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Chris Young Music: Behind the Scenes of His Latest Album and the Heartfelt Stories That Inspire Fans. · Takin’ A Walk Nashville

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  Speaker 1: The Taking a Walk Nashville podcast with singer songwriter Sarah Harrelson.
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  Speaker 2: I want people to listen to the whole thing and
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  Speaker 2: take what they want. You leave with what you need
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  Speaker 2: to take with you. It's not up to me now
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  Speaker 2: that it's done. Now, So you listen to the album
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  Speaker 2: and you hopefully fall in love with one of those
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  Speaker 2: songs or all of them.
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  Speaker 3: I don't care. I just want you to enjoy the music.
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  Speaker 4: Hi, this is Sarah Harrelson, your host of Taking a
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  Speaker 4: Walk Nashville. Join me today as they have a conversation
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  Speaker 4: with Chris Young. Chris is named one of Billboard's top
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  Speaker 4: twenty Country artists of the decade. With the love for
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  Speaker 4: the craft which never waivers and a booming baritone that
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  Speaker 4: won't quit, this multi platinum singer songwriter is forever looking
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  Speaker 4: forward with his newest and tenth studio album, I Didn't
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  Speaker 4: Come Here to Leave That released on October seventeenth. This
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  Speaker 4: album release date also coincides with another special milestone, this
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  Speaker 4: Grammy nominated vocalist eighth anniversary of his induction into the
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  Speaker 4: Grand Ole Opry.
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  Speaker 3: Taking a Walk Nashville.
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  Speaker 4: Hi, Chris, thank you so much for being on Taking
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  Speaker 4: a walk Nashville today. How are you.
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing well. How are you?
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  Speaker 4: I'm good? Thank you so much for being here. Let's
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  Speaker 4: talk about your latest and tenth studio album, I Didn't
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  Speaker 4: come here to leave. It was just released on October seventeenth,
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  Speaker 4: and this release date is pretty special because it coincides
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  Speaker 4: with another milestone of yours, which is celebrating your eighth
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  Speaker 4: anniversary of your induction into the grand Ole Opry. Congrats?
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  Speaker 4: What does it mean to be celebrating eight years with
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  Speaker 4: the Obrey?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's incredible.
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  Speaker 2: I can hardly believe that it's been that long that
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  Speaker 2: I've been a member of that family, And incredibly grateful
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  Speaker 2: that they asked me to join and asked.
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  Speaker 3: Me to join Black River for this album.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, all of those things coinciding I couldn't have
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  Speaker 2: I don't think actively planned.
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  Speaker 3: It just sort of fell that way. So it was
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  Speaker 3: really cool.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, And this year we're celebrating one hundred years of
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  Speaker 4: the Opry? Do you have a favorite Grand Ole Opry moment?
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  Speaker 2: Me realizing that I'd picked up vince Gil because he
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  Speaker 2: asked me to join as a member of the grand
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  Speaker 2: Ole Opry, and I had him like up in the air,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm like, I should probably put him down. He's
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  Speaker 2: a Hall of Famer. I probably shouldn't be just like
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  Speaker 2: grabbing people and picking him up.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'm sure it's a special and emotional moment for you,
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  Speaker 4: So I understand that, and congrats again, Chris. I want
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  Speaker 4: to talk more about your new album. There's a lot
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  Speaker 4: of fun anthem songs on it like Pour Some Whiskey
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  Speaker 4: on it and more heartfelt songs like I Hope It's Okay,
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  Speaker 4: and your debut release on your new label, Black River Entertainment,
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  Speaker 4: Till the Last One Dies is out and you co
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  Speaker 4: produced this song with Andy Sheridan. What was it like
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  Speaker 4: going through the production process of this song? What was
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  Speaker 4: your vision for it?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I would see you would have to ask him
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  Speaker 5: and me at the same time, since I did co
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  Speaker 5: produce this, like, I took all my gear down for
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  Speaker 5: any of the studio nerds out there, my Box two
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  Speaker 5: fifty one, my ten seventy three Vintage, and my COO
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  Speaker 5: and B and recorded.
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  Speaker 2: In his home studio all the vocals for this. We
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  Speaker 2: used the same band the entire time. I was so
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  Speaker 2: grateful for those guys for doing all of the sessions
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  Speaker 2: and actually being able to have like one cohesive band,
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  Speaker 2: because I haven't done that in a long time. Normally
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  Speaker 2: it's sort of like piecemeal as you're going through the
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  Speaker 2: process and making a record. It was really really cool
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  Speaker 2: making this record with Andy. He's such a good dude.
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  Speaker 2: Like at one point when we were doing the vocals,
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  Speaker 2: I walked out of his house and his wife was
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  Speaker 2: filming his kids and they were making an action movie.
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  Speaker 3: In the in the front yard of their house.
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  Speaker 2: So it was just a very much dig in make
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  Speaker 2: the record we wanted to make, and we had the
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  Speaker 2: time to do it.
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  Speaker 3: So it was a lot of fun, and it is.
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  Speaker 3: You can't say it's.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, this is the best record I've ever made, It's
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  Speaker 2: my favorite writer that I've ever made. That gets said
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  Speaker 2: a lot, but I would say it is one of
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  Speaker 2: my favorite things that I've ever done.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sure each album that you record is a different
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  Speaker 4: kind of process and each one is special in its
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  Speaker 4: own way. And just listening through this album, there's other
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  Speaker 4: deeply heartfelt songs on this like what would you take?
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  Speaker 4: And just Keep Living? Can you tell us what this
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  Speaker 4: so just keep living means to you?
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  Speaker 3: Just keep living?
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  Speaker 2: Obviously it's about my dad, very very personal and very
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  Speaker 2: meaningful to me. But I do think it's encapsulating of Hey,
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  Speaker 2: even when things are bad, you know, you still got
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  Speaker 2: to push through and see the beautiful things in life
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  Speaker 2: and realize that we're all blessed.
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  Speaker 3: So just keep living.
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  Speaker 4: This song was definitely one of my favorites to listen
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  Speaker 4: to you on the album and pulled up my heart strings.
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  Speaker 4: Is there a particular song on the album you're most
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  Speaker 4: excited for people to hear?
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  Speaker 3: That's one of them, for sure. Obviously the title track.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't come here to leave to pivot into something
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  Speaker 2: that's more up tempo and fun and happy. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just a big party song and a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 2: And then I guess, since that song is about my
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  Speaker 2: dad overcoming cancer, just keep living.
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  Speaker 3: I made a song about my dad.
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  Speaker 2: I had to make a song about my mom because
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  Speaker 2: if I don't mention my dad and my mom, one
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  Speaker 2: of them is going to be mad.
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  Speaker 4: Which one's about your mom then.
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  Speaker 3: Jesus Mama Country Radio, Oh of.
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  Speaker 4: Course it has to be. I love it. So you've
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  Speaker 4: been doing a lot of touring this summer, but I
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  Speaker 4: think your fan should be excited because this winter you
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  Speaker 4: are launching your first ever holiday tour. It must be
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  Speaker 4: Christmas and Acoustic Evening with Chris Young with fifteen headlining
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  Speaker 4: shows running November through December. So fans should definitely look
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  Speaker 4: up on your website if you're in their area for
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  Speaker 4: a special holiday concert. What does Christmas mean to you?
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  Speaker 2: Christmas is one of my favorite times a year, hands down,
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  Speaker 2: and I've never done a Christmas tour before. I've never
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  Speaker 2: done that, and a lot of people have asked for it,
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  Speaker 2: so I was like, Okay, here we go.
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  Speaker 3: I guess this is what we're going to do this year.
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  Speaker 2: And it's funny because I was supposed to be off
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  Speaker 2: most of this year and then this new record label,
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  Speaker 2: Black River Entertainment, stepped up. I took a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: meetings with a bunch of people.
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  Speaker 3: No I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: I canceled all of them after I had the first
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  Speaker 2: meeting with Black River. They are an incredible record label.
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  Speaker 2: Just really felt comfortable with them and decided that's where
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  Speaker 2: I wanted to be. I hit the ground running making
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  Speaker 2: the album, and then I was like, let's do a
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  Speaker 2: Christmas tour.
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  Speaker 3: Let's do it. That'll be fun, It'll be some be
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  Speaker 3: like a bowl on the end of my first year
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  Speaker 3: with that label, so very.
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  Speaker 2: Excited looking forward to those shows, and they're going to
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  Speaker 2: be really cool.
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  Speaker 4: We're excited that you're going to get everyone into the
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  Speaker 4: holiday spirit. Do you have a favorite holiday song you
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  Speaker 4: like to perform?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I would say, for my money, it's probably the Christmas
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  Speaker 2: song the Chestnut.
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  Speaker 3: It's real roasting on it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean that to me, that song is just encapsulating
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  Speaker 2: of the spirit of the season.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, is that one on your It Must Be Christmas album?
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  Speaker 3: It is.
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  Speaker 4: Let's talk about how you have been giving back to
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  Speaker 4: the community since we are on taking a walk Nashville.
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  Speaker 4: So you are a Middle Tennessee State University alum and
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  Speaker 4: a few years ago you gave back to your alma
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  Speaker 4: mater by funding and opening the Chris Young Cafe and
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  Speaker 4: on campus teaching and performance venue for students, which is
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  Speaker 4: so wonderful. And by doing this, what is your hope
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  Speaker 4: for music students that use the space.
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  Speaker 2: One of the things that a lot of people overlook
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  Speaker 2: was when I was coming up and when a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people were coming up in music, they're always constantly
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  Speaker 2: trying to find a place where they can hone their
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  Speaker 2: craft and sometimes that's not a classroom. It's especially for music,
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  Speaker 2: for people that want to be in management, for people
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  Speaker 2: that want to be in photography, videography, whatever that is.
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  Speaker 2: They want a place where they can engage and sort
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  Speaker 2: of learn trial by fire style a little bit, and
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  Speaker 2: they want to be able to do it on their
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  Speaker 2: own terms.
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  Speaker 3: And so I wanted a space that they could utilize
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  Speaker 3: that was.
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  Speaker 2: On campus, especially with the incredible programs that Empty Issue
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  Speaker 2: does have with the Recording Industry program, with a lot
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  Speaker 2: of their other programs that they do there, and so
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  Speaker 2: we transformed that space for them to use. And then also,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'd do several scholarships for MTISSUE. Just growing
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  Speaker 2: up in Murphysboro, I always thought that was important.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's one ful. I'm a Belmont alum,
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  Speaker 4: and I think there's always a lot of funding available
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  Speaker 4: for the Belmont programs, but sometimes not as much for
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  Speaker 4: the MTSU Music Business program. So I am so happy
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  Speaker 4: that this is how you give back to your alma mater.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's wonderful. And since we are on taking
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  Speaker 4: a walk Nashville, and you're kind of a unicorn being
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  Speaker 4: a Murphrey's Borough native, so do you have a favorite
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  Speaker 4: place in Nashville or Murphrey's Borough that you like to
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  Speaker 4: take a walk.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I don't really want anyone finding.
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  Speaker 4: Me, but that's true.
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  Speaker 2: I do every now and then meet and my friends
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  Speaker 2: will go for a hike with our dogs, because I
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  Speaker 2: think everybody in my friend group has a dog at
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  Speaker 2: this point. There's one guy that has a cat.
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  Speaker 3: And you know who you are, Tigram.
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  Speaker 4: What kind of dog do you have?
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  Speaker 2: I have a very very large German shepherd who hates
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  Speaker 2: anyone that rings the doorbell, So just I always like
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  Speaker 2: people to tell me they're coming over first.
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  Speaker 4: Right, Well, there's definitely so many great places in Nashville
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  Speaker 4: to take a walk and to take a hike. What
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  Speaker 4: do you hope for people to take from your new
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  Speaker 4: album when they hear it?
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's interesting because I do have a song
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  Speaker 2: called what would you Take? That very for people to hear,
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  Speaker 2: very very special song. But I would say, you know,
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  Speaker 2: everybody gets so wrapped up sometimes in their music and
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  Speaker 2: they're like, I gotta have this talking point. I gotta
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  Speaker 2: have this one, and I got to do this and
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  Speaker 2: I got to push this thing. I want people to
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  Speaker 2: listen to the whole thing and take what they want.
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  Speaker 2: You leave with what you need to take with you.
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  Speaker 2: It's not up to me now that it's done. All
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  Speaker 2: so you listen to the album and you hopefully fall
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  Speaker 2: in love with one of those songs or all of them.
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  Speaker 2: I don't care. I just want you to enjoy the music.
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  Speaker 2: So I think people leave with what they're going to,
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  Speaker 2: no matter if it's you know, you can spend a
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  Speaker 2: million dollars promoting the record, and you know you see
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  Speaker 2: it with the only thing I know to compare it
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  Speaker 2: to the movies.
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  Speaker 3: You can spend a whole bunch of money making a movie.
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  Speaker 3: You can spend a little bit of money making a movie.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes that little bit of money that you made the
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  Speaker 3: movie with is going to be.
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  Speaker 2: The thing that people gravitate towards, and a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of that is out of your control as a creator,
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  Speaker 2: as an artist, as a person, as a team like
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  Speaker 2: the people that work with me. But I think I
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  Speaker 2: made something really special with this album, so hopefully people
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  Speaker 2: take a whole bunch away with them.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, I definitely think you provoke a lot of different
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  Speaker 4: emotions in this album. Very excited for everyone to hear it. Chris,
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  Speaker 4: thank you so much for being on Taking a Walk
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  Speaker 4: Nashville today. Thank you for being.
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  Speaker 1: Here, absolutely, thank you for the time, Thanks for listening
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