Feb. 25, 2026

Not On My Bingo Card: DJ'ing A Cotton Gin Convention

Not On My Bingo Card: DJ'ing A Cotton Gin Convention

Send us a message A plane party at 35,000 feet. A mega yacht dance floor at sunset. A salt flats set that looks like a music video. We chase big-feel dream gigs, then get brutally honest about the nights that humble you: a Hilton Head corporate convention where the room never found its groove. You’ll hear how we navigated a massive stage with no direction, wrangled an on-the-fly auction to save the timeline, and protected the vibe when the dance floor stared back. We also unpack the rise of ...

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Season 6

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A plane party at 35,000 feet. A mega yacht dance floor at sunset. A salt flats set that looks like a music video. We chase big-feel dream gigs, then get brutally honest about the nights that humble you: a Hilton Head corporate convention where the room never found its groove. You’ll hear how we navigated a massive stage with no direction, wrangled an on-the-fly auction to save the timeline, and protected the vibe when the dance floor stared back.

We also unpack the rise of RAYE’s “Where’s My Husband” and where it actually works. Grand entrances? Bouquet toss? With the right edit, maybe even a dance-floor sing-a-long. We run a live “find the one” challenge to feel the song’s stuttered cadence and share practical ways to make tricky tracks mixable using phrasing, drum reinforcement, and short intros.

On the community side, the Epic Games party brought 1,200 creatives, immersive builds, and a centralized DJ booth on a riser that demanded careful monitoring. We share what moved the room: 2000s/2010s hip-hop, EDM crossovers, and a pop punk jolt plus the Dallas DJ Vault live stream’s multi-DJ lineup, video wall, and giveaways that turned a warehouse into a festival feed. Edits you’ll want in your crate get a spotlight, from a higher-energy Creed flip to a fresh Outfield rework.

Then we dive into Shag and beach music. From The Embers and Chairman of the Board to modern swing-friendly cuts by Lenny Kravitz and Teddy Swims, we map a compact crate that can rescue a Carolina request. The pulse matters more than the BPM; it’s all about the shuffle and the partner dance.

We close with a candid take on politics in vendor hiring. Our view is simple: lead with craft, clarity, and professionalism. Want more behind-the-scenes, banger lists, and actual edits? Join our Patreon and help us build what comes next. If you’re feeling this, follow, rate, and share with a DJ who loves dream gigs and hard-earned lessons. Your reviews keep the booth buzzing.

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00:00 - Intro, Patreon, And Shout Outs

04:06 - Dream Gigs: Planes, Yachts, And Salt Flats

08:14 - “Where’s My Husband” Use Cases And Edits

10:11 - Can You Find The One: On-Air Rhythm Challenge

13:30 - Bring It Back: TikTok Strategy Update

17:40 - Gear Drops: Command Carts And Quad Pods

19:45 - Pittsburgh DJ Summit Takeaways

22:36 - Storytime: Voice Of God Gig Win

26:21 - Storytime: The Cotton Gin Convention Stinker

32:06 - Epic Games Party: Creative Crowd Energy

36:30 - Dallas Vault Stream: Community And Edits

40:10 - Patreon Launch: Tiers, Prizes, And Banger Lists

41:30 - Great Finds: Shag And Beach Music Deep Dive

49:05 - Listener Question: Politics In Vendor Hiring

53:38 - Sponsor Thank You And Closing

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What's up everybody?

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Welcome back to Beyond the DJ Booth Podcast from Raleigh North Carolina.

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Raleigh, North Carolina.

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The studio.

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Yeah.

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Not really live, but it is live, I guess.

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You want to call it live?

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We're lying to people.

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I love that clip.

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Uh I'm Brian B.

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If you are listening and not seeing us, and over here to my right on the other microphone.

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Joseph Bunn.

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Yeah.

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How are you, brother?

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Episode 10.

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Yep.

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Episode 10.

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Comes out the 25th of February.

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Okay.

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Which means there's three more days for you to enter into the back room before we draw.

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On Patreon.

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Before we draw our monthly prize.

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What are we giving away this time?

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You talked about it already on a uh I'm just reminding people about it.

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It was the newer CMS 28 Pro mics.

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Am I saying?

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Oh yeah.

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Yeah, content creation mics.

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Yeah.

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Little clip-on things.

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We talked about it before, but if you want to get them, there are a couple hundred dollars, right?

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Yeah.

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Something like that.

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They're really good too.

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Yeah.

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So speaking of Patreon, one of the things we love to do is shout out our friends that have joined us on the back room tier.

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Tier.

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Kenny G.

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Kenny G?

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DJ DJ Kenny G, Wildcard Entertainment.

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Dude, who was he?

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He was at the Super Bowl.

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I saw that.

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Did he play?

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I mean, I was out there just rocking with Bad Bunny, maybe.

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That's crazy.

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It was kind of wild.

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I wonder if it's there was a lot of cameos in there.

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It was.

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Party B was out there and Carol G.

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A lot of G's.

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Pedro Pascal.

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Yeah.

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Jessica Alba.

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Uh, who else?

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Jessica Alba.

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Jessica Alba, yeah.

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Yeah.

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You think uh Kenny G gets booked by the name?

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I don't know.

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What if he played a flute?

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That would be wild.

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Not a flute.

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It's a sax.

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Or a sax.

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That too.

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Yeah.

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But if he did play a flute, that'd be pretty.

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That'd be kind of cool.

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Pan flute?

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That was Johnny.

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That was Johnny.

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Pan flute.

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Uh-huh.

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Second person, Rob Bravo.

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That's a good name.

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Shout out Rob Bravo.

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Yeah.

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How about the third person?

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The Shuffle Couple.

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What a name, man.

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That's a great name, too.

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I love it.

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The Shuffle Couple.

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Corey Barron from Tampa.

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Yeah, shout out Corey Barron.

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And my boy Casey Rush.

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Casey Rush, Rush, Rush.

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Casey Rush.

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Where's Casey again?

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I think he's Michigan.

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I think he's.

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If I'm not mistaken.

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Somewhere in Michigan.

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Um, so I wanted to ask you this question.

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Just I think we may have covered it at one point, but I'm just curious if there was not a wedding necessarily.

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It could be.

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Dream gig.

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Like something that hasn't been done.

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Maybe just it doesn't have to be in front of 50,000 people.

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I know you said that at one point in like an episode a long time ago, but just like anything that just wild that like, I don't know, playing on a in the desert or I don't know, something crazy, like anything that comes to mind on like dream gig for you.

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Man, I don't really have I always kind of used to have this idea of like playing for some celebrity thing.

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But as I've gotten older, man, and especially as I was watching the Grammy the other night, they're so fucking weird, dude.

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Like I don't know that there's any like any celebrity where I'm like, man, I'd I would hang out with that dude.

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Yeah.

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Sometimes I think maybe McConaughey would be cool.

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I can't decide, or like a Woody Harrelson.

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Yeah.

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But then I'm like, I I just don't know.

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Like everybody just seems so fucking weird.

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Or trying to be too cool.

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And I feel like they were just like the nerds in high school we picked on.

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And now they've they're famous.

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Theater kids.

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Yeah, think about it.

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They're actors.

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Right.

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Or musicians.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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They were always weird.

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I mean, I'm not I'm just saying, I'm not saying I'm not weird.

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I've got some weird shit too, but like, do any of those people have like genuine relationships?

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Because I feel like they're always just paired up with like random other celebrities at the Grammys, at the Super Bowl, in their box.

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Like, I don't know, dude.

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I what is yours?

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Yeah.

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I saw this clip.

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Yeah.

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It did remind me that I've always wanted to do this.

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I've never been able to do it.

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Uh let's roll it and then you can kind of see it.

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DJing on a plane.

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Your wedding starts 35,000 feet above.

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How cool would that be?

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Like you're on a private plane.

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Oh, it's private.

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They get off that and then basically, you know, I don't know.

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I've always wanted to DJ on a plane.

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Like in general, I've seen it like where people are going to Abiza or whatever.

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Is it Abiza or Abiza?

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Give me the pronunciation.

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I don't want to say it wrong.

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I think that the like purists say Abitha.

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For sure.

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You got that down.

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Yeah.

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It's really well done.

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And I've never been, nor have I ever wanted to go.

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But like I've seen some DJs on those planes that are going to those kinds of things playing.

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Playing out loud or like on the plane.

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Oh wow.

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Like for the guests.

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And I was like, that would be so dope.

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It would be kind of lit.

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I ain't gonna lie.

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And I just thought that clip was so cool because that was before like they ever got to their destination.

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Right.

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And you're just already turned up.

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Yeah.

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How fun would that be?

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Yeah, and then you get married and then you go straight to the honeymoon.

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Yeah.

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I mean, that's that's kind of genius.

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Do you think that you know what I always think is cool?

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And whenever people out in Utah post, you ever see pictures from those salt flats?

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I have seen it, but Derek Minor, I think, posted some pictures one time that I still use for bunch gear of out there in those salt flats.

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Like that would be so sick.

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Yeah.

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Even if it was just to set up your gear and like make a mix and just record, you know, with a bunch of cameras and nobody's out there.

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But or if you had a party out there.

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Yeah.

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I don't know.

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You know, I don't know, geography.

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Does it take five hours to get there, or is it an hour?

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It's like two hours, I think, or something like that.

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I've always looked at it.

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It looks bad too.

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Oh, wow.

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Someone told me that.

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Yes, sulfur.

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Um, yeah, so I don't smell.

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Okay.

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Uh, but I don't know.

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I think it's not that bad.

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How you couldn't do it.

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I'm changing my mind.

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How about a yacht?

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Do you ever do like a yacht?

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I thought I was thinking about that when you asked on like a boat or a yacht.

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I've definitely played on like a do you like boats?

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Yeah.

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I played on like one of those tour type vessels, not like a pro like a reason.

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Can you imagine like a mega yacht?

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Like that'd be sick.

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Like with those huge bowels on the back where people hang out and stuff.

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I don't know.

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Just made me think of it.

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Um the plane would be sick.

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So I know we talked about uh some performances and stuff, and one of the songs blown up uh lately has been that song, Where's My Husband by Ray?

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Yeah.

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I think it's gonna be a wedding wedding banger.

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Hold on.

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Do you think it's gonna be a dance song or do you think it's gonna be an introduction song?

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Well, I'll show you this clip that I saw.

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Okay.

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Maybe you saw the same one.

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Hit this clip.

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They did this for a Graniters recently, where it's just the bride there looking up at the uh you'll see here the top Palcany, and that's where her husband is.

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Where's my husband?

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She's saying that.

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He comes down.

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That's cool.

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I thought that was so dope.

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I saw something spinning on the ceiling.

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I thought he was getting lowered down to the ceiling.

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I'm like, Jesus, what are they doing?

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Excellent idea.

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Oh, and they meet in the middle.

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Outstanding.

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Gods are such fucking goobers, man.

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Like, he's like, ooh.

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Yeah.

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What a goober.

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But what I loved about it, I just love the idea.

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Yeah, like the staging of it.

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Because I would think that song would have been used for like a bouquet toss, you know, where's my husband or whatever.

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Grand entrance.

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But grand entrance, I actually.

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But do you think it's a dance song?

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Do you have an edit that's danceable?

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It's it what I have played it for dancing.

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You have?

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Uh-huh.

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The tempo's weird or something.

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Or the break, the break in it, the the drum pattern.

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I don't know.

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I mean, it's very catchy.

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I agree with that, but I don't I don't necessarily.

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I've had it requested for some parties recently.

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I don't think that catchy translates to dancing.

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No, but that beat is pretty cool.

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It's got like an old school kind of beat to it.

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I don't know, but it it's it's very like stuttery.

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I mean, I I played it on a dance set, it worked pretty good.

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And I played the, you know, uh, what is it, chartbusters mix just the first time around.

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I didn't have an edit.

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I just kind of used that and people sang to it and everything like that.

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Hey, how's your how's um I just might going for you, Bruna?

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Um have you played it a few times?

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A few times.

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Yeah.

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That's okay.

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Yeah.

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I mean, it doesn't like I don't get requested for it.

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I just play it because I want to.

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Yeah.

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Same.

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Um so, anyways, okay.

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This sets up our next segment, though.

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We're gonna go to um Can You Find the One?

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Oh, Jesus.

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On that song?

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Can you find the one?

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Don't buy it.

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So Jesus, dude.

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Can you find the one?

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I hardly even know this song.

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Right.

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So my least I know watermelon sugar.

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It won't be about you know coming down on a downbeat.

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I just want to see if you can get the flow of the rap.

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You're kind of didn't you do rap back in the day?

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Weren't you?

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I thought you sent us like I thought you sent us a clip of you doing some rap.

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I was a hip hop producer and I just did like the ad libs.

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Okay, that's what it was.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I'd be like, yeah.

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Uh-huh.

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Uh-huh.

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Before a certain person got locked up.

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I used to kind of like be like him in the background.

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So this is the rap portion of this song.

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Yeah.

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And at the end it gets to the baby where's my husband, right?

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Right, right.

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So I actually have a sample this time because I felt like I kind of did you dirty on the last one and didn't let you hear how that fourth line.

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Right.

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So now you can listen to the whole thing.

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Okay.

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And then we're gonna give you a a uh try it trying to get it.

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Okay, okay.

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So you ready?

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Dude, I even lost it.

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I'm reading it and I lost it.

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You want to try that one more time?

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Let's let's let it play.

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That is impossible.

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Can you do it?

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I'm gonna I'm gonna let you roll with it.

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So it'll come on here and you'll it'll do it'll go from the exact same spot.

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Okay.

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And you'll you'll hear the vocal will get you started.

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And then you just take over.

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Yeah.

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Keep the time.

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I lost it.

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I lost it.

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We're closed.

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All right, take two.

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Okay.

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We gotta do that again.

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Keep the beating.

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Two.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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Oh, that's wrong.

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We're gonna get my clothes.

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I can't do any better than that.

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I lost it in the middle somewhere.

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Oh, but I picked it back up.

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So close.

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Uh uh-uh-uh-the-mail it back up.

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Well, the third one of these, you'll get this down.

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Easy.

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It's exhausting.

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Well, we're gonna take it to our bring it back segment.

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Ryan B set it.

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Joe Bone went wild.

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Y'all look up the comment spicy style.

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So we get the tape, check the playback.

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Did we release the back?

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We set it back.

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Bring it, bring it back.

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Be on a DJ boom.

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Oh, set the fact.

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Bring it, bring it back.

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Oh, rewind it back.

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Ryan B, Joe Bum, fixing them hot takes back.

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So bring it back if you're not familiar with that.

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That's where we kind of recap things that we may have already talked about.

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Maybe something happened that we didn't uh.

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How do you remember that we forgot to like put a bow on these things?

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Because people ask me about it in the comments or uh YouTube, yeah, DMs or whatever.

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So um a couple things.

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We had talked about a couple episodes back.

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Uh we brought up Trago's TikTok situation and him calling you out on the TikTok.

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Bro, I've been watching you on TikTok.

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You went full throttle from zero to like 150 in like a week.

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And you're putting it out content out there.

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What's your take on it now?

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Like you've seen it kind of roll in.

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Are you getting engagement?

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Is I know the content you're making is strictly for uh couples.

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It is.

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But do you see the advantages to doing it, or you still need more time to assess?

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Um I need another couple of months.

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I will say I am proud of the content.

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I probably did twenty five pieces in about three hours one day with a 30-year-old content creator that lives here in Raleigh.

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You came up with all the ideas or she?

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I did not.

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Okay, I did not.

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She and another girl that they they both go out and content create for us um pretty regularly for Bun DJ Company during peak season.

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And I pinged both of them.

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I'm like, here's my my idea.

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I'm trying to, you know, make some stuff for couples, you know, and I think we some of them need to be trends, some of 'em can be talking head, whatever.

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And we just started a spreadsheet and we started, you know, just adding the link to stuff, and it was just a running, you know, spreadsheet for a couple of weeks.

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And then she and I just met.

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It was one of those snow days, the day that it was supposed to snow and it didn't start till nine o'clock, and we were like, look, I don't know if it's gonna snow or not.

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We kept waiting for it to snow, we were gonna do something like super cool with the snow, and it just never did.

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Yeah.

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But I mean, we probably did 25 things that day.

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All that were very easy, quick edits.

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Yeah.

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And then I started going back through where I had my VA go back through my Instagram and start pulling things that would relate to couples and then re-downloading those.

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And so kind of now I've got, you know, a backlog of stuff where I do feel like I can post almost every single day.

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But nothing's really taken off, man.

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But are you seeing more likes, engagements than maybe even Instagram?

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Yep, I picked up several followers.

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I mean, not a ton, but I've definitely picked up followers, still tons of DJs following me.

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But I've definitely, you know, am seeing some some females that I can tell that are getting married.

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I've been following pretty much exclusively a few DJs, but mostly there are so many brides.

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It literally will say like Cassie, 2026 Bride, Carrie, 2027 Bride.

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And they're they're just making content for other girls that are getting married.

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And so I've followed a lot of them.

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Like I follow a lot of wedding vendors local and beyond.

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I'm following a ton of content creators in the wedding space um to try and like trend the algorithm that way.

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Right.

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So most of what I see is wedding content, like that video you just showed.

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Right.

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But nothing's really popped.

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Whereas, you know, on that same day, I I was hearing that TI song and seeing people kind of make up videos about TI is back.

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And just this morning, I mean, here we are, not even two weeks into that video, and it's just hit a million.

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You know, not even two months into the year, and I hit a million on Instagram off this silly video of me getting out of my car playing a T A TI song.

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And it's probably my one for the year.

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I feel like that's like I've hit my quota now.

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Yeah.

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TikTok, I I don't know, man.

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I I feel like I'm doing everything I should be doing right now.

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A thousand percent.

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Yes.

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Hosting consistently, targeting one audience.

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No inquiries though, yeah.

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No inquiries.

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Absolutely zero.

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Absolutely zero.

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Yeah.

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We'll see what happens.

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I'm just gonna go to the city.

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I'm glad you're sticking on it, man.

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I gotta I gotta stick it, I gotta stick it out for or at least two more months.

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I think that anything I do is has like a three-month trial basis.

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Right.

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Whether it's hey, these guys are gonna run my ads for a bungear or hey, I'm gonna, you know, try out a new VA.

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Like anything you have to give about three months to to settle.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Well, that was the update there.

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Thanks, Trago.

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Wanted to ask you about your amazing carts that you had uh talked so much about in January.

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Uh any updates on when those are coming?

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We had a couple people ask for.

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I wouldn't say at the beginning of March.

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Yeah.

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So it's we're recording this and February end of February.

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Well, yeah.

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It should be out in the beginning of March.

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Uh the command center cart where you, you know, if you keep your booth assembled, you're gonna be able to pick the booth up, set it on it, cruise right into your your trailer or your van or whatever.

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And then the new quad pods, which are the tube lighting stands.

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We have a 2.0 design, different pole, better adapters for if you don't have like the both lighting.

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And those should both be here at the same time, which is the beginning of March.

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Now, that being said, the main problem when you get stuff from overseas, especially when you order some stuff from China, which we do, is Chinese New Year.

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Oh, they are literally closed for now.

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Pretty much month of February.

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You're not not getting anything.

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They good like it is shut down, power off.

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Yeah, like fuck you.

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Like, we ain't working.

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Like it's that kind of a 30-day window.

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Great question.

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Yeah.

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I don't know.

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What do you think?

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I'm assuming so.

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I would assume so, yeah.

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I mean anyway.

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Crazy.

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If you get stuff from overseas, yeah, know that.

00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:27.680
Yeah.

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Tell me a little bit about you went to the first industry show of the year, Pittsburgh DJ Summit.

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I did, man.

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You spoke?

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I did speak.

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I did um I I think it was called How Did I Get Here?

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And I kind of talked about um the journey that led me here, all the things that I did right, some of the things I did wrong.

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Kind of the main like where I saw these peaks in business.

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One of them was like when I got my first office, which is completely irrelevant now.

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Yeah.

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Post pandemic.

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Right.

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Uh the other one was when we rebranded, you know, and and so I think it went well.

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It was a quick 25-30 minute uh conversation.

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The other people that presented were incredible.

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Um so Jess McKelvey, uh Aaron A Rock, and Bill Jacob.

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I mean, it's their baby.

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And dude, I bet they had close to 150 people there.

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Amazing.

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Great speakers, um, A-list kind of people that even just showed up that weren't speaking.

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I mean, Jan I was there.

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Wow.

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When was the last time we saw Jan I somewhere that he wasn't paid to be at?

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I think he even bought a ticket.

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Wow.

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Yeah, he wasn't speaking.

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And he was there supporting some of his guys that were speaking.

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Oh, yeah.

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It was really well done, man.

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I I I feel like it's something I'd definitely, if not every year, it's definitely in every other year for me.

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I feel like a lot of these smaller shows are kind of becoming a little bit more niche, but like they're bent.

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What would you say if I and I don't know that I haven't been to DJ Pittsburgh Summit yet, but or Pittsburgh DJ Summit.

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What do they do?

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They have an angle they're trying to go for, like, I don't know, more community, uh, more speakers.

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I mean, they definitely have more like kind of like uh workshops, I think, that they were saying.

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Like some of the speakers had like these breakout workshops where they would go deeper into that.

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Um, they definitely had some workshops, I think, the day before the conference that were maybe paid.

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Yeah.

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You know, like we've done that before where like two or three people had like a um a paid session before it even started.

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Um and is the attendance mainly local, or would you say a lot of fly-ins?

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Half half?

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I bet it was probably I don't know if it's fifty-fifty, but I mean, I bet it was probably sixty-forty.

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Sixty probably could drive there.

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Yeah.

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I mean, you know, um, not Pittsburgh, not Philly up.

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Pittsburgh is, you know, drivable from Jersey, New York.

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Oh, yeah.

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Blah, blah, blah.

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I mean Lander does that drive to New York all the time.

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I'm like, dude, I can't believe you do that.

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How far is it?

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I don't know, but he's always like, it's not a big deal.

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It was like it's a it's a not a big deal.

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Nothing burger.

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I'm not a driver.

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Yeah.

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Well, cool.

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I think that was all I had on that.

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It was great.

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That's cool.

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Shout out to them, and I'm sure they're already doing it again next year.

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So if you, you know, want to check them out, Pittsburgh DJ Summit.

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And um Instagram.

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Yeah, definitely follow their Instagram.

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They do a great job.

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Yeah.

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Well, let's go into story time.

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All right.

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What is it?

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What's the story?

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Storytime is where we talk about gigs, you know?

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So you want me to start?

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Because you've been chatting for about a minute.

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Yeah, I feel like I mean I've been on a grind.

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Yeah, for for what is usually considered a slow month, you went crazy.

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Well, I told you on a previous episode one of my goals this year was to do more corporate.

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And dude, I don't know.

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:53.359
I just kind of got lucky and connections that I have and uh got into that weird sector of the medical, whatever.

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:59.759
Well, that planner ended up uh giving me something for it's it's actually the military, but.

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:01.440
But not the military, military.

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:04.079
It's like the civilian end of it.

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:06.319
And they were throwing a gala.

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:11.440
And they're like, listen, we need you to um uh it's like an award show, basically.

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:16.640
I was doing the awards and everything that we just talked about on the previous episode, like the the stingers, yeah, all that.

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.519
I had to play all that.

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:22.319
So they asked me for ideas, and in the past, they've this is actually their first gala they've ever done, number one.

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.960
Where were you?

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.920
Washington, DC.

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.559
Right.

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:26.480
First gala they've ever done.

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:32.640
They were planning on just playing the same, you know, orchestral thing from their PowerPoint presentation or whatever.

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.279
Absolutely not.

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:36.240
And I'm like, if you're bringing me in, I can do more than just make an announcement.

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:38.079
They wanted me like voice of God style in the back.

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:40.240
So I'm like, to play tracks is super easy.

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.279
And I actually love it.

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:42.480
So I said, give me the awards.

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:44.400
There wasn't that many, like six or so.

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:48.640
Um, and then you know I did 107 in a row last year at the end of the year.

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.519
Wow, that's a lot.

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.160
That's a lot.

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.519
Anyway, go ahead.

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:53.359
Um, I get there.

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:55.680
Uh, I don't have to bring any gear.

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.000
Yeah.

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:59.359
I'm literally gonna go, and they they go, hey, we don't need you to play the music after all.

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:01.599
We decided to just build it into the thing.

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:09.200
So we just need you to make these announcements, which is literally people walking onto the stage and me announcing um the category.

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:11.039
Did you even have to read their names?

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.000
Uh I did.

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.400
Yep.

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.319
Any crazy shit?

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:16.799
Uh no, but I the crazy part was this.

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:19.279
Out of 107, dude, I had some nuts ones.

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.920
Oh, I'm sure.

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.720
I mean crazy.

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:23.680
Yeah, like a few, a few like longer Indian names.

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.079
Yeah.

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:26.400
I was like, dude, this is so scary.

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.039
That's crazy.

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.759
Yeah, it was hard.

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.119
But I started at eight.

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.599
Yeah.

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.200
I was done at 8 45.

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.640
I was back in my hotel room.

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:34.480
That's how short my piece was.

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.359
I'm not kidding.

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.880
Wait, there was no cocktail hour?

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.400
You know that you didn't DJ at all?

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:38.960
Nothing.

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:41.759
I was only going to do the awards section of it.

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:45.839
They had a stringed instruments playing like in the cocktail hour.

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:48.319
They used the same strings for dinner.

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:54.079
And so I was literally coming in to do this one piece because they wanted to, they didn't have anybody to do voice of God.

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:55.759
That was really what the need was.

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:59.680
Me adding in this other piece was like, I felt guilty coming in just to do this.

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:01.839
Like, I did six announcements.

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:03.279
Six announcements.

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.559
And went home.

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.640
And went up to the hotel room at 8 45.

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:09.119
And I'm like, I mean, what else can I do?

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:11.759
I mean, I was like, this is incredible.

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:20.319
So uh because of that, and it went so well that the planner was like, listen, I have a client in a completely and by the way, this room looked great.

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.279
Actually, I have a picture of it.

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:24.640
We can post it real quick if you want to go to the next slide.

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:28.240
I mean, gorgeous ballroom, look amazing.

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.720
Yeah.

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:32.640
Uh I wasn't even like you can see that curtain there if you're watching this on YouTube.

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:35.759
There's a curtain kind of separating or creating the room wall.

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:38.960
I'm on the other side of the curtain, it's sheer almost.

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:43.759
So I'm literally like looking through the the thing to see when things people are walking on and off.

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:46.640
I wasn't even in the back of this room because this room was really tight.

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:48.240
And that was the awards.

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:50.480
And the planner said, You crush this.

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.759
I was like, uh, okay.

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.160
Okay.

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:54.960
And she goes, I have another client uh next week.

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.759
Next week.

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.319
The next week.

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.839
I wasn't, it wasn't even on the radar.

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.240
Right.

00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:01.599
She goes, Um, they had a band, the band pulled out.

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:03.119
I don't know what the story was.

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.559
We need entertainment.

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.160
Would you be willing to come in and do it?

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.119
I'm like, where was it?

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.599
Atlanta.

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.480
Hilton Head.

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.039
Oh, yeah, yeah.

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.359
So I go, check the calendar.

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.319
I'm in.

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:14.160
She's like, it's 500 people.

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.839
We just need you to rock the party.

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.279
I go, great.

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.079
Love this.

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:22.160
I already know where this is going because I I remember you texting me from there, but keep going.

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:24.160
So I'm like, I'm talking to her more and more.

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:27.839
You don't have to worry about gear, you don't have to worry about lighting.

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.119
Just come in.

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:32.559
And I think I I rented um some speakers from our boy Jamie Brody.

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.599
Yeah, yeah, Bodie.

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.079
Yeah.

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.039
Uh out there.

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.960
And then uh the controller came with it.

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.200
Yeah.

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:39.599
He had a uh command center or whatever.

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:44.160
Um and I walked through the and there was a lot of people in the lobby.

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.680
I was like, okay, this is full.

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.960
And I didn't think anything of it.

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.079
I just was like, whatever.

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:56.079
And I get to the main room, and on the outside, you know how they list the company name or whatever it is, it said uh cotton gin convention.

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.720
Like the cotton gin?

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:02.640
I'm like, is that still I mean, what year are we in?

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.160
Is this like 1805?

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:06.400
Like, are they still making these?

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.440
I don't know.

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:17.119
So then I walk into the ballroom, and um this room was not, I mean, it looked like it was for a cotton gin because they had no lighting.

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:20.480
Uh in fact, I I'll post this next picture if you want to hit it.

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.759
This was the room I walk into.

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:26.000
House lights, uh, massive dance floor.

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.960
I mean, massive.

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:30.799
It took up uh probably at least a quarter, if not more, of the room.

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:34.160
And um, and and then he gave me no direction.

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.680
I'm thinking I'm coming in to rock a party.

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.960
I mean, that's the way she framed it to me.

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.240
Where are you on a stage?

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:40.160
I'm on a massive stage.

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.680
A stage or a rising?

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:44.720
No, a massive stage because they had it for a band.

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:49.759
They just put my stuff, so I looked pretty small compared to what was originally gonna fill this thing.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:53.200
And I'm looking at this going, man, I hope they get ready to dance.

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:58.319
And then I didn't even put the connection together, but this is a very male-dominated industry, apparently.

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:03.920
Um, dude, the average age was probably about 65.

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:07.200
98% male.

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:11.359
And I'm playing for four hours, and it's not a dinner.

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.480
Not a dinner.

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.359
You can't see it there.

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.319
This is before any of the things.

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:18.079
Four hours, four hours dance, four hours of music.

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.559
Okay.

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:31.920
The first hour was supposed to be just like cocktail stuff, and they had beer and stuff, and then the dinner, there wasn't really a dinner, it was like a uh food stations, but it wasn't even like dinner, it was like hard uh cocktail food.

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:37.440
Yeah, and so, anyways, as I see people file in, I'm like, where are the women?

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.519
We uh we're coming in here.

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:41.119
Nah, it was all these guys.

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:45.200
I'm talking in overalls, and I'm not trying to, you know, I'm not making this up.

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:49.200
We're not trying to shit on the cotton gin industry, but it is what it is.

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:52.559
And uh I saw some dudes in like cowboy hats, yeah, yeah.

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:55.440
So I go, well, they gave me no musical direction.

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:55.920
Right.

00:27:56.079 --> 00:28:01.200
So I'm kind of just sticking to like country, a little bit of uh, you know, 70s rock.

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:03.839
Yeah, you know, just thinking like any of this is gonna work.

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:17.839
Fast forward, uh, two of the 15 women that were there, and I use the term uh good-looking women very loosely, uh, they come up to me and they go, uh, hey, um, I think we're ready to dance.

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.200
I'm like, oh, awesome.

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.240
That'd be great.

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:24.720
You know, so but but were they were you trying to make them dance in the world?

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:27.519
No, at that point, I was like, no one's I'm just gonna keep a vibe.

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.000
Yeah, yeah.

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.799
You know, right?

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:31.119
I'm waiting to see like how I'm gonna turn this.

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.160
Right, right, right.

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:35.279
And I go, what what do you think would go over with this crowd?

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:37.440
You obviously you guys are are a part of this association.

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:40.160
She goes, Do you have any Shag music?

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.799
Wow.

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.880
I go, Well, I actually do.

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:45.519
And for people who don't know what Shag music is, we have a guy from England.

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.240
Do yeah.

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:50.799
Yeah, if we have people from England listening here, Shag is not humping.

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:52.720
And apparently, I thought it was just North Carolina.

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:55.680
Apparently, it's Carolina's together.

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.000
Yes.

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:59.359
And the only reason I know about it is because uh I get some destination.

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:04.000
People come down to Florida, they sometimes ask for this, and I have a small bag.

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:08.559
I'm talking maybe 10 tracks of Shag music because I probably only play two or three.

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.039
Right.

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:14.240
Sidebar, uh Jack Christian did confirm that gear is cocaine in in the UK as well.

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:17.200
So when you say it's gear corner, they think that's hilarious.

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.880
Okay, cocaine corner.

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:24.160
So I go into the bag, I play like the two ones that I typically would have always played.

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.960
Carolina Girls.

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:28.000
Carolina Girls and uh Beach Music, the Embers.

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.119
I love Beach Music.

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.079
Those are the two.

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:34.240
And nobody comes out, not even these girls.

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:37.200
I'm like, uh I'm pretty sure this is what she meant.

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.559
Yeah, like I can't, I don't know.

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:41.200
I probably would have done the same, and I grew up on that shit.

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.920
Yeah.

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:44.400
So I go through like about 10 of them.

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.119
Nobody.

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:48.799
So then I'm pissed at this girl for coming up here and asking because I completely changed.

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:51.440
I mean, that direction is completely different than what I was going with.

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.400
100%, yeah.

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.599
And so she comes back up.

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:56.480
I go, girl, you stared me wrong.

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:59.039
You know, I go, I ain't playing that anymore.

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:01.599
Because I go, I look like a tool out here playing that stuff.

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.720
And no, you're not even coming.

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.839
She goes, Yeah, I don't know why.

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.119
She goes, they love it here.

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:07.759
And I go, Do you love it here or do they love it here?

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:09.200
Because I go, it's not really working.

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:14.960
Well, they decided they were going to do an auction, and I was, it was going to be intermittent with my dancing.

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.079
And I said, you know what?

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.839
I think you should do it all in a row.

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.359
Let's knock it all out.

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:21.599
And that ended up being the great call by me.

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:23.119
They didn't have the planner, it wasn't there.

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:25.599
This was her account, but she wasn't managed.

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.559
There was nothing to manage.

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:26.799
Yeah.

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:29.200
It was literally just this one this piece.

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:31.680
They drug that thing out for a whole hour.

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.880
Oh, good for you.

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.519
Great for me.

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.720
I'm like, keep it going.

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:34.960
Yeah.

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:36.640
I'm like, what else can we wrap up?

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:42.079
This guy's pulling shit out of his backpack, going, I got a goddamn inner charger in my backpack.

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:47.359
I would have like kept pushing up the paddle to like, you know, put a number just to keep the bidding going.

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.000
You know what I mean?

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.039
Just to keep this thing going long.

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:51.200
Because I'm like, I don't want to play the last two hours.

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.599
You know?

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:54.799
So then finally it ends and I gotta go back up.

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:57.920
And I had like another hour and plus to go.

00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:02.400
And it they did come up to the shag music because I said, hey, this girl came up and asked for a game.

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.359
I go, only if you come out.

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.319
That's the only way I'm gonna do it.

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:07.440
But there's only like 15 girls, so it's like they're bringing out 15 guys.

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:07.839
Right, right.

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:09.920
The other guys never came out there.

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:14.640
So the whole time I'm just like just uh felt like I was just watching paint dry.

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.279
You know what I mean?

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:18.640
Yeah, like you were texting me and you were like, bro, this is a painful one.

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.839
Oh, we got a stinker.

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.880
What did you say?

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.440
Did you say one?

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.480
A stinker.

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.720
We need a stinker button.

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.680
We need to get one of those.

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.119
Oh my goodness, Mr.

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.519
Pinker.

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:29.039
The stinker button.

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:31.680
So I like I like to call these paycheck gigs.

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:31.920
Yeah.

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:33.839
This was a paycheck gig because I got paid well.

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.000
Yeah.

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:36.240
Well, boy, my ego did not feel well after that.

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.119
No, it didn't.

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.839
So um.

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:41.759
We'll talk more about the shag music later in this segment.

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.000
Okay.

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.440
But I wanted you to share some of your lists.

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.319
Same episode?

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:44.720
Yeah.

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:46.160
These are marathon episodes.

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:48.559
Well, yeah, I've been asked to make them a little longer.

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:51.200
But you had Epic Games, I did have both.

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.000
And you had a stream.

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.359
I did have both, man.

00:31:53.680 --> 00:32:01.279
Epic Games um, you know, that makes Fortnite is here in North Carolina.

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:03.759
I've played this party for several years.

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.960
I could not do it last year.

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:09.519
I had booked a wedding, did not hold the date for them, and Brian B played it.

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:13.359
And I was gonna play it in December.

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.119
The convention center caught on fire.

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.880
They moved it to February 6th.

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:25.839
I already had a trip booked to Dallas, Texas for the DJ's Vault seven-year anniversary stream and for to hang out with them for the Super Bowl party.

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:28.640
And I literally was like, I have to do this gig.

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:31.039
I I need to change my flight and just go on Saturday.

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.359
Yeah.

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.880
The day of the vault stream.

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:36.000
And so I changed it, and dude, it was an awesome party.

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:39.440
I mean, it was I think they said 1,200 people came.

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:42.960
Um, it's at the convention center, it's the only place in Raleigh that'll hold that many people.

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.440
Right.

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:47.599
The room, as you remember, is is really almost too big even for 1200.

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:50.160
It's cavernous, but they had a lot of activation.

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:57.920
They you know, rebuilt uh the basement where the guy started the company with all these old computers and video games.

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.279
Homer Simpson was there.

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:02.799
They rebuilt the entire living room from The Simpsons because he's in the game now.

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.359
Wow.

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:11.519
They had a whole streaming setup that that guy Kai Sanat, the biggest streamer, had built and streamed from in California, and they brought that here.

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:11.839
Yeah.

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:14.079
The battle bus was there from the video game.

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:22.000
Like, and it was, you know, a lot of background, um, ambient stuff to start, literally like instrumental tracks from the game.

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:27.359
Then I went to that kind of cool cocktails list and the doors opened at six.

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:30.960
I mean, I probably didn't really turn the corner until 8 30.

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:33.599
So maybe 8 30 to 10 30, I had people dance.

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:35.759
What was the tracks that stood out?

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:37.279
Anything that kind of worked out?

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:42.079
Um the it was like more hip hip hop.

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:44.880
More more like peak, you know, wedding stuff.

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:58.559
I skipped over any of the, you know, September's or um R E S P C T or even the 80s stuff and just kind of went more like 2000s, 2010 EDM, a couple of pop punk songs.

00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:00.319
It's very creative audience, you know.

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:04.960
It's just kind of nerdy, you know, but they'll get out there and dance.

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:08.800
They asked for anything that was kind of particular or peculiar.

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:11.360
I don't think I I I Saquon wasn't there.

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:15.760
I took Nolan, Saquon was doing something else, and I took Nolan, one of my other DJs.

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:24.639
And I remember him only taking like one or two requests, and I I couldn't I was in the middle of the room, which is very strange to have people on all four sides of you.

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:30.960
Like I literally was on a riser, yeah, standing in the middle of the room, and I couldn't hear well.

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:35.280
I had to in ear and one, and they they had to, you know, they obviously Did you go monitor?

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:39.119
Uh I did go monitor, and so that was up loud.

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:44.719
I don't even know what the requests were were, and I was just I knew I was in my bag and I knew I was doing a good job.

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:48.800
Yeah, and I was like, I'm not gonna deviate for some person wanting to hear something random.

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.119
Yeah.

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:53.679
The requests were completely some songs I didn't know at all.

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:55.679
Yeah, didn't know the artist, didn't know the title.

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.960
I just remember that.

00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:05.119
And and then at 10, I was like, man, this, you know, I I wanted to get some like footage of like this boiler room feel.

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.639
And I was like, y'all come up here with me.

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:10.000
Because it was almost like a riser and then a junior riser.

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:12.960
And dude, it was not stable.

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:14.880
I mean, I oh no, I had the same problem.

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:18.000
Yeah, I was holding on to my like laptop.

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:19.440
I had that taped to the stand.

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:22.320
Yeah, I mean, and Nolan was looking at me like, is this cool?

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.920
And I was like, I brought it on myself.

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:26.639
Like I told him to get up and it was only 30 more minutes.

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:29.280
So I was like, I can ride it for 30 minutes like this.

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:31.679
But that booth was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:31.920
Wow.

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:33.920
Yeah, it was not stable.

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:36.960
The booth was, but that damn stage was not.

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.719
Yeah, I mean, it it had some rickety.

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:45.039
So you feel like you not like you've but you've saved the gig in general, but like you think you're gonna get the call back next year?

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.079
Yeah, for sure.

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.719
For sure, man.

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.880
It will happen again in December, more than likely.

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.440
I hope so.

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.239
Yeah, I hope so.

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.639
Yeah.

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.400
It I felt like I did great.

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:54.800
Like I got back here and I was like, fuck yeah, I killed that.

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.360
Oh, good.

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.760
Yeah.

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.719
What about the stream?

00:35:56.960 --> 00:36:04.239
Got up, um, flew out about 10 or 11 to Dallas and basically checked in the hotel and then went to the warehouse.

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.440
We were at LaForce.

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:09.039
Um huge DJ company in in Dallas, Texas.

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:11.760
Shout out LaForce owned by uh Glenn Roush.

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:15.119
Um, our friend Nate Nelson's kind of like the the CEO.

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.559
Is that what his title is?

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:16.960
I don't know.

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.599
I think president.

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.639
President CEO.

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:22.079
Yeah, awesome DJ, great friend of ours, and he had been begging me.

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:27.039
He's come here a few times to do this DJ's vault stream to celebrate, you know, milestones.

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:32.800
He was like, Man, if we do it in Dallas, you know, I've got all these cameras and I got a warehouse and I got a gear and I got a video wall.

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:35.679
And I'm like, dude, if you want that doing Dallas, let's do it.

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:42.559
And it happened to fall on Super Bowl weekend, and they already have a massive party on Sunday for their employees and friends and family.

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:44.639
I mean, there must have been a hundred and some people at that party.

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:44.880
Yeah.

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:46.960
So they're kind of half set up for that.

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:50.000
And then the other half of the warehouse was set up for the streaming, man.

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:58.239
We had me, Mike Via, Jack Christian, Nate Acosta, and DJ Mad started at 7 Eastern and probably played to 11 something.

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.679
And we had a ball, man.

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:02.719
Gave away a bunch of prizes, and the stream looked incredible.

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.639
He did a whole kind of walk-in intro.

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.280
Yeah.

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.000
Love that.

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:12.800
We had a couple little tech issues on some audio, but I mean, you know, once you look at the chat and people are like, oh, the audio is choppy.

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:16.719
Like he made some quick adjustments and it looked like a killer stream.

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:19.599
Any tracks you were looking forward to playing or dropping?

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:24.000
Um, Nate made a there's a higher edit he made, Creed.

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.239
Yeah.

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:28.000
I played that and I could see he was like excited to hear that.

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:30.880
And there was something else.

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:33.119
Oh, you know I'm a sucker for the outfield.

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.760
We've talked about that.

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.480
You are love.

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:36.719
I got this Panic City version.

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.199
Okay.

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:40.559
And might have to be some uh back room.

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:44.559
Yeah, these are definitely gonna go in the uh back room on the Patreon.

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:44.880
Okay.

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:46.400
Yeah, that there was some gold in there.

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:49.360
It's gonna be on the banger list uh that I gave you this morning.

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.840
Okay.

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.280
Good shit, man.

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.000
It was great.

00:37:52.079 --> 00:38:00.800
And then then got back, and then like we said, we did the little Y2K pop playlist for for Valentine's Day, and then you spoke at the NASEM.

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.199
Yeah.

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:01.840
So yeah.

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:05.440
All right, booth heads, we made a move, and it's a bold one.

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:07.840
We officially launched a Patreon.

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:12.800
We've got two tiers: one for$5.99 and one for$19.99.

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:16.559
Basically, the cost of a coffee or a cocktail, depending upon how you roll.

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:20.000
Listen, this isn't some support us or we disappear kind of thing.

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:25.360
You actually get some things that are useful that we think that you're gonna need to run your DJ business.

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:37.039
Like early access to batched episodes, bonus episode that we couldn't post publicly, maybe, and our weekly top 10 banger lists, songs that absolutely crushed at our events this week.

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:40.159
You know, the stuff that you really want to steal from us anyway.

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:45.599
But if you want to go deeper, jump into the booth backroom at$19.99 a month.

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:47.760
That's where the extra love lives.

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:51.440
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00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:58.639
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00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:06.400
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00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:12.079
So stop texting us asking what remix was that and get in the booth for real.

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:17.360
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00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:21.039
Choose a tier, grab your spot, and let's keep building.

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:23.039
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00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:25.360
Let's hit let's hit the uh great finds.

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:25.599
Okay.

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:45.679
All right, so since we talked about beach music, I thought it would make sense for our Patreon backroom members.

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:49.039
Well, actually for both, both tiers, booth crew and back room members.

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:49.360
Okay.

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:51.119
For booth crew, we're gonna make a playlist.

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.280
Okay.

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.559
It'll be on Spotify.

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:53.119
Yep.

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:57.519
Um, I kind of tasked you with this, uh, which then I guess apparently fell to Randy.

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.800
It did fall to Randy.

00:39:59.119 --> 00:40:15.599
And the irony of this whole Shag or beach music playlist, whatever you want to call it, is that the day before you tasked me with it, Randy had sent out to our entire staff, hey, all the there's like an association of Shag DJs or something.

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:17.039
Which he sent me this picture.

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:19.039
If you want to hit the next picture, I think it's on here.

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:20.480
Oh, nope, I guess it's way after this.

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:22.320
Sorry, keep going past all that.

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.360
Uh, right there.

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.000
Yeah.

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:25.519
Uh top 50.

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:32.239
And I even know I was drawing, I was just cracking up an association of beach and shag club DJs.

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:34.960
I mean, look at that font and way that thing is made.

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:36.880
It looks like a bit.

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.960
How old are these DJs, bro?

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.480
Older than me.

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:42.000
Think about how old that is.

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:43.920
And there's clubs that play this.

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:50.480
That was the other thing I was like really shocked about when I was like there are shag clubs all over the beaches of North Carolina.

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:50.880
My God.

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:52.159
There's a Shag club.

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:55.199
There's a Shag club uh two blocks from here.

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.920
You're a kid.

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:58.079
No, it's the guy used to work for me.

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:59.760
He looked like a ghost.

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:05.599
Um, it's called Memories or something like that.

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:06.639
It's right beside the wrist.

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:07.840
And it still goes off?

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:09.599
Dude, I don't know about going off.

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:11.599
I mean, like they're done at like five o'clock?

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:14.480
It's gotta be closed by nine.

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:24.960
The the problem with this music, man, is it was very um it is very much based in like true RB, not RB like Usher, like rhythm and blue.

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:26.079
Like blues blue.

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.639
Exactly.

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:27.760
And and it's very basic.

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:32.800
Well, my parents loved it.

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:34.159
That's how I knew about it, right?

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:37.440
And it is coupled driven yes, it's a couples dance.

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:38.719
So it's not like a line dance.

00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:49.840
Nope, it's not a line dance, it's very couples-driven, very um almost like um like a swing dance, a little bit slower than a swing, like bum, bum, b-b-bum, like that kind of dancing.

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:55.920
Called the Chag, and it was only regional, strictly North and South Carolina, mainly at the beaches.

00:41:56.159 --> 00:42:00.880
And but most of those people, man, I mean, are are have passed.

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:01.199
Right.

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:01.760
You know, that were.

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:04.239
I was gonna ask you, so do you see people requesting this?

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:05.199
You're in the Carolinas.

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:06.639
I played when I was younger.

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:11.840
I if you went to a gig and did not play beach music, you would have gotten fucking killed.

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:20.239
Like you would have you would have been blown out of the country club if you went to a gig and did not have a a crate full of beach music.

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:20.960
Got it.

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:24.960
Now, I don't remember the last time I played a show and played a beach song.

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:25.360
Okay.

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:34.960
And so it didn't really uh Randy claims that there are still a young sector of people that will dance and and they have shag contests.

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.119
Right.

00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:36.239
And like, wow.

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:36.559
Yeah.

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:45.679
I mean, but it is so niche down and such a small sector of of the population that still uh dances to this kind of music.

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:51.920
Now, I don't want to say there's not still people, you know, people my parents' age, 70s, 80s, older.

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:55.679
There's definitely a radio show show my dad used to listen to every weekend.

00:42:55.840 --> 00:43:07.840
It was um, his name was John Moore, and dad would be but he's literally on an FM radio, like trying to get it to like 97.9, but like you had to hold your mouth right to get, you know what I mean?

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:11.199
Like he'd be like, John Moore's on, and I'd be like, Dad, I can't really hear.

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:20.800
He's got you know uh literally old school antenna putting a piece of damn uh aluminum foil on it to try and dial in the station, but that's all this dude would play.

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.199
Yeah.

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:23.280
Still, it's based out of Greenville, I think.

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:26.400
So so it's just so niche down, I guess, is what I'm saying.

00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:31.199
The thing that was interesting that Randy told me is that they've now come up with a resurgence of like new.

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.239
That's right.

00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:45.199
People started moving off these bands, like the chairman of the board, the Embers, the TAMS, and to like I was telling you, like I remember when Smooth came out, Santana and and Rob Thomas.

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:45.760
That would be wild.

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.800
People were shagging to that.

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:50.239
The other thing I thought was interesting is that the tempos are all over the place.

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:50.639
Kinda.

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:53.679
Yeah, like 138, 115 is smooth as an example.

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:54.239
I know.

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:58.800
So it's like it's really about the shuffle of the beat more than it is the tempo.

00:43:59.280 --> 00:43:59.519
I think so.

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:01.599
It's definitely not to do with the lyrics.

00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:03.360
So I thought we would highlight four songs.

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:03.760
Okay.

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.880
Too old, too new.

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.199
Okay.

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:07.280
So the first one I thought we'd play real quick.

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:11.599
First one is The Embers, and the track was called uh what is it called?

00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:13.280
Uh I Love Beach Music.

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:13.840
Yeah, right.

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:15.840
So I'll play a little bit of that.

00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:26.639
I love beach music.

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:30.320
Always have and always will.

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:39.199
There ain't no one a kind of music in the world that gives me quite the thrill.

00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:41.599
Any thoughts on that song in general?

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:43.039
Like, is it just one of those ones?

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:45.760
Like it's it's like probably the number one song, right?

00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:47.199
The number one song.

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:53.679
It was always playing, I feel like, in the in at the beach house, in my parents' car on the way to the beach.

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:58.800
Like it was just that that is as synonymous with Carolina Beach music as you can get.

00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:05.119
What about uh you just mentioned the band, but that was my second song of the night when we got into dancing.

00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:07.519
General Johnson and the chairman of the board, Carolina Girls.

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:08.000
Yeah.

00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:08.800
Another one.

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:13.840
Um that would that's all that would be my second one if somebody asked for Carolina Beach music.

00:45:14.159 --> 00:45:16.239
Even me, I would pull those two back to back.

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:18.000
We'll play a quick sample.

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:22.400
Carolina Girl Carolina.

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:25.280
Best in the world.

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:27.360
Carolina Girl.

00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:34.400
Speak Carolina Girl.

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.840
Carolina Girl.

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:37.519
Okay, so then the new ones.

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:42.480
I was shocked that these came out so I mean, like, literally, one of them was 2024.

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:45.119
This is Lenny Kravitz's song called Honey.

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:46.480
It's a cool song.

00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:51.280
It is a cool song, but I don't really remember it being used by any no, yeah.

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:58.559
So, but I I think when you hear it, we'll play this apple right now, so you can kind of get a sense of like it's the same kind of beat and feel to it.

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:15.440
Spirit starts to move when I look in your eyes.

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And I'm shaking, baby, cause your spell has got me hypnotized.

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And then the other one, I don't think this guy can do any wrong on any song at this point.

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:29.199
Teddy Swims.

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:29.360
Yeah.

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2021 came up with a song called Blowin' Smoke.

00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:32.480
Yeah.

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And that's what this is.

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Uh, we'll play a sample of that.

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Maybe it's the midnight air.

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Something by the summer night.

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Maybe it's the stars of day.

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:56.239
Maybe say what's on by my anyway.

00:46:56.559 --> 00:47:01.440
We will put a playlist together for Are you gonna put that list up right there?

00:47:01.679 --> 00:47:03.519
No, I'm gonna teal one or you're gonna retype it.

00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:07.679
I'm gonna just put it up there real quick.

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:12.880
Um, but we'll we'll uh have a playlist for all of the what was that?

00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:14.800
The back crew, is that what we're calling it?

00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:17.519
I don't even remember the name of our the back room.

00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:19.920
No, well, the back room is gonna get the actual edits.

00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:20.639
Oh.

00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:24.320
So if you're a part of the crew, you get the playlist.

00:47:24.719 --> 00:47:24.800
Right.

00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:25.599
The booth crew.

00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:26.639
Yeah, booth crew, there we go.

00:47:26.719 --> 00:47:26.800
Yeah.

00:47:27.280 --> 00:47:30.079
Back room, you get the actual winky winky.

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:31.440
Yes.

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There we go.

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Let's hit the question.

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Question, question.

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Question.

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Uh, this is from our boy Richie Steadman, best DJ in Utah.

00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:45.840
Yeah.

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Co-producer, pretty much.

00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:47.360
Yeah.

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Coast pro-producer from Salt Lake.

00:47:49.280 --> 00:47:52.079
He says, I'm curious to hear your guys' take on this.

00:47:52.159 --> 00:48:02.320
And he had sent us both the picture from this Facebook group, which if we want to put it on here, uh this was like a wedding group, Facebook group.

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:02.639
Right.

00:48:02.800 --> 00:48:07.199
And you could actually put a subject line that said, uh, left-leaning wedding vendors.

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:10.719
Hi, I know I'm going to get some hate for this, which is fine.

00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:14.960
Uh out yourself if you'd like, but I'm getting married in October.

00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:16.639
So this is a bride for a groom.

00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:16.880
Yeah.

00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:19.599
And I'm looking for left-leaning vendors to hire.

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If I'm gonna spend an exorbitant amount of money, I'd prefer to spend it with businesses who align with my values and morals.

00:48:26.719 --> 00:48:35.199
Please comment with what type of service you offer and your website, which basically outs you without even having to say it, if you put it down there below, you know that you're left leaning.

00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:36.480
I would think.

00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:36.960
Yeah.

00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:38.239
I mean, if you care.

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:41.199
Um anyway, this is crazy.

00:48:41.280 --> 00:48:44.480
This is probably the only time we'll ever get really political at all on this.

00:48:44.559 --> 00:48:49.920
And I'm not saying to take a side, I'm just saying, like, in general, like if a client were to put this, how would you?

00:48:50.079 --> 00:48:51.360
He was asking our opinion on this.

00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:53.119
Well, like, what do you what would you do?

00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:58.400
Well, I mean, I didn't get the I I it looked like it was just like, you know, you're lobbying for business.

00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:02.159
I wouldn't, I wouldn't write a dissertation about you know left or right.

00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:02.880
Right.

00:49:03.199 --> 00:49:03.440
Right.

00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:07.920
But what I just I think I responded in the comment, the original comment.

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:09.440
I'll probably just say it the same.

00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:10.719
I lean towards the money.

00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:22.159
I don't, I mean, I just yeah, I'm not gonna, I I don't post about politics, I don't say what I'm you know, what I'm so it's just it's it's just bad for business, man.

00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:30.639
I I mean, but the problem with this is like you said, if you comment below, I guess I would have probably messaged the person anonymously and just been like, hey, I don't know.

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:32.000
This is an anonymous participant.

00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:34.239
So could I not even could I even message them?

00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:34.880
You could.

00:49:34.960 --> 00:49:35.679
I don't think you can.

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:36.800
It's crazy.

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:43.679
So then if I just put it in the comments, then everybody can see, and then they're and then are all the the right wing people gonna come after me.

00:49:43.760 --> 00:49:46.960
I don't it's just so it's it's a weird situation.

00:49:47.199 --> 00:49:55.360
Yeah, why are you why would why would a business just stuff out like they would just lose the that's what I'm saying?

00:49:56.880 --> 00:49:58.559
Or maybe I just don't strange posts.

00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:00.000
Maybe I don't need to bid on it at all.

00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:04.239
If yeah, like I just because I don't want to I don't want to get in the in the middle of it.

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:06.960
The only lane I'm doing, like I told you, is the shoulder lane.

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And that's my only lien I'm doing.

00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:09.280
You know what I mean?

00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:10.480
I wish it was uh in certain things.

00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:11.280
Is that young Dolph?

00:50:11.519 --> 00:50:12.159
Shoulder lane?

00:50:12.239 --> 00:50:12.559
Who is that?

00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:13.440
Young Dolph?

00:50:13.679 --> 00:50:14.400
Uh no, I think.

00:50:14.719 --> 00:50:15.199
Young Drove.

00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:15.679
Young Dro.

00:50:15.920 --> 00:50:18.159
Young Drove, young somebody.

00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:22.000
Um I forgot about the you said this.

00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:26.800
Yeah, you go, I'm only shoulder leaning, and I said I'm leaning towards the money or something.

00:50:27.360 --> 00:50:28.639
No, I mean I don't know.

00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:32.079
We're not the thing with this is that you know, you can't win.

00:50:32.159 --> 00:50:32.800
No way.

00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:38.239
You're basically hosed, and I feel like it what's crazy is this is just my own opinion.

00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:40.559
I don't feel like it if it should ever come up.

00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:42.159
Like your work should speak for yourself.

00:50:42.320 --> 00:50:44.400
Who cares what who leans anyway?

00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:48.320
Like it's just so ridiculous, unless it's like so to the extreme.

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:49.920
I can see at that point, right?

00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:58.239
But by then, I think if it was so to the extreme, you would have already seen that when you went down the rabbit hole of their socials and following these people.

00:50:58.639 --> 00:51:00.880
What people are doing now before they booked their vendors.

00:51:01.039 --> 00:51:06.719
So, do you think that this is like can become a thing where people are starting to look more at the political thing before they even look at the work?

00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:12.000
Like they're literally discounting somebody who's like the best in the area because of their political.

00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:14.400
Because they like Donald Trump or something.

00:51:14.800 --> 00:51:15.679
Nutty to me.

00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:17.119
I hope it doesn't get to that point.

00:51:17.280 --> 00:51:18.480
I hope not either, man.

00:51:18.639 --> 00:51:26.960
I just dude, when I'm hiring anybody for anything, I'm looking for the best person that it's that I can afford.

00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:28.000
I am the same way.

00:51:28.239 --> 00:51:28.880
You know what I mean?

00:51:29.119 --> 00:51:30.079
Like I, you know.

00:51:30.880 --> 00:51:36.000
But I I will say, I am also when we're looking for DJs, I'm always like, is this person a loudmouth?

00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:37.199
Because that's oh I know.

00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:38.079
A hundred percent.

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:48.239
Like if I was do if I was to get married again and especially like somewhere in in a another country or something, and I didn't know anybody, I'm gonna go look at the socials and see what are they shouting about?

00:51:48.480 --> 00:51:50.320
What are they, you know, what are they fired up about?

00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:54.960
Or are they just like me trying to teach, trying to be positive, trying to show the fun side, right?

00:51:55.039 --> 00:51:55.760
Right, totally.

00:51:56.159 --> 00:52:00.239
I I just man, this is uh I hope it's not turning into this.

00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:02.320
Yeah, the country's already divided enough.

00:52:02.639 --> 00:52:03.440
Crazy.

00:52:03.679 --> 00:52:04.800
Well, hopefully that helps.

00:52:04.880 --> 00:52:05.679
I don't know where to leave.

00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:07.280
I don't think we helped at all, Richie.

00:52:07.360 --> 00:52:09.519
I don't you've you put us in a bad situation.

00:52:09.760 --> 00:52:10.800
I hate this question.

00:52:11.039 --> 00:52:12.000
Can we end the episode?

00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:12.800
Let's say that.

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:13.199
All right.

00:52:13.360 --> 00:52:14.480
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