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Hello, hello, welcome back everyone to another episode of the Nick amp podcast. This is episode 24.

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Today we have another guest on. His name is Josh Diaz. He's known as Josh Diaz Films.

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podcast is at the Nick Gamp podcast. And enough of that. That's all out of the way. Hopefully we'll

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connect with anyone there. And if you have something to say, go ahead and leave it in the comments,

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send me a DM. I would love to break down a topic that you may have in mind that you would love me

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to break down and discuss, whether it's business, entrepreneurship, creativity, filmmaking, any of

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them. So our guest today, Josh Diaz. I found him about two, three years ago on TikTok. Had 50

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followers, now has 158,000 followers on TikTok. One of the most authentic people on social media.

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He's known for making short cinematic films on TikTok about everyday life. Now you may say,

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what's so special about that? People complain that they have nowhere to film. They have no cool

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places. He does all of his stories straight out of his apartment. That's super interesting. That's

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super inspiring for those who say they can't make stories, they can't make films. In this podcast,

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we discuss creativity, how to be authentic and how to be authentic as an introvert. Some of you may

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be uncomfortable talking on camera and he talks about his strategies to overcome that and to

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develop your own style and advice that he would give his younger self. How he lets you tune in

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all the way to the end. He gives really good actionable steps to build yourself up, build

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your own style and get confident in your own creativity and just getting after your dreams.

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Without further ado, let's cut to the podcast. Josh Diaz, it's good to have you on, man. Appreciate

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you taking the time to be on the podcast, bro. Yeah, for sure, Nick. Appreciate you for having

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me. I know you reached out. I've been keeping up with some of your podcasts that you have, so

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it really means a lot for you to have me here, man. I'm excited. Josh, I've been following you

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for quite some time back when you had about 50 followers, bro, on TikTok. Maybe less. Your videos

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caught my interest right off the bat. I remember just recently, I mean, it's been a little bit

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now, you've looked to 158,000 followers, bro. Did you imagine that on TikTok?

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No, absolutely not, man. I feel like I have the same story as everyone else.

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You know, like started out for fun, just kind of like a creative outlet. And then, you know,

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you wake up one day and you see over 100,000 and you're just like, wow, you know, maybe I can

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really do something with this. So I was just as shook as you were, man. But I'm grateful for it,

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though, for sure. So Josh, I want to get right into it. So you're a creative through and through,

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I mean, it shows through your work and the effort you put into it. Can you please bring it down for

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me and for the people listening? How did you get into this creative industry? Was it just by

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accident? Was it on purpose? Did it grow on you? Was it something that happened later in life?

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Break it down, man. How did you get into this creative industry?

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Yeah, man. I feel like it's a long story, but I don't know. I feel like ever since I was like,

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literally, you know, my mom tells me stories of me just doing stuff with like different cameras. And

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so I guess it started from me being little, but it wasn't until, you know, my late 20s where I

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really started to pick it up. But where it really, really struck me, man, was my very first like

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professional job, I would say I was 18. I was still in college and I got hired to be a camera

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operator for a local news station. So they hired a bunch of college students, you know, and I just

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one of my friends was like, hey, you know, you should just go get this job. They typically hire

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everybody. And I was like, all right, so it was one of those kind of blowoffs, but they gave me the

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job. It turns out I ended up working there for like three years, man, as a camera operator. And I

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just kind of fell in love with operating. I mean, these were like big old Panasonic studio cameras.

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And I got a chance to shoot a couple of NCAA D1 games. And I just kind of loved the quality and

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just like the image it was producing and the story I was able to tell for these like football

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players and these news anchors. So I just kind of found my passion there. And then I just kind of

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dropped it for a little bit. I worked there, like I said, for three years, ended up going to college.

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Then I kind of put it down for a little bit, you know, did the norm, went to college,

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graduated, got a regular job. Nothing wrong with that. But I just really wasn't finding, you know,

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like my piece. So I just kind of started doing some self-reflection, trying to understand like

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what Josh really needed. And I just kept falling back to that piece and that, I don't know, you

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know, that comfort that the camera and just like storytelling kind of brought. So then I ended up

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buying like a drone and a, my Sony a7 III, which is what I'm using right now. And that's what kind

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of kicked it off, man. It was, I had a lot of inspirations on YouTube, on TikTok, and I just

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kind of started producing a lot of stuff to kind of develop my style. But that's, that's kind of

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how it started for me, man. Wow. So you don't share a lot of that, at least what I've seen on your

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social media. So this part is new to me. So timeline, going back 18 years old, working with

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Panasonic cameras dove right head deep into it. You have a background in sports. I have a

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background in sports. That's cool, man. It's a good way to learn. And then he did the college thing,

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came back to it, felt the comfort of all of it. Let me ask you this, Josh,

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after being in this creative industry now, again, could you ever imagine leaving the creative

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industry? Absolutely not, man. The sensation and the freedom that this, you know, creativity just

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brings me, I don't think anything that I've done so far in life, as far as I know, can top that.

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So that's an absolutely not, nothing, nothing can top that. I can't imagine myself doing anything

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else. Let me ask, so something that for me really sticks out when you make these videos,

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you talk about, you've talked about gear and what camera you use. And for people that

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want to create, do they need the best camera gear? Because sometimes people get this notion

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that you need all this fancy camera, the big ones, some red Aria, a lot of them,

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the big ones, some red Aria, Lexus, they think they need it. What's your opinion on that,

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especially for the style of creations that you do specifically?

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Yeah, man, I feel like that's a, I mean, I feel like all creatives, well, creatives in a sense

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of having to use a camera, I feel like gear is always like something that like crosses our mind.

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I mean, who doesn't want the new FX3, FX6? So I understand that as far as like starting off or

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like your question of, is it something that you absolutely need? No, I'm just a firm believer

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that a story is more important than what quality can bring as far as image. And eventually,

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once you start developing your storytelling and being able to keep an audience engaged using

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whatever you have, whether that's a cell phone or a $500 camera, I mean, nowadays you can really

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buy something that's going to give you good enough quality to be able to tie your story.

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But once you kind of like master that pen on paper and being able to really produce something

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that's just beautiful, eventually, you know, the quality and the camera comes later, but you don't

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want to put your focus on that yet because you're missing the key part that's going to really make

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you successful. And that's telling the story. Something that you stand out for amongst a lot

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of people, and this is why you have so many people who follow you and find enjoyment through your

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videos, is that you are an authentic person and it shows through your videos. Can you share your

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approach to being an authentic person on social media through storytelling? How do you do it?

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Some people, you know, you watch people and you could tell it's scripted and it feels scripted.

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How do we go about not making it sound scripted? How do we go about being authentic?

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Ooh, that's a good question. I feel like we all kind of start off with it kind of being scripted,

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you know, because you're kind of, you know, you're developing your own style. You're trying to

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follow your inspirations, you know, the people that you look up to so you can kind of get into

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a season where you're maybe not being as authentic. Something for me, man, is just,

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and I know it's kind of cliche to say, you know, just be yourself, but sometimes you really have

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to be yourself, you know? So like me personally, for me to really show off like an authentic side

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of myself, I tend to like showcase all the imperfections that I have, you know, like as

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far as like being an introvert or always just being homebound. I mean, I love to produce those

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insecurities in myself because then it brings more confidence within me, but at the same time,

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it showcases me just being more authentic. And it's kind of a win-win situation because more

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people can relate to you. You can start building a bigger community that just is rooting for you,

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you know what I mean? So that would be my best bet. That's what I do. And that's what's really

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kind of helped me develop myself as far as I am now. So you are an introvert. Was that hard for

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you talking on camera, bro? I mean, I'm an introvert too and being comfortable on camera. Yo,

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so and so Josh Diaz, I'm the guy, I'm that guy. Here I am dancing, doing all this stuff.

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How was that? Was that a learning curve for you to get over that? Man, yes. And that's something

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that, you know, it's never going to go away. You're never just going to wake up one day and be like,

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oh my God, I'm the most confident person in the world. You know, it's a battle that I still face.

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It's one thing that is promised is that you do become a little more comfortable with it,

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but something that's not promises that feeling of you being in an awkward situation going away,

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but the more confidence you gain, the easier it gets. But it's funny that you say that though,

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because for me personally, I started off this creative stuff by being behind the camera,

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you know, like the news station, recording the sports. And then even after I kind of dug back

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into this like creative side, I would do like weddings. I've done a few weddings, few photo

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shoots, and then it just got to the point where like, I guess I just wasn't getting enough business

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and I didn't want to have to always rely on people. So like I had a deep conversation with myself

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and I'm like, well, what's one way that I can continue to be creative, continue to kind of

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fulfill that little void that I had and just continue to kind of push myself. And so without

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me having to rely on anybody, the only person that I can rely on is myself, which caused me to jump

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in front of the camera. And I don't know, I just kind of went all gas, no brakes, man. It was very

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hard to this day, it's hard, but looking back now, it's all worth it, man, for sure.

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You led me to my next question that I was going to ask you, how you got started on TikTok. Was

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the plan always to do these storytelling types of videos or did it just something that evolved and

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grew into this type of storytelling showing off your life? Like how did that all begin? Was it

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just you knew it's what we're doing or it evolved? No, it's definitely something I did not know. I

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wish I did because then I'd have it a little more mastered now. So I'm still kind of learning

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through all the kinks and stuff, but it started off, I'm a big fan of film. And so I'm like,

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my biggest passion for myself is to one day be able to make a feature film. And I know I'm a

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long way away from it, but I'm slowly starting to make the progress, at least to get more familiar

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towards that. But film has always been my baby. I love Quentin Tarantino's, the whole directors.

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I'm the type of person that studies the directors. And so that's where it kind of got. And I used to

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try to make these little short films with some of my friends I had at the time. But it goes back to

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me saying it's kind of hard on relying on people that weren't really into film. A lot of my friends

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at the time didn't have the same hobbies as me. So for me to convince them to be in my little short

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film, especially back in the day, they were horrible. And they would help out a lot. But

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I think where it evolved is I just stopped relying on them so much. And I'm like, well,

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how can I continue to make these little short films, make them a little cinema-like,

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kind of like you're watching a little movie? And I started out with these voiceovers

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and me just kind of like adding stories, like narrating my life pretty much. And then

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I tried some other stuff as well. And then it just kind of fell back into me like narrating

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my life and just kind of making like a film look visual that went alongside with my voiceover.

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And I think that's how it kind of fully developed to what it is now as far as TikTok.

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You spurred something exciting in my brain. I want to ask you now that you're a film guy, man. I'm a

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huge film nerd. I find myself breaking down every scene, movie, even when I'm watching with family,

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friends. I'm like, yep, they shot it like that because they want to do this thing. I'll tell

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them all, everyone's like, yeah, it's okay, Nick. We get it. You understand film. We get you know

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how to make videos. We get you want to do it. But that's how you get better. But the point

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I'm getting here is I want to know what your favorite movie is.

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Yeah, I had to say it really quick, man. I'm sorry, but I'll let you finish the question.

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Okay. Yes. That's top five for me. 100%. So Pulp Fiction. Okay. I have two questions for this.

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Favorite movie and then favorite movie to look back on, to study, to implement it into your own

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work. Does that make sense? Yeah. So I mean, this is going to make me sound like a huge Quentin

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Tarantino fan, but I seriously am. The guy's crazy, but he's a crazy kid. So Pulp Fiction,

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definitely favorite movie. Something to look back on. A lot of my inspiration and color grading

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and like visuals goes back to all the kill bills, man. 100%. I just love the font. I love the

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just the way that they're shot. You know what I mean? It's just like, I don't know, no one,

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it's so good. You can't replicate it. And that's what I love. Well, also said by Quentin Tarantino.

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That's why his movies are so distinct. You know, you're watching it when you're watching it,

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when you're watching it, right? Yeah. 100%. Okay, bro. That's so cool. Moving forward with that,

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man. I mean, something I know I deal with along with a bunch of other creative people, I'm actually

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making a YouTube video on this. That's coming out literally tomorrow, getting over creative blocks.

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And you're someone who posts very creative pieces. And I know it takes time to write those out. I

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know you have to plan out your shots and where you're going, transitioning, making sure it flows

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right. How do you get over this creative blocks when you're trying to just make this video about

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you taking a shower? What's your go-to process to get over that? For me, man, I mean, I feel like

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we all as creatives, we're always going to go over, you know, get creative blocks. But a best way,

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a best practice that I've kind of learned for myself is, you know, I still create and if it

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doesn't feel good, I'll still make it. Sometimes I won't post it, but at least I'll get that

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ugliness out really quick, the rust out, and then be able to kind of find the diamond within that.

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So sometimes you just got to make some crap in order to discover the gold in it, man. So

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that's me. Or whether it's recording or just writing, sometimes I'll just try to write a script.

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And if I'm just like really, really stuck, I'll just write everything that's on my mind. It

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doesn't have to make sense, but it just kind of gets all the junk out that's causing the block.

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And then slowly but surely starts to open up and you start to kind of develop these ideas and

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things start to, you know, make more sense. But that's definitely a way that helps me. And I've

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I've used that little tip for myself since the beginning, man. So it hasn't filled me yet.

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That's very specific. And I know some people don't talk about this out loud, what you're

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talking about writing everything out and whether it's crap, not good, and tossing it out after. I

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mean, I've talked about this where worked on a project, edited it for three days and threw it

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away, you know, threw it away. And for you, do you ever look back at those scripts that were crap and

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maybe come back to it maybe like a month, two months later, maybe think, oh, this actually

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wasn't bad. And maybe go back and reuse it for actual ideas or something that happens for you.

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Oh, yeah, for sure. And yeah, like just just like you said, it's not that you like completely

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delete it. Throwing it out means, you know, you just throw it out as far as like you posting at

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the moment. But yeah, man, sometimes those best ideas come whenever you're throwing a bunch of,

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you know, quote unquote crap out because you can once you get that rhythm back going, you go back

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to that that stuff that you wrote, you know, two days ago, and you make something like beautiful

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that was supposed to come out of it. So yeah, for sure, you can always don't throw it away. Never,

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you know, keep it in your notes somewhere, wherever you're writing down. But for sure,

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because sometimes you got a you got gold somewhere in the back and you just got to look for it or

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just bring it back. So yeah, I'm a firm believer of always kind of going back to the old stuff.

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I've definitely used a bunch of my old ideas. And they've pretty much almost gone viral on

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TikTok, some of my old ideas that I bring back. So like to prove like that that stuff is true,

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like it is true, man. Man, that's so cool to hear and just encourage me for people listening,

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because I know people get discouraged all the time, because they feel like they can't

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post like that guy on social media has all these great ideas. And for you,

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making everyday life seem interesting. How do you even go about that? Most people,

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dude, I know, you know, I know you understand this, because most people,

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they say, I have nowhere to film, I don't live anywhere cool. I don't live anywhere cool.

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How do you, can you explain how you just go about making normal life? Look cool.

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Man, I love that you say that, man, because, man, I love that question. So when somebody,

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especially I've had many people ask me like, how do you find a place or I don't have, you know,

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I live in my, you know, my apartment isn't nice, or, you know, to hear a ton of excuses, like,

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to be honest, my apartment that I live in now is less than 600 square feet. So if I can come up

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with over a hundred videos and a 580 square foot apartment, no, you have no excuses. Like you just

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have to just, there's, there's, I trust me, it is possible. Sometimes you just set your camera up

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in weird angles and you'll be like, oh my God, that looks pretty, that looks good, you know.

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But there's, there's a story everywhere you look, you just got to change your perspective. You know,

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if you always have a perspective of my apartment is not nice enough or, you know, this and that

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and that, then you're, you're never going to make that progress. But sometimes you just really have

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to think outside of the box and be like, okay, like I can really make this work, you know,

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it might not look good now, but if I continue to do it, it's eventually going to look to where,

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you know, I want it to look. And that's kind of how it went with me. And I still live in this

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apartment from my first like TikTok videos. So I've made almost 200 videos in this lesson six

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on the square foot apartment. So it's possible, man.

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Man, that's amazing to hear. And so inspiring for so many people out there who make excuses

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about not having anywhere to go, man. And on top, to tag onto that, you said you're a big film nerd

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and as filmmakers were taught story is king, story is everything without a story. What do you got?

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Even if you're in the most beautiful place in the world, what do you got without a story?

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So being a film nerd, how much in every video are you pulling just in resonating about how can you

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create a story? I mean, are you resonating with these movies all time and pulling them into your

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films or are you now at this point in your stage where you can just create up stories on your own?

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Yeah, well, no, I feel like now I definitely can create them on my own for sure.

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But for a while and sometimes you always want to be able to pull from other inspiration films,

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ideas and just kind of like inspo that way. And then you can kind of soon develop.

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It goes back to developing your own style and just being able to kind of pull within yourself.

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But that feeling is great, man, whenever you literally make something from scratch,

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as far as you know, right? Because nothing's truly original, but you know within yourself

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that you just kind of popped it up in your own head and that feeling is just like unmatched.

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But sometimes you do got to work to that point. You got to learn how to kind of build your

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foundation and just kind of looking at different inspo and different films, whatever you however

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you get your inspiration, just kind of use that to build that foundation. And then eventually

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you'll be able to kind of create your own stuff around that built foundation that you kind of made.

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What are your thoughts on taking inspiration from another film? Let's talk about me, okay?

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Let's say I'm going to recreate a scene from the Lord of the Rings. I don't know,

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I'm the same Lord of the Rings. Is there anything wrong with artists taking inspiration from another

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film and recreating it? What are your thoughts on the whole process of that? Because some people

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may make arguments that they shouldn't do that because they're not being original. I was curious

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to see what your thoughts on this because I know you're a big into the whole creativity side of this.

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That's a good question. So I've had that happen to me, man, on TikTok. Someone literally,

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they took a video from mine like word by word, scene by scene. The only thing that was different

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was the characters, right? And that video did really, really well. It kind of left me like in

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a weird spot because I'm just like, wow, you know, but at the end of the day, man, the way I look at

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it is there's only one OG that can do that style. And the person that stole that video, that's all

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they have. And you got to look at the OG that can continue to make that fire video. So I just rely

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and have confidence in myself so they can still all they want, but there's only one Josh and there's

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only one Nick. So that's the way I look at it, man. That's a great mindset, man. I really think so.

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And on top of that, can they literally be, they literally can't be you. So even if they're

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recreating it, they're adding their own spin onto it, even if they're not meaning to. So there's that

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whole aspect of it too. Can you really make someone else's work exactly like it? Just like you mentioned

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Kill Bill and Quentin Tarantino. Yeah, no, I guess you're right on that. So even when you, I guess,

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even if you take someone else's work or you see someone take your work, they still got to add some

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kind of spin because like you said, like they're not Nick and they're not Josh. So at the end of

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the day, they're not a hundred percent stilling. So yeah, I guess if you put your mind in that

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perspective as well, I think it just makes it a little easier. But like you said, there's only one

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one of us. And if someone really liked what they stole or whatever happened, they're going to expect

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more. But what are they going to do? At some point they got, they can't always steal from me.

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Eventually you'll get found whenever your time is. Everyone has a time, you know, your time will come

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and they'll really find who the real Nick is, you know. That's right, man. You're the OG. OG Josh.

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There we go. All right, man. So what are your thoughts on social media? There's another argument.

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I mean, do you think it has a negative impact on creativity? I'd like to hear your thoughts on this

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because you're someone who has benefited from this. So maybe you have a different perspective on it

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than people who are not growing. Maybe, I don't know. Some people would say it has a negative

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impact. What are your thoughts? As far as like social media, well, the funny story about social

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media with me is I've always disliked social media before. So before I started like this

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creative stuff, as far as like posting content, I went, I say sober, but I was like sober up

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with like social media for like two years. I didn't have a single app or nothing. So when I

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downloaded the app again, it was strictly for like a creative outlet, you know. And so I,

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I feel like social media can have its, I'll start with the bad impacts. I feel like if you get too

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sucked into social media, you start to kind of get lost into like comparison. And yeah, I feel like

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once you get in that, that realm of comparison, I mean, you better stop where you're just going to

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end up in a, in a pretty bad place and it's going to put a creative run in your, in your own creative

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mind, you know? So I feel like, you know, comparison is probably the worst and it can be, it can be good

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as well, as far as like developing your business, getting your name out there, just landing business

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for yourself and just kind of being able to meet other creatives, other people that are like-minded.

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So I feel like it, it just depends on how you use it. But I feel like we all have enough common sense

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to know how to use it the right way and how not to use it. So ultimately it's just, it just kind of

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depends on how you kind of utilize it, if that makes sense. Makes a hundred percent sense, Josh.

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What are your actionable steps to get around these negative impacts for people listening?

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Maybe they don't know where to begin to get around it. What would you do?

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So for me, I mean, I still do this because I feel like comparison, it just hits anybody. You know,

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you watch it, that's for you, you know, especially photography. It's if you, if you see somebody take

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like this dope picture, you appreciate the picture, but in the back of your head, if we're all just

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being real with each other, you're just like, man, you know, and it just kind of makes you feel a

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little insecure. Same thing with me and other videos. So once I start to feel that way, man,

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I'll just close the app, call it a day, call it a night and just, you know, kind of rest, go look at

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a tree, go feel the wind for a little bit, just kind of feel my feet on the ground. And then, you

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know, once I'm kind of clear, then I'll dive back in to, I don't know, just see what's out there,

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again, get some inspiration or just go support some other creators. But sometimes you just, the

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best way to overcome that stuff is just to step away, man. And that can be hard as well, but

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it depends on how bad you really want it. Just log off, delete the app, do what you have to do,

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but just step away. I really liked that you touched on that. I really want to stick on that for a

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moment. The self-control it takes, first of all, to say, not today, Josh, not today, Nick. We're

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not going to compare ourselves to so-and-so, user one, two, three, four. We're going to exit out and

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we're going to go be present in what's real life because what's online, what we see online,

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is it really the reality of everything that is in our everyday lives? Most likely not for most

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people, right? So I really think that you have a good mindset for that in logging off, stepping

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away, being immersed. How often is that something that you do to keep your creative juices flowing?

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Man, daily, daily, Nick, all the time, man, all the time. So I tend to find my own inspiration

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by just logging off, man. Most of the time, I mean, I tend to watch a lot of movies. I can't

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really compare. It's hard for me to compare myself with like movies that are on Netflix and stuff.

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I mean, that's a lot of money in that production, so I tend to draw from that. But as far as social

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media, man, I tend to log off, delete the app every single day, anytime I get a sense of that,

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man, because I just don't want anything to interfere with what truly has made me happy

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and truly has filled that void. And I just don't want to put that at risk. So I just kind of think

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of that whenever I do find it hard. Couldn't have said it better, Josh. 2024 is here. We're

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two months into the year now. I can't believe it. Josh Diaz films 158,000 followers on TikTok,

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growing, making impacts, inspiring people, including myself. What's one thing then this

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year that you want to accomplish in 2024? What do you got your eyes set on, man?

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Man, this year is awesome. So I feel like the past two years I've been grinding it out on

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TikTok. TikTok was like my main focus for, I'd say like 2021, 2022, all the way to 2023.

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I've kind of slowed down my post on TikTok and I recently just really went in on YouTube.

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We're growing there, man. You got to go follow us. We're almost hitting 10K subscribers, man. So

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you got to go hit that, man. So my ultimate dream has always just been long form. I've always just

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been someone who just really, really loves long form. And I just kind of used TikTok as a way to

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just really develop my style. It's really kept me on my toes as far as just being creative and just

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coming up with ideas and then being able to kind of execute that stuff. But this year, man, I'm

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taking long form. I'm really going hard at it. And my ultimate goal is just to see what I can do on

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YouTube. If I'm being 100% honest with you, I just really, really want to say, man, I'm

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really, really want to see if I'm fully capable of just being able to make something out of long

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form, whether it's like YouTube or anything like that. And so yeah, that's my goal. And

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I've been pretty consistent so far. I've been a lot of progress on there. So that's definitely

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my goal is to see what I can do on the YouTube side, long form side. And that makes sense.

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And when you say you want to make a future film one day, so I mean, moving towards that long form

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video, storytelling, I think that's the right way to go. I mean, that's going to be super cool for

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you, man. Where can we find you on there? Just for people listening just real quick before we keep

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going. Is it Josh D as Films? Yeah, so it's all the same handles. Josh D as Films. I have the link in

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my TikTok bio if you do follow me there. But yeah, all across the board social platforms is Josh D

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as Films. Do you feel that there is a short form content video burnout from the people

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who are on social media these days? Oh, man, we're gonna have a good conversation. I love these

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questions. So I love short form, man. Short form, it really pushes you to places that long form can't

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push you, right? But I feel like sometimes when you just 100% stick to that long form, you do get a

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burnout. And it's just because that story doesn't have enough time to just kind of sit there and

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marinate. I mean, TikTok has just kind of made it where you post. And I mean, you're pretty much

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like forgotten about because people are on the For You page. People enjoy your story for like

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30 seconds, a minute, however long it is, and then they're on to the next one. And then you're

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pretty much like forgotten. You got to keep up with it. And it's like inevitable to hit a burnout

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with short form. Don't get me wrong, though, I love my community on TikTok. I mean, they have been

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there for a long time. I love the people who are just, you know, show up all the time and comment

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and just like message me. I love that community. But there's nothing that is like long form, that

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long form community, man. Like that is where you can really develop, you know, true, authentic

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community, people that can really relate to you, people who can know you for who you are and who

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can really have that real connection with you. And it's almost like, you know, your story doesn't get

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forgotten. It's not a For You page, you know, like people go search for you. People are like on your

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on your channel, you know what I mean? So it's like this this true, authentic connection. And it's

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just that's something that long form just can't touch or short form can't touch when it comes to

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long form videos. And yeah, so I feel like both of them can have burnouts. But that's just something

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that I'm just kind of discovering for myself, because I did start off with short form. And now

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I'm just kind of leaning a little bit more into that long, long form. So I'm just kind of seeing,

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you know, both sides of what they have to offer. Yeah, 100%. I'm glad that you pointed out the pros

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and cons of both because no one thing is right or wrong. I mean, they both have their uses and they

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both have their bad parts. And with that being said, have you been recognized in public over

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where you're at? People see you on the street. Hey, man, that's that guy who makes those stories on

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the TikTok. That's a TikTok guy, man.

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I let me see. If I did, it was probably once man, I think it was at a HEB. If you're from Texas,

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you know what HEB is. It was a long time ago. I had to tell my girlfriend about it too. But no,

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man, I live in Austin. It's a big city. I feel like I would need to continue to produce these things.

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But I don't know, I'll let you know next time. And plus I'm like always home all the time. So I

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probably don't put myself out enough to get recognized.

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That I was once I asked that question, I was like, well, he does post that he's an introvert. So why

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would he be out eating dinner, you know, going to concerts, all this stuff all the time? Of course,

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it makes sense. You posted about it. People, he's an introvert. If you want to see him, you just

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have to watch through his videos. But yeah, anywho, I mean, you've inspired a lot of people. Can you

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share just one story that maybe touched your heart that you realized, dang, what I'm doing is really

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making an impact? Yeah, man. So when I first started, you know, it's just it started off as,

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you know, like a, and it still is like a creative outlet, you know, somewhere where I can just be

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able to express myself. I haven't always been the best of like voicing how I feel. I've always had

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a hard time with like being able to just like voice my emotions pretty much. So it's easy for

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me to be able to express myself visually and creatively. So through the process, that's

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pretty much like the foundation of it. And I do the whole process of that. I would have a lot of

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people more now, but even in the beginning, like reach out and like really tell their story on how

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me just kind of like showing my imperfections on how it just kind of made them, you know, feel a

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little more confident, feel, make them feel like they're, that they're okay. And it's crazy to,

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to really know that there's really people out there that really like struggle with this stuff.

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And I mean, like struggle, struggle with this stuff. This guy has been following me for,

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and I won't say his name, but he's been following me since like the very beginning. And he's shared

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some like pretty, pretty like hard stories, you know, and the fact that I can help him,

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you know, just kind of overcome some of the battles that he faces, whether it's like feeling alone

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or, you know, just being introverted or just like being bullied or whatever the case may be. And for

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me to be like his outlet and motivation, just to simply let them know that everything's going to be

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okay. You know, I go through the same things and just kind of show them like the different ropes

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and actions that can be like taken. It's just amazing, man. I didn't know that this stuff can

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really have that much of an impact on people until you start getting those, those stories and,

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you know, the thank yous and stuff in the inbox. And I don't know that that's amazing, but yeah,

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that guy that reached out to me, it's just, I can't really have to go back. I mean, he has been

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keeping up, keeping up with me with stories since like the beginning, but some of the stuff that he

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has gone through, it's really heartwarming to see like where he is now and for him to, you know,

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just to tell me his, where his confidence is now from where it was, you know,

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his confidence is now from where it was. I think that's just like the beautiful part of

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what comes with, with this, I guess. Man, you are doing a great job. That's,

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that's really good to hear. And with that, when you positively impact one person,

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who are they going to impact? One, two, three, four, five people. So what you're doing, you're,

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you're making a chain effect, man. That's inspiring stuff. Keep that going, dude. I know I'll share a

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little story. You actually might transition to video because I started out in video when I was

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18, 17, 16, back in the day, but I left it for a while, photography. And recently I went back,

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came back to video and I was using your work kind of as, well, it was as inspiration, just

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how to storytell better. And so just what you're doing is really cool, man. And keep going with

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that aspect of it. And in terms of advice, I mean, you're a seasoned now, obviously you still have

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a lot to learn. We all are always going to be learning, but what's your advice for an 18 year

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old, Josh, just picking up a camera for the first time. What'd you tell that guy? Man, I wish I

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could. I wish I really could, man. I would tell that guy so much, man. But I think the, the main

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thing that I would tell any 18 year old, especially like Josh, 18 year old Josh, is just to really go

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out there and just like do it, you know, and go out there and mess up now, you know, because go out

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there and fail as much as you can, because through that failure, you're going to end up finding some

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kind of success. And I would just continue to tell myself not to be so scared of failure. I think

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the main problem that most probably have, I know with me at 18 was like fear of like rejection, fear

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of like failure, fear of like judgment. And I would just like praise myself to go out there and fail,

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you know, fail as much as possible, get all that dirty stuff out now, or then that way, you know,

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it's a little bit easier to find, you know, that gold and that success through that journey, man.

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So honestly, I just tell myself to go out there and fail more. As a, as someone who's online, you

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in some of your videos may have not performed as what you expected. How much has that

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benefited you to what you're doing now?

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Yeah, I feel like, man, I mean, that's going to have an effect even with seasoned people, right?

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Because you, you know, you put so much work into this, this piece of art, you know, whatever it is,

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and when you don't have the attention or whatever they think it deserves, it can really leave a

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little bruise. But I feel like as you mature into this, and as you season yourself, it's something

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that can be great because it teaches you that that would be considered like some kind of like,

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not a form of like failure like that, but a form of like failure to succeed what you thought it

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should. And I guess like the more mature you get into this like creativity, the more you use like

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the whys on how come it didn't perform to be able to put that into like your new project and be

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able to just kind of grow on that. So sometimes you got to use why it didn't succeed on your new

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stuff in order to, you know, possibly make that new one succeed and just kind of grow from there.

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But yeah, man, it still kind of hurts. I'm not going to sit here and lie and say

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that it doesn't and I don't care. But I utilize it for the better now. And it's just like,

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it better prepares me for, you know, my new projects. And I just kind of learn it,

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use it as a like a learning curve. Brother, we appreciate your honesty on that. And I'm sure

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people listening are going to really appreciate that too. I'm gonna hit you one last question

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right here. And you may have said it before, but I want to narrow it down into a statement here,

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man. Josh, what is your why? Man, that's a good question. I just got down to asking somebody

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what their why was for me. I think my why has really changed. I feel like a lot of people's

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why changes as you kind of develop into the person that you were meant to be. But I would

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ultimately ultimately say my why is to be able to just have a voice for myself. I've always felt like

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I've like I've told you earlier, like I didn't really, I couldn't express myself. Being

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introverted and stuff has always kind of led me to just keeping my mouth shut, bottling up emotions

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and just causing really personal issues for like myself and being creative and telling these stories

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is just a way that I can use it as an outlet to express myself and tell my story. And then it

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develops my why into helping others develop their confidence, develop their story and just kind of

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like just continue to use these stories for the better pretty much. So just me being able to do

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that just kind of helps a lot of people. And I think that is ultimately what my why is like leading to now.

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Well said, Josh. People following, listening, and they want to find out this guy who is this guy,

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Josh Diaz Films, where can they find this guy? Where can they see those James Brown videos,

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those oldies, bring it back, childhood memories, bring it back from when I was cleaning my house,

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mom was putting on that music. Where can they find you on social media, brother?

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Yeah, they can find me on Josh Diaz Films across all platforms. If you like James Brown,

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I got some good music on TikTok. Yeah, across the board, YouTube, Instagram,

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TikTok is all Josh Diaz Films. So stop by and say hi.

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You heard it here. Go follow him on everywhere and knock on their credit. I promise you that.

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Josh, thanks again, man, for coming on here. Yeah, no, I appreciate it. Thanks so much for having me.

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That is it. Josh has officially left the building. We appreciate you again. If you're here,

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watch until the end. Best way to support this podcast is to hit the subscribe button on YouTube,

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give a five star review on any of the music streaming platforms. And we have some more

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guests coming on the next couple of weeks, people who are entrepreneurs, filmmakers, professionals,

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and the creative industry. If you have anyone you would like me to specifically interview,

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go ahead and leave me a comment saying who you would like me to interview.

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And again, we really do appreciate all the support you've been bringing me in. I just can't thank

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you enough. I wouldn't be able to do this without any of you. Your support truly keeps that passion

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going for me. And if I know that I'm at least impacting one person on this who is listening,

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maybe five people listen, one person feels impacted by it, then I feel good. I really do.

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Just I'm trying to help and give back. Also be entertaining. I mean, yeah, it's fun to be

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educational, but also let's have a little bit of fun, have some cool discussions, bring back

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open dialogue. And again, I'll see you next week on the next episode. See you later.