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Life For Now with Jru Anthony · Caught on the Mike...

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  SPEAKER_01: 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_01: He eventually transitioned to his father's computer, an established fan leader in his own right, and a whole new world of opportunities opened up to him, citing new influences like Pharrell and Tyler the Creator.
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  SPEAKER_01: While paying respect to traditional artists like Prince, Rufus, Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones, Drew Anthony is ready to make his own mark on the music industry with his debut album, Life for Now.
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  SPEAKER_01: And he's joining me on the podcast today.
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  SPEAKER_01: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Caught on the Mic.
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  SPEAKER_01: Drew Anthony, how you doing, my friend?
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm doing amazing.
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  SPEAKER_01: How about yourself?
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_01: Not too bad, not too bad.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_01: How's uh the weather where you're at in the world right now?
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: Uh it's a little it's like, all right, it's like sweater weather, you know?
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  SPEAKER_00: Like don't go outside with a short sleeve on, but don't go outside with a coat on, you know?
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  SPEAKER_01: What's funny is last night I was on a walk with my wife and I was listening to your album start to finish.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, really?
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_01: And I gotta tell you something, man.
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  SPEAKER_01: You've got the perfect music for this type of weather.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you know what's crazy?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because at first I was I was so bummed because I wanted to put it out in the summer.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I was like, I want it to be summer music, but I don't know, like the way that it kind of adapted to the fall weather, it's like crazy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like I never saw it like that, but like I like that people are enjoying it, you know, in this time of year.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's like comfort food in a weird way, you know?
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  SPEAKER_01: It's just like it's what you want to like go home, relax, chill out to, and just like you've got some great topics in your music, and I'm gonna like let the cat out of the bag.
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  SPEAKER_01: You're only 19 years old.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_01: Holy crap, man.
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  SPEAKER_01: Holy crap.
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  SPEAKER_01: So let's talk a little bit about you and how you got your start.
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  SPEAKER_01: Why don't you introduce yourself and let's start talking about your origin story a little bit?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, well, uh, I go by the name of Drew Anthony.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, I'm a 19-year-old singer, songwriter, producer, composer from Washington, DC.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, I kind of got started in around middle school and uh um making beats on my phone and stuff like that, and just kind of picked it up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um I was influenced by you know my father and like a bunch of producers and artists that I looked up to um at the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you know, Michael Jackson, since I was a kid, I used to think I was him.
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  SPEAKER_01: So that's not a bad place to start though, is it?
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  SPEAKER_00: No, nah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Michael Jackson is a great place to start.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so you said your dad was is or was a professional musician, also?
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  SPEAKER_01: Was and is, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Nice, nice, nice.
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  SPEAKER_01: So how long has he been doing it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Um since around he since he was my age, really.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so about I don't want to put his age out there, but you know.
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  SPEAKER_01: No, I get that, I get that, I get that.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, how much of an influence has he had in your desire to create, or did you kind of come up with that on your own?
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, a little bit of both early on.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, I don't know, it was like a mix.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: It was always been a mix because like I said, I was inspired by the people I was, you know, tuning into, whether it was uh Metro Booming or like a you know early on, like Migos a little easy or something like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was just fascinated with production and how they can, you know, like really make a voice sound um certain ways and stuff like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, I just was always interested in it.
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  SPEAKER_01: And on your recent release, Life for Now, this album that just dropped, how long ago did that come out?
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  SPEAKER_00: September 23rd, so about two two months.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, not quite two months ago.
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  SPEAKER_01: You do a lot of the production yourself, like a lot of the instrumentation and arrangement and such.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yep, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So is there something that fills your cup more like the performing side of it or the production side of it?
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  SPEAKER_01: Is there one that's that you rather do over the other?
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, not necessarily rather do, but more comfortable doing, I would say production because I've just been doing it longer and you know that's what I'm comfortable with.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like I'm literally in my studio right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: I just I stay in here and just you know create stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um when I get on stage, that's me jumping out of my you know my comfort zone, my box.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you know I'm slowly learning and you know getting better at it and just moving my um skill set a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_01: So are you constantly producing music then?
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean more or less.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean there's days where I, you know, just want to chill, watch movies, and kick back, or you know, I'm don't feel like you know making music where I'm having had a creative um you know, I'm just not feeling as creative as I once was, but I never like lose it, you know.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's like I don't take it for granted, but I'm also not counting on it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm not gonna lose it, you know what I mean?
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  SPEAKER_01: So it's one of those things where you're just trying to keep the engine going constantly, but you gotta unplug every once in a while to reset it, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yep, you gotta reset it.
• 5:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I know it's like asking a father to pick his favorite child, but what's your favorite track off the album?
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  SPEAKER_00: So my favorite that I've been saying, I've been saying Life for Now.
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  SPEAKER_00: The title track, it's one of my favorites because I just I don't know, the beat, I spent a lot of time just crafting stuff, and it was really like from a little playlist.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, most all the songs are, but from that song, I was really just speaking from the heart.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, that one or I like 97 Chevy too.
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  SPEAKER_00: I really like all of them, but yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I I really like 97 Chevy also.
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  SPEAKER_01: Thank you.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the one I've probably played on repeat most frequently.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you just released a video for that as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: I did, I did, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: It just came out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um trying to, you know, run the views up on that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, how do you approach promoting your music in a an environment that's so digital and so social media driven?
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  SPEAKER_01: Because I I'm a former musician, I I say that I'm I'm a retired musician.
• 6:30
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: And my dad was a professional musician, also, so you and I have a kinship in this way.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_01: I always have people on my show that I kind of have a kinship with.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's cool.
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  SPEAKER_01: But how do you view promoting your music now in the ever-changing face of the music industry as it sits right now?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's I mean, I kind of was fortunate enough to grow up kind of in um, you know, an environment where I was never out of touch too much with the whole media world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but no, it's still a challenge, you know, because even like things like TikTok and whatever, it's just there's always stuff going.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like there's always a new topic every week, there's a new trend.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's just about being in the moment and uh not catching a wave, but just being able to adapt.
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  SPEAKER_00: Adaptation is probably the most important thing when it comes to like you know going on social media and stuff like that.
• 7:21
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I agree with that.
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  SPEAKER_01: The reason I ask is because in your bio and kind of what you mentioned, when you were in the seventh grade, you started getting your beats from YouTube, which was like it's unbelievable how much YouTube has influenced future generations of musicians, and you're a byproduct of this.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Especially like with the music theory side of things as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, um, I went to art school, but I had to kind of teach myself um a lot of jazz and stuff like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: But YouTube was like my main source of you know everything, it still is like for anything.
• 7:57
  SPEAKER_00: And it's crazy how much YouTube can really be like a university of its own, you know.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, in the context of social media, you brought up TikTok, and that's something that I've talked about with a lot of my musician friends.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're all dudes in their late 30s and early 40s, and they're like, I don't want to get on TikTok.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I'm like, then you're gonna miss the boat if you're still trying to create music because that's where everybody is going.
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  SPEAKER_01: So are you using TikTok as a platform to promote yourself?
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  SPEAKER_00: I am.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh I'm I was there was a point where I was more consistent than I am right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: But about two months ago, I I put a song on there that kind of caught a little bit of fire, but it wasn't a song off my album, it was just a song I made to you know adapt, as I say.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, but yeah, kind of caught a little bit of fire on there, so that boosted my following and my uh views a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_00: But that's the thing with TikTok, you gotta be consistent.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I I agree with that because I feel like even with this podcast, every time I catch a little bit of fire with my consistency, if I fall off even for two days, it's like back to the drawing board to a certain degree.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Are you spending most of your time in DC playing music?
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  SPEAKER_01: Are you touring at all?
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  SPEAKER_00: Not much of a tour going on right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've played a show or two in New York.
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  SPEAKER_00: Other than that, yeah, most of the shows are in DC or around DC.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Are you shopping the album for a deal or are you signed with anybody quite yet?
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  SPEAKER_00: Not signed with anybody quite yet.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, that might be in the works.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, we're just looking, you know, trying to see what's possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but you know, I'm enjoying my career and the pace it's going at um as an independent musician.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, some of your favorite artists that you cite are like Pharrell and Tyler the Creator, and one that you cite is one actually one of my favorite artists, but I I don't know where I stand right now, Mr.
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_01: West.
• 9:50
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, because those first three albums are untouchable.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a hill that I'm gonna die on.
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  SPEAKER_01: But uh, what are your thoughts about some of the controversy going on with Kanye West right now?
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, so everyone's gonna say, you know, Kanye's gonna be Kanye.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I mean, Kanye's gonna be Kanye at the end of the day, but I mean, at the end of the day, it's like it's still that's still a human, you know, that's still a person.
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  SPEAKER_00: You gotta respect kind of what what he's going through and you know, everything that's going around.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but I mean, I'm not gonna speak on certain comments that he said, like obviously certain things he said is like out of pocket.
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, for sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like deplorable, but yeah.
• 10:32
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, you just gotta take it with a grain of salt, I guess, when it's Kanye.
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  SPEAKER_01: It makes me sad because at the start of the year, I watched his three-part documentary on Netflix, and I was like, This is it, this is the comeback, this is the comeback I've been waiting for.
• 10:48
  SPEAKER_01: Yep, and then this shit happens.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_01: It's like, god damn it, Kanye.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but you can't defend him because he just, you know.
• 10:56
  SPEAKER_01: Right, absolutely, absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_01: But going back to another producer I mentioned is Pharrell.
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  SPEAKER_01: I love Pharrell's production.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm a huge fan of Pharrell, I'm a huge fan of Timbalin.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like, where do you see yourself?
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  SPEAKER_01: Do you see yourself producing other artists in the future, or are you in the process of producing other artists?
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  SPEAKER_00: I am.
• 11:15
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I have about maybe three or four projects of um other young ladies that I work with that I'm looking to put out either next year or the year after that.
• 11:25
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so yeah, I've I'm definitely in the game of producing other people.
• 11:28
  SPEAKER_00: I love doing this, it's so fun.
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, how do you differentiate stuff that you're producing for yourself versus stuff that you're producing for other artists?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's a good question.
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  SPEAKER_00: I um most of the time I make beats in front of people, so I'll have people come in and I'll just you know start working on something from scratch.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, or if I'm working on something from scratch by myself and I end up hearing somebody else on it, I'll I'll tell them, you know, like I hear you on this, what do you think?
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, but most of the time I just I'm more of an in-house producer, so I just you know work in front of people.
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  SPEAKER_00: I like it that way.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's more organic.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh last week I was listening to a podcast, and one of the greatest producers of all time, Rick Rubin, was on Joe Rogan's podcast, and it was so good because you know, he was a punk rock guy, he got into hip hop, he got into hip-hop in the early ages of it, and then he got out of it, and then he got back into it.
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  SPEAKER_01: But it was so great to listen to his process on how if you're creating what's popular, then you're not creating any opportunity for yourself to be discovered or be be recognized as being unique.
• 12:41
  SPEAKER_01: So considering all of that, what are some tricks that you have that you know you set what do you feel set yourself apart from other artists similar to your genre?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I I kind of just create whatever I'm feeling, and I don't I don't like to box myself um into any genre or any kind of sound even.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_00: I just I don't know, I just really create what I'm inspired by, uh create how I'm feeling at the time.
• 13:09
  SPEAKER_00: Um and like, you know, people give me suggestions like maybe you should make the drums to more normal, or you know, I don't like to I don't know.
• 13:18
  SPEAKER_00: I hate not hate the word normal, but like I don't like to be considered normal.
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  SPEAKER_00: I feel like it's just such a I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's something something about it.
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  SPEAKER_01: No, that's I think that's artistry speaking through and that yeah you can't be an artist if you're normal, can you?
• 13:37
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, what is normal, you know?
• 13:40
  SPEAKER_01: Right, right, right.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, how important is the role of mentorship in the business, especially from a production standpoint?
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  SPEAKER_01: Who are some of your mentors?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, mentorship is very important.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, like myself included, there's a lot of people with like a lot of young people with talent um that just need like you could be the most talented person in the world, but you still need some sort of you know, fine-tuning some sort of direction um and guidance, really.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there's you know, just people people that have been down your road that you should listen to because they've been down your road.
• 14:15
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not it's not the same exact road, but they've been in a similar situation.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_00: Um so yeah, you just gotta listen to uh people, especially people that are older than you, um, with more experience.
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_00: Um yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Who are some of your mentors?
• 14:27
  SPEAKER_00: Dave is one of my mentors.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um my manager Tom go full, um, my father as well.
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um and you know, just people that I meet.
• 14:37
  SPEAKER_00: Um like I had a run-in with Pharrell, which was crazy.
• 14:40
  SPEAKER_00: And uh something in the water.
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 14:43
  SPEAKER_00: That was insane.
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  SPEAKER_00: But um, yeah, people that I meet, like if I um if I'm so fortunate to meet like uh especially like somebody like Pharrell, like he's on my wall, you know, in my bedroom.
• 14:55
  SPEAKER_00: Like that's crazy, like people that I look I've been looking up to.
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  SPEAKER_01: So and you know, kind of drawing another parallel to what you do as an artist and what I'm kind of at as a podcaster, is I'm growing my show, and I'm sure as you growing your music, it's kind of crazy to cross paths with people you respect and that you never think you would have crossed paths with before, isn't it?
• 15:18
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's it's insane.
• 15:19
  SPEAKER_01: Is Pharrell the biggest one so far?
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_00: So that day was kind of special because I went to the festival and I was backstage, so I just met like a bunch of people at once.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but yeah, I ran into Pharrell and I also saw Tyler, but I didn't talk to him.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_00: Oh wow.
• 15:34
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so like it was like two on one kind of day, you know.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_01: That's awesome.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_01: That's amazing.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_01: So whenever you're producing a track, does your dad ever get involved and kind of give you some feedback and some pointers, or just maybe you should try this instead of that?
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_01: Just ways to kind of like inorganically change it around a little bit?
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, sometimes like I'll play um uh records that I'm working on, like in the car, you know, just tell them to come in the studio, like, hey, can you listen to this?
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: Um you know, I don't sometimes I listen to him, you know.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_01: Oh my gosh, that's that's hilarious.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because so my my dad played music professionally as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: And when I was a teenager, I had no idea where I was gonna go with it.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_01: I thought I was gonna be an actor.
• 16:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I wanted to be a famous musician.
• 16:25
  SPEAKER_01: I was about, oh, I'd say 15 or 16 years old, and I'm sitting down with a guitar, and I used to listen to records and try and play along, try and sing along.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_01: And my dad was one of those guys that was just so good at it that he had absolutely no patience as far as being a teacher.
• 16:43
  SPEAKER_01: And he told me at that point in life, and I was only three, four years younger than what you are right now.
• 16:48
  SPEAKER_01: He said, He said, Man, if you don't have it figured out by now, you're probably not gonna do this.
• 16:54
  SPEAKER_01: So I had to go prove him wrong, and I turned around and I released seven albums.
• 16:59
  SPEAKER_01: How do you face skepticism?
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_01: And do you have people in your life that are skeptical about where you're gonna go with it, or is everybody supportive?
• 17:08
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I feel like there was definitely points in my life where I experienced skepticism, um, especially in like high school, early on.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um I mean, you know, being an artist in high school is like, I don't know, being the minor the minority.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_00: Because like you really just I don't know, it's like something about artists.
• 17:27
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I was fortunate enough to go to art high school, so it wasn't that peculiar.
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I think about artists that go to like regular public schools, you know, everybody's looking at them like, oh, he does music.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, you know, he wants to be this big star.
• 17:42
  SPEAKER_00: That's not gonna happen, you know?
• 17:43
  SPEAKER_00: And it's just it's that energy, but you have to overcome it and you gotta believe in yourself at the end of the day.
• 17:49
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely, and I think you weaponize that and use that as fuel for your fire, right?
• 17:54
  SPEAKER_00: Yep, yep.
• 17:56
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, yes.
• 17:57
  SPEAKER_00: So, what's the source of your inspiration?
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_00: Um, really just music that I find.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: Um finding new music every day.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and you know, I go see um artists, like I went to see Thundercat.
• 18:09
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, dude.
• 18:11
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, yes, have you ever seen that Tiny Desk concert where he plays with Mac Miller?
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, that's so dope.
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_01: I love that.
• 18:21
  SPEAKER_01: I love changes, I love dynamic changes, and I think that's the difference between a good musician and a great musician.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_01: Anybody can write a song, but if you write a song with dynamic changes and Thundercat's really good at that, and actually, that's something that I noticed.
• 18:36
  SPEAKER_01: I was listening to your album before we started recording.
• 18:39
  SPEAKER_01: You have some great changes, and especially in '97 Chevy, towards the end of the song, you just have this dynamic change that I'm like, oh shit, where did that come from?
• 18:49
  SPEAKER_00: Is it I'm assuming that's intentional, right?
• 18:52
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it is.
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, like, like I said, I'm kind of just creating what I feel in the moment, so I wasn't really thinking, but like once I did it, I was like, Oh, yeah, that's really cool because it comes from this place and it goes here.
• 19:03
  SPEAKER_00: And that's kind of what most of my ideas end up being.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I reflect on them afterwards, and I'm like, oh, that was actually kind of cool.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_00: But I mean, in the moment, I just kind of just go, you know.
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_01: So let's talk about one of your songs in particular that seems to be pretty personal.
• 19:17
  SPEAKER_01: Move on.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_01: Why don't you tell a little bit of the story behind that?
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so move on is kind of just um so to give you a little bit of backstory, it's like um I w I went through maybe about two or three or maybe even four situations back to back that were kind of just like the same thing that happened, like you know, you get into it with somebody and then they can't decide if they wanna you know, commit to you, and then it's like, well, I don't know if I want to do this, I'm I'm gone.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_00: You know, they have the fight or flight kind of thing, like they just go away um when you get to the point where it's time to get serious.
• 19:51
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 19:52
  SPEAKER_00: Um so yeah, that kind of just happened like back to back to back.
• 19:55
  SPEAKER_00: So I kind of just had to reflect once it happened again, I was like, dang, like this is the same, like chaos in my brain, like you know, it's wrecking me, like, you know, making me go feel like I'm going crazy.
• 20:08
  SPEAKER_00: Um yeah, that's kind of just what it's about.
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I don't I was saying I don't want to move on because I don't want to do the situation again.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_00: You know, I don't want to go through the same exact thing with another person, and I might as well just fix this.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, yes.
• 20:22
  SPEAKER_01: I love that.
• 20:23
  SPEAKER_01: I love that mentality.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_01: So, what are some things outside of music that you do to keep yourself sane?
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_01: What are some other other hobbies you pursue?
• 20:33
  SPEAKER_00: Listen to music, watch movies, go on walks, um, talk to my friends, you know, see certain people in my life that are special to me.
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_00: Um you know, party a little bit.
• 20:49
  SPEAKER_01: You're 19 years old.
• 20:50
  SPEAKER_01: I know it's not a little bit, man.
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_01: You're not gonna hide anything from me.
• 20:55
  SPEAKER_01: You're 19 and in your you're in the music business, brother.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, well, crazy sometimes, you know.
• 21:05
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure.
• 21:07
  SPEAKER_01: What type of movie is your favorite movie?
• 21:09
  SPEAKER_00: That's a good question.
• 21:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I don't know about genre.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_00: I used to say I like coming of age movies, but like that's not.
• 21:16
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I like coming of age movies, but I like other movies as well, so that's not entirely true.
• 21:21
  SPEAKER_00: But my favorite movie is Kill Bill.
• 21:23
  SPEAKER_00: That's my favorite movie of all time.
• 21:25
  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
• 21:26
  SPEAKER_01: You said Kill Bill, right?
• 21:28
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 21:29
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, hell yes! Hell yes.
• 21:31
  SPEAKER_01: The second one was my favorite of all the Tarantino movies.
• 21:35
  SPEAKER_01: Kill Bill 2 is my favorite movie.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_01: That's that is hilarious.
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_01: So, what do you think about the idea of them making a Kill Bill 3 with the the little girl all grown up?
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_01: Have you heard about that?
• 21:46
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so I watch I watch Stranger Things, so I know about her.
• 21:50
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 21:52
  SPEAKER_00: And I love I love Uma Thurman.
• 21:54
  SPEAKER_00: So, like, I don't know.
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_00: I would I think Maya Hawk could play in a Kill Bill movie because she's just so talented.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_00: Talented, and um, you know, I feel like she could pull it off.
• 22:04
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if she would be playing, like, I don't know how it would work.
• 22:07
  SPEAKER_00: Like, would she be playing a new version of Uma?
• 22:10
  SPEAKER_00: Or like, will she be the new bride, you know?
• 22:12
  SPEAKER_01: Well, so there's a theory rolling around, you know, Vivica A.
• 22:16
  SPEAKER_01: Fox's daughter in the movie watched her get killed by the bride.
• 22:21
  SPEAKER_01: So there is a uh there's a theory going around that Kill Bill 3 will be Viveka A.
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_01: Fox's daughter going out after the bride for revenge for her mother's death.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_01: So it's like it's like taking the whole Kill Bill concept and flipping it on its head in a certain way.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_01: And I'm like, dude, I'm here for that.
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_01: I'm totally here for that.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_00: So I would go see it.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I would go see it.
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_01: We've talked a lot about your production, we've talked about your album, we've kind of talked about how you spend your time, your influences.
• 22:53
  SPEAKER_01: Would you consider yourself a team player or just straight up solo artists?
• 22:58
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I have collaborations or people that I collaborate with, I should say, um, that I've thought about um doing some sort of duo thing with in the future.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 23:09
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so I'm definitely not I'm definitely not opposed to it.
• 23:11
  SPEAKER_00: Like I would be in a band, you know?
• 23:12
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 23:13
  SPEAKER_00: I'd love to be in a band.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_00: I kind of am in a band right now, but it's just not, you know, like a published band.
• 23:18
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I gotcha.
• 23:20
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I love collaborating with people.
• 23:21
  SPEAKER_00: I love coming up with ideas in a group setting.
• 23:24
  SPEAKER_00: Um so I wouldn't be opposed to it.
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_00: But I do like to work by myself.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like I'm the most me, obviously, by myself.
• 23:31
  SPEAKER_01: Again, we've talked about the past.
• 23:33
  SPEAKER_01: Now let's talk about the future.
• 23:35
  SPEAKER_01: So, what's up next for Drew Anthony?
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so I'm currently working on another record um to be able to put out.
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know when it's gonna come out, but just know I'm in the studio working.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I'm also working on another record with a friend of mine, Miss Key Bonita.
• 23:54
  SPEAKER_00: Um trying to put that out next year.
• 23:57
  SPEAKER_00: Um she's excited about it.
• 23:58
  SPEAKER_00: I'm very excited as well.
• 24:00
  unknown: Awesome.
• 24:01
  SPEAKER_00: And uh, you know, just projects that I'm producing, projects that I'm working on that I can't really announce yet.
• 24:06
  SPEAKER_00: But uh, you know, things are coming, things are coming.
• 24:09
  SPEAKER_01: Gotcha, gotcha.
• 24:11
  SPEAKER_01: So, what's your advice for making the world a better place right now with everything that we've been dealing with the past couple years?
• 24:19
  SPEAKER_00: I think first it just needs to start with people fixing what's going on internally.
• 24:24
  SPEAKER_00: You know, I feel like everybody's worried about what's going on elsewhere.
• 24:27
  SPEAKER_00: People just need to focus on their themselves first, you know?
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like that would just already make an automatic impact on how the world is.
• 24:37
  SPEAKER_00: Like if everybody was a better person, the world would be a better place automatically, you know.
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_01: I use the analogy the air mask.
• 24:44
  SPEAKER_01: You've flown in an airplane before, right?
• 24:46
  SPEAKER_01: And yeah, they they talk about the air mask, they want you to put the air mask on your face before you put it on your child's face.
• 24:54
  SPEAKER_01: And the reason being is you're no good to anybody else if you can't take care of yourself first.
• 25:00
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 25:00
  SPEAKER_01: So that goes to exactly what you're saying, my friend.
• 25:03
  SPEAKER_00: Yep, yeah.
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_01: People just need to reevaluate and you know, improve.
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_01: So, where can everybody find you online, sir?
• 25:11
  SPEAKER_00: Uh everybody can find me everywhere at Drew Anthony on everything.
• 25:16
  SPEAKER_00: So J-R-U Anthony on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, anything you you know, go and search things on.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_01: Awesome.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_01: And awesome.
• 25:28
  SPEAKER_01: And I honestly I think your album, Life for Now, uh Drew Anthony.
• 25:34
  SPEAKER_01: I listened to it on Spotify.
• 25:36
  SPEAKER_01: It is phenomenal.
• 25:37
  SPEAKER_01: It is the perfect music for this time of year.
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_01: It's got jazz elements, it's got RB elements, there's some hip hop style beats in there.
• 25:48
  SPEAKER_01: Like, it's got a little bit of everything for everyone.
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_01: And, sir, thank you very much for doing the show.
• 25:56
  SPEAKER_00: I appreciate you for having me.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, the world's a better place with you in it, my friend.
• 26:01
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you.
• 26:01
  SPEAKER_01: I appreciate it.
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_01: I want to once again thank Drew Anthony for being on the show today.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_01: Search him out on Spotify, JRUATHY.
• 26:11
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• 26:17
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• 26:26
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• 26:36
  SPEAKER_01: I tell you what, friends, if you are a listener of my show, a simple share of my social media goes a long way, and I really appreciate it.
• 26:46
  SPEAKER_01: This has been Caught on the Mic with Michael Clark.
• 26:50
  SPEAKER_01: I'm Michael Clark.
• 26:51
  SPEAKER_01: Until next time, thank you.