June 15, 2026

The Sound of Gold with special guest Rick Rothschild

The Sound of Gold with special guest Rick Rothschild
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Season 2

Rick Rothschild is one of a kind!! Rick owns School of Rock in North Palm Beach and School of Rock in South Palm Beach. Rick is not just an owner. Rick is one of the biggest reasons why music students that attend SOR succeed! Tune in to learn what it is like to be a student at School of Rock. This is not your typical music school. Tune in to learn how musicians at SOR get to be apart of charity events, create bands, tour around the world and even compete amongst the battle of the Bands.

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Hi, welcome to the Sounds of Goals. If you've been

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here before, welcome back, and if you're new, welcome. I

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love to do this. This is a show that I

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should say that broadcast live every Monday at four pm

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Eastern Time. And my show is all about music, music musicians,

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music venues, music schools, and music teachers. My heart and

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my passion is in teaching piano and in connecting with

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you and helping to promote all the music that we

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have and all the talent that we have out in

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our communities. So wherever you're tuning in, from whatever instrument

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you play, wherever you go and perform at, or even

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if you're looking to get involved in music, you are

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at the right station. So tune in at this time

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every week, and every week. I have a very special guest.

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I am so excited today because I mean every week

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I'm so excited because I have these amazing guests. But

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this week I have an exceptionally special guest. I have

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the owner of a school of rock, mister Rick Rothchild.

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And I know you're sitting backstage. Come out, come out

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and join me.

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I can't hear you.

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Oh oh that's never good. Rick, can you hear me?

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I can't hear you.

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You can't hear me either.

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So there are some technical difficulties we're having. So bear

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with us right now and we will get this straightened out.

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And this happens. This happens to the best of us. Right.

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So in the meantime, you know what, I didn't get

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to play last week, And there you are, Rick, can

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you hear us?

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If you can motion for him to back out? Well,

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maybe he gets back. There we go, he's going to

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back out and he'll come back in. Won't you play

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a lot of fun?

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Yes? Yes, I didn't get to play last week.

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So while we're waiting for Rick, it is Monday, and Rick.

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We got you back on at your back. I can

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hear you, guys.

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Now, wonderful. I was just saying last week I didn't

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get to play for my listeners, and I always try

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and bit a few minutes in which I'll do a

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little bit later on in our show. Thank you so

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much for taking the time out to be here today.

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It's my pleasure to be here today. Now, I was.

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Thinking about this yesterday and today.

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Rick.

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We know each other, okay, so you know I teach

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piano and we've connected over the years. But I was

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trying to think back how far back, and I think

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it was when my daughter was in high school twenty sixteen.

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She's friends with Alex Mandel and that group.

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Yes, yes, I mean Alex was one of my first

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students back in two thousand and eight. Oh okay, so

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I've yeah, we've been doing this a really long time,

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and it was probably before twenty sixteen that we met.

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But yeah, I've been doing this for over eighteen years.

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That's so cool, so cool. So we tell I mean,

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we know each other so many years. But I would

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love or and I would love for our audience to

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hear a little bit about your background and your story

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and what's led you musically to be involved the way

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you are today.

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Wow, it goes way back. I'll try to make it quick.

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When I was a little kid, we were fortunate enough

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to have a nanny who lived with us, who got

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us into music, and every night, back in the late sixties,

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she would play. In early seventies, she would play forty

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fives for us, and we didn't and we didn't just

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play the songs. We talked about what they meant. And

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it was a phenomenal education. And without Willie may Malone,

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I would never have opened up my schools all these

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years later, So I thank her any time that I can.

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When I was.

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About fourteen or fifteen, I played piano growing up, and

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we lost our home and a fire, and so we stopped.

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I stopped playing for some years and got more into

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it when I was in college. But when my son

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was born, we tried everything. We tried baseball and soccer,

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but music was his thing.

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I think he thought he was John Lennon, and you.

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Know, at five years old, and I wanted him to

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play with other kids, because that's the thing, is to

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play with other kids. So I had worked with him

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at he was at the White School, and we did

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a song and a talent show and then next thing

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you know, I'm watching a show on TV and it

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was a business show talking about School of Rock and

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it was just starting because of the School of Rock

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came around before the movie, so it was talking about

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this gentleman took his students and put on a Pink

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Floyd show and I.

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Said, this is me. I have to do this.

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And a few months later I tried to find a

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little location and uh, we were one of the original

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School of Rocks in the North Palm location and they're

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about four hundred and fifty around the world.

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Now, wow, yeah, wow. So it's you know, there's so

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many gosh, there's so many dynamic I'm gonna use dynamics.

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There's so many different dynamics that goes into what you do.

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Now you're not only a musician, but you run a business.

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And not only do you run a business, you have

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such a huge impact. In fact, I'm going to get

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back to this. Your son is gonna be on my show,

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I think in September with his own goal.

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Awesome. Yeah.

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So but you personally, you have such a huge impact

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and you juggle so much. You have your business, you

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have you're not only a business owner, you are one

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on one involved. You are involved with your students, you're

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involved with your teachers. It's almost like it. And again

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I can't say it too much because because I only

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know so much, but it's like you, this is your life,

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this is your maid. Yeah, you are so invested. And honestly, Rick,

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I don't know anyone like you that has taken their

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life and has fully been so invested. And my I mean,

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I don't even know how to how to.

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I think I appreciate that.

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I I decided early on that whatever my kid's passion was,

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I was gonna make it my career because I wanted

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to watch my kids grow up.

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And and if.

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You're gonna do it, you might as well do it right.

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And I realized over time that if you around the kids,

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they keep you young. So I think it's important they do,

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and I think it's important. So I come to every

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show that I can come to. I still I you know,

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I still CrowdSurf when we're overseas touring, and you know,

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I think it's important for people to see that if

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I'm going to preach this in a way, hey, this

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would be great for you, then I have to be

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willing to do it as well. So I get up

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and play or I you know, I believe in business,

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you can't ask somebody to do something that you wouldn't

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do yourself. Yeah, and I think when my kids graduated

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many years ago, I think everybody thought I was just

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gonna stop. But no, I just love this and I

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still love what I do. I still love watching they

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kids play. I love watching the adults play. You know.

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I we have kids who start with us at six

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years old and go all the way through their senior year.

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And yeah, and then they come back and then you know,

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we have adults.

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We you know, we have anywhere.

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I think our youngest kid is four and our oldest

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kid is eighty four years old. So we you know,

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I I know if you love what you do, it's

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not work work, it's not work, it's just a passion.

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And I still love what I do.

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That's awesome. That's awesome. So you have the location in

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North Palm, and then you have another location like Worth

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I do.

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I reopened the school in Lake Worth about fifteen years ago,

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and I run back and forth from school to school.

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Sorry, I can't believe it's fifteen years because I remember

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Mary and I remember when you guys first opened that.

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That's crazy, it is.

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People still what were you thinking? But you know, you

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know what does it kill you? Makes you stronger?

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And and yeah, well both schools are doing very well.

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And now I'm about.

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To take kids from both schools away on tour next week.

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Not to interrupt you, but I am I want to

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ask you about this touring out of the country, but

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I also want to ask you about Battle of the Bands.

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Uh what what would you just ask?

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No?

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You know, it's so interesting.

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When we used to do Battle the Bands years ago,

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we didn't want to win just because they were kids.

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Because they're going to get people going to give it

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to them.

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So what we when we would do the Battle of

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the Bands, we would find out, you know, what the

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bands were, what the other bands were playing if they

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were older, not do any of the songs that they

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were doing, but try to do the same type of

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theme because we, you know, we push ourselves to be

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the best we can be all the time. Our set

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lists continually change. If we're doing a classic album, like

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right now in the North, kids that are touring, they're

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doing they're doing most of the Boston's first album.

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But to tell everybody what school of rock is, kids

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come of all ages.

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They take a one on one lesson and they rehearse

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with other kids their age, and so if you're seven

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eight nine years old, you're in Rock one oh one.

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And then we have our juniors ten to twelve, and

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then we have our performance kids that are thirteen eighteen,

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and then we'd have adults and we do theme shows.

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So we don't put them in specific bands. We put

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them in groups and they move around within those bands,

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and you'll see kids a kid going from vocals to

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keys or bass to drums. A lot of times when

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a kid comes to our school, they don't know what

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they want to do, and they kind of figure it

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out as they go and adapt, and we encourage that.

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It is my belief that if we can get a

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kid on stage, they can do anything in life. So

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we try to get them up there as early as

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we can, and you know, get them just confident. And

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you see, the biggest thing that we develop at school

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are incredibly confident kids.

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Yes, and I love what I love what you said. Now,

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me personally, I don't know if you know. I've been

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playing since I was five, and so I'm Gary Frost

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calls me the insta composer because I can just go

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anywhere and just play, and that's easy for me. But

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to be able to play in a band or play

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in a group, for me, that's work. And for me

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as a teacher, I love working one on one with

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my students, for my listeners out there. I cannot tell

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you how important this platform or school Rock is to

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be able to play in a group and to have

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that camaraderie. I can't say the word cammaderie. Is that

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the right way to say camaraderie? Yes, the double m's

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like cinnamon camaraderie of playing together in synergy. Because you

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can be a musician, you can take lessons, you can

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take one on one lessons with a great teacher like

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me or I'm being silly, but you can take lessons

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one on one. However, to get involved and playing with

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other people, you can't get better than this, and Rick,

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I think I try to describe it to people is

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it's like the closest thing to team sports that you're

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gonna find in music, except you're not competing with anybody.

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every song is a different goal, and it's a great

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way to meet other kids, get off your phones or

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meet other adults and do something constructive and work together

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and hearing each other. You know, when we first start

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with the little ones, they're all racing to see how

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fast they can play the song. And then over time

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they start hearing each other, and it's incredible to watch

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and hear when they either are listening to the drummer

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and everybody's listening to each other and playing.

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That's going to take them far in life, you know.

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And so you know, that's that is our platform.

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That's how we do things at the school, and it

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works and we keep doing that. You know. Our big

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thing is if I have a group of eight or

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ten kids and somebody is not there that day, we

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can always run songs, you know, and we're constantly changing over.

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We had thirty two different performances, which was amazing with

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different groups, and then we started over and this summer

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our theme for all the kids were doing live from

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New York.

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It's Saturday Night.

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It's all songs bands that have played on Saturday Night

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Live in the last fifty years, so it's a huge

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variety and you have the little ones and you yet

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all the way up and it's magical to me. It

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never gets old watching it. It's just amazing watching just

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kids grow up and do their thing.

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Yes, and you had mentioned building confidence, and for my

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listeners out there, you know when because I've learned this

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as an adult, not as a child's student, but as

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an adult student, that when you work with other musicians,

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no matter what level you're at, when you're coming together

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as a group, you work together to help each other

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out so that you are in harmony. And so I

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think a lot of people fight with that confidence oh

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I'll never fit in because I'm not good enough kind

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of thing. But it has nothing to do with that.

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It has to do with working together and being a

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team player.

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And I would and I would tell you for listeners

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out there, anybody can do this.

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Yes you can. You can play from scratch.

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Everybody is incredibly supportive at the school, like you never hear.

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That everybody's just rooting each other on because everybody remembers

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their first time playing, and that goes with kids and adults.

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We have the same thing. It's it's you know.

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that they want to achieve, and getting up in front

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of people and playing it seems to.

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Be a big one.

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And there is nothing like getting up there and doing

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that as a team and watching it all come together.

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And anybody can do this.

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Yes, at any age. You mentioned your oldest students, eighty four.

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My oldest student is ninety five.

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Eighty four. My eighty four year old student.

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Not only she playing the drums, but after she after

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she's done with the adults, she takes off in her

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corvette and drives home. It is an incredibly amazing and

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your ninety five year old students, it's incredible. There's no

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time on this music is great for your brain as

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you get older.

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It's great for these kids that go away to college.

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I always tell people this is a gift that will

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keep giving forever, so it doesn't stop. So you know,

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take advantage of it. And when the go way to college.

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Even you know a lot of times in today's world,

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these kids shut their they shut their doors, and nobody's

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talking to each other. Well, when they hear somebody playing

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acoustic guitar in their room, somebody knocks on the door

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and it's just and it's just a great way to

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meet other people and a great way to spend your

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time and a great way to get off your phone

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and do something you know, constructive.

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Absolutely absolutely, I would love to go back. I cut

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you off a little bit ago. You are going to

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be traveling.

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Yes, So so we we've been touring. I am proud

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that we were really the first School of Rock to

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actually go on tour. They thought we were a little crazy.

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Back then.

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A friend of mine owned the School of Rock in

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Cleveland and they asked us if, hey, if you ever

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want to play here, and I said, give me a date,

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and then we made a whole tour around it, and

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then we've been doing it ever since, and the lat

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you know, We've played on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial,

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we played at Graceland, we played at the Rock and

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Roll Hall of Fame, you name it.

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We've played all over the country.

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But a few years back we decided we were going

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to go overseas because they've opened School of Rocks all

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over the world. So in the last few years we

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played in London, Dublin and Galway. We played in Madrid,

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in Barcelona and Lisbon, Portugal. Last year we played in

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Chile with eight different school of Rocks from Chile, and

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just a few months ago they came and played with us.

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And next week we're going to open up a school

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of Rock. They're opening in Munich and we're going to

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be playing six gigs between Munich and Berlin and spreading,

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spreading the love of rock and roll. So it's wonderful.

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So yeah, we're going over I meet the parents over there.

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We have a whole ten days planned because we don't

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just played go and play music.

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We want to see.

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Things when we're there and make it a But yeah,

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it's an incredible experience.

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They always are, and you.

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Know, who knows we're going to go next, but this

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is a big one for now, we're going to be

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doing Munich in Berlin. I always travel with another School

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of Rock from Westchester, New York, and the kids get

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together every year and we go do our thing. But

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touring is wonderful and also it's it's great when the

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parents can watch their kids grow up. And they watched

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their kids grow up right in front of them on stage.

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And music is a universal language, so no matter where

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you go in the world, you know if you can't

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speak the language it's you are still able to connect.

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It's so amazing.

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That happened to us last year when we were in

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Chile and all of a sudden, the kids started playing

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Rush and every kid in the room went crazy. Didn't

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matter what language they were they were speaking, they all

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knew and it.

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Took them one or two notes. And that is it

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is the universal language.

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When the kids from Chile came here we play, they

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all got on stage and played together. It's it's really

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a beautiful thing. And you know, a great way to

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see the world, a great way to spend time with

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your families, and a great way to become a better

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musician at the same time.

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Yes, absolutely, And I've recently shared this with my U

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with one of my students, and maybe more than one,

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and I wanted to share this with our audiences that

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are listening and watching. But you know a lot of

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times musicians or my students will play and learn it.

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Let's say they want to play it at an event

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or at a social event like from work.

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You know they have this motive, this goal in mind. However,

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when it comes down to it, when you take away

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like oh, I'm going to do this for this person

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or this event or for that to look good. You know,

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also young kids out there. We're all big kids. But

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for all the kids out there, you know, do it

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for yourself because I mean, I'll talk about myself. I

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love to practice and I love to play. And when

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I tune everything out and I get in the flow

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and just play, you know, nothing, everything kind of falls away.

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So as a musician, and especially musicians that are listening

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and you as well, Rick, you know this that nothing

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matters like the stress of what's going on in the world,

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the stress of you know, we all have family drama

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sometimes or you know, all that stuff. Like nothing matters.

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It's just you and the instrument, and it's just such

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a beautiful relationship you build when you are a musician.

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there too, it doesn't matter.

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If you may hit a wrong note. You know you'll

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you'll get it the next time.

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It's it's about getting up and doing something, and you know,

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setting goals and you know, and making them happen. If

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it's learning a particular song or getting up at an

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open mic or whatever it is that you want to do.

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But it's for you, it's not for somebody else, it's

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for you. You know. My my, my grandmother. She was

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an old vaudeville piano player and she used to play

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now only she used to play during the silent you know, movies,

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played the piano and she'd be there, you know, playing

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and she lived to a hundred and she could still

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play at the end. And I think it's I think

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playing is is just a gift. And you know, for me,

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I think for me, you know, my my big job,

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I'm kind of like a musical social worker. You know,

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I'm just I'm there talking to people and getting them

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excited about it because I know it's in there. These

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kids that I'm going to tour with. Most of them

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when they came in the first time, they're like, I

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don't know if I can do this. Well, obviously you

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can because you're you're touring with us, and you know,

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and a lot of them all faced, you know, artistic

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people in general, I think they're a little shy coming

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out of the gate and they're like, oh, I can't

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do this, or I'm gonna do it wrong.

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And then you get up there and you realize, well, not.

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Only was this not bad, this was wonderful and That's

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what makes me happy is watching people progress and do things.

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We just had our one of our adult shows the

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other the other day and we had several people playing

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for the first time, first time getting up there at

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whatever age.

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I don't want to mention their AIGs. They might not

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like that, but.

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It was pretty impressive, you know, to watch them play

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drums or play keys and do that, and and the

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reaction they got from people it was was wonderful. And

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then afterwards obviously going you did this, you did that,

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and you know now you can do anything.

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And yeah, right, for.

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Our listeners out there now we're both on television and

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on radio. But for those people that are driving at

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work that are not able to watch us, how can

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they and they're listening, how can they get in touch

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with you? Or if they want to sign up at

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your school and find out how to make other connections?

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Absolutely well, you can always call me direct and I

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am twenty four seven on this phone thing for people

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who need me. My number is five six one three

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one seven three two six nine.

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The number at the North Palm School is five six.

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One six two five nine two three eight, and then

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the school at South Palm is five six one eight, five, five, two, six,

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four six. You can go online and look at Schoolofrock

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dot com and see our stuff. I would tell you,

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you know, we're unique. We do things a little bit differently.

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I've always wanted my schools to be a family, and

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if we ran it that way, it would do well.

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And that's what we've done.

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You know, when, and I will say this, when when

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we were kids, you know, we were all playing outside

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and hanging out in clubhouses and stuff. And I've always

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wanted our schools to feel like that for the adults

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or for the kids that when they come in they

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feel like, ah, I'm home.

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I can be myself.

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I don't have to if it's an adult, I don't

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have to worry about what I did at my job

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that day, or or what's going on or you know,

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at home, or I can just be myself with work

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with other adults who want to do the same thing,

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and the same thing with kids. You know, it just

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needs to be their place. I get a lot of

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calls of people telling.

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Me my kid is just not fitting in or you know,

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they just just something.

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You know, I'm like, our tagline should be, you know,

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00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:57.720
school of Rock. When you've tried everything else, you know,

476
00:25:57.839 --> 00:26:01.200
because they come and we get these calls every day

477
00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:03.759
of oh my god, my kids found these people.

478
00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:07.079
And I think we're all looking for that.

479
00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:11.000
We are, no matter what our ages. And you know,

480
00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:14.680
it's way back when when you first began the school,

481
00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:18.480
and when I learned about School of Rock, my first

482
00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:22.480
thought was, Wow, what a healthy way to distract the

483
00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:24.480
kids that are getting out of school, to keep them

484
00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:27.039
off the streets. And now we have so much technology,

485
00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:29.359
we want to keep them off the computers are off

486
00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:33.200
their phones, like you said, And I just I just

487
00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:35.680
love what you do, right, I mean, I can't thank

488
00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:38.839
you enough for being such a huge impact in our

489
00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:44.839
community and helping kids grow. And you mentioned earlier also

490
00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:49.400
you know the parents love to see their children grow

491
00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:52.160
and improve. And I know I've said this to groups

492
00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:55.359
of parents as well. You know, the money you invest in,

493
00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:59.279
it's not about the money. It's about what you're building

494
00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:02.839
with inside yourself, what you're building inside, what you're doing

495
00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:07.119
for your kids or grandkids. It's just it's something that

496
00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:10.119
just constantly keeps on giving because it doesn't stop.

497
00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.279
You know.

498
00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:12.359
It's not like baking a cake, like Okay, I have

499
00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:14.599
the recipe. All right, it's in the oven, take it out,

500
00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:16.920
you eat it, or the cake's gone. It's not like

501
00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.640
that music is a constant. Like I've been playing over

502
00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.720
forty five years, I'm still learning.

503
00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:26.079
And you know, also you have that aspect, and then

504
00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:28.720
you have the aspect of something I'm very proud of

505
00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:33.519
is that I employ a lot of local musicians who

506
00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:36.960
would not be able to maybe play music if they

507
00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:40.920
didn't have this opportunity where this fits in perfectly with

508
00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:45.920
their band stuff. And also supporting the local venues. It's very,

509
00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:49.079
very important that we play out in the community. I know,

510
00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:53.000
a few weeks ago you had Dave from swabcress On.

511
00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:55.480
Dave has been a huge supporter of ours and we've

512
00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:58.319
been supporting him for you know, for for twenty years

513
00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:01.279
day not to push but Ave is good celebrate his

514
00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.920
thirtieth anniversary over there.

515
00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:06.440
You don't find a lot of that in the community.

516
00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:11.559
And there are some great local owners of venues and

517
00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:13.839
it's very important that we support them.

518
00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:14.799
Most.

519
00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:19.279
Most of the local talent that is at some point

520
00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:22.319
has come through my school at some point, and I'm

521
00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:27.599
very proud of that, either teaching or you know, playing, uh,

522
00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.640
and you.

523
00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:31.519
Know, that's part of what drives me. I want to

524
00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:33.440
make sure that you know.

525
00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:37.359
We we have a thriving music scene in the area

526
00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:41.799
and I've focused on that for the last eighteen plus

527
00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:43.480
years and we're going to keep doing that.

528
00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:46.599
So in your music school, for our listeners that don't

529
00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:49.039
know you have, tell us a little bit more about

530
00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:53.359
what you offer as fars what instruments we do.

531
00:28:54.039 --> 00:29:00.839
We do guitar, bass, drums, keys, vocals. If somebody comes

532
00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:04.640
in and already plays horns or something like that, we'll

533
00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:07.519
put them on a song. We don't have any horn

534
00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:11.160
teachers at this point, but we you know, the idea

535
00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:14.599
is a kid comes in and or an adult comes in,

536
00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:18.079
and while they're learning how to play guitar in a song,

537
00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:20.720
someone else is learning how to sing it, someone else

538
00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:22.279
is learning how to play it on the bass, and

539
00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:26.640
they come in for the groups and they they make

540
00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:29.119
the magic, and that's.

541
00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.920
Kind of what happens.

542
00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.079
Or one of the things that's really cool at the

543
00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:34.920
school is that if somebody has a makeup lesson, if

544
00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:36.920
they're going to be away, they could take.

545
00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.839
A makeup on anything.

546
00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:41.960
There are times where somebody's had a rough day where

547
00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.599
they want to take they would just want to hit

548
00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:46.480
the drums or you know, they just want to sing

549
00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:50.039
on a mic, and that always leads to hey, I

550
00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.880
want to try this or I want to do more

551
00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:54.920
of this. So we try to open it up to

552
00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:58.480
everybody at the school to get everything that we do

553
00:29:58.599 --> 00:30:01.119
out there. But it's you know, piano and keys and

554
00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:04.559
guitar and bass and drums and vocals at school.

555
00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:08.119
You not only have the school, but you also do

556
00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:11.000
a lot of charity events to their audience a little

557
00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:14.880
bit more about what you've done. Especially recently, we're.

558
00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:18.960
Always doing charity events in the community, any event we can.

559
00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:23.640
I just think it's I think it's incredibly important not

560
00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:27.079
just support a local charity, but for the kids to.

561
00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.720
Understand what we're doing.

562
00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:33.200
You know, I was taught that at a very early

563
00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:37.720
age to give back, and I had people in my

564
00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:42.599
life that were like big brothers to me. So I

565
00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:46.119
became a big brother in the Big Brother Program forty

566
00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:50.319
years ago. My little brother is now forty seven years old.

567
00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:53.440
I was the best man at his wedding a couple

568
00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:57.279
of years ago. Very proud of that. And and you know,

569
00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:59.680
you have to, you know, if you want other people

570
00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:02.160
to you have to show them, hey, this is what

571
00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:05.640
you do, and I think they can get lost sometimes.

572
00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:11.680
So whatever community event we're doing, it's it's very important

573
00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:16.759
that we do them for all types of charities and

574
00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:20.319
and uh I I do everyone I possibly can fit

575
00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:23.480
in the schedule, and we talk to the kids about

576
00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:27.000
what that, what that means and.

577
00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:29.400
Why they you know, why it is a charity.

578
00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:31.720
You know, how this thing came about from the beginning,

579
00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:34.119
and who we're helping by doing this.

580
00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:39.240
Yeah, it's I hope it is.

581
00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:43.599
I you know, I I hope it pays forward, you know,

582
00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:46.480
so these kids will continue doing these type of things

583
00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:50.000
as they go on with their lives. And so that's

584
00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.559
what that's what I'm trying to achieve.

585
00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:55.319
And I think a lot of things that you're that

586
00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:58.480
you're sharing with us, you know, sometimes we don't I

587
00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:01.640
don't think we get to see it like the result.

588
00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:04.480
But I think I don't know. I'm a little wu who,

589
00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:08.200
but I'm okay with it. But spiritually, universally, you know,

590
00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:10.960
what you give out you get back. Everything to me

591
00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:14.640
is karmic. So whatever you're putting out, whatever you're giving out,

592
00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:17.359
you know, it comes back to you. It comes back

593
00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:20.440
to you. Tenfold, and sometimes you get to touch one

594
00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:24.319
person's life just maybe in a fraction of a second

595
00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:26.960
or something that you played or something you said, and

596
00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:30.000
you just never know how you make an impact. So

597
00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:33.880
it's always, you know, like what you're doing, giving back,

598
00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:38.480
always showing up and taking it on. That's great.

599
00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:42.920
I appreciate that. And but also kids.

600
00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:47.480
Need to know how fortunate they are and the world

601
00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:51.319
is not with just other kids like them. A world's

602
00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:54.680
filled with all sorts of different people, different shapes and

603
00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:59.799
sizes and issues they might be facing. And it when

604
00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:05.200
you understand that, and you understand that it's not only

605
00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:09.519
important for you know that kid that you might have helped,

606
00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:14.759
it's also important for you to learn about that situation

607
00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:17.440
because you never know what you're going to face down

608
00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:20.839
the road yourself and as somebody that you might know,

609
00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:27.640
if it's a cancer situation, anything be diabetes. It's important

610
00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:32.480
to understand that the world is filled with a variety

611
00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:37.880
of different peoples with issues, and it's important that we all,

612
00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:40.920
I believe it's important we all try to get back

613
00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:43.880
and try to help in the little ways. And and

614
00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:46.759
you know, if I can do some of that through

615
00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:49.680
my schools, then I'm happy to do.

616
00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:54.200
So, yes, And then there's there's magic in in giving,

617
00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:58.759
and there's magic in doing that because I think I

618
00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:02.480
think the more you give, the more you pay it forward.

619
00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:10.840
There's a certain kind of passionate gratification that Again what

620
00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:13.199
I said earlier, well a little bit different. But it's

621
00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:15.960
not about the money. It's not about the money. It's

622
00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:19.159
not about you know, look at me. It's not about

623
00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:22.880
the ego. It's about coming straight from the heart and giving,

624
00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.480
giving what you can because you can.

625
00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:28.639
Yeah, right, I agree.

626
00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:32.280
I you know, as we get older, I think we learn,

627
00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:35.920
you know, we might not see it as kids, but no,

628
00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:39.639
it's way more important to give them the receive.

629
00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.679
You know.

630
00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:44.280
There's just such a great feeling about giving or giving

631
00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:46.840
back and giving with no expectations.

632
00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:50.079
You're not you're not you know, showing up for a

633
00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.840
photo shoot.

634
00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:53.880
You're just doing it because it's it's a good thing

635
00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:56.400
to do and you're helping the community.

636
00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:59.679
Right, It's not like what's in it for me, because that's.

637
00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:02.840
Not that's not what it's about. It's not what it's about.

638
00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:06.880
But there might be kids in the audience or of

639
00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:10.760
somebody in the audience who is changed over something you did.

640
00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:13.880
And it's also something.

641
00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:17.320
Where maybe one of the people that are performing, you know,

642
00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:20.599
look at life differently because of something that was you know,

643
00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:24.239
was done. You know, they dive into that charity down

644
00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:28.480
the road, or you know, they connect with somebody. I've

645
00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:31.440
seen it happen quite a bit over the years, and

646
00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.039
it's you know.

647
00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:35.000
It's a beautiful thing, but it has to be done

648
00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:37.480
just to do it right.

649
00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:40.840
And that's why, you know, just because so if we

650
00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:44.960
have the the ability to do so, we do. Every

651
00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:47.840
year we do an event down in Lake Worth and

652
00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:49.800
we call it Red, White and Blues. I think we're

653
00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:53.199
on our fifteenth year of it, and we every year

654
00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:55.480
it gets bigger because we invite School of Rocks from

655
00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:58.760
all over Florida and we do a different charity every year.

656
00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:02.559
The School of Raps are there in Florida.

657
00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:05.639
Well, it's over twenty now all for all the way

658
00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:08.960
up in when we first started, I think we had

659
00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:11.760
seven schools that did this thing with us. Last year,

660
00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:14.199
I think we had eighteen who played with us. And

661
00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:16.639
we have to get another venue this year for a

662
00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:21.440
fourth and it's wonderful and the kids get together and

663
00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:25.079
they're playing music and they're watching each other and then

664
00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:29.199
and they're raising money for charity, and it's and it's wonderful.

665
00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:31.519
And we never know what the charity is going to

666
00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:35.719
be until you know, maybe something happened locally that just

667
00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:39.599
touched all of us, touched our hearts, or something happened

668
00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:41.800
nationally and it was if it was.

669
00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:45.719
Wildfires or hurricanes. It changes every year.

670
00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:50.599
If I find out that something happened at a local

671
00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:54.920
school to a particular kid or a family that needs help,

672
00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:57.119
you know, we'll say, hey, this is what we're going

673
00:36:57.159 --> 00:37:01.079
to do this year, and it's wonderful and we all

674
00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:05.960
come together and and make music and do something good

675
00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.639
for the world.

676
00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.599
I love that.

677
00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.159
Now.

678
00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:13.559
I mentioned briefly before, I like to play a little

679
00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:17.519
bit for my audiences out there. I'm in my second season.

680
00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:20.880
For several years, I was just playing doing online events

681
00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:23.960
just to do it, and I after three years, I

682
00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:26.599
have my show here. So I try and play for

683
00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:29.400
a couple of minutes, which I will uh in just

684
00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:31.519
a minute or two, but I have I have an

685
00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:34.639
important question that I would love for you to answer,

686
00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:39.079
and that is, you are so talented, and you you

687
00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:43.000
run this business so smoothly. How do you go about

688
00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:47.320
getting getting in touch with like venues to have your

689
00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:50.679
your students play, or getting in touch with out of

690
00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:54.119
country places or charity places. What is your what is

691
00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:55.400
your well?

692
00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:58.880
I will start by saying my staff is way more

693
00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:02.159
talented than I am at the point that my staff

694
00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:03.480
is wonderful by.

695
00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:05.119
Kids are phenomenal musicians.

696
00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:08.800
I probably play less than I used to because I'm

697
00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:14.519
running the schools, but when I'm planning, you know, over

698
00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:16.360
the last eighteen years, people kind of know.

699
00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:18.639
Who we are when we're playing venues.

700
00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:22.559
I think it's incredibly important for me that I can

701
00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:26.599
fill up a venue when they normally wouldn't have anybody

702
00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.239
in there.

703
00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:29.639
So you know, they got to pay their bills.

704
00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:31.840
So if we can go in there and we can

705
00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:35.079
pack the place for seven hours on a Sunday and

706
00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:38.119
they're eating and drinking and having a great time, that's

707
00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:42.039
great for the venues. So I'm always looking for, you know,

708
00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:48.079
certain types of venues, good stages, good sound people, good rooms,

709
00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:54.760
good food. People understand what we're trying to achieve. When

710
00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:59.559
we're talking about going overseas or playing I usually it's

711
00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:01.960
usually a surprise. We don't tell the kids where we're going,

712
00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:04.880
we'll do a little uh, they'll have to figure out

713
00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:07.280
a crossword puzzle and figure out, you know, where we're going.

714
00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:11.039
But I'm always I'm always looking, you know, where are

715
00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:14.239
their new schools that we haven't played before, reach out

716
00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.679
to them.

717
00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:16.320
We're playing in their territory.

718
00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:19.719
So we're like, okay, tell us a little bit about

719
00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:23.920
where we can play and can we play with your kids?

720
00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:26.360
You know, that's the best part is when we get

721
00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:29.719
to meet the local kids. So for you know, for

722
00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:32.480
me with venues, there are a lot of venues out

723
00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:34.320
there that you know.

724
00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.239
Some of them struggle.

725
00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:38.199
And I think, you know, if I think going and

726
00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:43.119
supporting an open mic, now we see cackle buy over there.

727
00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:46.840
So so I you know, go and and.

728
00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:48.760
When you go, don't just sit there, have something to

729
00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:52.079
drink or have something to eat. Support the venue because

730
00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:56.239
what they do is just incredibly important. And if we

731
00:39:56.360 --> 00:40:01.599
don't have them out there, local music will go away.

732
00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:03.360
And and and I and.

733
00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:06.000
I will say this also, if you are in a

734
00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:08.400
band out there and you're playing and you have a gig,

735
00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:12.760
don't just play and leave. Play and support short early,

736
00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:16.480
watch the band before you stay, and watch.

737
00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:17.119
The band after you.

738
00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:22.159
That's how music scenes are created is by people supporting

739
00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.639
each other.

740
00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:25.199
Don't just go and leave. That's you know.

741
00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:28.800
So when we go on tour, excuse me, I always

742
00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:32.199
tell the kids, after you're done, be in front of

743
00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:34.880
that stage and watch the other kids play. Being a

744
00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:41.880
good audience member is incredibly important and you know, and

745
00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.519
and that's very important to me.

746
00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:46.960
So I'll go. I want to see the local venues.

747
00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.360
I'll go.

748
00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:52.159
I'll watch other schools play, I'll watch bands play, I'll

749
00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:55.320
support the venue and just and that's something people can do.

750
00:40:55.440 --> 00:41:00.000
They can just go support local music, support the local venue,

751
00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:03.039
go in there so that years from now, not only

752
00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:06.960
are these venues continuing, but there'll be others that sprout

753
00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:10.960
up so we can have a thriving music scene in

754
00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.880
the West Palm area.

755
00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:15.119
And it's so true. I mean as a musician speaking

756
00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:18.800
from a musician point of view, Being a musician, there

757
00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:23.159
is so much gratification in performing when there's an audience

758
00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:28.119
because we're playing for you, and it's not we're not

759
00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:31.239
asking for anything. We're just showing up and we're giving

760
00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:35.039
you all we got and there's this love we have

761
00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:37.480
to share with you through our music, and we just

762
00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:39.519
want to give it to you. So, like you said,

763
00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:43.320
sponsor other musicians, sponsor other groups. Just be there. It's

764
00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:46.039
not you know, and sponsor the venues.

765
00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:49.360
And if you're doing that, the venues will want you

766
00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:52.559
to come back, yes, and they'll want others to come in,

767
00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:55.599
and they'll they'll pay you more when you know, the

768
00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:57.760
bar next door will look and say, why is it

769
00:41:57.840 --> 00:42:01.920
packed over here? You know I want that And it

770
00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:06.800
doesn't happen overnight. It just takes work. And for the

771
00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:09.159
music lovers out there, that is what you can do.

772
00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:11.719
Instead of sitting at home. You come out and say,

773
00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:13.679
you know what, who's playing live tonight?

774
00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:15.079
Let me go watch them?

775
00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:17.519
Yes, TV is what it used to be, So come

776
00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:17.880
on here.

777
00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.719
Over rated, tiber rated.

778
00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:22.320
Yes, yes, So I'm gonna take a couple of minutes

779
00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:26.199
and Ricky get to be entertained to. It's a Monday.

780
00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:29.000
If you're on the East Coast, everybody's probably heading home

781
00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:33.719
and from work. Wherever you are tuning in from, hopefully

782
00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:35.519
it hasn't been too much of a stressful day. But

783
00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:38.039
if you are not driving and in a space, in

784
00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:40.280
a place where you can kind of close your eyes

785
00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:43.440
and sit back, I say, enjoy and I'm just going

786
00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:46.159
to play a little something just to say thanks for

787
00:42:46.239 --> 00:43:00.320
tuning in today. I don't have anything memorized or I

788
00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:04.679
have no sheep music here. I'm just playing what I

789
00:43:04.719 --> 00:44:45.840
feel from my audience. Thank you, thank you, thank you

790
00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:48.519
for tuning in today. Rick, thank you so much for

791
00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:52.440
making the time to be here with me for my listeners.

792
00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:56.440
I will be here again next Monday, four pm. Tuning

793
00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:58.519
in to find out who my next guest is. I

794
00:44:58.599 --> 00:45:03.679
never tell because everyone one is so special and we

795
00:45:03.719 --> 00:45:05.800
have a couple of minutes. You have some last minute

796
00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:08.360
words you'd like to share with our audience about school

797
00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:09.559
of Rock and about.

798
00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:14.360
Well, I'll just leave them with you. Know.

799
00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:17.360
I try to get up every day and be positive

800
00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:19.800
and have a good time and make the best out

801
00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:23.000
of things. Music is a great way to do that.

802
00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:25.360
So if you're out there and you want to play

803
00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:28.960
with others, if you have ability or never played before,

804
00:45:29.159 --> 00:45:31.800
reach out to me. I'll make that happen for you.

805
00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:34.239
If you have kids out there that you want to

806
00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:36.800
get them playing, we have camps, We have all sorts

807
00:45:36.840 --> 00:45:40.039
of great stuff. We take kids who have never played before,

808
00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:44.920
kids who really can play quite well, and everybody's welcome

809
00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:48.880
at the school. And you know, just make it a

810
00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:50.599
great day, make it a great week.

811
00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:51.920
Get out.

812
00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:55.800
I always say go outside and play, So go outside

813
00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:57.400
and play and enjoy yourself.

814
00:45:57.840 --> 00:46:00.920
Love that, love that. Well, thank you again, Rick, and

815
00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:05.840
I'm sure we'll see each other soon in the musical venues.

816
00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:10.079
And when when and when Benny's band comes on and

817
00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:15.519
whenever that is in September. Really interesting entertaining songwriters.

818
00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:17.400
You'll have a good time with them.

819
00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:19.519
Yeah, they're they're great, they sound.

820
00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:22.239
Great, they put the mark in Yeah, yeah, for sure.

821
00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:25.480
I'm excited to have them on. Well, thank you so much, Rick,

822
00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:26.519
I will see you soon.

823
00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:28.000
Thank you so much.

824
00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:36.800
I look forward to seeing everybody next week. Let me

825
00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:37.760
keep music alive.

826
00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:52.280
Contract and.

827
00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:11.960
See you next week. And I did a full week.

828
00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:40.480
Everyone