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wonderful Wednesday Dinglehoppers.
We are back and it is guest week.
I love guest episodes, they're so.
Fun. And this is a really cool thing
because you guys have actually heard this guest for like a
year, year and a half now. Yeah, it's true.
But you've never actually heard him.
So you heard it at the beginning of this episode.
The Disneylanders is with us today.
We are so pumped. I mean, dude, how are you?
Thank you so much for coming on. Guys, I'm, I'm doing OK today.
It was Adam the Woo's memorial. I was supposed to be there.
I, I couldn't end up going I'm, I'm, I was bummed out about
that, but I know I, I've hung out with him so many times and I
know that he'd be stoked that I'm doing something for the
Disney community. I'm here with you guys.
We're making content and, and that makes me happy.
So rest in peace out in the woo. But we're here and we get to
celebrate our Disney weirdness community together, and that's
what matters. So.
That's. Right.
No, that's just not to get too
heavy right off the bat, but that's that was a tough blow.
I mean so so many people like who are creating content, but
also 10s of thousands more that just followed him because he was
just such a great light such a great person and no definitely a
heavy moment today that that he's gone and and but just
really happy for what he created and bringing so many of us
together. So yeah, yeah definitely always
on our hearts. But we appreciate you doing this
and and absolutely hope Adam's smiling down he.
Totally is. And I, I just want to say one
thing for the Disney cutie, like 15 years ago when me and Adam
first were like meeting online, like we beefed, like we didn't
like each other. And that's how good of a person
he was. Is that I like went up to him
one day. It was years later, like 7 years
later, I was like, dude, I just want to say I'm sorry.
Like I started this drama online with you.
And this was like before YouTube drama, you know, so not if
there's no like recreation of it, but that's how cool he was.
Is that like we started hanging out afterwards, going to Knott's
Scary farms and, and I made a song for him.
And and then it's just like we were writing each other messages
on Instagram a lot and he shared some of my stuff, which I just
was like so big because he's such a huge, you know, guy.
And I'm like, dude, this guy's like sharing my stuff.
And like we, I just want to say like how like when people say he
was a good guy, like dude was like actually living it so.
Love that beautiful tribute. Yeah, well, let's let's get into
a little bit of the back story here because, yeah, fangirling
hardcore right now because we got to know you shortly after we
got into like kind of digging into the Disney community.
And I mean, again, just the music, the vibe, everything like
the sunglasses, all of it, the aura.
But was we decided that we wanted to make a podcast.
Yeah. And we started dabbling with
this a little bit. One of the podcasts that we
followed really closely was the Main Street Dish.
And I remember telling Ashley, cuz you listen to them a lot.
Yeah. I was like, what?
What is that theme song? I was like that.
We need a theme. Song.
Yeah, we were like, we need a theme song.
And that was you. And so then like once we start
diving into this, like, dude, you have made so many incredible
beats, so much incredible music, and we are just so flattered
that you would create our theme song for us.
And we love it. And now we finally get to sit
down with you and really dive in and dish about how the
Disneylanders came to be and what is everything that you do.
So I guess right off the bat, just tell us a little about you
and your platform for those who don't know you already.
Yeah, my name is the Disneylanders.
I started making music around 20/17/2018.
I was just seeing a lot of lofi and I was inspired by it and I
just, I wanted to create the music that didn't exist.
And a lot of people told me I shouldn't do it.
Your name's even like, you know, gonna be copyright, like you're
gonna get sued left and right. And I just, I just knew that no
one was gonna do it unless I did it.
And I was just like, I'll put, put it up there and I don't
care. I don't care if it gets taken
down or like, I want to like put something out for the community
in some way. And it just, I'm still going.
And, and Disney's even like taking inspiration from me.
And we'll talk about that later. They've actually like, kind of
like we've worked in the studio together with Disney recording
artists and, and there's some other drama.
We'll wait to get into it, but but you know, it's just been a
really cool like, like for me, it's just a passion project.
Like you can tell who really loves Disney.
You can tell who like really like, I grew up going to Disney.
My mom worked HR at Disney stores and we had the gold pass.
We'd go all the time like and just like creating that
nostalgia, but also like in my own twist where no one was doing
it. And then still like there's not
many people doing it cuz they just don't want to put their
neck out there. And for me, it's like, I would
do this even if there was no money, even if I if it was
putting up for free, just because I want to help content
creators. I want to keep the legacy of
Disney going. I want people to like have those
memories, those good times, like a great experience of it's like,
wow, I get to bring my kids here or now I'm living my my
childhood through through music or I'm just studying.
But I get that little like hint of magic when I'm listening to
it. Like that's what it's all about
for me. So.
I love that so much. Well, and there's something
incredibly powerful when you decide to just take that leap.
And again, no safety net. Yeah, they may take it down,
whatever, but like when you bet on yourself and you go for it, I
mean, so few people have the courage to do that.
But dude, like that's that's why we were drawn to you.
You know, we kind of went through that back and forth of
like, what do we call it? Are we are we going to be cool
with this? Are we going to get hit after?
It was just one of those, like, seeing people like you and Adam
and so many other creators were like, no, there's room for all
of us here. And once you put your own touch
to it, like, that's what makes it so rad.
Yeah. And so thank you for like going
for it because you inspired us to do the same in our own way.
Yeah, yeah, exactly. And and and and Adam was a great
example of that, of the consistency.
I might not be as consistent, but where I lack consistency, I
like push out. Like I probably have hundreds of
songs out and made, you know, 10s of I don't even know how
many theme songs I've made. I can't even count.
But like, if you're out there making content and you really
and you want something special, like reach out to me.
I do this stuff for free just for people to make Disney
content towards and yeah, I just, I just love making it and
love seeing the community growing and in my way, it's like
I can give back to the community that made like my life.
Like I'm the guy with the Disneyland throat tattoo.
Like that dude, you know, people are like, are that is that
permanent? Like, yeah, that's permanent
because I'm my own boss. But like, I love Disneyland so
much. I'm like the final Disney adult
boss you got to beat at the the end of the video game.
Like it's just people like I get the craziest things all the
time, but it's like, I know what I like.
I know what I'm passionate about and that's just something that
like have childhood pictures of me at the Disneyland castle.
So it's it's important to me and I shouldn't have to worry what
other people are going to think. And then when you make your
content not worrying, oh, is it good enough on this end or is it
not good? It's like doing you what you're
best at and, and, and that's, that's what I encourage anyone.
And, and you've, you've been moved by it.
I've been moved by it. We all get this like Disney,
like creative, like motivation. And we're like, we can do it.
And we get going and we get like just the tiniest bit of views,
like I swear like 100 views or like 2 comments and we're like,
let's go all the way. Let's devote our life to this.
Let's just go. It's like gambling for us
because we're like someone in the community that can relate to
our stories. It's just so, it's so
satisfying. It's awesome.
Yeah, awesome. So one question that we always
love to ask our guests, and you kind of touched on this, but
like, where did your love of Disney come from?
Like what is your Disney origin story?
Yeah, totally. Mom was just super involved with
the company and I always got to tag along and just, I lived in
like it's like an hour and a half away in, in a little place
called Menifee by Temecula, kind of like San Diego area.
And we would just drive there and we would just go all the
time. And one time like we, we, we get
people in, we sneak people in. Kind of my mom had gold pass,
right? So we, every time, probably This
is why she doesn't work there anymore.
But like she'd have the gold pass and she'd go up to couples
in line waiting to buy tickets and she'd be like, Hey, we have
to go past. Would you guys be interested in
getting to Disneyland with us for free today?
And so one time I was with my mom and these couples started
crying and they were like, we only had money to get in.
We to have money for food. We were just gonna go and we
want to go. And I just was like, Oh my gosh,
my moms like making these magical moments for people.
We did that every time. We'd bring strangers just
straight up off the Disneyland street right there and, and, and
bring them into the park just to make a magical moment.
And I was like, this is this feeling like I want to chase
this, whatever this is. And then just topping it with
the rides and everything. It was just, it's something that
I, I always wanted to and tray and how could I get that message
out through mass amounts of people?
Well, music, you know, I was in the music industry for years.
I toured with Katy Perry and G Eazy and Machine Gun Kelly and
Vans Warp tours and and my dad was Christian, like in the
Christian realm. So I went on every summers I'd
go out and tour with POD and Switchfoot and Reliant K and all
these like punk bands. And as a kid, I was like in the
music industry and I didn't even realize it, you know?
And so to this day, like, I still like one of my
girlfriends. She's the manager of Avril
Lavigne. And like, I'm so in like this
weird, like niche community that I just wanted to bring my glove
for Disney into it somehow. And we started doing, you know,
a lot of cool stuff from this, like, and we can go into a
little bit more detail later, but this wasn't just the only
thing I was able to create was this music.
And the story just keeps going deeper and deeper.
It's it's, it's, it's really, really cool to hear throughout
the years that I've been doing this.
But I think the main point is like VHS is Disney.
VHS is just being shoved at left and right.
No, no cable, no TV, like very little Disney Channel.
And then going to the actual parks and seeing the parks,
skipping school. My dad would pull me out and
say, hey, Ree, he's got to go to the dentist and literally take
me to Disneyland. Like yeah, love it.
That was so cool. But yeah, that's, that's, that's
my, that's my origin story for sure.
I love. It love it.
Thank you for sharing that too. And again, shout out to mom.
That's like the coolest thing ever, you know?
And I mean, ultimately, that's why all of us were here with
Walt Disney's Legacy. I mean, it was that, and you
guys got to do that for countless people and now you're
continuing to do that. And that's so awesome.
But we wanted to touch a little bit on the music side because
again, I think most of us of this generation are here from
the VHS tapes. But there's something incredible
about when you have an artist put their own spin on some of
those classic Disney tunes. But like, it wasn't just that
you've taken it a whole step further.
So where did your love of music come from and and where did you
get that started from? Yeah, I I was just bumping
Disney radio in my room when I got grounded all the time.
Like I was in trouble throwing whatever rock that it doesn't
even matter. I was just a troublemaker.
This is a troubled kid. And so I'd be in my room
grounded and I had this like crappy vinyl player plus the AMF
radio and we'd go to Disneyland and they would be doing the
actual Disney radio. Like all my soul Cal kids know
this. There was like a radio station
that was playing like Smash Mouth and like Mickey would come
on. It was like a radio and I
grabbed my vinyl and was play. I would like scratch it screwed
up the screwed up the records bad.
Like it wasn't supposed to be scratched.
Like just like this kid in his room, like trying to scratch to
the songs. That was hilarious.
But that's that's kind of like where my my love for music came
from. And then obviously going out on
tours every every summer with my dad.
And I was just like, getting more and more in the Christian
realm. But as I got older, I was like,
OK, I kind of want to like, see, obviously, you know, what the
secular realm looks like. And then, you know, like, a
friend showed me Eminem one time and there you go.
The craziest thing I've ever heard by Christian ears.
Like, I can't ever like, listen. Like, I'm scarred for life.
And I just love how music can move.
People move throughout the times, the 70s, and it should be
Hendrix or Rock'n'roll. And it's just I I just love how,
like, every generation has this thing and I saw it kind of
happening and I was like, I want to be a part of it.
I want to bring something to music that's different.
That's wild, you know. Yeah, yeah, I love it.
So from your love of music, how did you transition that to
Disney? Like when did you decide?
Like hey I want to do different beats and songs that are Disney
themed. Right, I, I literally was just
like trying to get work done and I was like, what can I put on?
And I was missing Disney and I was like listening these lofi
radios and they had like dumb ones.
And I was like, dude, why isn't there a Disney one?
Like why isn't there just like listening to like not Disney
songs because we all know those, but like, what about if there
was like a chiller version of that?
And so that's what came with some covers.
That's what came with like some movies.
Like maybe a movie doesn't have a theme song.
Maybe there's like, not like a noticeable, but there's that one
line that you'd like love to hear it.
And then you hear it and you're like, oh, just that little
nostalgia with the beat. It goes perfect.
Or I'll chop a little bit of the section of it and use it and
slow it down and make it faster. And you won't even realize that
that's in there because it's changed so much.
But it's, it's a piece of it, you know, reused so.
So cool. Yeah, yeah.
And and that's I think where you really kind of carved out your
nation all of this. Like, I mean, again, for us,
this is where we're like, there's nobody else doing this.
Like you were able to pull things and and this is some of
my favorite content is that you've put out recently where
you're going into the park with your microphone and you're like,
Hey, Jingle these keys for me. I'm going to pull on on this
knob or this lever and just record it.
And then you start building the beats.
Like that's for me. Like his just geek out over
this. So, you know, how did you come
up with the idea of doing actual park sounds and like, how do you
spin that into a beat? Yeah, there was a guy who didn't
a long time ago, and then there's people that are still
doing it. So it's not anything new.
It's just more geared towards Disney.
I just, I saw this big wave because I can go into detail,
we'll go in a little bit later about AI.
I love AI, even though that's a controversial thing to say right
now because I just saw like this soulless kind of stuff happening
in AI and I was like, Oh my God, if people don't like see me
doing something, making something like contributing in
the park, I'm going to get washed out with all these other
artists. So for if you've never seen it
before, you can go to my Instagram and go to my YouTube.
You can look it up and, and, and, and I and I make beats from
sound that I find at Disney and I, I invite guests or I'll find
just like weird little things and I'll just, it's, it's pretty
cool. So I'm just trying to become
like, you know, just just showing you like, Hey, I'm a
real person, right? I'm this is, this is really a
real guy behind here. It's not just some like guy
who's making music. Like I love the community And,
and I try to preach that a lot because if someone, if like
really gets involved, it goes down the rabbit hole of the
Disneylanders. There's so much to unpack.
There's there's like other channels and like there's secret
hidden Easter eggs in my songs and there's there's artists that
I've created off this artist. Like there's a whole horror bunk
like Universal, like where Freddie versus Jason and and all
these like horror films from Universal.
There's like a whole genre that I created even off of this.
There's like there's things where you scan codes on your
phone and it sends you to a website and all of a sudden
you're getting like free stuff in the mail.
Like I, I have like this elaborate like deep rabbit hole.
If you go down like it's really cool.
But but but I I don't want to like to my own my own horn.
But like, if you listen to my music, look out for stuff
because there's secret hidden messages and there's actually
ways you could like get free stuff that I sent my like true
hardcore fans I love. That it's amazing.
There's like. A huge esoteric, like, like
Easter egg, like old like planned.
I planned out when I was going down this route because I don't
know if you guys are like me, but I'm like, where's this
hidden Mickey? And like, where's the like, I'm
always secret hidden. Like, like there's got to be a
deeper meaning to this. And I just love that.
So I wanted to like, contribute that in my music too.
That is so, so rad. That's so awesome.
Yeah. So you, so you have your beats,
you have your sounds. Like walk us through the
transition of like how you make the song.
Like once you have all the sounds, how do you make the
song? We have like 3 guys that we work
with, Eric and Austin and me, and I'm obviously like the face
of the group, but there's all of us working components.
I'm kind of like the orchestrator.
They're kind of like, you know, the people.
Like I can, I've played drums, I play bass, like I have
instruments that I play. Austin plays guitar, you know,
and then Eric, Eric plays guitar and then like, so everyone in
Austin plays piano. So we all kind of like we have
this like group, right? It was like the Disneylanders
like we come together and we like mash things that we like
together. And I'm over here like being
like, no, this has to change this.
This has to be here. Well, and this is where it gets
really, really cool because I think there's been a lot more
people who have heard your stuff than they realize.
Like, for example, we posted a Haunted Mansion reel, and so we
snagged one of your Haunted Mansion tracks that we really,
really love. And then one of our good
friends, Justin, who's like the Haunted Mansion guy from Foolish
Mortals and Happy Haunts. He's like, where?
Where did you get this? Yeah, What is this song?
And so now he's using it on the regular too, because it's just
such a banger. I know just he wrote, wrote me
and like I didn't know him and like now I know Justin.
It's like that's what brings the community together.
It's like you guys, you guys may.
And I think even Justin like used some of my stuff before and
didn't realize it was me. It's like another reason I
wanted to start like kind of coming out and, and doing more
content and doing stuff with you guys too.
Because it's like people should like, you know, see, because I
think it's like 400,000,500 million streams and it's like,
yeah, it's music, but like I don't know the guy, you know?
So I really, because I'm like, you know, we're being a part of
like something bigger, you know? Absolutely, which is just so
rad. And I mean, again, like you
mentioned, you've got so many tracks out there.
I mean, we've gone through and spent hours just kind of like
scrolling through because we've used several of your tracks on
different videos we've made. But I mean, which one, if you
had to pick a favorite, I mean, like it's actually like you to
pick your favorite child. But is there one or just a
handful that you really, really love or really proud of?
Oh. Man, no, that's so hard.
I literally they're like all my children, dude.
Like it's so hard to pick because each one was like a
point in my life where I felt something and I felt but like
postpartum Disney withdraws is a very long track and it's got
like multiple. It's almost like motivational
speaking for Disney meets this like lot, like I like that one a
lot. Just keep swimming with super
edgy and like I do. Like that one?
Should not release that one. I was like, I'm gonna do it.
I don't even care. And yeah, I've had some
backlash, but nothing that's like detriment to my my account,
I would say. And even the new stuff, I I
spent the day at the cabana at Disneyland.
And it's like this like, like upbeat, like, like elevator
music meets like, I don't even know, like club music, but like,
yeah, it's so different. And I was just like, I was
vibing with those like this is it like this is cool.
And like that's super slept on. I don't think enough people
realize like in the summertime, get a Margarita and like
chilling at the pool. Put on some Disney like pool
vibe, like elevator music. It's a it's a vibe, dude.
Like upbeat, not like low fi like like it's low.
It's up there, you know. Dude, that one, that album
honestly is is probably some of my favorite music that you made
because all of it, it just flows at vibes all together.
And when you put that out, I was like, I don't even remember, but
I was like, we need to go to the pool.
Yeah, it's just it takes you there and it's so good.
It's awesome. So we.
We. We ended up having our own
Disney club nights and we can talk about that too.
But like I started doing my own events because I saw like this
whole event being created. I don't know if you're from
familiar with like Be Our Guest, but it was like this event that
was touring where you like, it was emo night with Disney.
And then I was like, well, let's make dizzy but change all the
songs to EDM. And I was like, let's do it, you
know? And so we did.
We did a big tour and I had Melissa Brooks and some other
famous DJs like show up secretly and she does all the Shrek raves
and she does all like the 2000s raves and the Barbie raves and
she does like all like the big stuff.
So she was like my girl dude. And we and I was like putting up
my own money, putting up like everything.
Like to do these, I was booking the venues, I was promoting
them. I was making like all the two
hours of music. Like for it was it was hardcore.
So a lot of that stuff's not released.
And if I ever do like another like tour again in Orlando or
wherever, like you best believe you're going to hear some stuff
that you would like. You'll be like this is crazy so.
That's awesome. Now we we've seen the videos and
I'm like, if, if this ever comes out again, like we're going, we
gotta be there for our boy. But like, yeah, it's an
experience. Dude.
It's so rad. Yeah, we, we, we had visuals.
We had like this giant inflatable Mickey that just
powered over you. Like, it's just like we had like
confetti blasters and dude, it was like so sick.
There was one time, I'm not going to name any names, but
there was people partying so hard.
And there's this one girl partying so hard, dude.
And I look at the pictures afterwards and she just peed
herself. Like she went so hard.
And I was like, dude, this is awesome.
Like I, I don't like she was just felt like didn't care, just
peed and just go in and I'm like, this is interesting.
Yeah. Why stop, dude?
So like you will go to these place, you go to these events
that we throw and you will be yourself.
Be so happy like. That's it.
I mean, if that doesn't sell you on it, I don't know.
I know, right? Yeah.
That's like we're going to make that the next advertisements,
pee yourself money back or something.
I don't know. So good your time yourself
advertised. And that's why Disney doesn't
want to assign me to the record later.
I'm sorry dude, but like, I don't know, man.
I've seen some stuff at Disneyland, people throwing up,
throwing ashes. It's pretty edgy over there if
you look for it. If you look for the edginess in
Disney, you'll want it. That's true.
There's there's definitely this shady underbelly people bring to
it. Yeah, it's there.
Yeah, it's like, it's like the Nightmare Before Christmas fans
meet the Chucky fans, and Jason fans are like, hey, wait, like
let's all be friends. And this is like so weird.
And it's so weird. But I do.
I do think Disney's doing some cool stuff, allowing more people
that are tattooed. Yeah, My buddy Sean, he's got
the podcast Magic on Main Street.
He's a cast member now. They're good friends of mine.
I went to high school with his wife and he's got a Disney
tattoo on his hand and he's like a cast member.
And he even played Santa Claus this last season.
So I'm like, dude, I'm super stoked that Disney's like kind
of coming around to be like, tattoos are not so bad.
And that's, that's awesome. There's some incredible ink out
there and for a long time, like it was something that was needed
to be covered up. And you know, again, like so
much of of the park and you know, the company was created on
expression and imagination and all of these things.
So it is cool that people and cast members specifically are
getting to share that because there's been a couple times that
we're like eating all of a sudden I'm like, did you see
that guys tattoo? Yeah, so rad can't quickly like
take a picture of your arm just. Really, I'm going to sneak a
picture and I just, I want to say I got the largest Disney
Indiana Jones ride tattoo ever. No one will ever compete and I'm
not going to show it to you guys here, but if you want to go to
my Instagram, you can see it. It's the it's the Guinness World
Record. It's the largest tattoo,
awesome. And it's on my back.
But if you know Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland, you'll know
this right off the bat, so. That is so cool.
Leave it at that. We're gonna, we're gonna give
him some surprise, you know? Amazing.
Yeah.
So I know you touched on this,
but you make your music available pretty much for anyone
to use. You're willing to collaborate
with anybody. But what brought you to that
decision? Because I think it's really rare
for different musicians and artists to be like, yeah,
absolutely. Like let's collaborate, let you
know you can use my music for free.
Like that's rare and something that we love.
Yeah. Right, one of my favorite like
rappers growing up he was like this edgy rapper he was part of
Jedi mind tricks. His name was Immortal Technique
and he was just this underground rapper and I remember hearing
him live once being like illegally download my music
offline wire and I was just like, dude, that is so cool.
Like he's telling us to go like illegally download his music.
And I just like, I guess it was so impactful for to me that if I
ever like people forget when you create something to share it
online, it is not you. It is not just for you.
You are giving something to the community, and a lot of bands we
know, we listen to music, They'll create a great album and
then the next album's just trash.
And like, this is what I've always wanted to do.
I wanted a psycho funk fusion of jazz.
It's like, dude, that's not you. You are not.
This is not the same band. And it's like their own egos get
in their way, their own this, that.
And it's like, my name is the Disneylanders.
I'm already pushing the Gray as well.
And that's like, well, what do you say about that?
Your name the Disneylanders. I'm like, dude, listen to Walt
Disney's opening day speech. He says Disneyland is your land.
If that's not public domain, I don't know what it is.
You know what I'm saying? I'm going to push the envelope
on there. So I guess real music should
push boundaries. Real music should make it feel
like, is this, is this supposed to be listened to?
Like is this even allowed? Is this illegal?
I mean, they said the same thing with music throughout the whole
general all generations. It was like, is this breaking
rules? Like people thought rock was
like satanic. And I mean, there's so many,
there's so many. Like meditation was culty and
frequencies were. It's like there were so many
brainwashed things that people were against music for so many
times. And I was like, I want to be
different. I want to do something even if
it cost me everything. It's that's, that's how real
legends or real like music comes together.
And if it's not me gonna, if no one else is gonna start the, the
fire, start the, the community, then I will I'll do it.
You know what I mean? And that's where I that's where
it came from. It's like guys, this this could
be more and, and no one's followed my lead.
I mean, there's a couple of Youtubers that are doing like,
how do I say it like soundscapes?
So they'll have like Blue Bayou pirates themed and it's like
ambient, which is cool. I think there's like a place for
that. But are they chasing streams and
chasing dollars? Are they chasing giving back to
the community? And I feel like if you, if your
intentions are pure and you want to like see your community do
better, then you do it for free. And if, if you want to make
money and you just want to like pay your Disney habit, then
fine. But there also could be another
medium and the medium is giving back.
And the only way I know how to give back is to give my hard
time and my cool music to content creators that I believe
in that I know like, hey, they have a passion for this.
That's how community stays the community and keeps out toxic
talk to people. I believe Totally.
I love that so much. That's so good.
I've got goosebumps, man. Because again, for us, as we
started this out, I mean, this felt like swinging for the
fences when we reached out to. You yeah cuz we've got 3000
followers and I'm like is he even gonna see our message when
we message him on Instagram? I was like, I don't know, but
yeah. You responded immediately.
Take a shot. I read all my fans, I read all
my friends messages. I I respond back as fast as I
possibly can. I try to gas you guys up.
I try to tell everyone like don't stop.
I, I try to give the same motivation that I would want.
I, I try, I really try that because I feel that there's been
so many times that I've reached out to people and they've not
reached back to me. And I just hate that feeling.
I'm like, dude, you're not that much better than me.
Come on, bro. Like I can't do that.
And there's some Youtubers and people have done that to me and
I'm like, I don't ever want to feel that way.
I don't even if it's just like a hey, like, cool, that's what's
up. Like not right now that that's
so much better. And I just, I always want to be
what I, I've, I just want to be what other people haven't been
for me. You know what I'm saying?
I feel like anyone can relate to that.
And if it takes me two seconds to write back a message, why
not? Why not?
You know, you like be humble. We're all in this together.
Like we have a common goal. We have a common community,
common community that we're trying to, to see grow.
And let's be honest, we got a bad rap, dude.
People hate. Disney adults.
Yeah, they do. We got to stick together more
than ever. It's not about left or right.
It's like, dude, it's Mickey or Goofy.
Like who? Like what's up?
You know, like, come on. That's so true.
But that is a real thing. And again, no shade if you're
out there creating content for the dollar, hey, I get it.
I'm all about the hustle. We have regular day jobs and
whatever, but I mean, that's one thing that like, dude, you're
our tribe, man. You're our people.
And there are so many great members of this community.
And we had, we're doing like this cruise in September that
we're inviting people to. And this just sweetheart of a
girl, she reaches out. She's like, hey, I'm really
interested, but do you have to be a big content creator to do
it? And we're like, no, no, we just
wanna be friends, hang out, be friends.
Like, come hang with us. And, and now we message all the
time and stuff cuz again, like, I don't know, the world's a
mess. Yeah, but that's why we love
escaping to Disney or, you know, we love like, finding we have
better friends. I feel like in this community
that we've never met, you know, talking to you kind of for the
first time tonight and a lot of our in person.
Yeah, people down the street. And that's why this is so
magical and rad and. Yeah, and, and, and like
reaching out to me or reaching out, you know, to Liz from, from
Fresh Baked or, or, or you know, other people like Justin or, or
anyone in the community who's doing it for a long time.
It's like we all have this understanding of like, yeah, we
do our own things. We're all on our own lines, but
like we celebrate creativity and, and differences and, and
like it, there's been no drama at all.
Like it's been really refreshing.
I just see a lot of like community groups, whether it be,
you know, Universal or just like any, any community group really.
Like there's always like this toxic, like Internet culture and
I just, I don't really feel it with the Disney culture, which
is like really cool. I really like everyone's like,
supportive, even if they're not like, like super like, Oh yeah,
like you go, bro. Like they acknowledge you.
Like if you see them at the parks, they're like, what's up?
Like they know you. And there's just no like shade
throne. And I think that is just like
another reason to be a Disney adult.
We need, like you said, we need it more now than ever, you know.
Yeah, so true. And it's something we all have
to protect too. And I think all of us take that
pretty seriously, You know, I mean, we have felt that from
you. We try and pass that on and give
it to others as well. And, and just letting people
know, like, hey, you may not fit in anywhere else, but you can
fit in here because, like, as humans, we all need that.
So. Yeah.
Because because there's so many stories you can fit in.
It's like, are you the Nightmare Before Christmas or are you the
base Rangers? Like, like there's just this
collection. And, and especially if we grew
up on all that stuff, it's like maybe I'm feeling a little bit
more like this. Maybe I'm feeling a bit more
like this, you know, And I like to think I'm more of like on the
gothic Disney, there's a Disney goth side.
Like it's just crazy. Like we.
There's so much. We met the Bat Day crew.
Yeah. They bought some T-shirts from
us. And I was like, what is this?
And we ended up in Disneyland that day.
Yeah. And I was, I was like, this is
like this whole other side. I had no idea, but it was so
rad. Yeah, yeah.
Did you see everybody come together and and do Disney their
own way? Yeah, yeah.
Dude, they're truly a place for everyone.
The tiki people, like they have the Tiki day.
Yeah, they're all wearing like their tiki stuff.
And then you got the nurses. There's Disneyland nurses.
Yep. And there's just like every
little genre niche. And you're like, this is so like
the lore is so deeper than you think.
So cool, so cool. So we know you've been working
on something pretty rad. You gave us a little sneak peek.
It's out in the open now, but we wanted to ask about the Walt
project because I'm not going to lie to you, the first time that
I tested it, I was crying. I was like this is.
Legit, yeah. Like, it made me feel like all
these emotions of stuff, like, I mean, anybody asks us, like,
hey, if there's someone you could go to dinner with, dead or
alive, I'm like Walt Disney. Yeah.
But in that moment, like, all this emotion came out, dude.
Like, it was so awesome. Yeah.
So we want to know.
Tell us about the Walt Project. The Walt Project is an AI chat
bot that I created that simulates Walt Disney talks like
him. His ideas are a lot like him.
He always has this like Walt character him like I've trained
it. I've been working on it for 6-7
months, finally released it to the public.
If you want to see it, you can go to thewallproject.com or go
to my YouTube and listen to the conversations I had with him.
But essentially, I wanted to wanted to bring Walt Disney back
from the dead and I and as crazy as that sounds, I felt like we
were right there on the technology cusp.
Like I said, I love AII love what it's going to do and I just
wanted to contribute in some way.
And that was another way of me like kind of pushing the
boundaries, like am I going to get sued on this one?
Are they going to? And so I had this long
disclaimer on my website, like this is not the actual Walt, but
it's a simulation. And so we essentially took his
brain and the things that he thought and put it in a in a in
a chat AI chat that speaks back to you in real time.
So you're having a real conversation with Walt Disney.
Obviously you guys know, but for the people who are listening,
it's, it's something that I, I feel like no one's done and I
just, I had a Disney community and I wanted to see would people
be interested in it. And it's received a lot of mixed
feedback. Let's just say that because it's
not Walt, it's not what at all. But if there's some things that
you hear, like when I asked him, like what do you think about
Disney plus? Every, it seems like every 10
minutes I'm watching something a 2 minute commercial comes on and
he's like when the, when the red, when the red carpet or red
red drapes open and the show begins, it shouldn't be
interrupted. He's like against the
advertisements. And it was just like the things
I was asking him was like, dude, some of this like this might be
true of like how he felt. And so it's like the closest
thing to having a conversation with Walt that you could
possibly have. And I wanted to just that was
another thing I wanted to have for the community and it cost a
lot of money. So I'm trying to do it on my
channel for free where you can just watch it for free.
But that, that was just something I just was like, hey,
it's 2026, we're in the future, let's do some weird stuff.
But that was kind of my, my, I'm always this like big vision,
big, like I always have these like big visions, right?
So like when we did the Disney dance party, you know, it was
creating songs from that and it was making each song
individualist. It was making the the video with
the the lyrics so people could sing along if they didn't know
the songs. And then and going to San
Francisco and, and going to San Diego and Huntington Beach and
Santa Ana and like going to all these places and traveling with
this music show for Disney. It was like a Disney nightclub
that I put on, you know, And it's just, and putting your
money where your mouth is. If you believe in it, eventually
the money will come. If you're trying to do it just
for the money, you're going to get burnt out.
If you really care about just doing it because you love it,
you'll never have to be motivated because you're just.
It's just what you like to do. It's just what you want to do.
And eventually you'll get to the point where you don't have to
work a job and that this will be your job because so many people
believe in your dream, that it just keeps fulfilling and
fulfilling in ways that you could never imagine.
And that's, that's what it comes down to.
Yeah. Dude, you're so rad.
I mean, like that's, that's it. I mean, if anybody needed just a
little bit of gospel or just like some feel good, lift me up,
inspire a moment, like that's it.
I mean, we we all need that. And that's it's so cool that you
have been able to do that. You're still doing it.
But I mean, like you're speaking to our hearts.
I mean, those are our goals. We we talked about that on the
regular, like what do we want to do with this?
And at the end of the day, I mean.
We do it for all the dinglehoppers, for all our
listeners, but like we, we really enjoy doing this like as
a couple. This is our connection time.
You know, it's something we love to do together.
It keeps us strong and happy. We meet new friends.
We our family has grown, you know, because of this.
And so it's. And the realer, the realer you
get and the more defined your mission is when the people know
that they, they, they followed you guys from the start and that
you've grown and you're bringing new people on and you're doing
this and you're dropping that. It's like I'm a part of
something. When you feel included to
something, you see someone grow from a sprout to a tree or like,
dude, I was there. That's why so many people
related to Adam, that's why I'm relating to so many content
creators is like, dude, what? How can I help you, dude?
Like what can I do for you? You know, how can I work harder
for you? And I think if we all have that
mentality in in our strength, whether we're an artist and we
do animation or we do special effects or we do nightclubs or
or whatever it is like we can all come together and build some
really cool community stuff. Yeah, that's what it's about.
That's. Awesome.
So one last question for you. So what's ahead?
Like any big upcoming projects, new music, anything that you can
share with us? I don't have any plans right
now. I've been kind of a little busy.
I have a company I created called Magical Bookmarks and you
can find us on Etsy or our website magicalbookmarks.com and
I actually patent this really cool bookmark that like it's
like looks like stained glass. So I created.
They're awesome, thank. You gorgeous.
Last month we had $100,000 in sales and we're trying to do
like $1,000,000 this year and I'm like beyond excited.
Our Etsy has like 5 star reviews of like 1300.
Like we're killing it. We're actually killing it.
Everything, everything's sourced in America.
Everything is made like by me and my team here.
And so I'm really like doing something maybe that could pass
on to my son or you know. Just a big.
Picture stuff and who knows, maybe there might be a Disney
collab with that in the future. But for any the Disneylander
stuff, it's all just kind of like just out there.
And I feel like especially as an artist, you should take time.
Live your life, come back to those things because they're
always be there when you're really going through like an
emotional time or something really speaks to you.
Or like a new movie comes out and you're like, oh man, I got
it. Like there's got to be something
I may make for that. And I feel like if it's forced
and rushed, people notice. But if you take your time with
it and like really hone it in because there was times where I
was like, I'm just going to crank these out and I just
didn't feel right about it because it didn't have.
I feel like Disney is always about details and always the
little Immaculate little things that they do.
And I want to be more in, in true or not interested, but like
inclusive or, or in depth. I want to be, I want to be in in
it really, really deep. And I think I'm sitting on a lot
of footage, a lot of footage of stuff that I've made at Disney
parks. And I'm still just contemplating
what I, I might do with that. I even have like a documentary
that's not done about Disney adults.
And there's a lot of stuff in my hard drives like if I, if I
really wanted to and I had like an assistant right now to help
me get some content, you guys could have content for the next
year. That's awesome.
Look, and maybe in the next year or two, I, I might come out with
a documentary. I have a lot of like influencers
that I've interviewed and and some stuff it just the plot and
story still needs some work on it.
But that would be coming out on on Prime Video on Amazon and
that would be that would be something.
But I, I really, I really just want to just continue to like
help content creators. So if you hear this, you're
like, dude, I want something. Just reach out to me like you
guys know. I respond right away like I do.
Absolutely I'm. Just out here trying to help
other people. And I think eventually in 1020
years, you know, there's going to be a time where people like,
dude, did you ever like remember back in, you know, when we were
old, right, or we were younger or whatever you're going to call
it, that there was this guy he like started did all this.
Like, that's what I kind of want to leave a little see of my own
because even if Disney doesn't recognize me, which they
probably won't and they won't recognize a lot of content
creators, at least we get to be a part of the community.
And that's all I wanted. I wanted to be a part of it and
in any, any way or any form. So.
We'll do just just from us, you're already doing it.
You've already done it. And you know, again, we're we're
starting to grow a little bit and we've been able to pass some
of that on. But like, I will never forget at
that moment when you know, you responded the first time about a
song for us and we'll never change it because like, it's
just. Well, we could always update it.
We could always. We could.
Already update it we're always. People are going to be like, all
this one's even better. You know what they bro, because
you just went from there to there, you know?
Yeah, it's all about it's all. About but dude, you, you're the
real deal, man. Like, love you so much.
We're so grateful that you've been supportive of us, that you
are who you are. Yeah, and thanks for making time
to come on the podcast with us tonight.
Dude, I'm so stoked. I can't wait to share it.
I'm gonna share it on my my or my Instagram.
I'm gonna share it on my Spotify.
I got a little place right. This is like my third podcast
I've done It's. Crazy I'm.
Gonna, I'm gonna move you guys up a little bit, you know, just
because everyone's already had their chance, you know, this
time. So love you guys.
Thanks for inviting me. And yeah, and anytime you guys
want to do a little something, something, holler at me, OK?
You got it, You got it. So before you go, just last
time, where can everybody find you?
And again, we'll share all the links as well on our socials,
but just tell us where to find the Disneylanders, yeah?
The Disneylanders, you have to type the Disneylanders on Google
and you'll find everything. Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, all
that fun stuff. But yeah, it was such a
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