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Unsigned518 - Episode 143 - The Grandstand Jockeys · Unsigned518

• 0:01
  Speaker A: He was born on a Saturday in 73 he loves park rock music, fighting the 13th, jamming in the dazzle rocky now on the bench guitar with a short whip radio back his motherfucking Andy scolding look at motherfucker cuz here he.
• 0:21
  Speaker B: Comes Andy scrolling, wearing his orange welcome to unsigned 518. I am here with the grandstand jockeys, and I guess what we're going to do is, you know, it's not a visual podcast, but we'll start over here to my left, Ron, if you want.
• 0:38
  Speaker C: To just introduce myself, I am Ron, and I am the vocalist.
• 0:43
  Speaker B: I buried the lead.
• 0:47
  Speaker C: No, that's all right. I got a double intro on that one. Yeah, my name's Ron Burris. I'll give you my last name and singer. And the guitarist, rhythm extraordinaire.
• 1:00
  Speaker D: And then I am Morgan Smith, lead guitar and band fool.
• 1:07
  Speaker E: I'm Matt Schwartz. I'm the bass player, as Ron affectionately calls me, the enforcer.
• 1:13
  Speaker F: Mister Beefcake told you that, too. I'm Brian Rex, drums. I just hit stuff. Hopefully it sounds good.
• 1:23
  Speaker E: Dude, I'm not the one in the gym six times a day. Just want to point that out.
• 1:26
  Speaker F: That's evident. That's evident.
• 1:30
  Speaker B: So what we want to do is just go back. Oh, watch it, Calvin. Go back and tell the story of grand San jockeys. And I was saying before we got recording, just kind of how you want to tell the story. So I don't know who wants to take the lead.
• 1:45
  Speaker C: Ron, I guess I'll give you the run on this. So we've been around. We put our first release out in 2021. The project started due to the pandemic. Shifting from one band to another caused a different project to start, which is the grandstand jockeys. I did a bunch of recordings over at multimedia with Dave Parker, and he is an engineer extraordinaire, mixer extraordinaire, and he's done a great job for us. So we did three eps over the course of 21 and 23, and we've kind of been playing gigs since 21 in support of those eps. And we are preparing to do another ep coming up in 2025. Seems like we're slow. We need like a year off in between, but, you know, we get to it eventually, but we're playing a lot, too, so we'll take a little grace with that. But, you know, like, really, we had a period of time where we've had some adjustment with getting the band set up. As anybody knows, when you're in a band, sometimes you lose members. You gain members. But we have finally got our crew together, and they are a majestic crew, if I say so myself. Just look at these felt fellas.
• 3:14
  Speaker F: Wow.
• 3:14
  Speaker C: Right?
• 3:16
  Speaker B: And so we actually met at the fuse box when we played a gig a while ago. And I got thinking and, you know, and I said I didn't have, like, interview questions, but if shit came up. And I do remember that I wanted to ask about the name, because to me, the name Grant sand jockeys sounds kind of like backseat driver or something.
• 3:39
  Speaker C: It's kind of like that. So what it was is the grandstand jockeys. I used to play at a club called Saratoga winners back in the day. So every time we would play a show, there was always a group of individuals that sat back by the foosball table and that. And they would have their arms crossed and they would literally be like, I can do that better. I am the best at this. You guys don't know what you're doing if you only did this, right. So it was always these guys who had all the advice but never did anything. And I always used to look back at him and be like, oh, look at those grandstand jockeys. And that name just kind of stuck. And then I did have the privilege of meeting some people in the industry. Johnny Zezula, who used to manage Metallica because I was friends with Ted Murata from the ominous seapods. And so I tried to pitch him my band back then, and he basically said we sucked. And I was like, wow, that's awesome. And then somehow I had mentioned the name grandstand jockeys when I was down there with him, and he said that was the only good thing that came out of my mouth. And so I held onto it for 20 years, and then I brought it out, and here we are today.
• 5:01
  Speaker B: I almost thought you were gonna be like. He was like, yeah, I love the name. I'm taking it, you know?
• 5:07
  Speaker C: Cause at the time, I played in a metal band, and we were just trying to get. I mean, he was Johnny Zazula, he's gonna hook us up. And he was like, I listened to your album, and I'm like, here comes. He's gonna give us the love. He's like, you suck. I'm like, wow.
• 5:22
  Speaker B: Yeah, wow.
• 5:23
  Speaker C: But I mean, I was used to that back, right? Back in the day. I mean, I remember sending out to every record company that was out there, and we would get denial after denial, and we even got some that would say, you should stop playing music and focus on a day job career. And I'd be like, male model, right? It always made you feel warm and fuzzy. I think the meanest one we ever got was from sub pop records. You know, they said the dream was over, and I was like, oh, wow. Wow, that's a good one.
• 5:55
  Speaker B: Go fuck yourself, sub pop.
• 5:57
  Speaker C: Although I still want to play on sub pop. Like, if they wanted to sign me today, I'd be like, all forgiveness.
• 6:05
  Speaker B: I don't know. I was at the airport in Seattle a couple years ago, and sub pop had, like, a airport store.
• 6:12
  Speaker C: I've heard about that.
• 6:13
  Speaker B: And I was, like, lame. But, I mean, I loved it back in the day. Maybe I'm just old and crusty.
• 6:20
  Speaker C: They're not the same sub pop as.
• 6:22
  Speaker B: They used to be, and we're, you know, we're the same age, which is.
• 6:26
  Speaker C: Right, right.
• 6:26
  Speaker B: So we experience things in the same lens, I guess.
• 6:32
  Speaker C: Right, absolutely.
• 6:33
  Speaker B: Which brings me to my next question that I said I wasn't going to have the music style. Like, clearly has, like, an alternate, like, an alternative rock. But, like, how much with the four of you now, does everybody have for, like, input on style, like, stylistically on.
• 6:57
  Speaker C: The songs, so on the new material that we're doing now and even before that. So, like, as soon as everybody came into the band, the one thing that I like to do is I want everybody to feel comfortable. So if they want to alter things slightly, so long as it sounds good, that's where we go with it. But on the new stuff, everybody writes their own lines. So we come in with ideas. We sit down, we work on them. We did one a couple days ago over at Morgan's house. We worked on four of them in an eight by ten room. Matt got to have his eardrum rearranged by a symbol that was less than, like, an inch away from it, which was wonderful. I'm surprised he can hear anything we're talking about right now. Oh, he's here hanging. Take the microphone to tell him that.
• 7:46
  Speaker E: I still have ringing in my ear from the symbol. Brian. So thank you.
• 7:50
  Speaker F: No problem.
• 7:51
  Speaker E: And, yeah, that was a lot of fun, gotta say.
• 7:53
  Speaker F: Yeah, I think. Ron, weren't you trying to play with a certain canine?
• 7:58
  Speaker C: Oh, yeah. Morgan's dog, Ivan the terrible, was coming in and whipping me in the most sensitive of areas with his tail as. And there was nowhere I could go to avoid it. It's like a shift left, still getting it up, shift right, getting hit still. I'm like, oh, my God. I don't know what the hell's going on here.
• 8:20
  Speaker B: Speaking of dog, I'm gonna get video right with Calvin.
• 8:24
  Speaker C: That's it. He's not. At least he's not whipping me in the ding dong.
• 8:27
  Speaker B: No. I mean, two years ago, I wouldn't have been able to say, no, you're fine. Because two years ago, he probably would have just charged and jumped. He's calmed down.
• 8:38
  Speaker C: That's good. I'm glad that he's calmed down for my sake.
• 8:40
  Speaker B: That's a wonderful thing to be very excited.
• 8:43
  Speaker C: He seems like a wonderful boy.
• 8:44
  Speaker B: He is a wonderful boy.
• 8:46
  Speaker F: As far as that.
• 8:47
  Speaker E: He just stopped chewing his bone for a second. He's like, bitches. You talking about?
• 8:50
  Speaker B: He knows. And I always say, you know, he's the dog. Like, there's no dog that knows as many five, one eight bands as Calvin. Because every exposed, every episode, he does exactly this. Except, and I've talked about it before, there is some people that Calvin leaves the room for and just disappears. And we. I will not see them the entire time. And like, it's not a great. Not a great sign.
• 9:18
  Speaker C: A good look on the music.
• 9:19
  Speaker B: Not a great sign. This is. This is great. You know, he's like, in the room chilling.
• 9:23
  Speaker C: He's hanging out. He's one of the guys.
• 9:25
  Speaker B: Well, there's literally been bands that have come in and Calvin just fucking disappears. And I'm like, ooh, he does not like, you guys know?
• 9:34
  Speaker C: Dogs know.
• 9:37
  Speaker B: So, you know, I think we're gonna play. Are we? I think you guys are gonna play a live song a little later on in the show. Right now, is there a tune from the grandstand jockeys that we wanna play for, folks?
• 9:51
  Speaker C: So right now we have a single out. We have a video for it on YouTube. We actually have two songs with videos out. So if you go to YouTube, you can check out our videos. But this song. Brian, why don't you introduce the song now?
• 10:06
  Speaker F: Yeah, this is gone. This song is killer. We had a great time. Where were we? Down in Cairo, Selkirk area and old house. Made a cool video. And, yeah, check it out. It's on YouTube. Another song on YouTube with the videos better days that's been around. Think we just hit the thousand mark the other day.
• 10:25
  Speaker C: We just got the one k, which is exciting. I know it's a small milestone, but for anybody, I'm like, yeah, did the little happy dance.
• 10:33
  Speaker F: Oh, yeah, that's a great tune. But. But, yeah, this is gone. It smokes. We play it live every show, and it always goes over well. So check it out.
• 10:41
  Speaker C: Hope you enjoy it.
• 10:42
  Speaker B: And so what I'll do is I'll also link to the YouTube page and the videos on the show notes for the episode. So if you're listening, just, you know, click on the. On the show notes and go check out the video. And right now we're going to hear the song. This is gun the grand sand jockeys. And then we'll be right back.
• 11:00
  Speaker C: Rock on. Got nothing to say I got nothing to do.
• 11:14
  Speaker G: I ain't looking to fight, at least not with you. We can go all night, we can go all day word trap like bombs, bombs away he don't fail me now I'm on the road no need to worry no I don't have a gun because fail me now I'm on the run no need to worry no I don't have a gun.
• 12:06
  Speaker C: I got nothing.
• 12:07
  Speaker G: To gain I got nothing to lose when I see you I don't know what to do. We can go all night, we can go all day we can do what you want, what you want from me don't fail me now I'm on the run no need to worry, no I'm on the run no need to worry no I don't ever go, no.
• 13:02
  Speaker B: I.
• 13:03
  Speaker G: Don'T ever go no.
• 13:09
  Speaker C: I don't ever.
• 13:10
  Speaker G: Go, no don't ever go.
• 13:28
  Speaker C: He don't.
• 13:29
  Speaker G: Fail me now I'm on the run no need to worry no, I don't have a gun you don't fail me now I'm on the run no need to worry, no I don't ever go know I know I'm gonna go I don't ever know.
• 14:53
  Speaker B: All right, so that was good. The grand San jockeys. And, you know, we were saying while we were listening to the song that, you know, you obviously, you've been playing around Albany a lot. You've been doing a bunch of gigs. But you not only play in Albany, you've been kind of expanding your, your reach.
• 15:08
  Speaker C: That's right. We play regionally. We have a nice little circuit that we've started playing in. We're going to share this burden right now. And like. So we played Buffalo, New York City, Syracuse, Boston. We hit Burlington, right? Did we say Burlington already?
• 15:25
  Speaker F: Poughkeepsie.
• 15:26
  Speaker C: Poughkeepsie, Philadelphia. And where else are we going? We got Beantown a lot. Three times coming up in Beantown. And we're really excited about playing New York City, too, which is. Took us two years to get another gig in New York City. So we've been regionally traveling out to Buffalo and then down as far as New York City and Philadelphia and over to Boston pretty much for two years now.
• 15:55
  Speaker B: And now. So for other local bands, you know, because there's obviously, like, different tiers. I was also saying before we recorded, like, you know, my band, we don't want to travel to Philadelphia or Boston. We just want to play locally, you know, and whatever. But, like, obviously there's bands that want to, you know, there's local bands that travel out to California and Oregon and regional. But, like, how, like, how do you start to make that happen? I guess, like, it's hard enough getting gigs where you, like, know people in an area, but how do you get.
• 16:29
  Speaker F: A fucking gig just to. Just to Ron's horn? He is. He's the leader of this band. There's no doubt. And he is relentless.
• 16:39
  Speaker C: Yeah, no, what it gets down to is you have to constantly. It's like a 24 hours a day job. You're constantly looking to see what bands you see in different areas that are similar to you. And if you see bands that are similar to you, you can then go, oh, that club is going to play somebody like us. We're going to have an opportunity. So then we've taken the time to put together a professional package that we hand to people. We have an EPK, you know, we went out, we get professional folks photographs, we have our videos. And this is all stuff that you provide off to these places. And the more professional you can present, the easier it is to walk in and get a gig.
• 17:21
  Speaker B: So you do hit the venues, like, more than, like, some of the bands?
• 17:25
  Speaker C: Yeah, no, for me, I am. I end up going after the venues most of the time because the theory is, is I don't know, a lot of the bands in their I area, I'm new. It's a brand new thing. So what I have to rely on is a venue lining us up with other bands that are going to help us spread our word out there. And then it really just comes down to playing, showing up and playing. And so it's a lot of fun. We love packing up the van and going for a ride. We try and make sure that, you know, we give everything we got every time we go out there because you never know. Even if it's not the greatest draw, which you can go out of town and still not have the greatest draw, but you can go out of town and have a crazy good night. You'll be like, wow.
• 18:19
  Speaker B: And you never know those venues that are going to have that built in crowd that just want to see original live music, and they're going to show up. Like, it'd be like, I've never heard of these guys. Cool let me go check them out.
• 18:29
  Speaker C: Right. And it helps your plane, to tell you the truth. It really does help you. There's something about packing up a van, taking all your equipment, wedging your asses in the van. You know, people are cutting cheese all over the place, and, you know, you have to go with each other to each. I mean, we drove through a blizzard out to Buffalo earlier this year. It was in January. Like, everybody around here had no power. We saw, like, 15 cars off the road. We started videotaping it. We were like, oh, this is our entertainment on the way there.
• 19:03
  Speaker E: Like a seven mile stretch.
• 19:05
  Speaker C: Yeah, right. It was a little stretch, and. But we. You know, we made it out there. We got to play the gig. It was a very good experience, and it helped us play better. And now we have a foot in the door out in Buffalo, so now we can return back out there and do other shows, and. And that's really the model of it. Sometimes you play a venue out of town. It doesn't go so well, and you don't go back to that venue. You try and find another one. But you just have to be tenacious and just continue.
• 19:35
  Speaker F: And the jug gave us a chance out in Syracuse. We went out and had a good show out there. And now we're going out there again.
• 19:42
  Speaker C: Yep. We did the jug. We have places out there like the double down in New York City. That was our. Somebody's phone just went off in Calvary. I think it's my phone that went off.
• 19:55
  Speaker B: Is it? Because that's. That's the sound that my phone makes when someone's at the front door.
• 19:59
  Speaker C: Yeah, and that's the sound that it makes when someone's at my front door. And guess what? Someone was at my front door.
• 20:04
  Speaker B: Well, I can see my front door, and I'm like, what the fuck is.
• 20:07
  Speaker C: I know I can't see my front door. It is quite a few miles away from here.
• 20:13
  Speaker F: Yeah, but to answer your question, you know, he's. He's relentless at hunting these places down and making multiple attempts to try and get in the door. And then, like you said, once you do get an opportunity, you gotta go. You gotta be professional. You gotta show up. You got to kick as much ass as you can in your 30 minutes, and that's all you can do.
• 20:32
  Speaker C: And you have to practice. Practice. Make sure you go up there, give the people good show. People want a good show.
• 20:38
  Speaker B: What do you like? You know, because I'm a. My day job is. I'm a social media manager, so, like, it really helps you know, with the band and the podcast.
• 20:49
  Speaker C: Right.
• 20:49
  Speaker B: Can, you know.
• 20:50
  Speaker C: Right. You're familiar with the stuff?
• 20:51
  Speaker B: Familiar with it. But, like, do you do something like, if you're. If you have a gig coming up around here.
• 20:58
  Speaker C: Yep.
• 20:59
  Speaker B: And, you know, you obviously have people that are gonna show up for you. You know, you have fans, you have people here. Do you approach it differently if you're out in a market that you like? May not have, you know, a single person that knows of you? Like, how do you get someone there?
• 21:16
  Speaker C: We typically approach all of them the same way. Wherever we invest in our band, this is our business. Right. So we invest back into us. We will go and do, like, targeted ads for, like, Facebook or an Instagram for the geographic area that we're going to play. So if we're playing Syracuse, we'll inundate that area with these ads on Facebook and Instagram and TikTok. And, you know, we're using social media as much as possible to drive up as much as you can. Yes, because you can get into the system and you can. Oh, I want to do right around this area. And usually what I'll do is I'll do like 50 miles from the club. Yeah, 50 miles around the club. Because that's when you're going to get a pretty broad. You know, for example, if you're playing Albany, 50 miles gets you up to Lake George. Right. So you have a pretty wide swath of people that are going to get to hear that you are around. They see you, they become exposed with your name, even if it doesn't hit on the first time. If you continue to do this, it ends up hitting because they see your name, the more they see your.
• 22:24
  Speaker B: And they see your face to your face. Like, that's, you know, for anybody listening that wants to, like, you know what Ron's talking about with, like, the targeting stuff is like, you know, on Instagram and Facebook, you can, you know, pay. It's usually like, you can do a sliding scale.
• 22:40
  Speaker C: I got $5.
• 22:41
  Speaker B: Yeah. And then you can choose where geographically people are going to see it.
• 22:47
  Speaker C: Absolutely. So you find. And then you can refine your audience so that you're hitting an age demographic, you can style of music, people who are interested in live concerts. So, I mean, I spend a lot of time, once we get the gig, making sure that we have proper social media presence in that area, and they'll.
• 23:10
  Speaker B: See you and they become familiar with, you know, and that that will drive somebody. And then they get excited when they show up and they're like, oh, shit, that's a dude I've been looking, you know, I've been seeing on social media.
• 23:20
  Speaker F: For weeks, you know, and we network, too. When we're. When we're at these places, whoever's the booker, we make sure we shake their hands. We meet all the other bands. Yeah, we've played shows at the chance. And, like, CKY.
• 23:31
  Speaker C: Yeah.
• 23:33
  Speaker F: Rick Shaw's.
• 23:34
  Speaker C: Yeah. Burger patrol.
• 23:36
  Speaker F: Like all these. All these great bands.
• 23:37
  Speaker C: Rickshaw, Billy's, fur patrol. Right. And then we also did crobot. And, like, we've had a good one. A lot of Nash.
• 23:44
  Speaker F: We still talk to some of those guys in those bands just from, you know, running in the same circles, and then you start to create a little buzz.
• 23:51
  Speaker C: And that's another thing. If you're a band and you're playing outside of this area, other bands that are playing outside of this area, they notice you. So you're. It's not only are you getting your face out there for the audience, you're getting it out there for the musical community. So people go, oh, we started playing in Boston at one venue. We're playing three different venues in Boston now. So Boston has become kind of like our second home. We play almost as much in Boston as we do in Albany, and people are getting to know who we are out there. And it helps us here, too, because then people here, well, they just came back from Boston and they had a good run. Let's go see what's going on.
• 24:36
  Speaker B: And it'll also, like, if there's Boston bands, even if they're like a band that doesn't have connections, like, you can literally be like, hey, I'll be your connection. Like, let's set up a fucking gig.
• 24:46
  Speaker F: Happens all the time.
• 24:47
  Speaker C: Absolutely right gigs.
• 24:50
  Speaker F: Right. Or a lot of bands will recommend clubs, too, that we haven't either heard of or thought of. And, oh, if you're gonna check out.
• 24:59
  Speaker C: This, when you do get talking with the other bands, they'll be like, hey, there's this venue you should check out. It probably work better for you guys. And you're like, oh, all right, thanks. That's how you keep it moving.
• 25:10
  Speaker B: So I love that. And like I said, I mean, it's behind the Miss Pac man machine on the banner. But I have a new podcast called the Unsigned Unwind, which is, you know, I've had. It's all over the phone, but I had band from, like, Detroit, Portland, Oregon, like, you know, places all over the place.
• 25:29
  Speaker C: Sure.
• 25:29
  Speaker B: And it's just kind of that same thing to find out what their scene is like, from them. And the idea is, you know, a couple years down the road, if it's still going, there'll be bands that'll know.
• 25:41
  Speaker C: Of each other, because traditionally that's how it's always worked, is they get playing along, and then other bands will know about the really good bands before the regular people do. You'll all of a sudden, you'll be like, hey, man, you got to look out for this band coming through. These guys are crazy.
• 25:56
  Speaker B: Don't listen to the suits, listen to the bands.
• 25:59
  Speaker C: Right? And that's it. Usually those guys know what's going on and, you know, but that's what we're trying to do this as a career and expand it. And so traveling is just part of the game.
• 26:12
  Speaker B: So, you know, at this point, I think we should hear a live song. And you wanted to play this because this is. I'm gonna be the first person to like, well, actually. And everybody fucking listening too, but like that. To ever hear this. Like, this is not a recorded song. This is a brand new song.
• 26:30
  Speaker C: You may have been able to hear it live at a concerte, but not exactly the same way because we've played it, I think, maybe a dozen times now out live, because, you know, you always want to get your footing with a song before you present it anywhere. But we're getting ready to go in in 2025, and we're going to record a bunch of songs. I think we have about 17 songs that we're getting ready to rock out, but this is one of the ones that felt good right out of the gate. Everybody grabbed it, and everybody seems to enjoy it, so we hope. Hope your listeners enjoy it, too.
• 27:04
  Speaker B: All right, so we're gonna give the grand sand jockeys just a second. Get ready. And it's gonna get real fucking loud in the dazzle den as they perform evermore live in the studio. And then we'll be right back to wrap it up with the grandstand jockeys.
• 27:29
  Speaker A: Woke up in the middle of a heated fight devil asked me how I like my life what did you say? What did you say? I don't know but things are about to change there's no more time make up your mind what? Beyond that soul pepper bow pepper mo 6ft down below someday that's exactly where I go what did you say? What did you say? Devil already bought people make up your mind what do you do? We find another statue. Time all the foam, feather ball, pepper.
• 29:06
  Speaker G: Boba Bonjennae, Sadeena make up your mind.
• 29:46
  Speaker A: Worthy of that go remind another suture time. All the ever more.
• 30:02
  Speaker G: Evermore.
• 30:05
  Speaker A: Ever more evermore evermore.
• 30:32
  Speaker B: All right, that was evermore. The grand San jockeys live here in the dazzle den. That was fucking awesome. I really dug that. That was super cool. So I want to thank you guys for coming out. Not only coming out, but, you know, bringing your instruments and doing a live rock show here in the dazzle den. And before we go, I just want to give you all, each individually a chance to say what I refer to as your gratitude. So, Ron, we'll start with you.
• 30:58
  Speaker C: Well, you know, first we want to thank you at unsigned 518 for having us.
• 31:03
  Speaker B: Absolutely.
• 31:03
  Speaker C: This was an awesome time. We had a great time doing this. Anybody who gets an opportunity, they should come over here and do this. It's fabulous. We have a beautiful area that we're sitting in, and we get to make lots of noise and talk about wonderful music. Really, the people I want to thank is everybody. I want to thank the band members. I mean, sometimes bands forget to thank each other, and I like thanking my guys all the time, because without them, I can't go out there and do it. So it's awesome. I want to thank anybody who comes out to our shows. I want to thank all the clubs like Empire Live and Mike Valeni, you know, Ralph Rena. These are all our good buds and friends, and we've had some good hookups. I'm sure I'm missing out on a million people. I can name a million other bands and everything else, but, yeah, I want to thank everybody who's ever supported us. I'm a pass this off right now over to Mister Matthew Beefcake Schwartz.
• 32:11
  Speaker E: Well, I just, first of all, want to thank unsign 518 for having us in. Thank you. You're welcome. You know, I do want to thank the people who come out and support us on a constant basis. I know I have a group of friends who show up at a lot of our shows. Rob, Michelle, and the people you bring. Thank you. You know, I have family who will come out and friends in other cities because I grew up actually out in the central part of the state in Oswego, New York. And so my friends who are still out there and musicians, they come out and see us when we come play in Syracuse. And so a lot of thanks to those people who show up for us constantly. And I'd also like to thank the band. I'm the newest member of the band, and it's been awesome just being in this band, being a part of this group, and the fact that they brought me in. I have a lot of gratitude where that's concerned that, you know, I always played in cover bands before this and cover bands for me, it gets old, you know, you're just playing the same stuff over and over again, and when you get into an original thing that is just outstanding, like the grandstand jockeys, it's just a lot of fun. And, you know, I just. I'm really appreciative of being in this band, so. Morgan.
• 33:29
  Speaker D: Yo, it's Morgan here. So I'd like to also go off of what Ron and Matt said. Yeah, I'm the baby of the band. As Brian sane, the youngest guy here, I do want to thank, again, unsigned 518. Thank you so much for having us. I really appreciate it. I love the dazzle then. It's very awesome.
• 33:48
  Speaker B: Thank you.
• 33:48
  Speaker D: Thank you. And I also want to thank my band members. You guys are amazing individuals. I love writing songs with all you guys, putting your own inputs in. It's a very good communal effort, I think. And I think we're rocking the roof off the place. I also want to thank all the other local promoters and shows again, the Empire live and all the other places that we played out of state, like the Jug and Midway cafe down in Boston. That place is awesome. I also want to thank my bosses at parkway music because they let me take all the crazy time off to go do stupid shit and hop in a van with a bunch of dudes and fart and make stupid jokes and run smoking weed half time.
• 34:25
  Speaker C: Amen.
• 34:28
  Speaker D: Yeah. And then obviously want to thank my father for introducing me to music. He was start off in blacksmith. I played Sonic sacrifice with him. He introduced me, taught me everything I knew how to play music, and I apply it to Vista Bandhead and every band I'm in. Thank you so much again, guys. Here's Brian Rex.
• 34:48
  Speaker F: Boy, these guys are sappy, aren't they? Oh, my God. I think I'm shedding a tear over here. It's a great group. We bust on each other. We have a good time. We generally. I can't remember, like, literally any sort of arguing that was substantial. It's just. It doesn't happen, you know? But thanks for having us. Definitely. Thanks for having us come in and, you know, these guys covered a lot of stuff. The only thing I'll say is doing. Doing original music and getting out there and playing in these clubs, it's. It's not easy, as you know. It's a grind. It can be deflating sometimes, you know, crowd, light crowd or whatever. But at the end of it, you almost. You really wouldn't be doing anything else, because this is. This is what we do, you know? So to the people that do come out and support, not just us, but all the local bands, original music, regional bands that come through, it means a lot because it's. Everybody's got a busy schedule and, you know, for people to make time to come out and check us out and buy merch and, you know, even give us a, like on social media and all that stuff, you know, it definitely.
• 35:57
  Speaker C: Means a lot, so.
• 35:58
  Speaker F: But thanks a lot for having us.
• 36:01
  Speaker B: So they are the grand San jockeys. I am Andy Scullen. This is unsigned 518. I'll see you on the road. Unsigned 518 is produced and hosted by me, Andy Scullen. New episodes are available every week wherever you stream podcasts. If you'd like to help support the show, please like and subscribe wherever you are listening. Or you could buy me a coffee@buymeacoffee.com. unsigned 518 if you would like to advertise on the show, send me an email at unsigned 518 mail.com. and to be a guest on the show, reach out to me through Instagram. Unsigned 518. Take care of one another, and I'll see you next week.
• 36:43
  Speaker G: Andy Scullen.
• 36:46
  Speaker C: Andy Scullin.