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Unsigned518 - Episode 185 - Lonny Eaton · Unsigned518

• 0:01
  Speaker A: He was born on a Saturday in 73 he loves punk rock music fighting the 13 cabin in the dazzle Jazz on the beat Guitar with a short wind Radio bass His motherfucking envy scrolling look at motherfucker cuz here he comes Andy Sculling wearing his or his hat.
• 0:27
  Speaker B: Welcome to unsigned fire 518. I'm here with Lonnie Eaton, well of Shortwave Radio Band, but also. Now, would you say you're of Forensic Polaroids or would you say you are?
• 0:39
  Speaker C: Probably I am because. Well, so. So we're. Second song out. That's pretty cool. It's called One Hit. Jason Novak did the drums on both. So he's kind of like the.
• 0:53
  Speaker B: The drummer.
• 0:54
  Speaker C: He's the drummer, you know, and. And a lot of fun to work with. He's got like all this excitement that he brings to the project, which just makes it really cool. But that's it. Like us, right?
• 1:08
  Speaker B: And for those that don't know, Jason Novak, currently in Black Tongue, Reverend and formerly in under the Den. And just like a really solid drummer.
• 1:18
  Speaker C: And they have an album coming out.
• 1:20
  Speaker B: Black Tongue really soon. Upstate of Mine, I believe it is. Yep.
• 1:25
  Speaker C: Upstate of mind.
• 1:26
  Speaker B: Yeah, those guys rock. But check out Black Tongue. And it's cool that Jason's drumming for them because you know, he's. He's one of the fam. Anyway, go ahead. So you and. You and Jason and so like the first song.
• 1:38
  Speaker C: AI Girl.
• 1:39
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 1:39
  Speaker C: A year ago or, you know, and that's.
• 1:42
  Speaker B: That's gotten some radio love that's been played on EQX or was. Has it been played on eqx?
• 1:49
  Speaker C: Eqx? Yes, definitely.
• 1:50
  Speaker B: Extra. Like I've heard it on ext. I don't know if maybe you didn't. You're looking.
• 1:54
  Speaker C: I haven't.
• 1:55
  Speaker B: Yeah, you're looking at me blankly. No, I'm 100% sure it's been played on ext. Because I remember seeing. Seeing the. The COVID art that. You know, the one that NGB did. So yeah, it has been played there. Anyway, so, yeah, first song. AI Girl. You and Jason. And you know, obviously we're in a band together. We're in shortwave and you know, like this is. I don't know if I'd call it a side pro. But like it's always. It's songs that you don't believe that, you know, because you write a lot of the songs for Short Waves.
• 2:31
  Speaker C: I have so many ideas that just never get finished even. And you know, I'll send them out to everyone in the band or A couple people in the band or whatever, and some of them will be like, this fucking sucks.
• 2:44
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 2:45
  Speaker C: What is that shit? Get that out of here. Sometimes there's a great response. Sometimes they just get kicked to the side and we move on and that, you know, when we did. We're not going to get into the new album with Shortwave Radio Band. We discussed.
• 2:58
  Speaker B: We're saving that.
• 2:59
  Speaker C: That's a different episode.
• 3:00
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 3:02
  Speaker C: Yeah. But I'd call it a side project, like, really going way back a couple years or something. But, yeah, you told me you were like, lonnie, why don't you just release some of these things on, you know that.
• 3:15
  Speaker B: Because there were things that made. That didn't. That wouldn't make sense as a short wave song. Because we were like, kind of coming into that where we had our sound. Like we were developing a sound.
• 3:25
  Speaker C: Exactly.
• 3:25
  Speaker B: And it was like, these are great songs, but they just. It wouldn't fit. So it was like, just release them, you know?
• 3:32
  Speaker C: Yeah. So there's no boundaries, really, with this project at the moment. I suppose down the road, let's say I released a 4, 6, 8 song project, then it would start to develop its own character.
• 3:44
  Speaker B: Right.
• 3:45
  Speaker C: But right now there's just singles and they're just ideas and they kind of sit in the same vein. Roughly an 80s theme.
• 3:52
  Speaker B: Yeah. And I mean, they're. They're perfect, like rock radio, you know, and, like, one hit is in my. In my head all the time. I can't even tell you how often that song is in my head. And it's a catchy tune that, like, you. You have that ability to write songs that are new but familiar, you know, like, even writing the fucking theme song for Weekend Spotlight for.
• 4:19
  Speaker C: Oh, yeah, that was so much fun.
• 4:21
  Speaker B: Like, BJ is a big ACDC fan and we were like, hey, Lonnie, will you write, you know, write something for the Weekend Spotlight? And you wrote that thing that's clearly, you know, thunderstruck. It's a thunderstruck ripoff. But it's not the same notes, you know what I mean? It's just different enough. But it's like, it's familiar yet brand new. Like, and I think that's a cool ability to have.
• 4:48
  Speaker C: It's either a curse or, like, I don't.
• 4:52
  Speaker B: Right. Like, because even one hit, like, there's. I'll, like, almost be able to pick out, like, an influence from it or something, but then it goes away, you know, it's just like these little ingredients.
• 5:06
  Speaker C: Oh, there's clearly some there. We won't we won't read.
• 5:10
  Speaker B: We won't give it away. But I know some of them, and I'm actually in the song.
• 5:15
  Speaker C: Yeah. So how that all kind of came about is the song's basically done. The arrangement was done, you know, not the recording part, but. And I'm bouncing it back and forth to Jason saying, hey, you know, what, are we there yet? Are we ready to go in? Or does this need more? And he's saying, you know, the guitar solo just seems. It's like there's something missing on the guitar solo. We're not. What can we do there? And this, like, light bulb went off, and I'm like, meatloaf, we gotta do something. What would meatloaf do here? And I realize it's not. And I realize it's way shorter than Paradise Blood.
• 5:51
  Speaker B: Ashford Life.
• 5:51
  Speaker C: Yes. Thank you.
• 5:52
  Speaker B: With the baseball metal. And it was funny. Cause, you know. Well, you know, continue about how you came up with it, and then I'll tell my little.
• 5:59
  Speaker C: Yeah, that was basically it. I'm like, I'm just gonna. I'm gonna have this announcer where it's a flashback type of scene. If it was a movie, it would be like a flashback going back to, oh, this is what. Where that stems from the problem or the situation or the challenge or whatever, or the song.
• 6:18
  Speaker B: So the one hit. The one hit.
• 6:22
  Speaker C: So the. The idea just came. Why don't I make an announcer that's, like, narrating the song, basically? And then the idea came of, let's have Andy do this. And I think he's the right guy for this.
• 6:37
  Speaker B: And it was funny because when you asked me, you were like, yeah, I've got this idea. I want it to be kind of like a boxing announcer, similar to the baseball announcer in the Meatloaf song. And I responded with, dude, I used to fucking kill that announcer part in karaoke when we would do it, because me and my friend Eleanor would always duet paradise for the Dashboard Light. And when it would come up to the. You know, to the. To the announcer parts, I would. I would always. Always read it, you know?
• 7:06
  Speaker C: Yep.
• 7:06
  Speaker B: And I was like, yeah, I think I can. I think I can do that.
• 7:09
  Speaker C: So you were qualified.
• 7:10
  Speaker B: Yeah, I was qualified. Different sport. Sports announcer. Whatever. It's fine.
• 7:16
  Speaker C: The funny thing is. Okay, well, this is a. This is a little side story from when I first started working with Andy in music. I don't really like sports.
• 7:26
  Speaker B: Neither do I.
• 7:27
  Speaker C: In fact, I. I don't watch sports on tv. If you take me to a game.
• 7:31
  Speaker B: Oh, sure.
• 7:32
  Speaker C: If you Drag me to a game.
• 7:34
  Speaker B: Oh, no, I will. I will gladly go to a live sporting event.
• 7:37
  Speaker C: I'll have fun. I'll probably have more fun than most people because, like, it's exciting, it's a.
• 7:40
  Speaker B: Live event and it's fun.
• 7:41
  Speaker C: Get to do it very often. But I'll never go out of my way to watch TV and sports or something because I just. It's not me. I'm not trying to offend anyone, obviously, but. So Andy and I run into each other in the grocery store, and you might remember this, you might not. I don't know. But. So I get in the checkout line, right? And Andy's in the checkout line right next to me, and we're cashing out. And the cashier lady goes to Andy, says, who you rooting for in the big game this weekend? And Andy goes, I don't even know who's playing.
• 8:18
  Speaker B: I don't even know what sport you're playing.
• 8:19
  Speaker C: It was the fucking super bowl weekend. And Andy didn. Who's playing? And I said to myself, I don't know who's playing either. I think this is going to work out with us.
• 8:30
  Speaker B: Yeah. No, I don't know. I don't know sports. I could tell you the storied history of the 70s band Aurel Speedwagon for an hour and a half, but I can't tell you who's playing sports this weekend.
• 8:47
  Speaker C: So for us to write a song about boxing was, like, a total opposite of my nature.
• 8:53
  Speaker B: Yeah. Boxing's a sport that I haven't seen live. I have been to, like, NFL game, Major League baseball game, basketball game, but I've never seen boxing.
• 9:04
  Speaker C: I've done, like, hockey, maybe WWE hockey.
• 9:09
  Speaker B: I haven't seen wrestling. Yeah, that definitely count. But if you want to go, like, we should go. You should come with me next week. I'm going to a Valley Cats game. They're having a Metroland night and, like, Aaron's singing the national anthem and everything.
• 9:24
  Speaker C: Wow.
• 9:24
  Speaker B: And Katie can't go. So you could be. You could be my date if you want to go.
• 9:30
  Speaker C: This could be a possibility.
• 9:31
  Speaker B: It's a fun. I go into the. I don't know if you ever been to the Valley Cats.
• 9:35
  Speaker C: Never.
• 9:36
  Speaker B: So it's like a minor league, you know, minor league team or whatever, but, like, holy. They put on, like. It's a great. It's so much fun. Like, when I lived in Troy, I used to go all the time because it was, like, pretty cheap. And it's like a. You know, feels kind of like a Major league experience with, you know, but it's a chiller setting. Yeah, you should come. We'll go catch a fucking ball game. And it's Metroland night. And I do believe we have like a box. Oh, our own box.
• 10:08
  Speaker C: Shouldn't turn that down then.
• 10:10
  Speaker B: Yeah, no, you should come. Yeah. Talk to me after. Talk to me after. We. After we record, we'll. We just break into like, people listening.
• 10:19
  Speaker C: We don't like sports.
• 10:21
  Speaker B: People listening are probably like, who the are. Like, what are they doing? They're like, oh, I hate sports. You want to go to a baseball game next week? Yeah, I totally do. Like, but going out is.
• 10:31
  Speaker C: But live is different.
• 10:32
  Speaker B: It's like so much fun.
• 10:34
  Speaker C: Live music versus, you know.
• 10:36
  Speaker B: Correct. Like, I would go see a band that is a style of music that I'm not really into and have a great time if I'm seeing it live. You know what I mean? Like, there is something about that. Hey, it's here, it's happening. That amplify. You know, I may not sit on the couch and listen to just like, I may not. I'm not gonna sit on the couch and watch a baseball game.
• 11:00
  Speaker C: But I'm not really into jam bands and. You're not maybe?
• 11:04
  Speaker B: No, definitely not.
• 11:05
  Speaker C: And a friend of mine let me borrow like the Widespread Panic album and I listened to it and I was hanging. This is whatever, right? And then he let me borrow a live album and I was like, holy shit.
• 11:17
  Speaker B: And I bet you if you went to see them.
• 11:19
  Speaker C: Oh yeah.
• 11:19
  Speaker B: You'd probably be like, what the fuck?
• 11:22
  Speaker C: Yeah, right?
• 11:23
  Speaker B: But yeah, although I did. I did go to see the Grateful Dead before Jerry Garcia died. And I was not impressed. You know, I mean, I was younger. It was like night. No, it was early maybe. No, yeah, 94. Cuz I was 21, so it was like 93 or 94. It was in Vermont or whatever. But like. And everybody. Because I was like so anti Grateful Dead back then, you know, I've loosened up a little in my old age. But like, everybody's like, oh, but when you see him live, your phone change and. And I'm like, no, it didn't. Like, it didn't change. It didn't change anything.
• 11:59
  Speaker C: I've heard that their stage set set up the PA and stuff is. Was the original formula. Well, I'm not using the correct words, but for noise canceling headphones. So they would record.
• 12:13
  Speaker B: So many people wanted to. Wanted it to stop.
• 12:17
  Speaker C: No, what they would do is they would point microphones out at the audience, right? And then they Would reverse the phase and play it back through PA system, which is how noise canceling headphones work. And so the people in the audience really couldn't hear themselves screaming, so they made the music that much clearer.
• 12:36
  Speaker B: Oh, wow.
• 12:37
  Speaker C: And they were doing this back in the 70s and 80s, before noise canceling headphones were even a thing.
• 12:42
  Speaker B: Wow.
• 12:43
  Speaker C: Kind of ahead of their game, I guess, if that's true.
• 12:47
  Speaker B: Yeah, I guess. All right, so let's get back to one hit. So, you know, just like shortwave's earlier stuff, and, you know, I'm sure probably we will. We will go back to the master again. But, like, you know, our earlier stuff was done by Dave Tyo, and then this last album we did was done by TJ Foster, but all the forensic polaroid stuff has still gone through.
• 13:13
  Speaker C: It's been produced by Dave Tyo. Yeah. And he plays bass on there.
• 13:17
  Speaker B: Okay.
• 13:17
  Speaker C: At the moment, yeah. Because we just haven't solidified a bass player.
• 13:20
  Speaker B: I mean, I'll. I'll play ba. You. I'll play bass on. On any song you want, dude.
• 13:23
  Speaker C: We'll see what's coming up.
• 13:24
  Speaker B: I mean, technically, like, I'm your bass player. You could be like, oh, I have a bass player.
• 13:29
  Speaker C: Technically, that's true.
• 13:30
  Speaker B: Yeah. I'll play bass on anything you want, dude. 100%. But, yeah. So Tayo. But Tayo's not included in, like, the songwriting or structure or anything. You're bringing him a complete.
• 13:43
  Speaker C: Both of those songs worked. The structure was completely finished before Tayo ever heard it.
• 13:49
  Speaker B: Okay.
• 13:49
  Speaker C: So, you know, other than some harmony vocals, inverted guitar chord parts and stuff like that to add some thickness and whatnot to it, the whole song was completed before we even approached Dave.
• 14:06
  Speaker B: And that was you and. And Jason Novak going back and forth, like, with the structure.
• 14:11
  Speaker C: Right.
• 14:11
  Speaker B: Because like, when we, you know, for those that don't know, I'm, you know, probably a lot. Lot won't know. But when we would do songs with Dave, we would bring him, like, kind of a shell, you know, we'd be like, hey, we have this. This idea, you know, this structure. And he would help us form, you know, different changes and different harmonies and find a bridge and stuff like that. And he's like, really fucking good at. Really good at all that stuff. And for those that don't know, Dave Tayo, the theme song to the show, the episode that you're listening to right now, that is Dave and John, who go. A Simple Machine doing that. But that's Dave singing the. The theme song to this. This program.
• 14:57
  Speaker C: So, yeah, he Does a great job with everything that he touches. Yes.
• 15:01
  Speaker B: Yeah. He even. I mean, you probably knew this, but he played a classic guitar at my wedding. I did 10, 10 plus years ago. So we go way back. Anyway, yeah, so Dave is just producing on this. He's not, like, helping with the songwriting. He's just. You're coming in and saying, hey, we want to lay this down. And he's.
• 15:21
  Speaker C: We did it right there in his studio. Let's see. After that, I sent it to Don Fury. We had just worked with Don Fury on the previous projects. Yeah, let's just keep things rolling.
• 15:34
  Speaker B: Yeah. And I do want to, like, real quick do a little aside just to give a shout out to Don Fury, because, like, we. Me. And when I say we, like me and you, Lonnie, were having a conversation, you know, about getting our album mastered. And I was like, well, you know, I've heard, you know, Don Fury does, like, just really good work and. And. And like, I don't know if, you know, you probably won't, Lonnie, but the band Quicksand, who. I'm a huge fan of Quicksand, and their first two or three albums were done by Don Fury. And, like, so I've known that name for 35 years, and it was like, that'd be kind of cool. And then you worked with them, like.
• 16:14
  Speaker C: You know, you, Lonnie, during the album.
• 16:16
  Speaker B: Yeah. Did like, shortwave album.
• 16:18
  Speaker C: Yes.
• 16:18
  Speaker B: And it must have been a good enough experience where you're like, let's continue doing things. But so for those that don't know, he's right in Troy. And if you've got stuff that, you know needs to be mastered or recorded, he does really good. He takes care of local bands.
• 16:35
  Speaker C: Yeah, I've been there in person to the studio. It's a great building. It's a great space. It's quite large, so there's room to set everything up in different spaces and play live without interfering with anybody's business. You know, stuff like that. Don just took a lot of time that I didn't expect him to take with me.
• 16:57
  Speaker B: Right.
• 16:58
  Speaker C: And then walk me through the process and show me his gear and stuff. And with everything that goes on nowadays, like, before this podcast started, we were talking about how shit was like, really lo fi with the VHS recordings and stuff and this. That how far things have come. This is not a criticism in any way. Don has kept true to that.
• 17:18
  Speaker B: No, I mean, it's not a criticism. It's like a fucking beautiful thing.
• 17:22
  Speaker C: Like, he does not have a visual screen in front of him when he was doing these projects, he's just using his ears. And so it's kind of like a blind person. Their other senses become more heightened. Yeah. So he's unique like that. And I was like, wow, that, you know, rather than someone just saying, oh, look, there's a little spike there on the screen.
• 17:46
  Speaker B: Or just look at that. And I mean, you know, that's how.
• 17:49
  Speaker C: I would be doing it all organically.
• 17:51
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 17:51
  Speaker C: From ground up. And each.
• 17:55
  Speaker B: That is like just a lost art form.
• 17:58
  Speaker C: Exactly.
• 17:59
  Speaker B: Such a unique thing. And. And to have him be right in fucking Troy and you know, to be accessible. Because, like, even when you reached out to him and we're like, we didn't even know if he was going to be like, oh, I don't have time, or whatever. But, like, you know, he took a lot of time and he took a.
• 18:18
  Speaker C: Lot of time for.
• 18:19
  Speaker B: Yeah. And he's not like, time, but like, I mean time. Like, in a good way. Like, he spent a lot of time.
• 18:26
  Speaker C: What we mean is he went above and beyond.
• 18:29
  Speaker B: Right, right.
• 18:29
  Speaker C: Time wise. Like, we were like, he Don. Yet he's still going.
• 18:34
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 18:34
  Speaker C: Because he wants to put out the best possible piece of art that he can create from what you give him.
• 18:41
  Speaker B: Yeah. Really cool. Really cool that we have that locally. But anyway, yeah. So Don Fury mastered, you know, not only our album, but both knowing just one. Just the one. Yeah.
• 18:53
  Speaker C: We didn't know Don before.
• 18:54
  Speaker B: That's true.
• 18:54
  Speaker C: That's a year ago. Or I hadn't known of him. So.
• 18:57
  Speaker B: That's true.
• 18:58
  Speaker C: Yeah.
• 19:00
  Speaker B: So. No, go ahead.
• 19:02
  Speaker C: Another. Well, a fun little fact. And this will tie right into where you're going tomorrow. But, like, so I'm. For those. Yeah, for those. Don't know. Andy has like a mouth surgery.
• 19:13
  Speaker B: Oral. Orals. I gotta go. I gotta go get a couple of teeth pulled. And I am.
• 19:19
  Speaker C: Who.
• 19:20
  Speaker B: Like, I am not. I am not great when it comes.
• 19:23
  Speaker C: To jumping in cold water when you know it's gonna be really cold. I don't want to do it, but.
• 19:30
  Speaker B: My anxiety is fucking through the roof. Like, it's. It's fine. Like it's fine, but, like, I'm so not looking forward to it.
• 19:38
  Speaker C: So I'm writing this, the lyrics to one hit. And they're like, almost done. So I'm on the final.
• 19:44
  Speaker B: I'll be spitting chicklets tomorrow.
• 19:47
  Speaker C: Yeah. I'm on the final chorus and we're talking about Barstool radio podcast at work with some of the guys. And Spit and Chiclets is one of the Podcasts. That's under the barstool umbrella, right?
• 20:03
  Speaker B: Isn't it, like, a hockey one?
• 20:04
  Speaker C: It is a hockey podcast, yes. But I just.
• 20:08
  Speaker B: It's a funny term, you know?
• 20:10
  Speaker C: So I'm like, I'm putting it in the song. It's got to be the right thing for the song. And then as the day goes on, Self doubt comes in and you're like, well, maybe that's not. Maybe I shouldn't use the term spitting Chiclets in a boxing song. But my day went on. I went back and forth and I finally decided, nope, I'm pulling it out. I'm not going to use the line. I'll go back to the original line, go home, and I'm making some dinner for myself, which is usually like nachos or something. And I bit down and holy crap, one of my teeth fell out that day. And I was like, this has got to be a sign that that lyric is supposed to go into the song.
• 20:54
  Speaker B: This is a very painful sign. It's definitely not a sign that we're getting old.
• 21:01
  Speaker C: There can't be a clearer message that I should use that line in the song than this. So it went, then it went back into the song and stayed from that point forward.
• 21:11
  Speaker B: Nice.
• 21:12
  Speaker C: But that was kind of how that lyric came about to being solidified in the song so.
• 21:20
  Speaker B: Well, I think we should. We should hear the song.
• 21:23
  Speaker C: Let's do that.
• 21:24
  Speaker B: All right, so we're just going to hear one hit, Forensic Polaroids, and then we're going to be right back to wrap it up with Lonnie.
• 21:46
  Speaker C: Why didn't I turn to you? When the world came crashing down?
• 21:53
  Speaker A: I found something else and the feeling went away.
• 22:00
  Speaker C: Hidden amongst the crowd I completely numb myself Then the flashback came.
• 22:07
  Speaker A: And the movie played over in my head. You were the only one in a crowded room now there's empty space where we used to play Life ending way too soon that one hit hit me so hard I'm still not seeing straight that one hit hit me so hard everything changed from hearts to spades that one hit me so hard but you'll never knock me down again after the.
• 22:50
  Speaker C: 10 count the lights went out.
• 22:56
  Speaker A: Didn'T expect to get hit below the bells.
• 23:04
  Speaker C: Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth But I'm getting.
• 23:10
  Speaker A: Up, I've had enough the next B, you're going down don't want to let myself get close to you Cuz I've seen some things too complicated Would you explain that one hit me so hard I'm still not Seeing straight that one hit me so hard Everything changed From hearts to space that one hit hit me so hard Knocked me right into next wing. That one hit hit me so hard but you'll never knock me down again.
• 24:03
  Speaker B: He appears to be pinned against the ropes.
• 24:05
  Speaker A: Watch this. The clubs are coming on. He throws the uppercut. It's over.
• 24:14
  Speaker C: That one hit hit me so hard I'm still not seeing straight that one hit hit me so hard I've got.
• 24:26
  Speaker A: To admit that one hit hit me so hard I'm spitting Chiclets at one Hit me so hard but you'll never knock me down Never knock me down again.
• 25:05
  Speaker B: All right, that was one hit. Forensic Polaroids. And Lonnie, you know, I'm like, I want to thank you so much for coming to my house. Like. Like, you're not here once a week. Like. Yeah. For bad practice. But, like. But, you know, thank you for taking time to do this. But before you go, I want to, like I do with all my guests, give you a chance to say your gratitude. So microp is all yours.
• 25:28
  Speaker C: All mine, definitely. I gotta thank my wife first for putting up with me.
• 25:35
  Speaker B: Right.
• 25:35
  Speaker C: And my endeavors that sometimes pan out and a lot of times don't. So go there. But. But really, you know, I'm grateful that I got involved in the music scene that was here, I think, when we started out as a cover band.
• 25:53
  Speaker B: Yeah. Five or six years ago at this point.
• 25:56
  Speaker C: At the.
• 25:57
  Speaker B: Yeah, six years ago.
• 25:59
  Speaker C: And we were just Andy and me playing two guitars and that was.
• 26:03
  Speaker B: I was on acoustic and. Yeah, you were on electric. And we had a little drum machine.
• 26:07
  Speaker C: Yeah. We moved forward from that. Got the drummer. Da da di da that's another episode. But. But you. Andy had started talking about, like, you know, I want to be a part of the music scene. And. And I was like, we have a music scene.
• 26:21
  Speaker B: Even.
• 26:21
  Speaker C: Like, I didn't even know what we really had. I knew there was something, but I didn't realize the extent of it and how large it was around here and that there was room for people like me and everyone else that's listening. There's room for you in the scene. The scene makes space for every genre of music that you can possibly imagine. And I'm glad that I can just be a part of that in some way. And maybe a song, like one hit or AI Girl or something, maybe it just reaches somebody in a way that it was like, okay, that was kind of cool. That fits into my life right now or helps me deal with something or shines a light on Something that maybe I've been dodging for too long now and stuff like that, so. But I'm really grateful for that. Super grateful for everyone in my band that's here in the Dazzle Den once a week, jamming out, working on stuff that we can bring out to the stage and just the opportunities that are going to be coming this year, next year. We were really pushing this album that, you know.
• 27:33
  Speaker B: Videos.
• 27:34
  Speaker C: Videos, yeah, the forensic Polaroid stuff. I don't push it too much. I don't push it as much as I probably should because it is a side project and it's. It's not my main focus. It's definitely not Jason's main focus. He's in three other bands. He doesn't have time to even really do anything with me. But we squeeze it in there. We're just busy and thank God we're busy just doing stuff we love doing and not getting dragged down by life, you know, we still have an outlet where we can be ourselves, have fun, totally make music, be a part of the story scene. Those are my great. My gratitudes.
• 28:12
  Speaker B: Nice. All right, well, he is Lonnie Eaton. I am Andy scullin. This is unsigned 518. See you on the road. Unsigned 518 is produced and hosted by me, Andy Scullin. New episodes are available every week wherever you stream podcasts. If you would 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 unsigned518mail.com and to be a guest on the show, reach out to me through Instagram. Signed 518. Take care of one another and I'll see you next week. Andy sky and Scholar.