Podcast appearances and mentions of Shirley Caesar

This week's episode is a must-listen! Host Lin. Woods sits down with LaTocha, a former member of the platinum-selling group Xscape, for an exclusive conversation you won't want to miss. From singing gospel in the church to conquering the R&B, Urban, and Hip Hop music scenes, LaTocha opens up about her incredible journey.

Award-winningCrowned "Little Ella" by the late legendary trombonist Curtis Fuller, Award-winning Vocal Musician MAVIS SWAN POOLE has generated quite a buzz on the international music scene. She is graced with an unrivaled brilliance of shattering genre barriers with her rich and smoky sound. Poole is known for being one of the first R&B/Jazz/Soul Vocalists to employ her ability to sing two or more notes simultaneously, or "multiphonics". A rare gift since childhood, which has remained with her even as a vocal surgery and sulcus survivoSWAN has performed with, opened for, or shared the stage with the greats in most genres, including Lauryn Hill, Lyfe Jennings, 9th Wonder, Chrisette Michelle, PRINCE, and NPG, After 7, Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples, Shirley Caesar, Dr. Billy Taylor, and The Wailers. While she has performed with other artists, she performs under her own name and her original music, proving a true Artist and Composer in her own right. SWAN is a 2007 Magna Cum Laude graduate of North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. There, she was classically trained, earning a BA in music education and a BM in music with a concentration in jazz vocal studies. In 2011, she received her MA in Music, with a concentration in Jazz Vocal Performance at Queens College in NYC. She is now making her most magical foray into the national scene of urban adult music with the soulfully crafted EP entitled, ‘Adult Time: Vol 1', which features masterpiece singles like, "The Assignment", "How Do We Grow", and “Every Man Aint The Same”. Inspired by her personal experiences, the world around her, and her private relationships, these projects were skillfully sculpted by Mavis and producer Eddie Gypsy Stokes. Queen SWAN is definitely carving her space in the Musicverse, and establishing a solid legacy that will ensure she and her music is remembered for years and years to come.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ladydiva-live-radio--2579466/support.

¿Por qué no creen, los que nos creen? El misterio de la incredulidad llena las páginas de los evangelios, hasta el punto de que lo más asombroso no es qué algunos no creyeran en Jesús, sino que no lo hicieran la mayoría de los que fueron testigos de sus milagros y escucharon sus palabras. El quinto capítulo de la Buena Noticia según Juan nos muestra, sin embargo, que Jesús dio claras evidencias de quién era Él. La sintonía, esta vez, está a cargo del cantante afroamericano Joe Turner, el "gritador de blues" de Kansas City que llego a ser pionero del rock &¨roll, La banda del músico cristiano galés Mike Peters, The Alarm, creía que había una "Realidad absoluta" (Absolute Reality 1985), que es la verdad de Cristo (Juan 5:19-29), una fe que compartían tres de los miembros del grupo que acompañaban en sus giras, U2. Los irlandeses grabaron en 1988 la canción que Woody Guthrie compuso a Jesucristo (They Laid Jesus Christ In His Grave) en 1940, cuando miraba por la ventana de su habitación el duro invierno de aquel año en Nueva York. Hasta conocer la verdad, "Bailamos en la oscuridad" (Dancing In The Shadows). Sobre ello canta el grupo de Andy Piercy, el músico británico que formaba un dúo a principios de los 70 con el cantautor cristiano Ishmael, antes de entrar en After The Fire, una banda de "la nueva ola" que tuvo tanto éxito que un día Bono se le acercó para decirle que quería ser un artista cristiano como él, que trabajaba en el medio normal de la música, no cantando para cristianos. José de Segovia habló con ellos cuando actuaron en el Rock-Ola, el mítico local de la Movida de Madrid en 1982. El clásico director de cine español José Luis Garci hizo una serie en 1992 para Televisión Española llamada "Historias del otro lado", que se puede ver ahora gratuitamente en la plataforma de RTVE y YouTube. Uno de sus relatos trata sobre el dilema de la fe, como el final de este capítulo del Evangelio según Juan. Se llama "Regalo de Navidad" y lo escribió con el ahora fallecido Juan Miguel Lamet. Narra el reencuentro en Asturias de dos hermanos, un científico español que se ha hecho famoso en el extranjero con sus estudios de biología y un reconocido teólogo jesuita, especializado en Patrística. El hombre de ciencia que interpreta el actor argentino Carlos Estrada, se está acercando a la fe, tras quedarse viudo, mientras que su hermano religioso ha perdido la fe. Hablamos de sus diálogos con la música del autor de la banda sonora de muchas películas de Garci, Jesús Gluck. A pesar de las evidencias que da Jesús (vv. 30-47), "Nadie escucha" (Nobody Listen), canta Adrian Snell en su disco "Alfa y Omega" de 1986. Cuando recibes su testimonio "Te entregas a Jesús" (Give Yourself To Jesus) dice Aretha Franklin en el concierto que se grabó en la Iglesia del Nuevo Templo Misionero de Los Ángeles en 1971 con el coro de la Comunidad del Sur de California del pastor Cleveland para el disco "Sublime Gracia" (Amazing Grace), al que asistió el cantante de los Stones, Mick Jagger y rodó para el cine, Sidney Pollack. Con esa fe, "Amas llamar a Jesús por su nombre" (Jesus I Love Calling Your Name), asegura la veterana cantante de góspel Shirley Caesar en 1983.

Story by: Gail NoblesCover art by: Gail NoblesThe great I AM! Hello!  I'm Gail Nobles. There's something I want to share with you. One day I was watching television and ask God: Lord, did you hear what the president said? He's got me worried. And I heard the Lord say: I know. Hard times are coming, but who am I? My word is fulfilling, and I'm coming just as the scripture said. The great I Am! Oh let me tell you about him! The very essence of existence. The Alpha and Omega. The beginning and the end. When you look up at the stars understand this, he created them with just a word. His word. Genesis chapter 1 tells us “Let there be light and there was light.” Not just light, but the light of the world shining through the darkness. John chapter 8 verse 12 tells us that Jesus said: I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but she'll have the light of life. According to Acts 7,  He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The God of our fathers.The covenant-keeping God who walked through the pages of history and science, parting seas and bringing fourth rivers in the desert-yes he is the sustainer of life!  When Moses stood before the burning bush trembling, God spoke with authority. Exodus 3 verse 14 I Am that I Am: and he said, Thus shslt thou say unto the Children of Israel,  I AM hath set me unto you. Gospel singing Joe Douglas featuring Lena Byrd Miles sings The Great I AM. Gospel singing Shirley Caesar sings Who Is He. I'm Gail Nobles, and you're listening to a show about the gospel greats. But today's topic is The Great I Am. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And the message will continue. Tune in again next time for more of the topic: The Great I AM.

Today's Sounds Like Radio Volume 72 is kind of special.  What we have is a really nice story of how Gildersleeve tries to provide Marjorie a little tenderness as her Mother might have.  Marjorie is missing a mother in this touching November 9, 1949 episode of The Great Gildersleeve.  Keeping this in mind we provide you with music all about Mother and what it means. Doing their part for Mom are Bing Crosby, Shirley Caesar, a speaking Stan Kenton, Rosemary Clooney, Burl Ives, The Shangri-Las, Danny O'Keefe & Jo Stafford.  A very special show today on Sounds Like Radio Volume 72, we hope you'll enjoy it too.

In this episode, we talk about all the rumors and people that believed that the eclipse would be the beginning of the rapture. The rumors of Shirley Caesar's death are false. Dawn Staley delivers a word after winning the national championship. Plus, funny videos and much more. Watch us live every Tuesday at 9 PM ET at: http://facebook.com/ttyneighbor https://www.youtube.com/TurnToYourNeighbor Connect With Us: http://turntoyourneighbor.com Twitter - http://twitter.com/ttyneighbor Instagram - http://instagram.com/ttyneighbor

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El mal es un misterio para todos. El creyente sabe por lo menos de dónde viene el bien, pero el mal es un enigma para cualquiera. Aparece en un mundo que Dios crea como muy bueno, cuando entra esa Serpiente antigua (Génesis 3:1), que el Apocalipsis (12:9) llama el diablo o Satanás. En este pasaje del Evangelio se le conoce también como Belcebú o príncipe de los demonios (Lucas 11:15) y Jesús lo compara a un "hombre fuerte que guarda su palacio, armado" (v. 21). Las campanas de ese reino infernal suenan al principio de la canción del grupo australiano AC/DC al comienzo de su disco "De vuelta al negro" (Back In Black 1980) tras la muerte de su cantante, Bon Scott, aunque el guitarristas Angus Young dice que no son satanistas, ni hacen magia negra. El grupo cristiano sueco Jerusalem se expresa igual de duramente en el rock para "Saquear el infierno y poblar el cielo" (Plunder Hell and Populate Heaven) en la canción en que Ulf Christiansson "baila sobre la cabeza de la serpiente" (Dancing On The Head of the Serpent 1987). Es el lenguaje de victoria que usa Jesús para hablar de su triunfo y saqueo del botín del hombre fuerte (Lucas 11:22). El espiritual negro "Satanás, vamos a derribar tu reino" (Satan We´re Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down) suena con extraordinaria fuerza en la voz de la veterana cantante de góspel Shirley Caesar en la versión que hace en 2016 para la serie Greenleaf. Hay películas que no son lo que aparentan. Cuando uno ve el cartel de "El exorcismo de Emily Rose" (2005) se cree que está ante un producto más de este subgénero del terror que nace con la extraordinaria película "El exorcista" (1973). La obra del evangélico Scott Derrickson es, sin embargo, una curiosa combinación de película de juicios con el relato de un exorcismo ocurrido en Alemania en 1976, que llevó a juicio a dos curas y a los padres de Anneliese Michel. Como en la obra de Friedkin y Blatty de lo que se trata aquí es del dilema de la fe, la realidad del diablo que lleva a la existencia de Dios. Para ello, Derrickson recurre al personaje de la abogada agnóstica que interpreta esa maravillosa actriz neoyorquina que es Laura Linney, que defiende a un sacerdote que encarna el gran actor inglés, ahora fallecido, Tom Wilkinson. Se completa el cuadro teológico con un fiscal protestante, que no cree en la verdad de la posesión- Escuchamos algunas de sus interesantes escenas con los comentarios de José de Segovia sobre la banda sonora original de Christopher Young. La "Joya coronada de Satanás" es una canción de los hermanos Louvin del álbum de country-góspel "Satán es real" (1959), que ahora canta Bruce Springsteen, pero que hizo ya famosa, Emmylou Harris en 1975. El libro que lleva el nombre del disco es una fascinante biografía sobre estos dos hermanos de educación bautista: uno (Ira) alcohólico, violento y mujeriego, que se caso cuatro veces hasta que una de sus esposas le abatió a tiros cuando intentaba estrangularla, mientras que el otro (Charlie) siguió el buen camino. El remedio a la maligna influencia que anida en nuestro corazón (Lucas 11:27-28) viene cuando escuchamos y ponemos en práctica la Palabra de Dios, como dice la canción "¡Escucha!" (Listen 1981) del grupo canadiense Siervo (Servant), formado en la comunidad hippy cristiana de Jim Palosaari en 1976, que llevó la Revolución por Jesús a Inglaterra.

Welcome to Gospel For The Glory of Jesus. Let's Praise and Worship the Lord together with music from today’s chart making gospel artist. Shirley Caesar, Greg Allen and more Kraj 100.9 FM Sunday 7:30AM to 9AM  Listen live on Sunday Mornings Click to hear This Weeks New Soulful Gospel Music Spotlight Listen to us of […]

Happy Black History Month and welcome to Gospel For The Glory of Jesus. Let's Praise and Worship the Lord together with history making Black Gospel Hits! Mary Mary, Daryl Coley, and Shirley Caesar. Kraj 100.9 FM Sunday 7AM to 9AM  Listen live on Sunday Mornings Click to hear This Weeks New Soulful Gospel Music Spotlight […]

In a world that often celebrates the individual, we invite you to explore the strength and beauty of choosing community. This week, we delve into the power of collective action and shared responsibility—a timely reflection in the wake of the pandemic's challenges.  Discover how our choices can weave a stronger fabric of support, resilience, and interconnectedness. We'll explore the transformative potential of moving beyond individualism to embrace the collective—highlighting that our financial contributions are more than just donations; they're affirmations of our commitment to each other and the world we wish to build together. Join us for this worship service, where every voice, every contribution, and every heart matters. Together, let's illuminate the path from ‘me' to ‘we' and uncover the real power for social change. Music, Intro, Welcome- Rev. Ashley Harness (:32) Singing Together- Oh, We Give Thanks- Allison Connelley-Vetter (8:06) Story for All Ages- Stone Soup- Allison Connelley-Vetter (11:15) Sharing our Gifts- Rev. Arif Mamdani (19:38) Blessings- Rev. Ashley Harness (26:55) Testimonial and Offering- Janet Merrill, Rev. Ashley Harness (38:38) Offertory- (43:29) Meditation and Cycle of Life- Rev. Arif Mamdani (45:27) Message- From Me to We- Allison Connelley-Vetter (51:07) Closing Song- This Joy by Shirley Caesar (1:02:05) Benediction- Rev. Arif Mamdani (1:07:05)  

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Happy Black History Month. Welcome to Gospel For The Glory of Jesus. Let's Praise and Worship the Lord together with history making Black Gospel Hits! Shirley Caesar, GMWA and more! Kraj 100.9 FM Sunday 7AM to 9AM  Listen live on Sunday Mornings Click to hear This Weeks New Soulful Gospel Music Spotlight Listen to us […]

Exodus 4:18-7:7 New International Version Moses Returns to Egypt 18 Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.” Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well.” 19 Now the  Music credits Shirley Caesar you're next in line for a Miracle. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andre-murphy8/message

 MAVIS SWAN POOLE has generated quite a buzz on the international music scene. She is graced with an unrivaled brilliance of shattering genre barriers with her rich and smoky sound. Poole is known for being one of the first jazz/soul Vocalists to employ her ability to sing two or more notes simultaneously, or "multiphonics". Mavis can croon as sweetly as a bird, or wail and scat out fiery tones and improvised lines with the most confident of instrumentalist.SWAN has performed and shared the stage with the greats in most genres. To name a few, Lauryn Hill, 9th Wonder, PRINCE and NPG, Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples, Sheryl Crow, Shirley Caesar, Dr. Billy Taylor, and The Wailers. While she has performed with other artists, she has mostly performed under her own name, and with her original music, proving a true Artist in her own right. She is a Vocal Coach who boasts teaching experience that spans over 20 years. She is now making her urban adult music with the soulfully crafted EP entitled, ‘Adult Time: Vol 1' which features the single and sensual masterpiece, “The Assignment” and 2 newly released singles "How Do We Grow" and "Every man ain't the same" will be played on the show Support the showMusic Artist interview

MAVIS SWAN POOLE has generated quite a buzz on the international music scene. She is graced with an unrivaled brilliance of shattering genre barriers with her rich and smoky sound. Poole is known for being one of the first jazz/soul Vocalists to employ her ability to sing two or more notes simultaneously, or "multiphonics". Mavis can croon as sweetly as a bird, or wail and scat out fiery tones and improvised lines with the most confident of instrumentalist.SWAN has performed and shared the stage with the greats in most genres. To name a few, Lauryn Hill, 9th Wonder, PRINCE and NPG, Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples, Sheryl Crow, Shirley Caesar, Dr. Billy Taylor, and The Wailers. While she has performed with other artists, she has mostly performed under her own name, and with her original music, proving a true Artist in her own right. She is a Vocal Coach who boasts teaching experience that spans over 20 years. She is now making her urban adult music with the soulfully crafted EP entitled, ‘Adult Time: Vol 1' which features the single and sensual masterpiece, “The Assignment” and 2 newly released singles "How Do We Grow" and "Every man ain't the same" will be played on the show

A cura di Gigi Longo. Musiche: Exploded View, Shirley Caesar, Sault, Yussef Kamaal, Hailu Mergia, Ohad Talmor, Umlaut Chamber Orchestra, Yussef Dayes, The Richard Davis Trio, Sylvie Courvoisier.

Bonita Burney Simmons Born to Sing... Without a doubt, Bonita has been anointed to sing! She was born on March 28, 1971 in Stamford, CT and was singing before she could even speak! As early as age 3, Bonita would hear lyrics on the radio and mimic exactly what she heard. During her first live performance, Bonita blew her audience away! People were so impressed and amazed, as they simply couldn't believe this big voice was coming from such a little girl! After spending her early years with her parents in Hartford,CT, her family relocated to Kinston, NC in 1974. Bonita would hone her skills while participating in music programs offered in Lenoir County Public Schools. She joined the chorus and in 5th grade, she was chosen to sing “The Way We Were” by Barbara Streisand. When she sang that song, there was not a dry eye in the room. During her 8th & 9th grade years, she was always active in the community, performing at events like NAACP banquets or weddings. She is a graduate of Kinston High School, Class of 1989, an alumni of Craven Community College with an Associates of Arts, and and alumni of the UAFWB Bible College where she graduated as valedictorian of the 2015 class with a Bachelor of Biblical Studies. To maintain a competitive edge, Bonita took years of private lessons with vocal coaches under the tutelage of Thomasine Hassell, Chantel Hollacheck, the late Wynona Daves, and Martha Mainor. Bonita's Singing Career... At age 12, she started her own gospel singing group, a trio called “Tried by Fire.” Determined and focused, Bonita thrived in her role as band leader and demonstrated her entrepreneurial skills at a very young age. Bonita would open up for all the national recording gospel artists who came to town like Shirley Caesar, John P. Kee, Luther Barnes, The Winans, The Williams Brothers and many others. Bonita has appeared and won first place on numerous occasions at the world famous Apollo Theatre in New York City. By the time she reached high school, she was already considered a professional singer! Today, Bonita is enjoying the flexibility of being an independent recording artist. Her talent is in high demand, as she is frequently requested to sing at venues and events throughout Eastern North Carolina! In June of 2017,  Bonita was nominated and won two awards given by The Rhythm of Gospel Awards for Traditional Artist of the Year and Best Performance by a Female Artist in Jacksonville, Florida. She also in July of 2017 was nominated and recognized as the winner in the Independent Gospel Artist category of Traditional Vocalist of the Year from the Radio Alliance Awards also located in Jacksonville, Florida.  Although she's experienced many tribulations, Bonita's life lessons are part of her unique tapestry that enables her to relate to people who are hurting. One of her biggest accomplishments is her outreach work with those who are incarcerated, sharing God's love through song. Indeed, Bonita has defined her own success, choosing to embrace an obedient lifestyle according to God's will for her life and career. She simply allows God to do the navigation and depends solely on Him to direct her career path- living by her motto, “If I make the way, then I'll have to pay the way. But if I allow HIM to make the way, he'll pay the way!" Bonita married her husband/manager, Eric B. Simmons in 1994. They have three wonderful children- Mykeva, E.J. and Landon. In October of 2000, Bonita was ordained into the Ministry as "Elder" by national Bishop Andrew Mcrorey Jr. of the Joy Mission Church of Deliverance, Hartford, CT. She also continues to serve Family Worship Center, "Ministry of Restoration" where the Pastor is George E. Fields Jr. Because serving and outreach is a part of the tapestry for Bonita's unique song ministry, being a part of the legacy of her father, the late, Bishop Landon O. Burney and the ministry that he founded is the reason she serves with great tenacity. Bonita and her family became members of Without Limits Christian Center in 2016 where the Pastors are James and Le'Conte McIver. Whenever and wherever there's a NEED; Bonita serves

THE ARWEN LEWIS SHOW - Today Arwen welcomes legendary music Producer and Engineer Ed Stasium! Ed has recorded and produced such diverse artists as Ramones, Talking Heads, Julian Cope, Peter Wolf, Nona Hendryx, Mick Jagger, Jeff Healey, Joan Jett, Marshall Crenshaw, Living Colour, Soul Asylum, The Smithereens, Motorhead, Baby Animals, Biohazard, The Reverend Horton Heat, Shirley Caesar, Simon Phillips, Misfits, Blackfire, Joey Ramone, The Chesterfield Kings, Sihasin, Hoodoo Gurus, The Empty Hearts and The Long Ryders. Ed recorded and mixed his first gold single, Gladys Knight & the Pips' “Midnight Train to Georgia” and had a top ten hit with Bazuka's at Venture Sound. Check out Ed Stasium at https://edstasium.com The Arwen Lewis Show Host | Arwen Lewis Executive Producer | Jeremiah D. Higgins Producer - Sound Engineer - Richard “Dr. D” Dugan https://arwenlewismusic.com/ The Arwen Lewis Show is Brought to you by John DeNicola and Omad Records https://www.omadrecords.com/ On Instagram, Follow Arwen Lewis Here: @thearwenlewisshow @arwenlewis www.thejeremiahshow.com On Instagram @jeremiahdhiggins https://linktr.ee/jeremiahdhiggins

Thanks for the shout-out Ed! You are amazing! Ed has recorded and produced such diverse artists as Ramones, Talking Heads, Julian Cope, Peter Wolf, Nona Hendryx, Mick Jagger, Jeff Healey, Joan Jett, Marshall Crenshaw, Living Colour, Soul Asylum, The Smithereens, Motorhead, Baby Animals, Biohazard, The Reverend Horton Heat, Shirley Caesar, Simon Phillips, Misfits, Blackfire, Joey Ramone, The Chesterfield Kings, Sihasin, Hoodoo Gurus, The Empty Hearts and The Long Ryders. Ed recorded and mixed his first gold single, Gladys Knight & the Pips' “Midnight Train to Georgia” and had a top ten hit with Bazuka's at Venture Sound. Check out Ed Stasium at edstasium.com The Arwen Lewis Show Host | Arwen Lewis Executive Producer | Jeremiah D. Higgins Producer - Sound Engineer - Richard “Dr. D” Dugan arwenlewismusic.com/ The Arwen Lewis Show is Brought to you by John DeNicola and Omad Records www.omadrecords.com/ On Instagram, Follow Arwen Lewis Here: @thearwenlewisshow @arwenlewis www.thejeremiahshow.com On Instagram @jeremiahdhiggins linktr.ee/jeremiahdhiggins

Shirley Caesar, an internationally acclaimed gospel singer with a career that has spanned more than six decades, was born on this day in Durham, North Carolina, in 1938. She came to be widely known as the “First Lady of Gospel” in a career that started in 1951. She has won 11 Grammy Awards and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Shaw University in North Carolina in 1984. She has also studied at Duke University's divinity school and received honorary doctorate degrees from Shaw University and Southeastern University. Caesar was inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2016, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Happy birthday to the legendary Shirley Caesar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello friends, we are back with another episode of "The Life Of Produk Podcast"! Today, Produk had the pleasure of interviewing Celebrity Chef Stanford. Stanford has been fortunate enough to take his career as a chef to new heights. Everything from professional cooking classes, to touring with top acts such as Cedric the entertainer, DL Hughley, Shirley Caesar and many more. Stanford, along with his team, has recently completed his cooking show which will be dropping soon. We thank Stanford for stopping by. We also thank you guys for your continued support. As always, we appreciate you. Take care! FOR INTERVIEWS/SPONSORSHIPS/ADVERTISING: (ALL ADVERTISING IS 50% OFF) LifeOfProduk@Gmail.Com Korporate.Ent@Gmail.Com www.YouTube.com/LifeOfProdukPodcast (Watch Today's Episode) www.YouTube.com/ProdukTV (Watch Older Episodes) https://www.instagram.com/lifeofproduk/ https://www.instagram.com/celebritychefstanford/

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Song intro: Shirley Caesar Singing the GospelSong intro written by: Gail Nobles ©️ 2023Music by: Gail NoblesVocals by: Gail NoblesStory by: Gail NoblesPhoto: Movieguidehttps://flic.kr/p/2jjs3HVUsage: CC BY-SA 2.0Intro song: Shirley Caesar Singing the gospelShirley CaesarPreaching the gospel (He called her name)Shirley!God calls by name Shirley!Not for fortune and fame Shirley! To the Lord, one day she came. I've got to tell you again about Shirley Caesar. I learned a lot about true gospel music listening to her sing. When Shirley Caesar sings the gospel, she sings like she means business. She doesn't sugarcoat the gospel. She tells it like it is in her songs and doesn't leave out the truth. Ceasar has been singing since 1951. That's when she signed to Federal Records at the age of 12. You know that's a long time. And she still sings and moves like she's twelve years old. She doesn't look her age at all. God has blessed Shirley Caesar. According to SoundScan, she has sold 2.2 million albums since 1991. She's won awards and has been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. She has been honored with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions in gospel music.Caesar has been referred to as the First Lady of Gospel music, and The Queen of Gospel Music. I've bought Shirley Caesar's cassettes and CD's and played them to death; mostly cassettes. I was always listening out for her on the Sunday morning radio show, “Inspirations Across America” back in the day. Although things have changed in music & radio, I still listen out for Shirley Caesar. She's the best still singing and preaching the gospel. I'm Gail Nobles reminding you of the gospel greats. I'm going to leave you now with the intro song of today's podcast by Gail Nobles tiled “Shirley Caesar Singing the Gospel”. ...

DaGrip welcomes Rose Belk to the show. Rose Belk is a minister, recording artist, songwriter, and author. As a native of Pineville, North Carolina, she began singing as a small child and gave her life to Christ at the age of twelve. The youngest of eight children, she was most impressed by the love God has shown her. Her parents were very instrumental in this impression and encouraged her to use her God-given talent of singing to His Glory. From this, she recognized her foundation in Christ and her gift to sing. In 2000, Rose released her very first CD, My Song of Praise. Her gifts and talents are further showcased in her last five projects, Simply Rose - Nothing But Praise, This Is Your Season music video, her single, So Amazing, and her new hit single, Free to Be Me and new book, Free to Be Me – Secrets I Never Told! Rose was the recipient of the Bank of America and Cultural Calendar's Heritage award for Vocal Performance. She was a South Florida Gospel Music Awards nominee for Female Contemporary Artist in 2011. She has shared the stage with Helen Baylor, Phil Driscoll, Shirley Caesar, Ron Kenoly and others. She has also appeared on Bobby Jones Gospel. The pure sound of Rose Belk illustrates her pure heart, resonating a smooth and controlled tone and with a message that is crystal clear. Rose is a graduate of Charis Bible College and has led praise and worship in many auditoriums, churches, and venues. Her love of God and gift in music has afforded her the opportunity to form, develop, and serve as the Director of praise and worship teams at Victory Christian Center and to conduct worship seminars. She was a contributing writer for Optimal Living Magazine, which is located in Washington, DC. Her creative writing skills are also exemplified in her new book, Free to Be Me – Secrets I Never Told. She has furthered her gifts and talent in her motivational videos, Morning Boost which is on YouTube. Though Rose wears many hats, she always makes time for her family and loved ones. She is married to her soul mate of 42 years. Together they have been blessed with two children, a daughter-in-law, and grandchildren. She and her husband, Rogers, also run their own management company, R. Belk Music Group, LLC and record label, New Season Records and are pastors of True Identity Grace Church.      

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MP3 Link Play via Mixcloud Dave and John hosting this week's show, with a two-hour special all about the music of Michael Stokes. Featuring racks by Creative Source, Enchantment, The Winners, Morning, Noon & Night, Ronn Matlock, Shirley Caesar, Booker T, Keith Barrow, Nature's Divine, and many, many more. Enjoy. RSS Feed: 6MS Sessions

Rev. Dr. Stefanie Minatee, A native of Newark, New Jersey, Rev. Stef, as she is affectionately called, is the artistic director & founder of the Grammy-Award winning choir, Jubilation; and has built her life and career around music. Rev. Stef formed the acclaimed choir, Jubilation, in 1998 at the request of New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) CEO Larry Goldman and Newark Councilman/Assemblyman Donald K. Tucker. She has led the choir in numerous performances nationally and internationally since that time. Jubilation's first album “Launch Out Project” was released in 2009 followed by o Happy Day in 2010; 2013 Jubilation Christmas; 2018 It's All about You and in 2022 Worship Him. Jubilation won a Grammy after being featured with Latifah on the 2009 compilation album, Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration, and also sang behind her at the 2010 Super Bowl. Jubilation's reputation as New Jersey's most decorated community choir dates to 1999, when Minatee, known to all as Rev. Stef, auditioned more than 300 singers from the tristate area for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at NJPAC. She selected 120 from that group, including Queen Latifah's mother, Rita Owens. The group went on to sing that year with Shirley Caesar, another gospel giant. In 2002, Jubilation was tapped as the choir on Ray Charles Celebrates: A Gospel Christmas Album. In 2010, the choir earned a Grammy with Latifah and other artists for a track on the compilation album Oh Happy Day. The choir also travelled on tours to Japan and was featured on stages with artists like Isaac Hayes and tours to places like Japan. •You may also “like” and share the podcast episode; or you may Subscribe to be alerted when the newest show is published. Please send me an email sharing your thoughts about this show segment also if you have any suggestions of future guests you would like to hear on the show. Send an email to letstalk2gmg@gmail.com There is now a Let's Talk: Gospel Music Gold Radio Show on WMRM-DB Internet Radio Station Saturday Mornings at 9:00AM CST --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalk2gmg-ansonia/message

| Thank You (Eric Kupper Classic Club Mix)  | True Solace | One Chance (Matthew Bandy's Extended Limestone Vocal Mix)  | Black Powder, Adeola Shyllon | Be Mine (Vocal Mix)  | Mark Di Meo, Sofia Rubina | Full Moon (Full Intention Club Mix)  | Brandy | Jesus Loves UUU (Todd Terry Remix)  | Todd Terry, Shirley Caesar | Royal (Extended Mix)  | Andrew De La Foix, Angela Johnson | Butterflies (Doug Gomez Merecumbe Soul Remix - Radio Edit)  | Peri X | Different (Radio Edit)  | Wez Whynt, Rona Ray | Remember To Luv (Azza K. Fingers Club Re-Pro Mix)  | Dana Divine | Ride Of Love (DJ Spen Mix)  | Jame Starck, Linda Axelsson | Bop Till I Drop (Original Bop Mix)   | Larrice | Choosing You (Club Mix)  | Lenny Williams | Ooh, La, La  | Suzi Lane | New Hope (Seb Skalski Soulful Rework)  | Notomash, Maya | When You Wake Up Tomorrow (12" version)  | Candi Staton | Rainy Days  | Mark IV | Irresistible (Never Run Away From Love)  | Peabo Bryson | Personality (Club Mix)  | Eugene Wilde | One Mile From Paradise  | Robbie Mychals | Guilty  | Jackie Stoudemire | Everyone's A Star  | The Intruders

| Crazy World (Opolopo Remix)  | Kenny Thomas | We Need Love (Dr Packer More Boogie Mix)  | Wheeler del Torro, Kenny Bobien | Mylos Entrance  | Tsalikee | Got Sweet Loving (Extended)  | Brian Power, Roachford | Kiss Of Life (Extended Mix)  | Lexa Hill, The Young Punx | I Can't Wait (Original Mix)  | Tommy Heron, Eugene Glasgow | The Puzzle  | Corey Holmes | Whispers In The Wind (Oscar P Latin Jazz Experience)  | Justin Imperiale, Rescue Poetix | Don't Give Up (Sir LSG Main Mix)  | Sir LSG, Brian Temba | You Give Me Love (Mijangos Afro Soul Mix)  | Artwork Sounds, Unqle Chriz | Footsteps (Original Mix)  | DJ Christian B | Love Me (Original Mix)  | Giorgio Bassetti | Do What You Feel (Birdee Remix)  | Joey Montenegro, Joey Negro | Let It [Basic Club] (Kerri's Full Vocal Mix)  | Kerri Chandler | Dream Drums (Roberto Rodriguez Remix)  | Lectroluv | On The Road (Manoo Abstrakt Vocal Remix)  | The Realm, Atjazz, Kelli Sae | Secrets (Michael Gray Main Mix)  | Joe Ventura, Priya, DJ Biddy | Love Is Love  | Ten City | I See You (Booker T Afro Vocal Mix)  | Tapes, Dindy | Heartbeat  | David Morales, Tiger Wilson | All I Want  | Dam Swindle | Good Morning Gorgeous (Emmaculate Extended Remix)  | Mary J. Blige | I Don't Really Care (Classic Killer Biscuit Mix)  | Prefix One, Lifford | Bring Your Love To Me  | Tsalikee, Chrisi | Riverside  | JT Donaldson | Into My Life (Flow Culture Vocal Mix)  | Mark Lewis, Tumelo Ruele | Cast In Your Spell (Doug Gomez Merecumbe Soul Remix)  | Steal Vybe, Monday Michiru | Jus Dance (Dennis Quin Extended Remix)  | Mr. V | NY Disco (Original Mix)  | Seb Skalski, Dave Mayer | Beautiful Life (Bang The Drum Vocal Remix)  | Stephanie Cooke, Diephuis, Han Litz, Jihad Muhammad | Jesus Loves UUU (Todd Terry Extended Remix)  | Todd Terry, Shirley Caesar | Cloud 9  | Eric Kupper, LRX, Kenny Summit, The Illustrious Blacks | Don't Know Yet (Original Mix)  | Ezel, Rona Ray | Dont Lose My Love  | Jungle Dee

•Linda Greenwood began singing at a very early age, as discovered by her Grandmother. When the Pastor of her home church would go to visiting churches to preach Linda would sing before his sermons. At the age of 14 Linda music under the directorship of James C. Chambers (founder of the Ecclesiastes Community Choir) and Ron Ellerson (founder of Sounds Unlimited). She majored in music at Chicago Vocational School and was granted a 4-year music scholarship to Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach, FL. And The Music Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts. After graduating Linda taught music in Chicago Public Schools, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago Collegiate Charter School and several others. •Linda sang and worked with multiple churches with forming and developing choirs and Praise & Worship teams. She sang professionally and travelled all over the world and appeared on many television and radio stations as sell as recordings. Some she has recorded with include Tony & DeJuana Small & Artistry, Deleon Richards-Sheffield, Kim Stratton, Stanley G. Pearson and many others. She also performed on the same stage as Yolanda Adams, Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond and Shirley Caesar just to name a few. •Linda is a member of Salem Baptist Church of Chicago singing under the direction of Walter Owens with Judah Praise singers. •Please send me an email sharing your thoughts about this podcast segment also if you have any suggestions of future guests you would like to hear on the show. Send an email to letstalk2gmg@gmail.com You may also “like” and share the podcast episode. Or you may Subscribe to be alerted when the newest show is published. NEW NEW NEW: Let's Talk: Gospel Music Gold Radio Show on Wmrm-Db Internet Radio Station Saturday Morning 9:00 AM Rebroadcast at 5:00 PM CST Link: https://player.live365.com/a50411 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalk2gmg-ansonia/message

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Melba Moore is a Walk of Fame inductee, four-time Grammy nominee, and Tony Award winner. She's also releasing her new album, Imagine. Melba discusses how she overcame obstacles to start her profession and has continued to do so throughout her 50-year music career.  When Melba began, her father introduced her to people in the music world. One of the first people she met was Valerie Simpson and started doing backup with her. One of the recording sessions was with Galt MacDermot, who wrote the music for Hair. And the rest is history. According to Melba, her ex-husband assisted her in making business connections, allowing her to collaborate with leading musicians and songwriters, like Gene McFadden and John Whitehead. LEARN MORE: >> Follow Melba on Instagram and Facebook (https://www.instagram.com/melba1moore/), (https://www.facebook.com/mooremelba) >> Listen to Melba's music on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0uMy5ZKVPBHauBYTTfCojq?autoplay=true) NSLS MEMBERS ONLY: Listen to the bonus episode to learn what it was like being one of the honorees at Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball and a memorable moment Melba had with gospel great, Shirley Caesar. (https://thens.ls/3J2duGF)

Carl Brown is joined by a producer, guitarist and a radio DJ, Gregory Goodloe. Gregory is a self taught musician, Denver native and U.S. Army Veteran. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School where he received a music scholarship to Paul Quinn College in Dallas Texas. Gregory has also opened for and played with gospel greats such as Shirley Caesar, Angela Spivey, The Gospel Keynotes and the Rance Allen Group. Gregory discusses a variety of topics, including his life experiences, musical influences, the creative process he uses, working with other artists, and much more. In the “Bout it or Doubt it” segment, Gregory shares his opinions on Self Help Books and Newspapers. Highlights: 06:56 I'm trying to create my own element. I love Wes Montgomery. I try to have an influence of the style of where he's playing octaves when I can.08:06 I might start off with me tapping on the table. I used to do that when I was a kid and it drove my sister mad. And then I used to drag out the pots and pans at my mom's house and just beat on them finally.09:00 Hit jazz records is also another dream. I've always believed that if you wait, you wait too late.16:20 I wanted to go into the army and serve my country. It's influenced me a lot because those are the kind of important things that I believe that we need to have the support there for our troops and be supportive to our nation.21:45 He gives the music into the atmosphere and we have to reach and grab it. ContactFresh Coast Jazz FestivalGregory GoodloeWebsite

Kevin Wilson knows a thing or two about paying it forward. Many know him as a world class guitarist and creator of the International Musicians' Summit, a learning and networking platform for many of the music industry's A-list performers .  What you may not know is the story of hard knocks and lost opportunity behind his smile. In this episode, Kevin discusses everything from receiving his first big break via a surprise call to tour with Gospel legend Shirley Caesar, to transitioning from football to the Navy to ultimately selling out to music, what it's like touring up to 270 days a year, securing endorsements, and how the Summit was the catalyst for connecting  musicians like Francesca Simone to a life changing opportunity with Beyoncé.   Subscribe to the Musically Hitched YouTube channel to watch full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoD6l-yDJhx8L-T8zcgpBbw   We're on IG: @musicallyhitched   If you're enjoying the content, please don't forget to follow, rate, and review the show here on Apple. We'd love to hear from you!    

CANDICE YVONNE Houston native Candice Yvonne is a new and upcoming gospel singer, producer, songwriter and author of the book series “Tainted Identity” available on Amazon or wherever books are sold. She received her calling to music and the arts at a very young age, learning the piano, playing the clarinet and singing her church choir but was discouraged by self doubt and lack of confidence in her abilities. Even though she sung in choirs across the city for names like Shirley Caesar and Hezakiah Walker to name a few, it wasn't until the passing of her biological mother that she decided to stop being imprisoned by her past and live in the purpose that God had predestined for her. Singles like “Chicken” and “Freedom Ring” paint a lyrical picture of what can be achieved if you just believe in yourself and step out on Faith. She is a forced to be reckoned with, so keep a look out for more from this dynamic artist. EYE SAW Cue Summitt, better known as Eye Saw, is the newest artist on the rap scene. He certainly has proved himself time and time again. Finding his way from a wreck-less lifestyle of evictions and short comings he was able to live through the struggle just above rock bottom in witness and now Eye Saw has come to find an enlightened dimension of life. Eye Saw's perspective is to tear down the lies of society in hopes for more to step into the awareness of conscious life. Discovering passion in writing has brought an accumulation of music with a unique point of view. Hence, the cue ("Q") to the Summit. How Eye Saw comes across, he looks to tap into the masses like on a mountain top, able to see the big picture. Eye Saw is yelling out his voice in hopes that the echoes he records can be heard by a listening ear. 

Percy Gray Jr. (Shirley Caesar,Chicago Mass Choir) is an award winning,Chicago treasure,who is one of the greatest composers of sacred church music we've seen. He sits with us this week and tells us about his early years becoming a choir director and the beginning of his love for music. He also tells us about his musical mentors and his experiences in church and the music industry. 

You may recognize some of the big names in gospel music like Kirk Franklin and Yolanda Adams, but these stars follow in the wake of the Queen of Gospel: Durham-native Pastor Shirley Caesar.

I'll be playing your favorite Mother's Day songs from all genre including:Shirley Caesar,The Dixie Hummingbirds,Diane Reeves,The Spinners,The Intruders,Tupac,Boyz II Men and others. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/samuel-wilsonjr/message

I'll be playing all of your favorite Mother's Day songs from all genres:A Gospel selection from Shirley Caesar,The Pilgrim Travelers and Mary Mary.A Jazz selection from Dianne Reeves,a Classic Soul Selection from The Intruders,The Spinners,Bill Withers,a Hip-Hop selection from Tupac,and Today's R&B selection from Boyz II Men,and others. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/samuel-wilsonjr/message

Why Satan wants our soul?It really does not require a deep explanation, it's really simple.  Our soul is our absolute connection to God, the one thing Satan detests.  See if we keep our souls in proper perspective with God, we will turn from him. And not only will we turn from him we will be committed in the spreading, teaching and exaltation of the Gospel,  so you see how this would annihilate Satan's agenda, how if believers, those who profess to love God, keep their souls in check we could collectively tear Satan's Kingdom down.Our souls are like bombs, if detonated could blow up Satan's world, so he operates like the bomb squad using every tactic possible to get to our souls so that he can disarm us before we have a chance to take part in an explosion that would kill his whole agenda.The great Shirley Caesar has a song entitled Satan we're going to tear your Kingdom down.  The lyrics go like this: The Preachers are gonna preach Your kingdom down. The mothers are gonna pray, Pray, your kingdom down. Pastor Caesar issued a bomb threat to Satan as the closing line of the song tell him You've been building your kingdom All in the house of God Satan, we're gonna tear Your kingdom down.We have to take the condition of our souls seriously, because if we don't we will hand deliver our very soul to Satan as a gift wrapped with a bow.If you know someone is plotting against your demise, has hatred in your heart for you, I don't care how saved and sanctified you are, if you must be in their presence you are on guard, you have little conversations for them and you make every attempt possible to steer clear of them.  You even begin to watch who is interacting with them, who seems to have befriended them and you take a mental note, adding them to the list of those you may need to keep at a distance.We need to do the same thing when it comes to Satan and stop being so passive and free-spirited around the very one whose whole objective is to obtain and destroy your very soul.Peter and John both give us some words of advice.1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Erica and Rasheed go over some of their favorite "Black Twitter" moments this week. For What's Tea, they discuss flight to Cancun from hell, fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites, Jim Jones, and a mother who took COVID-19 isolation too far.

Erica and Rasheed go over some of their favorite "Black Twitter" moments this week. For What's Tea, they discuss flight to Cancun from hell, fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites, Jim Jones, and a mother who took COVID-19 isolation too far.

Pastor Shirley Caesar shares who has empowered and inspired her on her journey of life as a powerful gospel singer. Be sure to: 1) Like and share! 2)Leave us 5 Stars & a Review on iTunes! Subscribe to The Strongcast on iTunes at: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-…1299887231?mt=2 on Stitcher at: www.stitcher.com/podcast/armstron…s/the-strongcast on Soundcloud at: @thestrongcast on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/arightside on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/realarmstrongwilliams Find out more about Armstrong and #TheStrongCast at: www.armstrongwilliams.com/strongcast

From Armstrong's epic town hall 'Icons & Legends' at the Museum of the Bible, comes a spirited 1-on-1 with the Queen of Gospel herself -- Pastor Shirley Caesar! Be sure to: 1) Like and share! 2)Leave us 5 Stars & a Review on iTunes! Subscribe to The Strongcast on iTunes at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-s-d1299887231?mt=2 
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It was a pleasure to sit down with Marty Ray from The Marty Ray Project. He shared a wealth of knowledge on how he used social media to go viral with his videos and how he continues to put in the time and effort to share his talents. You will also learn how authentic, transparent and caring he is and the love he has for his family, friends and fans. This was a blast for me and I hope you enjoy it as well. As always, that you for listening: Enjoy! Joe Marty Ray -  The Marty Ray Project The Marty Ray Project: Chats Connect with Marty on all social media platforms: @martyrayproject Podcast Music By: Andy Galore, Album: "Out and About", Song: "Chicken & Scotch" 2014 Andy's Links: http://andygalore.com/ https://www.facebook.com/andygalorebass If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. For show notes and past guests, please visit: https://joecostelloglobal.libsyn.com Subscribe, Rate & Review: I would love if you could subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage other people to listen and allow us to grow as a community. The bigger we get as a community, the bigger the impact we can have on the world. Sign up for Joe's email newsletter at: https://joecostelloglobal.com/#signup For transcripts of episodes, go to: https://joecostelloglobal.lybsyn.com Follow Joe: https://linktr.ee/joecostello Transcript   Joe: All right, I want to welcome my friend Marty Ray of the Marty Ray project, and he is a Nashville country artist. And I get to pick his brain not only on his entertainment and musical artistry, but I get to pick his brain about his own podcast and I get to pick his brain, even more importantly, to some of the audience members about his marketing skills because he has amassed a huge following. So, Marty, welcome. Man, I'm so glad you could do this.   Marty Ray: And I'm honored that you would have me on your show, brother.   Joe: Now, this is exciting, man, so   Marty Ray: Don't take my brain. Don't pick my brain to order. You might get down.   Joe: So I want to do a little I want to start with sort of the back story, if you can give us just, you know, how you got started. Was it the music part first? You know, whatever. You can just give us the whole thing. And then from there, I'm going to I'm going to dig in on some of these subjects so that we can really bring some some real knowledge to the audience when when they get to listen to this.   Marty Ray: Well, I always tell people I came out of the womb singing and that's the truth, I just know just always could do it if if I can do it now, I could always do it. I never learned how I mean,   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: So I don't even know if I do it right. But it seems like a lot of people seem to like it. So that's good. It's good for me and they say it's good for them. So it makes me happy. As far as what came first podcast or music, you could say music came first. I started writing songs when I was 12, but as far as professionally. I did. I had a podcast back in like two thousand seven hundred three either.   Joe: Yeah, no worries,   Marty Ray: But that cut off didn't   Joe: Just   Marty Ray: Just   Joe: Just   Marty Ray: Cut   Joe: For a second,   Marty Ray: You off.   Joe: Yeah, just for a second, it's all good.   Marty Ray: The alarms man. Those alarms, I wish you could put the phone in airplane mode while you're doing things like this, but I don't think that works like it shuts the Internet off. But anyway, so I actually was doing a podcast in 2007 when nobody knew what podcasts were. They got no respect. It was so hard to get actual guests to come on the show back then because. If it wasn't radio, they didn't want no part of it. So I actually named my podcast back then, Memcache Radio, so it would fool them into thinking it was your radio station.   Joe: Wow.   Marty Ray: And I was I was actually successful at getting some pretty high. How to, you know, high falutin client client clients and our clients have fluting guest on. I got a very Rucker. He was one of the moment   Joe: Wow.   Marty Ray: And I was at that time, I had no fans, don't know nobody. He just he was on there, gave us some of the greatest, greatest advice I've ever gotten at the end of that podcast. And I said, what advice would you give? An artist trying to be where you're at and apply this to everything in my life and I think everybody else should do, you should just play. Don't just look at every opportunity as if it's. So it could be something big. It could be something that could change your life, you could change your career. And so that's what I do. I look at every situation and I go, even though they might be this person, that person, they might not be big yet or but who knows what tomorrow holds, you know? And I think that's how we're supposed to live, especially like me, because I'm a Christian. So I live, breathe, breathing for others. That's that's my goal in life. I try my best to not be selfish and I try to breathe for people that that are all around me, you know, like like you, Joe, I'm trying to breathe for you. So instead of because that's what Jesus told us to do. So that's kind of where my life started with a podcast and. I ended up doing a video to learn how to make music videos, so I did a music video, went and rented a camera, and the camera was a black magic cinema camera. They just they just released these cameras. And I wanted to learn how to do a professional style music video. So I wrote disparity to all about that bass, and it was all about that beard. Believe it or not, I don't know. I don't know where that came from. That's weird.   Joe: You're right.   Marty Ray: Yeah. I'm still trying to remember how I came up with the beard thing, but we'll figure it out someday.   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: I don't   Joe: Exactly.   Marty Ray: Know why the beard came and now the. So then I did this video had no clue really what I was doing too much. And you could tell in the video. But I posted that video and it got two million views overnight and.   Joe: Wow.   Marty Ray: I was like, man, I got to really be consistent now because I told, you know, for years I kept saying I thought I could sing, but I was mimicking other artists. And I would I would try my best to sound just like them boys demand. Because you said a country singer. I'm really not a country singer. I know I look country, but I don't really do a whole lot of country anymore. I used to for my first album, I only did country because people told me that's what I better do because I look like a country   Joe: Mm   Marty Ray: Artist.   Joe: Hmm.   Marty Ray: So I said I will call it country. But when the blues radio stations said my album was to country and the country radio station said it was too bluesy, then I wrote a song for my next album called Too Bluesy for Country to Country for Blues. And then I just said, forget it. I'm going to do what I want to do and I'm going to release everything on the album at one time. And that's what I've been doing ever since. So I got on my last album, Mixed Emotions. I got EDM songs on there like like club club music.   Joe: Oh, wow. So it   Marty Ray: I   Joe: Must be   Marty Ray: Can see,   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: You know.   Joe: Yeah, it must be just the first couple of videos that I clicked on, I just happened to click in the wrong spot or just, you know, I just.   Marty Ray: Well, you probably think, you know, I understand how mad nobody you probably clicked on a couple of songs and thought, here you see the acoustic guitar, you see a big bearded cornbread fed fellow from the south, and you go, this must be country because you might not listen to country. Right. So a lot of these people, they don't listen to country music, but they see somebody like me and they go, I guess this is country. I kind of like this man. I know. I like country. I get that a lot. I get that comment a lot, though. So I didn't know. I like country and I'm like, you still don't know if you like country, to be honest, because this ain't really country. I got nothing against country. Right. When I was growing up, I hated country when I was a boy because my parents love country. So I listen to RB and I grew up listening to the gospel like Shirley Caesar, Mahalia Jackson, Rance Allen, people like that. And then that turned into listening to RB. Still isn't the gospel today though, RB? Then it got into soul music and I got into blues music, and then at 12 years old, my mama took me to a Garth Brooks concert and I saw him live at the Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee. And I said, maybe I should give this a look. And I did. And I gave it a look. And I liked what I see, what I found. And he was because that was the that was the first time that I heard music. That was it was really telling stories like actually telling. If you listen to thunder rolls. Have you ever heard Garth Brooks?   Joe: Yeah, but I don't know well enough if you mentioned a song, I'd be like, I don't.   Marty Ray: Have you what would you listen to, what's your genre?   Joe: I listen to everything I you know, because I own a booking agency in Phoenix here, so I have to book everything across the board, so I listen to everything.   Marty Ray: Listen to everything but Garth Brooks, I got it.   Joe: No, no, no, I just want no one saw you named. I think he's amazing. I think if that's your first exposure to country music, that was a hell of a way to see it, because he's I mean, everyone   Marty Ray: It wasn't   Joe: Loves   Marty Ray: My first   Joe: Him.   Marty Ray: Exposure. It was the first time because, like I said, my parents, all my mom and my dad, but my mom, my dad was born to like Chicago and stuff, which I actually   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: Love that   Joe: I   Marty Ray: Back   Joe: Love   Marty Ray: In   Joe: That.   Marty Ray: The day. I still love Chicago. My daughter, who was 15, is a massive Chicago fan of your favorite band. Believe   Joe: That's   Marty Ray: It or not.   Joe: Crazy. That's amazing.   Marty Ray: And I actually did a show with Bill Champlin, who   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: Was a member of Chicago, and he's the one that wrote Hofmeyr saying, I'm sorry, I just want to stay. I'm a right directly to you. That's weird. And   Joe: No,   Marty Ray: That feel weird,   Joe: No, not at all.   Marty Ray: Even though even though when you look, I hope this power doesn't go out from his eyes. You see that. You see his lights blinking.   Joe: Oh.   Marty Ray: Anyway, I'll try to sum the story up. This has been going on for too. I'm a long winded. I'm like I'm like, oh, Pentecostal preacher. You get your rain, you got to start   Joe: Yes,   Marty Ray: Yawning or something. You   Joe: It's   Marty Ray: Got start   Joe: All   Marty Ray: Yawning   Joe: Good.   Marty Ray: And let me know. It's like I if I don't hear any Armand's,   Joe: No,   Marty Ray: I might   Joe: This   Marty Ray: Go   Joe: Is   Marty Ray: On forever.   Joe: This is perfect. That's what I like, real people, real conversation.   Marty Ray: That's all I know how to do, I call myself a conversations, I   Joe: I   Marty Ray: Don't   Joe: Love   Marty Ray: Know if   Joe: It,   Marty Ray: That's a real word, but   Joe: That's   Marty Ray: I called I   Joe: Perfect.   Marty Ray: Call myself the anyway, the question was how to get started in music. That's how it all started making videos. I made that video and. After that, I said, OK, I'm going to. I'm going to keep on, I must stay consistent because I told God, look, this is what you want me to do. I'm going to I'm going to start singing, look, putting videos out and you honor and because he honors the effort, if you if he gave you a gift, you don't bury. So I'm just going to keep on doing the same thing I've been doing, putting out videos. And he seems to keep on honoring it. So that's kind of how it's going.   Joe: That's cool, and how do you so if you're performing down in a is nationally, so I'm not even going to say I've already stepped on my toes a couple of times in this conversation of saying things that aren't necessarily true. So what's the environment in Nashville musically? Is it still very heavy country or is is there a lot of different varieties?   Marty Ray: You know what's weird is I don't play in Nashville, I'm trying to I play the people don't realize it. I'm not really a I'm not saying you, but people don't realize that I'm not a bar band. I'm not against bar band, but I could never do what they do. My hat's off to my golf buddies. That's exactly what they they've done for years. And they play those people play for four hours and go to another gig playing for hours. I can't do that. My voice wouldn't hold up to that. I sang. I only know one way to sing. Like I said, I probably don't do it right. I'm just saying from the heart. And I push notes out really hard so I can give you two hours, maybe three, if you. That's what we mainly do. Private show. So the main thing we do is private gigs and I love doing props. Doesn't have to worry about getting people to buy tickets. So   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: It's really nice.   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: But I do. I have done festivals and the festivals are really cool because it's a bunch of people gathering tickets. So it's just a very scary thing to. To not know what your fan base is in a collective area,   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: If I always tell people, I say if all my fans, I got like one point three million fans across the board, if every one of my fans were local and national, I would probably never leave Nashville because I would not would actually book a show throughout the year. Once a month, it would sell out. And I would then by the end of the year, I could start over again and service the same people that were serving at the beginning of the year,   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: You said.   Joe: Yep.   Marty Ray: But unfortunately, fortunately, I always say unfortunately, fortunately, these fans are all across the world like I got people to say, and when you come to Scotland, when you come to Ireland, when you come to Europe, when you come to Australia, you've got a big fan base here. And I don't know. I don't I think it's scary to try to book something in another country and then think so. The only way we can do it is if people pay us up front, we say it's up to you. I don't know what my fan base is, but it's up to you like I am now, though, kind of branching out. It's the first time I've ever done this in a while. Where I got to show in Tampa in March, March 11th, and it's the first time that I've ever first time I've ever seen the first time in a long time that I've actually sold tickets to a show. So I'm terrified that this time will show up and there's going to be five people there. You don't know me. And   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: This place   Joe: No,   Marty Ray: Only   Joe: I know.   Marty Ray: Holds it only holds 250 people. So, you know, you just never   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: Know. You   Joe: All right.   Marty Ray: Don't you don't you don't know what's going to happen. But which we're going at it, like I said. Got it. Got honors effort. And I'm to put forth the effort even if it's failing. You know, Timberline is.   Joe: Demeanor, boots.   Marty Ray: No, Timberland, the the producer.   Joe: I don't think so.   Marty Ray: Joe, I don't think you listen to everything, I think I think I think you think. You think historically I think I say what you. Let me pick out what you actually do on a daily basis right now. But look at you. Let me say I'm getting I'm definitely getting. I know you like Chicago. I know.   Joe: Yes.   Marty Ray: I know. That's probably on a regular. So I'm thinking like soft rock. Salved, rah, rah, rah, rah.   Joe: I do, I listen to everything, I mean, when I put on Aleksa, I say, but I mean, I don't all day I'm working, so I'm not listening to stuff and I'm not staying up with everything. I force Alexa to say, hey, play me. What's the latest play the latest pop station and she'll just play all these things are or whatever. But I mean, I'm I've played everything as a drummer. I've played everything I've played for Jewish weddings and bat mitzvahs and bar mitzvahs to playing a rock show at the Whiskey A go go in L.A. to playing jazz and then all the rest of the stuff. So.   Marty Ray: What do they miss? They play at a juice bar mitzvah.   Joe: Oh, man, it's just that same that same beats just like that, it's just like they're dancing. I mean, I played that beat for forty five minutes straight with a tux on and I had to peel the coat off me. It was just crazy.   Marty Ray: Wow. So   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: It's like so they don't. They don't have, like, different varieties of music at this stage. It's just that it's almost like I don't know what it is, but it reminds me, when you were doing that, it reminded me of a like a   Joe: It's like a poker groove, kind   Marty Ray: Yeah,   Joe: Of.   Marty Ray: Like a polka sound   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: Like a trumpet   Joe: Yep, yep, yep.   Marty Ray: And people dancing and holding and holding their arms and dancing.   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: Is that kind of what it's like?   Joe: That's so during so the one I haven't done a bunch of them, but the one that I did was forty five minutes of that and it was all of the different relatives dancing. And then they lift them up on the chair and they do so literally for forty five minutes to turned around to me and said, just play this groove and do not stop till I tell you.   Marty Ray: Kylie, I hope you got paid well.   Joe: It was a struggle, just speak, but it was   Marty Ray: Man.   Joe: Called was fine, so.   Marty Ray: The funny part about bringing a Polke is my that when I. Interviewed Darius Rucker, we just talked about that one of the things we ended with, I said, so we need to write what song? Because I was right when he had ship, when he had went from Hootie   Joe: So country,   Marty Ray: And the Blowfish   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: To going into country   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: Music. And I said, what other one of the genres are trying to write? He said, Man, I'll do anything, man. I said, I mean, you polka we're doing a polka song together. And he laughed and said, Let's do it, man. Never did it. Matter of fact. I had Dariusz number on my phone for four years and. I tried to call it the other day out of the blue to try to get him on this new podcast   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: In the number of change. So I was like, oh, crap.   Joe: Well,   Marty Ray: So,   Joe: That's good.   Marty Ray: Yeah.   Joe: So let's go. So twenty seven year podcast pioneer, right, you come out with one. And what was the the theme behind it? Was it it was just all musical artist.   Marty Ray: No, it was actually the same exact setup as I have now, because I love I love having interesting people on, but the interesting people usually are in time, not always, but they're usually entertainment, meaning. Any realm of entertainment that   Joe: Mm   Marty Ray: Could   Joe: Hmm.   Marty Ray: Be boxing, that could be in a that could be sports, could be wrestling, it could be comedy, it could be music, it could be active. We've got all of it on this show now that we've that we that we started work. We just had Bert Krischer on last episode. And before that it was before that it was a food review episode. We did we just me, Chris Wallace and Jared Callinan, my buddies, we love food and if you can tell or not, but I kind of like food a little bit. I know. I know I don't look like it, but I do like food. And before that it was. I don't remember who paid for that, but it's like Darryl early, so country artists that you probably know the country.   Joe: Right, so   Marty Ray: No,   Joe: So.   Marty Ray: We actually actually also have Vanilla Ice on.   Joe: Oh, I saw that now I saw that picture of you and him. Yeah, so that was cool. How was   Marty Ray: It   Joe: That   Marty Ray: Was   Joe: Interview?   Marty Ray: Very. I was great, we were already buddies, though,   Joe: Ok.   Marty Ray: Before then, so that's usually how I try to make it, even if I don't know the parts. Like if you go listen to me and Burt talk, you will think that we have known each other for a lifetime, but we really haven't. And I didn't know him other than just being a fan. And I just sent him a message. He hears where he made his mistake and I told him this a comment. I was always commenting funny things on his own, his Instagram post, and he one of them he liked and laughter and he followed me and said, That's where you made your mistake, because you followed me   Joe: Right.   Marty Ray: As when you followed me. I was already following you. So as soon as you followed me, I said, well, now he's going to see these messages. I'm partisan.   Joe: Ok.   Marty Ray: So I sent a message. I said, hey, big fan, yada, yada, yada. And it's true. And I said, I'd love to have you on my podcast because, you know, he's a he's actual podcast. That dude that do makes more money podcasting than he does doing a TV show.   Joe: Crazy.   Marty Ray: So you're talking about a pioneer and he's an actual pioneer in podcast. But anyway, so I'm sending his message. He sent the message. He goes, yeah, I'd love to. And I said, All right, well, how about this such day goes on. We're going make it happen. That's right. So we get closer to that day. And I say, how bout it? No, no response. No response, not cinema next. And then the next week I said I said, how about it? We're coming up on it. And then this just went on and it would be times when it would be a long gap of me. Every month I would   Joe: Hmm.   Marty Ray: Send him a message. I would say, hey, you should be all I love you. Let's do it. Let's make it happen. So and I and then I started getting I started going like, this is a game at this point now. And I told him, I said, this is because this went on for a year. Now, keep in mind, this went on for a whole year,   Joe: Wow.   Marty Ray: Maybe sending a message, these dams. And I started saying, this is not going to stop. Until you either say yes or no or block me or you're on my show one or the other, and I said, that's it, I'm going. I still love you regardless. But they're saying I'll stop within the next month. I was like, here's your monthly Maadi message. And every now and then he would put LML every now and then. And so eventually we finally got to he finally sent me his phone number. But what I had to do though, at the very last, I actually sent him a list of people we had had on   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: To kind of show him NYSUT. I've had famous people on my show, like, in case you're wondering, I've had famous people, we we didn't just start we've been doing this for a while. We know what we're doing. You know, I don't think you're going to waste your time, if nothing else, to have a good time. And so that's what he sent me, his phone number. And I said I said, what's different now? Because I got a phone number. And and so it happened and it was great. But if you listen to it, anybody else, it's on the Marty Ray project charts. I should say that probably that's the name of the podcast, the motorway project. Yes.   Joe: Ok.   Marty Ray: If you listen to that, you're going to think and it's funny because he read I told him, I said read some of those messages that I sent you and he read some on the show and he read most of it. We're just busting out laughing because it was so funny thing ever, because he said most people will say, be on my show. And I say, yeah, I'd love to. And he and he I think he really would love to be able to do everybody show, but. He knows realistically that he can't there's no way he could do everything and he said that and he said, but most people, by the time he don't answer back after the first time or the second time, they start getting very, very hateful and mean.   Joe: Oh, wow.   Marty Ray: And he said he said you never did. He said after a year, he said you never got eight boys. That was always respectful and nice. And it was like still love. He said it was almost like falling in love with your neighbor. So I guess he said, I feel like I know you   Joe: That's   Marty Ray: Said to   Joe: Awesome.   Marty Ray: Me, too. It's really cool. Anyway.   Joe: Yeah, all   Marty Ray: I don't   Joe: Right.   Marty Ray: Know if I answered your question   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: Or not.   Joe: And also so what happened with the first podcast, when did that actually end to go away? At some point?   Marty Ray: Yeah, because. The podcast, I don't want to do a podcast by myself, meaning what we're doing here,   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: It's OK, it's OK for me to be a guest, but me personally, for instance, if there comes a time. I just enjoyed bantering with a friend   Joe: Sure.   Marty Ray: And not having the full load on me of the podcast of getting the guest book in   Joe: The.   Marty Ray: The guest and doing this and that. So back then, that was kind of the same way I had I went through I went through three co-host on that show, and I was the one putting up all the money. I'm the one putting up all the I'm the one actually getting the guest and they're not really helping. But I'm thinking if we can get a little bit of momentum going, they'll they'll start to see this is a very viable thing to do and they'll start picking up some of the load. Never happened. They they all kept quitting or not showing up. And I was actually for four for coast. And after the fourth one by the fourth one, I already did that all about the beard video.   Joe: Mm   Marty Ray: And   Joe: Hmm.   Marty Ray: I started progressing. And music stars like forget them, like I was trying to help them out, not just myself, but trying to help them out, to bring them up with me. We could have made something great, I believe, if we would if I would have kept doing that podcast, I'd be one of the biggest podcast in the world today. I do believe that.   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: No question about   Joe: I mean,   Marty Ray: It.   Joe: Based on when you started, if you mean it's all about consistency, right? If you   Marty Ray: A.   Joe: Had kept that going, you totally would have been.   Marty Ray: I have no doubt in my mind, but, you know, God had other plans because had I had that podcast blew up. That's all I would have done, I would not have probably never would have pushed music too hard, to be honest,   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: Because my dream, even from childhood, my dream has always been. To have my own talk show. You know, maybe like a radio, like Howard Stern type   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: Talk show,   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: And so I said, if I know for a fact, I said because God knows better than we do. He knew that if if I if that would have blew up, I would have just said, forget music. That's too hard. That's just too hard.   Joe: That's interesting,   Marty Ray: That's a.   Joe: I hear you.   Marty Ray: Yeah.   Joe: Yeah, well, so OK, so when did that podcast end about   Marty Ray: I said, I'm horrible at times   Joe: Was   Marty Ray: And   Joe: It right when   Marty Ray: Tamla.   Joe: That video hit?   Marty Ray: No, I think we still went. Maybe a couple of months after that, but at that point, I was I was literally trying to carry the load of the podcast and be consistent in making music videos. So I just said. Nobody, because nobody cared like me, nobody had the same drive or passion about the podcast that I did, so I was like, man, this is just crazy. I'm trying I can't do all this by myself. And so I believe it's about a couple of months after my like. I don't know the exact dates. Might not have to be honest, we I'm so bad with dates.   Joe: Ok.   Marty Ray: I know that. It might not even have been I might not even had the two million video yet, but I might have had because it all started on Facebook, not YouTube, like you can't even go back in the timeline of Facebook, YouTube and go,   Joe: A.   Marty Ray: Ok, look at this date and figure it out. Because if you look at the date when Ice Ice Baby was posted on YouTube, it was actually posted to my actual Facebook profile, my personal profile, because that's all I had at the time   Joe: All right.   Marty Ray: When I was making these videos because they were getting so they were having success on my personal not not a page, not anything else. And so that's where it actually first went viral, that both both videos went viral. Their first. Did I lose you?   Joe: Yes, for a second target.   Marty Ray: Did you still have audio?   Joe: Yep.   Marty Ray: Ok. Anyway, so, yeah, but a. So I was actually pushing everything from my personal Facebook profile, so I don't know the exact date, but I think the show actually ran for about a year and a half, I believe. And then and then I called it quits, so.   Joe: Ok, so then so you have this video and this video you say got over two million views.   Marty Ray: In a day, yeah, we   Joe: In   Marty Ray: Posted   Joe: A day.   Marty Ray: It, I posted it. That morning, just just a random post like any other thank you, don't you don't think about what's the best time to post,   Joe: Mm   Marty Ray: What's   Joe: Hmm.   Marty Ray: The best strategy here? You don't think about any of that back when you first start and you just like, hey, I got this simple post you don't understand. Algorithm's probably never heard the word of the enemy. So you just post a video like I did and I posted it and it's like a set it and forget it like an infomercial right now, just opposing it. And my buddy went to Nashville because at the time I didn't live in Nashville. I lived in Memphis and we drove to Nashville. He was doing an acting audition and. We got all the way down to Nashville. He did his audition. We're headed back. He starts getting all these text and people are saying, and I've seen you in that video, it's crazy, that video. He goes, oh, OK, cool. You know, thinking   Joe: Right.   Marty Ray: That   Joe: Sure.   Marty Ray: Thinking that is because those are those are people that know him. And he was like, when I talk to them a long time ago, that type of thing. And that's where he should. And so eventually after a few texts, he he went Facebook, a lot of the videos, brochures, videos that this video is over a million views there. And I said to what?   Joe: It's   Marty Ray: A   Joe: Crazy.   Marty Ray: Million views and then I pulled it up. I pulled it up and I said, oh, wow, this is crazy. So then I text my buddy Jared who? Who does filming with me? He didn't do that video. I don't want to put that evil on him because he was definitely. Way more prolific at it than me at that time, way before me, and while now I can do a pretty good video by myself, like I just released a music video for my new single that I released in the last year for the new album called Picture. And I did that whole thing, directed it, wrote it and did the whole thing myself. It might not be the best in the world, but it's better than the most, you know.   Joe: Yeah, no cold.   Marty Ray: So anyway, I called Jared, I said, hey, man, you look at the video. I said, you need to check it out, I said it's over a million views. He goes, he goes really? And he went and looked and he couldn't find it. And I sent him a link. He goes, Wow. That's incredible. That is nuts, and I said I said, well, we made it. We made it, and at that point, you don't you have no clue what's coming from a viral video, you   Joe: Mm   Marty Ray: Don't know.   Joe: Hmm. Right.   Marty Ray: And I didn't really make it from that video, but that was a star.   Joe: Sure.   Marty Ray: You can have a viral video right now and not. Never, never yield any kind of profit from it or anything like that, you know, but it's what you do after that viral video that makes you profit Bishop Marketing. Well, that's that's a marketing tip for anybody listening. Don't don't focus on your own. Your first viral video focus on the plan after that first viral video, because that viral video, if you stay consistent and you're getting better and better, it will come no matter what it will come. I've had it happen many, many times and it's just from me being consistent. It's not because anything that any song that I put out or any video that I put out is any better. It's just because it hit at the right time, in the right way. And it was what did I do that every time a video goes viral, you have to have a plan to capitalize on that wave because that wave is going to be like here and it's going to come down.   Joe: Mm   Marty Ray: It   Joe: Hmm.   Marty Ray: Happens   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: All the time. So anyway, so that was kind of where it all began. Right, there was that video and then I was trying to be consistent, so I'm sure you want to talk about the anelli sort of kind of some of what how that happened. So then I was posting videos, try to be consistent. And then I missed two weeks of posting on. This was still on my list, was still on my original Facebook profile.   Joe: Not even   Marty Ray: Now,   Joe: On YouTube   Marty Ray: This time   Joe: Yet.   Marty Ray: I. Not even. I mean, I   Joe: That's   Marty Ray: Don't even remember   Joe: Crazy,   Marty Ray: If I had the YouTube set up yet,   Joe: That's   Marty Ray: I   Joe: Even.   Marty Ray: Don't know if I had it set up yet,   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: But.   Joe: That's.   Marty Ray: I think I might have set the channel up after the all about that beard. I really do. I think I might have done it, but I didn't post anything there besides some old concert videos originally. I believe that's what happened. And that was that was a little while after because I didn't even think about it. I don't know why, but I thought, well. And I'm I'm I'm trying to do this on Facebook, this is where it's at right now. That's   Joe: Hmm.   Marty Ray: Where I was like I was under the nails. I was like Facebook personal profile. These are all hit. They all had every video I posted seemed to have had tens of thousands of views, which was crazy to me at the time. And I was like, this is great. I got I got a two man view video, two million plus video, and I got some one hundred thousand somewhere. Two hundred. Some ten, some twenty. It was it was a good it was a good time. And then I didn't even realize   Joe: You.   Marty Ray: I had set up a Facebook page Martinrea project and I didn't have to check it, though. I never checked it, didn't realize that because like I said, everything was happening on the personal.   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: And when I posted that it was three o'clock in the morning and I hadn't been consistent and I made a post with the Vanilla Ice Accoustic. And I said in that post, I said. Listen, I'm sorry I missed a couple of weeks. I don't know if anybody Zoom care about this or not, but here's the way I've been doing. Ice, ice, baby. I'll be all like it if you do. Great, if you know there'll be another one soon. There's kind of like that. And it was kind of a throwaway video. And that's another that's another testament to just put every idea out there, because you never know which one is going to be the one that put you on stage with Vanilla Ice. Right.   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: That's what's great. You   Joe: Right.   Marty Ray: Never know. And Vanilla Ice can be anything for anybody. I don't have to be literally Vanilla Ice, but opposed to that. And that video went bananas when it went next level. So then after that video posted, were people going and subscribing to my YouTube channel, like in my Facebook page by the masses because they took that. And so then after a while after Bam Margera, he posted it, world star, hip hop posted it. It got posted all over, all over the Internet, all over social media and moderate project for a while was everywhere. I was trending on on iTunes, like number two on iTunes, trending right below some. This has happened twice, actually trending right below as independent artists. Nobody, nobody behind you, nobody helping you besides God and your fans trending number two on our terms. And I screenshot of that because while for them it might be that it happens every now and then when they when that label gives a good push, got nobody pushing me but myself and   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: Like I said, and got in my face. So that's it. So it was like, any time that happens for me, it's a real treasure. So it's a real treasure. It's almost like winning a Grammy for me   Joe: Yes,   Marty Ray: Because   Joe: Sure.   Marty Ray: I look at that. But anyway, so that got that video has hundred. Well over one hundred plus million views on Facebook. Yeah, if you   Joe: Is.   Marty Ray: Add every every video together, everyone, if you can find them, all people are still still in that video opposing it and going viral and building their own channels when their own page is off of that video   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: And some of them don't even tag me.   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: So   Joe: That's   Marty Ray: And I hate that crap.   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: Yeah, someone don't tag me.   Joe: Yeah, that's not right,   Marty Ray: I dropped   Joe: So   Marty Ray: My ears out.   Joe: It's all right, so I have a question to sort out, just the sort of create the foundation of who is Martinrea today. What does Martinrea doing day in and day out? What is you what is your main focus? You know, because then I still want to talk about the marketing stuff. And then I want to also let you talk a little bit more about the podcast if you want. But I also, you know, so it's it's it's still those three things. But I want to know, like, who are you today? What is your main focus? And then we can branch off to talk about what you're doing on that podcast and then what you're still doing marketing wise with, you know, whatever you're posting and then what you're musically trying to do. What are your goals for that?   Marty Ray: Well, today, I do the same thing that I've always done at any any opportunity that comes along. Entertaining and I'm will tell you a lot of times this actually happened recently. A lot of times they pay off and it's there's a scripture that lives that used to live on my phone, my, my, my, my wallpaper or whatever, lock screen wallpaper, whatever it's called. And it was it says a man's gift making room for him and bring it to him before. Great man. That's literally my life. I promise you that there's no secret that I have other than putting forth the effort and continually making sure that even if I get behind a little that I'm going to steal, I'm not going to give up. I'm never going to quit. Because I think the only difference I think if you anybody can see this, if you read the biographies and you watch biopics, you're going to see that every success story, the only difference that separates the successful people from the unsuccessful people are the successful people never stopped. They never gave up. So when they were digging in that for that diamond, they didn't stop digging until they found the diamond.   Marty Ray: So that's kind of where I'm at now, where I want to be. My goal is has been for a while, has been to get to get to where I'll have a million fans on one platform or another. And I don't really care too much which one that is. But I think that's a big milestone to say there's a million people in one place. Are saying, I like what he does so much that I want to I want to see everything he does. So that's that's kind of and it's not just numbers for me. It's not just the people aren't just numbers to me. Everybody that like or commented or has ever watched any of my videos, every view that's a human that's a soul to me. And I love those people when they know that if anybody is a fan of mine, they've for any time, any, any, any, any span of time at all, they've probably had a reaction or a comment that they've left because I answer in the beginning, I was answering every single comment. I was just days and days I would spend   Joe: I   Marty Ray: Going   Joe: Know it's.   Marty Ray: Through answering comments. And now I can't do that. Now I can't answer every single one. But I still get a lot of when as long as it notifies me, I still get all those comments. And and even though now a lot of people that's like a strategy that people use in social media. And I hate that it's a strategy. I hate that it even is part of because I didn't I never knew that until recently that it was years before I knew that actually by me commenting on people, by commenting everybody as everybody. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. I love you. I thank you so much for listening. I didn't know that that was helping me on the algorithm. I didn't know that. I was just genuinely so thankful that these people were listening to my music because I had people when I was growing up tell me this would never happen, that I would never that I would never have an effect. Some people told me I couldn't sing at all. And I believe that for a long time. And some people said, you can sing, but it's a pipe dream to think that you can do music professionally. That's never going to happen. That's crazy. That's a very visceral world out there. And only few make it so. To see all these people when they start commenting, it just warms my heart even to this day. If I could answer everyone, even today, I would. But I got a family, so I got to I got to spend some time with my family, too, you know.   Marty Ray: But as far as where I want to be, I want this podcast. Ideally, my ideal situation would be for this podcast to be earning enough money to where I can not only make a living myself doing that alone, but my co-host, Chris Wallum and the producer and anybody else that we bring in with the team for everybody to be making a great living doing that, because it's a blast. It's a blast doing that and it's fun. And then also with my music, my goal is to now that I started to see that there's people that are independent and they. Have won Grammys independently, that would just be crazy, man, for me, for my fans. To catapult me up to a place that's what's a project, you know, it's not it's not moderate's margrave project because we're all part of the project. So as a project, we all are lifting this project up to where an independent guy with nobody behind him truly, truly independent in the truest sense of the word. Wins a Grammy like that would be nuts, right, and I know that could happen, but. And I know that I see that happening at some point if the world goes on and they don't get crazy or even crazier. I could see that happening for sure at some some some time down the future. The last thing I would say in my head is not that I'm not thankful for all the success that. These covers have done for me, like there's several videos on YouTube that are that are way shoot at the sound and get out,   Joe: No.   Marty Ray: My battery is low and it keeps it keeps popping up that low battery.   Joe: Oh,   Marty Ray: Anyway,   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: There's several people I mean, there's several covers that are on YouTube and performed have outperformed Ice Ice Baby at this point. And my my real dream and goal is to have one of my originals be what I'm known for   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: More than any cover,   Joe: Sure.   Marty Ray: You see. And the real fans, the real true Martinrea projectors, the projectors, as I call them, and myself, even we're all projectors is they they actually prefer the originals, you know, and that's that's how you know, that they're that they're because most people don't listen to the originals. They don't even. And that's OK. That's fine. I need those people too,   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: Because and I'm thankful. And I've had people say that certain songs have saved their lives that aren't my original. So I have no animosity towards the covers. I'm just saying my goal was to be known by my own music at some   Joe: Right,   Marty Ray: Point. And   Joe: Right.   Marty Ray: If that never happens, it never happens. It was still a good life and it was a good career.   Joe: That's cool,   Marty Ray: So   Joe: So   Marty Ray: That's about it.   Joe: So that's cool. So your your your main focuses are on the podcast, the new podcast, which what is the name of the podcast?   Marty Ray: The Marty Ray Project Chat's   Joe: Perfect. OK,   Marty Ray: At.   Joe: And then writing music and performing is the other piece of what you're doing.   Marty Ray: Right,   Joe: Ok, and   Marty Ray: Yeah.   Joe: When you perform, it's mostly for private events or corporate events, you're not doing this out in Nashville at the bar scene or things like that.   Marty Ray: No, and but I do respect those guys, I don't know. But listen and thank Marty's bad talking people that go to the bars because I stopped playing the bars. That's not me. I'm not some of my closest friends do that. Matter of fact, the guy that plays with most of the time, C.J. Wylder, that's that's what his whole career is, man.   Joe: Mm   Marty Ray: And.   Joe: Hmm.   Marty Ray: But I'm not a guess that I just can't do it. My   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: Hat's off to them, though. I   Joe: You   Marty Ray: Just   Joe: Know,   Marty Ray: Cannot do that.   Joe: I've I've seen it where I was in Austin visiting and I spent a week there with just being able to go see music all the time, and I would literally see the same guy three times in one day. I'd see him like at 11 o'clock, set somewhere, and then later on at a dinner time and then later on that night at like one of the other clubs. It was insane.   Marty Ray: Really, especially if you're a singer, like if you're if you're playing, it's not as bad, but if you're singing and you're singing eight hours   Joe: Yep.   Marty Ray: And you're really giving it all you got. But most of them, I'll be honest, most of them aren't giving it all they got every time.   Joe: Right.   Marty Ray: Because when you look into a bar, nothing I hate about bars and I'm not saying I haven't played a bar have and I will play a bar if they pay me to play that bar,   Joe: Right.   Marty Ray: I got to play anywhere I play anywhere in the world. If somebody somebody will pay me to play, I'll play. I don't care where it is. That's what it is.   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: But they got they got they're going to pay for me to come out there and play. I'm not going to come out there and hope that I get money. I'm not going to come out there and play for two hundred fifty bucks or 300 bucks. Not going to happen because the difference is I'm not knocking people to do that either. I'm just saying the difference is I'll be better off posting a YouTube video because I might. That video might go viral. I'll make way more than that. I'm just doing a YouTube video,   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: So or pushing a podcast or or doing a private show or you know, it's just there's a myriad of things that I could do rather than play a show for three dollars. And and I think I think everybody only has so much life in their vocals if their singer. I don't think that lasts forever. If you if you really sing with heart and soul, I don't believe it goes forever. I believe that because, I mean, you get old, people get old. So I don't want to waste I don't want to waste my time. I hate to say it this way, but I don't want to waste my money, the life of my vocals on shows. That are. People in a bar that are not even listening to me and I'm saying   Joe: I   Marty Ray: Like these,   Joe: Totally get it.   Marty Ray: Like they're not even listening most of the time they're in there, they're drinking and they're partying and they're looking at each other. They didn't come there for me. They're just at the bar.   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: It's different, though, when they come for you. I did a show in Nashville at Kimbro and we actually sold tickets to the show. You know, that was a bar. But all these people came to see me. So we were all in this room, just packed in his room. And but there wasn't anybody blabbering back and forth and and they were drinking, but they weren't talking because they were there to see me because they were fans. But if you go into a random place and you start singing, they don't care where you are, you know, and that's the kind of bothers me. And I don't know how I don't know how people do it. I really don't I don't know how my buddy like Chris Schrader, he does it all the time and you just get. No. You just get no feedback.   Joe: Yes.   Marty Ray: Yeah, it's almost like you're playing for nothing. It's like you're they might as well be playing music on the jukebox.   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: And I don't like that   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: I'm sorry, I just don't like.   Joe: I get it. So let's talk real quick, I don't want to hold you, you know,   Marty Ray: Oh,   Joe: We're   Marty Ray: You're good.   Joe: We're close, but I don't want to hold out. I want your phone to run out. I want your electric to go so   Marty Ray: Yeah,   Joe: Soon.   Marty Ray: I know.   Joe: So here's the question. So we got the podcast where you originated from with that and then the new one. And then we have the music stuff that you're writing and performing covers and doing your original stuff. Talk to me about the marketing. What all of that is that you doing whatever marketing that takes place currently.   Marty Ray: That's all me, unfortunately,   Joe: Ok,   Marty Ray: That's   Joe: So it's   Marty Ray: All   Joe: All   Marty Ray: Me.   Joe: Social media, all the stuff that you're doing on YouTube, Facebook, are you doing Instagram and Twitter and are you doing any funny Tic-Tac videos or any sort of stuff on Tic-Tac?   Marty Ray: I'm everywhere. Anywhere there's a there's an eyeball   Joe: Ok.   Marty Ray: Or an ear, Marty, right projects there and it's always the same at moderate project everywhere.   Joe: Awesome.   Marty Ray: But yeah, I'm I'm always at this point in my career, I know the game. So I have to as far as what I say, I know the game. I know that I have to be consistent on every platform. Now, I also know. That you never want to post the same content the same day to every platform across the board, and I also know you don't want to use a posting service to post across the board either because their algorithms don't like that. So I kind of know a few things at this point about the algorithms. I do know now that by answering your comments, it helps your algorithm. It calls you a conversation starter and now keep keeping people on the platform. I don't encourage people to answer comments because of that reason. I encourage people to answer comments because they should be answering these people that care about them.   Joe: I love   Marty Ray: They   Joe: That   Marty Ray: Have,   Joe: Man,   Marty Ray: Yeah.   Joe: I love that that's the authenticity that is winning you over, because you can just tell that's what it's about for you. If you love the people following you, you're authentic about it. And even like when you talk about that night that where you just threw up that video, it's like I'm not sure if you guys are going to like this, but I had fun do it. And here it is that's   Marty Ray: You   Joe: Being   Marty Ray: Have a.   Joe: Authentic.   Marty Ray: It's all it's really the only way I know to be, and I think I think people know that I got nothing to hide, that I'm. I'm pretty transparent, you know, a lot of people, when they get into music, they won't talk about Jesus. For instance, you never go catch me, not that about Jesus, because that's who I serve. Right.   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: So a lot of people won't mention his name and all these things ain't going to happen. Not with me. And I got people I got fans that are atheists. I got fans that are agnostic. I got fans all across the board. I don't judge them, but they know what I am. There's just like I know what they are.   Joe: Mm hmm.   Marty Ray: There's nothing wrong with me knowing. But the minute that somebody goes, I'm going to I'm going to bend my morals or bend to let people know who I really am because I'm scared they might not like me. That's definitely not authentic. If you're if you're somebody in your house and into your fans or somebody else because you're online, that's not authentic. That's that's a lie, man. I'm not living that lie, so I won't do it. And again, if anybody, because this is taught in every in every workshop, it's social media workshop now. Now, back in the day, there wasn't I don't know if there was a workshop when I was when I first started, I was after this comment. Now, that will tell you, be sure your action, your comics take time out of the day. Answer your comments. That's going to boost your boost for an hour. And I'm sitting here thinking, how dare any of these people? How dare any of these people answer a comment because it's boosting their algorithm. Right, because. I wish that anybody that was doing that had that mindset, I wish. OK, you're not getting no more comments until you learn to appreciate that. Are people are taking the time to actually comment on your video because they like it? And I actually comment to the people that don't like it. I say, hey, God bless you. I still love you. Thanks for listening. Maybe we can get you on the next one and that's the truth.   Joe: That's awesome.   Marty Ray: And then most of the time they go, oh, man, I never thought you'd see that. I'm sorry, man. I really do like it. I'm like, you know, and you're like, why are you why are you bashing it then hours. Then   Joe: Right.   Marty Ray: It's OK if you don't like it. I'm not trying to make you like it if you don't. But if you really do like it. But you said you didn't. What the heck are you doing. What's the point?   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: Because there's times when. There's many, many times where, especially on YouTube. YouTube is a violent place and the comments sometimes now, not necessarily in my comments, like I've been blessed with mainly 90 percent positive comments. But there's a few times when people say things like how many just horrible things. And I will come back and I say, hey, man, I appreciate you stopping by. I love you. And I don't know what you're dealing with right now. You're probably dealing with something, but you're not going to hurt my feelings. God bless you. And I pray that your life gets better. But I will say at the end of that, I say, listen, I want to I want to just post something to you. Somebody like me. I got the thickest skin you could ever have. I said, but there's a lot of young people on this and on this on this website on YouTube that are really putting themselves out there. And if you go to their page or their channel and you leave a comment like that, you very well could be the final straw that pushes them to a place they shouldn't go. I said be mindful that life and death is in your tone. Not just not just words that people aren't reading, life and death is in it. So I have told people that many times   Joe: And   Marty Ray: And.   Joe: That's powerful, that's that's really cool.   Marty Ray: That scripture, that's where they make the credit, as the Bible says, life and death is in the song and you see it, we live that man. We see that people say sticks and stones, never sticks and stones may break my bones, but words never hurt me. That's not true.   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: You'd rather be hit by a stick than these words, man, because this   Joe: Oh,   Marty Ray: Up here,   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: This right here is forever, though sticks that you might break a bone and it heals. This right here can never heal it if somebody don't let it, you know what I mean? So anyway, I ain't trying to preach. Don't give me. I told you I'm like a preacher. You got you've got yourself   Joe: So   Marty Ray: Something.   Joe: It's all good, but I'm loving this, so this is something that I don't want to I don't want to. It's important for me to get this aspect of what you think about this. But I started a new since I'm a booking agent and I'm a musician myself, I used to play seven days a week in doubles on the weekends. I've seen it. All right. So   Marty Ray: Hmm,   Joe: But now I'm in a   Marty Ray: That's   Joe: Position   Marty Ray: All.   Joe: Where I can employ a bunch of musicians to play at various venues and resorts here in Phoenix and Scottsdale. And with what happened with this pandemic, I've seen just like lives being crushed. Right, because they there's nothing happening. So I just started this new venture called Making Money, Making Music. And the whole goal behind it is just to educate anybody. And it's not just musicians. It could be a sound engineer, a producer, songwriter, a lyricist. I don't care anybody that's in this entertainment realm that we're in to learn to diversify what they offer, that they have more than one talent and that talent could be used to generate revenue. And whether they're on YouTube teaching someone else how they book their band or how they write a song or how they figure out what a lyric would go well with. I don't care what it is or how you mix this particular album. Show me what you know, how you got those sounds, what Mike do you use on the kick drum or whatever? But my goal behind it was to try to educate as many people that are willing to watch and listen to either the webinars or the master classes or the video or whatever. It doesn't matter. What have you been doing to to sustain yourself during this time with the pandemic being around?   Marty Ray: Well, fortunately for me, and I know there's a lot of people it's sad to see. These musicians that a lot of them have just given up. Fortunately for me, my whole career is only a career because of online. So since I was blessed on line first and not offline first. I was already geared toward that and I was already making money in that realm, so where it did, it did. I'm not saying I didn't suffer, but it was very, very minuscule, what I saw, the financial things that I suffered, because, as I said, I only I've only ever really done private shows. And and the majority the bulk of my money came from and still does come from music sales streams and YouTube and now Facebook. So I'm going to change this, Mike, because my phone's about to die. Going to say might not sound as good, but I don't want it in the interview, just abruptly saying,   Joe: Yeah, no worries,   Marty Ray: Can you still hear me?   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: Ok, let me turn this let me turn this up. I'm so sorry about all these technical difficulties.   Joe: It's all good, man.   Marty Ray: They do their.   Joe: I'm here.   Marty Ray: You're very low, but I'm going to go that you can not not can you hear me? Good.   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: It's just amazing. Anyway, I can I can I can make I can finish the interview, though. So the only thing that I did differently was. US instead of doing it, because I'm never have done like a live concert full on concert online, so the real thing where this is a word, if you're are you in a clubhouse?   Joe: I am.   Marty Ray: Yeah, we need to follow General Caldwell. But this is a word they throw around so often. But it's a good word, but it's so overused on there. I would never say it on clubhouse, but I must say it here. I pivoted. Right.   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: Heard you heard   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: That clubhouse, right, Kivett?   Joe: I'm guilty of saying it, I sometimes it's the only word I can think of,   Marty Ray: It's   Joe: So I   Marty Ray: Every   Joe: Took.   Marty Ray: Time I hear it, I go. Oh, Coble's, but outside of clubhouse, it sounds better, but it's like everybody a clubhouse is trying to they're saying that because everybody's saying so it's weird. I never say Tacloban's, but it's a real word. And it's a really it's a really good thing that people need to learn to do is they need to learn how to adjust. So I just did. Slightly my strategy to wear when I wasn't able to do private shows and things like that, I started doing a full on of concerts and getting donations. So then could my Venmo and my PayPal and cash. You have stuff like that and. To be honest. Some of those shows, some of those shows just killed it, man, I mean, really killed as far as financially. And so. I still want to do that very same thing that we were doing one a month every month, but I haven't done one in three months now, I'm really due for one, but. Probably won't have one. I'm going to I'm trying to get the show at Tampa, trying to figure out how to make that one as well so I can kind of double dip   Joe: Yeah.   Marty Ray: And. Do a show for my online fans and for people in person, I think that'd be really cool if I could figure that out, but if not, it is what it is. But that's that's kind of the only that was the biggest drastic change that I made was actually doing full on live shows, even some with live bands online. And I would I would encourage everybody that's in music, in any part of music to embrace social media with everything. We don't matter which one. Start with just one. But be everywhere, be available everywhere, but start with just one where you're putting time and effort into it weekly. And I would say everybody should start with tick tock if you want to. My suggestion, because tick tock is anybody and everybody can go viral on tick tock. You don't have to have followers you have that can go viral from a video and have no followers. So I would suggest everybody utilize that while you can. So and clubhouse, if you're able to get on clubhouse. I've made some phenomenal connections on clubhouse.   Joe: Me, too. It's   Marty Ray: You   Joe: Amazing.   Marty Ray: Wouldn't believe. I mean, just I just did a room. We did a room welcoming of I brought up Vanilla Ice onto the app and I did a welcome Vanilla Ice to Clubhouse Room. And it got like almost three thousand people in that room   Joe: Wow.   Marty Ray: Because of him, not because of me. But it was just crazy how many people were sitting there listening to us, our conversation just like this one. So that's really the only thing I can think of. That really changed for me.   Joe: Ok, cool, so so you did have the advantage because you were hip to the whole online thing and that's how you had started, that's where you found a lot of success. And when this happened, you didn't have to change much about what you were doing. But that's what I'm trying. You know, like if you have the advice you just gave is exactly what I was hoping you would do, is say this is what you need to do if because I see a lot of musicians that all they did was depend on gigging. And now, you know, I hear the horror stories from them and I can't there's nothing I can do until them till the work comes back, you know. So luckily, I'm lucky five of my resorts have come back. So I'm now giving a lot of workout. But I, I have more musicians that I have work for. So, like, everyone gets   Marty Ray: Nicole.   Joe: Like one or two dates a month where before I had all the corporate stuff and I had so much work, I was looking for people. So I'm glad I'm glad you brought that up about, you know, getting active on Social and I club clubhouse. I've heard it more times than I can even count that every expert on there kept saying tick tock is the place to start.   Marty Ray: It is I'm up to almost 300000 followers there. And I haven't I don't know how long I've been on there, but I have been on there too terribly long, maybe it has been a while. Like I said, I'm over timelines, but just being can see if you just if you just post consistently on their hash tags, no hash tags, trans, no trans, you just never know. You never know what could anything could really go viral. And it's it's a it's kind of like the Wild West out there. Just start   Joe: Yeah,   Marty Ray: Shooting,   Joe: Get.   Marty Ray: Start shooting and see what happens.   Joe: Yep, all right,   Marty Ray: Now   Joe: We'll   Marty Ray: You   Joe: Call.   Marty Ray: Say you're there. How did you how did you how did you pivot?   Joe: Well, I just I was lucky that I had such a great year in twenty nineteen that I had a bunch of money put away that I could just sustain myself off of what I saved. And then for me is where does this might sound when the pandemic hit? I needed the break. I had been going so hard. So I always wanted to start a podcast and literally I started it like the moment the the world went silent. I was like, OK, now I have a chance. So I'm going to start my podcast. And then my partner, Joel and I, we've been together for twenty years. We started a YouTube channel and we just did whatever we felt like doing. And all our recent episodes was a 28 day trip that we took from here, going to Hilton Head and then running a car in

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