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DAYDRNKRZ · Caught on the Mike...

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  SPEAKER_02: Disclaimer, the views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.
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  SPEAKER_02: Listener discretion is advised.
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  SPEAKER_02: Today we're diving into the world of daydreamers, an alternative legging-infused hip-hop band out of Atlanta that's pushing down our boundaries with an effective rhythm to laid back lives and raw energy.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_02: Day drinkers is quickly carving out their own lanes with music that hits hard and grooms even harder.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_02: And their new album, XOXO, takes listeners through the highs and lows of love, life, and self-growth, all wrapped up in that signature Daydrinkers vibe.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_02: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Caught on the Mike.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_02: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Caught on the Mic.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_02: And let me tell you, this one has been a long time coming.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_02: I've been following these guys for a while on Instagram, and they have been following me back, and I have really enjoyed their music.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_02: More importantly, I've enjoyed their name.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_02: Day drinkers are joining me on the Caught on the Mic today.
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  SPEAKER_02: JK, Ronnie, and Brian.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_02: Guys, how the hell are you doing?
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_02: Doing good.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_02: Great.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you for having us.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_02: Oh man, it is my pleasure.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_02: Um, these guys are associated with the SKP family.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_02: If you're not familiar with who SKP is, make sure you give SKP-io a follow on Instagram.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_02: Some of my most favorite bands in the world, the Reese Brothers 311, Nick Hexham Solo, much more.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_02: Check them out as soon as you can.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_02: Guys, let's just cut to the chase and let's get right into it.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_02: Let's start with the name Daydrinkers.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_02: It's bold.
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  SPEAKER_02: What's the story behind it?
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_02: And how does it capture who you guys are as a band?
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_01: Honestly, wanted something just different and simple, kind of one word, and um yeah, it's it there's not much more behind it than that.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_01: I figured it would it would ruffle some feathers and it definitely would be uh wouldn't be forgotten.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_02: Well, I mean, given given some southern roots, you guys are not like you you're not uh I would say shy about the climate of where you're from.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, I like to drink during the day if I'm in warm weather.
• 3:00
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, and I'm a guy that doesn't even drink.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_02: So, you know.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_02: There you go.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_02: Well, you guys came together through a random occurrence with a mutual friend.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_02: Let's take me back to Atlanta.
• 3:16
  SPEAKER_02: How did the band come together and what clicked musically that made you guys say, yeah, this is the sound?
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_01: You kind of formed in 2021, started with a concept of just that that good vibes, beach kind of music.
• 3:31
  SPEAKER_01: But uh wanted to do it with a different twist, especially being from the ATL.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_01: I wanted some 808s, I wanted to bring a side of hip-hop to it that hadn't really been done.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_01: A lot of the bands I listened to, I noticed some of their bigger songs were ones where they featured a hip-hop artist or they added some of those elements in there.
• 3:53
  SPEAKER_01: Um that's kind of where the concept was born from it, and of course, spending so much time at the beach and in that lifestyle.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_02: So, you know, JK kind of birthed this project, and Ronnie and Brian, you guys came on later.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_02: Why don't you guys kind of share your experience coming into the fold?
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  SPEAKER_00: As mentioned, you know, we had a mutual friend Joe who kind of connected us all together.
• 4:20
  SPEAKER_00: And uh one day Joe called me up and said, Hey, you've got to check this guy, JK, out.
• 4:25
  SPEAKER_00: He's got a project called Day Drinkers.
• 4:28
  SPEAKER_00: Um what do you think about the music?
• 4:31
  SPEAKER_00: And when I listened to it, I fell in love with it immediately and asked Joe, I said, Hey, do you think your friend would be interested in maybe doing like an EDM remix?
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_00: Because some of my roots uh go back into the EDM production space.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_00: And so we we agreed to do that, and that was kind of my first entry into it uh ahead of our first show in 2024.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, for me it was um uh Joe called me and was like, hey man, it uh it's this group.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_03: They're trying to do this thing, they're trying to revamp like the sound and things like that.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like, well, who?
• 5:04
  SPEAKER_03: Like you're saying this who I'm they know, like I'm about like this.
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_03: It's like I'll be I have to get stuff together.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_03: So in my head.
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  SPEAKER_03: So um he said it was called Daydream.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_03: Because I was like, the fuck?
• 5:17
  SPEAKER_03: Like, I was like, wait, whoa.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_03: When I met the guys, um, I heard the music first and I only heard the backing tracks, and I was like, I don't even know what the songs sound like, I just know what the beat sounds like, you know.
• 5:31
  SPEAKER_03: So when I heard the songs, I was like, oh yeah, this is dope.
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_03: I rock with this like all the way.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_03: So I've been here since.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love that.
• 5:39
  SPEAKER_02: And you know what's crazy?
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  SPEAKER_02: And maybe it's just because I've been more attuned to it, but I had a guest on, and the episode hasn't dropped yet.
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_02: But I've noticed personally in 2025, there's been a re-emergence of like neo-soul, neo reggae, neo-funk.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_02: And I think it's just because people want to feel good again.
• 6:02
  SPEAKER_02: You know, they they want to listen to music and use music as a form of escapism.
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  SPEAKER_02: Are you guys noticing the same thing, being that you're performing in this space?
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  SPEAKER_02: I a hundred percent.
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, a hundred percent.
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_01: Um, it feels like that's some of our bigger songs, too, is the more upbeat, happy ones, fun ones.
• 6:22
  SPEAKER_01: And uh, I don't know.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, that's what draws me to the genre itself.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_01: It's just I listened to it year round, it's just feel good.
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, lift your spirits.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I think we had a long era long enough of that sad stuff going on.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_03: Where everybody saw it was broken.
• 6:37
  SPEAKER_03: Nah.
• 6:41
  SPEAKER_02: Well, your bio mentions bands like Dirty Heads, 311, Sublime, and much more.
• 6:46
  SPEAKER_02: How do those influences show up in your music?
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  SPEAKER_02: And where do you feel that you've carved out your own lane?
• 6:53
  SPEAKER_01: The first time I ever heard Sublime, I was just mesmerized, just like, what is this?
• 7:00
  SPEAKER_01: This is dope.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, I mean, same with 311.
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  SPEAKER_01: I was hooked as a kid listening to them.
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  SPEAKER_01: I love the way they meshed all the sounds together, and there was no uh there was no barriers, there was no walls, it was just anything goes.
• 7:15
  SPEAKER_01: Um kind of the same with that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like the first time I heard Dirty Heads, that was that hip-hop element.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_01: I'm like, these two dudes are rapping over these SoCal beats and the SoCal like reggae music.
• 7:31
  SPEAKER_01: I'm like, that is fire.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_01: So I feel like we kind of started implementing, and we're still carving out the process, but we have that southern flavor that I guess we just can't get away from anyway.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_01: So it kind of sets us apart from everybody else, especially growing up.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I should the guys can they had their influences, but you know, outcast and goodie mob, people like that.
• 7:54
  SPEAKER_01: It's yes big time.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_01: Big it's deep in us.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_02: Well, let's let's just let's dig into that just for a moment.
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  SPEAKER_02: Each one of you, real quick, and I know this might take a second for you guys to kind of think about it.
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  SPEAKER_02: Who's somebody that an audience wouldn't expect influenced you for this project that you kind of bring to the table?
• 8:18
  SPEAKER_03: Drumming style for me was um church.
• 8:23
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, it was it was church, like steady, hard-hitting, you know, solid.
• 8:29
  SPEAKER_03: That's how that's just my influence to the actual genre that we're you know dabbling with.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_03: Bringing that.
• 8:37
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and I I think one of my early mentors in in the music industry, uh Kenny Hawkins, uh, he was lead guitarist for Rick James, and he sat down with me for years, just teaching me uh different things to do musically as well as on the engineering and production side that's been invaluable.
• 8:57
  SPEAKER_00: And I think a lot of that funk influence plus a lot of the RB, definitely a lot of down south hip-hop music uh influenced me.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_00: I did that for quite some time here in the Atlanta market as well.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: All those things kind of culminated together.
• 9:11
  SPEAKER_00: I'm definitely the police.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I love the bluesiness of like the doors, and then of course, hip-hop.
• 9:19
  SPEAKER_01: I'm a little hip-hop head, blowpocked, like them all.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_01: And then, of course, you know, tying in the heavier riffs and stuff, like like 311 those in with that, you know, reggae undertones.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_02: It I don't know, it does it for me.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_02: You know, one of my most uh fascinating pods that I've ever recorded is with a DJ and producer from your guys' area, Soul Messiah, and he has worked with absolutely everybody, and it just reminds me of how much great hip hop comes from the ATL.
• 9:58
  SPEAKER_02: Like, it's insane, and I don't think Atlanta gets the flowers that they should.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_02: You know, everybody talks about the West Coast and the East Coast, but realistically, Atlanta's been holding it down longer than anybody.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_02: Like both of those other I yeah, I'm I'm throwing shade to the East and West Coast, sorry, but both of those other markets have moments where they kind of fade out, but Atlanta's been consistent.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_03: Why is that?
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_03: I think it's the melting pot effect, man.
• 10:29
  SPEAKER_03: It's like you meet more people from other places here in Atlanta than you do people from Atlanta.
• 10:35
  SPEAKER_03: So it's like everybody's coming here.
• 10:38
  SPEAKER_03: It's you kind of get southernized when you get here, because I did the same thing.
• 10:41
  SPEAKER_03: I'm not from here either.
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_03: I'm from Minneapolis.
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_03: So when I got here, I was like, everybody saying shouty and all this stuff like that.
• 10:48
  SPEAKER_03: And I'm like, but I'm taller than you.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_03: So I, you know, I didn't get the slang yet, though, but I'm I learned it, you know.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_03: But um, yeah, it's just the melting pot.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_03: Like you hear so many different styles of music happening here in the city, and then it gets to the fluids by the south, and it just rolls.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_02: Like so, let's talk about that melting pot a little bit.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_02: When you guys are in the studio, how do you strike that balance between laid back reggae, the groove of hip-hop, and the punch of alternative rock?
• 11:15
  SPEAKER_02: Because that's gotta be a balancing effect whenever you're piecing songs together.
• 11:21
  SPEAKER_01: It is.
• 11:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I think as especially as of lately, what I really think about is the live show.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_01: What's gonna get people moving live?
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_01: It's cool to have a you know a slower tempo song or chill laid back when, but even like that's one amazing thing like Ronnie and Brian both bring is when we start going to the live effects, they always find a way to hype it up even more.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_01: It could be a chill song.
• 11:46
  SPEAKER_01: We've got a couple of, and it's when I hear what they do with it, I'm just blown away.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_01: I'm like, Brian's over there adding distortion.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_01: I'm like, we're going there.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_04: Oh, that's that's good.
• 11:57
  SPEAKER_01: Ronnie's throwing some like just straight funk on it.
• 12:00
  SPEAKER_01: I'm like, oh, this it sounds better.
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_01: So I think it's just uh once again a melting pot of everything, but mainly, you know, what's gonna get people moving, jumping live.
• 12:14
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, yeah, definitely the the live show is different than you know the the album versions, and that's on purpose, I think.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: Um because you know, live's where we want to interact with the fans, where we want to feel that energy, and that feeds us to go back into the studio and make it even better the next time.
• 12:34
  SPEAKER_00: So that's why we add those additional flavors and not overtake the original production, but enhance it.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, in the business world, we we refer to that as conversion rate because uh because recordings are are you know how you reel them in, but the conversion rate is that live show.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_02: That's how you make fans.
• 12:56
  SPEAKER_02: Like it's how you turn a listener into a fan, is that live show environment.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_02: So beyond the party ready vibes, some of your lyrics carry some introspection.
• 13:08
  SPEAKER_02: What real life experiences or struggles feed into that side of your songwriting?
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_01: Women I mean it's really that play.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um yeah, especially like with the uh the latest album.
• 13:26
  SPEAKER_01: I was kind of going through some things, and I mean, like most creatives, you put it into the art, it's therapy in itself.
• 13:35
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, women.
• 13:40
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's it's weird because because I think that's how a lot of bands start off.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_02: It's like, all right, I'm gonna write the this music about, you know, unrequited love or shit gone south real quick, and then you get married as a musician, and then you start writing songs about everybody you've had grievances with in your entire life.
• 14:03
  SPEAKER_02: It goes from love music to fight music real fast.
• 14:07
  SPEAKER_01: That's so true.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_02: That is so true.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_02: Prove me wrong.
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_02: One of the exciting things that I said at the jump of the episode is that you guys are involved with SKP.
• 14:21
  SPEAKER_02: Um let's talk about that.
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_02: How did you get involved with SKP?
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_02: And exactly explain what the function of the label is.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um once again our friend Joe, he kind of kickstarted that whole thing.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_01: It was a friend of a friend.
• 14:40
  SPEAKER_01: Joe said, I think I might have a contact for uh Nikki Hexham.
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_01: And us, we're just like, Well, shoot shoot the shot, let's go, you know.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_01: Um got the music to her, and I don't know how long it was before she got back to us, but it was pretty quick, and she loved it.
• 15:00
  SPEAKER_01: That it was okay, what can we do?
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_01: How can we, you know, get our foot in the door here?
• 15:07
  SPEAKER_01: Um and then as far as like SKP, I mean, they have treated us nothing but red carpet family, it that's the best way to describe it, is completely a family environment, artist friendly.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_01: Um not to go into details, but I mean, even the deal we signed, like it's unheard of.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely unheard of.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_01: There's it's groundbreaking what they're doing, and it's only growing.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm just truly blessed to be a part of it this early on.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_01: You know, we all are.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_01: It's gonna be fun.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_00: From from day one, you know, when when you meet those folks and they've got a great team, and you know, headed up by Nikki, uh, who's become a a confidant, a friend, uh, in addition to her work with the company, um, they they, as JK said, they treat us like family.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_00: They've given us opportunities right out of the gate that we couldn't have even dreamed of.
• 16:07
  SPEAKER_00: You know, we we we started our relationship with them in November of last year, and immediately following, we're doing the 311 Caribbean cruise.
• 16:16
  SPEAKER_00: Amazing, you know.
• 16:17
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and I just can't say enough good things about them.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_00: They're unlike any organization I've worked with in the music business ever.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I was gonna ask that because it it it seems like, you know, we were talking before we pressed record about how fast of a jump some moments are in the music business, going from performing your first show together in February 2024 to November of 2024, making that contact and and building that business relationship with SKP to just what, six months later, you're on the 311 cruise.
• 16:55
  SPEAKER_01: It's been unreal.
• 16:57
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, like I joked about, uh, Nikki says, We've broken so many rules and so many leaps and bounds.
• 17:04
  SPEAKER_01: It's I I I think it truly comes down to just setting your goals, going for it, and no plan B.
• 17:13
  SPEAKER_01: Leave it all on the stage, leave it all out there.
• 17:16
  SPEAKER_01: Um and yeah, I I don't I'm still blown away.
• 17:20
  SPEAKER_01: We laugh about this all the time.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_01: We're like, how is this happening?
• 17:24
  SPEAKER_01: Like this, quick.
• 17:25
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_01: And to to also be lucky and blessed enough to meet these two guys that short of a period, and we all clicked.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_01: It was just it was like instant family almost.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_01: So I mean, but even before the cruise, we hadn't even performed that many shows together.
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_01: So we were still in a in the infancy.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_01: Wow.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_02: I respect everybody's variation on spirituality and faith and everything along those lines.
• 17:57
  SPEAKER_02: Because every you are an individual, so is everybody else.
• 18:00
  SPEAKER_02: But there are two tenets that I think everybody shares.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_02: Everybody shares, it doesn't matter what your background is, and those two tenets are karma and serendipity, you know, what you put out in the world coming back to you, and moments that are meant to happen.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_02: And it sounds like all of this coming together was a moment that was meant to happen.
• 18:25
  SPEAKER_02: Definitely, absolutely.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_03: I told the guys, um, this is the first I played with so many bands, like so many, but this is the first group I've been with that all of us have the same goal.
• 18:36
  SPEAKER_03: Like it is no variation to the goal that we have between each other.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_03: It's the same.
• 18:42
  SPEAKER_03: And we talked about I was like, wow, these dudes might be my brothers.
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, so I'm I'm happy, man.
• 18:49
  SPEAKER_03: I'm happy with everything that's going on.
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_02: Well, being a fellow Midwesterner that has played in bands myself, you know, I'm from Nebraska and you're from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_02: Um, you know, I think we've all had those moments where we've played in projects with guys that I used to refer to uh as the but uh they're the guy that comes up with the excuse.
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_02: It's like, hey, we have this great opportunity to go do this thing, but uh I don't, you know, we've all played with guys like that.
• 19:20
  SPEAKER_02: So when you find a collaboration uh arrangement where everybody shares a common vision and a common goal, it's amazing.
• 19:28
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, it's amazing.
• 19:31
  SPEAKER_01: So many people are scared of success.
• 19:34
  SPEAKER_01: That's the biggest problem.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 19:36
  SPEAKER_02: It's it's the groundhog effect, they're all afraid of their own shadow.
• 19:42
  SPEAKER_02: Well, let's talk about your single FMLU.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_02: It's been blowing up.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_02: What was the inspiration behind it, aside from just women?
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_02: And what's it been like seeing the reaction from fans?
• 19:54
  SPEAKER_02: The whole concept of a song is literally come fuck my life up.
• 19:58
  SPEAKER_01: You see the girl.
• 20:00
  SPEAKER_01: I kind of envisioned it when I was riding it.
• 20:02
  SPEAKER_01: Like, you see a girl at the end of the bar of the club, wherever you are, and you know it's bad for you, you know it's not gonna go well, but you're like crossing to the wind, let's do it.
• 20:13
  SPEAKER_01: Come on.
• 20:14
  SPEAKER_01: Let's let's let's give it another try.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_01: Let's try it.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_02: You know, taking what you can from what JK brings to the table, Ronnie and Brian, like when you listen to the finished project or product, you know, you listen to the lyrics, you listen to the melody.
• 20:33
  SPEAKER_02: What goes through your minds when you hear everything done in totality?
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_00: In a lot of respects, particularly as we've gone through the catalog and migrating that, you know, sitting down and reading all of the lyrics and re-listening to all of the songs, getting them ready for distribution, etc.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_00: You start to internalize it, at least I do, particularly when I think through some relationships uh and women.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_00: And um, you know, you you start to internalize it and you start to feel it.
• 21:04
  SPEAKER_00: And so that's you can't ask for anything more than that.
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 21:09
  SPEAKER_03: For me, it's more like he's my guy.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_03: So when I hear the music, I'm like, let me go hug these dudes right quick.
• 21:23
  SPEAKER_03: I'm like kind of like callous, chill, like, you know, so I hear the emotion in it and things like that.
• 21:29
  SPEAKER_03: And I'm like, okay, let me go hug them next time I see it, bro.
• 21:35
  SPEAKER_02: I love it all, bro.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_02: You know, kind of taking a step back to the 311 cruise and performing songs along these lines.
• 21:44
  SPEAKER_02: What was it like kind of rubbing shoulders with some of the people, other bands and projects that were on that cruise?
• 21:51
  SPEAKER_02: And what were some pinch me moments that you guys had?
• 21:54
  SPEAKER_03: I know one for me when we were all out, um, we were all out on the deck and we All just like looking at the ocean.
• 22:01
  SPEAKER_03: I was like, can y'all believe we're at work?
• 22:07
  SPEAKER_03: That was my that was my take.
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_03: Like, I mean, I we all put like play music all the time, but to go from like we were just in Atlanta playing our uh record with uh uh album release party the night like what was it the day before?
• 22:20
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, yeah, and then the night before we left for the cruise, we were playing our album release party.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_03: And then I'm like, we are on the ocean.
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_03: And last night we were in Atlanta, like it was just mind-blowing for me.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_03: So I was like, and then with the other bands, it was cool, like everybody supported each other.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_03: It was just dope, man.
• 22:39
  SPEAKER_03: The whole experience was just dope.
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, non-stop party for like six days.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, definitely a very, very busy run.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_00: Um, never been on anything like it before.
• 22:50
  SPEAKER_00: It was an amazing experience, was exhausted afterwards, but met some just wonderful people and the fans, uh, the 311 fans, man, they're amazing.
• 23:00
  SPEAKER_01: Some of the best in the world, I'll say it.
• 23:02
  SPEAKER_01: They are.
• 23:04
  SPEAKER_01: Like Ronnie said, the the bands all supporting each other.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_01: It was insane.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_01: To to look out in the crowd, I think it was the first show or second show, and there's four bands sitting there that I I listen to daily rotation.
• 23:19
  SPEAKER_01: I'm trying to perform, but my jaw pick it up off the floor.
• 23:22
  SPEAKER_01: Like, what's happening here?
• 23:25
  SPEAKER_01: Uh think pinch me moment, um getting to see Red Gold Green perform, uh, surfer girl, um, and then of course hanging out with 311, and it's I'm like, this isn't real.
• 23:40
  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna wake up one day.
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_02: You know, JK, you said you had a good 311 story.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_02: Lay it on us, man.
• 23:50
  SPEAKER_01: I do, I do.
• 23:52
  SPEAKER_01: Um so uh I had an older band, let's call it mid-2000s, early 2000s.
• 23:59
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, we were playing in a battle of bands in Atlanta, and uh with a actually a well-known band now, uh, but I won't name them.
• 24:09
  SPEAKER_01: So we got done in the final round, it was us versus them, and the opportunity was to perform and open for 311 in downtown Atlanta at some big festival.
• 24:20
  SPEAKER_01: Well, we didn't win, we thought we won.
• 24:23
  SPEAKER_01: Um it was just like, okay, well, this sucks, that's our opportunity, and then here you go fast forward to now, and it's funny how the universe works things the way it's supposed to be.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_01: Serendipity.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_01: So it it's still it's still a pinch me moment.
• 24:40
  SPEAKER_00: Like, is is this real?
• 24:43
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, but yeah, yeah, the the pinch is definitely the the traction that we've had as a you know, it's it's unlike anything I've seen.
• 24:52
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 24:53
  SPEAKER_02: Did you get to share that story with any of the guys from 311?
• 24:57
  SPEAKER_01: I haven't yet.
• 24:58
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, those guys are so busy all the time anyway, especially on the cruise.
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_01: Like, yeah, it was yeah, they uh I can't imagine you know their day-to-day while we're sitting here just chilling in between shows, like this is the life.
• 25:13
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 25:14
  SPEAKER_01: But yeah, and I funny enough, I talked to the bass player from that old band that beat us, and that's what he he was just like, Y'all you were signed to Nick Hexham?
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 25:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_02: You got room for me in this project?
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_02: Right, yeah.
• 25:31
  SPEAKER_04: You need a bass player?
• 25:37
  SPEAKER_02: Well, let's talk about building XOXO.
• 25:40
  SPEAKER_02: Uh you know, before we pressed record, you're talking about possibly releasing a limited edition vinyl.
• 25:46
  SPEAKER_02: Um, it feels like a journey through relationships and growth.
• 25:49
  SPEAKER_02: What was the vision behind the album and how does it reflect where you're at personally as a band?
• 25:59
  SPEAKER_01: I think that was uh it was like a passion project I had to get out of my system.
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_01: Uh it started with the concept of writing a breakup song called XOXO, and I wanted to release it on Valentine's Day, and you know it started turning into so much more.
• 26:18
  SPEAKER_01: It was like it was single after single, then it was I mean, this is a body of work that could really do something.
• 26:26
  SPEAKER_01: Um the album is a little darker.
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_01: I did I did draw from personal experiences and personal stuff, um, most definitely.
• 26:35
  SPEAKER_01: And it I that was just my therapy of how to cope with things and get it out there.
• 26:42
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 26:43
  SPEAKER_01: Um now moving forward, we're definitely gonna get back to our old style a little bit.
• 26:49
  SPEAKER_01: Start having some more fun.
• 26:50
  SPEAKER_01: But it was something that I felt like just I had to get out of me.
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_03: That was the hug that I was talking about.
• 26:56
  SPEAKER_03: After I listened to the whole project, I was like, Yeah, I gotta hug my bro.
• 27:03
  SPEAKER_02: He's on the struggle bus.
• 27:05
  SPEAKER_02: We've all been a part of projects before and projects that have put out recordings and such to go from releasing because this is the album that you released the day before the 311 cruise, right?
• 27:17
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_02: So you had no time to recover because we've all had that album release party and then that immediate crash that comes the days after the album release party.
• 27:30
  SPEAKER_02: You guys just went like straight from the skillet to the fire.
• 27:34
  SPEAKER_02: Like, I mean, did you really have time to take in what you had accomplished?
• 27:40
  SPEAKER_02: No, not, or at least not I didn't.
• 27:46
  SPEAKER_01: It was how do we catch our flight from Miami?
• 27:50
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, right.
• 27:52
  SPEAKER_01: Or to Miami.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_01: We did that show with a bags packed, right?
• 27:58
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 28:01
  SPEAKER_01: And honestly, the nerves of getting to perform on the biggest you know opportunity we've ever had, or I've ever had personally, that trumped even the album.
• 28:13
  SPEAKER_01: I wasn't even thinking about it, to be honest.
• 28:16
  SPEAKER_02: Let's move the the scope into the future a little bit with momentum building.
• 28:21
  SPEAKER_02: What's next for day drinkers?
• 28:23
  SPEAKER_02: New music, tours, collaborations?
• 28:26
  SPEAKER_02: What should fans get excited about?
• 28:30
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, kind of like you mentioned, we're gonna do a limited uh edition vinyl re-release of XOXO with two to three extra songs on it.
• 28:40
  SPEAKER_01: Um, probably a couple more singles this year, rounding it out.
• 28:44
  SPEAKER_01: We're working awfully on a Christmas song.
• 28:48
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I know.
• 28:49
  SPEAKER_01: You're it's pretty cringe when you think about it, but it's like we're gonna try it.
• 28:54
  SPEAKER_01: No, man.
• 28:55
  SPEAKER_02: The world needs more cool Christmas songs.
• 28:59
  SPEAKER_01: I'm just trying to get that Mariah money.
• 29:02
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I mean, she comes out once a year and she just makes her whole salary.
• 29:09
  SPEAKER_01: And I I mean, I'm here for it.
• 29:11
  SPEAKER_01: Let's go.
• 29:12
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 29:13
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 29:14
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 29:14
  SPEAKER_00: And I think the uh the touring piece too, you know, we we did some touring this year.
• 29:19
  SPEAKER_00: We want to fill that calendar a lot more in uh 26 and you know, meet more potential fans and and earn their trust and um, you know, just get get out as often as we possibly can on the road.
• 29:33
  SPEAKER_03: Love it.
• 29:34
  SPEAKER_03: But um about like us putting our collective musical backgrounds together and making music together, like going forward, you know, because most of all, you know, we we add to the live, but we weren't really around for the the creation, but we all we all create, so it's like I'm anxious to see how we put stuff together with our minds, you know.
• 29:57
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, yes, how that stew coagulates together, and and you know, you you go from having individual ingredients to having chili, you know.
• 30:06
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 30:07
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 30:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we've actually been uh talking about that during rehearsals a lot, bouncing ideas off and uh like the what the last rehearsal before the show, Ronnie came with some cool ideas that uh kind of dipping into different styles and genres and mixing it and bringing it back in.
• 30:26
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, we're definitely gonna just keep expanding and keep uh experimenting, even right.
• 30:34
  SPEAKER_01: No borders, no boundaries.
• 30:35
  SPEAKER_01: We're just going for it.
• 30:36
  SPEAKER_02: The easy, obvious answer is we're gonna go all the way with this.
• 30:43
  SPEAKER_02: But one at a time, I would like to hear what your individual visions for day drinkers over the next two years are.
• 30:53
  SPEAKER_03: I want to see the creation of uh of music like just flow it out of us because I know we got it, like we we wow each other all the time, and I I love that.
• 31:03
  SPEAKER_03: So that's like one thing, and then I want to be on stage all the damn time.
• 31:08
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, like our stage all the time.
• 31:13
  SPEAKER_03: So that's like that's my two-year thing.
• 31:15
  SPEAKER_03: I see is us just cooking all the time, you know.
• 31:20
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and I think uh from a two-year perspective, you know, again with the with the touring, and as Ronnie alluded to, we love being on stage, we love being in front of a crowd.
• 31:30
  SPEAKER_00: And uh from a production standpoint, I think continuing to push those boundaries, um, nothing's really off limits.
• 31:38
  SPEAKER_00: Uh genre, uh style, uh, we all bring a collective difference uh that meshes really, really well together, especially live.
• 31:46
  SPEAKER_00: Uh so I'm excited about that.
• 31:47
  SPEAKER_00: And then also I think uh very um open collaboration with other acts out there that you know um get creative with and and create some good music uh and you know maybe uh earn some of their fans along the way.
• 32:06
  SPEAKER_01: I I agree with all that.
• 32:08
  SPEAKER_01: Collaborations uh would be definitely a goal for the next two years.
• 32:13
  SPEAKER_01: I'd love to collaborate with any and everybody.
• 32:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and then of course being on the road, we're we're all road dogs.
• 32:21
  SPEAKER_01: So like we just we love touring, we love performing, getting out there.
• 32:27
  SPEAKER_01: Um two-year goal, I I keep we laugh about it, but I keep saying it.
• 32:33
  SPEAKER_01: I just have this overwhelming feeling things are gonna explode.
• 32:36
  SPEAKER_01: We're gonna be going from dive bars to theaters to amphitheaters.
• 32:43
  SPEAKER_01: I feel like in the next two years.
• 32:45
  SPEAKER_01: I love that.
• 32:46
  SPEAKER_01: We're we're down, pay our dues, whatever we gotta do.
• 32:52
  SPEAKER_02: Well, it's easy to kind of put things into perspective on what your individual visions are, but at the end of the day, what do you hope listeners walk away with and feel when they hear your music and see you live?
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_01: Live, I want them to have a good time.
• 33:12
  SPEAKER_01: I want them to drop the problems at the door, come in for an hour, an hour and a half, and just let go, have fun, enjoy music, enjoy the the back and forth.
• 33:25
  SPEAKER_01: Um and then as far as musically, lyrically, I want people to be able to relate to the songs, help them through a hard day, help them through a day, they're just they're hyped up, they're ready to go out and have a good time.
• 33:39
  SPEAKER_01: They're like, I'm gonna put put on this song.
• 33:42
  SPEAKER_01: And but I I would say more or less, yeah, that positive energy that they can turn any negative day into something positive with it.
• 33:52
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, positive escape.
• 33:55
  SPEAKER_01: Ah there you go.
• 33:57
  SPEAKER_01: That's what he said.
• 34:01
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, like we got one song called No Stress, and that song, I want people to leave feeling like how I feel whenever I hear that song, or whenever we play it.
• 34:11
  SPEAKER_03: It's just that's the chillest, coolest.
• 34:14
  SPEAKER_03: I fucking love that song, man.
• 34:17
  SPEAKER_03: We rehearse that a ton, right?
• 34:19
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, yeah.
• 34:20
  SPEAKER_03: We will go with that song again in rehearsal just because we feel like it, right?
• 34:24
  SPEAKER_03: Yep.
• 34:27
  SPEAKER_02: You know, we've all kind of had that shared collective experience.
• 34:32
  SPEAKER_02: And, you know, it's it's one thing that I know I experienced as a former band guy myself, and something I experience every time.
• 34:40
  SPEAKER_02: I record a podcast episode.
• 34:42
  SPEAKER_02: You know, I get to sit down with cool guys such as yourselves, and it's almost like a therapeutic experience where you gotta trade energy back and forth.
• 34:51
  SPEAKER_02: And after everything is all said and done, you feel like a million bucks.
• 34:57
  SPEAKER_02: Like the minute I stop pressing record, I will sprint upstairs to my wife and just talk about how the awesome conversation I had.
• 35:05
  SPEAKER_02: She'll roll her eyes and she'll be like, Okay, yeah, shut the fuck up, fix dinner.
• 35:11
  SPEAKER_02: But I imagine you guys kind of have the same thing with your desire to connect with audiences.
• 35:18
  SPEAKER_02: Am I off base there?
• 35:20
  SPEAKER_02: Not at all.
• 35:20
  SPEAKER_02: No, not at all.
• 35:22
  SPEAKER_01: I I do the same thing in a super nerdy way when we get some new content or new anything.
• 35:29
  SPEAKER_01: I'm absolutely doing that.
• 35:30
  SPEAKER_01: I'm running to the office just cooking, whatever I can do.
• 35:35
  SPEAKER_01: It's you're you're absolutely right.
• 35:38
  SPEAKER_02: I love that.
• 35:39
  SPEAKER_02: And I have loved this conversation, and I have loved getting to hang out and getting to know you guys better.
• 35:45
  SPEAKER_02: I'm really excited for the future of your band.
• 35:48
  SPEAKER_02: And uh, you know, I hope you guys know that uh you've got a loyal friend in me just by giving me your time here today.
• 35:58
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you.
• 35:58
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, my pleasure, my pleasure.
• 36:00
  SPEAKER_02: With all of that said, my closing question that I ask every single guest that does the show, and I want each of you to give your own version of an answer.
• 36:10
  SPEAKER_02: Given your experiences that you guys have had, what's your advice for making the world a better place tomorrow than what it is today through your eyes?
• 36:20
  SPEAKER_00: I would say, you know, learn something new every day.
• 36:24
  SPEAKER_00: That way you're not wasting your day.
• 36:26
  SPEAKER_00: And um, you know, be open to suggestion uh from other people that you normally wouldn't listen to, you know, honestly, because you're gonna learn a ton from them.
• 36:37
  SPEAKER_01: Listen more, talk less, lead with love, and just yeah, I mean that's yeah.
• 36:46
  SPEAKER_01: I'm I'm all about the love and women.
• 36:52
  SPEAKER_01: What do you got for me, Ronnie?
• 36:54
  SPEAKER_03: I say um, like on uh Tropic Thunder, not Tropic Thunder, um, what's the the movie with Will Farrell?
• 37:01
  SPEAKER_03: Where they play basketball, semi-pro.
• 37:04
  SPEAKER_03: Semi-pro.
• 37:04
  SPEAKER_03: ELE.
• 37:05
  SPEAKER_03: Everybody love everybody in my old damn business.
• 37:08
  SPEAKER_03: Like they love everybody, it'd be zero problems in the world, man.
• 37:16
  SPEAKER_02: Ah, I love that.
• 37:17
  SPEAKER_02: This this is that's why it's my favorite question to ask, and I've asked it for 200 plus episodes, is because everybody gives their own version of the answer, but it all lands in the same place.
• 37:29
  SPEAKER_02: It all lands in the basic premise that we all need to take a little bit more time, understand that you are an individual, so is everybody else, and that everybody has some value or merit, no matter you know, where they come from.
• 37:45
  SPEAKER_02: And like we just gotta weed through all the negative energy in the world and and let love rule, like Lenny Kravitz says.
• 37:55
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 37:56
  SPEAKER_01: I people are they people don't take time to think what somebody else might be going through during a day, and that's you know.
• 38:04
  SPEAKER_02: Well, guys, why don't you tell my audience who are watching this or listening to this where they can find you online and your music?
• 38:15
  SPEAKER_01: Daydrinkers.com and pretty much every social media platform, just at Daydrinkers or at official day drinkers.
• 38:25
  SPEAKER_01: And beyond everything, thank you so much for having us.
• 38:29
  SPEAKER_01: This has been the bro.
• 38:31
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, thank you.
• 38:32
  SPEAKER_01: You were you were like awesome, and like I said, I'm a total fan now.
• 38:36
  SPEAKER_01: I've been nerding now.
• 38:38
  SPEAKER_02: Well, that's been watching episode after episode.
• 38:41
  SPEAKER_02: You you you've you've made you've made my evening.
• 38:44
  SPEAKER_02: Just real quick, if each one of you, and it could all be different, but what's a what is the entry level song?
• 38:51
  SPEAKER_02: That what's the good entry point for Daydrinker's music?
• 38:54
  SPEAKER_02: Do you guys all share the same song that you think people could should jump in on, or do you all have a different song?
• 39:00
  SPEAKER_02: That's a good question.
• 39:02
  SPEAKER_00: That's a really good question.
• 39:03
  SPEAKER_00: All right, Sam, no stress.
• 39:06
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I've I'd throw out uh daylight just because that was my first the first one I heard, and the first one that uh brought me to the group.
• 39:15
  SPEAKER_02: No stress, daylight, and just for fun sakes, I'm gonna say hair of the dog.
• 39:22
  SPEAKER_04: There you go.
• 39:23
  SPEAKER_02: So, ladies and gentlemen, when you're getting on Spotify or wherever you are listening to your music, those three songs right there.
• 39:31
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, no stress, daylight, and hair of the dog.
• 39:35
  SPEAKER_02: Check those out first and then just become immersed in the sound of these guys.
• 39:40
  SPEAKER_02: Guys, I've really enjoyed this conversation.
• 39:43
  SPEAKER_02: The world is a much better place with you and it.
• 39:45
  SPEAKER_02: Thanks for doing the show.
• 39:47
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you so much for having us.
• 39:49
  SPEAKER_02: Once again, I'd like to thank my friends, Day Drinkers, for joining me on the podcast today.
• 39:54
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• 40:33
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• 40:37
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• 40:38
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