Aug. 16, 2024
Finding Divine Inspiration in Music and Life
Shaazia Terry
Author / Lyricist
I am 27 years old I write stories and songs bringing hope and uplifting people through my stories and songs.
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What if your life's struggles were stepping stones to divine guidance? This episode of "Keep Hope Alive" promises to uplift and inspire as we dive into the incredible journey of Shia Asia Terry, a talented songwriter and storyteller. Join us as Shia Asia shares her transition from an aspiring basketball player to a committed writer, discussing her faith's profound influence on her work. Her favorite story, "Being Human," explores the depths of life's challenges and the guiding hand of faith, while she opens up about her goal of traditional publishing and the significant role her grandmother played in nurturing her spiritual life.
Ever wondered how your love for music could shape your creative journey? Shia Asia's deep-rooted passion for music, nurtured by her family and church experiences, led her to writing and performing Christian rap. This episode covers her aspirations to collaborate with producers, share her music on platforms like Spotify, and the importance of visibility in today's music industry. We also delve into goal setting and vision boards as essential tools for achieving creative milestones, maintaining motivation, and staying focused on your artistic path.
To wrap things up, we bring you some exciting news about the future of "Keep Hope Alive." Big changes and positive energy are on the horizon, including upcoming panels, a new singing segment, and a big secret soon to be revealed. For those who have been following closely, clues about this secret have been hinted at in previous episodes. We are also on the lookout for new guests to join us in future episodes. Stay tuned for more updates, share your guesses on Facebook, and as always, we send you love and light.
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Chapters
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12:26 - Exploring Music and Artistic Journeys
21:45 - Creative Journey in Music and Faith
33:10 - Exciting Changes Ahead
Transcript
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Hello and welcome to Keep Hope Alive podcast Boy another great show.
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Imagine that.
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Yay, we got Shia Asia Terry with us today.
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She's a songwriter and she gives up lifting hope to people, which is amazing.
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So we're going to be diving into her story in just a little bit.
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But welcome, welcome, welcome.
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I got to say so, but before we get started, I got a quick question for you, shiaja how long has it been since you've been to a wedding and how many weddings have you been to in the last, let's say, 15 years?
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Probably one wedding.
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I think I was like 15 at the time.
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Okay, I gotcha.
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So if we were going to a wedding friends going to see friends get married and we're walking into the ceremony part, usually there's something there you have to sign.
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What is that?
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One thing you sign to let the bride and groom know you're there.
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Guest book yes, very good, awesome, okay.
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Well, one of our sponsors here is lifeonrecordcom and what they do.
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Instead of the guest book, they have a vintage phone so your guests are able to walk in, pick up the vintage phone and leave you a message.
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It's so awesome.
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So, yeah, it could be like hey, we're so happy for the both of you, or maybe it's a groomsman going.
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Man, that rock you bought her is amazing.
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Own up to it, it could be funny.
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I call it the gift of voice.
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We get to hear everybody's congratulations and I always use wedding, but this can be used for any kind of an event.
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So, with that being said, right next to the phone they put a QR code.
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So if there is a line forming, your guests have the option to take out their own personal cell phone and scan that QR code and they can leave their messages before or after the event.
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You will get this phone number and I say phone number for one year.
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You have to return the phone, but after they get all your friends and family's messages, what they do is they'll burn it on a 12-inch vinyl record or it will go on a keepsake I call it the boom box and you can listen back to that as many times as you want to.
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So their plans only start at $99 and you get the phone number for one year.
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I think that's an amazing price and a great, a great service to have at any event, but to find out more information about them, please visit wwwlifeonrecordcom.
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All right, so here we go.
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My first question is very simple, very easy, but some people will go I really don't know.
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Or sometimes oh, I got this, but who is Shiaja Terry?
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Yeah, I'm just a child of God.
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You know, I've been writing stories and songs since I was 14 years old.
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I never really took it seriously.
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I actually wasn't even going to be doing that at all.
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I was going to be a basketball player.
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That was my main goal.
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I was really big into basketball when I was younger.
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But I decided to take a shift and turn and I wanted to do something that I thought could be more helpful to help other people than basketball.
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And that's when I started focusing more on my writing and stories and stuff.
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Okay, well, being in sports is good.
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It gives you clarity.
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I know that my son's a football player, but being in basketball, I mean it's great exercising, you're getting to be outside or indoors, you know, and it's competitive.
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I think that's great.
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So I'm sure you made all the baskets right.
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That was pretty good.
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That's good, that's really good.
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I want to see you play one day, so, but other than that, so you are a writer and you write stories.
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So what kind of stories do you write?
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Anything fiction?
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Oh, okay, gotcha.
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So do you have a favorite one that you wrote that you would like to share with us?
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Yeah, it's called being Human, Just basically about you know the struggles and challenges that people go through and showing them that God is real and that he's going to guide you through and that you're going to make it to the other side of things.
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Yes, and that's a very important thing.
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So I know for me, I have my trust and my faith in God and you got to have that with you to take the steps necessary in life, whether it's starting a new job or going into a relationship, or maybe you're going to school and you're just like huh, I don't like this teacher.
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But I'm going to try.
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I'm going to try hard.
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I just had a conversation with my son about that today at dinner.
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So, but you know those things if you have faith and God in your heart, it feels like you can accomplish anything.
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So when you say stories, how many stories have you written?
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I would say about 11 or 12.
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11 or 12.
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Now, are you going to get them published?
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I'm trying to get them published.
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I'm trying to go the traditional route.
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Wow, that's awesome Because, you know, usually I'm like is it on Amazon, is it on Audible?
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You know so definitely.
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So that is going to be a fun journey.
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So how long does it take you to write one of the stories?
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Usually, if I'm consistently on it, three months longest.
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Three months.
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Okay, see, I always say that my book I want to write is like right in my head, but I would write one sentence and then delete it the next day.
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That's just how my brain works.
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I could never write it.
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I would need a ghostwriter.
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So, but yeah, it takes a lot and I'm so proud of you because that is a big step and you know stories will encourage people.
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So my question next to you what's your story?
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Yeah, so well I was young.
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Well, my grandma was always big on church.
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Everybody had to go to church, whether you wanted to or not.
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At the time I didn't care about no church.
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I was trying to, you know, hang with my friends and chill and go home.
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I wasn't thinking about God in that type of way.
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So she was making me go do that.
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Like I said, I was still doing my writing and stories and doing basketball at the time, but I didn't really pay no attention to it At the time.
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I think I moved away from my family.
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Me and my dad wasn't really getting along Him and my mother.
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They had been broken up since I was young and he wanted her back.
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Mother had.
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They had broken.
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They had been broken up since I was young and he wanted her back.
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But she was, she was done with him.
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When she was done, she was just done and that kind of made our relationship kind of bad and I didn't speak to them and over like five years, like the whole family, because me and him was having issues, I really had no intention of speaking to him again until my mom passed away and I had to move back home and I had to really, you know, deal with him more on a regular basis and just work that out.
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I had to just surrender all the guidance and, you know, help me with this pain, because I can't do this on my own.
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Yeah, definitely, and God answers.
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So you're here, you've been through that and you know, maybe there's people out there right now watching the show relating.
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What can you tell them that you learned through the process of going through that?
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oh well, yeah, definitely one thing I would tell them.
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Number one is surrender, surrender and give it to god, because he's gonna heal you and make you better than before.
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I mean, I never thought that I could be happier than when my mom was here, but God has did it.
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He's done it and I've got his perfect peace and his love so he can make it better.
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If you stay in that pain, you know instant we don't like pain, we want to run from it, but if you stay in that pain and let God work on you, it's going to be more beautiful than when it started.
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That's great, yeah, and he does lead the way.
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I guess you know I want to go back because grief does set in with funerals and stuff when we lose a loved one.
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How challenging was that for you?
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Oh, that was horrible.
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That was like the worst time in my life.
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I mean, I've lost people, but it was never that close.
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But my mom was like my best friend.
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It was always just me and her.
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We were always close.
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It was probably the worst time in my life and at the time me and my father still wasn't really like getting along and I really was like God.
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I don't know why you left me here with these people.
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You know of all the of all the people.
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You know of all the of all the people.
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You know cause I even once said one time I said aloud, just like if I could never become a writer or a songwriter or whatever, I didn't care, as long as I had my mother.
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When your mom is right next to you.
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She's by you every day, you know that.
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Right, she's probably here at the podcast too, saying I'm so proud of you.
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So I mean, yeah, it's definitely, but she probably would want you to think of the good times you had together.
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And one of my last people I interviewed he works with grief, he does the funerals, but he has a book out and it's about the number five, which is like a number five good things you can remember.
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And I always tell people like that's how I want to go, I want to be remembered.
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What was your mom's nickname was one of the questions.
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You know what's a funny moment or something that she liked to do that nobody else did?
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But when you can think about those moments and go, yeah, my mom did this or that, you know, and it made me laugh so hard, those are the memories that she's probably just going to stay by you and be like, yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
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So, and then with the basketball, she went to all your games, right.
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No, she didn't At the time.
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At the time when I was doing basketball, she was actually locked up at the time.
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OK, ok, gotcha, OK, she knew I did basketball, did what.
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So she knew I did basketball, do what?
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so she knew, I did basketball yeah, okay, gotcha, gotcha.
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So I mean, as of now, when you're writing your stories and their fiction, um, do any of your characters relate to stuff that has happened?
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I guess in your journey.
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Oh yeah, they definitely do, just like, even like homelessness or like addiction, or if it's somebody in my family or just you know difficult relationship between daughter and father, daughter and mother, and you know forgiveness, yeah definitely, yeah, yep, definitely.
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so I guess, with any of the books that you've written, um, out of all of them, the one you would want published first.
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Can you tell us a little bit about what that entails in the story?
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I would probably say it was the one I was talking about earlier which is like being human and just people going through different situations like addictions, homelessness, abuse, or just losing somebody, and just guiding them, you know, and bringing them hope to that.
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Bringing hope.
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Yeah, because in life we do go through so many different challenges and you've got to find the hope and the joy and show actually some gratitude also, and that is very important.
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So do you also?
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I read, you wrote songs too, I do.
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Yay, tell me about that journey too.
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Well, I was actually doing it at the same time I was doing stories.
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So I've always my family on my dad's side is big on music.
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They all like singers and stuff like that, so I've always loved music.
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That's good, and I mean I know you said you went to church, probably heard a lot of music there.
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But as far as music takes a like, is it more well, what is it?
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I'm thinking jazzy, or is it R&B, soul, relaxing music, or is it more gospel, or is it just everything in between?
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Like I call it 90s, 80s.
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What kind of music?
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I mean, I could write anything, but what I'm writing now is more Christian rap.
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Christian rap.
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I like that.
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You know I want to hear you sing something, but I know you're not.
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Are you going to be making a Spotify thing where you do sample songs and people can listen to it?
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Yeah, I'm definitely going to try to do that and get with some producers, get some stuff out.
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Yay, Yay, and that's so important, you know, start your portfolio, build it up.
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What you're doing right now, jumping onto podcasts, it's very smart.
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And I'm saying smart smart Because in the world of marketing and getting your name out, you've got to be seen.
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I mean I always talk about on my show.
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You've got to be heard.
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That's a true statement but seen too, Seen for your talents.
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It's funny when I go to bed I'll watch those reels and it's like like a British got talent or America got talent, and you're seeing everybody act and everything and it tells a little glimpse of their story, of what they can do.
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You know so, but definitely are you.
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I'm trying to come up with some good questions for you.
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Some people I've talked to have put music in their book.
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Have you ever thought about doing that?
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I have written some of it into it.
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Oh, wow, okay, that's good.
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So, yeah, I remember I talked to somebody who wrote a book, but they sang in it too, and it was on Audible.
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And I was like, really Audible, yay, because that's how I listen to most of the stories or books.
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I'm not the one who likes to hold it, because I'll end up falling asleep and having the book hit me in the face or something.
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So I put my AirPods in and listen to stories and everything.
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So you've got to let me know when they get published and everything, because I have a storefront on our website that people can go and purchase your book, or even if it's a CD with your music, we can do any of that.
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So, even if it comes out, do you set goals?
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It's going to be done in a year or two.
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Yeah, I'm definitely setting, setting some goals to get it out there for sure yeah, I always think, I always hear the vision board helps, but I keep mine in my brain and I'm just like I, I stay up, I'm like adding to my vision board, going okay, this is life, this is relationship, this is this is podcast, this is photography.
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Okay, where am I going to take a vacation?
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I got to go back to the vacation part because I try to slow down sometimes and I just can't, but anyways, all right.
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Anxiety, which is nice.
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I want to get a whole thing of them to put on there, but it is on our Facebook page as well.
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Well, I mentioned, they do have a mantra word called faith, and if you go to their website and you want the word faith, the promo code is KHA, for Keep Hope Alive With KHA.
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That is the only way you can get faith.
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But they are made out of vegan leather.
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I wash, I go swimming in the shower, dishes, everything, and it hasn't even hurt the band at all.
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So they're very sturdy.
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I've had mine on for eight months and I love it.
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But to find out more about Snap Bands, you can go to their website at www, and I'm going to spell this out S-N-A-P-P-B-A-N-D-Zcom.
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Check them out, you're going to love them, I promise you.
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Promise you.
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All right, let's get back to you and okay.
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So when I was reading your profile, I was like, oh my gosh, I love it.
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She's young, she has a good head on her shoulders, she knows where she's going in life.
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She has found her passion and that being writing and songwriting and stuff.
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But you know, being young, that's not a bad thing.
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I wish I was your age actually.
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Being young, that's not a bad thing.
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I wish I was your age actually.
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But when you go in these different segments of life.
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It feels like you made a comment I played basketball but I switched over to help the world, you know, with my songwriting and my stories, and I wanted to give it back.
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Did you know?
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In life, I mean, I'm 46, I've done that three times now and I love it because it's like God will really take your hand and go.
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I have a bigger purpose for you.
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This is where I need you now.
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This is a challenge that you're gonna go through and I want you to share it with the world of what you learned from it so that's where Keep Hope Alive podcast comes to be heard and what you've learned from it and everything.
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So, as somebody, like I said, watches this and the journey journey is a big word how many journeys did you think you've gotten to go through to get to where you are today?
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Probably at least three or four times.
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Three or four times OK, not to confuse it with also the word challenges how many challenges do you think you had in life so far?
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Maybe nine or ten?
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See, yeah, those numbers are usually higher.
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I feel like you know I've been on like three or four journeys, but I feel like I've had 150 challenges to get through.
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And why?
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Why do I have to go through this and teach this?
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And whether you know mine is relationships and health is what I go through, so it's just one of those things, but anyways, I'm so excited.
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Um, as far, let's go back to your music and putting it on Spotify, which everything has changed.
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I'm used to CDs and cassette tapes, so that tells you how old I am, but when you put it out there and you build your marketing plan now I'm asking you how you're going to be putting this out.
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Who is your niche of people that you want people listening to you sing or reading your stories?
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Do you have that figured out yet?
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