it's some good money. I just started
a truck and company this past summer, not eighteen wes
but like box truck cargo vance man. Yeah. The potential
to earn man is just crazy. So why why did you?
Why did you get out of that uh that business honestly, man,
until I feel like, really, my whole life, I really

(11:23):
haven't known what I wanted to do. I think I
kind of grew up kind of just not I think
in an environment where it wasn't appealing to the things
I wanted to do, like like music. I really started
music in the truck. I guess my folks never seen

(11:43):
it in me or anything, so it wasn't something that
was pursued or anything at a young age. And so
I think just growing up, I fell into a lot
of things that really wasn't me. And so just recently
that's why I put out so much music this year,
is because like I've been trying to not do the music,

(12:06):
but it keeps on coming back. So I'm like, I'm
gonna just roll with it and see where it goes
and keep working at it. You were intentionally trying not
to do music, man, Yeah, I've man, I've thrown out
music equipment, I would like burn notebooks of songs I've written,

(12:27):
and I've really done a lot of sabotie like my
whole life with it. But yeah, I found I had
a hard drive that I saved a bunch of music
on and I was like, this is crazy, Like why
is this still in my life? So I was like,
you know, I'm gonna I'm going to just like try
and do more than what I've been doing with it.

Speaker 4 (12:46):
So yeah, So, man, I understand artists anguish.

Speaker 3 (12:51):
I was an artist once.

Speaker 4 (12:52):
I know it can be very daunting at times, sometimes
you know, not even worth it when you look at
the financials of what's being spent versus the results. Uh
but but why were you like destroying your talent getting
rid of your your work?

Speaker 3 (13:10):
Man? I think just childhood child much stuff, honestly. Uh yeah,
I didn't have to uh uh yeah, just just growing up.
I think I had. I had the step pops who
really didn't see I guess me, which I don't think

(13:34):
that's I guess some people could do it, be aware
of the people they're around and what they're interested in.
But I just think my situation was different, and so
I don't think the right attention was given to me,
and so I just learning from I guess making mistakes

(13:55):
that were made in that situation and not really being
taught that, you know, what I want to do or
what I'm working on is of value. So I think
I kind of carry that into my early adult life,
and so I think that's what kind of brought down
the sabotaging and throwing stuff out. But going through all

(14:18):
of that, I'm realizing, like, you can't like throw yourself away.
So yeah, I'm learning to to not do that now, yes, sir.
And do you do you feel like scared to say
came from all of that? I do. Yeah, being scared

(14:39):
to say being just really not knowing what courage was
and not knowing how to speak up for myself. And
so now definitely with the music and putting it out
into the world, it's like I'm not scared to say anything.
And then also from doing that, I'm hoping that grows

(15:02):
into me, you know, doing the things that I feel
I want to do as well. So right on, man,
and I believe you have the talent.

Speaker 4 (15:14):
I've read that you've released over one hundred songs in
the past year, but you still say that you don't
really or fully identify as an artist.

Speaker 3 (15:24):
Why is that, Conrad, And.

Speaker 4 (15:26):
What would it take for you to feel that that
title fits you?

Speaker 3 (15:32):
I think really practicing the craft more like like a
lot of the songs, I just feel like I haven't
been as focused as I can and really yeah, yeah,

(15:52):
I just feel like I just haven't Maybe I haven't
been in the environment of other artists like I've been
doing this, and so maybe that could be it too,
Like I don't have friends who do music or something
like that. But I think the more I don't know,
talking to more people, I definitely feel like, I mean,
I'm putting music out that like you got music outside.

(16:14):
I mean, you're definitely doing musical things. So it could
and it could just be from the sabotized like mentality
I've had about myself.

Speaker 4 (16:24):
So yeah, yeah, definitely, Man, music is a community thing.
It's something that's shared, and I know how that go. Man,
When you're I feel like you're doing it alone and
you're you know, in.

Speaker 3 (16:38):
Your own space creating and putting it out by yourself
and you know, the whole role thing.

Speaker 4 (16:42):
It could be a lonely, lonely, lonely jagged road, but
community it's where you know, it's what music is for.
So hopefully through your story, man, you will start to
build that community to where you don't feel alone because
you have your listeners with you, you have you know,
the people that are really rocking with your music. I say, man,

(17:03):
change the scene. Bro Go to Cali, go to Atlanta,
go to Florida, Texas where music is thriving, New York, Colorado.
I got a few homies out there to do music.
But it's the same story. They're alone. They're alone out
there in the mountains.

Speaker 3 (17:19):
Yeah it is. And I'm glad you say that too,
because I mean, since I've been here, I've always had
a dots of going out to California too, So I
have feel like that that's the next step. Yeah, Vegas,
even you're not too far from Vegas. Yeah, all right,
all right, all.

Speaker 4 (17:37):
Right, guys, we're about to jump into some music we
have scared to say by Comrade Bridges, and then we'll
be back to put them in our traditional hot seats.

Speaker 3 (17:47):
That's where he could perform for us if he wants to.

Speaker 4 (17:49):
He could rap, he could sing, do some spoken word,
tell a joke, tell a story from his life, play
a instrument, to give some advice, or do nothing at all.
That is school as well. But for right now, you're
about to dive in too scared to say, stay tuned.

Speaker 8 (18:08):
Oh yeah, you.

Speaker 9 (18:21):
Talked, it was I spoken fees a conversation last years
you said you knew just when I missed, my courage
was already spent.

Speaker 8 (18:34):
How could you know when I never showed I built.

Speaker 10 (18:37):
A bridge, whenever crossed the message missed that was lost
and wasn't making any said. We tried municating. It's true.
I was someone that you that you knew, and I
thought I knew you scared to say? What was I

(18:59):
my chasing words, I'll never find what cat me up,
toss and turning, and I trying to figure out ways
to shed some light? Thinking, by am I sharing talk
to you? You saw my lies but not my soul?
How could you know? And I never told a puzzle

(19:22):
this happens pieces a book that's trying to start receiasing,
How could you know when I never showed I built
a rich but never crops the message miss that was
it wasn't making any sense.

Speaker 8 (19:40):
We tried to give me a catie.

Speaker 10 (19:42):
It's true. I was someone that that should know and
I thought I knew you. Was scared to say what
was on my mind? Chasing words, I'll never find what
cat me up, tossing, turning and trying to figure how
to way to shed some light?

Speaker 8 (20:04):
Thinking, why am I scared to.

Speaker 5 (20:06):
Talk to you.

Speaker 10 (20:06):
Maybe it's time to break the chain. I was unset
of love of pain with mine. I know why we begin,
but let's find out why we still care to my
mom and my sisters and the women that I lay with.

Speaker 11 (20:23):
Communication. No, he's pace with myself and I'll leave you
some things. I need a milk. I don't know how
to ask well help. Maybe that's not what I need
to come correct say whether I mean for the last
the time a scout?

Speaker 3 (20:34):
Could you know when I.

Speaker 10 (20:36):
Never showed I built a bridge but never cross the
message mixed?

Speaker 3 (20:42):
I was loud.

Speaker 10 (20:44):
It wasn't making anything which I communicating.

Speaker 8 (20:48):
It's true.

Speaker 10 (20:50):
I was sewone that you that you knowed and I
thought I knew you. Scared to say?

Speaker 8 (20:58):
What was our minds? Chasing words?

Speaker 3 (21:02):
Don't never fine wire?

Speaker 10 (21:04):
Can we up tossing turn in at night trying to
figure out the way to shed some live sneaking? What
am I scared to talk to you?

Speaker 3 (21:16):
All right? All right, I hope you guys are viving.
I'm viving. That is scared to say by conrade Bridges.

Speaker 4 (21:23):
All right, let's go ahead and bring him back, yo,
yo yo, your back live with us and in our
hot seats. Are you going up a far for us?

Speaker 3 (21:34):
Yeah? I actually gotta. I got some stuff I was
writing to some new music I should be releasing sometimes soon.
I'm getting all my equipment back together, so shit out
my music house soon. All right, Ready when you are
all right? Alright? Said this new song I'm working out?

(22:04):
All right, you'lsu see with everything that you think, you
start giving your as to your being, your internet love being.
Seek what's the external skin? I believe what I do.
Got to tell that. I mean because the wisdom of life.
I'm a simple butlight keep the striped by the sight
started of letting go of the kites, do yoga at
night with Tanna sig need to drink it or quick

(22:26):
before it get cold, like Colorado when the end of
September hit the soon to be snow, thinking that I
should get up and go someone that's wont so I
try to summer soul over it in the studio around you,
the souls, they'd be like, why you're not putting your
math song with so? I like, don't to be slippery. Yeah,
but more I'm engaging my course. I'm ignoring the exactly
making me finnicky. When my hunger be telling me from

(22:48):
all of the advertisers that I see I should try
to sing or go I let have to send in
the tree negative thinking online defeating me because you'll succeed,
but everything that you think. Yeah, so that's a very
sing like the course of some new stuff I'm working on.
Oh man, that sound like you're about to get deep. Man,

(23:10):
all right, So I did want to.

Speaker 4 (23:11):
Ask you about this, so and the lyrics on Scared
to say, you apologize to the women in your life,
you know, your mom, sisters and partners.

Speaker 3 (23:21):
How do you feel or how did it feel.

Speaker 4 (23:23):
Putting that vulnerability into your music and has it sparked
any conversation with anyone in your life?

Speaker 3 (23:33):
Well, that's probably the least one of the more stuff
I put out, but it definitely I just think I
getting involved in situations just really not knowing myself, kind
of feel like it may me deal with with people

(23:54):
that I maybe shouldn't ask. And then too the relationship
like with my mother and my sisters. They my half sisters,
they got another father and stuff, and I just feel
like we're so different and me not really me kind

(24:14):
of being there for them. I feel like I didn't
have a chance to grow in kind of my own
personality character all of that, And so it's just it's
just weird relationships. I've been binding myself in, I think,
from really not having a chance to grow into myself
until like later in life. So it's kind of it's

(24:37):
kind of a probably apology of an apology to myself
as well. So absolutely man.

Speaker 4 (24:48):
And also, you said that you've built a bridge and
never crossed it. Can you explain that line or spand
on that line? You know what bridges in life do
you feel you still.

Speaker 3 (24:59):
Need to cross? Which ones have you finally walked across?
I feel like communicating with people sometimes. I don't know
if anybody's ever done this, but I'll text up some
stuff that I want to say to someone and then
I'll delete it because I feel like I don't know
what's it like I'm really gonna get the message across,

(25:20):
or if they really care, or if this is if
this is even like a real relationship, or is it
just something I'm not sure. I just felt like all
the relationships were kind of uncross the bridges because maybe
I didn't need to go there. I'm really not sure,

(25:46):
I think, yeah, again to me, not really knowing what
I want and who I am makes it difficult to
go somewhere. So making bridges just because you know that
other people are saying you should do this and stuff

(26:07):
like that. But it's like, but I don't know why
I'm even doing that, So.

Speaker 4 (26:15):
For sure, well, yeah, man, I could relate to that.
I don't necessarily erase messages, but statuses it could be
all intricate and you know, forthcoming.

Speaker 3 (26:28):
But then I'm like, nah, never mind, yeah, never mind.
You know, I just stay silent.

Speaker 4 (26:36):
But man, where can our listeners connect with you on
the internet and check out more music?

Speaker 3 (26:43):
Man? If y'all google Conrad Bridges, my website's there. All
my music is is everywhere Spotify. Like I said, I
put over one hundred songs out this year so they
could listen to it there. My contact information is on
the website if they want to email me, and I

(27:05):
think my address is there too if they want to
pull up. So okay, brave.

Speaker 4 (27:16):
And all right, Well guys, if you need the information,
I will have it in the description of this episode
and in the show notes.

Speaker 3 (27:23):
So all you guys have to do is just click
those links.

Speaker 4 (27:27):
Conrade Man, your story and insight tonight has been a
lesson encouragement. From Scared to Say to your album emotional
about It. You've shown us that music isn't just about
beats and rhymes. It's about survival, it's about reflection, it's
about healing, and most important, it's about growing. You've explored

(27:48):
your battles with self sabotage, you're leaping to singing and
your vision for Psycho Gang as a lifestyle of growth.
And guys, I checked out the website, got some threads
on there, so copy some hats and all that into
our listeners. Scream Scared to Say and emotional about.

Speaker 3 (28:04):
It on Spotify.

Speaker 4 (28:05):
Connect with Conrad Bridges as he continues this journey of
honesty and artistry, and don't forget to subscribe to Vigilantes
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Speaker 3 (28:21):
That money goes towards coffee and books, something I love
to do. So share this episode with someone who needs
to hear it and comerad Man, thank you for reminding
us that even when it's hard to say, it's powerful
to share. Thank you so much, brother, I appreciate it.
Good being there. Yes, sir, take care all right, you
are glad, I will do Thank you all right.

Speaker 8 (28:43):
Peas to all.

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