Lance Colbruno | Discussion Combustion Podcast | 263

[00:00:00] We'll have this discussion. Discussion? What discussion? This is a discussion Coming to you from Denver, Colorado This is discussion combustion podcast with your hosts Kevin Batstone and Arthur Rawe Busy week with like the memes you keep up with a lot of shit that goes viral

[00:00:25] Like obviously the Hawk 2 girl has pretty much taken over I just can't believe how quickly that went from you know that happening on the streets in Nashville I think it was like a week ago, and then by Thursday morning. It was on everybody social media feed

[00:00:36] I think she got fired you think so I don't know they were saying something about she got fired But I know those this clips go viral just because it's outlandish It's ridiculous

[00:00:44] It's something to just pop up on and be like now it's a quote for a couple weeks and then it's gone So I know she's capitalizing on it too. Oh, yeah, she's already made shirts and hats Taking pictures and signing autographs

[00:00:58] Do it while you can like right there. Yeah, for sure like I'm all for like her Her random success, but it is funny because we were talking about it before we hopped on how they perpetuate things like this and like how How they promote things like that?

[00:01:13] But then when you talk about real things they try to like silence it Yeah, you know so they want to keep people distracted And it's just tonight It's just like another so what's really going on and I honestly think that like the monoliths that are coming back up

[00:01:26] Yeah, there's one in Colorado that just came up. I feel like that is from the governments or from our government and they're like Who's doing this like and they're really just trying to like

[00:01:37] Like distract us like a false flag something that's going on. I think I heard about that Yeah, that's those like those big mirrors that they yeah, they're just like popping up in the middle of nowhere

[00:01:44] It could be that we just be some people messing with people. Yeah, it's pretty funny Yeah, just what is it put a random statue up and say it's an alien That's what it is on it

[00:01:53] Be like what's gonna happen next and they just take it down when it's nighttime unless you're really watching them I don't know. I don't even how you find these or how these people found out just searching

[00:02:01] They're just like a park or something and they like walk across like stumble across it And that's why I think that these governments are involved and it's honestly just something that they do to make some noise right and to

[00:02:16] Not have us focus on other things right people talking about it like us right now Exactly but Lance you've been making some noise Every time we met you before you've been behind a camera doing awesome photography work and working like that But you've been hustling hard

[00:02:32] Putting music out there releasing music videos too and like getting tracks out there. So I'm excited I'm really excited for everything you've been putting out man. Yeah a lot more to come I've been building up I've been making music for like two years now

[00:02:44] But I'm trying to take it serious try to actually get things lined up and get things on Apple music and Spotify Because that's where people are really reaching out instead of I have stuff on YouTube

[00:02:52] But man you want people to play it on their phones and have it on spotlights So hoping that just keeps picking up as I put it out, you know Put it down so people pick up

[00:03:02] Keep going with it. How difficult is that process getting because like what you know We have an RSS feed with all those platforms, but I don't know how to do it on the music side Man for me boy went through this other program called distro kid

[00:03:11] I didn't really like it because they have my stuff so right now I'm on United Masters And what they do is you basically pay them and then they distribute pay them for a year and they'll distribute your music Okay, I found other platforms

[00:03:21] So I'm just going through them and so far it's been working pretty good because like I said I posted in a wait in a month. This was like a couple years ago So kind of ruined my motion and kind of killed my vibe be when dropping music

[00:03:31] But now that I have this I posted it the next week the song came up Nice, so I dropped Calamari on there and then I dropped fun guy at the same time

[00:03:39] I have another song with the music video dropped at the same time and they dropped the next couple weeks And I'm like wow it's that easy so I'm gonna just keep rocking with it and then they give you all they give you your money back

[00:03:48] That's what they're saying when you rack up the place So I think it's like a hundred percent when you pay, so I hope when those rack up eventually get so they guarantee

[00:03:56] Yeah, like the platform will pay you out. Okay, those views. Yeah, I think you have to get past I don't know what threshold. I'm sure it's like in a thousand before you get 25k or sure

[00:04:06] But it's way better to go through that and then the other ones right now from what I've learned Yeah, that's interesting because I've heard a couple people say too like they don't get compensated

[00:04:15] Properly on Spotify or Apple and then other people say they do so it's like there's probably some inconsistencies Just like we see with YouTube. I'm sure I even heard big artists get paid out wrong Yeah, they're holding their money and they don't tell them in a sense

[00:04:26] So I'm like Honestly, I just want to get into people's ears and then see where you go from there instead of I'm not too worried about any and stuff right now. Yeah, you're just trying to get your name out there

[00:04:35] Trying to get it put in playlists and everything because that's how you really get it on there It's having it through Apple Spotify It even goes on tiktok and I know tiktok's a pretty big platform right now

[00:04:43] People like to make those sound clips kind of like the Puk2 stuff Who knows they might just take a little bit of my clip and make a meme out of it and I'm like cool That was up. Yeah, I've seen a lot of people get up like that

[00:04:54] Who knows about that? That's interesting Yeah, cuz those content creators are hungry for stuff and like when something like that comes out They put it into every and anything they can oh, yeah

[00:05:01] Like what the oh, no you heard the oh, no it's like oh, no oh, no, and then it plays like a meme or something I think I heard it

[00:05:10] There's a couple songs that guys from Denver that has actually sampled that okay got views on his song from that I think his name is creeper. Oh, wow It blew up off a tiktok and then there's a couple other songs

[00:05:20] Diving in the deep. I don't know. It's like yeah, the ocean one. You ever heard that one probably Yeah, you know as soon as you get a meme your life dude

[00:05:28] Just repeating or repeating it's a good the way media is work to promote your music and all that it's crazy now Compared to like ten years ago, you know, you were trying to get in the studio probably or you had to hope hope an A&R

[00:05:41] Distrib or a label person had found you and put you in there compared to like we just have mics now You have mics. We have a computer boom boom boom boom. Yeah, it's crazy now It really is and it's changed a lot

[00:05:51] We were talking about this a couple weeks ago about how you know Folks used to have to do studio time and really put put in the time putting up flyers on telephone poles and stuff

[00:05:57] And now you can have a song go viral overnight and your household name, you know Then you got record labels approaching you like oh, yeah, this shit went viral, you know And then you get an opportunity, you know, we see a lot of guys come and go though

[00:06:07] They get those those things, you know, I mean It's kind of how it is in the industry. It seems you get spit out as soon as you come in just because it's like

[00:06:17] awful one song but Alstu provide sometimes unless you have a catalog built up which hopefully you have a catalog built up in fans Pre-meme pre virality to keep you going a lot of these people get up and then it's like how do I ride the wave?

[00:06:30] Hopefully if you could ride the wave and make merchandise instantly They'll make all that money back but for the most part people just don't know what to do once you get that so

[00:06:38] Seems hard. I was just thinking about that coming and going thing and then like hook to girl What if this is like the the pinnacle of her whole life and career very possible And she's like looking back to like I'll never

[00:06:50] Do better than I did in that interview talking about Going down on a man. Well and again like here's two girls out on like a Wednesday night They're partying like I watched the whole interview not just the part those days

[00:07:02] So I wanted a little bit more like context and these guys were just going around asking random people on the streets We've seen hundreds of those kind of interviews And it was like whoever the guy came over the creator originally of that video, but those guys

[00:07:11] That's what they do They just kind of interact with random people on the streets and then next thing you know She probably had a good buzz on with her with her girlfriend

[00:07:17] She wakes up next morning. They're like you got to see this shit. It was on every phone every tick tock I mean, it's it's you can't get away from it now. Yeah, and started to bring it back to that No, but it's true

[00:07:27] I was just thinking about like that's how the internet works How's that gonna go for her? But but it is interesting doing music like because I I made rap songs a long time ago Like it seems like a long time ago now

[00:07:38] It was like probably when I was really serious is probably like about 10 years ago I made around like 90 tracks like custom beats like mixed all my own shit Some of it was not Like industry quality, right? Like it wasn't all like there at that level

[00:07:53] But I was still getting it in but it was a different atmosphere back then where I was like trying to sell CDs You know hand-to-hand and go like going to events and finding open mics and trying to get in there like that

[00:08:04] For me like the music was really just like a good place for the outlet and like being able to Express myself and get it out there Part of me wants to like pursue it again

[00:08:15] But I like it's a lot of work and it takes a lot of dedication and beyond like doing this kind of stuff too But I don't know It's just interesting how things have evolved and changed because I never I never even made a music video

[00:08:27] like I never did anything like that and So there's a lot of a lot of places that I never got to that you're you already checking those boxes and making those moves Which I think is cool

[00:08:37] Like as like an artist in the past who used to do it like I never even made a video, you know So seeing people do that I'm always like hell. Yeah, they're taking some steps toward you know getting to the next level

[00:08:46] And I don't even know that process, you know So it's awesome that you're going through because you have to learn right? Oh, yeah You have to really like you really do have to learn like like I said

[00:08:56] Well when we were talking earlier from working with other artists that kind of caught on cues like when they're in the studio How do they work? What is their process? Are they writing or they punching in same with the videos?

[00:09:05] When I make my video like the reason when I made I Want to act in it like I'm really kind of being Being funny, you know multiple actions of the chewing or I'm trying to dance a little harder like directing my own self

[00:09:19] So yeah, it has changed a lot. Just yeah, just trying to come up with things and You know keep it fresh because a lot of things are I don't know a lot of things

[00:09:27] I feel like get repeated even even like concepts, you know, what am I gonna be outside again? It's hard to kind of keep yourself going and being like what's next what's next?

[00:09:36] Maybe I should run a spot a studio with a different kind of vibe so that it's maybe old-school Directed with props, you know because it's yeah It's hard hard to stay fresh and then like you said before beforehand

[00:09:48] You have to go hand out mix tapes. That's how a lot of people came up Out there trunk handed mix tapes people check this out check this out or like when you go to Vegas

[00:09:56] You in the Vegas they just hand it to you and then they'll like pay me Yeah, it was all about printing off CDs. I was like can I print off a thousand CDs? Like you're all looking into saving money getting those big CDRs

[00:10:08] They came like the big rack, you know and you just sit there and burn them all day Yeah, yeah, and like I was doing it cheap where I was handwriting on that shit I'm like this handwriting will be worse up in someday but like

[00:10:17] Really if you could like print a graphic onto the CD and like get it going like that was like the big thing back then But so now it's digital now It's like every but there's influx in artists, right because of it's easier to put something out there

[00:10:32] And so what does that do to the industry? Does it make? Make it so there's actually more music that is good or does it like

[00:10:43] Dilute it and make it so it's just like anyone thinks that they are talented enough to make music and like it's like ruining it There may be neither. I don't know It's a hard thing to think about think it though I dilute it

[00:10:57] But it also makes people want to work harder So like I see people making music videos in my area I want to do something new or they're dropping this kind of sound I don't know if I want to lean into that

[00:11:05] I want to drop a different sound and it dilutes it too because it's like you hear something That's popular you're gonna you're attracted to things that are popular. I might want to do that

[00:11:14] So it just it's just hard now. I don't know. That's what I keep going back to it's hard But it's also fresh because we're all pushing each other to do more things who's dropping this week

[00:11:23] I'm gonna drop next week or stuff like that same with the videos who's dropping this week. I'm a drop next week It's just all different now It's about timing and strategy a little bit. What about the live scene? Do you do any live performances? Not yet

[00:11:36] No, I'm still trying to build my portfolio. Yeah, I want to before I do anything live I don't want to have fans. I don't want to just pull up to people shows

[00:11:43] I've had I pulled up to people shows and it's like this person's popular and as soon as you go on after them The whole crowd's gone. It's like I don't want to just perform for nobody or have nobody come out

[00:11:53] I want to really have a little bit of fans. So it's like, hey, I got my support And then I'm cool I could keep having those people and then grow from there and have them reach out to other people and push me more so Performing sounds cool

[00:12:05] But when the time is right, it's fun. So I used to make like a like a dub track CD So I'd like go into the spot. I would even do this at karaoke's and shit I'd be like here. I was there for a few of those like here

[00:12:17] Like I would like go get my live performance at a karaoke bar because I'm like I'm not gonna sing any of this other stuff But I got the CD with like a dub track and also had all my backup vocals on it already mixed

[00:12:27] And that's how I used to try to go in there and just Boots on the ground type of shit, you know, I mean that campaigning still has to work to a certain extent

[00:12:37] It's just now you can scan like a QR code or you just instantly get someone to follow your stuff Where before you could sell them a CD or something

[00:12:43] But then you were hoping for like a residual someone to turn up at your show or to buy another CD I feel like now with the social connection That's actually prior where social media excels a little bit is you can follow you on Instagram

[00:12:53] They see when your new materials come and they see when your shows are coming up There's a lot more information available Then then when you were trying to you know make it out there back when the struggle was real before social media. Yeah, you know

[00:13:04] Yeah, it's a lot easier now with social media It's not saying to you build the fans up You already know they're there if they're liking your stuff and they're commenting in your life

[00:13:12] Now I kind of got the feed now I'm gonna go outside and see what it's actually gonna bring Then you got those people too that are gonna like love share all your stuff like man

[00:13:21] We'll be there for your show show comes around. They're nowhere to be found. Yeah, that's it I know it's I mean a lot of this stuff like you know, it's about

[00:13:31] Having that passion behind it right because like why else make music and do all this sort of stuff Unless you'd like it like it feels good like it like it because once you okay Once you make a song and you like get that bar on there

[00:13:45] Just that how you like it and like it rides with the beat Like there's that feeling for that moment when you when you get the right recording because sometimes you'll have to go And for a couple takes like look

[00:13:54] I wasn't always just a one-take rapper. I'll admit to that but like, you know when you hit it with that perfect take Mm-hmm, and then that's like a moment of joy That's like a moment of joy

[00:14:04] So that that's like what would chase me and I'll still hit some free styles in the car and stuff Do you freestyle to are you primarily writing? I mean I'll freestyle when I'm coming up with things

[00:14:12] But at the end of the day, it's like a freestyle funny bar or a freestyle like something like a metaphor And I'm like and I'm gonna write off of it That's really what I think freestyling is good for is to come up with that initial concept

[00:14:22] And then go crazy with it because I'm not really the type of guy to pull up to the booth and be like put me on And just say whatever cuz I didn't record that yeah

[00:14:29] I also like to have things with meaning or at least like it has some kind of direction Not just like I'm gonna say something funny say something funny. It's like oh, but where's the song going?

[00:14:38] You know what I mean? So yeah freestyle is cool, but I like to write a lot like to keep going with that Yeah Yeah, if you could be a good like storyteller freestyle because

[00:14:48] One thing I'd notice is like when when I'm freestyling like I will have like a different style than if I'm writing it And so generally when I would get on a new beat or whatever

[00:14:59] My first thing I would always do once I had the instrumental done is I'll just do a freestyle over that beat And just kind of see what kind of melodies I catch and stuff and then maybe I'll write stuff off that

[00:15:10] So I think that is a good way to do it, but um, I was busting some freestyles in the car yesterday Just getting it to like some techno beats. That's still one of the best places to sing think music

[00:15:21] I don't know. That's like old-school shit. It's good acoustic environment. You know sometimes the showers give I'd prefer the car. I think yeah, you know get that turn it up real good

[00:15:29] So if you suck at singing you just drown it out. Uh-huh this car next to you in traffic. Yeah, yeah Screaming your lyrics. Yeah, just don't in it. Oh, yeah, that's always good to freestyle in the car Smoking freestyle with your homies

[00:15:44] Everybody's just saying something crazy and you go off of them. That's always a good session It is and then you're always like shit. We should have recorded that No one recorded it like I spent some freestyles where I was like, oh my god

[00:15:54] Like I would have been famous off that and I didn't record it and I don't remember what I said Because it's like how often do you remember? What you freestyle and exactly like it's too much so we have the freestyle files the freestyle

[00:16:08] That sounds pretty cool. Yeah, they are fun freestyle files We did it. We did a couple of those out here. Yeah, it's been a while It's been a while

[00:16:15] That's back when I would get hammered and just I'll do it homies freestyle. I mean you were you were saying I had fun with it And it going fast. I got a little bit of a music background not so much of a rap guy

[00:16:25] But I played guitar and sung in a band for a bit So like it all kind of still flows the same direction and just has a little bit of different velocity to it But we all love music. Yeah music all correlates with each other

[00:16:35] It does so what genre you're in it's you're still speaking from yourself And yeah, you just have to yeah like you said you just have to flow a little different if you're doing country You're just gonna sing more. Mm-hmm

[00:16:44] You're gonna hit them notes different compared to just straight up saying what you got to say on a beat It's true and they're both kind of telling the story but in its own in its own way

[00:16:51] But it's like the soundtrack to life music me you know so who won the the Kendrick like Drake shit who who won that like as far as like what I'm kind of seeing and I didn't do any deep dives

[00:17:02] What is it like? I didn't find all the songs So like Kendrick with Mar and Drake or like beefing Oh, that's like having this tracks and I've only heard a couple of them like I haven't done any digging from what I see

[00:17:14] It's a marketing team Kendrick is doing better with that whole scenario I would say so too just because of how he's promoting and he's yeah He's he's he performed he performed the song five times at one of his shows I guess

[00:17:26] But I don't know it's kind of played out too in my sense Drake hasn't really said nothing now So Mike who's really winning this and then Jake Cole just ran away from it completely

[00:17:35] Jake Cole was in it at one point and then he deleted the song. I don't know if you knew that Oh, really? Yeah, he just he made a song and then he's like my bad bro, and then he deleted it

[00:17:42] He just got rid of it. You should have stayed in the beef. Yeah, I don't know He should have stayed in it. I think he should have stayed in it If you're gonna send it you gotta commit. Yeah, why would you delete it like pull it out?

[00:17:50] Yeah, he's just like I'm out of this, huh Better huh could have been a way better Dynamic going on. I didn't even know anything was happening

[00:17:58] But it seems like a way for both of them to sell more albums get some followers get people involved turn the fans against each other You know, I mean I need to do that shit like 20 years ago

[00:18:05] Well, no cuz like it would just come out and diss everybody. That's true Yeah, and then someone like I don't want any friends and then some people would fire back some wouldn't I don't know I guess it's too because Kendrick's more

[00:18:16] Rap lyrical hip-hop and then you rap in a sense and then you think about Drake and he's Like I'm music and I'm highly edited so they're trying to say I mean if you're going off a beef

[00:18:26] I would say Kendrick just because he's actually rapping rapping and then Drake's more of a hitmaker if we're good looking at numbers Drake's Way up here compared to Kendrick. That's true for his talent. Yeah, well. Yeah, I would say both almost Yeah Kendrick's pretty good

[00:18:40] But he hasn't really dropped too much in my sense that I thought was like super super good for me I like to pimp a butterfly and damn Didn't like the most recent one that much but everybody off your own tastes, you know, that's true

[00:18:51] So it's good to keep it keep it moving to like listening to all genres. I try to switch it up everything medium bluegrass You know classic rock. I love all of it. Yeah, it was music day like I have a different vibe

[00:19:01] You know some days. I'm not feeling it. It's amazing feeling heavy metal who knows? Mm-hmm You know gotta keep it moving The vibes the vibes is seriously different music. It's true

[00:19:12] Yeah heavy metal and I start punching some stuff. Yeah, my list is some country. I want to go sip whiskey with the girl I know it's just what you're feeling that day

[00:19:19] I mean, yeah, and that's the thing is like every genre does have good music within it. Yes And it's to be enjoyed and it's like all this beef stuff through this I don't I just don't I just don't understand

[00:19:33] I don't I don't get it's like and people focus on that Mm-hmm and people focus on like the hook to and all this other shit and it's just like like it doesn't it doesn't have any Substance, right? No, it doesn't like like what value does?

[00:19:46] Kendrick Drake beef bring into my life like other than distracting me from the goals that I have in my life You know like like anytime I spend looking at that Kevin's like I didn't even know this existed Oh, yeah, I'm surprised to do about the hot tube

[00:20:01] But there wasn't any avoiding that It's just I mean if you're on any sort of online presence, you're gonna see it. It's everywhere And it just it spread like wildfire But but like you said, it's gonna get played out

[00:20:10] It's already there I think like how much more can you push it and then it'll be onto the next thing But I feel like I don't know that's a big one

[00:20:17] I feel like that's gonna go in the top probably five of like the year possibly the last five years Just like on how many memes are being made about it

[00:20:23] Like and then Justin Timberlake like that one kind of started to have like came out around the same time Because you know you got a dui last week or whatever And like his mugshot has become a meme which is kind of funny

[00:20:34] It's pretty funny. They said he had like five types of drugs in the system. Yeah, he was fucked Yeah, he was but he did only have one drink, but he was on a bunch of shit That one drink set him off, you know

[00:20:44] Sometimes you know, they have the right mix going you just put a little bit of alcohol in there Fucks everything up But you know what like I like Justin Timberlake, you know, I think he's a great actor great musician

[00:20:52] Like people are like oh would an absolute disgrace, you know, he should be ashamed It's like, you know, he's human Like that doesn't take away from what jt's done like he's performing this weekend in boston

[00:21:00] I believe like he's gonna move on with his career. It's not like all these people are like he's shit Just that's it jt's done. Yeah. I'm like, what that's it because the guy fucked up

[00:21:07] I think when he got pulled over he said this is going to ruin the tour. Did you see that? Oh, he did say that That's pretty funny. It's like a quote too He's gonna ruin the tour I think I could go on

[00:21:16] Oh, I mean people make mistakes. That's what I'm saying. I mean at least he didn't hurt nobody I saw that really matters to me got caught before or he would have made a home somehow going crazy, but

[00:21:26] Who's kidding? We probably all dream when we shouldn't have at least once or twice I mean, I can only speak for myself, but I don't drink anymore. So All I all I have to say is I'm feeling blessed and fortunate That's good You know

[00:21:38] And everybody's has done something anyone who's sitting here Spending their time Judging other people so much I believe that they haven't really taken a long look in the mirror. Of course not and they're probably Addicted to some kind of thing and over abusing something

[00:21:58] And they're just trying to act like they're oh look People love it when people fail and fall Terrible like I've even had friends that are like say things that are like hinting toward

[00:22:07] I would like to see you fail on this and I'm just like I'm like come on Oh, yeah, we're like why why's it got to be like that? Like how come we we can't just build each other up and be like, you know

[00:22:17] actually, I'm gonna go support Justin and attend his uh tour to to help support him And and having a better lifestyle. So you like his music hopefully he learned some lessons through this and I'm still gonna support him

[00:22:29] Regardless, you know, like I think that that's a better way to do it. I'm sure he does have you know listeners and fans that do that Yeah People are just envious. That's all it really goes down to too is

[00:22:40] Yeah, like you said people love to see you fail when you're doing good. They want to be around you still It's like I guess you might want to be me or you just got something wrong with you

[00:22:48] That's what I think usually people have other problems going on to have to target you or bring you down from that For the most part. Yeah, people want to you know, they want to pull you down to the floor

[00:22:57] So they can feel that they're standing taller equal, you know quote from paul rosemary a couple years ago It's true though, you know, and that's unfortunate like even your you know

[00:23:04] Your boys who are supposed to be there and building you up like there's people. I want to see me fucking drink again I'm like this guy's there's no way you can go without it. It's like come on man

[00:23:11] They're like waiting for that. I told you so mom and I knew he couldn't yeah, but here Here's the thing I got. Yeah, it is terrible but the thing about that is like everyone ebbs and flows and

[00:23:22] Once you learn as an individual that it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks Like when you stop caring like it's weird that there's like a layer of happiness When you stop giving a shit because it's look it's important to care and it's important to try

[00:23:40] And to like do things but then there's that fine line where it's Really freeing to stop giving a shit what anybody thinks So it's like you have to care you have to still be well kept and like do your shit and handle your business

[00:23:54] But you're not going to give a fuck at the same time. So it's like it's interesting I don't know there's like that fine line It's about to do an ego

[00:24:04] Can't have an ego and what does that really care about too? You're just being yourself. You're just being yourself Why are you gonna hate on me? That's what I think too. It's Really comes down to who you are and what your values are and what you care about

[00:24:16] You know Only thing that really could hurt you is I don't know if they're physically hurting you words don't hurt too much, but That's true. Always, you know grain of salt like they say people are saying things for a reason or

[00:24:27] Because they're envious like I would say and it's just noise too You know like that's not reading the comments online Because like what people say behind the keyboard or commenting on some is probably not what they're gonna say to your face

[00:24:38] Right, they can hide behind the keyboard warrior thing. There's too much of that You know I saw a pretty funny meme and these two dogs like you know aggressively yelling at each other on the side of a fence

[00:24:46] And then they open the fence and they're like sniffing each other and getting along It's like perfect representation of social media and how people will say shit on there But they won't say that quite to your face interesting

[00:24:55] Yeah, I think social media makes people feel safe or you know, it adds that layer of not there's no reality in it So it's like i'ma just type whatever and No repercussions. I guess and then they're behind avatars and Behind a fake name. It's like, okay

[00:25:10] AI generated pictures You're not gonna say that to my face or you're not gonna or you're gonna show up and see me in person And be like I love what you do. That's just how it works too. It's weird I just I just like to see people

[00:25:21] doing their thing And pursuing their passions and putting it out there Regardless of what people think Um, are you are you still doing photography stuff too? Or like I still do video I'm trying to shoot more documentaries in a sense and then as I go on

[00:25:35] I want to get back into film because I really heavily lean towards film I like to direct I like to write scripts want to get into horror make some like psychological horror Things more like I don't know the horror movies that coming out are pretty good

[00:25:47] Like a 24 if you guys watch day 24 like mid-summer and all that They're pretty good. Um, but I want to make more like 90s I want to go back to like the gross kind of mid-summer mid-summer. Yeah mid-summer. I'm going to swim Okay, that's based off Yeah, yeah

[00:26:02] Yeah, so like it's like based off this true story these people go out to sweden Like they go hang out at like this this cult campground. You've seen it. No somebody's He keeps my got plant with it

[00:26:12] My friend keeps telling me to go watch this because he's like you're about to go to sweden You need to watch this I'm gonna have to watch it And it's like about people who go to sweden and then like go into the like this cult situation

[00:26:22] Wow, but see here's the thing. I don't want any new friends Like like like I got I got plenty of good friends I have a huge network of people that I could lean on if I wanted new friends, you know, so I don't think they're gonna get me

[00:26:34] Well, that's fair out there and I'm not drinking alcohol either. So it's like how you don't spike my drink Oh, is that what happens to I don't I don't know. I don't think that happened. I don't remember part that part Yeah, that probably didn't happen. What's it on?

[00:26:46] Maybe just stream it on amazon nice By it. Yeah, I don't think they have any anything on the platform. It's quite yet Gotcha But so you want to get into making some horror? Yeah, I really like horror just because it doesn't have to be straight up

[00:26:58] Yeah, just like Back to like thinking about your mind or just thriller. Yeah thriller in that sense And then like I said, I like a lot of the 90s horror films Yeah, we're kind of gross and they were like chucky

[00:27:09] Hal razor that's pretty like using practical props though and like it's real I mean that stuff still looks good nowadays too because it was actually practical effects Like like the early cg that stuff doesn't age well unless it's the Jurassic park stuff

[00:27:21] That still looks great. Yeah, that's a good point. You know some of the early cg like even terminator two You know the t1000 like that was like new technology for that it looks decent But when you compared to we have now it's no good

[00:27:31] But the 90s concepts were good like the Blair witch project just running through the woods and having this You know thing out there I like that shit because that scared the hell out of me, you know growing up

[00:27:39] Yeah, I feel anymore like a lot of these horror thriller movies I just find cheesy not that they're not well produced But like the acting seems a little off or I can't really get pulled into the story

[00:27:47] I don't get spooked. I don't know just the very industry or to me like they just look very clean And then on top of it. It's like they are just playing off of jump scares If you watch like I don't know it's idiots and stuff

[00:27:58] There's always times like yeah Or like it drops the beat and you know, you're gonna get jump scared one of the worst horror movies I've seen in recent history Is it was like the none too? I haven't seen it or something it was

[00:28:10] It like turned into a comedy It was so fucking bad because because I'll be able to like predict like oh you're like, okay This is about to happen. That's about to happen But one movie that did really get me back in the day is the original one

[00:28:22] And it was because the suspense and like not knowing and just like the lurking Was paranormal activity. Oh that movie still creeps me out Yeah, because because I had I lived in a house where there was like a ghost on that property and like there

[00:28:35] We had all these twigs set up Like the couple that lived there before my family moved in like they had the whole house like cleansed and stuff Because there was a ghost in there. It was like scratching up one of the closets

[00:28:46] and um, and so like that ghost like I felt Something watching me when I was a kid on that property. It was five acres, right? So it was like a big property and when it got when it was nighttime like and there was no moon

[00:28:58] It was pitch dark out there and maybe it was coyotes in the field Maybe it was some deer out there or maybe it was that ghost that was watching me And so like that feeling of like something is there But you don't know what it is

[00:29:12] Like I feel like that is what really makes the good thriller and stuff like yuri. Yeah, you're like hiding what it actually is That movie the boogie man like the the new the boogie man. Have you seen that?

[00:29:22] Because I feel like that one kind of looks like it could have been good. I didn't see it I think I've seen some of it. Okay. I just don't recall too much That one came out a little bit a little bit ago. Yes kind of newer. Yeah

[00:29:32] I don't I haven't seen too much of it Yeah, I've seen trailers and I'm like, uh, I think anything with the creature is pretty interesting Like you said the suspense is like not knowing what it is

[00:29:40] What does it look like because it's like even like the alien movies? It's like they'll have what is it the thing the thing was taking control of people He didn't know what it was. It was just humans killing each other, but it was a whole creature alien thing

[00:29:51] So it is the unknown is what scares us. That's what it is. Yeah, we're signs Signs was like really good day signs was good Exorcism of Emily Rose was definitely one that fucked with me too

[00:30:00] Like kind of those which is still playing off the paranormal's a little bit of like demons taken over and shit But it was well done I thought like outside of the jump scares like it was just eerie

[00:30:09] Like you could feel the build up because like she's this sweet innocent girl that turns like all fucking Nasty and there's like contoursing and her eyes are rolling back in her head. I was like, man, this shit's intense Yeah Have you ever experienced anything in real life?

[00:30:21] I've had like little little things or Like sounds in my house, but other than that nothing like kind of sound like something get moved But never like where I'm like scared. It's never been a presence of like something that's

[00:30:33] Nevalent or like evil. It's just more like something's passing through Maybe messing with me to say show that they're there, but never in a sense where I'm scared I don't want to I usually pray. I pray a lot So I if there was something that felt weird

[00:30:45] I would pray There's been times I've been in rooms with people and I felt like Something in the corner like and I had to leave before you feel the energy Yeah, for sure. Well, I felt like there was a legit like demon in there

[00:30:55] I was like a studio with like a man like a legit studio person and the dude was weird And he was definitely trying to like you feel like a demon Yeah, like he was controlled by some demon or like no for real like I was in a studio

[00:31:06] They were playing usher songs chris brown songs the main manager And then he's talked he was trying to sign us to make a music video me and my friends If they came I hear they can talk about the whole story too, but to sum it up

[00:31:17] He came to the conclusion. He's like, okay, how much you want and then we said 200 not thinking anyway I didn't take the money because it already felt weird one of the other dudes took the money

[00:31:24] And then as soon as we took it he's like, okay guys, can you do this? Can you uh, it's like that's weird. No, I didn't talk and then he was like Sum it up again. He's like, so do you follow god? You don't need god. You need me

[00:31:36] He said that what but before that I left I even left the room and I had to text my friend Don't go like this is weird. I need to leave like it's weird energy And then when I went back and he said that

[00:31:45] I would you say that when you're talking about business and making music videos and this is like a manager of like a big studio He said this isn't like not about god. Yeah, like you don't need to follow god

[00:31:54] You just need the right person sounds like some cult. Yeah, you know what? I mean that's like sign your soul off And like the whole time I was in there. It felt like there was something like in the corner

[00:32:02] Like controlling him on basically or like it was just evil energy and I'm just like I had to back out of that. I was like, I'm not gonna work on this music video. I don't care how big

[00:32:09] Whatever I even went to the studio the next day and when I went in there he wasn't in there to tell him to his face Yeah, so then after that I just we just called him. We're like, yeah, we're not doing this

[00:32:17] Or I'm not at least and the energy felt felt better. Yeah. Oh, yeah Did you try to fight free like when you're like we're not doing he's like, oh you need to think again It was just whatever he was like fine. I'll with you

[00:32:25] I've had times another person because because when I first started getting into the video stuff when I was younger It's the secret too You get on craigslist and then you put your resume

[00:32:33] Because I've been able to work with Kanye West and stuff too like through his Sunday service I was a production assistant, but I put it on there and somebody hit me before And she was like, oh, I like your videos I'll give you this much for each video

[00:32:46] So like 200,000 like a ridiculous amount of money in LA and they'll fly me out or whatever Could have been a prank could have been whatever But like the lady followed up with me a couple days after even and my friend even called my friend for opportunities

[00:32:57] And then she also even said some weird stuff like oh We could meet once a month and they might think we're dating What the hell you know what I mean? And it's like a person with like real estate

[00:33:07] Calling me like to sign me for videos for like 10 years. They were saying So I'm like is this a it was probably a prank who knows but why would you follow up multiple days?

[00:33:14] And then I showed her a video because I have a video where I made a short film It's kind of about god like living and breaking bread with people and I sent her that and then she never responded to me

[00:33:23] That was it. Yeah, like never called me or my friend back Like she even had like a couple hour conversation with my friend about come back or he was already in LA

[00:33:30] But like work with me and I'll give you all this money. I'll let you rent a I'll let you be in a A mansion or whatever. I'm like weird people. That's LA though. LA is yeah

[00:33:41] It's wild out there. It's changing but like a lot of people are leaving the scene out there Yeah, it's just politics out there. Not good. Yeah, they're not good a lot of homelessness a lot of drugs Gangs It's always been gangs, but it just seems to get worse

[00:33:54] As the time goes and then they're taxing people so much. It's just going down. No out there. It is I like the state. It's cool. But yeah, Kelly's fun to visit all that of this stuff. No I wouldn't want to live out there either

[00:34:04] But I mean it used to be the entertainment capital of the world, you know So to speak Silicon Valley Hollywood all those places But now like, you know podcasts and everything they're all moving

[00:34:10] They're all going like Austin and Nashville and everyone's getting out of there a bit and they're able to build studios and do whatever productions they need to do In other places Yeah, so limiting out there

[00:34:19] Like San Francisco if you go out there and you're a tourist they'll bust your window out the second you You land or you land and you drive your rental there because they don't it's so expensive out there

[00:34:27] And they're getting I think it's when the tech boomed out there really a lot of people moved in And it wasn't locals anymore. It's just like these are just people living in our Our place and then like if they just run it bad

[00:34:37] Well in general, you know all the homelessness out there is terrible It's crazy. It's just kind of coming over here though Kind of being like that a little bit. It's starting to lurk over to the east. Yeah Yeah Still crazy just the world

[00:34:49] Hope it gets better over there. Yeah, yeah, no kidding. I mean You know, that's why you got to be thankful for when you're having a good day and like things are things are going well And you got food and like a house and shit like

[00:35:01] You know, it's good to count your blessings and stuff But I I totally believe like all the the negative type of energy stuff and like the positive energies too and um sometimes I feel like Like kind of because I'm not really religious

[00:35:17] But I believe in like higher powers and I like believe in like the light within me and like the good auras And like sometimes I feel like there's something around that wants In

[00:35:28] And then like it's it's not like a demon following me or nothing quite like that, right? Like you don't feel anything up here. No, okay. That's good. Bye. It was the second night. Okay. Okay. Good Because no, sometimes I'm all like I'm like you can't take me

[00:35:41] I am too strong for you and like I just think these things because I do believe that that stuff exists And I I also believe that if I believe it exists Then i'm opening up my my realm of consciousness to any sort of those entities

[00:35:55] So then I have to like I have to have armor on like I have to have like a layer of like You know mental defense Where I can't believe that they could break my armor or something Because it's I do think that like it's out there and

[00:36:09] I don't know that shit. It gets creepy like sometimes I'll just be chilling and like I'll get goosebumps So it's like why am I getting goosebumps out of nowhere? Is it just like is it real?

[00:36:20] Is it like is there really like, you know energies around that are like trying to pass by and shit Like I live in the city like there's a bunch of people around and then like a bunch of stuff around I could go on a rant here

[00:36:31] But uh, I just believe that that stuff exists and we have to protect ourselves from it Yeah, it's all around us in more ways than one like we're saying, you know people carry energy There's things we can't see carrying energy and yeah, I can definitely cloud and

[00:36:44] Uh try to bring you down. So he's trying to pull us in, you know, you got choke the demons out Yeah The demons are around for sure they come in different forms. They're lurking demons are a lot of things you want

[00:36:52] What what are some forms that demons are the dark arts, man What are some forms demons are trying to seep into your life through? I don't know right now. I can't really I don't have any dark energy or demons maybe materials

[00:37:05] You know, you want materials in life and that could lead to more Leads the materials could lead to you know, things you don't want you don't really need it You don't really need too much same with smoking. I haven't smoked in a minute

[00:37:16] Maybe it's like I'm gonna smoke and that could ruin my chances of getting a job That's that's like a temptation In a sense and that's also a demon What leads to what? Women that's a good one dark arts. Yeah

[00:37:29] The women because that's a temptation too and like porn and shit. Yeah, that just leads you Your mental stay gets worse. You're thinking about other things than what you should be doing or what you're What you're guiding yourself to do

[00:37:41] Because like, you know, I think because I believe in God so it's like There you do have a plan in life. Everybody has a plan in life So they're all set to what they got to do. It's like once you get off a track. It's gonna

[00:37:53] It's only gonna hurt you or if you you go for these temptations You're not gonna do what you want to do truthfully and be who you are The sense Yeah, it's true. Yeah, I think religious form or not

[00:38:03] I think it's all kind of under the same umbrella like there's always those things knocking at the door whether that's addiction booze drugs women porn Sugar what you name it like there's just so many things lurking out there trying to get us

[00:38:14] And it's like that comfy place too. That's almost like oh no, it's okay You stay indoors and watch your porn and oh, it's okay You know drink your alcohol and stay dumb down and watch shows and you know, don't don't keep it moving forward So yeah, I think

[00:38:24] No matter which way you look at it It's out there You've been making some strides too like kev's at like like 30 days non drinking no substance I don't know substance like I got like I always smoked when I didn't drink, you know

[00:38:33] So I can't even say that so like what's some of the things that has been keeping you centered not falling back Yeah, I think that's a good question just focusing on on each day

[00:38:41] You know, I mean, I think it's like the old cliche. I just stay in sober one day at a time There's a lot of truth to that I think and not looking too far down the road like oh

[00:38:47] I can't drink forever. I gotta wait till next year. But yeah, I think it's just staying focused on what I have to do today And then as the day goes on what do I got to do tomorrow when I look too far ahead?

[00:38:57] I think that's that's no good You know, that's just me personally. I know everyone has a different approach to it, but that's how I hold myself accountable Yeah, self-discipline is very good. That's what it is too Gotta be disciplined and follow your routines

[00:39:11] If not, it's just gonna like I said throw your whole life off You might drink one day and then you're messed up the next day and you're not gonna be able to process something

[00:39:18] So gotta be disciplined a lot whether it's gym or not drinking or reading a book Whatever whatever improves your lifestyle What do you do to stay kind of focused and keep grinding, you know when you got if there's temptations lurking or

[00:39:32] You know staying up the smoke or whatever it is Do I stay well Well for when I pray because I just I pray a lot in my life because I have faith in

[00:39:40] What I have to get to and then on top of that I mean video games isn't good I like to play video games. I need to focus. I think a lot when I'm doing that

[00:39:47] And then what else video games? I don't even know. I just I just live my life go to the gym a lot I like to improve myself through that at least if I go to the gym in the morning I did something well

[00:39:56] So then my mental is right as well as just keeping up with what you got to do Keep keeping myself clean. Keep myself good. That keeps me focused because I want to retain The beard is looking really nice. It does look good. It's gotta keep it good

[00:40:08] That's looking thick and like trimmed up nicely solid. That's a SLB. It's gonna appreciate the beard solid lat beard Appreciate you. It's getting there. Yeah, like a gnome. No, it takes time Are you gonna grow a mega beard?

[00:40:21] I don't know. I mean the longest I've grown it is like eight months and it was already like super round Yeah, it's like man. I'm kind of getting crazy with it starts getting itchy and gets wild Yeah, I just try to maintain it

[00:40:30] Maintain that while I like to shave too. I think that's also discipline I had the tiny mustache at one point for like Like a month or two

[00:40:36] I was like, I gotta wake up and that would also make me want to like live kind of makes you want to live life Shave okay. I'm fresh. I better go outside and go do something opposed to like if I let this get super lazy

[00:40:46] I'm also gonna kind of feel bad because I'm like man. I look terrible like Am I a bum right now? Yeah Yeah, I mean look it all comes down taking your so, you know Taking care of yourself first because if you can't do that

[00:40:57] Can't take care of your buddies your family, you know relationships or whatever And I think too many people get caught up in the well It's supposed to go this way. So I gotta put my what I want to do behind for my family or for

[00:41:08] Societal standards. I got to get in this relationship with this person And then they put all their their dreams hopes hobbies whatever to the side and that's no good Because if we can be our best selves day in and day out that's step one

[00:41:16] I feel like right controlling what we can control And then the rest will come the right people you start to surround yourself with Maybe that's you know your significant other at times But just see too many people get caught up in going with the wrong priorities

[00:41:27] And then they end up divorced unhappy bankrupts, you know house foreclosed whatever And it's like man If we could just avoid that by taking care of ourselves day to day Control what we can control, right? Maybe that's a good piece of advice

[00:41:41] Well, it also goes to what you're just talking about too about like, you know how you have to like Have that discipline and you almost have to be somewhat disciplined to like Stick to your guns Because it's really easy to like get convinced

[00:41:56] Like if you're not conscious about it, then it's like oh, yeah, let me go with What is easy? Let me go with what it seems easy to do And that and normally that's the social norms

[00:42:07] That's easy. Oh, and then like if because I didn't I didn't like complete college And you know people like look at I thought you didn't get a college degree or or like oh

[00:42:14] You're not doing this at this age like what you're not you're not checking the normal boxes, right? and it's all I saw honestly like I'm fortunate to be able to sustain some personal happiness right now

[00:42:25] And I'm like living in that and it's because I didn't do things by the rules Like the life cycle that we're supposed societal standards. Yeah Yeah It's too much of it, you know like control a little bit

[00:42:40] Everybody got their own clock on what they're doing. It's like if somebody's having a kid right now I'm not Everybody lives their own life. So you can't really get caught up in what other people are doing I don't know

[00:42:50] I just stick to what I want to do and what makes me happy and what I have faith in I have faith I'm gonna get here and I also do have the vision still so it's like

[00:42:58] I know I want to be in this spot when I'm not this age, but I know I want to get there Instead of being like, yeah, I have to finish college right now or

[00:43:04] I have to get this job right now. It's going to come when it comes you can't really stress Things that you don't have yet There's always There's always going to be something going on. You have more days going

[00:43:14] It's never too much the more you stress. Yeah, I need to stress Well, and people also make a lot of reasons for Not doing something. Oh like to the same thing that you're saying but like, oh, I got a lot going on right now

[00:43:26] So I'm putting my priority to the side or because like there is always something happening It's like are you willing to Go after it even when it's not easy to go after it or like, you know stick to it or like

[00:43:39] I'm sure there's mornings when like you don't feel like working out But if you still hit the gym, I'm sure some of these days, right? Yeah, you just got to find the willpower within you Find yeah the faith in your vision too. It's just like

[00:43:52] I'll wake up and then I don't want to get up and I'm like, uh, I go back to it I pray and I'm like that could also just be you talking to yourself and being like

[00:43:59] Man, I need to get up right now and just activate yourself and boom boom boom do what you want Once you do that, you only realize what you're doing is helping you instead of

[00:44:06] Even if it hurts you have to make sacrifices life is pain no matter what life you do What are you doing life? There's always going to be sacrifices Pain and you got to push past that to get better That's what some people don't understand

[00:44:17] They don't want to take that first step of that sacrifice or that pain or that You know like you might have to be a state to go to school that you're not from with your family or something

[00:44:26] Or like I said the gym you don't want to go out there because it hurts or You might never never went to the gym and that's also a lot of people when they talk to me Is they've never went to the gym so they're kind of

[00:44:34] Conscious about that and it's like but just go and then people will be like wow you went That's awesome and then as you keep going as you keep doing whatever in life people will be like well

[00:44:42] That's awesome most of the people that put you down but a lot more people will be like good good stuff Yeah, it's interesting because I feel like there's a lot more hate that comes from the internet

[00:44:50] But like face to face like it's more love. Yeah, that's what yeah Kind of what I was saying earlier in the most part for the most part You're still gonna have maybe some some silent haters or whatever or saying things behind your back

[00:44:59] But yeah, I think it goes to the quote that I drop almost all the time on the show And that's people will do more to avoid pain and they will to gain pleasure And that essentially goes back to a little bit of complacency right?

[00:45:07] It's easier to not go to the gym because they don't want to face the pain of getting up early Having sore muscles Don't want to face the pain of moving to another state to better their education or take a new career opportunity

[00:45:16] Don't want to face the pain of getting out of a toxic relationship because it's easier to stay in it Complacent boulevard. That's a nice place to be when you think about kush Right, it's comfy. It's paid nice paved road, you know full-send highway

[00:45:27] That shit's got potholes in it. You know, you're gonna probably bust up a rim You know, it's not easy I get it. I want to stay in complacent boulevard too. I'm not going to cut it to get to where I want to go

[00:45:38] Yep, easy streets off of complacent boulevard easy streets off complacent boulevard. That's a cold that's a dead end road Yeah, it's a dead end road. No outlet on easy street. Okay. Yeah, and and that's the thing though too is like There's overpasses that are easy overpasses

[00:45:54] Right, you could be on full-send highway and hit an easy overpass It's true because because when you're working hard and you're being consistent and you're checking those boxes And it becomes routine then all of a sudden what was difficult three months ago

[00:46:07] You know, you're doing that no problem But like you still have to keep it up like you can't take your foot off the gas. I notice if I Don't check all my boxes like right now. Honestly, I keep thinking about this right now like I did my laundry

[00:46:22] And I've had clean laundry sitting on my girlfriend's side of the bed because she's out of town right now I've had clean laundry sitting on her side of the bed for like three or four days And I normally preach like I put my laundry away right away

[00:46:33] It's just sitting there now It's weighing on my mind that I don't have my my socks matched up and shit You know, so it's like it's like those little things and then

[00:46:42] Like now it's bothering me that I didn't do my laundry enough to where I'm mentioning it on the podcast And it's just like it's like why not just do do it like so it's easy to I bet you do it tonight

[00:46:51] Yeah, I'm doing that when I get home. I'm putting my laundry away when I get home. Yeah You know, you got to stay consistent and then if you're not Once you reach levels of success as humans we want to

[00:47:04] Maintain that like that's the status quo, right? Yeah, but you have to still like create and like I don't know. There's a lot of layers to it and I'm still learning too like I'm I'm like Basically brainstorming here because I'm I'm okay to hear some new ideas

[00:47:19] So I could look at life a little differently. I'm always down for a new perspective, you know I'm I'm And then you gotta figure out why Your laundry is just there. I think that just makes me uncomfortable It's like messy. It's unnecessarily videos waiting to be edited

[00:47:41] Comfortable, maybe I should just do them and then yeah, just get it done Yeah, just gets you gets you going and then and then like so what we like to do is well If we have stuff we get it done immediately too and then we'll just like

[00:47:51] Postate it like we'll post everything to all the things but it's just like on a timer to drop. So that way we're done It's the best way to do it. Yeah, I'm sure you probably do that with some of your releases on videos

[00:48:01] I get ready and then I'm like, well, I already have three lined up I guess I don't I think about it But then also gets me kind of lazy too when when I have things that are already ready Just sitting there waiting. Yeah, I'm just sitting there

[00:48:12] I'm like all the tasks are done. What am I supposed to do now? Then I'm wasting time just go make some Chilling out. Yeah, I got to get out

[00:48:17] So what's the vision looking like for you because you kind of mentioned a couple times that you get this vision What do you want to speak that out on your vision like My life vision Yeah, just that's what well my life vision is like

[00:48:30] I have a house a few kids a wife acres I'm gonna get there regardless of how I'm gonna get there I'm gonna I know I'm gonna be there It also goes with like I'm gonna push myself and make sacrifices. I gotta make in order to get there and

[00:48:43] Not think too hard and not get straight by the The temptations and the evil stuff that's going on because as soon as you do that I'm not gonna have the same mindset or The same drive, you know

[00:48:54] I don't know the vision is important other than small term. I just see my soft heart you there Old chilling Not worried about nothing Cool If that makes sense everybody has a different vision

[00:49:05] So I like it though because you can already see it visualizing it. How you gonna get there if that's part of the journey Maybe on a business

[00:49:12] Maybe not maybe I do make a million somehow and sit on it and do nothing, but I always got to keep moving not Like you said become complacent with anything I want to make sure I'm always doing something new or

[00:49:23] Keeping my mind going or my hands going or keeping my body going so I'm Constantly ready for the next thing because life can shift very quickly. Okay. Yeah for sure One thing that I could see myself doing is being completely out of like cameras and mics

[00:49:37] And I'm just ranger raw at national parks With open carry you're talking about this on our walk yesterday. Yeah, no I I told it like part of me wants to just be like a fucking park ranger

[00:49:48] I could see it and just just like you're like living on the park Like you get like subsidized living and you're like living on this national park Just keeping it clean making sure people aren't acting wild Like that would be that just seems so peaceful

[00:50:03] Like kind of like you sitting on the porch like with your open land You know, I'm just sitting out on the park. I just picked up a piece of trash. Just made it look cleaner I like it. You know Just installed a new trail had like some steps

[00:50:17] It's looking good in there. I don't know. Well, how about you kev? What's your vision? Well, I think pretty similar. I'm going to be on some land somewhere I'm definitely gonna have land where I can shoot my guns have the animals roam

[00:50:28] And by then I'll have made my money, but I'm going to get bored So I'm gonna need something to do so I'm going to be the local Short track, you know where the where the racing happens. I'm going to be the track announcer on saturday nights

[00:50:36] Get out have my social fun those nights, you know, here comes johnny in the number five at street stock professional tonight I'm going to do that and make my you know my sighting come doing that and then go back to the farm

[00:50:46] That's my vision. Yeah, I like that. I like that. It sounds very peaceful both of them. Yeah I like this. Yeah, we're bringing the visions together. I just want to be in like A fucking early 2000s ford ranger

[00:50:58] Like a good old ass truck love ford ranger. I own two of them. I know I know Okay, let's see. It's like look like where all the vision type of stuff

[00:51:07] It was all simple and that's the thing that's the thing about life is it's really even me with the current issues that I was dealing with Like I was over complicating it and really

[00:51:16] The answers are simple and sometimes they're so simple that like you don't want to believe that that's the answer Like I over complicate things at least sometimes and it's like I have to take a step back and

[00:51:26] It's easy to over complicate things. I mean, especially when you got a lot of irons in the fire A lot of things are trying to juggle. You know stress takes over But that's life

[00:51:34] It is you know, most people reach for that drink or whatever so I'm kind of learning how to do that managing stress without Without addiction like that's kind of a new journey, but I mean It's doable that's that getting uncomfortable piece, right? Oh, I've had a hard day

[00:51:46] So, you know, I need a drink everyone's use that excuse for something like oh, you know, I went through all this shit So I I'm giving myself permission to get completely schnockered That's no good

[00:51:56] Yeah, sometimes you just gotta take a step back and look at what you're doing and why you're doing it Sometimes yeah, I guess that I was just having a weird day But it's just because I was thinking too hard about life. I'm like wait everything's pretty much cool

[00:52:07] I'm chilling. Why am I Why am I thinking too hard? You let that you let one thing just overpower everything and then it's weighing your head down Until you take you like I went to sleep wake up the next morning. Oh, I'm chilling nothing's

[00:52:19] Why am I even stressing about this? I feel that I was overthinking some some stuff too about like Because I took several weeks off of Doing one of my other projects and I was starting to get my own head about it

[00:52:30] Like should I even and like, you know, is this even is it worth? Is it like, you know? I was starting over over just overthink this shit instead of just

[00:52:38] Getting in doing it and just putting it out and then all of a sudden I stopped thinking about it And it's just like whatever it is what it is it'll do whatever it does But it's easy to overthink ourselves out of potential opportunities. It's true

[00:52:50] I feel I feel like everybody's guilty of doing that at some point We all have I mean, yeah 100% That's good to get in those places though when you're kind of questioning what you're doing You know reevaluate like if am I still in this for the right reasons?

[00:53:02] Am I doing it because I have to am I doing it because I want to do it You know, I went through that a couple weeks ago when we had our hiccup with youtube You know, just like is it worth it?

[00:53:08] You know, it's like well. Yeah, because I'm still having fun doing this right now You know, I mean big picture right we're doing this because you know Hope to get monetized

[00:53:18] You hope to get some other opportunities with it, but the big thing is you're doing it because you're having fun So I think it's good. You don't have those questions come up every now and again

[00:53:24] You know kind of put your mind in check and make sure you're still dialed in synchronized For sure everybody has doubts. I think that's what it is too You have doubts even like you said with the show

[00:53:33] It's like when I was putting out music before I'm like do I even want to really put myself out there like that Do I want to risk what could happen after what happens if not?

[00:53:42] Yeah, what are people going to think what are they going to think and like it doesn't it doesn't even matter Just do what you gotta do. But we get in our own heads. Yep big time big time

[00:53:51] Try not to let the doubt hit me. I just try to keep it pushing and see what could happen So that I don't have to think about what could have happened Yeah, control what you control you're in the driver seat like, you know, we talked about earlier

[00:54:01] Who cares what other people are doing? They're gonna have opinions. They're gonna hate they're gonna drop comments I don't read the comments. I try not to that's like a Joe Rogan piece of advice Because what good does it do even if there's all positive comments

[00:54:11] That's just gonna over inflate and if they're all negative that's gonna upset you Like there's really no good outcome on the comments. I don't feel like For sure. Just gotta let it ride. Yeah, just gotta do it just to do it. Yep, send it

[00:54:22] Wholeheartedly confidently and whatever happens happens, right? That's all we can control has creators So you got fun guy that came out. Yeah, that's a fun song. Yeah calamari that came out

[00:54:32] Yeah, you said you had another track. Do you want to do you want to tease it on this? I mean I can It's kind of short put like 30 like Yeah You don't have to do the whole track but like what what is it?

[00:54:43] It's it's inside. So the songs the whole base of the song is I'm staying inside unless it's about making some money because I'm a homebody like me personally

[00:54:53] The only time I go outside is when I'm really set on something. I hate going outside and it's like, let's go do something Okay, what are we doing? You know what I mean?

[00:54:59] Like I need a plan and I need to know what I'm doing because if not it's like It's gonna end up where you don't want it to end up or you're just gonna be outside for no reason So basically the course is like if it ain't about money

[00:55:10] I'm staying inside don't like the risk of wasting my time if I step out I need me a dime every second cost don't waste mine Because every second does cost and then it also goes into the themes of like

[00:55:20] You know, if I gave you my time, what are you gonna give me or like? Time is important to me. You know time time is really the only thing we can't get back in this in this life so

[00:55:31] I think it's more of a fun song too. Other than getting serious It's just yeah a beat not really rapping more like poppy No, no, I'm not going outside like you're asking me a question. No staying inside

[00:55:43] Unless we're set on something that I'll be out there. I feel that someday I feel like someday that will be my aunt I'm about to play his last track So do you go like uh, do you have like a rap alias?

[00:55:53] It's just Bruno Bruno. Okay, because my last name is Cole Bruno Okay, I was like, I'm gonna just shut it down to Bruno Bruno no Mars Basically Bruno no Mars. Yeah Bruno no Mars just Bruno no Mars, but Bruno with bars. Yes, there we go

[00:56:06] Just Bruno because I was like what should my name be when I was like 16? My name was gonna just be Lance and I'm like, that's just my first name and it's kind of lame It's not lame, but

[00:56:14] Just Lance like Bruno's more like my last name. So I don't know what tunnel answers I don't know the tunnel answers. Yeah, just Lance Armstrong He's missing one piece of him And I'm not Yeah, it's just like Lance is all right, but Bruno is more like

[00:56:30] Just sounds more there Bruno's cool name. I like that because Cole Bruno is like It's my because my last name is like more Italian. So I'm like Bruno cool Bruno

[00:56:38] I'll just come down to Bruno. So you talent or like I'm Italian. It's Hispanic. Okay. Yeah, Italian at Mexican So my dad's Italian and then my mom's Mexican She came from Mexico and then my dad's great great. I think Grandpa came from Italy

[00:56:52] Over here, yeah, literally two of my favorite food groups right there Italian and Mexican. I mean pretty fire Do they do some good mashups in your family?

[00:56:59] Yeah, I mean my dad mainly cooks. They cook salad good. So does he's on your fire. Oh, okay. I lasagna. I like stuffed shells Oh, man, stuff. Shall we're caught up? Yeah, ricotta. Can we not do this on this?

[00:57:09] I know like I know all the Italian foods. I love Italian I'm like always trying to fast and like you better not eat dinner than everybody's We're all chomping. The pasta always sounds good

[00:57:19] See, I like the meats though the Italian meats was what gets me like the Italian subs geno salami and gabbagool You know the capricola. There's a fire. So good

[00:57:27] That's so bad for you with cholesterol and all that stuff man. Everything's bad for you. You gotta live what you can and eat That's true. Just do it within. Yeah control the intake on it all that cheese

[00:57:36] Because I'll eat the whole thing. Oh, yeah, if I buy like a half pound of geno salami. I'm eating it all I can't control myself. That's fire. I like calzones calzones are good cheese

[00:57:46] I'm getting you worked up on talking about it. Yeah, good stuff. Yeah, I'm gonna have to What it was it? What is it when I call it? I call my discipline I uh I'm like calling it in it's a different word for calling it in

[00:58:02] I don't know. I'm harnessing my discipline. Oh, yeah Is that what I'm looking for? It sounds like it with eating. Yeah, I'm gonna. I'm gonna harness I'm gonna I'm gonna evoke my discipline. I think I know what you're saying. Like call it out or something

[00:58:15] Initiate it initiate discipline initiated You're gonna try last night. I was saying I wasn't gonna eat when I got home and I'll just you know I like to be honest. I did I had some ramen and like a couple eggs in there

[00:58:26] I just cracked a couple eggs into the ramen. It was delicious How long did you eat fast? I tried to do like 14 to 16 hours if I'm doing it I don't do it every day, but you know We got more work to do

[00:58:39] And I want to know your answer to a question And so I don't know if you remember this question because you've sat in on some episodes before probably heard it If you could give so one piece of advice for humanity, let's say everybody on the planet

[00:58:52] Here's this piece of advice if you give one piece of advice that would make everybody better tomorrow What would that piece of advice be? My piece of advice would probably be Don't stress too hard and just be you because a lot of people are living for other people

[00:59:08] A lot of people are living for other things And a lot of people aren't truly themselves. You know, they're hiding behind walls. They're hiding behind ego They're hiding behind other people It's always better to just be you and

[00:59:20] Live life how you can because if not, you're not gonna be truly happy and you're not gonna truly do what you want to do That's really the best way to put it good advice. It's good advice. Yeah What would you what would you say is some way?

[00:59:33] like a like a couple piece of advice on how to Find yourself Just goes back to You know what hobbies you like Who do you like to hang out with? What really attracts you, you know if you want to be a park ranger

[00:59:47] You like the mountains be you and go out in the mountains You want a house of acres go out to the countryside and find what you want or if you like city life

[00:59:55] If you like making donuts go make some donuts man. You do whatever you want, you know It doesn't always have to be lavish. It doesn't always have to be What other people think is amazing, you know

[01:00:05] Some people are happy just being mcdonald's workers and having a little house or some people like just living off the land and having a shack As long as you're you and you want to do what you want to do. That's really all it is

[01:00:16] That's great advice. That's all it is man. I like that kind of encapsulates everything we touched on Yeah, just be you because That's all you really have is you you know, I mean to to live that too and one of the things that like really

[01:00:28] Is powerful there is like how people are not necessarily honest with themselves and they're Maybe hiding even from themselves like They might not even know Like they might think that they're hiding from other people like aspects of their personality or whatever

[01:00:44] But if they're not willing to own it put it out there and accept it Then maybe they're actually like hiding from themselves too and like not actually willing to Accept the truths of life because sometimes there's some hard truths that we got to look at

[01:00:58] You know, it's not always easy to like like say that Like for personal, it's not always easy to be like Arthur. You know what I approached that wrong I Was being selfish there and like to take that on the chin and take that loss Like

[01:01:12] Some people are just too proud to even do that. So I think that's I think that's great advice and I like how you broke it down Great episode. Oh, yeah. Yeah, great episode for sure. So good time for you to plug everything

[01:01:23] Where do our you know viewers listeners go to get in touch with Lance a k Bruno If you're looking to get in touch with me at lancet cool Bruno on everything YouTube instagram my own name lancet cool Bruno pretty easy to find me search me on google

[01:01:37] I got another music video inside coming out That's gonna drop in about two weeks from this episode which is going up But tomorrow 6 26, I believe 6 27 6 27. I don't know a damn on That's dropping. I got another music video two more weeks after that

[01:01:54] More work with this we do that with other rappers more stuff going on. I should be out of plug right now. Yeah Sorry about that. We'll leave that in the show notes. So everybody you could just go down there easy click Lance is a solid lad

[01:02:06] He's he's been in the mix with discussion combustion for a while Super excited to have had you on the couch and have you have the cameras on you this time because you were always doing

[01:02:14] Work wish you continued success and it was it was really good to get to know you better, man Yeah, I appreciate you guys. Shout out Arthur shout out kevin shout out discussion combustion if you're not tuned in you tuned out

[01:02:25] Let's go. Oh, yeah. Good deal. We already know the deal. We'll see you on happy friday tomorrow. Be good to yourselves You deserve it Right there