Feb. 23, 2026

The Sound of Gold with guest Avery Sommers

The Sound of Gold with guest Avery Sommers
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Season 1

Tune in to meet the very talented Avery Sommers. An actress, singer, director, influences helped shape her life to become a singer, an actress, a teacher and so much more. Avery shares with us how her family was her greatest inspiration in becoming all of who she is today..

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Hi, welcome to the Sound of Gold. Whether you're watching

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this live or just listening, Thank you for being here.

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I'm glad you are. I'm so excited to announce them.

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As of today, we are entering into season two of

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The Sound of Gold. If you know, you know, and

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if you're new, I don't know, if you know. My

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focus is on music, musicians, music venues, music teachers, music schools,

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and everything else attached to music, which is pretty much

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all around us all the time. I would like to

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focus today on not only a very talented music musician

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friend of mine, but I want to tap into for

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those of you that are wanting to get involved in

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the music arena, whether you're wanting to do musical theater,

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music on stage, or maybe venture and kind of see

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where what fits you best. There's so much to choose from,

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and I am so excited today to introduce my very

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good friend, Miss Avery.

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Avery.

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Are you hanging out backstage? There? You are? Hi? Can

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you hear me? Okay? Stand by for some technical difficulties.

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I guess Avery, I know you're there. I don't know

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if you can hear me. So I have Miss Avery

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Summers on line today and on our show. Avery is

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not only a dear friend of mine, but I would

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have to admit and completely being transparent. I don't know

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anybody that's got as much soul as my sister friend,

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Miss Avery Summers. Avery, you just continue to amaze me,

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amaze your audiences, and you continue to show up in

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so many ways that you're just You're outstanding, and I'm

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so proud to have you on my show today. And

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I don't know again, I don't know if we're having

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technical difficulties because I don't know if she can tap

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in and hear.

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Me, and Lisa, I don't hear you.

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Oh okay, all right, I don't okay, So maybe our

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engineers can work on that behind the scenes. And okay,

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maybe I don't know if there's a mute button, Is

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there a sound button. I don't know. So while we're

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working on that, I want to let you know that

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Avery has so much soul and she has so much

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to share with you today.

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Uh.

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And whether again, whether you're interested in performing on stage,

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whether you're interested in involved in musical theater. We have

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miss Avery back. Can you hear me better now?

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I do? Yes, wonderful going as far as we can.

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Let's keep going, Avery, There's so I was saying. I

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don't know if you heard me, but you out of

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I know a lot of people, and out of all

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people I know, I don't know anyone who's got as

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much soul as you have. Oh all right, you you

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bring to the table everything you got plus everything you

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can bring, and you are such an inspiration and I

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admire you beyond the word. Please share with our audience

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a little bit about, uh, maybe your upbringing and what

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brought you into this world of where you are, because

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there's so much you do, so much. I don't even

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know where.

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To begin, you know, honestly, I don't either. I really

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it's very well to because otherwise I don't know where

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to begin about what it is you want to know.

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So if you can think of something to ask me

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else to.

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Yeah, absolutely give us an give our audience because some

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of our audience are musicians or maybe they're looking to

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get into the music world or music theater. Please share

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with us what inspired you growing up to get to

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kind of motivate you to do what you're doing.

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Well, you know, I think there are things that are

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born in US and you and I have had use

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them for conversations for many years. But was born in

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US and I knew when I was five years old

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that I wanted to sing. I've always known that. And

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the background that I came from with parents right here

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in South Florida who both taught school, but they were

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always very encouraging me and my siblings. Had two older

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sisters and an older brother, and they always said, you

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can do whatever you want. It's not going to be easy.

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It's work. So if you put the work into what

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you want to do, then you get the results. You

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have to be ready for what result you want, though.

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You can't just say of this is going to happen

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and let it fall out of the sky. If you

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want direction, go in that direction and be intentional in

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your direction. That's what I know absolutely.

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I was with some friends last night having dinner, and

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one of the conversations that came up is how do

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I get involved? And we spoke about stepping into the

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spotlight of whether you're being a volunteer, a student, gathering

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around like minded folks that are going to inspire you,

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and you kind of start there and grow with that.

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You yourself not only are a singer, an actress, a director,

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you're a teacher as well.

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Yes, yes, And.

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I know the last time we spoke, you were sharing.

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You teach at the Maltz Theater.

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Yes, I do, I do. I'm on the board there also,

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so I'm on the board since twenty twenty one, and

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I last season I taught a class about seen study,

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but I called it scene study with a twist because

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my students wrote their own scenes. And at the end

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of the semester we put a show together. They call

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it sharing. We put a show together and we performed

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it for about fifty of our friends in the Island

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Theater at the Molds, and they've since gone on to

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do that show in other places. So I'm thrilled that

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they took it seriously and yet didn't take themselves too

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seriously and have performed it in their communities. And this

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year I'm teaching students about the art of cabaret because

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that's what I'm doing for many years now, and.

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Tell us a little bit about cabaret. For those of

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us are that know the word, don't really know what

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it all entails.

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Well, there are many versions of what cabaret is, but

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I think in the American songbook genre, we put together

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a show usually of about seventy five minutes of songs

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that I always say that all of us in gabaret

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sing the same twenty five songs. It's just a matter

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of how it's arranged for you, your voice, your audience, how

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you want to present yourself. And then we sing those

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songs with what is known as quote unquote hatter and

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then talk about the song, what it means to you,

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how it fits in your life. And then usually that's

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with either a piano or piano, bass and drums, which

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is my preference, piano, bass and drums.

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And give our audience an idea like just pick out

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of the hat, like one cabaret song that would bear reference.

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Well. I also reference the shows that I've done on Broadway,

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which was Ain't Miss Baban Chicago show both and those,

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so I choose songs from those shows like Ain't Miss Baban.

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I think many many people in your audience may know

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Ain't Miss Baban. No one the world with all by myself,

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no one to talk with. But I'm happy on the

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shows at Misbehaven save in my Love for You. But

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that's one of the songs that I do all of

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the time, because ask for it all the time.

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Now, I know you're teaching out the mosque. If students

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are students or want to be students, want to connect

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and maybe take a class, how would they reach you?

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What would be the best way?

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The best way is to go to the website for

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the Most Stupid Theater and there is a list, an

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infinite list of possibilities sort of classes across the board

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of singing and dancing and piano and voice and my

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class and acting classes. It's just it's amazing what's presented

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there at now the Goldener Institute. It's the conservatory for

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all things theater at the Malls. Oh, I love it.

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I love it now. I was thinking about it, you

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and I and we've talked about this before. You and

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I have known each other almost twenty years now, is

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that crazy?

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Crazy? Yes, that's crazy yea.

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And not only are you a dear friend of mine,

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but I had also taken lessons from you and singing

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at Bob Carter's Actors rap. Yes, now is are you

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so affiliated with them?

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Is that someone?

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We could also offer students or listeners to check out.

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The Bob's Theater closed last year. Oh I did not

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know that. Yes, it closed last year. There were a

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lot of things I asked recently someone and there were

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several things that had to happen for the theater to

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remain in operation that just not happening. I don't know

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the details, but unfortunately it went under last year.

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Okay, all right, I did not know that. I still

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took a singing lessons with you and singing class with you,

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and you mentioned just previously in the classes you're teaching

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at the malls. What I loved about taking the class

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from you. And this is for our listeners too. If

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you know you're interested, you know, you not only say hey,

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you know, come and learn how to sing the song

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like you really tap into like hey, you're picking you're

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picking a song? Where where does the song come from?

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Who wrote it? Why was it written? And how can

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you relate to it, and I mean that's I love that.

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I even take that with me when I work with

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my students when I'm teaching them piano. Oh good, yeah,

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because because it's about connecting. It's not just on the surface.

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As a musician, as an artist, as an actress, we

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know it's got to come from inside. It's not just surface.

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That's correct. And you know something else that I teach

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my students in this particular class. I don't want to

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to get into the habit of using cell phones and

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iPads and things to look to please go sheat music,

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physical music that you in your hand. I'm very tactical,

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so I like to feel things and understand, look at

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them and not sing the way someone else, if it's

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Adele or if it's whomever it is me, who you

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are in your music and your choices of what you

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what you sing. So that's what this particular class is

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about this time.

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I love that. I love that. And how big of

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a class is it? And what ages do you start

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with or what's the youngest age.

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The youngest age is twenty two. I only have five students.

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I capped it at five because I like to give

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personal attention and I'm sure you understand that personal attention,

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and if it gets to be too big, then I

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lose sight of what I want my student institute, and

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I think they probably lose sight of what they want

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to accomplish. So right now we're in the process of

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choosing possibly three songs to make a five to ten

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minute set of those five students, and at the end

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of the session, which will be in December, we're going

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to do another share, so it may be an hour

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show and I will sing. They all will have an

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opportunity to sing. So they're learning which songs to choose

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for their show. I don't choose that music. They do

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how they introduce, what song flows from what to what,

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how they will end it, and how I will introduce them.

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I want them to write me their introduction of their show.

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Oh I love it.

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I love it.

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Very interactive and it's just a great way to grow

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together and to bounce off of moving forward.

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Yes, absolutely, we did that with the scene study with

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a cliff and I eventually wound up with three students

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out of six, and they absolutely loved the process. And usually,

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as you also know, when.

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You teach, you learn, Yes, yeah, we learned from each other.

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Yes, absolutely.

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Now, gosh, you're so talented. I'm like, in my head,

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I'm like, where do I go now? You perform, you

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have your own band, you have shows coming up you

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before we get to I want to go into the

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Sunset Lounge. I want to. I want to share so

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much with our audience before we get there. Could you

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share some secrets about how you've gotten to where you are? Like,

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how do you how do you get in touch with

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like Sunset LOUNGEO? Is it the people you know? Is it?

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Is it a phone call?

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Is it work?

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Is it what makes it?

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It's a great combination of all of that, And so

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I know there are unfortunately I think for us who

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have been in business along, can we make connection? And

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someone will say, what are you doing now? Well, of

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course it's always the next best thing, is the thing

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that you just did or the one that's coming up.

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And the Sunset Lounge is part of my growing up years.

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I had two older sisters, as I may have told you,

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and they went to the Sunset when they were teenagers.

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And yes, right here in westbom Beaches is where I

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grew up. And my mother would say to them, yes,

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you may go to the Sunset if you take her,

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And that was me. So I went to the Sunset

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when I was a young girl, and I saw all

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of the acts that would come through whomever was there,

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and my sisters wanted to go. I saw them. James

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Brown was one of my all time favorites and I

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saw him many times at the Sunset. But you know,

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the Sunset closed in Remember when the Beatles first came

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in the Sunset Don't Choose? Well, that was place where

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only African Americans could go in the front door. It

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was called the Chitlin Circuit Wow, and that meant that

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African American performers could go in the front door, perform

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and get paid. And it was a circuit from Miami

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to New York. Normal African American performers had to go

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in the rear door through the kitchen and perform and

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leave the same way. There was no hanging out. Well,

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these places were creating African Americans or performers. And so

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this was a venue that touched my heart, the Sunset,

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because when I was a child, I would say this

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is where I want to be when I grow up,

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and to go back there and to perform there all

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these years later is a dream come true, and you have.

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For our listeners or even our viewers. You're you can

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find Avery's page at Avery Summers on Facebook. And I

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know I've seen you have some clips of your band

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playing yes at the Sunset Lounge and you do you

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have a five piece band or is it or is

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it just your.

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Uh bass band is piano basing drums, but we always

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augmented with with horns if we meet, you know, or

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guitar or or whatever. But and for the Sun's Center,

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the seven of us, you know, and basic drums and

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me and uh and so. But this is coming up now, Lisa,

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I must say that coming up, I'm going to be

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singing with the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches. Yes.

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Group that's been I think was created about five years

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ago by a conductor of Sean Berry, and I will

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be singing for Mother's Day this year made tenth at

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the Cravis. I'm really of that because I think there

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are at least three to four hundred voices now with

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the young So it's incredible.

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And one of one of my piano students went often

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and he's one of the singers. I think he's I'm

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not sure if he's graduated high school now, and I'll

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make a mention. His name is Ozzie. I don't know

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any other Ozzie because I had a cat named Ozzie,

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and so it's actually a friend of mine's son, Ozzie,

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who was my student. And he's as a fabulous, fabulous voice,

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and I don't I don't know many others, but I'm

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so I'm so proud of you. You continue to outdo

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yourself and I admire that and such a You're such

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a great inspiration. I want to ask you for for

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our audience, going back to your band mm hmm, what

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was it or how how did you come across meeting

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with like did you set up auditions to have people

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audition for your band? Did you were you recommended these bandmates?

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Or what can you share with us?

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All right? Well, with my pianists, and his name is

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Phil Hinton. Phil and I we figured that we've been

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working together now for about thirty years and it's a

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very interesting process. I heard him playing at the old

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Caldwell Theater in vocal ratone yes okay, Jill, and he

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was playing with his son, who was a teenager at

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the time, and I asked someone and I don't remember

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the person now who is the pianist? And how can

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I get in touch? So he said, well, hang around

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after the show and I'll introduce you. And talked for

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a while and I found out that he is from

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London and that he was just here he played with

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his son, and he said, give me a call when

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you've got music that you want to do. And I

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was getting ready to do a show at the Colony

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Hotel at the time, and this was in two thousand

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and nine, and I called him and we started working

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together and putting together just fifteen minutes at a time

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of shows of music that I thought I would like

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to do. He's an arranger, a writer and a conductor

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and with the BBC, and he has worked with many

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Manicbare artists here in South Florida and all over the country.

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He travels wherever, and so over those years we started

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working together, but we've done big, big jobs where he

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had to where we would work with piano, bass, drums, guitar, horns,

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everything down to him brings me his his on a

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keyboard to very small shows.

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You know.

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It was yes, sold, and said are you available, and

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he would say, what's the job? All right, Yes, I'm available.

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It on his calendar. We get together at his house

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or wherever, and we'll go with the music. It depends

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on what the owner or the person wants to go

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fifteen minutes, half hour, an hour, ninety minutes, whatever, and

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then we choose the right music for the venue and

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whatever show they want we go from there. And that

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and Frank Derek, who's my drummer, we say that we've

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known each other since we were in kindergarten together, and

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that's just how long we've known each other. I know

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him from New York many many years ago. So I

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usually let Phil deal with bringing in whoever he wants

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on bass and the horns, because if he works well

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with him, then I'm going to be satisfied. You understand

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what I mean.

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Yes, Yes, that's beautiful.

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Now.

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A lot of people out there that are looking to

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get into this world that we're in. I think a

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lot of them might have maybe a different perception of

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making it a full time income. And I know other

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shows I've had we talked about the inconsistency of it

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and where we don't as artists, we learn that it's

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not about we don't do it for the money. Do

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you have any comments on.

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That, Well, I think you hit the nail on the head.

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It's certainly not a lot of money involved in it

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unless you can consistently work still after sale as the

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still and be willing to do a lot of traveling.

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In the years that I did Broadway and road shows

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as they are called, I did work very very consistently

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in shows in New York and on tour, but I

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chose to not do that after a while. I needed

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to be here with an aging parent and eventually with

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aging sisters and brothers who have all now moved on

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to a different way. But so I chose to come

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off of the road and stay here. And my work

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here is consistent because I choose to make it consistent.

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Meaning you have to dig what you want. You have

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to know what to go and what you want to do,

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and then make yourself available to do that. Not to

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get yourself into every situation. You must be careful about

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what you do and what you speak out into the universe,

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in my opinion, but if you make connections with people

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and you find out who they are and what they

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want and what they do, and if you put yourself

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out there with integrity, always with integrity. This the work

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will become consistent if that's what you want. I like

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working once or twice a month. I don't want to

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work every weekend. I love being home and doing nothing

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a lot, you know, So I work a couple of

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times a month. It works out well for me financially,

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and that's enough and h and so that's good. But

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you know, it takes a while to get your footing

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in any business. Lia so you know that, yes, it

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takes a while, and it takes a consistency of it

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and working with the thought that it's not going to

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be for money for many years possibly you know, it's

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for the love of it. Do you love it enough?

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And you've heard that statement. If you do what you love,

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and you love what you do, you don't work a

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day in your life. It's true, and it's true. It's true,

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And I.

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Don't want to put words in your mouth and feel

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free to interrupt me. Being an artist, whether whatever genre

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not you, but our listeners are in being an artist

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and we are we are creating from a passion of

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whether it's God or whoever people believe in. It's just

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a gift we're given and it's not when you say work,

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you know, it's it's yeah, it's the time we put

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into it. It's how we grow and how we grow

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our talent. But it's not it's not like, Okay, I'm

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making a reference going to clean the cat litter. That's

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a little bit of a job. You know, I have cats,

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so I can say that, but it's not I mean,

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it's got to be done, so I do it. But working,

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you know, showing up and working a couple of times

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a month, like you said, like we give it all

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and again I feel like I'm talking for you. But

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it's a lot of energy and it's a lot of

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passion that we give, yes, and it's not that we're

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we expect anything back. It's almost like a gift we

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get to share.

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Well, you know, I'm going to speak on that, and

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you're very right. The thing that I find probably the

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most difficult, I will say, is if I am in

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a situation where some says, oh, Avery, just get up

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and sing. I'm not real big on that. I don't

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want to take care to do that. My years and

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years of training taught me to be really ready to

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do just about anything, but it comes with rehearsing knowing

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what I'm doing, having a sense of what's under me

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that I'm going to be able to present and to

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get to a point where there is a level of

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consistency in what I do, so that when someone sees

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me or they may say, oh my gosh, you're really good.

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Well that comes from a lot of work, not just

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popping up singing, you know, just anywhere and any time.

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I do love to sing, don't get me wrong, and

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I will, but now I do it with you know,

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with some weight behind me. Just get up and home

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a tune because that's not what you know.

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And if for our listeners, please please share with us

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again and how they could get in touch with you,

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if they want to hear your music more, if they

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want to book you or take classes.

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Well, the best way, honestly is Facebook. If you've got

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a Facebook account, then that's the best way. I do

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not have a website. I am at the malt Stubiter

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Theater and I am on the board and I'm going

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to be instructors there. So if you go and you

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want to find out about me or what I'm doing,

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go to the website for the most Jupiter Theater and.

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I'm there wonderful, wonderful, and a couple more questions before

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we finish. You are so many times that we've spoken

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or I've called, We have like a couple sometimes we

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just have like a two minute conversation. And I remember

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so many times you say, I'm working on a show,

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you know, let's let's catch up, you know tomorrow or something.

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Or I'm practicing songs for our listeners out there that

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are getting into this. How do you keep it fresh?

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Do you still take lessons? Do you learn from We

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already said we learned from our students, but we ourselves

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as professionals, we need to keep it fresh. What's your

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secret to keeping to keeping your skills and talent fresh?

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But you know, that's a very interesting question, good question too.

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For me.

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I sing every day, so that's that it's a muscle,

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as you know with anything else. So if you go

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to the gym, you work out or whatever, and your

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strengthen and stamina. So I sing every day. I may

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not sing out vocally every day, but I hum or.

470
00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:38.079
I sing every day. But I also love to go

471
00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:42.680
and see my friends perform. For me, it's a way

472
00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:47.440
of knowing what's happening in the community. It's the support

473
00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:52.759
of my friends, and it's also hearing what they're doing

474
00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:55.400
and how they may present one of those same twenty

475
00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:58.160
five songs, and I'm impressed with it. And I do

476
00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:01.119
a direct steal if I love it, or I'll do

477
00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:04.000
a version of something that somebody else is doing. But

478
00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:06.759
you'll always put your own heart and solely to what

479
00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:10.000
you do. So if you're singing blind Me to the Moon,

480
00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:14.480
it may have a different connotation for you than it

481
00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:18.400
does for me. See or do whatever it is from

482
00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:22.759
your heart and your perspective, and that'll keep it fresh. No,

483
00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.359
I want to.

484
00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:28.319
Actually this is like a call up, but and not

485
00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:31.279
a left field and I will have to I will

486
00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:34.680
not have to, but I will get to connect with Rob.

487
00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:38.400
And I forgot the owner's name of Cafe Centry over

488
00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:43.000
in Lake Park. That and what if you're here in Florida,

489
00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:45.839
South Florida, check out Cafe Centry because I know the

490
00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:48.200
Susan Soldier do her open mics on.

491
00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:50.960
Sunday nights as far as I know, Yes, she does.

492
00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:55.680
And you frequently performed there as well.

493
00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:59.920
You have last year, I did, I did in twenty

494
00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:05.240
twenty three, I did, Yes, Yes, it was that long ago,

495
00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:09.799
and I will go occasionally on a Tuesday night when

496
00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:14.039
Rob has this open mic night, Okay, I go, you know,

497
00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:18.960
to support once again and to just see friends. We

498
00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:22.359
get together, may have dinner or you know someone and say, Okay,

499
00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:25.319
I'm gonna sing tonight, Ariel you singing tonight. Yes, I

500
00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.559
will sing tonight or whatever.

501
00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:26.880
You know.

502
00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:29.319
So it's not all the time. I go maybe once

503
00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:32.519
or twice a month, and and just to be out

504
00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:36.079
and support and find out what's going on in the community.

505
00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:39.839
There are so many new people in town to say to.

506
00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:43.880
Lots of friends are here doing shows, you know at

507
00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:46.680
say Palm Beach Drama Works, and if they've got a night,

508
00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:49.519
well they'll come and sit in or do something. So

509
00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.200
it's it's really kind of fun to do that.

510
00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:54.440
Yes, it's just a wonderful place. The energy is so

511
00:30:55.359 --> 00:31:00.440
warm and welcoming there, and the talent is just above charts.

512
00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:04.240
It is it is, indeed, and Rob it's phenomenal. I mean,

513
00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:07.839
he has known how to put these kinds of things

514
00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:11.440
together for many, many years. And he is called mister

515
00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:13.160
Palm Beach for that very reason.

516
00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:18.119
That's right, mister Beach. Now in closing, Avery is there

517
00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:21.000
anything else you'd like to share with our audience as

518
00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:26.640
far as inspiring listeners to get more involved, because I

519
00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:28.640
don't know. Maybe I would think you'd like to agree

520
00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:33.160
with me. Maybe, but there's nothing more greater or more

521
00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:38.720
beautiful than being able to express ourselves through our craft.

522
00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:42.519
Yes, absolutely, I totally agree with you. There is very

523
00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:44.839
little but I can add to that.

524
00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:49.240
Really, it's a passion and if it will not leave

525
00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:52.759
you alone, if it keeps digging at your heart, then

526
00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:56.359
that's something that you must address and find out where

527
00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:59.279
it lives in you and what you can do about it.

528
00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:03.119
And from there it's really for me. As I say,

529
00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:06.559
I sing every day, I'm always dealing with music. I've

530
00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:09.119
got music everywhere. And if I had and I had

531
00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:11.160
a cat, if I had a cat, they were all

532
00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:13.119
over the music. And my cat used to love to

533
00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:16.480
sit right middle of my music all of the time

534
00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:19.119
so that I would not forget that it was available.

535
00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:26.400
One of my cats talking right now exactly. And so

536
00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:29.640
that's what I say. I say, think about what it

537
00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:31.920
is that you want to do on a daily basis,

538
00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:35.440
give it some time, give it some thought, put some

539
00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:38.880
of yourself into what you want to do, and trust me.

540
00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:41.559
If it keeps digging at your heart, deal with it.

541
00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:45.279
Let it leave you where you want to go, because

542
00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:48.480
that's what it is. It's your call absolutely.

543
00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:53.279
And on that On that note, haha, I think the

544
00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:58.920
biggest limitation that we give ourselves, or that others might

545
00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:02.880
give themselves, is that they're afraid of rejection. And I

546
00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:07.160
can I'll speak for myself. It's you you find out.

547
00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:11.519
It's you're not rejected, You're accepted and welcomed and encouraged.

548
00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:13.680
Mm hmmmm hm. Oh.

549
00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:13.960
Yes.

550
00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:17.359
Over the years, all of us you know we're not

551
00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:21.759
right for everything, but you need to put yourself in

552
00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:25.680
a position to know where those things are. And if

553
00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:28.519
you're not out doing something or trying to find out

554
00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:31.640
where you are or what's going on, then you'll never know.

555
00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:36.759
So don't be afraid to be you know, for someone

556
00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:39.559
to say, oh not this time, or oh you're not

557
00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:42.079
quite right for this, because you may be right for

558
00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:44.359
the next thing that that person may be thinking of.

559
00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:47.440
It may not be that particular thing that you think

560
00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:49.880
you want, but they will keep you in mind for

561
00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:53.079
something else. And that has happened for me many times. Yeah.

562
00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:57.720
The consistency of staying on the path, yes, and just

563
00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:01.440
grinning and bearing it as you're going, because I think

564
00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:04.279
that's the magic of life, Avery, is that every day

565
00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:07.640
is a new day, and you never know who's going

566
00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:10.320
to call, who's going to show up, what what paths

567
00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:12.760
are you going to cross, or what you might read,

568
00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:16.519
what you might learn. I mean, there's just I think

569
00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:22.280
the the younger I get wet. That excuse me as

570
00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:28.039
I trick on my on my words. I appreciate that

571
00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:32.920
magic in life is the unknown. Yes, say God, and

572
00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:35.000
people make plans and God laughs.

573
00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:38.000
Right exactly exactly.

574
00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:42.920
So we can have ideas and goals, but be be liberally,

575
00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:47.239
be loose with being open to what shows up.

576
00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:51.800
Mm hmm. Absolutely. That have been many times when you know,

577
00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.599
I've gotten a call.

578
00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.400
Uh.

579
00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:55.280
As a matter of fact, I got a call about

580
00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:59.480
a month ago someone was looking for a jazz singer,

581
00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:03.119
and I don't consider myself a jazz singer at all,

582
00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:08.519
but I was recommended this particular thing because they were

583
00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:12.920
talking about jazz singers but also influencers in their community.

584
00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:16.480
And a friend of mine suggested me because she thought

585
00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:20.519
that I've you know, been an influence in my community,

586
00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:24.760
and would I be willing to be interviewed for a

587
00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:29.480
show that they're doing in the Fort Lauderdale area in March,

588
00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:32.239
and I said absolutely, I'd love to know more about it.

589
00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:34.920
And as a result, they're going to do a program

590
00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:40.039
uh with me and two other ladies and are thinking

591
00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:44.039
about you know, just really no singing involved, but just

592
00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:46.960
background and where I grew up and as we're doing

593
00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:49.920
right now with your prim Yes. So I thought that

594
00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:53.119
was very very lovely and to be recommended, But that

595
00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:56.400
came out of, you know, someone else recommended me for something.

596
00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:58.960
You know, So these kinds of things happen all the time.

597
00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:01.719
Yes, And what is what would you say to our

598
00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:05.880
audience out there watching and listening? What is your genre

599
00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.599
of music? What is your favorite?

600
00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:12.280
Gosh, that's very difficult. Hey, I love singing everything really,

601
00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:14.920
you know. I grew up in a Baptist church and

602
00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:17.920
I and I and I have what I used to

603
00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:21.480
think of as a big black voice, a big gospel voice.

604
00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:21.960
Uh.

605
00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:24.679
And I never used to acknowledge that because I wanted

606
00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:27.920
to sing what I thought was Broadway, which is different

607
00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:30.559
sound from the sound that I grew up with. But

608
00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:36.239
as I've become more young, I have embraced the voice

609
00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:39.719
that I have, and I love my voice and I

610
00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:43.039
love what I've written to each song that I do.

611
00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:47.360
So you know, if it's if it's gospel, then I've

612
00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:50.719
got that. If it's Broadway, I've done that. Thank God

613
00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:54.199
for that. Uh. If it's the American Songbooks, I bring

614
00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:57.239
my gospel sound to that. I bring every single thing

615
00:36:57.320 --> 00:37:00.480
that I know how to bring to what a song

616
00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:03.559
it is, it's going to have the tinges of Avery

617
00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:05.679
Summers in it. And that's what you can do best.

618
00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:10.119
Yes, and not to get not to deter away. I

619
00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:13.239
love my radio station and I have a talk radio

620
00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:16.320
and my purpose is to I want you to shine.

621
00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:19.159
You have such talent. There's so much talent out there.

622
00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:24.280
I am that voice to help you get more light.

623
00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:30.719
And I'm saying that without taking away from K for HG.

624
00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:36.719
I know that, Okay, on Legacy Radio where they play music,

625
00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:39.760
we're not playing music in my show. I've heard your songs.

626
00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:43.400
I've heard you sing, and I mean that's that's huge.

627
00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:47.559
Avery, Well, thank you, thank you. You know Legends, I

628
00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:51.880
have known those people now for many many years. Dick Robinson,

629
00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:54.880
who is the owner of Legends Radio and just a

630
00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:59.119
very tears sweet man that I met through Jill and

631
00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:04.039
Rich Swites yes Or on the Morning Lounge with Legends Radio,

632
00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:07.320
and we've known each other many, many years. I met

633
00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:13.159
them in Home Beach and just became best friends because

634
00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:19.360
Rich is an amazing musician, absolutely amazing, and he cut

635
00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:22.239
all of the tunes on my CD. They were all

636
00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:26.960
done in their studio. Wow. So I'm grateful to them.

637
00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:30.480
This goes back several years now and they're still playing

638
00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:32.119
my music, which is really wonderful.

639
00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:34.159
It is it is well.

640
00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:37.800
Thank you so much, Avery for being on our show today.

641
00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:41.360
And as I mentioned earlier, we know each other a

642
00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:44.320
long time. You're you know, you're part of my extended

643
00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:46.800
family and I love you dearly.

644
00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:52.480
And you continue this amazing opportunity. Dan, I'm so thrilled

645
00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:54.639
that you thought enough of me to want me on

646
00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:58.599
your show. And congratulations to you for your show. It's wonderful.

647
00:38:58.920 --> 00:39:02.519
Thank you, Thank you, and keep doing what you're doing

648
00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:05.440
and sharing your love and your light and your talent

649
00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:10.079
with our communities, and it just it keeps growing and

650
00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.559
I love it.

651
00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:13.559
Thank you so much, and you keep doing what you're

652
00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:17.519
doing because it's very necessary and I'm sure that you

653
00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:21.039
have a great, great many followers in your audience. So

654
00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:24.960
keeping up, keep promoting people. You're promoting yourself and you're

655
00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:28.199
working and I love it and I'm so thrill important.

656
00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:31.440
So yes, and by the way, just a plug, come

657
00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:34.679
out to the Cravis for Mother's Day, bring your favorite

658
00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:40.880
girl or whomever and enjoy Mother's Day. May tenth at

659
00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.719
the Credit Center.

660
00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:44.320
Love it, love it well. We will be in touch,

661
00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:47.360
all right, We will be in touch. Thank you, Avery,

662
00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.119
thank you.

663
00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.760
Let's este, thank you.

664
00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:52.800
And for our listeners out there, Avery Summers, you can

665
00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:56.880
find her on Facebook. Avery Summer's s O M M

666
00:39:57.039 --> 00:40:01.840
E R S and you can connect with her. Or

667
00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:05.119
if you have questions, you can find me the Sound

668
00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:08.599
of Goals on Facebook and you can message me there

669
00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:12.599
as well. And in closing for today's show, I mentioned

670
00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:15.920
in the beginning of the show we are in season

671
00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:19.280
two of The Sound of Gold and so moving forward,

672
00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:22.039
I know many of you that have been following me

673
00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:26.320
for the past few years outside of the radio show,

674
00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:29.559
but now on the radio show, I planned a very

675
00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:34.159
special treat for you, and that is that in closing

676
00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:36.920
of our show, for the last few minutes, I am

677
00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:40.760
going to play for you and I'm so excited I have.

678
00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:44.119
If you know what I play, or if you don't

679
00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:47.239
know what I play, I play original pieces. And what

680
00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:49.760
I do is I kind of feel the energy in

681
00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:52.599
the air or in the room. I'm home in my

682
00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:56.159
home studio now, but when I'm out at venues, depending

683
00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:58.239
on the energy in the room or the energy in

684
00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:01.000
the moments, I just kind of play that. And so

685
00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:04.480
sit back, relax. If you are driving, do not close

686
00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:07.800
your eyes, but if you are in a place where

687
00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:10.880
you can, just kind of it's the end of the day,

688
00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:18.079
it's Monday, it's the start of another busy week, or

689
00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:22.320
maybe not saying it's still Monday. So sit back and

690
00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:26.840
relax for a few minutes as they play.

691
00:42:45.280 --> 00:43:27.119
Oh oh.

692
00:43:28.960 --> 00:44:16.960
Oh, Thank you so much for tuning on today or

693
00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:19.280
tuning in today. It was such a treat to have

694
00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:22.480
miss Avery Summers on our show today. And I hope

695
00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:25.119
you got some information that you didn't know, or learn

696
00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:28.760
some information you didn't know, and you can rewatch this

697
00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:33.519
will be broadcasted or this will be posted for you

698
00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:35.719
to rewatch if you have questions or want to get

699
00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:39.519
in touch with Avery. And in addition to that, tune

700
00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:42.079
in next week to find out who my guests will be.

701
00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:45.920
I'm so excited. We have some great guests in the

702
00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:49.800
next month and months to come, so stay tuned and

703
00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:53.400
I will continue to look forward to playing for you

704
00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:58.360
in the shows. And just know that I'm playing just

705
00:44:58.519 --> 00:45:03.079
for you. I do not have anything memorized. I don't

706
00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:04.000
have any sheet music.