Music Production History & Future

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What's going on everybody not just music podcast

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in a building again, we don't get right to it

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another Episode Let me get myself together in

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here, too. All right So I'm gonna get straight

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to this ain't no ain't gonna waste no time So

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today I want to talk about a couple things two

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things two things one thing being Music but innocence

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of music and the modern time and a little bit

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from late modern times. But I'm gonna talk on

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this from a producer standpoint and musical and

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understanding music production parts. It may

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be in a little bit of artistry mode too because

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there's some small understanding there but a

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lot with the production world. So for centuries,

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in a sense with considerably being creative in

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the music world, a lot of people have delved

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into the production world in a very different

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way now. You may have people like Barry Gordy.

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Barry Gordy was very strategic in the way he

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created and curated music in his time. what they

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call a Motown sound, mainly strategically due

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to, because Motown had their own studio. They

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had their own vision to where they felt like

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music should sound a certain way. And it wasn't

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like any other production that you heard. To

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get the Motown sound, you had to go through or

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via Motown. So shooting into today's time, when

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it comes to production, production has totally

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changed. There's a unique sound, but this unique

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sound is very saturated. So you don't have a

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particular sound that you can like pinpoint this

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to be like, oh, that's a Motown sound, or that's

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a, again, it's a strategic sound. Nobody has

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that strategic sound like things used to be.

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So I'm gonna ask a couple questions here. As

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an artist, and I know this on my own too because

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I'm an artist as well. So from artist to artist,

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this is a production question. From artist to

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artist, when you became a rapper or because that's

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what you picked first. When you became a rapper,

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production or who you chose to get beats from

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at the time, how hard was it getting beats at

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the time? It wasn't really hard because my first

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producer that Dead My Music was a guy by the

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name of Mr. Made Man Entertainment. Preston Blackwell,

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shout out to Preston. It's my mom's friend's,

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my mom's best friend's son. Me and him actually

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had grew up together. So he kind of understood

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my style. And when I went in, you know, we started

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working, it was easy. So I think it, different

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differentiates, you know, with the producers

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and the knowledge and how much, how well, you

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know, the people that you working with. So in

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my case, it was kind of smooth because, you know,

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uh, he understood my style. I understood his

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style and yeah. So the, the, the case where you

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get the, you had a, a suitable situation. that

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you didn't have to like reach too far from, you

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know, it was almost, as you said, it was, you

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know, via your mom. So it was a connection that

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was there that allowed for this to be possible.

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And also, can I add this? Back then, when I was

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having fun, back then, it was about having fun

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doing it. Like, you didn't really put too much

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into the music. And I think, not saying you didn't

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put too much but you didn't put too much thought

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into too much thought into like the beats or

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the music you just went in there and went with

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the flow and enjoyed it and you also gave your

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best effort but it was more fun like back then

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you know I would say the process of creating

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like you know and to be honest that made some

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of the best material I feel the best music like

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when you just going in there and you just Like

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creating you're not really overthinking it like

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thinking too hard, you know I'm saying and I

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think that's what has Damaged the music instead

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of us just going in there and being creative

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We want to be so strategic, you know, I'm saying

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Oh this person can't sing that person can't sing

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like it's different. It's different elements

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of singing to me You know I'm saying like it's

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not all about vocals Like you have that church

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raspy voice like a lot of people have different

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voice styles I know I jumped off topic, but i'm

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just saying um The music used to be fun back

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then creating now. It's got so much, you know

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political and Strategic even with the beat making

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So yeah For For about I want to say between about

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1990 to about 2005 was a very expensive time

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when it came to production due to who had access

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to music and certain producers at that time and

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certain companies. Really more so more so strategically

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it was starting to become a Who you were for

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who who was your producer who was the guy? that

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Curated this sound To be what it is so you had

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you know people like little John You had little

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John ahead east side boys you had him he had

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Scrappy he had He had a couple other people.

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Strategically though, the sound that I'm speaking

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of is that Atlanta sound that he created on the

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crunk side, right? And he curated it in a certain

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manner to where a lot of people felt like, if

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I get with Lil Jon, I have a hit, right? And

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the nature of the music was, like I said, it

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was, It was a strategic sound. Now, I look at

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the era of how rap, how singers, you know, rappers,

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singers, or in the sense of the artistry side

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of things when it comes to hip hop. The weakest

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point of what I see now is production is at a

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very, very high volume right now due to, let's

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say the rap situation depleted. You might've

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saw R &B that was on the rise for a minute, but

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it's starting to deplete as well. One thing that

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isn't like a thing that's in that mix is producers

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or production. I'm bringing this up in hindsight

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of making sense of how things are. Can I say

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something on that though? Can I say something

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on that? Jump in? Yeah. A lot of the beats sound

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recyclable. I'm gonna add that in. Like a lot

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of the beats, you'll hear one song and then the

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next song, it sound like it's just the same version,

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but just mixed a different way. are mastered

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a different way. Like you were saying, like I

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think with music and like how artists sound the

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same, I think producers are trying to sound the

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same in a way. Like I feel that way. Like you

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said, back then they had a particular sound,

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but now it's like all the beats kind of sound

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similar, you know? I'm sorry to cut in, but.

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If it may be. pointed out here, like a lot of

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the production is easily implemented in a way

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of copycat, you know, can fit a certain style

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genre uniquely because one, you think about it,

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look at how many people have access to a studio

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or something to the nature of a studio that can

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create, right? everybody didn't have hands -on

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to be able to make or create a record at that

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time. So yeah, that's my point in bringing it

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up is because one, yes, there's a way and there's

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a method to the madness of production. Not only

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production, there is a method to the madness

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of a musical genre that can be shook, steal.

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And can I? Yep. Yep. Yep. And what I'm going

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to say is producers don't know how much they

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affect the artist. Me being an artist, like when

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I hear something and it catches my attention,

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I'm guaranteed. That's how I know it's going

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to be a hit. Most of the beats that I heard that

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grabbed me. Well, most some of my most best selling

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songs like well done songs like. And you know

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from experience dreams to reality beat when you

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play that off the top it caught my attention

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This is true love like I did I did we did R &B

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tracks caught my attention and they one of my

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top two songs right now trending so it's like

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That that that plays a crucial role producers

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play crucial roles in artists, you know If nothing

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gravitates or motivates artists, that's when

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you're gonna get you know the version that you

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get now like which is not the top tier music

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r &b hip hop whatever you want to call it so

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it go hand in hand though and and that's for

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for me that's why these are these are the conversations

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of why i call a giant a giant when it comes to

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production so even from from people that were

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in the r &b world like And I mean, true producers

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like somebody like Babyface or something like

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that, all the way over to people like Quincy

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Jones. You had people who were like Teddy Riley.

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These names come up in conversation in production

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world due to exactly what you just said. There's

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a sound that somebody can give you that totally

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wakes you up. We gotta add tank in there too,

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man. Oh my god Yeah, there's a sound there's

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a sound that People have and I'm I can consider

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tank, but I want to consider pioneer situation

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right now Okay, okay is a great tank is great

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at what he does but his art he credits he credits

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R &B greats like Yeah, I love his philosophy.

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I love his philosophy. His approach too. The

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reason he points these greats out is because

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the way that they took a particular genre and

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made it their own just in a way where only they

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could recognize a sound. This is what I'm saying.

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These are things of conversation where Who who's

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to be in who was okay? Who's to be? There is

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such a big opening right now And I really feel

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that it could be bigger if it wasn't so saturated

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with a certain sound and the reason why I see

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the certainty of what I'm speaking of the reason

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why I'm saying this is just taking the nature

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of what I've created lately has totally not made

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any sense to me in any way, but it's totally

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made total sense to every consumer that's taken

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it in and listened to it. So for me, it's not

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that it's supposed to touch every ear, but it's

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not supposed to sound like all of that right

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there, or it's not supposed to sound like that,

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or it's not supposed to. The reason being, You

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could you could easily open up a door for somebody

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else's space. I mean, you could curate it perfectly

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for them, but you don't know it, though, unless

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you step outside of the box just for a few minutes.

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A lot of people don't like to step out of their

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box and make that create that uncomfortable,

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that uncomfortable space, which most people didn't

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know that the most uncomfortable spaces are where

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You know, it wasn't like it was a place where

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it was just all respected. Most of these hits,

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we had to go sit in front of people. 10, 15,

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20 people played a record, get yeas or nays,

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then that would be considered a hit record. Now,

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we don't have teams. We have a person, meaning

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you might have one person, is this a ye or a

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nay? Then you have to take it from that one person

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and move it to another person and move it to

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the next person and move it to the next person

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But are you preaching right now, man? The hardest

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parts of Production and I'm not even speaking

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of just production and production means it all

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comes together meaning the the artist the producer

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The team everything that comes along with the

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however many people y 'all have now. This is

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my thing Make sure Records that y 'all create

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are starting to feel as if in uncomfortable.

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The norm is not accepted anymore due to the way

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history has created it, especially over the past

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10 years. I mean, 10 year run has been good for

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some, but it really killed music in a very, very

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Big way. And I'm gonna tell you why. Sent Q something

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earlier today about one song containing, the

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song is maybe even not even three minutes long.

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This song has 33 producers. And when I say producers,

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I didn't say songwriter, I said producers. If

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you listen to the beat, there's no way it seems

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as if in 33 people could touch a song. to the

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point where it can end up in 33 hands. They just

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threw some names on there so people can eat.

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And let's talk about it. Let's talk about it.

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Let's talk about it. So we've got to the point

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now where, in a sense, everybody wants credit

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for somebody else's work. We want too much credit

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for something one person could have done. Well,

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we could be in the studio creating our own hit.

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You feel me? Like making our own beat. Think

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about it. Think about it. 33 people, right? So

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at least let's just split it up. Let's just say

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15 of them created their own beat, right? With

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15 artists that we don't know. Guess what? At

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least we could have got five more hits out of

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it. Maybe I would check this out. If that song

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win a Grammy, that song win a Grammy all 30 or

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33 going to get a Grammy. It's a split. It's

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a split to the it's a split to understanding

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now that I really love that people love to, you

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know, show their respects and, you know, feel

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:58.259
like, oh, you know, oh, he told me I should say

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that one word or he. he just added this one high

00:19:02.210 --> 00:19:06.109
hat right here, or he added this 1808 right here,

00:19:06.569 --> 00:19:09.869
or he just turned this one knob so he on there

00:19:09.869 --> 00:19:15.190
too. I mean, this is all classic to showing how

00:19:15.190 --> 00:19:18.009
bad off people are looking for attention. And

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- Can I tell you something? This is why I always

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say I was a big firm believer in writing all

00:19:24.869 --> 00:19:28.069
my material. I am a writer. You know I'm saying

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as a music artist. I feel like it's important

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to me To own all the credits to what I do like

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musically like vocally I don't you know I'm saying

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cuz this is where those situations happen now

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people feel like they entitled Oh, I gave him

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the idea for the hook Oh, I gave him my idea

00:19:47.150 --> 00:19:49.730
for that word to say that in that song fight

00:19:49.730 --> 00:19:53.569
to avoid all of that It's just best to do it

00:19:53.569 --> 00:19:56.220
by yourself. You know I'm saying I mean, it might

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:58.980
take a little bit more time, but at least you

00:19:58.980 --> 00:20:01.900
can say, oh, that's all me. That's all mine right

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:05.500
there. You know what I'm saying? And remember,

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:08.059
we had a conversation about Beyonce. I'll do

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:11.859
respect to Beyonce. But everybody will feel like

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:15.480
they played a role in Beyonce's career. Like,

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:17.880
oh, we wrote this song for her. We wrote the

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:20.519
hook. We did that. And that's where the problems

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:24.700
come in to me as being like a music artist. Yeah,

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:27.900
you get on top. Yeah, you get on top, you know

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a little quicker and you might stay up there

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but Sooner or later those people that has invested

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into you are gonna want some kind of recognition

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or something in return for helping you and that's

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just the world period you can't expect things

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to be free forever like no people don't want

00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:48.579
the recognition the money something by helping

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:52.200
you, you know saying and that's just life though,

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:54.609
you know and as a person that's getting help,

00:20:54.769 --> 00:20:57.309
you should understand that. Like, yeah, like

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I'm going to have to pay these people. I'm going

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to have to get these people recognition, like,

00:21:01.529 --> 00:21:04.029
you know, as a as an artist, you know, that's

00:21:04.029 --> 00:21:08.890
doing it. So, yeah, I'm a total firm believer

00:21:08.890 --> 00:21:15.569
for music that if it's put together in a uniform

00:21:15.569 --> 00:21:20.069
way, you know, and I believe that it could be

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put together in a uniform way. without being

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a headache and a hassle of a whole bunch of people

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involved. Unless, unless the record calls for

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it. You know, if you got, you know. You did it.

00:21:36.430 --> 00:21:38.569
You did it for one of my records, bro. This is

00:21:38.569 --> 00:21:41.049
true love, bro. You jumped on the hook. If it's,

00:21:41.049 --> 00:21:44.130
if it's, if it's places where, if it's places

00:21:44.130 --> 00:21:50.230
where people bring like actual, you know, gratitude

00:21:50.230 --> 00:21:54.980
and You know Wealth to the record and I'm not

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:57.839
speaking in a money way I'm speaking in a way

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of that makes the record that much better it's

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:04.019
a different story, you know, you might have a

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:07.539
50 piece string Instrument band or you might

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:11.680
have a 10 piece brass band I mean there are elements

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:14.779
like that that change the game of production.

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Yes, but I'm not speaking of the little This

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:22.740
little rinky -dink sound like when I say this

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:25.420
is true love you say this is when you just repeating

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:29.359
it the hook like I Created the song but you adding

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:32.359
that spice to it. That's but that's a team. That's

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:35.039
different Yeah, elder than you telling me. Oh

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:37.279
cute. The hook should be this is true love. This

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:39.859
is you giving me the hook I'm like, okay, that's

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:42.079
different. You know I'm saying so I get what

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:45.519
you saying the collaboration of things And you

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:49.009
know I'm saying like you say that's okay how

00:22:49.009 --> 00:22:52.990
to do it that way to me. I feel that's okay.

00:22:53.410 --> 00:22:55.650
Because I don't want people to get the misconception

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that I'm saying you shouldn't work together.

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Because music is a collaborative thing. You know

00:23:02.589 --> 00:23:04.569
what I'm saying? It's a collaborative thing.

00:23:04.930 --> 00:23:09.930
But I just feel like as a music artist, I believe

00:23:09.930 --> 00:23:14.849
in writing my own material. No shot to any artist.

00:23:15.069 --> 00:23:18.730
But I just feel like if you are artists, That's

00:23:18.730 --> 00:23:21.990
one thing you should do. Like, you should write

00:23:21.990 --> 00:23:27.109
your own material in some way. That's it. Yeah,

00:23:27.230 --> 00:23:35.910
and this is my closing for this. A lot of the

00:23:35.910 --> 00:23:42.849
meaningful music that created, you know, history.

00:23:43.769 --> 00:23:45.890
History, no. It's not just... Was wrote by other

00:23:45.890 --> 00:23:51.900
people. It wasn't like... It wasn't like you

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:56.180
had the world of people who wanted to be or who

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:59.960
had the opportunity to be a songwriter slash

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:03.240
singer slash can go record it in the studio by

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:05.799
themselves slash can do all of that. That became

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:09.119
a thing over time. But I'm speaking of the value

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:15.799
in the music that really brought us timeless

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:19.430
music. Was something that was really curated

00:24:19.430 --> 00:24:23.450
that was really strategic to where we could have

00:24:23.450 --> 00:24:29.069
it forever Think about that when you hit Studios,

00:24:29.069 --> 00:24:32.069
you know when you sitting at home you're writing,

00:24:32.069 --> 00:24:35.130
you know, you're writing your songs out Think

00:24:35.130 --> 00:24:39.990
about if this song is really that good to me

00:24:39.990 --> 00:24:43.809
Firstly ask yourself can this crossover timeless

00:24:43.809 --> 00:24:48.420
platforms meaning Centuries or can it go ten

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:51.019
years or can it go five years? Can it go a year?

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:55.279
Can it go six months? What can it do for you

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:58.339
in a sense of or in case B go take it to your

00:24:58.339 --> 00:25:01.819
team? Ask your team look Can y 'all listen to

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:05.299
this forever? Okay, that's what a classic is.

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:07.700
That's what a classic is to find us like like

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:10.880
you say how long it lasts Five years ten years.

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:15.049
Yeah, how long think about that? instead of months,

00:25:15.650 --> 00:25:18.289
even months now. Think about that instead of

00:25:18.289 --> 00:25:19.950
just saying, oh man, I'm just trying to create

00:25:19.950 --> 00:25:22.849
a boost, you know, because attention span is

00:25:22.849 --> 00:25:25.769
so short right now. So right now you are real.

00:25:25.869 --> 00:25:28.990
You will know if you got a hit because if you

00:25:28.990 --> 00:25:31.269
get the attention of these people now in the

00:25:31.269 --> 00:25:34.490
world, you got a hit on your hands. If it lasts,

00:25:34.490 --> 00:25:38.069
I say a good record, they say takes a good five

00:25:38.069 --> 00:25:40.809
to six months. If that record is still buzzing

00:25:40.809 --> 00:25:43.779
at the six months, I say you got something. You

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:45.799
know what I'm saying? If it's still in rotation,

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:51.660
yeah. Well, I ain't trying to push this conversation.

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:54.400
I know we say, I know we, but I'm sorry. I'm

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:56.920
trying to do some things that are historic and

00:25:56.920 --> 00:26:00.119
talk about things that create history as well

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:03.420
or things that can help push history, especially

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:09.619
in a music way. And it's not too many music ways

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:13.589
to do it, but you know, finding hit makers, people

00:26:13.589 --> 00:26:16.390
that know how to understand it more than just

00:26:16.390 --> 00:26:19.150
the basics of music, you know. And can I add

00:26:19.150 --> 00:26:21.009
this in, bro, for the help? Can I add this in

00:26:21.009 --> 00:26:24.329
for the help? I know I'm but what as an artist,

00:26:24.410 --> 00:26:26.710
because I said a couple of episodes ago, I think

00:26:26.710 --> 00:26:29.329
it was when we shot that I wasn't motivated with

00:26:29.329 --> 00:26:32.670
the music. I want to clarify that I love music.

00:26:33.049 --> 00:26:35.750
Music is always going to be in me. But one thing

00:26:35.750 --> 00:26:38.250
that I wish would come back is the connections

00:26:38.250 --> 00:26:40.809
with the producers and the music artists like

00:26:40.809 --> 00:26:44.420
it used to be. post COVID, like before COVID,

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:47.759
you know what I'm saying? I feel like it's more

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:50.220
rent technology we've got comfortable in our

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:54.259
own space, which is cool, but it doesn't help

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:56.759
when it comes to the quality of the music and

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:59.579
the productivity, productivity of the music.

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:02.819
Me, I'm a hands -on type of person, I realize.

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:06.019
I need to be in the studio. Like I got to be

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:10.079
in the studio and That's where magic is created.

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:13.500
Like I just believe in the studio, you know,

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:16.940
like this technology stuff is nice But I think

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:20.539
we have to get back to that personal relationships

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:23.680
those those personal relationships in the studio

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:25.980
Talking to the producers. This is what I want

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:28.099
like, you know, not even looking at the clock

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:30.579
Just worried about making hits making a class,

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:33.750
you know saying and focusing on the music So

00:27:33.750 --> 00:27:35.710
I think that's what's missing. I would love to

00:27:35.710 --> 00:27:37.549
see that me personally, because I'm ready to

00:27:37.549 --> 00:27:40.450
get back in there. You know, so I'm thinking

00:27:40.450 --> 00:27:43.809
that will help a lot of music slash producers

00:27:43.809 --> 00:27:48.289
careers, you know, I hope people hear this man

00:27:48.289 --> 00:27:51.170
and do the music producers as well. We need y

00:27:51.170 --> 00:27:53.230
'all. We need we need y 'all, you know, focus.

00:27:53.529 --> 00:27:59.410
Focus is considerably one hard thing. But I believe

00:27:59.410 --> 00:28:02.990
to there's still a lot of positions where you

00:28:02.990 --> 00:28:09.609
know, artists can still take a lot of position

00:28:09.609 --> 00:28:13.549
now to what the internet can present to you,

00:28:13.549 --> 00:28:16.970
because there are ways now that you can connect

00:28:16.970 --> 00:28:20.269
on an internet basis. I mean, like how we get

00:28:20.269 --> 00:28:22.769
on and how we podcast, you can sit face to face,

00:28:22.789 --> 00:28:25.390
cross with somebody and create records right

00:28:25.390 --> 00:28:29.609
there on the spot. Even if it wasn't just the

00:28:29.609 --> 00:28:32.289
case of saying you gotta take advantage of these

00:28:32.329 --> 00:28:34.910
You know these meeting platforms too, you know,

00:28:34.910 --> 00:28:37.329
I've I've sat in a couple meetings where you

00:28:37.329 --> 00:28:39.769
know, just be just a Google meet You know, we

00:28:39.769 --> 00:28:42.329
people just listening to a record, you know,

00:28:42.329 --> 00:28:46.769
but yeah, you gotta know how to use Another thing

00:28:46.769 --> 00:28:50.170
you gonna do it. Yeah. Yeah Like you say it's

00:28:50.170 --> 00:28:52.549
like it's a big lane technology, but it's like

00:28:52.549 --> 00:28:56.289
do I are we utilizing it the right way? There

00:28:56.289 --> 00:28:58.390
you go, you got to take advantage of and it's

00:28:58.390 --> 00:29:01.430
not easy to take advantage of this stuff, but

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:04.240
Is there a way to take advantage? Yeah, you know,

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:07.539
it's not right again. It's not it's not for the

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:11.519
the It's not a meaning to a bad meaning to say

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:14.019
that you got to learn technology but learn the

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:15.779
technology but at the same time Yeah, if it's

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:18.640
there's a case of they're they're still Very

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:21.519
much studios that are very active in the area

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:24.940
that you know producers still are lurking around

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:27.579
You know, and also you just got to find those

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:30.019
producers that are willing to work like that

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:35.319
They're available. If you can't find them in

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:37.579
your area, I know a lot of people don't know

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:39.960
how to look for studios in their area where they're

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:43.960
at. But again, if you don't have a high level

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:47.099
of traffic where studios can be reached, remember

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:49.599
like what we were just speaking of, if you can't

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:51.660
connect with somebody, there's ways to connect.

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:54.680
You know via online, you know find find a way

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:57.240
to find those platforms I mean i've seen a couple

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.920
of them I could point out but I can't remember

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.599
exactly what they are the top of my head if I

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:02.460
find them Of course, I'll link them below them

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:04.700
whatever we do, but it's just the sake of just

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:07.400
talking about this stuff though This is this

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:10.579
the history books are slow right now when it

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:13.700
comes to music Who's next? You know, I still

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:15.839
keep asking who's next because it's still somebody

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:18.720
that's gonna come that's gonna put out something

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:22.119
that is historical the biggest thing is is it's

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:26.500
going to have to be the biggest production ever.

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:28.740
You know, stop looking at your production as

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:31.099
if, oh, you know, I got another chance, or I

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:32.680
got a second chance, or I got another chance

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:35.940
after this. Nah, take every song, take every

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:38.420
time you hit that record button, take it serious.

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:41.359
Like, don't, don't, don't understep it. Don't

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:43.740
understep it in any way. The biggest thing is,

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:45.460
is what if this is the last time you get to get

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:48.660
in the studio? And that's, that's your final,

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:51.259
your final chance. You might die the next day.

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:53.640
So take the take advantage of that moment. Seize

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:57.380
that moment. And in life the same way. Seize

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:59.579
the moments in life. You know, you don't have

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:02.119
too many chances. Every day you wake up, you

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:05.660
know, you're facing something. I've always approached

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:08.559
life and music like that. Every song that I did,

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.940
I thought it was my last because you never know,

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:13.799
man. You know, you never know when it's your

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:16.160
last. So you got to treat it like it's your last

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:18.900
and it's your baby. You know, so, you know, yeah.

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:24.859
Alright man, anything else you got to say? Man

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:27.440
well by the time this come out, I hope the new

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:30.680
album the live album Quincy Murlock live is out

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:34.980
You know, that's part of the you know, the entertainment

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:37.619
and the music to uploading your stuff getting

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:40.799
it hurt So, you know little hassle rassles, you

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:45.140
know with these Companies, you know say no names

00:31:45.390 --> 00:31:50.049
But hopefully my song is up. My live album is

00:31:50.049 --> 00:31:52.690
up soon. Quincy Murdaugh live. Make sure y 'all

00:31:52.690 --> 00:31:55.589
stream that. And also visit my website. It's

00:31:55.589 --> 00:31:58.890
on my website already, quincymurdaugh .com. You

00:31:58.890 --> 00:32:03.549
can get it early. All right. That's it. Peoples,

00:32:03.690 --> 00:32:08.609
y 'all. Enjoy y 'all lives daily. Ask for help

00:32:08.609 --> 00:32:11.490
if you need help. Continue to give help if you're

00:32:11.490 --> 00:32:13.650
giving help and if nothing else, if you are the

00:32:13.650 --> 00:32:15.410
one that needs help, that's giving the help,

00:32:15.650 --> 00:32:19.289
ask for help too. Autism community, disabilities,

00:32:19.910 --> 00:32:21.869
anything that falls under the spectrum world,

00:32:22.029 --> 00:32:24.589
I love y 'all. Continue to stay motivated every

00:32:24.589 --> 00:32:26.609
single day. Don't let none of this stuff get

00:32:26.609 --> 00:32:29.750
you down, all right? And also if you're here

00:32:29.750 --> 00:32:33.029
just to be, you know, those that just want to

00:32:33.029 --> 00:32:35.269
understand podcasting, we love y 'all too. You

00:32:35.269 --> 00:32:38.609
know, keep staying motivated. Always try to try

00:32:38.609 --> 00:32:40.769
to work hard at it. You know, it's hard to do

00:32:40.769 --> 00:32:42.970
this stuff when we understand but if nothing

00:32:42.970 --> 00:32:45.230
else Find you somebody that knows what they're

00:32:45.230 --> 00:32:47.369
doing where you can constantly keep busy and

00:32:47.369 --> 00:32:50.109
constantly keep going Find you a team in that

00:32:50.109 --> 00:32:52.109
side too. It's totally the same way with the

00:32:52.109 --> 00:32:54.589
music too I mean you find you a team put put

00:32:54.589 --> 00:32:56.230
y 'all together something that somebody could

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could help you do something if you if it ain't

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the case You know make it real make it realistic,

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you know, take the time to make it real Alright,

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but anyway, we love y 'all till next time. Peace