1 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:13,700 Hey listeners. This is Neil Ludovic and Amir 2 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:16,400 done, Dolly. Welcome to leave looking at, 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,400 where we have uplifting conversations about the state of 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:23,300 the world, with our heroes, with the intention to demystify 5 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:27,200 orient and leave you our listeners inspired. 6 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:32,400 Today, we sit down with Brady, D w, a critically, acclaimed, 7 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,500 producer multi-instrumentalist bandleader and cancer. 8 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:38,900 Survivor. He's been on thousands of 9 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:41,600 recordings has headlined and performed with some of the 10 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,400 biggest artists of nearly. Every genre from hip-hop icon 11 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,900 Talib Kweli and comedian, Dave, Chappelle to rapper Matisyahu, 12 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:53,600 to members of Rage Against the Machine and electronic artist 13 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,300 Mark rebbe. A you may know Brady from a 14 00:00:56,308 --> 00:00:59,900 series he created called base and bars that features. 15 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,100 Company iconic, musicians and Duets of their most popular 16 00:01:03,100 --> 00:01:07,300 songs Basin bars has garnered, tens of millions of views, 17 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:10,300 alongside his concerts and performances online. 18 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:13,700 Culminating in Brady's career quickly, achieving worldwide 19 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:18,200 recognition before, he's even released a second album and I 20 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,400 first met Brady in New York City. 21 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,100 Back a gin fizz, a local Harlem hangout that hosted a jam 22 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:28,100 session run by on her son called The Shed living and working in 23 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:29,500 Harlem while running Harlem Arts. 24 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:33,200 Oil, this was the spot where the best musicians and artists came 25 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,500 through from multi Grammy Award winners, Robert Glasper and 26 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:40,700 Bilal to acclaimed harpist. Brandy younger to tap dancer 27 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:44,200 Michaela Lerman both of us regularly, went there to chill 28 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,600 out after a long day, so it was only a matter of time before we 29 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,100 were introduced to one another. In this episode, we learn about 30 00:01:51,100 --> 00:01:53,500 the Journey of bringing dreams to reality. 31 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,500 Brady talks to us about the power of grit and hard work and 32 00:01:57,500 --> 00:02:00,700 the lesson that no matter what adversity Is standing in your 33 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:03,900 way, always show the universe that you're worthy. 34 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,800 And so now, without further Ado, let's start this episode, we've 35 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,200 got a pretty special guests, a good friend. 36 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:14,100 Someone I'm super glad to have on the show. 37 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:18,900 Brady W, Brady say hello hello, hello for the people that are 38 00:02:18,900 --> 00:02:21,000 listening. I want to give a little bit of 39 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,000 context of who Brady plays with peace. 40 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,700 I'm tell him quality this Brady. What? 41 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:27,500 This is Basin bars. Let's go. 42 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:35,800 Hi-yah class material. What we do is not dirty, rice 43 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,800 County to damage. Our Brooklyn. 44 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,100 Peaceful York is in the building. 45 00:02:40,300 --> 00:02:43,900 This is based in bars. My man, bring you out on the 46 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:45,300 base. Jay with the damaja. 47 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:47,700 It's on the Box. Hill 3:. 48 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,900 Warren G. And I'm on the go, we can hit 49 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:54,200 lock with Grady what and it still won't beat you in the 50 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:54,900 shit. Don't stop. 51 00:02:54,900 --> 00:03:01,600 Aye said one I've seen him too. Tour with and perform with DJ 52 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:06,000 Premier to live quietly. Mar Crevier the it's a pretty 53 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,500 long list. I was doing Harlem Arts Festival 54 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:12,400 years ago and he was one of our Headliners there and he's since 55 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:16,600 just popped off and didn't you just release relatively recently 56 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,300 attract with some of the guys from Metallica, right? 57 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:22,800 Yeah, we're Robert Trujillo of Metallica. 58 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:25,400 Yeah, it's nobody home. That's out. 59 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,500 Now, that's me, Robert. And Brad Wilk. 60 00:03:28,700 --> 00:03:32,100 Rage Against the Machine and it's so, you know it's trying to 61 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:35,900 bring back the the supergroup idea because a lot of my 62 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:37,200 records, pretty much all of them. 63 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,400 They're all collaborations, you know, even if I'm doing a most 64 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,800 of the stuff, which on this was pretty, even split. 65 00:03:42,900 --> 00:03:47,600 I feel like as a producer I even if I bring in some drummer 66 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,200 singer or whatever it just makes it into a whole new thing and I 67 00:03:51,208 --> 00:03:54,400 treat all the compositions as Works in progress. 68 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,400 I'll have the original idea together and then I'm like, okay 69 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,400 drums then That takes four months, five months maybe five 70 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,800 days, maybe it. Maybe track is done in one day. 71 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:06,500 Usually not. But I mean nobody home took a 72 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:11,100 year and a half at least in the music video and making it all 73 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,500 happens. These songs are really like 74 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:15,300 babies except this more than nine months. 75 00:04:15,300 --> 00:04:20,200 So you know this is this why we get we get like very attached to 76 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,100 it because you know there's a lot of business steps and things 77 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:25,800 that have to happen in order for it to get rolled out right? 78 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:28,200 Which is cool because you don't want to do all that work and 79 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,300 then no. And here's it that's worse. 80 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,500 Had that connection with DJ Premier and to live with because 81 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,700 those I think are the main ones. I mean the Mark. 82 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:40,000 Mark one is pretty recent but how did those to start while Lee 83 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,800 was Dow Jones. Put me on the gig. 84 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,900 Mmm, I had put him on a gig before that in, you know, that's 85 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:52,400 kind of how it works. You don't get in no situation 86 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,400 because I just like, hey great, you know, to live needs basis. 87 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,000 Cool. And just kind of threw you in 88 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,400 and he liked you and that was the end of that. 89 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,100 And Then I was just the bass player. 90 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:01,300 Okay? Yep. 91 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,200 For quality. And that was probably when I was 92 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:07,900 about 23, the yeah. It's been a while tell, if he's 93 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:10,200 like, older brother, you know, yeah. 94 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:15,500 And so been around a lot of greatness in Primo. 95 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,800 He was my favorite producer since I was a kid one of his 96 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,900 interns do, I was a big fan and invited me in one day. 97 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 At this point, I already had a reputation. 98 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,300 I was already has probably like, 26 27. 99 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:30,500 If he didn't know about, Anything I had done, but he says 100 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:33,500 he still remembers seeing me in on the, on the security camera 101 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,800 it with my base and like leather jacket, and he's like, who's 102 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,700 this motherfucker? Is do look, he looks like a rock 103 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:42,000 star. He says he's interested, right? 104 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,600 When he saw me on the security if you know, preemies like crazy 105 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,500 about security. So we met and just talked about 106 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:51,500 base and stuff for like an hour when we talked about music and 107 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:54,900 Jaco Pastorius James Jameson, all the greats and Jazz. 108 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:58,500 He knows his shit big time. Even with the players on. 109 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,500 The records because he's a DJ and producer, he loves the liner 110 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:04,900 notes reading all of them. And he's really knows his Rock 111 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:07,100 and Roll History too. Much more so than people 112 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:11,000 understand because he was a rocker and high school. 113 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:14,600 He was wearing leather jacket and he was on that funk to from 114 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,900 his parents at the. Yeah, he was like a rock and 115 00:06:16,900 --> 00:06:21,900 roll Kid in Houston Texas and we listen to music a lot. 116 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:24,300 It's always Rock. But yeah, I've been working with 117 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:27,100 him forever and what happened was he picked me for his band 118 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:30,200 like it years After our meeting. Oh, that did. 119 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:31,600 That wasn't like a sequential thing. 120 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,500 That was like, so cool. Thanks for coming. 121 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:34,400 Bye. See you later. 122 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,500 And then, wow, it was years. I never thought that I would do 123 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:39,900 anything with him because he does all his beats himself. 124 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:44,500 He does the base at the keyboard is very particular about it 125 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:46,300 where I've worked with him and dr. 126 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:47,900 J and dr. Dre, get a bunch of people in 127 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:50,000 the studio. He kind of conducts, different 128 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,300 people, a lot of collaboration, Primo, sits in there by himself, 129 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:58,000 and just doesn't, I'm self. You know, just within the last 130 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,400 few years, She started. Sampling me and Carlos and he 131 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,200 had sampled Adrian Young on that Prime record, but it took a long 132 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,400 time for me to touch any of my music. 133 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,200 Sam planes. Don't think we're gonna work. 134 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,300 I just thought I'd met a hero of mine but then he hit me up a few 135 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:17,700 years later and he got a offer to do a Europe Japanese tour. 136 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,100 Yeah. So he was setting up the band 137 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,300 and they kind of put together with well-known Jazz, dudes, and 138 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:27,300 they're trying to put a bass player and there and he was 139 00:07:27,300 --> 00:07:30,300 like, oh no, I The bass player. Got the bass player. 140 00:07:30,300 --> 00:07:32,800 Wow. So you always tells a story to 141 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,800 everyone and he had already had me. 142 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:39,000 He never seen me play but he knew from our conversation that 143 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,300 I was legit and I think he probably looked me up or 144 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:42,100 whatever. Yeah. 145 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:44,600 But but yeah, he locked that in for me. 146 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,300 Next thing you know we're in Japan. 147 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:48,800 Rock and favorite songs is a dream. 148 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:49,800 Come true. Wow. 149 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,900 And then after that, we rocked all through Europe and I had 150 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:56,700 released my first solo album as like a producer artist, you 151 00:07:56,707 --> 00:07:58,400 know, featuring a bunch of people Beach. 152 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,100 And quality my album live Tronics. 153 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:02,100 Yeah. Which people love to this day, I 154 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:05,300 made that when I was living in an abandoned building on 137. 155 00:08:05,300 --> 00:08:06,900 Yeah I remember you talking about that. 156 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:12,600 So I was touring in selling that CD to fans after because I'm a 157 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,200 hustler, I'm getting paid. Yeah and then I'm going out 158 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,400 there selling these for 10 bucks each, they got printed up in the 159 00:08:18,407 --> 00:08:20,600 projects down the street. I picked him up day before we 160 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,300 left, that's great. A fucking Inc with wet smell 161 00:08:23,300 --> 00:08:25,900 like shit. There's the open this bag. 162 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:27,500 Everyone's making fun of me, dude. 163 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,400 They ain't didn't. I and I went right on the plane 164 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,700 and there was like it was a rotten smell dude - well it's 165 00:08:35,700 --> 00:08:38,200 great traveling around selling them and like this guy's a 166 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,100 hustler Indian was with us on the road. 167 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:44,700 Yeah, it's his like that's the guy that we should probably 168 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:47,600 sign, you know, and I started getting some big placements as a 169 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,900 producer. So then Ian started managing me 170 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:56,000 who's Ian, Schwartzman is the manager of me, primo, and Joe 171 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,700 bought in some others. So that was That but that was 172 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:02,700 after we known each other for like a year, you've worked with 173 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:06,500 a lot of people. As we see you've also launched a 174 00:09:06,508 --> 00:09:09,400 whole series called Basin bars, every single one of those has a 175 00:09:09,408 --> 00:09:11,900 video and those videos also popped off on YouTube. 176 00:09:11,900 --> 00:09:14,800 So when we talk about starting at the beginning, talk about how 177 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,200 you got here, working with all these people producing your own 178 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,000 stuff you know you were a basis or producer. 179 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,100 Now you're singing give us a little bit of the origin story 180 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:25,000 like well I always just tell people. 181 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,600 Everyone has a different phases when they're kids. 182 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,700 They try different. Sports and they start playing 183 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:34,000 Guitar, they get into rollerblading and I was like 184 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,700 that. I was into breakdancing wrapping 185 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,300 it all this stuff but that's not right. 186 00:09:38,300 --> 00:09:41,000 Not even me rapping but like I liked rap because I didn't 187 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,800 really start writing until way later in life. 188 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:47,000 But I was a huge just in the culture, all these different 189 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,500 phases. But then when I hit guitar at 190 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:55,700 age 13, I just never stopped. And I quit everything else and 191 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:58,400 then one year later, I switch to body. 192 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:00,400 Base. Because my punk band needed, a 193 00:10:00,408 --> 00:10:02,400 bass player was the name of your punk band. 194 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,000 We had several names but the main name we landed on smashed 195 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,200 City. Okay. 196 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:12,500 And in my city my trumpet player climbed out over you know like 197 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,800 underneath a bridge how there's like a little bit of space. 198 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:20,500 Yeah, he climbed out underneath and it's like at least a 50 70 199 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:22,600 foot drop. He's climbed out underneath the 200 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,900 bridge and spray paint is smashed City with two stars on 201 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:29,900 it and this is when we were 14 years old 59, And what city is 202 00:10:29,900 --> 00:10:32,400 it look for still? No way. 203 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,500 Yeah, because no one else would go up there and then when are 204 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,200 they gonna bring a fire engine to come? 205 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,400 Take it down. It's still there in his all 206 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,500 these other graffiti but no one dared. 207 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:42,700 Do that says, still up there. Smash city. 208 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,400 Where welcome to city with the city? 209 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,700 Where the city I was in was Nashua, New Hampshire, actual? 210 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:48,400 Okay. Yeah. 211 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,500 And what was your band members names? 212 00:10:50,500 --> 00:11:02,000 We thank you. In case the police go after you 213 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,300 for for graffitiing that area. But fucking well done. 214 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:08,600 That's it. I mean we're talking about it 215 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,800 now so yeah. Oh, that's a good job. 216 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,700 Statute of limitations. No, I checked it recently. 217 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:17,000 I was like still there. So then Callie I love that. 218 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:20,100 Okay. That was my band and then I just 219 00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:22,400 I kept going from there when I started playing bass I really 220 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,700 locked in on that and practiced every day. 221 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:28,500 Got a teacher like really, really went in and right. 222 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:30,300 I started playing bass. I realized it was all these 223 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:33,700 different techniques, so it's very interesting and everyone 224 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:36,700 was kind of playing guitar. And I'm like, if I go in on this 225 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,600 it was very obvious that that was my instrument base right? 226 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,100 When I started playing. Okay. 227 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,300 And I'm naturally very dexterous. 228 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:49,900 My hands moved, my fingers and stuff, but my ear took forever 229 00:11:49,900 --> 00:11:52,300 to work on. I'm not a natural musician by 230 00:11:52,300 --> 00:11:55,300 any means, so that's another whole thing. 231 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,700 Wow, that took just tons of work. 232 00:11:57,700 --> 00:12:00,600 What kind of work we Talking about when you say tons of ear 233 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,300 training and learning so many songs. 234 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:06,000 And I remember I used to be really nervous about jamming 235 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,700 with people because I couldn't figure out what quiche it was in 236 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:12,900 for a while even tuning. I just didn't have the ear. 237 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:15,900 Yeah. It was a concerted effort. 238 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,300 No, I've seen it but I think that's amazing because a lot of 239 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:20,400 people think if I don't have the ear, I just can't do it. 240 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:22,700 Not some people are just naturally gifted but I think 241 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:27,900 that's it's a total myth. So, 14, Smash City years of 242 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:31,800 training And working on your Technique, listening going to 243 00:12:31,808 --> 00:12:34,100 some Jam sessions and you got to Berkeley. 244 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,300 This is Berkeley Boston. Not California. 245 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:42,600 Walk us through from there to plant a church Berkeley. 246 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,900 I only applied there. That's all I wanted to do once I 247 00:12:45,908 --> 00:12:49,600 realized it was possible to become a professional musician. 248 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:54,300 So up until this point pursuing music, as a career didn't seem 249 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:57,500 like a reality for Brady. He didn't know anyone from New 250 00:12:57,500 --> 00:12:59,800 Hampshire that had become A professional musician. 251 00:13:00,100 --> 00:13:03,100 So he spent his time earning money landscaping and doing 252 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:06,000 masonry work. He figured The Next Step would 253 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,600 be going to a college, like UMass, Amherst. 254 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:11,800 I'm getting a business degree because that's what people 255 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,600 around him were doing, so that's all he could imagine for 256 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,600 himself, it wasn't until he attended a music summer camp, at 257 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,000 Berklee College of Music for the weekend that his imagination. 258 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,600 Got to push it needed to consider a new possibility that 259 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,500 music can be a real path and a Real career. 260 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,200 Once I found that out, I apply to Berkeley got in went there 261 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,500 and realize that everyone was way better than me, way better 262 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:40,000 than me. Like, I was cool but who like, 263 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,600 you know, these kids all went to Performance high schools or 264 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:48,500 their relatives were famous musicians. 265 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:51,400 They had ends, they had been going to Berkeley for years 266 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,500 leading up to this. Yeah, you know. 267 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:56,400 So that was my competition. Like the Louis caddos of the 268 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:57,400 world? Yeah, whoo. 269 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,300 Yeah. Abel is there since I was like, 270 00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:01,700 holy shit. I mean the first couple weeks. 271 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:05,300 I was like, yeah, this might not work. 272 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:08,500 You might lose this battle and you know there was sleepless 273 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:11,700 nights and I remember nights just just sitting there like I'm 274 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:15,200 not gonna be able to do but then then one one night I remember I 275 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,400 pulled an all-nighter and just had some talks with God. 276 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,800 Like it was you know doing it or not and I was like I'm just 277 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,000 gonna do it. I'm gonna I'm gonna fucking do 278 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,900 it, you know, work really hard. There's the practice rooms right 279 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:30,100 there. I got the stuff I need, let's 280 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:32,800 just buckle down and get it cracking. 281 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:37,200 And I decided then and people asked me if I ever thought I was 282 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,700 going to quit and things got harder in my 20s. 283 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:45,600 I mean, picture, all that stuff, I had to do now, nope, there's 284 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,600 never been that. There's never been, I might have 285 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,500 to give this up for a job. I've never worked a job what and 286 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:55,200 I knocking that. But, but nah nah, because the 287 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:59,200 second I did that is the second I show the Verse that I'm not 288 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,800 worthy of this shit because it don't be Givin it to everyone, 289 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,700 man. It ain't supposed to be easy and 290 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:07,600 I would feel really bad if I, if I ditched it. 291 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,600 Yeah, it once again, not and not knocking anyone. 292 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,100 That's done it. I just would never be able to 293 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:15,700 come to terms with that, right? No. 294 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,800 Almost like a fun time since that night, I've never had a 295 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,100 doubt. Like disrespecting the door that 296 00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:24,500 was open for you. Yeah but if we're actually 297 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:27,800 diving back into the history a little bit you know something 298 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:32,400 that we often ask our guests is, is there a first heartbreak 299 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,200 anything that really informed your identity or some of the 300 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,400 music that you're writing or your mindsets? 301 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:40,700 There's a lot of different kinds of barriers meant to one's 302 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:43,600 physical ones and some curious if there's something in your 303 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:48,000 mind that really provided a definition for you, I guess 11 304 00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:51,100 turning point was when I was first moved to New York, I 305 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:54,900 audition for Lady Gaga like when she was really big like at the 306 00:15:55,200 --> 00:16:00,000 at the peak in like everyone in the world audition for it like 307 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,500 flew in and there was this whole thing and you'd go up and play 308 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:08,000 solo, which is weird. And I was like, 22, 23. 309 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:11,200 I remember even like my mom, let me use your credit card to like 310 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,200 buy a fly outfit for it was a big deal like grandfather's 311 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,700 rooting for me. I kept on getting it. 312 00:16:17,700 --> 00:16:19,700 I kept on moving on and I'm like, oh shit. 313 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:22,700 Yeah, I made it again. It was like, weed, and down, and 314 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:24,700 down, less, and less. People showing up to this 315 00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:26,500 audition. I made it all the way to the 316 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:29,200 end. It was really between like me 317 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:34,700 and Kern Brantley at the end of it and he was 46 and I was 23 318 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:39,300 and he ended up getting the gig in and they toured forever, you 319 00:16:39,300 --> 00:16:42,900 know, my God. But through that, I gained a lot 320 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:46,000 of confidence in the fact that I made it past all these other 321 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,400 folks, And I just moved to New York and I was like, maybe this 322 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,500 will work out because they think I'm dope. 323 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,500 So one door closes. Another opens. 324 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:56,400 Always you always going to live Brady? 325 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,700 That's beautiful. Did you feel that way? 326 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:03,000 When that door closed, or did it take you a while to kind of be 327 00:17:03,008 --> 00:17:06,700 like Oh wait. This is just a redirection. 328 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:12,400 Yeah well the the dude I was up against was so good it was just 329 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:19,200 like you know damn okay yeah he's got the gig. 330 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:22,300 They all they're all friends. The whole band he probably had 331 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:23,200 it. Yeah. 332 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,900 Before. So no I was fine. 333 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:28,300 I don't really be taking shit to personal man. 334 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:29,800 Hmm. And there's someone really 335 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,400 disrespects me. Yeah, that's big man. 336 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,100 Don't take it personal in the music business. 337 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:39,000 I have to do it at all time. People ghost Basin bars shoes 338 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,200 where I paid for the whole film crew happens all the time, dude, 339 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:47,800 Jack Harlow. Who during Basin bars season 340 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,200 early on, before Jack Harlow was famous. 341 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,500 We've agreed to do a basin bars day of. 342 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:57,900 He, he canceled. And I had already had my film 343 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:03,700 crew set up location all this, he canceled, but he called me. 344 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:07,300 In was very apologetic and you know, I would never do this. 345 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:10,100 But I got this video shoot with Cole Bennett and I'm like, oh, 346 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:13,700 that's gonna any artist, that does a cold Bennett video blows 347 00:18:13,700 --> 00:18:14,900 up. You should probably do that. 348 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:16,800 No problem. I don't like your pending 349 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:22,500 Bobcats, was the biggest song that year, maybe the joint got 350 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:26,700 like, you know, that's that's a huge round, dad. 351 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:28,400 Blew him up. That was double booked with 352 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:33,400 Basin bar. No, that was my biggest song of 353 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,800 that. Yeah it's so good and then he 354 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:38,400 went on. Yeah. 355 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,200 You know and we were going to do that record to. 356 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:44,500 I have like a whole base likely I was like now go ahead and do 357 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:46,600 that and like I said he was apologetic. 358 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:48,900 I'm interested. Right in like, how did that? 359 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:51,300 I guess. Thousands of there was a first, 360 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:52,700 right? And the second and a third, 361 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:54,500 where was that first introduction? 362 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:58,700 What was the first rap record? And how was that experience? 363 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:00,400 Was that how was that experience? 364 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,600 Where you just? Oh cool. 365 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,200 Here's our bases. He's from New Hampshire. 366 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,400 He's pretty. Adobo is always an original 367 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,600 music guy, start and bands and working with this artist and 368 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,300 then going to New York to record with different. 369 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:16,500 Producers far as the size and up goes, you have really proved 370 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:19,900 your worth if you play real good though, you know, let you in the 371 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:23,600 door you know? Yeah I am appreciating all the 372 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:25,400 the humanizing moments that were hearing. 373 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:28,000 It sounds like you were kind of putting out a sound you were 374 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,600 really validated by that by people be like yo come hop on 375 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,600 this or come help us with that and you're just like okay cool 376 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,900 there's something here. Mmm, right. 377 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,800 And then eventually your thing just starts to expand and then 378 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,800 people look to you. What comes out for you, as I say 379 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:44,500 that, yeah, bills over time the confidence thing, people look at 380 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:48,500 me and they see someone really combine the way I am on stage 381 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:52,800 and just the whole thing in, it takes a long time. 382 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,300 It wasn't just like that. That's why I always bring that 383 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:58,900 up, even with the ear. Think I'm not, I'm not just some 384 00:19:58,900 --> 00:20:02,900 freak who, yeah, can go up and not give two shits. 385 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:05,100 What anyone thinks? You know, I mean because we're 386 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:07,200 in these extremely judgmental situations. 387 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,100 When you get on stage it took a while to get there. 388 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:12,000 I'm still getting better at it, you know? 389 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,500 Yeah, the confidence builds over a really long period of time. 390 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,100 What are some of the greatest insecurities you have around 391 00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:23,400 being on stage and presenting performing? 392 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:27,600 Anything lingering? I mean I just try to prepare a 393 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:34,100 ton now, you know, and now that what I do now is wait, Way more 394 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:35,900 difficult than what I used to do. 395 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:39,100 I did my first, my vocal debut was witmark rebbe. 396 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:42,800 A, I sang a little bit there but fucking around, but like my 397 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:48,800 vocal debut with my full set was in fall in the fall open and for 398 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,600 Mark in LA in front of 3,000 people. 399 00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:55,600 I had never even sang in front of a coffee house, dude. 400 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,100 So everything I do now is already in front of you. 401 00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:00,400 Yeah. Oh my God. 402 00:21:00,900 --> 00:21:02,700 Yeah, so everything. You know, there's only that 403 00:21:02,700 --> 00:21:04,700 built-in pressure yo Get to that moment. 404 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:06,100 What's it like? What's that, like step onto the 405 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:07,800 stage, you see how those people what's that? 406 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,700 What's good prepared? Like crazy. 407 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:13,500 Like the last couple years, I've had a vocal trainer who's 408 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:17,300 actually Carlos, homes, wife, Jamie homes, the stage thing. 409 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,700 Luckily I have Carlos with me everyday to and he's signed to 410 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:23,900 the label. He's fucking musical genius. 411 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:27,200 I keep him around because he's better at me, the music so 412 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,700 there's all these people around me that are like really good at 413 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:31,100 shit. Yeah. 414 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:34,200 You guys off, you know? Yeah, my managers like, Like a, 415 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,500 like a with you with business. He's a maniac. 416 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:39,900 That's why it's dope. Now I'm kind of like that 417 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,700 because I'm with them every day. Yeah, I'm with DJ Premier every 418 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:46,400 day and I mean texture what that does to your production when I'm 419 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:51,000 making beats next to that dude every day so everything I do is 420 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,200 get to be fire. Like I'm not making any weak 421 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,700 shit in that room. Dude, may happen every day is 422 00:21:56,700 --> 00:22:00,300 like that so eventually now with the Beats I can always make dope 423 00:22:00,300 --> 00:22:02,500 beats. It's just it's just automatic, 424 00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:04,900 it's not mine. To be inspired today. 425 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:08,100 It's like throw the shit on. Yeah, I know how to do this. 426 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:10,300 It's a process. I've made thousands of them. 427 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,100 We're all trying to elevate and this way you're talking about 428 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:16,500 rubbing off, I got to be around the best of the best of the best 429 00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:19,700 in anything. That's not that you know and 430 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:21,200 this is the irony of that, right? 431 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:24,600 You want to be around people that are better than you but 432 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,500 just better enough that they'll still tolerate right, right? 433 00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:30,500 Because otherwise if you're that person, like not like, thanks. 434 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:33,400 But that's, that's the beauty of learning and whether it's sports 435 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,100 or music. Isaac, this is The Mastermind 436 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:38,300 Alliance that we've spoken about in the past that Napoleon Hill 437 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:40,500 and Think and Grow. Rich talks a lot about where he 438 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:43,400 says, The Mastermind Alliance, is a group of people that are 439 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,000 better than you that make up for your gaps, but your 440 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,800 responsibility to those people that have these abilities is to 441 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,000 give them more than they give you so that you will always have 442 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,800 a purpose in that group. Having been on thousands of 443 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,400 recordings, collaborated with countless major artists as a 444 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,600 bassist and producer and solidified. 445 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,500 Professional representation, Brady's career seemed to be on 446 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:10,900 fire and only growing bigger when things suddenly took a 447 00:23:10,908 --> 00:23:13,400 serious turn. In late 2021. 448 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:16,100 Brady was diagnosed with testicular cancer. 449 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,600 He didn't want to shift the focus away from his music but he 450 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,100 decided to announce his diagnosis on social media 451 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,100 through it all he kept his fans updated. 452 00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:28,600 Letting them know about his surgery, months of chemotherapy 453 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:31,400 documenting, his hair loss and everything. 454 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,900 It took to fight his cancer. Fortunately, his doctors caught 455 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:38,800 it early enough and he was able to recover and is now in 456 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,800 remission. But what I found most impressive 457 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:45,200 was that he continued to release his own music and promote new 458 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,100 releases from his fellow musicians throughout treatment. 459 00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:51,900 I want to bring it into present-day a little bit. 460 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:55,000 You've been pretty vocal just even in the past six months 461 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,300 about your day, has changed pretty significantly. 462 00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:01,900 Since you had a diagnosis of cancer and I think, you know, 463 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:05,200 it's another hat that you're wearing and so as someone that 464 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,900 knows you, I want to know how has it changed your mindset. 465 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:10,100 I talked to me about that experience because there's a lot 466 00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:15,500 there I guess, man. Same values though. 467 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:18,200 I mean still like I remember when I was on chemo I kept on 468 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,300 being like man, I can't wait. After to just be chilling, my 469 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:25,100 family drinking beers on the beach smoking weed. 470 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:26,700 You know? Because I couldn't do none of 471 00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:28,000 that. While I was like 'hey, why they 472 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,500 wouldn't let me even smoke wheat because of the certain cancer. 473 00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:37,700 I have the THC messes with the test the ASO and I'm not even 474 00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:39,700 like a pothead but, you know, I just like smoking. 475 00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:41,500 Yeah. Just like I was like, Ah, that's 476 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:44,200 gonna be nice when I can do everything normal again. 477 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,400 Yeah, I looked forward a lot to family and just continue in the 478 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,800 path. I was on on which I kind of just 479 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,200 did and there's also a, really Peak position when it struck me. 480 00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:58,600 Like I was in really good physical shape and then the 481 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:03,000 career was really good and it hit a time where I was up and I 482 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,400 was like shit, man. I get remember how you feel 483 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,300 right now because you're gonna have to get right back here to 484 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:10,300 keep going and I had already done the work so it was like 485 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:12,200 this. Pause a little breadcrumb. 486 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,400 Yeah. It was like, don't forget you 487 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,000 know what you're doing and it is easy to forget because when 488 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,300 you're on that shit, you don't really? 489 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:23,200 I want to write you don't really want to write you want to like 490 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:28,000 get through the day in like eat enough food in the I yest enough 491 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,700 to get back in there. Ya go get filled with fucking 492 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:34,400 toxic shit. Again you know, you got to just 493 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,600 get in there to do it. So now I'm just getting back to 494 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,000 where I was and luckily I got a whole team of people that I'm 495 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,900 here. I get the support system, the 496 00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:48,700 family's super tight, but then my business colleagues and my, 497 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,400 you know, I got Iain kives preme my lawyer. 498 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,900 Several videographers I work with the creative director. 499 00:25:56,900 --> 00:26:00,200 Like I wasn't going to fall because these people are fully 500 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,700 invested in me. Yeah, she kept moving. 501 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,100 I had enough money coming in there. 502 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:07,400 Wasn't there wasn't no fundraiser. 503 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,000 There was no Brady W fundraiser for chemo. 504 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,900 You know, not knocking it but that didn't happen. 505 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,200 Yeah, I'm going took five months off as a musician, you know, so 506 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,500 I'm shit. I'm proud of that. 507 00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:20,400 Yeah. Can bills or pay. 508 00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:25,000 I mean, if that did hit me a few years ago, wouldn't be cool. 509 00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:29,300 Yeah, you know, so I'm blessed that we may do that and the 510 00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:34,500 things one thing I would say is, I know, with my vocals and all 511 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:39,200 my creative decisions, I'm standing by him, like a hundred 512 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:45,700 percent because I had, you know, my, my hands are mad swollen and 513 00:26:45,700 --> 00:26:48,400 they still hurt, you know, it hurts when I play, I'm still 514 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,600 doing it. And so that shows from the 515 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:52,600 chemo. Yeah. 516 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:54,000 Yeah. What what? 517 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,400 Like, they're like swollen. They've gone down considerably 518 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:03,500 but but like this would only go to like here in and my voice was 519 00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:04,900 really messed up during all that. 520 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:09,000 So I lost like a noise into the video to see that, right? 521 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,600 Yeah. That's where the video only 522 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,300 subscribers right there. The pretty good now is still it 523 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:18,400 still hurts though little sore. So I know what it feels like to 524 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,900 have my voice. Taken away and my hands. 525 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:24,600 I'm pretty much both of my in Endeavors were taken. 526 00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:26,500 Yeah. And it was possible that she 527 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:29,900 would be gone forever. Those part of the, the chemo of 528 00:27:29,900 --> 00:27:33,400 his on, it could have severely damaged. 529 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:38,000 My lung capacity, rendering me, not able to sing and do the 530 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,400 whole thing that I do. You know, I mean, and with the 531 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,500 hands and neuropathy was possibility, so my whole 532 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:46,900 everything could have got taken away. 533 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,000 So I have just mad conviction but I had That before but now 534 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,500 it's like really solidified, fuck it. 535 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:57,700 Dude, it was just like a nasty time period man, like glad to be 536 00:27:57,700 --> 00:28:01,000 Beyond it. Like just pretty gross dude, you 537 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,700 know saying yeah, you're here glad glad that it's gone. 538 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:08,600 Just push through it showed up and did what I had to do. 539 00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:11,200 How I do anything. You know, just showing up. 540 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,500 Yeah. Knowing you look great by the 541 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:16,300 way, yeah, yeah, thanks. Absolutely for real. 542 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,200 Yeah, here's just now coming. And I was saying, like not a lot 543 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,200 of People can pull off the, the bald look and I think you're, 544 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,300 you're making, you're making it look good for any man that's 545 00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:27,800 losing their hair. That's weird. 546 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,500 Yeah, one day I'll probably have to do it again, you know, right. 547 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:34,200 You're inspiring me. I got a Syrian bald spot kind of 548 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,200 form informant in the back. I'm very, very Arab. 549 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,500 Okay, you know, and I see my future self at some point. 550 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:41,900 Like, I think, I think when I gain maybe like 15 20 more 551 00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:45,400 pounds, and I mean with, like, Burly chest and that whole bit, 552 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,300 and I'm going to shave my head. Yeah, the shaved head listen. 553 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:52,100 There was no shortage of Age of messages from women with the 554 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:54,600 with the shaved head really chicks. 555 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,200 Dig it. I've been there, you know I'm 556 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,600 saying? Like confirm like for real. 557 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,600 Yeah it's all good like to anyone losing their hair out 558 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,400 there and let it rip. And yeah, they got like the 559 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,700 Horseshoe thing. Just yo just shave it off of 560 00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:10,600 this. Is this is your this is your 561 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,700 order right now, alright? It's gonna be alright. 562 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,200 You're gonna look flyer confirmed. 563 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,800 I think we got the biggest Insight of the episode. 564 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:24,300 Yeah, I've been down, right. All right, Brady's Journey To 565 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:27,700 Success was filled with countless twists and turns from 566 00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:32,000 auditioning, for Lady Gaga, to being diagnosed with cancer or 567 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,600 singing. For the first time in front of 568 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,400 thousands of fans. Every moment presented a new 569 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,100 opportunity, and a new challenge for Brady to face. 570 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,200 It also gave his imagination at push, just like when he attended 571 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,800 the Berklee College of Music summer camp, all those years 572 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:51,000 ago, every time he reached a goal of His his imagination 573 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,100 continue to stretch to fit the next goal. 574 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,500 So what'd your past self one for you. 575 00:29:56,508 --> 00:30:02,300 Now it changes, it changes often like my main goal, when I 576 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,900 started playing bass was to play at the Middle East downstairs, 577 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,800 the venue in Cambridge. And that was like, if I could do 578 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,400 that, yo, that was it. I love it. 579 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,200 I love it. Yeah, then I would just be the 580 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,500 man and yeah you just hang it up. 581 00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:18,800 So sick. Yeah, and then you do that so 582 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,900 many times. And then then you just like 583 00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:23,900 doing tour dates, you remember, where the hell you are the 584 00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:28,100 goalposts constantly changes. But I would say in a nutshell it 585 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:31,600 was always to be like a like legendary bass player that was 586 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,000 that was the overarching thing. Yeah. 587 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:38,200 Which then I became a producer at some point during that which 588 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,600 kind of mixed into it. We often like to have a part of 589 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,200 the episode of thing. Take a beat and think like who 590 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,200 haven't you given? Thanks to that, you might want 591 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,200 to give thanks to now, hmm and why? 592 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,800 Well since the timing is exactly exactly right. 593 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,700 Got to thank Megan. Stabile. 594 00:30:56,700 --> 00:31:02,100 Yeah for introducing Neil and I it at Jam sesh lausanne 1/25. 595 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:05,500 What was that club? That was a fly Club. 596 00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:10,400 Gin fizz gin fizz? Yeah, yeah, so she introduced us 597 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,100 in introduced me to like mad people man. 598 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:18,500 I mean you know got me my first premiere at okay player when I 599 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:23,200 dropped First record and has lots of stuff like that, you 600 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:24,700 know? And it's not just me it's like 601 00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:29,300 everyone she United tons of people just these little intro 602 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:31,500 like texting show change your life. 603 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:33,600 Yeah. It was like, yeah. 604 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,500 She been doing that for all of us for a long time. 605 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:40,800 I've noticed since I was 18 36. So yeah, half my life. 606 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:46,800 Got a shout-out, Megan stabile on my behalf and everyone met 607 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,100 everyone. You know, I knew her very 608 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:55,300 Clothes and rest and power. Man, this is a hard one. 609 00:31:56,700 --> 00:32:01,400 So Megan stabile was an iconic, music, producer and the founder 610 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:05,000 of Revive music. But more importantly she was a 611 00:32:05,008 --> 00:32:06,800 close friend of mine for many years. 612 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,000 She was a huge inspiration to myself and many musicians like 613 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,300 Brady trying to make it in the world of Music. 614 00:32:13,900 --> 00:32:17,900 She's shocked, the musical world when she sadly passed away at 615 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:22,000 age 39 by Taking her own life in June of 2000, 22. 616 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:26,300 After a lifelong battle with depression and addiction She 617 00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:29,600 came up in our conversation with Brady because the news of her 618 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,400 passing had just come out the news, really rippled through the 619 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,700 community, she was a hero to so many of us. 620 00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:40,100 And if she was here today, she would be on the show. 621 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:46,200 She, that's the woman with the vision and she did a lot for a 622 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,600 lot of people. No words describe the impact 623 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,600 that that Megan had changed my life and perspective in that 624 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,200 position. Is that I could say that 625 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,100 position doesn't get a lot of upfront. 626 00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:01,700 Thanks, it's the dudes. It's on stage and in blowing up 627 00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:06,000 and they they get there the recognition and unfortunately 628 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,500 that character the connector doesn't always get the 629 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:14,800 recognition and yeah nor does they get payment like a lot of 630 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,700 having been in that position? It is one of the most difficult 631 00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:19,300 places. Has to be. 632 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:22,400 And I mean, I would even say more so like those are some of 633 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,900 the more upfront challenges but as a woman in the industry, and 634 00:33:25,900 --> 00:33:28,100 especially if you're not coming from a super privileged 635 00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:30,700 backgrounds and with everything else, it's something to be 636 00:33:30,700 --> 00:33:33,400 recognized and she brought people together made some 637 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:37,400 incredible things that were all fortunate, better off that she 638 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,300 was here. Yeah, absolutely, yep. 639 00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:46,900 I guess very apropos to the name of the podcast. 640 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:50,700 Is what have you learned recently? 641 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:55,800 That's left you looking up. I'd say, I've been trying to be 642 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,600 really present in all my moments and kind of take my time. 643 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,000 I'm really efficient but I kind of like to take my in between 644 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:08,199 time and slang throughout the day and not rush into things and 645 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:13,100 I was just like eating a sandwich on like lean against my 646 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:18,100 car on Steinway yesterday, but in a way it was like it's not 647 00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:19,500 going to get much better than this. 648 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:23,000 I mean this is it. Yeah, nice out. 649 00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:25,900 Keep it simple fucking chillin just don't work out. 650 00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:28,100 Feel good. Hmm. 651 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:31,600 This is it man. You know in China China feel 652 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,500 that a lot. Really, just contentment and 653 00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:36,699 wherever we are so easy to jump forward. 654 00:34:36,699 --> 00:34:38,300 Excellent word. Yeah. 655 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,600 Yeah. That's my favorite acronym that 656 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,600 I was taught by a social studies teacher. 657 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,300 Shout out to mr. Pathak kiss, keep it simple 658 00:34:45,300 --> 00:34:50,800 stupid, you know, nice and easy. And I think on that van were 659 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:55,400 talking, I like was leaving. You looking up is thinking about 660 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,600 our listeners and what would you want them to do? 661 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,700 What the first thing to do after they listen to this podcast? 662 00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:07,200 Well, all the bass players go practice the heck. 663 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,800 Yeah. I said yeah, all the musicians. 664 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,400 Go practice. Nice. 665 00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:13,600 Yeah. What about is that? 666 00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:15,100 You? Can you access more but you 667 00:35:15,107 --> 00:35:17,700 better go practice. I'm gonna go screen. 668 00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:21,000 Write a film that's been popping off in my head for a long time 669 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,200 and feel very motivated. Very motivated. 670 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:27,800 It's impossible to not leave motivated after talking to 671 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,000 Brady, though. Your will is contagious, right? 672 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,100 Yeah, I don't know if that's natural or what. 673 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:36,000 I don't know. I'm pretty give yourself some 674 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,100 credit, man. Optimistic, I'm an optimistic 675 00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:40,400 guy is Well, be, you know you might as well. 676 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:41,900 Yeah. It's the same amount of effort 677 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:43,700 to be negative so you might as well be positive. 678 00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:45,800 Just don't do nothing to be - manage. 679 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,900 It doesn't lead anywhere else not good. 680 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,000 Even if the shit's gonna hit the fan is going to do it and then 681 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,500 you're gonna keep going. Truth couldn't have said it 682 00:35:53,508 --> 00:35:54,800 better myself you. All right. 683 00:35:56,900 --> 00:35:59,600 So I think this is we're about to switch to one of our favorite 684 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,700 Parts, the rapid fire round. Hmm, rapid. 685 00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:05,800 And we're going to switch off back and forth. 686 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,300 I'm going to ask the question. He's going to ask the question. 687 00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:09,500 You got three to five seconds. We're not going to time you. 688 00:36:09,508 --> 00:36:11,900 That's gonna be like a little trust in contrast things. 689 00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:15,900 Just just give it first thing that pops off in your brain, 690 00:36:15,900 --> 00:36:19,900 whatever you think. Think of, that's, that's what 691 00:36:19,900 --> 00:36:21,700 you should say. So I'm going to start off. 692 00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:25,500 Brady. Favorite food, Italian. 693 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,500 Name a four-letter word, that starts with the letter, B Band 694 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:36,200 Thousand Miles. So yeah, name an onomatopoeia 695 00:36:37,100 --> 00:36:42,400 boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. What is your favorite type of 696 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,300 music? Hmm. 697 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,300 So the listener like rock and roll. 698 00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:51,500 I like epic rock and roll. Have you ever written a song for 699 00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:52,700 someone? Oh yeah. 700 00:36:52,700 --> 00:36:55,000 So many last one. You wrote for someone? 701 00:36:55,900 --> 00:37:00,400 Whoo. Working on one right now is 702 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,700 called she's fun, but she's not the one. 703 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:05,800 Oh, that Reza get to know who it's for. 704 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,800 We're gonna have to find out later. 705 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:11,300 It's actually about, it's a lot of my songs. 706 00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:13,700 I'll start right at about someone and then it will become 707 00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:15,700 about a lot of different people that I go. 708 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,100 Yeah, yeah. Sometimes it's about one person 709 00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:23,100 and then sometimes it takes a life of him who I remember her 710 00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:26,300 and then her and yeah, you got to be careful too. 711 00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:30,100 Because with the, with the song, Works in Primo talks about this 712 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:33,500 all the time they'd be coming true and you know, this is 713 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:37,600 coming from someone who is with big and POC and, you know, yeah, 714 00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:41,400 Guru seen a lot of people get killed in the rap game. 715 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,800 And you know, the thing about the lyrics manifested in real 716 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:50,200 life and nobody home my single. Yeah, the lyric is, I've been 717 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,300 fighting with the devil inside of me. 718 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,500 Every time I check upstairs is nobody home and I wrote that a 719 00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,400 year and a half ago. And then I got cancer. 720 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,000 I cannot even write it about that but that's what manifested. 721 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,800 I'd written. It originally about kind of 722 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,700 something else actually just like fit and I was like, think 723 00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:10,600 about the duality of mind, but then, it actually manifested as 724 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,700 an actual fucking getting cancer. 725 00:38:14,900 --> 00:38:19,400 Yeah, well I'm Year and that, you know, the timing it just get 726 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,800 has right after. Wow, crazy! 727 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,400 I didn't know that none of this was gonna happen. 728 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,600 That's just an example man. It comes true which is why with 729 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,000 these rappers you might as well think a little forward and be 730 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,600 like Cruise the city and a bulletproof Dozer heavy metal 731 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,000 like is No Leaf Clover, you know? 732 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,500 I mean yeah you might as well be driving in your mind in the fly 733 00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:43,100 car before you even have it. Yeah. 734 00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:45,200 And like, did he? It's about that they were the 735 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,200 shit they're talking about but big and Mason did, he? 736 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,900 They weren't rich and they wrote it. 737 00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:52,500 Wow, they're rich. But a year later and had them 738 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:54,400 thinks. I mean this is what is Road and 739 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,500 into reality. I've seen I've been in the rap 740 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:58,300 game so long. I've seen people do this for a 741 00:38:58,308 --> 00:39:00,100 long time. Yes, I mean this is like with 742 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:01,900 Jim Carrey world. A 10 million dollar check 743 00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:03,900 yourself. What's your favorite store? 744 00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:07,300 The deli, I guess. And what time do you usually go 745 00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:09,400 to bed at night? Geez. 746 00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:13,400 Somewhere between 9:00 and midnight. 747 00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:18,700 Brady, thank you so much for joining us today for being a 748 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:20,000 guest on leave. Looking up. 749 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,900 You seriously kick ass as a human, as a musician, as an 750 00:39:23,900 --> 00:39:26,600 everything. It's been incredibly, inspiring 751 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:31,800 speaking to you today and as our first in-person guess 20. 752 00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:34,500 That's that's really special. I mean, you've added a lot of 753 00:39:34,508 --> 00:39:36,200 fuel to this fire. Aw, thank you very much. 754 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,900 Thank you. You can follow Grady and all 755 00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:43,000 social channels at Brady At base or on his website at 756 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:47,900 www.breckwell.com or folks that love what they're hearing today 757 00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:51,700 and want to hear and see more. 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But Mighty team at Moon 31, a 769 00:40:31,700 --> 00:40:34,900 company dedicated to creating platforms for Meaningful 770 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:37,200 conversation. That tackle, the important 771 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:40,400 issues of today, this episode was created through the combined 772 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:41,600 efforts. It's of myself. 773 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,800 As executive producer, our lead producer, Lou Chic low to sleep 774 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,600 with support from Eric Aaron, the moon 31 team also includes 775 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:52,100 designer andreea, Kang glass, slipper medium and engineer. 776 00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:55,600 Justin jet Carter. Original theme music by Brady W 777 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,200 and background music. Provided from Blue Dot sessions. 778 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,300 It's of myself. As executive producer, our lead 779 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:46,500 producer, Lou Chic low to sleep with support from Eric Aaron, 780 00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:50,300 the moon 31 team also includes designer andreea, Kang glass, 781 00:40:50,300 --> 00:40:53,200 slipper medium and engineer. Justin jet Carter. 782 00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:56,500 Original theme music by Brady W and background music. 783 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:58,200 Provided from Blue Dot sessions.