Aug. 11, 2024
The Art of Mixing Life's Moments with Kenny J Wilkins
What if you could blend the precision of an engineer with the soul of a musician? Tune in to hear from Kenny J Wilkins, a multifaceted singer, songwriter, producer, and engineer, whose meticulous approach to music has carved out an incredible career. From his early days filled with musical curiosity to formal education at the Institute of Audio Research, Kenny reveals the secrets behind his unique sound clarity and systematic mixing techniques. This episode isn’t just for audiophiles; Kenny also opens up about the joys of fatherhood and the importance of spreading positivity, sharing heartfelt stories from his life that resonate far beyond the studio.
Ever thought about how the simple act of expressing love can change lives? Inspired by his own experiences, Kenny delves into the significance of cherishing family moments and openly showing love to those around us. This segment powerfully underscores the unconditional nature of love and the crucial role of empowering women, backed by a touching personal story about guiding his daughter to understand her value and guard her heart. Kenny's advice is more than just words; it’s a call to action for nurturing self-esteem and respect in relationships, making this chapter a vital listen for anyone looking to spread positivity through their actions and art.
Music as a tool for empowerment? Absolutely. We discuss the transformative power of music with Kenny, highlighting his inspiring song "You're a Woman," which celebrates the inner strength and beauty of women. This chapter also explores the importance of understanding love languages in relationships, emphasizing mutual support and empowerment between partners. To wrap up, Kenny teases some exciting future projects and upcoming music releases that promise to deliver more enriching content. Packed with inspiration, hope, and the soothing power of music, this episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to uplift their spirit and those around them.
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Love & Light - Keep Hope Alive
Chapters
00:02 - Music and Engineering With Kenny Wilkins
13:19 - Empowering Love and Respect for Women
22:05 - Inspiring Hope Through Music and Empowerment
37:00 - Father-Daughter Heartfelt Conversation
Transcript
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Hello and welcome to Keep Hope Alive podcast Boy.
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We have another great show for you.
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I'm so excited we got Kenny J Wilkins here.
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He is a singer, songwriter, producer and engineer, so we're going to have to dive into that engineer part.
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My guess is you did engineering work and you were always singing right.
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Yeah, all the time.
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It's just been a part of my life forever, so long as I can remember.
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That's awesome.
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That's so awesome.
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Well, before we get started, I have a random question for you.
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Like, out of the past 15 to 20 years, how many weddings have you been to?
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Maybe two.
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Two, okay, have you been to?
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Maybe two.
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Two Okay.
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So let's say you're going into a ceremony and you see this thing to the right of you, something that you would have to sign to let the bride and groom know you're there.
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What are you signing?
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Guestbook.
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Yes, very good.
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I remember I had one person on the show say Life Away and I was like I think that would be the pride and groove, but either way.
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So lifeonrecordcom is one of our big sponsors here and what they do?
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Instead of the book they have a vintage phone that they put out and right next to the phone they have a QR code for anybody who didn't want to use that.
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They can use their own mobile device and scan it.
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But you're leaving a message for the groom and the bride Congratulations on your big day we're so excited for you.
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It's about time you put a ring on her finger.
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Make an honest woman out of her.
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You know, whatever the message, may be All of those things.
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I know, and I always use wedding as the main thing, but this can go for any kind of event that you have Reunions, proms, birthdays, you know big ones like that.
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But definitely Now, with the Vinnage phone, you get to keep this number for one year.
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You have to return the cute phone back.
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They will take all the voice messages on there and they'll put it on a 12 inch vinyl record or they'll put it on a keepsake speaker box that you get to listen to for all these years to come and hear your friends and family's voices.
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I think that's the gift that keeps on giving.
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That's from a movie line, the gift that keeps on giving.
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So yeah, for $99, which is a good good deal you get that for a year and you can go take a look at their website.
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They're great for all events.
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I used one for my son's football when there was an injury Kid broke his leg.
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I had all the players call in, leave a message and we put it out there into the world for them to hear.
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So it was awesome.
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But you can check out their website at wwwlifeonrecordcom.
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All right, so Kenny J Wilkins who are you?
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I am a regular guy.
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I'm a father of three children two girls and a boy and a granddad Love music.
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Three children, two girls and a boy and a granddad Love music.
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I love absolutely to laugh and shed positivity and light and empower and just love people.
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That's just who I am, at my core.
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I like to see everybody win, even sometimes at the detriment of my own self, but I love to see people win.
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I love to see love, I love to see the embrace of relationships.
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I love to see that sort of thing.
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So, in a nutshell, other than music, which is my absolute life and my first love, you know, that's basically who Kenny J Wilkins is.
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Oh, awesome, awesome.
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It's great to hear that you love to see love and you don't hear that much in the world right now.
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And I know when I was younger that's how I like seeing it I was Macy's bridal consultant, but even if it wasn't somebody registering with me, it would be that cute little older couple walking hand in hand through the fine china department.
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I was like like that is what I want one day absolutely, absolutely.
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But yeah, so definitely so with you, and you're a jersey guy born and raised yeah yay, so you got the wah-wah, the hoagies, the cheesesteaks.
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Yeah, all that.
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And the tasty cakes, that's right, and the pizza, all that.
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Pizza.
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You see I missed out on the pizza, I guess.
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Just wonderful things, that's awesome.
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So tell me a little bit about it.
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So going through school, and is that when you kind of entered engineering field or is it backwards?
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Well, I mean, I've always been in music.
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My mind was seemingly wired for it as a youth, five years old, I understood what it was and that's just where I stayed as time progressed in high school I just loved the sound of it, like putting things together, like making everything known to man possible in any piece.
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I made sure that you could hear it.
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That was just my mindset.
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My mind kind of operates that way systematically where throughout all the noise in a piece you have to hear every specific thing and hear it clearly.
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Every specific thing and hear it clearly.
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That's just what it was for me.
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As time went on, I went to a school called the Institute of Audio Research.
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Other than the natural ability that I had, it was important that I go to a school to kind of hone in on some specific minute things, to kind of know why that is, you know, specific or important in a piece.
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So I just continued to study there and wasn't much, I would say, I needed from them other than just to understand, you know, why things happen the way they do.
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And once I understood that it was kind of easy for me to just transition into something else or just kind of really really get into music and engineering.
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It was very important.
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I love it Sound wise.
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I don't care how corny a piece is, the essence of it is is how it's mixed, how it's put together and all that sort of thing.
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So I'm necessarily worried about the actual song itself, but how it's mixed.
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So I'm able to do you know writing.
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I'm able to do um.
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You know instrumentation.
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I'm able to do um actual production, the whole seat.
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I'm able to play my own instruments.
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I'm able to sing my vocals, lead, background mix, master, all in one house.
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So I just enjoy to do that.
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Yep See, I know our listeners are going to be like I'm going to sing something today.
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I'm trying.
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Guys Like, oh, is he going to sing something today.
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I'm trying, guys, yeah whatever, whatever, whatever, whatever.
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But okay, so I understand about you know, when you have your passion, because mine was always like wedding planning, party planning, photography, but then having to find that other source, because to me in this industry of events, it's either you have a full time job doing it or you don't and you're the owner of your own company and you just got to take it as you get.
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And then finding my other passion, which has been in home improvement different areas, like even bathroom remodels and stuff like that.
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I felt like, hey, stuff like that.
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I felt like, hey, I got this, I know this, this is really cool.
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I mean, people laugh at me.
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How do you go from home remodel stuff you know even real estate at one time to wedding planning?
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I go I don't know If you're getting married, you need a place to live, right, Absolutely.
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Whether it's fixing it up or whatever it may be, it's a never ending battle of a creator.
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You know creators find niches.
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They may not be comfortable in them, they just enjoy the journey on following how to do it.
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You may not know how to do it, you may not know all the nuances, but creators understand how important it is because ultimately, you're trying to feed that hunger to create inside of you.
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So, whatever it is like, I see if you bathroom remodeling and trust me, I have done all of that I'm in the process of rebuilding my studio here.
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I'm in the process of redecorating, remodeling, and I get the joy out of not necessarily paying somebody to do it but to do it myself.
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That is the way I enjoy it.
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I don't have the same feeling when somebody else does.
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It just annoys me sometimes.
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If I make a mistake, I don't care, I figure out how to make it better.
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You know, that's just my mind.
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Just my mind.
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Yeah, that's awesome.
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That's how I would be.
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I'm starting as of today.
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Actually, if I was talking to another lady, I did a podcast for yesterday but we were talking about vision boards and so last night when I was trying to fall asleep I was like, well, what would my dream studio have in it and be, you know, and because I'm constantly getting ideas and I just kind of shot everything out going okay, do I want the big old lights with the neon on air and stuff?
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I think I do.
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I love it.
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I'll scour the internet and once I get an idea, I am on the internet writing plans and just I can do this.
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Yes, and you're doing everything, from the finance portion of it to the creation of it, to the naming it, to what it's going to have on it, how it's going to look, you know, and you want it on, all on a high level, and we are a glutton for punishment because we do it in every project that we do At least me, I do it on every project I can do, just to make sure that I have to be satisfied with it.
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I have to be.
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Yeah, you sure that I have to be satisfied with it.
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I have to be.
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Yeah, you're not going to have it any other way, like even down to the business cards.
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Yeah, that's what I noticed.
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I'm like why did I choose this, when I changed my mind all the time, like am I going to go a different route?
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You know?
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So, even with my logo for Keep Hope Alive, I thought it was going to be blue and white.
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No, I did black and red and white and I was like, well, you know what I think that's what it was supposed to be the whole time.
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And once you know, you know and you stick with it.
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So yeah, it's, it's a never-ending process well, yeah, and I mean I'm sure with the music you're learning new things, mean it feels like in the industry there's always something new to watch.
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I did that today.
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I'm trying to learn because they keep updating the websites and I'm like, well, here's a new function and here's a new function.
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Okay, let's do our homework too.
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So, kids, if you're in school, watching this homework never stops.
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No, no, I failed to that understanding.
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As time went past I had to kind of go back and say, hey, I know when we were in high school and school and just you're just like I wish this is over.
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But learning never will stop, it will never cease, it will always be something and if you're smart you'll take hold of it.
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You understand it, you know, take it in, regurgitate and use it to how you need to use it for, but it will never, never, never stop.
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And you ought to be happy about it, because sometimes, if you don't get that learning, it'll just just be something that kind of you'll fall subject to what's what's happening.
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You know you never reach for greater understanding, more technology, you just kind of be what's happening.
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You know you never reach for greater understanding, more technology, you just kind of be still living in the 80s and the 90s.
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It's just not that anymore.
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It's the 21st century.
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The 80s and the 90s, I'm fine with living in the 80s.
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Right now I am.
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But trust me, the young folks would not be able to survive in any other era.
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They wouldn't.
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There's no cell phones.
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Oh my goodness, they would have a heart attack.
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There's nothing you'll be able.
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And quite honestly, us adults that are kind of had exposure to that time we wouldn't be able to survive.
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I wouldn't even like it at that point.
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You know cell phones and technology has kind of opened up so many doors, so it really has.
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It really has.
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Now I think I was reading correctly about some of the songs.
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Tell me about the Christmas one.
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That's my favorite holiday, so it's how you did a Christmas one and put songs out One was On this Day and the other one was Very Special Christmas Very sexy but still family-oriented songs where Christmas is, or should be, a special time to gather and I'm always saying that we should never wait to a holiday like that to gather as family.
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It should be something that we do continuously and just kind of love on each other.
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Those times of year the Christmas holiday and Thanksgiving holidays are coming up Just enjoy the holiday, know why we do it and it's an important it's just an important essence of who we are in the world.
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And no matter where your family is, no matter what walk of life they're on, what train of whatever, what journey they're on, still love them and embrace them and just take that time to spend with them, just to tell them that you love them, because you'd never know what could happen.
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I lost a wife a year ago.
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You know what I mean and you never know when it's going to be your last time.
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So it's important.
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It's important to make sure you embrace those moments and love each other as much as you can, because you never know when this is going to be the last time you see them.
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So those songs are written out of, out of the understanding that family is important.
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Those times of the seasons and the years are important and we ought to embrace those and don't be hesitant about it.
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Love on them, kiss their neck, kiss their face.
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Love them, because you never know.
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Yeah, yeah, I'm going to be planning to give my mom a big kiss on her face.
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The last person I just interviewed we were talking about he's a grief counselor and stuff.
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So yeah, you never know.
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So you know, if you haven't told, like your mom or dad, how much you love them, go do it now, is basically because you don't know.
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I mean, I could like say would I feel bad if I just went out to, because there's no tax weekend right now.
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I want to take my son shopping.
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I'm like, well, what if I got in a car accident and this was it, and I never saw my mom again?
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Or you know, my mom has to go for a procedure on Monday.
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What if?
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You know, I don't want to say anything, no, it's not going to be bad, but you know, just being there and going, you know what I love you mom.
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You've got this.
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I know you do.
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So those are the important things that you have to follow through with and everything, things that you have to follow through with and everything.
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So now, not only the Christmas, you have others.
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And I went on to your website.
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I love your website.
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You know I got to give you kudos, even on your links it looks like I'm crossing it out I was like that is so cool.
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So, yeah, I was just like really impressed with it.
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I loved hearing the music, but tell me you know about love, because there's a lot of segment about love with you.
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Love is an important thing.
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I think sometimes people love with condition.
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They love because of.
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They don't just love based on who a person is, just because they're a human being.
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I think we should take the limits off of it.
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Um, I don't care, I don't care financial status, culture, who you are, what sex you prefer, I don't care of any of that.
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I think everybody has to walk in that understanding that love.
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If you love somebody, you'll cover them and regardless of where they are in life, it's necessary.
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I personally particularly talk about the love of women, because sometimes I think women are kind of taken advantage of.
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You know, women are so, so wonderful in just their essence.
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You know they provide the earth, they populate the earth with children and they take on so many different things and I think it's important for us as just human beings, to just make sure we can support each other.
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You know, women I'm always making certain that women know that they are empowered, making sure they are loved.
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So many different women have so many different things they deal with and for me as an artist, it's important that I not be a part of.
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You know the consistent.
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You know put them on the top of a car and just take advantage of how they look and all of that sort of stuff.
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I think we have to kind of put these good messages in the earth so it's not so negative.
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You know, they take advantage of the beauty of a woman and I just I'm annoyed by it.
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So I wanted to be a part of just using my voice, my artistry, to speak goodness to them.
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I even take it further when it comes to allowing my daughter to know what sort of man to pay attention to, and I wrote a song on this record that just out to protect your heart.
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Protect it because it's very sacred, and if a man or whoever doesn't understand how important or how valuable your heart is, they don't need to be a part of your life.
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Let's just cut it there.
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So I am that individual to make sure that the goodness and the peace that I have with inside of me and the positivity that I have in me, that I can spread that through the world through my artistry.
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Now you know I'm going to say I want to hear that song right.
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Yeah, protect your Heart.
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Oh man, it's a very good song.
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I had a.
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I'll tell you some background on it.
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My daughter came to me with an issue that she had with a young man.
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She's 21, just 21.
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And she's trying to kind of navigate through life and understand what relationships are who she needs to have in life.
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It's just a part of maturing.
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And she had a conversation with me, you know, regarding a young man who wanted something from her, and her question was you don't know who my mother is, right, you don't know who I am, you don't know who my dad is, you don't even know what my favorite color is.
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How do you expect me to want to give you this and you don't know who I am?
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So I was just encouraging her to keep that energy there, because it's with that energy that she will always protect her heart and she'll invite things into her space that are valuable.
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When you disregard who you are and not treat your heart as a valuable commodity, you've just failed to understand how many negative things can come your way.
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So protect your heart.
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Yeah, definitely, and that's important in today's world.
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So definitely, so okay.
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Out of all the songs I know you said you'd like that one, but do you have a favorite, favorite one of yours that really stands out also?
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I mean, all of them are so special to me, but um, you're a woman, um is really special to me because I dropped that song originally on international women's day and it really speaks to exactly the essence of what I feel all the time is that we have to empower our women, um, um.
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That's the, that's just the essence of what everything that I do is.
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It's just empowering women and not just women.
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I'll just say that because I don't want to leave us guys out, and it's just.
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This has just helped them understand, through my experiences, how important it is that we do honor our women.
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You know what I mean, because I believe if you honor our women, the women will in turn honor us, and it's just, it's a give and take.
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But we can't expect anyone to honor us when we're not honoring them.
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Exactly, it's just the law of reciprocity.
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This just has to come and has to go.
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And sometimes I think most times and often we lose the essence of it, because what the media puts out there and so many people are are just putting perspectives out that's just going to help them in their bottom line and so many people like you know the the disrespectfulness of it and I just I'm annoyed.
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So many artists.
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I just wanted to be a part of it that was going to help you know, help them understand that we appreciate them basically.
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All right.
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So you know, just talking and overhearing this, I love the message for women, I really really do.
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But you are right, because men too, any relationship, you know communication skills are important, but get to know the person before doing anything with them is a good, valuable lesson for anybody listening here.
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So and she was right on cue he doesn't even know my favorite color.
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So you know, it's simple little things.
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