June 1, 2026

The Sound of Gold with Steven Avi El Gato

The Sound of Gold with Steven Avi El Gato
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Season 2

Steven Avi El Gato is an international Violinist. He is a performer, a composer, a conductor, an actor and so much more! Perhaps you have seen him on the Telemundo commercial for the FIFAworldcup.
Steven's love for the violin has created opportunities for him to perform at places like the Hard Rock, Miami arena, Hollywood international airport, and more. Steven is a world wide touring Violinist.He performs with orchestras and symphonis like KONPA En Symphony and so much more.

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Hi, welcome to the Sounds of Gold. Welcome back if

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you've been here before, you know, if you're new, welcome

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as well. And the Sound of Gold. My focus is

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on music, musicians, music venues, music teachers, and music schools.

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There is so much talent out in our communities that

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it's almost as if we don't get the attention that

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we deserve. And so I am that voice to help

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you get noticed and get the recognition and an attention

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that you deserve. I have to say that every time

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I have a show, I feel so blessed. I have

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so many great guests that joined me on my show,

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and I today have a special guest that is joining

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me from here in South Florida. I think he's in

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South Florida, and he is a world renowned international violinist,

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mister Steven Aviy welcome. I love it. How are you?

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I'm great, blend me to be a platform request and

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I really really am excited, absolutely.

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Absolutely, and Stephen, I have to say, and I'm watching

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our time because we only have so much time, and

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I feel there's so many questions I have, and I

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want to begin by recognizing you. Stephen. We've been friends

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on Facebook for years and years, and as a friend,

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as as a fan, as just a musician, I want

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to compliment you because I've not only seen you succeed,

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I've seen you grow and transform over the years, so

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much so that you know I I thought about this

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before talking to you today, and I've thought about it

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over the past week. I go, oh, I hope I

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don't cry because I feel also emotionally yeah, blessed to

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know you. But more so, I'm just so so in

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awe and so inspired by your drive, your motivation, your

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your creativity. And I've seen some of your performances I've

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seen recorded and and you just all the energy you

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put out To share with my audience a little bit

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about you, Please share with us a little bit about

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your journey as to where you began with with what

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inspired you to get started playing?

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It's just a crime rights, I would say I first

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saw that. Finally.

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For me, I've started was a little bit with with

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music sinceince I was born.

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Actually, so.

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I mean, music's best part of my life. Even though

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that's me personally. I don't come from from your musicians.

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I person that really basic decision. There's some people, you know,

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my father, he learned somebody, but that was like really

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making not just much really being in the music, ducating

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all that time into just serious practice and the art

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form of instrumental or music in general as an art form.

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You know, you know, I don't have anybody, so so

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it's it's been about that. I and on one part

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he was kind of lonely, but to only because I'm

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some amazing people on the way and you know it

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meanly I met you really really thank you so much

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for part of it, because even these are other good

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things makes the artists journey, you know, these interviews, the

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platforms express ourselves.

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So thank you so much.

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For me.

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I I've always had an interest with the violin, and

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specifically six years old. You know, by that time I

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was reallyious listening to auxestrating music, whether it was music

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scores or it was just classical music. Listening to to

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to Chrystler, listen to anything from bi Baldi or Mends

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and and and I told my mother, listen, you know

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I I can do something different instrument.

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I wanted the violin. I wanted no one. This is all.

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It is all me, so at some us all I

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started with with formal training.

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Actually by my birthday I got my first violin my

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grandmother and I said, I my first recital.

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And from from then on, you know, I I just

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never never stopped.

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I did competitions from around putt important in.

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All the way to go about then, I you.

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Know, I was in a youth orchestra as well as

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I didn't want thing with you from bands composing recording

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in a studio. It was actually some great artice actually

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in and in fact even now I rereadly doing doing

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other projects outside of everything else I doing. But I

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really really do last night, but really for me, if

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you look, that's.

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Number one, Okay, that's that's wonderful, wonderful. And you not

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only play, I've seen you you you conduct as well.

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Yes, I'm a conductor as as well as also many

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things that you outside of just complaining the violin is conducting.

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And what I love about it is that I feel

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in a.

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Way that even though I don't play a wind instrument,

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I feel like I'm learning about being someone that plays

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these wind instruments, you know, because because I believe one

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person I s have the knowledge recently will want to

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learn about about these instruments. So I really love them.

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I really love Blude Clear and in fact, actually I'm

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really in soon. Okay, So I really love this instrument

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that you would want whether you would hear in any

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other orchestra or instruments that are not necessarily because its orthodox.

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So we have one person in my orchestra.

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So I also to say this, I have the blessing

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to say that I am the founder of the compassing

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the orchestra which you can and by the name of our.

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Small compound symphony.

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So we want to up later about about the next

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few shows coming up. Abs, Yes, because we have one

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flute is that doesn't just play the food, but he

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also plays the pinning was early also plays he plays

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the flute piano, so it's a flute. But then so

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small pianos like that small.

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I've seen this yes, I've seen this, yes.

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So so so so you know seething that I get

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really into those of instruments. So so for me personally,

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I as I have a large knowledge, becomes to string instruments,

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but not necessarily with those interests.

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That's why I don't.

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I'm talking a lot about like flutes, et cetera, because

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because I believe that those musicians over my mind to

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those things. So being a director really is opening up

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in your mind and understanding that that's there's so much

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more than just played. And also, as I think too,

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the best the best directors are the ones that can't

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played it.

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Also like the seas m.

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I'm sorry now you've got to good to good.

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But I would also would also say that if the

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any secrets to to to to directing and h I

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really don't access because I just want to just give

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up my knowledge. My experience is that if you can,

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if you have the choice to get musicians yourself, which

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I was able.

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To do during this during these.

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Concerts, the one thing I would say the most important

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is to pick using that's the best. There's many ways

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to do that. Actually one specific way and that's that's

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the valid way. But you can find that's the best.

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That's how we know that that's a great or even

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a film that believe the same rule like to to

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make the film. And to the point where really the

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more professional the people that you could are the.

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Easyda what is.

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It's to the point where I feel like a lot

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of my musicians I could just tell hey, just play it.

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I won't even direct, I'll just do this.

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Yeah, and then you know, so no, I've seen I

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have so many again, I have so many questions for you.

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But since we're on the subject of your conducting, I've

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watched you conduct and not live. I've watched a replay,

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and maybe because being a musician, I really admire how

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you how you connected to the musicians. And not only

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did you connect with them, but they played like you

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can see on their faces they were in such joy

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with you because your energy is so expansive and and they,

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you know, it almost showed like they had some freedom

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in their playing because you did not. You did not

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structure them so much so that you didn't give them

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room to to be expressive.

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I would say that, you know, in terms of make

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sure that's why we have first to also, you know,

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it's making sure that that's we're all together, not just playing,

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but we're all together as an orchestra, and making sure

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that maybe we understand what we are playing.

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After that, I give them the freedom, you know, I make.

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Sure that that's you know, they see the energy of

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each other, but also of the crowd because also in

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the products as what makes sense, and you know, I

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feel like I'm somewhere.

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So so share with our audience Stephen a little bit

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about your journey as far as how you began in

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the direction of connecting with venues and connecting with I mean,

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you're international.

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That's huge. I mean you're worldwide and that's not easy.

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And you were telling me you are also playing in Canada.

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You know, how did you was it who you knew?

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Was it?

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Like? How how did you go about getting these these

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events booked? How did you How did you connect with

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the right people? How did you know.

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Right time in my place?

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And then just always making sure that that I was

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that I was always ready for a show.

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Out a bit in my challenge, whether he were just showing.

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Them live quick or giving an artical taste right a sample,

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or be virtual showing a video. I think even contact

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them because the main thing is not waiting for the

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right moment, just creating.

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Yes, so a lot of people I would write prossing myself.

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Or I would do one events that before, and then

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one thing will lead to another, like I can I

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tell the story about father. It was to actually youngerly

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that it was to call I got in the middle

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of the night in Iceland. Oh wow, that's that's literally

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all started. You know.

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It was just a guy. I told me, hey, listen.

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I I can't promise anything, but they just sent me

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a password.

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I was already cause me. It's like, hey, I want

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to islands more of what you have? A concert? I

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got an a play right there with whole week. We

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did an amazing concert. It was called which is a

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French idea that's international.

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And and we did over there first time in Iceland.

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I hope to do it again.

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This was ae years ago and I'm a person who

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really passed it on, et cetera. I started working with

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that person various times afterwards, and we we did, we did,

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we did Span, we did Orlando, we did all other places,

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you know. And then it got to a certain certain

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team that wanted to fund at the young the money

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to produce comp orchestra. I think director who was playing

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of music at the time with the violin.

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With classical music. It was me.

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So that's so. So we we had talked about vision

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with an amazing artist who is really a pioneer. Him

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and him and his father pioneers of the genre.

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Is in his flarly year. It's father is at the

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end of the year. It was thisaed Win.

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Actually even attribute to to is the best song. It

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was actually one of my favorite songs about in in

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our concert. So I was in charge of making sure,

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make sure we get the best conditions, making sure that

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we are really really good.

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Making sure usual she's on on ping et cetera.

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As well.

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I had that, you know, I'm great drugger. So we

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over sold out. It was the first time in his history.

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over sold. So so that ticket they got in that

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it was actually it was actually a fight and I

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the only couple was there. It was the first time

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again that it was that. And I even asked the people, really,

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really was that? So I am regressing to really be

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Land Hollock. So so really.

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first time everyone in Canada.

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and away from over away, you're from away.

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love you, please please come artickets on your master and

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the twentieth of September, so I'll be there before and

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were anything, but the plus bill will be going to

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That same week, I'll come back to towards a stuff

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Florida for a center. So the Miami Arena both are

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He is one of a kind and I don't think

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you're hard to find. Likewise, I do have a question

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for you, Stephen. Now you've gotten to travel some places

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around the world and you're you're expanding music is a

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universal language. Doesn't matter where we are in the world.

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We communicate through our music. Although I wonder if let's

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say you got the you caught the call to Iceland,

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was there communication challenges when you went or other places

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you've gone, Have you had any challenges in that area

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or it just music kind of takes over and that's itication,

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I'm sorry. Communication, yes, communication as far as like, Okay,

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what we need or what you like? What they would

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expect from you, or what what or something you might need,

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or how do you you know, how would you well?

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You know, I speak English very well. I don't speak

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Italian very well though my my family's Italian, but I

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can understand it. I just need help communicating if I

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wanted something, or if I wanted to communicate how I

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wanted to play or what, you know, where I wanted

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to stand or perform? Is there Do you find that

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an issue at all or not at all?

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Actually I believe it or not.

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I say this all in love and respectful Iceland, I

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actually would say that they probably understood need better than

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a lot of other issues. That's great English, but also

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a lot of other people speak of other languages and

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I do speakcause I am a college that I speak

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other languages only. Okay, you actually have a great knowledge

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of tweeders, so I do speak. So sometimes when they

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would speak to me, I know what they would say

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and probably accent with them, so they even notice.

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I said, yeah, you understood.

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So that's that's not another comic, you know.

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I believe that's the way around it.

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So so no, guys, And then I would say the

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other countries I've been too, places like like what, I

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really don't people, I don't know how, but you know,

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I always believe that yes universal, so because it is

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a way, and I believe that there's things that just

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everyone knows.

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If you've been you know, struggle, you know music, you know,

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so you are like should have you know? As well

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as having you know?

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And then then there's also a money No I have piano,

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yes exactly.

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If you if okay, so you perform you you are,

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I would consider you celebrity. You you travel, you have this,

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you've you've created this connection in this avenue that people

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connect with you and are able to contact you and

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invite you to events like the call you got from Iceland.

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Uh for our listeners out there that are maybe just

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getting into the music world, or who are or who

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have been locally performing and want to do more and

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expand what would you suggest to them, what would be

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something to inspire them to be able to maybe travel

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to a different state even what would be your thoughts?

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Will answer, I would say with any good question, But

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I believe that the answer is very complex and a soviety.

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I believe it is that very odds to understand what's

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the situation, what they can we can't do you personally,

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you know, I've got to you know, you know a

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lot of things going on for me that are very good,

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but doesn't mean that you know most of my time,

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but personally a lot to tell you that I like.

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So you know, I had to leave a like more

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over as well as you know, I had to understand.

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That each is different, you know, the rules different.

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You know, getting and I believe that's here, it's at

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the best place in terms of you know, getting stuff

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that performed to be a celert. You know, it's easy

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when you are very celebert come here established. You know,

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I've been blessed to make myself more every single day

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to the fact that I get connected with people outside

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of or especially outside of the supper so you know,

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whether you're in the States, you know, you can just

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be not that one place, not.

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You you're just being a local, just a national artist.

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So probably being flexible as well as you know, using social.

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Media to connect with other people, et cetera, whether it

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be I mean, I think it's it's pretty easier level

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before and it's easier.

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So I mean, I you know, we're not in persons

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right now, you're making this happened and probably like the

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years ago.

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I was, you know, and then try to make an

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as that yes, sorry.

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That it's not my idea that's saying with with music

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in terms of also auditions, et cetera.

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You know it's it is.

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Yeah, So it's a matter of using social media to

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your advantage. In fact, I had a conversation the other

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night with another musician friend of mine and she's she's

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the singer of the band, but she's also the manager

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of the band, and she's like, that's kind of like

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the job I don't like. It's like I have to

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do it, but it's like you have to do the

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legwork to make the connections, to reach out and not

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sit back and wait like you're saying, don't don't wait

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for somebody to call you, you know, make the connections

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that you need to make, and then word gets out

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and like with your talent, you had Iceland. You know,

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somebody in Iceland calling you or recommending you to go there,

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and that's that's beautiful. And so I think for all

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of us too, I think it's a matter of if

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you want to do something, if you want to create something,

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be somewhere, go somewhere with your life and have this

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dream of being bigger. Just keep keep at it, keep going,

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and you know, step it up and make connections and

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reach out and don't be afraid, right because I think

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a lot of us are. We're grown ups, but we're

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also like little children inside. We're afraid of the rejection,

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and so we can't live like that. We have to

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like step out and be like, yeah, like I'm playing,

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I would like to you know what, how can I

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get into your venue? How can I you know, be

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a part of that? And and for you, yes.

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No rejection.

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I believe that rejection is in the autumns all as space.

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If it's start thinking as rejection, but rather a more

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of a guy to get into the right door. So

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so so if it's at a this is it doesn't open.

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You know, it's not gonna doesn't open, but he does.

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You know, what's the problem to be?

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You know, you feel that's the way you want to go,

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you know, and it's probably even better, you know. And

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I like, there's it's something oh that rejected me, you know.

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And I think there's a psychological thing that people talk

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about whether.

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You don't you really.

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Appreciate something because it was really because oh wow, that

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one door rejected.

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Keep it in your head. It's kind of saying there's

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a white wallet and there's a black mark.

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Who are not Yeah, he did throw on the world

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one day and me focus so much on that. So

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so and that as well as also that it's probably

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helping you listen as a director, as a musician, you're

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going to say something that's anything that's not going for you,

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but one door, it's for your benefits.

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So if one person.

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Says no for whatever reason, to opportunity playing in my

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orchestra or even dating, I say any aspect, trust me,

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it's for the fact you avoided something you want to.

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Be involant.

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That that's that's that situation, that the situation on the

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that that that that pal. You know that that's that dimension,

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you know like them. You know you said that what

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that says you realize it, that's what that's what you're No.

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I love that. I love your attitude and I love

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and you know, rejection is just a guy to like

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redirect us. Rejection is a redirection and that's such a

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positive way to look at at that instead of in

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feeling hurt and not not accepted, not you know. So

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it's it's I love that rejection is redirection. Thank you,

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thank you. So we have we still have some time, Stephen,

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and I'm so excited, like I can't wait to get started.

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I know, for my audience out there, I always had

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this is I'm in my second season and I've had

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a lot of my audience ask me like, don't stop playing,

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because I used to play for several years. I had

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a show where I just played for hours at a time,

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and I stopped that because life has has me busy

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and busier. And so I love the fact that I

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get to play here on my show for a couple

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of minutes. But I'm even more excited today because I

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have you here with me, and so I would love

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for you to join me and I mentioned earlier. They

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they've nicknamed me here in my area. They call me

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the instant composer because I just kind of let it

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flow and play through me, and whatever the energy is,

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it plays through me. And so I would like to

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invite you to join me in that energy stream and

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and uh, play with play with me for a little while,

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and then we can we can chit chat a little

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bit more and inspire our audience. So I'm gonna I'm

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gonna just kind of start, uh, I'm starting an eat

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e minor.

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Good KEYA.

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M M.

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That was fun. Yeah, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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So Stephen, what are some of the favorite some favorite

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pieces you love to play me personally?

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I mean I think you were met at the beginning

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playing playing my experts for excerpt from from You Need Says,

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introductions and quiations that actually was the final that was

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banale at the very.

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So that's one of them.

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I really love playing by any pieces, but also plaster pieces,

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which by the way, you know, not actually you know

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outside I want to do.

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You know, also can as the projects well as original projects,

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my my own compositions as well.

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Oh I love love of my sas as well as Cantabilin.

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00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:35.880
So yeah, a lot of these pieces. I love playing Compound,

477
00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:39.559
I love love playing benew that that actually, in fact

478
00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:43.440
the honest that we play what we are playing with

479
00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:47.039
the biggest band right now in the world of New Look,

480
00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:50.079
and we do yes so that I personally just love

481
00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:52.359
paying one one practice.

482
00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:17.960
Definite know th things like that as well as anything.

483
00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.960
But I just still go to it.

484
00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:22.039
I just I really love general social corust me. I'm

485
00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:25.119
just bus the time, and then anything that I personally

486
00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:27.759
touch it out. And that no way that we can

487
00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:30.480
speak in terms of our language. Our universal language is

488
00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.400
music that I love.

489
00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:34.519
I as the music. You know.

490
00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:42.960
I looked back. I looked on Facebook really quick and

491
00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:45.799
of course, like I through the scroll, we always see

492
00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:48.559
you know each other's stuff. You were recently in a

493
00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:50.880
movie or was that a video?

494
00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:54.480
Are you talking about? What was I doing with? Always

495
00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.000
I speaking?

496
00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:58.559
Because I know you were just in a in a

497
00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:03.079
you know, in a tie uh and you were you

498
00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:06.039
were orchestra, but you were also on a yacht.

499
00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:08.680
Oh, I know what you're talking about. That is actually

500
00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:12.559
that is actually our commercial for for the Center.

501
00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.319
Wow.

502
00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:18.519
Okay, that was commercial and the concept the Dumber because

503
00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:21.240
it really is those addition next two plus bill and

504
00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:25.119
especially cases under they are very big verbic concert stars,

505
00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.799
our biggest ones.

506
00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:28.960
And actually, I'll tell you, guys, for anyone.

507
00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:31.000
That's listening, I actually have to get more players for

508
00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:33.880
that one because they were actually expanding it, you know.

509
00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:38.640
So so my orchestra we have almost fifty people, but

510
00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:41.359
for the next one that I have to add about

511
00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.680
twenty more. So we're talking about like sixty seventy people.

512
00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:50.079
So it's the eighty people actually, So.

513
00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.640
It's gonna be it's gonna be a fun.

514
00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:53.799
Time, be a fun time, and that's going to be

515
00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:56.480
in Miami, Yes, correct, I say that's Miami.

516
00:32:56.519 --> 00:33:00.039
And then obviously the twentieth This is very sing.

517
00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:03.039
Okay, I have somebody in mind. I will I think

518
00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:05.599
I've already recommended her, but I will send you her

519
00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:13.200
information again. But she plays piano or keyboard. Awesome that

520
00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.319
I'm looking for for.

521
00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.759
Me for so they don't want to reach reach out,

522
00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:19.359
you know, I'm more welcome.

523
00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:25.119
We personally, you know what, okay, all is It's always

524
00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.920
hard to find.

525
00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.960
Finalistic it's really really odd.

526
00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:33.119
So if you know one is really good, please please,

527
00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:38.480
But you know, I think the basic the basic, the

528
00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:43.200
basic extreme instruments, but more money obviously viola as well

529
00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:47.039
as double bass. We know a double bass, the two ones.

530
00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:49.880
And first I'll say this, that's why I find it

531
00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:54.559
actually extremely hard to find musicians over a year versus trying.

532
00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:56.519
To find them the Boston or on New York.

533
00:33:56.799 --> 00:34:03.839
Obviously latitude, but also also you know, I'm actually willing

534
00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:07.759
to expand more with my wind section. I'm winning bass

535
00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:12.199
sections and who's obviously soon my ba's actually actually I

536
00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:14.159
do ask the two people in in mind, but.

537
00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:16.599
In terms of obviously not true.

538
00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:19.599
Well, but this is one I.

539
00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:25.000
I so I make sure I'm write the name of

540
00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:30.719
instruments is it is called I'm telling you right now

541
00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:33.920
it is looking for.

542
00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.199
For a phony.

543
00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:41.199
Okay, yeah yeah, so so player, I'm definitely looking for

544
00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:45.280
so so I will be come from them as soon as.

545
00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.639
As soon as president.

546
00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:51.760
Okay I have I may have some connections for you,

547
00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:55.440
So I will, I will, I will probably no more

548
00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:57.079
tomorrow and then I can send.

549
00:34:56.960 --> 00:35:02.000
You a couple of people your wife, well a lot

550
00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:06.440
sometimes which is like it's one who but not.

551
00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.559
Time.

552
00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:12.519
Yeah, now and now is a good time. Now, it's

553
00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:14.760
a great time. So for those of you that are

554
00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:17.159
listening that are not watching again, if you would like

555
00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:20.800
to reach out to Stephen steep but what is the

556
00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.239
best way to reach you.

557
00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:24.679
You can reach out to me to view ways to

558
00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:28.480
reach out through Steven. A lot of that's on all platforms.

559
00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:32.519
On our platforms, Facebook, Instagram, even even as Spotify, even

560
00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:37.239
on iTunes, doesn't matter. Find me from from those names.

561
00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:39.400
Usually if you find me true like from my music,

562
00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:45.440
got so I usually my singing from my singing music

563
00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:48.079
as well as for violin that Stephen. That's why I

564
00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:51.320
do it names, and personally it's for the kik or

565
00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:53.400
for anything that you want to fire me for go

566
00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:56.039
from from obviously try to forgive me or over.

567
00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:59.320
That for my information or to my number that will

568
00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.920
you you.

569
00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:06.639
It is three surgery or seven five again, that is

570
00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:09.760
nine five for three surgery for a seven five.

571
00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:14.239
Wonderful, wonderful. And I have a silly personal question. So

572
00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:19.039
my mom's side of the family, there are one hundred

573
00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:21.960
percent of Silian, so I've been there many times. I'm

574
00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:26.559
very close to my relatives in Sicily, and I understand

575
00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:29.480
the language. I don't speak it fluently, but I speak

576
00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:32.599
it enough to get around. And I do understand a

577
00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:37.079
little bit of Spanish, now, Steven Avi, elgato, can you

578
00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:39.960
please share with us what I know what it means

579
00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:42.360
in Italian? But what does it mean for you?

580
00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:44.480
What does what do I mean? In Italian?

581
00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:48.719
So so in Italian and it called me silly, but

582
00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:51.360
elgatto means the cat.

583
00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:53.119
Oh yes, yes, so it does.

584
00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:59.280
Okay, So what is your what inspired you to give

585
00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.559
yourself that name?

586
00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:04.000
Well, believe it or not, you know, in Spanish it's

587
00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:08.000
a very very complex language in terms of meanings certain words.

588
00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:11.440
So for for what I'm from, you know, the gato

589
00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:14.559
me means the of the eyes, you know, so that

590
00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:17.400
like eyes green or blue?

591
00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:20.840
So fine, a little bit changes, but that's I was

592
00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:24.239
born blue off in another places?

593
00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:26.639
Yeah yeah, but but another places.

594
00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:28.639
You know, I think almost financially, we just mean you

595
00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:31.519
obviously the animal by the places, especially in the Republic,

596
00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:33.719
can be like the smart one. All the places can

597
00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:36.400
be the bad. So that's why I use it as

598
00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:38.519
as a way of saying, you know, eato is what

599
00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:40.519
it means to you? So it's not there's not a

600
00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:44.039
clear definition. It's what it's what's you know, what it means?

601
00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:47.480
What is your perception that's that's what.

602
00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:51.920
Now are you? Are you from Florida or what? What

603
00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:54.280
nationality are you? Sorry?

604
00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:58.199
I'm Gustay guying from the singles from a small town

605
00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:02.719
called back List and in the County of Ocus and

606
00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:08.920
the seventh Province of Costa Rica, people's called Monge and

607
00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:12.760
I personally the honor I'm being from there because really

608
00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:17.000
the honstrality is there's not many, if at all, any

609
00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:19.039
cost Ricans that have really really made it.

610
00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.320
So there's there's obviously one.

611
00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:26.760
Yeah, I love them so much in terms of the

612
00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:29.880
international level, both besides outside of the just the Hispanic world.

613
00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:32.239
You know, I never ever saw that, and you know,

614
00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:35.559
so for me, what what am I fighting for? I'm

615
00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:38.960
fighting to be be that Costrican people think of Austrica.

616
00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:43.119
I think Stephen Happy as well as as to be

617
00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:46.119
the Austrican. I always wanted to be just the one

618
00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:51.199
that I've seen TV. I never besides just being theself,

619
00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:54.119
you know, one of person any no matter what you are,

620
00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:58.159
you can be a poor person in Saudi Arabia and

621
00:38:58.280 --> 00:39:00.079
be like, oh, yeah, I know obvious.

622
00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:05.719
Sure that's that's what that's what would you like to

623
00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:07.880
play with Martha with me?

624
00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.239
Well?

625
00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:11.920
You know, I like to blain you so much. You know,

626
00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:16.519
I'm not gonna say no, you know, all right, I'm

627
00:39:16.559 --> 00:42:10.480
gonna play I think in the KYFC easy. That was fun. Okay.

628
00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:13.119
For those of you that are listening and watching, this

629
00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:18.159
is not rehearsed. We're just here together playing on spontaneity

630
00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:23.760
and you can call it improvisation and just two musicians

631
00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:27.679
connecting and playing together and it's awesome. And for those

632
00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:29.960
of you that are out there and want to go

633
00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:33.679
about any people that are musicians, I promise you in

634
00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:39.079
your community there are venues that have open mics. Social

635
00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:41.719
media I'm sure has it posted for you in your

636
00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:48.320
local communities. Steven, please share with us maybe some last

637
00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:51.559
minute words that we can share with our audience to

638
00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:55.159
inspire them to one come out and see you. And

639
00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:58.559
two for those that want to learn how to play

640
00:42:58.599 --> 00:43:01.519
the violin, like what you know? Do you have some

641
00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.719
tips for them as well?

642
00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:06.239
It's like, you know, what is patients? Patients?

643
00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:10.000
Patients and when you have the patients, have more patients

644
00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:15.280
because we have to learn out of breakdown every single thing.

645
00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:20.239
You know so so, but you know I expect except

646
00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:29.960
you know the basically the basic notes you have that

647
00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:33.239
the C or the D and you have right in there.

648
00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:41.360
So it's really interest like pattern that you do. And

649
00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:43.159
then you can quote in the next one and I

650
00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:46.159
will sales is very important accident. So when you have patients,

651
00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:47.320
when you can think slowly.

652
00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:51.559
And you analysis and use your whole mind and into work,

653
00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:55.559
you can actually see the details and be like, okay, so.

654
00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:10.199
Nice that you know, because you need that, we really understand.

655
00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:13.760
It's going to understand. You're planning also a lot a

656
00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:15.920
lot of this and you know what this is not

657
00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:19.119
this is you know what that is. It's your eye.

658
00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:20.559
I love that.

659
00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:23.159
You know why this is a universal language.

660
00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:28.559
Music because because of discuse, our our our eyes visual

661
00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:31.679
so that that that's that's why people like like like

662
00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:35.360
Ray Charles or Steve Wonder, you know, whether he's blind

663
00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:39.599
or nuts. You know, you know, they hear music that

664
00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:40.960
they understand from patterns.

665
00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:45.840
They hear the noises of course. That that's that's that's

666
00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:47.800
part of using your actual eyes.

667
00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:50.440
You know, you're seeing it visually, seeing a visually because

668
00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:54.079
you know the world work sometimes coming from here. That's

669
00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:59.360
why low because low and speaking of the violin and

670
00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:03.360
tell you something. Okay, it's being inn is also very important,

671
00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:07.360
but it's not being sure that absolutely.

672
00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:10.800
Because this it's not the same this.

673
00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.639
Any that that's.

674
00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:23.280
These references you know help you. That's very important.

675
00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:39.119
That you don't you know that in tune, you know,

676
00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:42.000
any type of refriend and let's just the open stream,

677
00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:42.599
but also.

678
00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:52.039
Things that they have your last you know, they tell

679
00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:53.480
are you really really in tune?

680
00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:55.599
And you know, so we have we have a couple

681
00:45:55.639 --> 00:45:57.880
of minutes lesson and I'm sorry to cut you off,

682
00:45:57.960 --> 00:46:01.480
but I'm so excited to have you on the show today, Stephen,

683
00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:06.000
and and so to close us off. What you're sharing

684
00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:09.440
is something I teach my students, whether it's violin, piano

685
00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:12.440
or any other instrument, it's so important to be patient

686
00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:17.000
with yourself, patient and learning the instrument, patient and and

687
00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:22.119
listening and hearing and and I know, even as a musician, myself,

688
00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:26.400
my my thinking I have to sometimes set aside because

689
00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:29.239
I have to rely on my my hearing and my

690
00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:33.159
knowing and my feeling when I'm playing more so than

691
00:46:33.239 --> 00:46:36.079
my thinking brain, because sometimes my thinking brain will throw

692
00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:41.440
me off completely. So so I love that that you

693
00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:45.880
inspire us by saying your ear is your eye, and

694
00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:48.719
it's so true, Stephen, thank you so much for being

695
00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:53.280
on our show today, and of course, as always we will.

696
00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:57.400
We will keep in touch and I hope I get

697
00:46:57.440 --> 00:47:00.719
to see your performance, and I know we will. We

698
00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:07.559
will continue in communication and talking and sharing. And thank

699
00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:08.199
you so much.

700
00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:13.480
Oh yes, in Live, thank you so much again for

701
00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:17.199
letting me platform. Really, thank you much. Thank you everyone

702
00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:21.719
from for the TV or from any other platform, thank

703
00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:23.559
you so much for thank you so much.

704
00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:26.920
Yes, thank you and best wishes to you. You are

705
00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:31.079
amazing in every way and uh, your drive, your motivation,

706
00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:37.079
it's just unstoppable, and I I just admire that so much,

707
00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:40.639
and and I hope that other people that get to

708
00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:44.119
know you and and get to see how you perform

709
00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:46.920
and how you show up can see that within you

710
00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:49.159
as well, because I just think it's such a beautiful

711
00:47:49.239 --> 00:47:52.400
soul that you have and that you share with your audiences.

712
00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:53.480
Thank you for being that.

713
00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:56.119
Thank you so much again. Really a blessing to be

714
00:47:56.280 --> 00:48:00.360
overa thank you so much. On the CV with my

715
00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:02.920
orchestra compounds in me, I'll show all the things that

716
00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:06.639
that I will be doing throughout the well being to

717
00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:12.239
that my soul projects as well as well as you.

718
00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:19.079
But in terms of Quanti Stember blah Blas bills and

719
00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:20.119
then I was a twenty fifth.

720
00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:24.800
You need your ticket, take a master compoundingly dot.

721
00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:28.119
Com wonderful, wonderful. Well, help me keep music alive. Tune

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in next week. I have another fabulous Yes, I'm not

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going to tell you, but I would like to know

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that you're on listening and watching and next week again, No, naturally,

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I'm not sorry. Thank you so much, Thank you, Steven,

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have a good one. Thank you so much. I have

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a blessed day, a blessed week. It's your Monday and

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uh or whatever day you're tuning in to watch this

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recorded Thank you for being a part of it, and

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be safe, keep music alive, and I will see next time.