Sept. 29, 2025

Living Your Dream

Living Your Dream
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Season 1

Living Your Dream explores the journeys of artists, entrepreneurs, and individuals who have pursued their passions and built fulfilling lives. We delve into their challenges, triumphs, and the lessons learned along the way, offering inspiration and practical advice to live more authentically and purposefully. Jazz is a major form of musical expression. Jazz has a language that is understood worldwide. You can hear the message without words. It speaks to the depths of the soul and brings emotion.

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Hello, and thank you for tuning in to a Sharp

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Outlook on k FO HD Radio and Talk or TV.

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I am Angela Sharp. Your host. Our arm chair discussions

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with industry experts will give you the steps, tools and

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information to be successful in business and to prepare you

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to be your best self. Hello, I'm Angela Sharp, and

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welcome to a Sharp Outlook. Thought about living your dream? Well,

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that's what we're going to talk about. We're going to

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be talking about exploring the journeys of artists, entrepreneurs, and

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individuals who have pursued their passions and built fulfilling lives.

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We delve into challenges, triumphs, and the lessons that they

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learned along the way, offering inspiration and practical advice for

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listeners seeking to live more authentically and purposefully. My guest

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was involved in jazz as a music. I love jazz.

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There's something about it. Listening to jazz. You don't have

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to have words. You can make up your own words,

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you can have your own style, you can sing your

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own songs. So I love that. It's an African rhythmic

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sound and it's heard in gospel hymns, marches, vaudeville, a

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majority of all dance music. A major form of musical

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expression and traditional cultural and popular music, jazz is characterized

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by its complex chords and call and responses, vocals and

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polly rhythms and improvisation. In other words, jazz has a

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language that is understood worldwide, and it is a music

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that is around worldwide. Most people enjoy jazz and you

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can hear the message without words. It speaks to the

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depths of your soul. Today, we will have a conversation

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with the legendary jazz pianists and organist Bobby Floyd, exploring

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his musical journey, influences, and perspectives on the current state

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of jazz. Bobby Floyd is a masterful pianist whose journey

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began during childhood and has led him to stages around

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the world. Bobby's passion for music was ignited at a

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young age and fuelled a career filled with creativity, collaboration,

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and dedication. So I'd like to ask Bobby to join

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us right now and we can explore his life and

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otistry of Chew music visionary. As I read his bio,

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I would love for him to join me. He has

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just accomplished so much over the years. Bobby Floyd is

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a highly acclaimed in jazz and blues pianist, organists, vocalists,

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and composer known for his dynamic performances and soulful improvisations.

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Born in Ohio, we were both born in the same town,

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Hallo Yeah. Bobby began playing piano at a young age,

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influence by gospel music and sounds of jazz legends. He

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developed his skills through self taught formal training, countless hours

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of practice, and eventually establishing himself as a prominent figure

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in the Columbus music scene. Bobby's career has spanned several decades,

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during which he has performed with numerous renowned artists and ensembles.

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He has toured extensively, captivating on the audiences with his

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energetic stage presence and ver virtuosic playing. His repertoire includes

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a wide range of jazz standards, blues classics, original compositions,

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all delivered with his signature blend of technical skill and

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emotional depth. In addition to his work as a performer,

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he's also dedicated time to teach others in master classes

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and workshops and institutions so that others to learn to

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have this same type of career. Also, there was a

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record called All About the Basie and it was nominated

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and Bobby played on just about every track on album.

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It was nominated for a Grammy and the Best law

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As for the Best Large Ensemble and was released in

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twenty eighteen. Bobby played with Count Basie Orchestra for six years.

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I was excited. I'm sure to be walking the red

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carpet on Sunday, February tenth, twenty nineteen. That was some event,

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wasn't it, Bobby?

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That was great?

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That was it was real great. I consider myself lucky

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and lucky because I was in the right place at

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the right time. I just happened to be playing on

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the Basic Orchestra at that time, and we were recording,

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and at the time I was playing with Bassie I

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was also playing with Doctor John.

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I was doing multiple tours, and for two three weeks

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I would play with Doctor John and catch it playing

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to wherever and play with Basie.

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But it just so.

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Happened I turned down the John to do the recording

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with Basie. The Basic album, I still call it albums.

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I'm old school.

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Yes, I have a few records.

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And it was nominated for a Grammy. But actually on

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one of the later albums. A lot of people don't

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know about this. I happen to be in the right

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place at the right time. I recorded with the Basic

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Orchestra again.

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Uh.

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And I only played one song on it. That album

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won a Grammy. Oh that album, right, And the name

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of it is something like Basic plays the Blues. It's

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something like that. But if you look it up, you'll

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probably be able to find it. There's one one. There's

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one song on there called rock Candy, and I'm the

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organist on it and George Benson playing guitar.

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Oh my goodness, you got all in your life?

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And I check a short solo on and then he

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plays a solo and it's a nice sort of up

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temple song. At that time, a lot of people don't

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know about it, but that that song, that one song

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on there I'm on that album won a Grammy.

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Want a Grammy? My goodness. Oh yeah, I'm proud my

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hometown guy has just reached the stars. And that is hard.

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You know, I'm proud of I'm proud of you. Also,

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you know, it looks like you're doing You're doing some

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real great and meaningful things and that's that's great. Some

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congratulations to you.

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Well, thank you so much. I'm just trying to stay

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busy and and I love to talk and I love

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to inspire others, you know, you know, help them maybe

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not follow some of the decisions that I had taken

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in my path or some of the places that I been.

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You know, I work with different types of people and

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I love music. Do you remember, Well, I'm going to

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get into it. This is how you started, Bobby. Your mom,

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missus dear Floyd, we call her mother Floyd. Uh played

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the piano at our church and I'm sure listening to

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her play, you just like I want to do that.

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And I think it was at around six years old

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you you began to start playing for the church.

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Yes, uh huh do you remember that?

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Yeah? Wow, we had some great songs. So we used

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to be singing. We had some great we did.

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Yeah, Saint Paul Chercher died in christ.

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Yeah, we we used to sing. And remember I used

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to sing a lot of solos.

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And I remember I remember that.

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I thought I would take the musical path, but I

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realized I was too shy to do it.

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Well, I'm sure too. Yeah, you know, the music speaks

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for itself, so well.

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Yeah, we don't have to say.

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A whole lot.

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Yeah, you would get in there and that head, your

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feet would get to going on the organ, and your

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head got to moving. I knew the spirit was moving then.

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Right.

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We were just so excited. I mean we were singing

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some of those old songs. Victory, Victory shall be mine.

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I'm glad Jesus lifted me. I mean all of those

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good old gods ones. Yeah, yeah, they were and they

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had so much, they said so much, and they lifted people.

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Uh and you does lift people their spirit. And you know,

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because there's a lot of sadness, you know, in the

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in the atmosphere right now, and just just hearing a

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nice chord and some songs or you know, doesn't even

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have to have words, the music itself takes you to

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a place where it consumed their comfort and and really

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change you know, how you're feeling and things like that.

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I played, I played a gig last night. That's what

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we call a gig is a performance last night at

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a place I played every Sunday night. And after we played,

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a lady walked up to me and said, oh, thank

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you so much. You know you just made you just

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helped me because I can get through my week, you know, yeah,

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And I said, wow, you know, and that happens a lot,

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but every time somebody says something like that to me,

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it kind of reminds me of what you just said.

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You know, music moves you like that, it affects you

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in that way. You know, I don't know what. I

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don't know what she was dealing with, what she was

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going through or whatever it was. You know, what we

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played last night is going to help her, you know,

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get through it.

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All, you know, right, right, So that's truly that's really

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really important.

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Mm hmm.

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Yeah. And you know, I was looking it up and

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I saw where you had quite a few other people

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that you played with, you know, Chuckman, Joon Houston, Pearson, Ranford, Mouse, Salas,

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Roy Hargrove, Navia Staples, Gerald Wilson, right, John Clayton, like

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you said, Doctor John Lewis Nash right Strippling, Oh my gosh,

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Doc Severnson. I mean you've got them all, Rade.

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Charles, Yeah, a lot. A lot of those were one offs,

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you know, just one time, but you know some of them.

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I still played with some of those people. I played

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with John Clayton sometimes. I just played with him about

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a month ago, Yeah, I did. I played with him

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about a month ago in Vail. I played at Vel

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Jazz Festival just about every year he runs the bel

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Jazz Festival.

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Yeah.

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I played with a lot of those people, but you

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named some of Roy Hargrove. It was just a week,

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one week, a series of concerts and some of those

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other people. But yes, I've I played with all those people.

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Well, you know, those were some of the favorite artists

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out there at that time. You know, they're they're the

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jazz greats. So I mean that's just that's an amazing,

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amazing thing. So tell me about Errol Garner because I

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think he's the one that really kind of influenced you

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too to want to play jazz. Is that true?

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Yes, Yes, I loved as a little boy growing up,

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my father, and you knew my father, he loved he

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loved jazz piano and he played just a little bit,

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just good enough to start me off, but he loved

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you know, he played jazz records and Earl Garner actually

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really caught my attention his style of clying. So he

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he was my favorite artists growing up.

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He was my favorite artist growing up.

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And you probably know about the story where he came

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to our hometown. The Marrying Concert Association brought him to

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the Marrying Palace Theater and my dad took of course,

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he took me out to hear and that was that

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was a big inspirational moment in my life. You know,

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they took me backstage, I met him. I actually sat

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down and played the piano for him, and I played

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his big hit, his big song was Misty.

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Oh really looked at me.

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So I played that for him. He was really impressed.

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So that was a big That was a real big inspiration.

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Oh my gosh, I mean we're talking about someone actually

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living a dream. I mean, yes, most people can't even

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identify what their gift is, what their purpose is, what

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they should be doing with their lives. And they's the

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opportunity of doing what they love most. I try to

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tell people, you know, whenever I'm on the show or

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even when I'm meeting them, if you're trying to pick

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something to do, make sure it's something you're going to

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enjoy doing for the rest of your life, because you're

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going to be putting that time in at least fifty

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maybe sixty years, So you better love it, you know.

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And yeah, wow, yeah, it's a coincidence. I mean, you know,

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it's funny that you bring it up, because I say

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the same thing to young people, the exact same thing

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you just said. I tell young people.

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That all the time.

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And there's so many miserable people in this world. So

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they're getting up at nine in the morning and five,

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leaving their jobs at five, and they don't like what

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they're doing, right, right, So they're miserable. Yeah, they're miserable

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for like years until they retire, like thirty years doing

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the same thing every day, you know, and they.

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Don't like it.

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So I tell people to find out what you just

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as long as it's a legit right, right, you know,

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I mean you might find something, yeah, you're not supposed

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to be doing, right, but it's legit, and you know,

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if you enjoy doing it, try to make that your career,

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your occupation, your life, and you'll be happy.

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That was one of the things.

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You know.

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My father passed, you know, when I was seventeen years old,

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and one of the last things he told me to do,

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he said, because my mother and father had waited. They

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were waiting until I graduated so they could go and

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travel and see the world and do all these things.

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And they, you know, delayed doing some things they wanted

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to do, and then he got with cancer and passed.

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But the one thing he told me was, whatever you do,

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do whatever you feel you can do. Don't don't apologize

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for what you're doing. Don't be afraid to go after

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what you want to do. Do what you want to

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do and make sure it fulfills your life and it

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makes you happy. Don't ever stop being who you want

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to be and doing the things that you want to do.

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So I pretty much have done everything. I mean, I've

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on the restaurant, I've traveled and done my work. I've

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been a foster mother. I mean, I just I mean,

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the list goes on and.

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On and on.

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The prisoners and taught onto treatment centers and taught. You know,

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I used to be a master of a home church

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for the homeless because they don't feel comfortable going to

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regular churches. And shame on churches that do not welcome

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the homeless. Right, they need the same thing that you need.

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And they shouldn't be feeling ashamed or feeling like they

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don't belong, or feeling like they're not welcome. That is

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not what we're about. That's not who we're supposed to be.

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And so I welcomed them. Uh, And you know, we

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had a pretty nice little congregation and we would feed

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them after service, you know, and they would come off

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the streets and and and we would have service, and

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I would teach to them and then we'd share a meal.

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And I did that for quite a few years also, So.

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That's great, that's great.

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I've just done everything that kind of like I wanted

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to do. Living living your dream, Yeah, yeah, I just

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have about dreaming, that is what the problem is.

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Well, we're supposed to continue dreaming. I'd say, keep dreaming

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the rest of your life.

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Well, yeah, I think I think I probably will.

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Yeah.

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So has anyone else shaped your career that you can

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think of? Oh?

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Uh, that's a good question there. Yeah, there are quite

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a few people that have There have been like lots

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of influences in my life from from the very beginning.

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I mean, I can go all the way back to

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uh Miss l T. Dukes, remember who she was. She

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was the piano teacher in Maryon, Ohio. That started me off. Yeah,

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And I went from her to Maury Kline, that was

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another piano teacher in Maryon. So my piano teachers. I mean,

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there are so many people. The pastors in our churches,

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they helped shape you know, the church mothers, the missionaries,

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the deacons. You know. I'm so glad I grew up

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playing in church, because I mean I don't I don't

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go to the same church that I grew up in

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right now, and a lot of my beliefs are different

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from what they taught us. But I feel like I'm

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well grounded, you know, just from just from that experience

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of growing up learning to do what is right and

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not do what's wrong right, you know. So that that

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and I don't know if you're talking about just influences

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in general or music related influences. I guess I'm just

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talking in general.

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Yeah, in general, Oh yeah, all of them. I mean,

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I am so happy for even though a mother was strict,

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I am so happy I got that foundation from her

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and my grandmother's and I have a firm foundation. And

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like you said, I may not have, you know, believe

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some of the things that we were taught, because I've

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had a chance to do my own research, my own study,

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and I did to a Bible college, you know, so

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I could get my license and everything. But I'm well rooted,

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I'm well grounded. I know what's true, I know what

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isn't true. I know what is right, I know what

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is wrong. And the main thing is I was always

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taught and I belie leave it to this day. You're

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going to reap what you sew. And if you want

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to have a good garden, you need to plant good seeds,

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and if not, you're going to have weeds. It's choking

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out everything. And then you're going to be saying, why

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is this happening? Well, remember those people that used to

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say ugly things about Remember those people that you thought

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weren't good enough and you said ugly things about them.

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Remember those You know, you're planting seeds in a garden

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that as you grow older, you're going to have to

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reap it, and your crop is going to be really

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either wonderful, great and beautiful and flourishing, or it's going

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to be rotten and you're going to have to remember

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no one planted in your garden but you.

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You.

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That is that's truly important. Yes, So tell me, tell

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me kind of what was your process when you're you know,

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because you also have composed some music, So what is

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your process in composing music?

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Uh? Inspiration? Mm hmm, that's the biggest thing. I don't

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compose as much as I should. But I'm I'm, I'm

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but I but I do it. I still do it.

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But any any.

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Part of a melody that comes to me, like a motif,

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we call it motifs in the period, uh, that comes

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to me, and if I like it, I'll work with

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it and try to develop it and make it into

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something else. Uh. And for the most part, most of

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the time, it's a long process because I might, I might.

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I have like little phrases, musical phrases that I came

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up with like years ago, but haven't done anything with

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it because I can't have anything else to go with it.

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But but then there's the opposite. I do have phrases

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that I put together and I was able to make

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it into a song, you know, but an initial thing,

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the first thing that causes that. It's just like that

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first phrase that comes to me that inspires men.

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Uh.

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It could be anything. It could be four notes, three notes,

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and you know, you just keep hearing it in your

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head and you want to do something with it. I

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want to do something with it. So that's that's the

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start of the process, you know. And you know it

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could it could be like a lot of different avenues

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that you go down or through to get to that

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to complete it, like working with other musicians on the

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same song, or getting ideas from other sources to put

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into your song. But I mean there's like a lot

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of different a lot of different ways you can you

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can go through to develop that. Hm hmm.

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I know. I tried to play the piano, but it

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didn't work out because I had to cut my fingernails

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and I wasn't going to do that, so Vanity right,

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So then I even got a guitar and I thought, Okay,

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I don't have to cut my fingernails, so I and

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then it's like, no, you're gonna have to get calluses

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on your fingers. Oh my fingers. No, I can't do

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this when either, So I had to sell my guitar.

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I guess that was not before me.

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I see the piano, Your piano sitting back there.

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Yeah yeah, yeah, I come up to Seattle.

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I have to come over and play it.

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Yeah.

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I I tried, you know, taking lessons, and it's just

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something about it. I just couldn't get to the point

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where I was relaxed and not watching my hands, and

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I was looking at the notes and up and down.

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It just wasn't working. I just couldn't let go of

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trying to control it. So I just thought, this is frustrating.

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I'm not having fun. So it's just what kind of me.

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By surprise, because you were you were like, really a

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good singer while we were growing up.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, people in your family that were musical. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I remember Janie playing the piano.

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She was playing the piano, and we had our little

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Sharp Sister singers, and you go around and it was

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the Sharp Sisters and we had our little group sang

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and went through the conferences in Mansfield and Detroit, and

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then everybody went through separate ways, and so we never

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completed that journey. I kind of missed that we didn't

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but yeah, yeah, we used to sing quite a bit,

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and but I just couldn't stand up by myself. I

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just didn't have that confidence. I probably could now, but

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I can't sing now. Okay, I don't have that voice anymore.

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So if you know, use it, you kind of lose it.

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But isn't that for me to give my praises that

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I need to give?

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Okay?

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So that's what's important. What are some of your memorable

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moments because you've done a lot of touring, or were

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there any tours that you went on that were more

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memorable than others.

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Or well, I tell you, one of my favorite places

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to go to is Japan. I love going to Japan

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because the people there they love our music, they love jazz,

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and they actually, in a lot of cases know more

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about the history of our music than we do. And

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they respect you. They treat you like kings and queens.

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When you go to Japan, you know, there's a nightclub,

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very popular nightclub that's known throughout the whole world called

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the Blue Note, right right, And there are blue Notes.

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There used to be quite a few throughout Japan, Tokyo

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and all the other cities in Japan, and we played

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quite a few of them. They give you the red

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carpet treatment there. They love your music when they come

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out to hear you. You play and it's quiet, It's

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totally quiet. You can hear a neat, a pin drop

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on the floor. It's that quiet, and you think, man,

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these people sitting out here going to sleep, you know,

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but they're I mean, they're like just listening.

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Yeah, you know, there's just.

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On what you're playing. It's almost intimidating, you know. But

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after after you play, they just go n class.

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Yeah.

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So yeah, Japan is one of my favorite places to

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go to. Uh. I love just a matter where.

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I've been.

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To a lot of places. I played in South America

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a couple of times in Brazil, uh and uh Limo.

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And the people respecting music down there. They treat you well.

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The food is the food down there is great.

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Yeah, it's great.

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Been all all over the country. I love playing on

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the West Coast. I was just out there about a

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month ago.

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Oh wow, I wish I had known.

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Yeah, I was in San Jose. I got an award

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in San Jose.

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Yeah I saw that.

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Yeah, that was in San Jose. California about a month ago.

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I play in Orange County every year on Wednesday night

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after Labor Day weekend.

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So I I just did that. I love playing.

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I love the weather in California and out there where

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we live in Seattle.

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I played in Seattle quite a few times.

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Yeah, but I loved I loved going good weather places.

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Yeah, that's why I don't come back East, because I've

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had well. I moved to South Dakota and I was

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there for like nine years, and oooh those winters were brutal.

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And there was one winter where it was sixty five

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below and it wasn't even the wind chill, and the

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snow was so high you couldn't open the doors. And

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then the lines, the trees started the limbs were breaking

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because of the heavy ice, and so it's tearing down

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all the lines. I was out of power for like

472
00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:41.720
twelve days. And that was during the time I had

473
00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:44.240
my foster kids. So I had to drive down the

474
00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:47.160
hill and drop them somewhere where they could be warmer.

475
00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:52.480
And I was, you know, there by myself, just you know,

476
00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:56.160
melting snow because the power out and I had a

477
00:28:56.160 --> 00:29:00.519
well that man, you know, it wasn't pumping and so

478
00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:05.039
I was out there melting snow to make things. And

479
00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:08.119
that's when I said, hmmm, this is my last year here.

480
00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:12.119
I could die here. I thought, I can't do this,

481
00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:14.240
so I don't want to see anymore snow.

482
00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:17.680
You're there for nine years.

483
00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:20.960
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I was there. I was working

484
00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:26.160
with a tribal organization. I was a chief financial officer,

485
00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:30.000
and then I was also working with some of the

486
00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:36.839
tribes helping them get software systems implemented. So it was, yeah,

487
00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:42.200
it was work related, but it was yeah, that was

488
00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:46.839
quite the quite the ordea. So then I just decided,

489
00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:51.599
no more snowy places. No, can't go there. You know.

490
00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:54.079
I'm at the point now where I can work from home,

491
00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:57.440
so I work remotely and then you go someplace when

492
00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:00.480
I have to, and so that makes it nice spit.

493
00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:05.880
So you don't you don't miss the snow, not at all,

494
00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.599
not at all.

495
00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:10.119
I don't want to read a coat.

496
00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:13.920
Some people in California tell me they like, they love

497
00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:18.640
all four seasons and they miss you know, they missed

498
00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:21.839
the snow, they missed the cold winners. And I think

499
00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:25.160
some people just like it because of the the atmosphere

500
00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:29.160
or the you know, the feel that it presents when

501
00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:32.960
when it happens, you know, especially at Christmas. At Christmas time.

502
00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:36.119
Well, I can always get in the car and go

503
00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:40.400
to Mount Saint Helen or Mount but you know, I

504
00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:42.160
haven't gotten on the car because I don't want to

505
00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:49.279
see it. I'm not interested at all. So I wanted

506
00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:51.920
to ask you because you know, when you played Luien

507
00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:54.599
in the church, you just always put your all into

508
00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:59.680
it and you had just began to you know, like

509
00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:02.200
you said, do your chords and make up chords in

510
00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:05.839
the middle. So you know, how do you approach doing

511
00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:11.920
improvising during a live performance? Has just come down naturally

512
00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:16.799
or well, yeah.

513
00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:18.839
Yeah, it comes naturally. It depends on your ear, how

514
00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:22.279
good your your musical ear is, if you hear something

515
00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:24.839
you like and if you're able to figure out what

516
00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:30.200
it is. Uh, that's part of the process. Of course.

517
00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:34.160
The feeling comes from playing in church. And you were

518
00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:41.359
asking me about my influences earlier. I remember Elder John Mays.

519
00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:44.359
Oh yeah, yeah, when.

520
00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:48.759
He became the pastor of About Christ.

521
00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:53.759
He also played the piano and he was a musical director,

522
00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:56.759
the choir director at the church. He came from before

523
00:31:57.160 --> 00:32:01.759
coming to our right, right, and he was like adamant

524
00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:04.920
about he like really believed that, you know, put all

525
00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:07.759
of your soul, all your feeling, you know, when you

526
00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:09.640
get up and sing, sing like you mean it, when

527
00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:11.160
you play, play like you mean it.

528
00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:13.119
We grew up.

529
00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:16.799
Under those influences right right, you know, And that's one

530
00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:19.200
thing I've carried through all my life. When I play

531
00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:23.000
in nightclubs, when I play on the big stage, everywhere

532
00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.920
I play, I put my heart.

533
00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:27.839
And that comes from.

534
00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:30.079
That comes from Elder John Mays and all the other

535
00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:33.960
you know Mother's missionaries who get up the sing. You know,

536
00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:36.519
a lot of that comes from. But then there's the

537
00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:40.400
academic part also. You know, I studied. I told you,

538
00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:43.279
I started up with Lt. Dukes and more reclined my

539
00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:46.920
piano teachers. I moved here to Columbus to go to school.

540
00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:49.599
I took lessons all my life, learn how to read

541
00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:52.359
music and how to get around on the piano more.

542
00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:57.000
And that comes from studying, you know. So you know,

543
00:32:57.039 --> 00:33:02.240
there's the academic part, and then there's the the inspiration

544
00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.279
of the soul.

545
00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:06.240
And the feel of music part.

546
00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:10.119
You know, you put those two together, you're you know,

547
00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.920
you're saying something mm hmm.

548
00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:16.319
But they they at least need to have that the

549
00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:21.240
disciplined right part of the music and understand how that

550
00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:26.319
works and then allow, you know, but the mood to

551
00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:30.160
get you to add a little dizazz okay.

552
00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:34.400
And some musicians to forget the fact that when people

553
00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:37.440
come out to hear you play, they're coming out for

554
00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.000
a reason.

555
00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.319
You know.

556
00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:41.319
It's almost like you know, you're going to hear a

557
00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:44.400
good sermon. You want to be moved, Yes, you want

558
00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:48.359
to be inspired, And some musicians forget about that. They're

559
00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:51.200
so much into what they want to do and how

560
00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:55.880
they want to play where they just forget about people

561
00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:59.319
listening and they lose their audiences. Yeah, you know, so

562
00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:03.119
you don't want I talk to young people, I always

563
00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:06.279
bring that fact up. I always let them know. You know,

564
00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:08.639
don't forget about the people you're playing. I mean, that's

565
00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:12.440
that's your road to success. Actually, you know, if they

566
00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:14.000
don't like you, they're not going to come out.

567
00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:16.679
And hear you, right, and not going to tell anybody either.

568
00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:19.559
There's one thing about it. It's just like selling a product.

569
00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:23.360
It is a product. Well, you have to you have

570
00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:27.039
to bring the best each time, and you also got

571
00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:30.880
to change it up sometimes to say, Okay, you know

572
00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:33.159
you heard it this way, but I've got a little

573
00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:36.079
something else to put in there and put a new

574
00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:39.840
groove in it, you know, just to you know, make

575
00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:44.519
them scream. Yeah, definitely, definitely.

576
00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.599
Yeah.

577
00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:49.639
Do you think the music industry has changed over the

578
00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:54.199
years and and how do you adapt to it? I mean,

579
00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:58.960
I'm sure as you started and where you are now

580
00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:03.320
and as younger people are now entering, is the music

581
00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:05.800
industry changed a lot?

582
00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.719
Yeah?

583
00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:09.440
It has, it has, and I'm trying to adapt as

584
00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:13.840
much as I can, although I'm not real, I'm not

585
00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:17.159
I'm not so concerned to where I just get caught

586
00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:19.800
up into trying to stay up with what's going on.

587
00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:23.280
But you know, I mean it's so different now then

588
00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:25.119
you know, Like you know, back when I was growing up,

589
00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:28.079
I learned how to play by going out and buying

590
00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:33.079
albums and listening to the radio. Well, there are not

591
00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:36.000
that many people doing that these days, right, Well, you know,

592
00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:39.280
I mean, you know, you have Spotify, you have Apple Music.

593
00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:42.719
You don't listen to the radio as much as you

594
00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:48.079
you know, you listen to Spotify and Apple Music, and

595
00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:50.039
then you know, that's how you that's how you learn.

596
00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:54.559
I learned by listening to albums. I learned by going

597
00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:57.119
and sitting down with my music teachers, and they still

598
00:35:57.159 --> 00:36:00.480
do that today. But you have YouTube. You know, there

599
00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:04.280
are people in Japan and in Australia musicians that I

600
00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:06.760
know that can play like George Benson.

601
00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.559
They never stepped foot into the.

602
00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:15.480
United States, you know, but they learn on a online

603
00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.079
you know.

604
00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.199
The music.

605
00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:20.599
Music industry is different for that reason, and also the

606
00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:24.920
business of the industry is different. You know, we can't

607
00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:29.239
make money like we used to from our recordings because

608
00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:33.000
it's pretty much free now. You know, you used to

609
00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:35.360
have to pay go out and pay for albums, but

610
00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:37.960
you can go on Spotify now.

611
00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:41.159
And just say what twelve dollars a month.

612
00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:46.039
And listen as much to anything, as much as you

613
00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:49.119
as much as you want, right, you know, so where

614
00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:51.480
you know, where's the money for the composer.

615
00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:55.199
It's not that.

616
00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:58.199
Yeah, it's not available like it used to.

617
00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.840
Yeah.

618
00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:01.239
The only way that.

619
00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:03.719
My best way of selling c I still do CDs.

620
00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:07.039
My best way of selling CDs now is like when

621
00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:11.119
I go play a concert somewhere, people might want a CD,

622
00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:13.800
like for a memoir, you know, because it has all

623
00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:16.280
the liner notes, has your pictures.

624
00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.639
Has a CD in it.

625
00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:19.760
You know, you don't get all that when you go

626
00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.960
on Spotify, right right, you know, so it's it's kind

627
00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:26.000
of different. You know, it's been technology has played a

628
00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:28.400
big part in changing music.

629
00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.079
Mm hmmm mm hmm.

630
00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.679
There are probably quite a few other reasons too.

631
00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:38.760
Right, yeah, yeah, I was just I know, the type

632
00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:41.320
of music has changed a lot. But then, like I said,

633
00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:44.719
what's all the tech that's out there? It really is

634
00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:48.400
going to make it difficult for those that are that

635
00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:52.400
are the musicians that h or have composed that music

636
00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:55.960
when you can just go to all these different platforms

637
00:37:55.960 --> 00:38:00.280
and just put the name in and do and they're

638
00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.360
just download of music.

639
00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.840
You know.

640
00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:07.920
Now, there are ways of being successful through the technology

641
00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:10.239
the way technology is right now, which I'm not real

642
00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:12.639
familiar with, but you know, I mean, you know, there

643
00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:15.960
are people going on YouTube on YouTube and they're becoming

644
00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:19.559
big stars. You know, they're getting like millions of likes,

645
00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:22.920
and then they're getting all these deals. These you might

646
00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:25.000
even you probably know more about that than I do,

647
00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:29.000
since technology, but you know, you get all these deals

648
00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:32.800
and you can get recording deals just based on your popularity.

649
00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:37.559
Popularity right on these social platforms.

650
00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:42.440
So yeah, I'm not real familiar with that, but that's

651
00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:46.559
that's another example of how it's changed over.

652
00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:49.800
The years, right, And I mean some of them they're

653
00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:53.760
they're producing themselves. They don't have a producer or anything

654
00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:58.599
like that. So it looks like that, you know, profession

655
00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:01.559
is changing quite Yeah.

656
00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:07.800
Another way it's changed is the approach or the or

657
00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:12.119
the way you perform. It's a lot easier now than

658
00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:14.840
it was when we were growing up. We actually learned

659
00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.599
how to play.

660
00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:16.679
Mm hmmm.

661
00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:21.719
They have keyboards and sequencers and loops now where you

662
00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:24.719
just play one note and then play the groove for

663
00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:29.039
you m in the background music, the rhythms and everything,

664
00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.800
and you put a rap. You just put your own

665
00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:34.280
rap on top of your wrap on top of it.

666
00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:37.360
And if you if you produce it and market it right,

667
00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:40.639
you can you can make millions of dollars. Yeah, you know,

668
00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:42.639
we learned how to We had to learn how to play.

669
00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:46.880
But somewhere in there, I can tell that it's not

670
00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:52.239
quite original, right, right, And you know, when you're when

671
00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:55.760
you're old school like myself, I can tell the difference.

672
00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:58.000
I can tell whether it's pure music or it is

673
00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:03.159
something that has been know introduced with some of the

674
00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:08.400
technology that's out there, I think, and even yeah, you

675
00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:10.679
can make the money, but are you really getting the

676
00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:14.880
joy out of making music itself? If it's to get

677
00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:19.119
a check, then you you're not really enjoying that profession itself.

678
00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:24.480
And so I think they're robbing themselves of the satisfaction

679
00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.199
that they're getting.

680
00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.119
True.

681
00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:31.360
True, you know, everybody's chasing the dollar.

682
00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:32.840
So true.

683
00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:36.800
And one thing another thing I share with young people

684
00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:39.480
when I talk with them, I always tell them to

685
00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:42.760
you know, try your best to keep it real. Mm hmm,

686
00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:45.440
keep it keep it real. I mean, learn how to

687
00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:49.360
play go go practice, learn music theory, learn how to

688
00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:53.840
really sing, you know, I tell them people will just

689
00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:55.760
like what you said. People, there are a lot of

690
00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:58.440
people out there that know the difference, and.

691
00:40:58.400 --> 00:41:00.199
They will appreciate.

692
00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:02.880
You more and you will have more longevity in the

693
00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:04.519
business if you're like I mean, you know, look at

694
00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:09.760
all the people that were like true, just like genuinely

695
00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:14.199
great artists like Michael Jackson and Miles Davis.

696
00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:15.199
I'm talking about.

697
00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:16.880
Innovators, innovators.

698
00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:18.320
Yeah, yeah, I'm talking.

699
00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:20.599
To people that and just look how long they lasted.

700
00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:24.960
Yeah, you know, right, they're in the Hall of Fame

701
00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:27.239
and and they're still playing their music.

702
00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:32.480
You know, they're still playing their music. You know, all

703
00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:35.519
those people kept it real. They were great artists. They

704
00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:40.840
worked on their skill, uh and they perfected it, and

705
00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:43.800
look where they you know, there's there's still great They're

706
00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:47.360
not with us anymore, but there's still great people playing

707
00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:48.239
their recording.

708
00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:49.159
Earth Wind and Fire.

709
00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:52.360
Yeah, earth Wind and Fire, Oh my gosh.

710
00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.719
Yeah.

711
00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:57.400
I mean, you know, you know, that's one of the

712
00:41:57.400 --> 00:42:00.000
things I don't I don't do Spotify or these things

713
00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:04.079
because I've already have the CDs of all the wonderful

714
00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:07.000
artists that we didn't have a choice. You had to

715
00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:08.760
get a CD or you had to get an album.

716
00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:12.440
And so I already have that and they can just

717
00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:17.400
PLoP it in my machine and enjoy great music from

718
00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:21.320
the beginning where they actually really had notes in there.

719
00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:27.159
It wasn't you know some synthesize you know, kind of

720
00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:30.320
like things that and it just makes a difference. It

721
00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:34.199
really makes a difference in what your product is. If

722
00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:36.320
you're proud of your product, you're going to want to

723
00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:39.119
do it from beginning to end. And like I said,

724
00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:41.039
I think so many of them they just want to.

725
00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:46.519
They've got the microwave theory in their lives and one

726
00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:49.559
and everything right now they want to push the button.

727
00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:53.880
You know, thirty seconds there I am. And if you

728
00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:57.320
don't kind of like do the journey, follow the journey,

729
00:42:57.480 --> 00:43:01.960
and enjoy the journey, you really miss the joy of

730
00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:05.639
what it is that you're doing. And like you said,

731
00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:08.519
there's so many miserable people out there, and you don't

732
00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:13.519
understand that. Just the struggle to get that music written

733
00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:16.679
or to get that song done, or whatever it is

734
00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:19.920
that you're doing, that's the whole joy of it, is

735
00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:24.599
that you accomplished it right, and you didn't take shortcuts.

736
00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:29.199
You put the time in and you are in that piece.

737
00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:33.280
You are in that music, you are in the words

738
00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:36.440
that song, or you are in that painting or whatever

739
00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:39.079
it is that you're doing. If you put all of

740
00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:41.519
you in there, you are going to enjoy it because

741
00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:44.280
you know the struggle to make it to the point

742
00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:48.519
of perfection or yes, And that's what a lot of

743
00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:52.400
them are missing. They're missing they don't want to do

744
00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:56.599
the struggle. But the struggles not hard if you let

745
00:43:56.639 --> 00:44:00.800
it flow like it should, right it. But if you're

746
00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:03.760
fighting in every moment because you hate it, you're probably

747
00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:05.519
doing the wrong thing in the person.

748
00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.320
Doing the wrong thing.

749
00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:09.800
Yeah yeah, find something else, find something else to do.

750
00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:16.519
Yeah yeah, yeah, what do you what do you hope

751
00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:21.119
that audiences take away from your performances?

752
00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:29.320
Pretty much more of what they're taking away now, like

753
00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:32.440
maybe on a on a broader on a bigger level.

754
00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:37.079
And you know, and don't get me wrong, my goal

755
00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:40.320
is not to be rich and famous mm hmm, but

756
00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:48.320
I do want to broaden my uh. I want to

757
00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:51.199
I want to get out and play more. And when

758
00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:55.199
I travel, and I travel a lot, I travel backing

759
00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:59.480
up other musicians. I would like to do that on

760
00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:03.320
my own because I feel like I have a lot

761
00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:07.119
to say. Oh yes, and I and I want I

762
00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:09.159
want people to know about that. You know, like I said,

763
00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:12.039
it's not it's not about like making millions of dollars,

764
00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:12.679
you know.

765
00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:13.039
I think.

766
00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:16.679
I just think I have that spiritual responsibility, you know, God,

767
00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:19.800
God gave me the gift. I got the gift from God, Yeah,

768
00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:23.519
for a reason. So I'm just trying to carry out

769
00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:25.039
his will mm hmmm.

770
00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:26.039
You know.

771
00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:29.239
Yeah, And that that's what we're all trying to do.

772
00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:35.320
And when we do that, we enjoy it and and

773
00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:40.800
we we are provided for and we do reach the goals.

774
00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:47.840
And yes, I definitely am saying please do that, Bobby,

775
00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:51.599
because your music talks when you compare it to some

776
00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:55.559
of the noise. I'm sorry it's out there right now.

777
00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:59.320
I can't even listen to it. But when I hear

778
00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:01.519
you playing, and I was like, oh my gosh, I

779
00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:05.119
can actually hear words in the in the music. I mean,

780
00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:09.079
the music itself talks. It tells a story, doesn't even

781
00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:14.280
need any words, it just talks. And you can tell

782
00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:18.199
us coming. It's sending a message from from above, right,

783
00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:19.320
that's important.

784
00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:21.119
Thank you. I appreciate that.

785
00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:25.679
That's true. It all comes from above. Yeah, I'm just

786
00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:29.400
a vessel here. He's flying through me.

787
00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.320
Yeah.

788
00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:31.400
Yeah.

789
00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:35.039
And and and that's what it sounds like. That's what

790
00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:39.039
it sounds like. It it's like a heavenly message coming

791
00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:43.360
from the throne to earth, and you are the conduit

792
00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:46.599
that's bringing that to humanity.

793
00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:49.719
And that sounds like a book that should be written

794
00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:56.760
writing or a song or something, you know.

795
00:46:57.239 --> 00:47:03.039
Yeah, yeah, that's so true. Yeah, is definitely definitely.

796
00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:03.599
So.

797
00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:06.039
Do you have any projects you're working on right now

798
00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:08.320
or do you have any music you're getting ready to.

799
00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:13.480
Yes, I'm always I'm actually I was just telling somebody

800
00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:17.800
the other day I'm doing too much. But yeah, I'm

801
00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:20.400
working on a lot of things. Well, I have concerts

802
00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:24.840
coming up, like over over the next two months. The concerts,

803
00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:30.519
I'm being featured with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra on Rhapsody

804
00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:31.000
in Blue.

805
00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:33.199
Okay, that should be beautiful.

806
00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:39.239
Yeah, and that is I think that's next week. This Thursday,

807
00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:44.559
I'm participating in a concert with like three other top

808
00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:48.800
jazz pianists here in Columbus. And then the theme of

809
00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:54.679
it is a handful of Keys. That's this Thursday. I'm

810
00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:57.800
getting ready to go to Saint Louis and play with

811
00:47:57.880 --> 00:48:04.519
Saint Louis Orchestra with members of the Rolling Stones, and

812
00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:12.000
we're doing a project that it's Chuck Berry's is it

813
00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:16.920
his hundredth birthday, but we're doing a tribute to Chuck

814
00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:18.239
Berry Chuck Berry.

815
00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:18.920
Yes.

816
00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:23.559
How can people find out about all of these things?

817
00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:25.239
Do you have a website or I.

818
00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:28.599
Don't have a website? You know, so I'm not very

819
00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:31.480
good when it comes to keeping I used to have

820
00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:34.400
a website years ago. Back from websites. We're more popular.

821
00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:38.719
I put stuff on Facebook every now and then. Okay,

822
00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:41.079
my daughter does a lot for me.

823
00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:45.480
M hm, she does. She does jazz too. I've heard her.

824
00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:53.280
She's yeah, she's outstanding. So that musical gifting.

825
00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:54.159
Yeah.

826
00:48:54.280 --> 00:48:59.000
Oh, she's my heart. She's my sweetheart. But she you know,

827
00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:03.280
she's like really good when it comes to technology. Okay,

828
00:49:03.400 --> 00:49:05.559
so she kind of keeps me up on everything. She'll

829
00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:09.159
put stuff, She'll put stuff on Facebook and Instagram, and.

830
00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:11.159
Well I'll have to be sure and grab it and

831
00:49:11.239 --> 00:49:15.239
post it so that people know how to be able

832
00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:20.360
to find you and to go somewhere to enjoy your music,

833
00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:22.280
and so I can be in tune so I can

834
00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:25.920
get there also, you know, because I love love great music.

835
00:49:26.719 --> 00:49:29.639
Well, we're going to have to yea get rid of

836
00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:32.000
time I'm coming out.

837
00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:37.599
Yeah, yeah, definitely, Yeah, so I can show up and

838
00:49:37.719 --> 00:49:41.800
just you know, enjoy that music and that time and everything.

839
00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:44.719
But this has really been great, Bobby, because a lot

840
00:49:44.800 --> 00:49:47.360
of people, like I said, they don't understand what it's

841
00:49:47.480 --> 00:49:49.800
like to live your dream, to be doing the thing

842
00:49:50.320 --> 00:49:54.920
that they enjoy most. And being able to talk with

843
00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:59.639
you seeing that you have really you know, lived your dream.

844
00:49:59.800 --> 00:50:04.039
That that has just been wonderful. I appreciate you. I

845
00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:09.400
appreciate you joining me today, and for those that have

846
00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:12.960
been listening, Yes you can have a dream, and yes

847
00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:16.639
you can fulfill that dream. You just have to decide

848
00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:19.599
what that dream is. You're going to put your life

849
00:50:19.679 --> 00:50:22.920
into that dream, and you're going to make that dream happen.

850
00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:26.360
Stop the noise from outside and all the things that

851
00:50:26.400 --> 00:50:30.440
they're trying to stop you from fulfilling your dream. Fulfill

852
00:50:30.760 --> 00:50:33.199
your dream a living great one.

853
00:50:33.880 --> 00:50:34.320
Amen.

854
00:50:34.800 --> 00:50:39.519
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855
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856
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857
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