1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,640 Planning a Disney vacation can be overwhelming, time consuming, 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,720 and expensive. But what if there was a better 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,400 way to do it? There absolutely is and that's 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,840 why we always call in an expert. Our friend and partner Ashley 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:13,960 Dixon from Adventure Awaits by Ashley. 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,960 She does all the research and work to make our trips easy and 7 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,400 stress free. That's right, thanks to Ashley, 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,840 our time can be better spent choosing our favorite ears to 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,480 match our outfits, or which Lightning Lanes, dining 10 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,360 reservations and enchanting extras we want, because she will 11 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,520 book all of that for us. 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What's up everybody, Happy 43 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,640 wonderful Wednesday Dinglehoppers. 44 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,280 We are back and it is guest week. 45 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,720 I love guest episodes, they're so. 46 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,560 Fun. And this is a really cool thing 47 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,320 because you guys have actually heard this guest for like a 48 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,400 year, year and a half now. Yeah, it's true. 49 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,240 But you've never actually heard him. 50 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,080 So you heard it at the beginning of this episode. 51 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,440 The Disneylanders is with us today. 52 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,000 We are so pumped. I mean, dude, how are you? 53 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,520 Thank you so much for coming on. Guys, I'm, I'm doing OK today. 54 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,760 It was Adam the Woo's memorial. I was supposed to be there. 55 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:52,080 I, I couldn't end up going I'm, I'm, I was bummed out about 56 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,360 that, but I know I, I've hung out with him so many times and I 57 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,600 know that he'd be stoked that I'm doing something for the 58 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,240 Disney community. I'm here with you guys. 59 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,240 We're making content and, and that makes me happy. 60 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,960 So rest in peace out in the woo. But we're here and we get to 61 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,160 celebrate our Disney weirdness community together, and that's 62 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:11,040 what matters. So. 63 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:11,760 That's. Right. 64 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,120 Right. No, that's just not to get too 65 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,960 heavy right off the bat, but that's that was a tough blow. 66 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:22,160 I mean so so many people like who are creating content, but 67 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:27,200 also 10s of thousands more that just followed him because he was 68 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,960 just such a great light such a great person and no definitely a 69 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,720 heavy moment today that that he's gone and and but just 70 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,160 really happy for what he created and bringing so many of us 71 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,840 together. So yeah, yeah definitely always 72 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,480 on our hearts. But we appreciate you doing this 73 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,800 and and absolutely hope Adam's smiling down he. 74 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,320 Totally is. And I, I just want to say one 75 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:54,000 thing for the Disney cutie, like 15 years ago when me and Adam 76 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,840 first were like meeting online, like we beefed, like we didn't 77 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,880 like each other. And that's how good of a person 78 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,200 he was. Is that I like went up to him 79 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,640 one day. It was years later, like 7 years 80 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,480 later, I was like, dude, I just want to say I'm sorry. 81 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,640 Like I started this drama online with you. 82 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,800 And this was like before YouTube drama, you know, so not if 83 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,360 there's no like recreation of it, but that's how cool he was. 84 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,960 Is that like we started hanging out afterwards, going to Knott's 85 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,040 Scary farms and, and I made a song for him. 86 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,760 And and then it's just like we were writing each other messages 87 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,360 on Instagram a lot and he shared some of my stuff, which I just 88 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,640 was like so big because he's such a huge, you know, guy. 89 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,440 And I'm like, dude, this guy's like sharing my stuff. 90 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,560 And like we, I just want to say like how like when people say he 91 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,400 was a good guy, like dude was like actually living it so. 92 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,960 Love that beautiful tribute. Yeah, well, let's let's get into 93 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,920 a little bit of the back story here because, yeah, fangirling 94 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,120 hardcore right now because we got to know you shortly after we 95 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,560 got into like kind of digging into the Disney community. 96 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,320 And I mean, again, just the music, the vibe, everything like 97 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,480 the sunglasses, all of it, the aura. 98 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,640 But was we decided that we wanted to make a podcast. 99 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,520 Yeah. And we started dabbling with 100 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,760 this a little bit. One of the podcasts that we 101 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,040 followed really closely was the Main Street Dish. 102 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,080 And I remember telling Ashley, cuz you listen to them a lot. 103 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,200 Yeah. I was like, what? 104 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,080 What is that theme song? I was like that. 105 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:14,920 We need a theme. Song. 106 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:16,480 Yeah, we were like, we need a theme song. 107 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,440 And that was you. And so then like once we start 108 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,960 diving into this, like, dude, you have made so many incredible 109 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:27,200 beats, so much incredible music, and we are just so flattered 110 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,760 that you would create our theme song for us. 111 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,880 And we love it. And now we finally get to sit 112 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,760 down with you and really dive in and dish about how the 113 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,760 Disneylanders came to be and what is everything that you do. 114 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,600 So I guess right off the bat, just tell us a little about you 115 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,880 and your platform for those who don't know you already. 116 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,480 Yeah, my name is the Disneylanders. 117 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,800 I started making music around 20/17/2018. 118 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,840 I was just seeing a lot of lofi and I was inspired by it and I 119 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:57,920 just, I wanted to create the music that didn't exist. 120 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,400 And a lot of people told me I shouldn't do it. 121 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,800 Your name's even like, you know, gonna be copyright, like you're 122 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,320 gonna get sued left and right. And I just, I just knew that no 123 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,800 one was gonna do it unless I did it. 124 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,040 And I was just like, I'll put, put it up there and I don't 125 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,480 care. I don't care if it gets taken 126 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,280 down or like, I want to like put something out for the community 127 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:19,840 in some way. And it just, I'm still going. 128 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:23,640 And, and Disney's even like taking inspiration from me. 129 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,640 And we'll talk about that later. They've actually like, kind of 130 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,800 like we've worked in the studio together with Disney recording 131 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,200 artists and, and there's some other drama. 132 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,520 We'll wait to get into it, but but you know, it's just been a 133 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,560 really cool like, like for me, it's just a passion project. 134 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,280 Like you can tell who really loves Disney. 135 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:45,880 You can tell who like really like, I grew up going to Disney. 136 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:50,760 My mom worked HR at Disney stores and we had the gold pass. 137 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,840 We'd go all the time like and just like creating that 138 00:06:54,840 --> 00:07:00,120 nostalgia, but also like in my own twist where no one was doing 139 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,520 it. And then still like there's not 140 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,280 many people doing it cuz they just don't want to put their 141 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:06,080 neck out there. And for me, it's like, I would 142 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,120 do this even if there was no money, even if I if it was 143 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:11,880 putting up for free, just because I want to help content 144 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,680 creators. I want to keep the legacy of 145 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,760 Disney going. I want people to like have those 146 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,880 memories, those good times, like a great experience of it's like, 147 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,960 wow, I get to bring my kids here or now I'm living my my 148 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,920 childhood through through music or I'm just studying. 149 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,760 But I get that little like hint of magic when I'm listening to 150 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:30,960 it. Like that's what it's all about 151 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:31,680 for me. So. 152 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,520 I love that so much. Well, and there's something 153 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,360 incredibly powerful when you decide to just take that leap. 154 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,880 And again, no safety net. Yeah, they may take it down, 155 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,080 whatever, but like when you bet on yourself and you go for it, I 156 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,000 mean, so few people have the courage to do that. 157 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,040 But dude, like that's that's why we were drawn to you. 158 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,000 You know, we kind of went through that back and forth of 159 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,840 like, what do we call it? Are we are we going to be cool 160 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,800 with this? Are we going to get hit after? 161 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,360 It was just one of those, like, seeing people like you and Adam 162 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,040 and so many other creators were like, no, there's room for all 163 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,960 of us here. And once you put your own touch 164 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,280 to it, like, that's what makes it so rad. 165 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,480 Yeah. And so thank you for like going 166 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,400 for it because you inspired us to do the same in our own way. 167 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,080 Yeah, yeah, exactly. And and and and Adam was a great 168 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,000 example of that, of the consistency. 169 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,480 I might not be as consistent, but where I lack consistency, I 170 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,520 like push out. Like I probably have hundreds of 171 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:36,720 songs out and made, you know, 10s of I don't even know how 172 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,880 many theme songs I've made. I can't even count. 173 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,799 But like, if you're out there making content and you really 174 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:46,480 and you want something special, like reach out to me. 175 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,280 I do this stuff for free just for people to make Disney 176 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,040 content towards and yeah, I just, I just love making it and 177 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,440 love seeing the community growing and in my way, it's like 178 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,560 I can give back to the community that made like my life. 179 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:02,680 Like I'm the guy with the Disneyland throat tattoo. 180 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:05,040 Like that dude, you know, people are like, are that is that 181 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,760 permanent? Like, yeah, that's permanent 182 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:10,880 because I'm my own boss. But like, I love Disneyland so 183 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,840 much. I'm like the final Disney adult 184 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,280 boss you got to beat at the the end of the video game. 185 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,040 Like it's just people like I get the craziest things all the 186 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:19,360 time, but it's like, I know what I like. 187 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,800 I know what I'm passionate about and that's just something that 188 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,680 like have childhood pictures of me at the Disneyland castle. 189 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:27,560 So it's it's important to me and I shouldn't have to worry what 190 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:29,440 other people are going to think. And then when you make your 191 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,760 content not worrying, oh, is it good enough on this end or is it 192 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,160 not good? It's like doing you what you're 193 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,640 best at and, and, and that's, that's what I encourage anyone. 194 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,360 And, and you've, you've been moved by it. 195 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,600 I've been moved by it. We all get this like Disney, 196 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:47,040 like creative, like motivation. And we're like, we can do it. 197 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,360 And we get going and we get like just the tiniest bit of views, 198 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,240 like I swear like 100 views or like 2 comments and we're like, 199 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,680 let's go all the way. Let's devote our life to this. 200 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,280 Let's just go. It's like gambling for us 201 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,160 because we're like someone in the community that can relate to 202 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,560 our stories. It's just so, it's so 203 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:04,320 satisfying. It's awesome. 204 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,800 Yeah, awesome. So one question that we always 205 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,560 love to ask our guests, and you kind of touched on this, but 206 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:12,920 like, where did your love of Disney come from? 207 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:14,960 Like what is your Disney origin story? 208 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,880 Yeah, totally. Mom was just super involved with 209 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:25,520 the company and I always got to tag along and just, I lived in 210 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,640 like it's like an hour and a half away in, in a little place 211 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:34,720 called Menifee by Temecula, kind of like San Diego area. 212 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,240 And we would just drive there and we would just go all the 213 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,760 time. And one time like we, we, we get 214 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,720 people in, we sneak people in. Kind of my mom had gold pass, 215 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,760 right? So we, every time, probably This 216 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:49,880 is why she doesn't work there anymore. 217 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,640 But like she'd have the gold pass and she'd go up to couples 218 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,000 in line waiting to buy tickets and she'd be like, Hey, we have 219 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,240 to go past. Would you guys be interested in 220 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,120 getting to Disneyland with us for free today? 221 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:05,040 And so one time I was with my mom and these couples started 222 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,720 crying and they were like, we only had money to get in. 223 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,680 We to have money for food. We were just gonna go and we 224 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:11,880 want to go. And I just was like, Oh my gosh, 225 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,200 my moms like making these magical moments for people. 226 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,400 We did that every time. We'd bring strangers just 227 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,000 straight up off the Disneyland street right there and, and, and 228 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,480 bring them into the park just to make a magical moment. 229 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,600 And I was like, this is this feeling like I want to chase 230 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,880 this, whatever this is. And then just topping it with 231 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,560 the rides and everything. It was just, it's something that 232 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:36,200 I, I always wanted to and tray and how could I get that message 233 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:37,880 out through mass amounts of people? 234 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,640 Well, music, you know, I was in the music industry for years. 235 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,520 I toured with Katy Perry and G Eazy and Machine Gun Kelly and 236 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:49,760 Vans Warp tours and and my dad was Christian, like in the 237 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,000 Christian realm. So I went on every summers I'd 238 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,720 go out and tour with POD and Switchfoot and Reliant K and all 239 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,640 these like punk bands. And as a kid, I was like in the 240 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,000 music industry and I didn't even realize it, you know? 241 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:05,280 And so to this day, like, I still like one of my 242 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,040 girlfriends. She's the manager of Avril 243 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,800 Lavigne. And like, I'm so in like this 244 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:15,320 weird, like niche community that I just wanted to bring my glove 245 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,880 for Disney into it somehow. And we started doing, you know, 246 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,760 a lot of cool stuff from this, like, and we can go into a 247 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,760 little bit more detail later, but this wasn't just the only 248 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,160 thing I was able to create was this music. 249 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,600 And the story just keeps going deeper and deeper. 250 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,640 It's it's, it's, it's really, really cool to hear throughout 251 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,480 the years that I've been doing this. 252 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:42,880 But I think the main point is like VHS is Disney. 253 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,160 VHS is just being shoved at left and right. 254 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,200 No, no cable, no TV, like very little Disney Channel. 255 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,280 And then going to the actual parks and seeing the parks, 256 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,360 skipping school. My dad would pull me out and 257 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,400 say, hey, Ree, he's got to go to the dentist and literally take 258 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,360 me to Disneyland. Like yeah, love it. 259 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,200 That was so cool. But yeah, that's, that's, that's 260 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:03,960 my, that's my origin story for sure. 261 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,360 I love. It love it. 262 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,680 Thank you for sharing that too. And again, shout out to mom. 263 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,280 That's like the coolest thing ever, you know? 264 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:16,640 And I mean, ultimately, that's why all of us were here with 265 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,960 Walt Disney's Legacy. I mean, it was that, and you 266 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,000 guys got to do that for countless people and now you're 267 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,680 continuing to do that. And that's so awesome. 268 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,200 But we wanted to touch a little bit on the music side because 269 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,200 again, I think most of us of this generation are here from 270 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,640 the VHS tapes. But there's something incredible 271 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:38,640 about when you have an artist put their own spin on some of 272 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,240 those classic Disney tunes. But like, it wasn't just that 273 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,000 you've taken it a whole step further. 274 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,280 So where did your love of music come from and and where did you 275 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,680 get that started from? Yeah, I I was just bumping 276 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:54,880 Disney radio in my room when I got grounded all the time. 277 00:13:54,880 --> 00:14:00,920 Like I was in trouble throwing whatever rock that it doesn't 278 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:02,440 even matter. I was just a troublemaker. 279 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,920 This is a troubled kid. And so I'd be in my room 280 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:10,320 grounded and I had this like crappy vinyl player plus the AMF 281 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,400 radio and we'd go to Disneyland and they would be doing the 282 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,280 actual Disney radio. Like all my soul Cal kids know 283 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,040 this. There was like a radio station 284 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,800 that was playing like Smash Mouth and like Mickey would come 285 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,080 on. It was like a radio and I 286 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,560 grabbed my vinyl and was play. I would like scratch it screwed 287 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,320 up the screwed up the records bad. 288 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:28,800 Like it wasn't supposed to be scratched. 289 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,960 Like just like this kid in his room, like trying to scratch to 290 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:34,200 the songs. That was hilarious. 291 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,560 But that's that's kind of like where my my love for music came 292 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,800 from. And then obviously going out on 293 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,520 tours every every summer with my dad. 294 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,200 And I was just like, getting more and more in the Christian 295 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,520 realm. But as I got older, I was like, 296 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,520 OK, I kind of want to like, see, obviously, you know, what the 297 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,280 secular realm looks like. And then, you know, like, a 298 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,640 friend showed me Eminem one time and there you go. 299 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,880 The craziest thing I've ever heard by Christian ears. 300 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,080 Like, I can't ever like, listen. Like, I'm scarred for life. 301 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,400 And I just love how music can move. 302 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:12,840 People move throughout the times, the 70s, and it should be 303 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,520 Hendrix or Rock'n'roll. And it's just I I just love how, 304 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:20,720 like, every generation has this thing and I saw it kind of 305 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,440 happening and I was like, I want to be a part of it. 306 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,040 I want to bring something to music that's different. 307 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,600 That's wild, you know. Yeah, yeah, I love it. 308 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,720 So from your love of music, how did you transition that to 309 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,800 Disney? Like when did you decide? 310 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,280 Like hey I want to do different beats and songs that are Disney 311 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,600 themed. Right, I, I literally was just 312 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,240 like trying to get work done and I was like, what can I put on? 313 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,040 And I was missing Disney and I was like listening these lofi 314 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,160 radios and they had like dumb ones. 315 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,360 And I was like, dude, why isn't there a Disney one? 316 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,360 Like why isn't there just like listening to like not Disney 317 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,320 songs because we all know those, but like, what about if there 318 00:15:58,320 --> 00:15:59,960 was like a chiller version of that? 319 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:02,120 And so that's what came with some covers. 320 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:03,600 That's what came with like some movies. 321 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,440 Like maybe a movie doesn't have a theme song. 322 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,240 Maybe there's like, not like a noticeable, but there's that one 323 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,080 line that you'd like love to hear it. 324 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,560 And then you hear it and you're like, oh, just that little 325 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,600 nostalgia with the beat. It goes perfect. 326 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,120 Or I'll chop a little bit of the section of it and use it and 327 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,600 slow it down and make it faster. And you won't even realize that 328 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,480 that's in there because it's changed so much. 329 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,720 But it's, it's a piece of it, you know, reused so. 330 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,240 So cool. Yeah, yeah. 331 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,160 And and that's I think where you really kind of carved out your 332 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,360 nation all of this. Like, I mean, again, for us, 333 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,520 this is where we're like, there's nobody else doing this. 334 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,280 Like you were able to pull things and and this is some of 335 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:45,200 my favorite content is that you've put out recently where 336 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,840 you're going into the park with your microphone and you're like, 337 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,480 Hey, Jingle these keys for me. I'm going to pull on on this 338 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,680 knob or this lever and just record it. 339 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,520 And then you start building the beats. 340 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,000 Like that's for me. Like his just geek out over 341 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,440 this. So, you know, how did you come 342 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:05,160 up with the idea of doing actual park sounds and like, how do you 343 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,599 spin that into a beat? Yeah, there was a guy who didn't 344 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,480 a long time ago, and then there's people that are still 345 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,599 doing it. So it's not anything new. 346 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:15,839 It's just more geared towards Disney. 347 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,319 I just, I saw this big wave because I can go into detail, 348 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:21,640 we'll go in a little bit later about AI. 349 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:25,119 I love AI, even though that's a controversial thing to say right 350 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:30,120 now because I just saw like this soulless kind of stuff happening 351 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:33,640 in AI and I was like, Oh my God, if people don't like see me 352 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,800 doing something, making something like contributing in 353 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,360 the park, I'm going to get washed out with all these other 354 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:41,280 artists. So for if you've never seen it 355 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,680 before, you can go to my Instagram and go to my YouTube. 356 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:48,560 You can look it up and, and, and, and I and I make beats from 357 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,240 sound that I find at Disney and I, I invite guests or I'll find 358 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,000 just like weird little things and I'll just, it's, it's pretty 359 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,520 cool. So I'm just trying to become 360 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,840 like, you know, just just showing you like, Hey, I'm a 361 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,920 real person, right? I'm this is, this is really a 362 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,920 real guy behind here. It's not just some like guy 363 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,480 who's making music. Like I love the community And, 364 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,480 and I try to preach that a lot because if someone, if like 365 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,040 really gets involved, it goes down the rabbit hole of the 366 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,680 Disneylanders. There's so much to unpack. 367 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,680 There's there's like other channels and like there's secret 368 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,720 hidden Easter eggs in my songs and there's there's artists that 369 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,720 I've created off this artist. Like there's a whole horror bunk 370 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,200 like Universal, like where Freddie versus Jason and and all 371 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:34,680 these like horror films from Universal. 372 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,600 There's like a whole genre that I created even off of this. 373 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,520 There's like there's things where you scan codes on your 374 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,120 phone and it sends you to a website and all of a sudden 375 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:44,520 you're getting like free stuff in the mail. 376 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,480 Like I, I have like this elaborate like deep rabbit hole. 377 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,240 If you go down like it's really cool. 378 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,880 But but but I I don't want to like to my own my own horn. 379 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,760 But like, if you listen to my music, look out for stuff 380 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,680 because there's secret hidden messages and there's actually 381 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:04,120 ways you could like get free stuff that I sent my like true 382 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:06,920 hardcore fans I love. That it's amazing. 383 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:11,000 There's like. A huge esoteric, like, like 384 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,200 Easter egg, like old like planned. 385 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,840 I planned out when I was going down this route because I don't 386 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:18,640 know if you guys are like me, but I'm like, where's this 387 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,440 hidden Mickey? And like, where's the like, I'm 388 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,920 always secret hidden. Like, like there's got to be a 389 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,240 deeper meaning to this. And I just love that. 390 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,360 So I wanted to like, contribute that in my music too. 391 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,680 That is so, so rad. That's so awesome. 392 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,000 Yeah. So you, so you have your beats, 393 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,160 you have your sounds. Like walk us through the 394 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,000 transition of like how you make the song. 395 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,520 Like once you have all the sounds, how do you make the 396 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,720 song? We have like 3 guys that we work 397 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:53,920 with, Eric and Austin and me, and I'm obviously like the face 398 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,560 of the group, but there's all of us working components. 399 00:19:58,160 --> 00:19:59,720 I'm kind of like the orchestrator. 400 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,200 They're kind of like, you know, the people. 401 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,240 Like I can, I've played drums, I play bass, like I have 402 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,920 instruments that I play. Austin plays guitar, you know, 403 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,320 and then Eric, Eric plays guitar and then like, so everyone in 404 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,680 Austin plays piano. So we all kind of like we have 405 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,600 this like group, right? It was like the Disneylanders 406 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,280 like we come together and we like mash things that we like 407 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,560 together. And I'm over here like being 408 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:19,960 like, no, this has to change this. 409 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,600 This has to be here. Well, and this is where it gets 410 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,840 really, really cool because I think there's been a lot more 411 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,160 people who have heard your stuff than they realize. 412 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,600 Like, for example, we posted a Haunted Mansion reel, and so we 413 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,600 snagged one of your Haunted Mansion tracks that we really, 414 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,440 really love. And then one of our good 415 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:40,880 friends, Justin, who's like the Haunted Mansion guy from Foolish 416 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,880 Mortals and Happy Haunts. He's like, where? 417 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,200 Where did you get this? Yeah, What is this song? 418 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,360 And so now he's using it on the regular too, because it's just 419 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,840 such a banger. I know just he wrote, wrote me 420 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,360 and like I didn't know him and like now I know Justin. 421 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:56,560 It's like that's what brings the community together. 422 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,520 It's like you guys, you guys may. 423 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,440 And I think even Justin like used some of my stuff before and 424 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,200 didn't realize it was me. It's like another reason I 425 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,000 wanted to start like kind of coming out and, and doing more 426 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,480 content and doing stuff with you guys too. 427 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,240 Because it's like people should like, you know, see, because I 428 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,280 think it's like 400,000,500 million streams and it's like, 429 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,760 yeah, it's music, but like I don't know the guy, you know? 430 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,200 So I really, because I'm like, you know, we're being a part of 431 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,600 like something bigger, you know? Absolutely, which is just so 432 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,480 rad. And I mean, again, like you 433 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,840 mentioned, you've got so many tracks out there. 434 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,560 I mean, we've gone through and spent hours just kind of like 435 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,360 scrolling through because we've used several of your tracks on 436 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:40,000 different videos we've made. But I mean, which one, if you 437 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,520 had to pick a favorite, I mean, like it's actually like you to 438 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,160 pick your favorite child. But is there one or just a 439 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,880 handful that you really, really love or really proud of? 440 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,160 Oh. Man, no, that's so hard. 441 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,240 I literally they're like all my children, dude. 442 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,840 Like it's so hard to pick because each one was like a 443 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,480 point in my life where I felt something and I felt but like 444 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,560 postpartum Disney withdraws is a very long track and it's got 445 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,080 like multiple. It's almost like motivational 446 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,040 speaking for Disney meets this like lot, like I like that one a 447 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:12,920 lot. Just keep swimming with super 448 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:14,520 edgy and like I do. Like that one? 449 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,040 Should not release that one. I was like, I'm gonna do it. 450 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,800 I don't even care. And yeah, I've had some 451 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,680 backlash, but nothing that's like detriment to my my account, 452 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,760 I would say. And even the new stuff, I I 453 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,200 spent the day at the cabana at Disneyland. 454 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,760 And it's like this like, like upbeat, like, like elevator 455 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:38,080 music meets like, I don't even know, like club music, but like, 456 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,920 yeah, it's so different. And I was just like, I was 457 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,000 vibing with those like this is it like this is cool. 458 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,120 And like that's super slept on. I don't think enough people 459 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:49,440 realize like in the summertime, get a Margarita and like 460 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,880 chilling at the pool. Put on some Disney like pool 461 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,720 vibe, like elevator music. It's a it's a vibe, dude. 462 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,120 Like upbeat, not like low fi like like it's low. 463 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:01,680 It's up there, you know. Dude, that one, that album 464 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,320 honestly is is probably some of my favorite music that you made 465 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,560 because all of it, it just flows at vibes all together. 466 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,200 And when you put that out, I was like, I don't even remember, but 467 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:13,920 I was like, we need to go to the pool. 468 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:18,800 Yeah, it's just it takes you there and it's so good. 469 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,760 It's awesome. So we. 470 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,200 We. We ended up having our own 471 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,640 Disney club nights and we can talk about that too. 472 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:31,960 But like I started doing my own events because I saw like this 473 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,760 whole event being created. I don't know if you're from 474 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,360 familiar with like Be Our Guest, but it was like this event that 475 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:41,480 was touring where you like, it was emo night with Disney. 476 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,320 And then I was like, well, let's make dizzy but change all the 477 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,520 songs to EDM. And I was like, let's do it, you 478 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,240 know? And so we did. 479 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:55,440 We did a big tour and I had Melissa Brooks and some other 480 00:23:55,440 --> 00:24:00,080 famous DJs like show up secretly and she does all the Shrek raves 481 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,240 and she does all like the 2000s raves and the Barbie raves and 482 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,640 she does like all like the big stuff. 483 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,600 So she was like my girl dude. And we and I was like putting up 484 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,000 my own money, putting up like everything. 485 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,720 Like to do these, I was booking the venues, I was promoting 486 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,200 them. I was making like all the two 487 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,000 hours of music. Like for it was it was hardcore. 488 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:19,920 So a lot of that stuff's not released. 489 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,240 And if I ever do like another like tour again in Orlando or 490 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,800 wherever, like you best believe you're going to hear some stuff 491 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,920 that you would like. You'll be like this is crazy so. 492 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,600 That's awesome. Now we we've seen the videos and 493 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,000 I'm like, if, if this ever comes out again, like we're going, we 494 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,920 gotta be there for our boy. But like, yeah, it's an 495 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:38,760 experience. Dude. 496 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,200 It's so rad. Yeah, we, we, we had visuals. 497 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,960 We had like this giant inflatable Mickey that just 498 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,760 powered over you. Like, it's just like we had like 499 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,960 confetti blasters and dude, it was like so sick. 500 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,920 There was one time, I'm not going to name any names, but 501 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,240 there was people partying so hard. 502 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,440 And there's this one girl partying so hard, dude. 503 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,160 And I look at the pictures afterwards and she just peed 504 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,040 herself. Like she went so hard. 505 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,200 And I was like, dude, this is awesome. 506 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,960 Like I, I don't like she was just felt like didn't care, just 507 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,120 peed and just go in and I'm like, this is interesting. 508 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:15,960 Yeah. Why stop, dude? 509 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,720 So like you will go to these place, you go to these events 510 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,240 that we throw and you will be yourself. 511 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,520 Be so happy like. That's it. 512 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,560 I mean, if that doesn't sell you on it, I don't know. 513 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:26,840 I know, right? Yeah. 514 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,120 That's like we're going to make that the next advertisements, 515 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:31,400 pee yourself money back or something. 516 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,520 I don't know. So good your time yourself 517 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,040 advertised. And that's why Disney doesn't 518 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,200 want to assign me to the record later. 519 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,280 I'm sorry dude, but like, I don't know, man. 520 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,520 I've seen some stuff at Disneyland, people throwing up, 521 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,720 throwing ashes. It's pretty edgy over there if 522 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:48,680 you look for it. If you look for the edginess in 523 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,520 Disney, you'll want it. That's true. 524 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:55,440 There's there's definitely this shady underbelly people bring to 525 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:56,920 it. Yeah, it's there. 526 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,080 Yeah, it's like, it's like the Nightmare Before Christmas fans 527 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,440 meet the Chucky fans, and Jason fans are like, hey, wait, like 528 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,520 let's all be friends. And this is like so weird. 529 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,720 And it's so weird. But I do. 530 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,640 I do think Disney's doing some cool stuff, allowing more people 531 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,920 that are tattooed. Yeah, My buddy Sean, he's got 532 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,360 the podcast Magic on Main Street. 533 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,080 He's a cast member now. They're good friends of mine. 534 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:25,600 I went to high school with his wife and he's got a Disney 535 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,920 tattoo on his hand and he's like a cast member. 536 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,240 And he even played Santa Claus this last season. 537 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,360 So I'm like, dude, I'm super stoked that Disney's like kind 538 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,560 of coming around to be like, tattoos are not so bad. 539 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,240 And that's, that's awesome. There's some incredible ink out 540 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,240 there and for a long time, like it was something that was needed 541 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,560 to be covered up. And you know, again, like so 542 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,760 much of of the park and you know, the company was created on 543 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,040 expression and imagination and all of these things. 544 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,640 So it is cool that people and cast members specifically are 545 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,560 getting to share that because there's been a couple times that 546 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,440 we're like eating all of a sudden I'm like, did you see 547 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,600 that guys tattoo? Yeah, so rad can't quickly like 548 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,960 take a picture of your arm just. Really, I'm going to sneak a 549 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,960 picture and I just, I want to say I got the largest Disney 550 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,440 Indiana Jones ride tattoo ever. No one will ever compete and I'm 551 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,320 not going to show it to you guys here, but if you want to go to 552 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,640 my Instagram, you can see it. It's the it's the Guinness World 553 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,320 Record. It's the largest tattoo, 554 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,680 awesome. And it's on my back. 555 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,640 But if you know Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland, you'll know 556 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,520 this right off the bat, so. That is so cool. 557 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,120 Leave it at that. We're gonna, we're gonna give 558 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:34,960 him some surprise, you know? Amazing. 559 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,000 Amazing. Yeah. 560 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,720 Yeah. So I know you touched on this, 561 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,280 but you make your music available pretty much for anyone 562 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,040 to use. You're willing to collaborate 563 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,960 with anybody. But what brought you to that 564 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,080 decision? Because I think it's really rare 565 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,280 for different musicians and artists to be like, yeah, 566 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,280 absolutely. Like let's collaborate, let you 567 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,760 know you can use my music for free. 568 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,640 Like that's rare and something that we love. 569 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,080 Yeah. Right, one of my favorite like 570 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,480 rappers growing up he was like this edgy rapper he was part of 571 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,560 Jedi mind tricks. His name was Immortal Technique 572 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,760 and he was just this underground rapper and I remember hearing 573 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,520 him live once being like illegally download my music 574 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,320 offline wire and I was just like, dude, that is so cool. 575 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,560 Like he's telling us to go like illegally download his music. 576 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,760 And I just like, I guess it was so impactful for to me that if I 577 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:29,440 ever like people forget when you create something to share it 578 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:33,440 online, it is not you. It is not just for you. 579 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,040 You are giving something to the community, and a lot of bands we 580 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,920 know, we listen to music, They'll create a great album and 581 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,560 then the next album's just trash. 582 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,160 And like, this is what I've always wanted to do. 583 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,120 I wanted a psycho funk fusion of jazz. 584 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,320 It's like, dude, that's not you. You are not. 585 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,360 This is not the same band. And it's like their own egos get 586 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,000 in their way, their own this, that. 587 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,240 And it's like, my name is the Disneylanders. 588 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,200 I'm already pushing the Gray as well. 589 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,280 And that's like, well, what do you say about that? 590 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,720 Your name the Disneylanders. I'm like, dude, listen to Walt 591 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,040 Disney's opening day speech. He says Disneyland is your land. 592 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,360 If that's not public domain, I don't know what it is. 593 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,240 You know what I'm saying? I'm going to push the envelope 594 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,120 on there. So I guess real music should 595 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,880 push boundaries. Real music should make it feel 596 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,120 like, is this, is this supposed to be listened to? 597 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,560 Like is this even allowed? Is this illegal? 598 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,320 I mean, they said the same thing with music throughout the whole 599 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,400 general all generations. It was like, is this breaking 600 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,560 rules? Like people thought rock was 601 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,120 like satanic. And I mean, there's so many, 602 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,000 there's so many. Like meditation was culty and 603 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,880 frequencies were. It's like there were so many 604 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,880 brainwashed things that people were against music for so many 605 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:46,800 times. And I was like, I want to be 606 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,920 different. I want to do something even if 607 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,920 it cost me everything. It's that's, that's how real 608 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,120 legends or real like music comes together. 609 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:01,200 And if it's not me gonna, if no one else is gonna start the, the 610 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,840 fire, start the, the community, then I will I'll do it. 611 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,520 You know what I mean? And that's where I that's where 612 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,720 it came from. It's like guys, this this could 613 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,120 be more and, and no one's followed my lead. 614 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,280 I mean, there's a couple of Youtubers that are doing like, 615 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,760 how do I say it like soundscapes? 616 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:23,280 So they'll have like Blue Bayou pirates themed and it's like 617 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,800 ambient, which is cool. I think there's like a place for 618 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,920 that. But are they chasing streams and 619 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,680 chasing dollars? Are they chasing giving back to 620 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,480 the community? And I feel like if you, if your 621 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,840 intentions are pure and you want to like see your community do 622 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,280 better, then you do it for free. And if, if you want to make 623 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,880 money and you just want to like pay your Disney habit, then 624 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,640 fine. But there also could be another 625 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,720 medium and the medium is giving back. 626 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,440 And the only way I know how to give back is to give my hard 627 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,840 time and my cool music to content creators that I believe 628 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,680 in that I know like, hey, they have a passion for this. 629 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,600 That's how community stays the community and keeps out toxic 630 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,440 talk to people. I believe Totally. 631 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,720 I love that so much. That's so good. 632 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,080 I've got goosebumps, man. Because again, for us, as we 633 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,040 started this out, I mean, this felt like swinging for the 634 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,440 fences when we reached out to. You yeah cuz we've got 3000 635 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,200 followers and I'm like is he even gonna see our message when 636 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,000 we message him on Instagram? I was like, I don't know, but 637 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,840 yeah. You responded immediately. 638 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,560 Take a shot. I read all my fans, I read all 639 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,240 my friends messages. I I respond back as fast as I 640 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,080 possibly can. I try to gas you guys up. 641 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,200 I try to tell everyone like don't stop. 642 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,960 I, I try to give the same motivation that I would want. 643 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,520 I, I try, I really try that because I feel that there's been 644 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,240 so many times that I've reached out to people and they've not 645 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,280 reached back to me. And I just hate that feeling. 646 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,280 I'm like, dude, you're not that much better than me. 647 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,080 Come on, bro. Like I can't do that. 648 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,600 And there's some Youtubers and people have done that to me and 649 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,400 I'm like, I don't ever want to feel that way. 650 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,800 I don't even if it's just like a hey, like, cool, that's what's 651 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,800 up. Like not right now that that's 652 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,560 so much better. And I just, I always want to be 653 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,520 what I, I've, I just want to be what other people haven't been 654 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:07,600 for me. You know what I'm saying? 655 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,400 I feel like anyone can relate to that. 656 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,800 And if it takes me two seconds to write back a message, why 657 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:12,600 not? Why not? 658 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:17,120 You know, you like be humble. We're all in this together. 659 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,520 Like we have a common goal. We have a common community, 660 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,120 common community that we're trying to, to see grow. 661 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,480 And let's be honest, we got a bad rap, dude. 662 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:25,840 People hate. Disney adults. 663 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,880 Yeah, they do. We got to stick together more 664 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,600 than ever. It's not about left or right. 665 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,240 It's like, dude, it's Mickey or Goofy. 666 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:33,120 Like who? Like what's up? 667 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:37,080 You know, like, come on. That's so true. 668 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:42,720 But that is a real thing. And again, no shade if you're 669 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:46,200 out there creating content for the dollar, hey, I get it. 670 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,280 I'm all about the hustle. We have regular day jobs and 671 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,840 whatever, but I mean, that's one thing that like, dude, you're 672 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,880 our tribe, man. You're our people. 673 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,960 And there are so many great members of this community. 674 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:03,440 And we had, we're doing like this cruise in September that 675 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,160 we're inviting people to. And this just sweetheart of a 676 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:07,880 girl, she reaches out. She's like, hey, I'm really 677 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,520 interested, but do you have to be a big content creator to do 678 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,200 it? And we're like, no, no, we just 679 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,160 wanna be friends, hang out, be friends. 680 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,960 Like, come hang with us. And, and now we message all the 681 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,880 time and stuff cuz again, like, I don't know, the world's a 682 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,240 mess. Yeah, but that's why we love 683 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,160 escaping to Disney or, you know, we love like, finding we have 684 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,480 better friends. I feel like in this community 685 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,840 that we've never met, you know, talking to you kind of for the 686 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:35,240 first time tonight and a lot of our in person. 687 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,120 Yeah, people down the street. And that's why this is so 688 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,040 magical and rad and. Yeah, and, and, and like 689 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:45,480 reaching out to me or reaching out, you know, to Liz from, from 690 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:50,360 Fresh Baked or, or, or you know, other people like Justin or, or 691 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,840 anyone in the community who's doing it for a long time. 692 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,720 It's like we all have this understanding of like, yeah, we 693 00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,960 do our own things. We're all on our own lines, but 694 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:04,400 like we celebrate creativity and, and differences and, and 695 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,480 like it, there's been no drama at all. 696 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,600 Like it's been really refreshing. 697 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,639 I just see a lot of like community groups, whether it be, 698 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:19,199 you know, Universal or just like any, any community group really. 699 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,880 Like there's always like this toxic, like Internet culture and 700 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,239 I just, I don't really feel it with the Disney culture, which 701 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,000 is like really cool. I really like everyone's like, 702 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,120 supportive, even if they're not like, like super like, Oh yeah, 703 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,920 like you go, bro. Like they acknowledge you. 704 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,880 Like if you see them at the parks, they're like, what's up? 705 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,040 Like they know you. And there's just no like shade 706 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,840 throne. And I think that is just like 707 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,199 another reason to be a Disney adult. 708 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:47,080 We need, like you said, we need it more now than ever, you know. 709 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,440 Yeah, so true. And it's something we all have 710 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,639 to protect too. And I think all of us take that 711 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,719 pretty seriously, You know, I mean, we have felt that from 712 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,360 you. We try and pass that on and give 713 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,000 it to others as well. And, and just letting people 714 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,760 know, like, hey, you may not fit in anywhere else, but you can 715 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,800 fit in here because, like, as humans, we all need that. 716 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:05,320 So. Yeah. 717 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,960 Because because there's so many stories you can fit in. 718 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,040 It's like, are you the Nightmare Before Christmas or are you the 719 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,040 base Rangers? Like, like there's just this 720 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:14,960 collection. And, and especially if we grew 721 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,320 up on all that stuff, it's like maybe I'm feeling a little bit 722 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,120 more like this. Maybe I'm feeling a bit more 723 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:23,040 like this, you know, And I like to think I'm more of like on the 724 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,680 gothic Disney, there's a Disney goth side. 725 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,240 Like it's just crazy. Like we. 726 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,600 There's so much. We met the Bat Day crew. 727 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:31,520 Yeah. They bought some T-shirts from 728 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,160 us. And I was like, what is this? 729 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,320 And we ended up in Disneyland that day. 730 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,000 Yeah. And I was, I was like, this is 731 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,680 like this whole other side. I had no idea, but it was so 732 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:40,720 rad. Yeah, yeah. 733 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,520 Did you see everybody come together and and do Disney their 734 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:44,600 own way? Yeah, yeah. 735 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,800 Dude, they're truly a place for everyone. 736 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,920 The tiki people, like they have the Tiki day. 737 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:50,800 Yeah, they're all wearing like their tiki stuff. 738 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,120 And then you got the nurses. There's Disneyland nurses. 739 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,200 Yep. And there's just like every 740 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,280 little genre niche. And you're like, this is so like 741 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,920 the lore is so deeper than you think. 742 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,840 So cool, so cool. So we know you've been working 743 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,640 on something pretty rad. You gave us a little sneak peek. 744 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,160 It's out in the open now, but we wanted to ask about the Walt 745 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:15,760 project because I'm not going to lie to you, the first time that 746 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:19,360 I tested it, I was crying. I was like this is. 747 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,760 Legit, yeah. Like, it made me feel like all 748 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,600 these emotions of stuff, like, I mean, anybody asks us, like, 749 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,560 hey, if there's someone you could go to dinner with, dead or 750 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,040 alive, I'm like Walt Disney. Yeah. 751 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:35,120 But in that moment, like, all this emotion came out, dude. 752 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:36,800 Like, it was so awesome. Yeah. 753 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:37,920 Yeah. So we want to know. 754 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:42,000 Tell us about the Walt Project. The Walt Project is an AI chat 755 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:46,840 bot that I created that simulates Walt Disney talks like 756 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:48,720 him. His ideas are a lot like him. 757 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:53,200 He always has this like Walt character him like I've trained 758 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,440 it. I've been working on it for 6-7 759 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,520 months, finally released it to the public. 760 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,920 If you want to see it, you can go to thewallproject.com or go 761 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,200 to my YouTube and listen to the conversations I had with him. 762 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:08,560 But essentially, I wanted to wanted to bring Walt Disney back 763 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:14,520 from the dead and I and as crazy as that sounds, I felt like we 764 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,760 were right there on the technology cusp. 765 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:20,880 Like I said, I love AII love what it's going to do and I just 766 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,320 wanted to contribute in some way. 767 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,000 And that was another way of me like kind of pushing the 768 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,200 boundaries, like am I going to get sued on this one? 769 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,440 Are they going to? And so I had this long 770 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,440 disclaimer on my website, like this is not the actual Walt, but 771 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:35,760 it's a simulation. And so we essentially took his 772 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,120 brain and the things that he thought and put it in a in a in 773 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,840 a chat AI chat that speaks back to you in real time. 774 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:45,200 So you're having a real conversation with Walt Disney. 775 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,760 Obviously you guys know, but for the people who are listening, 776 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,840 it's, it's something that I, I feel like no one's done and I 777 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,360 just, I had a Disney community and I wanted to see would people 778 00:37:55,360 --> 00:38:00,160 be interested in it. And it's received a lot of mixed 779 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,520 feedback. Let's just say that because it's 780 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,360 not Walt, it's not what at all. But if there's some things that 781 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,120 you hear, like when I asked him, like what do you think about 782 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,960 Disney plus? Every, it seems like every 10 783 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,680 minutes I'm watching something a 2 minute commercial comes on and 784 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:17,880 he's like when the, when the red, when the red carpet or red 785 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,840 red drapes open and the show begins, it shouldn't be 786 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,480 interrupted. He's like against the 787 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,120 advertisements. And it was just like the things 788 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:27,000 I was asking him was like, dude, some of this like this might be 789 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,400 true of like how he felt. And so it's like the closest 790 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,560 thing to having a conversation with Walt that you could 791 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,320 possibly have. And I wanted to just that was 792 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:39,360 another thing I wanted to have for the community and it cost a 793 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,600 lot of money. So I'm trying to do it on my 794 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,920 channel for free where you can just watch it for free. 795 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,000 But that, that was just something I just was like, hey, 796 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:51,360 it's 2026, we're in the future, let's do some weird stuff. 797 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,160 But that was kind of my, my, I'm always this like big vision, 798 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,000 big, like I always have these like big visions, right? 799 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,320 So like when we did the Disney dance party, you know, it was 800 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:04,000 creating songs from that and it was making each song 801 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,000 individualist. It was making the the video with 802 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,680 the the lyrics so people could sing along if they didn't know 803 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,920 the songs. And then and going to San 804 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,680 Francisco and, and going to San Diego and Huntington Beach and 805 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:19,000 Santa Ana and like going to all these places and traveling with 806 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,240 this music show for Disney. It was like a Disney nightclub 807 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:25,400 that I put on, you know, And it's just, and putting your 808 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,840 money where your mouth is. If you believe in it, eventually 809 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,680 the money will come. If you're trying to do it just 810 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:32,400 for the money, you're going to get burnt out. 811 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,400 If you really care about just doing it because you love it, 812 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,880 you'll never have to be motivated because you're just. 813 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,040 It's just what you like to do. It's just what you want to do. 814 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,280 And eventually you'll get to the point where you don't have to 815 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,880 work a job and that this will be your job because so many people 816 00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,440 believe in your dream, that it just keeps fulfilling and 817 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,560 fulfilling in ways that you could never imagine. 818 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:52,360 And that's, that's what it comes down to. 819 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,000 Yeah. Dude, you're so rad. 820 00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,880 I mean, like that's, that's it. I mean, if anybody needed just a 821 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:03,400 little bit of gospel or just like some feel good, lift me up, 822 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,080 inspire a moment, like that's it. 823 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:09,360 I mean, we we all need that. And that's it's so cool that you 824 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,880 have been able to do that. You're still doing it. 825 00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:14,360 But I mean, like you're speaking to our hearts. 826 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,560 I mean, those are our goals. We we talked about that on the 827 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,040 regular, like what do we want to do with this? 828 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:20,640 And at the end of the day, I mean. 829 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,320 We do it for all the dinglehoppers, for all our 830 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,200 listeners, but like we, we really enjoy doing this like as 831 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,040 a couple. This is our connection time. 832 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:30,760 You know, it's something we love to do together. 833 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,440 It keeps us strong and happy. We meet new friends. 834 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,800 We our family has grown, you know, because of this. 835 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,480 And so it's. And the realer, the realer you 836 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,840 get and the more defined your mission is when the people know 837 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,560 that they, they, they followed you guys from the start and that 838 00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:48,440 you've grown and you're bringing new people on and you're doing 839 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,720 this and you're dropping that. It's like I'm a part of 840 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:53,320 something. When you feel included to 841 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:57,040 something, you see someone grow from a sprout to a tree or like, 842 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,560 dude, I was there. That's why so many people 843 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,400 related to Adam, that's why I'm relating to so many content 844 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,040 creators is like, dude, what? How can I help you, dude? 845 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,120 Like what can I do for you? You know, how can I work harder 846 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,080 for you? And I think if we all have that 847 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:14,320 mentality in in our strength, whether we're an artist and we 848 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:19,000 do animation or we do special effects or we do nightclubs or 849 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,120 or whatever it is like we can all come together and build some 850 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:25,560 really cool community stuff. Yeah, that's what it's about. 851 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:26,360 That's. Awesome. 852 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,080 So one last question for you. So what's ahead? 853 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:35,040 Like any big upcoming projects, new music, anything that you can 854 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,920 share with us? I don't have any plans right 855 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:43,440 now. I've been kind of a little busy. 856 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:48,400 I have a company I created called Magical Bookmarks and you 857 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:53,480 can find us on Etsy or our website magicalbookmarks.com and 858 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:58,160 I actually patent this really cool bookmark that like it's 859 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,400 like looks like stained glass. So I created. 860 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,960 They're awesome, thank. You gorgeous. 861 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,400 Last month we had $100,000 in sales and we're trying to do 862 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:10,040 like $1,000,000 this year and I'm like beyond excited. 863 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:14,480 Our Etsy has like 5 star reviews of like 1300. 864 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,320 Like we're killing it. We're actually killing it. 865 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,680 Everything, everything's sourced in America. 866 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,840 Everything is made like by me and my team here. 867 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:26,320 And so I'm really like doing something maybe that could pass 868 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,920 on to my son or you know. Just a big. 869 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,880 Picture stuff and who knows, maybe there might be a Disney 870 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:36,360 collab with that in the future. But for any the Disneylander 871 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,480 stuff, it's all just kind of like just out there. 872 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:45,000 And I feel like especially as an artist, you should take time. 873 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:49,200 Live your life, come back to those things because they're 874 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,120 always be there when you're really going through like an 875 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,960 emotional time or something really speaks to you. 876 00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,880 Or like a new movie comes out and you're like, oh man, I got 877 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,200 it. Like there's got to be something 878 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,760 I may make for that. And I feel like if it's forced 879 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,720 and rushed, people notice. But if you take your time with 880 00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:08,960 it and like really hone it in because there was times where I 881 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:10,560 was like, I'm just going to crank these out and I just 882 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:12,720 didn't feel right about it because it didn't have. 883 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,840 I feel like Disney is always about details and always the 884 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,600 little Immaculate little things that they do. 885 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:23,320 And I want to be more in, in true or not interested, but like 886 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:28,480 inclusive or, or in depth. I want to be, I want to be in in 887 00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:32,200 it really, really deep. And I think I'm sitting on a lot 888 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:35,720 of footage, a lot of footage of stuff that I've made at Disney 889 00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:38,200 parks. And I'm still just contemplating 890 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:42,160 what I, I might do with that. I even have like a documentary 891 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:45,080 that's not done about Disney adults. 892 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:50,560 And there's a lot of stuff in my hard drives like if I, if I 893 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,320 really wanted to and I had like an assistant right now to help 894 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,800 me get some content, you guys could have content for the next 895 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:57,800 year. That's awesome. 896 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:01,280 Look, and maybe in the next year or two, I, I might come out with 897 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,840 a documentary. I have a lot of like influencers 898 00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:07,720 that I've interviewed and and some stuff it just the plot and 899 00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:09,200 story still needs some work on it. 900 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:13,040 But that would be coming out on on Prime Video on Amazon and 901 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,240 that would be that would be something. 902 00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:19,280 But I, I really, I really just want to just continue to like 903 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,800 help content creators. So if you hear this, you're 904 00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:25,600 like, dude, I want something. Just reach out to me like you 905 00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:27,480 guys know. I respond right away like I do. 906 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,800 Absolutely I'm. Just out here trying to help 907 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:32,840 other people. And I think eventually in 1020 908 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,240 years, you know, there's going to be a time where people like, 909 00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:38,160 dude, did you ever like remember back in, you know, when we were 910 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,320 old, right, or we were younger or whatever you're going to call 911 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,360 it, that there was this guy he like started did all this. 912 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,200 Like, that's what I kind of want to leave a little see of my own 913 00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,840 because even if Disney doesn't recognize me, which they 914 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,000 probably won't and they won't recognize a lot of content 915 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:56,640 creators, at least we get to be a part of the community. 916 00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:00,880 And that's all I wanted. I wanted to be a part of it and 917 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:03,440 in any, any way or any form. So. 918 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:08,400 We'll do just just from us, you're already doing it. 919 00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:11,840 You've already done it. And you know, again, we're we're 920 00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,120 starting to grow a little bit and we've been able to pass some 921 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:16,720 of that on. But like, I will never forget at 922 00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:20,480 that moment when you know, you responded the first time about a 923 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:24,320 song for us and we'll never change it because like, it's 924 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:26,480 just. Well, we could always update it. 925 00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:27,240 We could always. We could. 926 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:30,640 Already update it we're always. People are going to be like, all 927 00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,960 this one's even better. You know what they bro, because 928 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,160 you just went from there to there, you know? 929 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:39,000 Yeah, it's all about it's all. About but dude, you, you're the 930 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,680 real deal, man. Like, love you so much. 931 00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,400 We're so grateful that you've been supportive of us, that you 932 00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:47,400 are who you are. Yeah, and thanks for making time 933 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,280 to come on the podcast with us tonight. 934 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:51,840 Dude, I'm so stoked. I can't wait to share it. 935 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,880 I'm gonna share it on my my or my Instagram. 936 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,480 I'm gonna share it on my Spotify. 937 00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:58,520 I got a little place right. This is like my third podcast 938 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,360 I've done It's. Crazy I'm. 939 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:05,760 Gonna, I'm gonna move you guys up a little bit, you know, just 940 00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:08,000 because everyone's already had their chance, you know, this 941 00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:09,600 time. So love you guys. 942 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,920 Thanks for inviting me. And yeah, and anytime you guys 943 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,720 want to do a little something, something, holler at me, OK? 944 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:19,120 You got it, You got it. So before you go, just last 945 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:20,720 time, where can everybody find you? 946 00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:23,160 And again, we'll share all the links as well on our socials, 947 00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:25,200 but just tell us where to find the Disneylanders, yeah? 948 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:29,120 The Disneylanders, you have to type the Disneylanders on Google 949 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,720 and you'll find everything. Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, all 950 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:35,320 that fun stuff. But yeah, it was such a 951 00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:37,160 pleasure, guys. That's it for this week's 952 00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:38,880 episode. Don't forget to rate our show on 953 00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:42,960 Apple or Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts, subscribe to 954 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,720 support our show on Patreon, check out our T-shirt shop, shop 955 00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:49,640 Threads of Imagination, and until next wonderful Wednesday, 956 00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:50,520 TTFN.