WEBVTT 00:00:04.350 --> 00:00:08.949 Welcome to the Dan Time Podcast. The only place 00:00:08.949 --> 00:00:11.990 where you're going to hear Dan talking to Dan 00:00:11.990 --> 00:00:16.190 and never, I repeat, never just any old Dan. 00:00:16.309 --> 00:00:20.850 These are Dan's of significance, of great import, 00:00:21.449 --> 00:00:23.789 conversations that are going to carry you through 00:00:23.789 --> 00:00:27.850 your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Dan 00:00:27.850 --> 00:00:30.890 McArdle. Thanks for being here. You're in the 00:00:30.890 --> 00:00:35.759 right place. DanTimePod at gmail .com for any 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:39.679 requests, suggestions, nominations for guests. 00:00:39.899 --> 00:00:44.460 Could be you, could be a friend, your dad, your 00:00:44.460 --> 00:00:48.520 grandpa, your aunt. Listen, I'm still trying 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:50.759 to land a conversation, if you could help me, 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.759 with an octogenarian or a nonagenarian named 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:59.119 Dan. If you don't know one directly, maybe there's 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:02.020 a guy in your town that everybody knows about. 00:01:02.179 --> 00:01:05.640 He's 103 years old and his name is Dan. Send 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:25.920 me some information, I'll do the rest. and voice 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:29.560 actor, and along with his wife, Crystal, licensed 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:33.439 massage therapist and co -owner of Lovelock Healing 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:37.260 Arts in Pensacola. This is my first sit -down 00:01:37.260 --> 00:01:41.180 interview since the Sean Perry episode and only 00:01:41.180 --> 00:01:44.120 the fourth of this project, the other two being 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:47.500 Danny Zimmern and Dan Lindeman way back there. 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:51.939 Head over to the YouTube channel for the unedited 00:01:51.939 --> 00:01:56.250 video companion to this episode. Also, you'll 00:01:56.250 --> 00:01:58.530 see some additional live performance footage 00:01:58.530 --> 00:02:02.250 of Dan, as well as some bonus conversation with 00:02:02.250 --> 00:02:06.769 the one and only Awen Ascension, Galactic Kids 00:02:06.769 --> 00:02:10.909 Yoga instructor at Love Lock. Dan has spent many 00:02:10.909 --> 00:02:14.729 years in the Southwest, on the West Coast, in 00:02:14.729 --> 00:02:18.310 Pensacola, wowing audiences with his prowess 00:02:18.310 --> 00:02:21.719 behind the piano and his smooth vocals. We'll 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:25.319 talk about his musical upbringing and the opportunities 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:28.979 and challenges that he faced as a result of this 00:02:28.979 --> 00:02:33.139 very unique childhood. Dan's a big guy at six 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:36.840 foot eight and he realized a few years ago that 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:40.460 maybe his frame was being underutilized and that 00:02:40.460 --> 00:02:43.719 he could help people off stage as well. Lovelock 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.379 Healing Arts is a holistic family -centered approach 00:02:47.379 --> 00:02:51.500 to whole body wellness. They offer massage therapy, 00:02:51.780 --> 00:02:56.340 yoga, bar, workshops, breath work, meditation, 00:02:56.919 --> 00:03:00.659 energy and sound healing, hypnosis, and programs 00:03:00.659 --> 00:03:06.719 for infants, kids, and mama and me. Go to lovelockhealingarts 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.659 .com and check out the schedule and programs 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:13.240 being offered. Every Thursday night and Saturday 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:17.840 night you can see Dan perform in the area. Thursdays, 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.939 upstairs at the district Seville Steak and Seafood. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.219 Saturdays at the world famous Rosie O 'Grady's 00:03:24.219 --> 00:03:27.680 at Seville Quarter. Okay, let's get to the conversation. 00:03:28.219 --> 00:03:30.979 My little boy Wyatt is gonna take a stab at it. 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.379 Wyatt, let's say it's Dan Lovelock time. Okay, 00:03:34.780 --> 00:03:52.090 okay. Dan Lovelock time. Dan first of all, thanks 00:03:52.090 --> 00:03:55.830 for being here. Yeah, absolutely And those of 00:03:55.830 --> 00:03:58.669 you listening, we don't always have a video component, 00:03:58.729 --> 00:04:01.189 but it was made possible today Just being on 00:04:01.189 --> 00:04:03.229 site. I love doing this. I wish I could do this 00:04:03.229 --> 00:04:06.169 with every episode Let's let's take it way back 00:04:06.169 --> 00:04:09.229 here for a minute. So you're a Pensacola native 00:04:09.229 --> 00:04:13.389 growing up your grandfather in Pensacola Jim 00:04:13.389 --> 00:04:16.850 Robinson a an acclaimed jazz guitarist and then 00:04:16.850 --> 00:04:19.560 your parents both professional musicians Did 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:22.220 you know as a young boy that you were, that you 00:04:22.220 --> 00:04:25.160 had a passion, you're interested, did someone 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:28.819 have to put a guitar in your hands or did you 00:04:28.819 --> 00:04:32.959 just know? Yeah, I 100 % knew from the very beginning. 00:04:33.060 --> 00:04:36.860 I mean, it was just what my life was. And so 00:04:36.860 --> 00:04:40.639 at the very beginning of my life, I was surrounded 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:44.120 by music all the time. Granddad Jim Robinson, 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:47.439 Colonel Jim Robinson, he was in the Pensacola 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:52.019 Jazz Society. There were always parties at my 00:04:52.019 --> 00:04:55.060 grandparents' house and that was how my mom came 00:04:55.060 --> 00:04:58.779 up and then my parents met in a band and then 00:04:58.779 --> 00:05:01.759 that continued on. They continued to have other 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.339 bands here in town. My dad eventually started 00:05:05.339 --> 00:05:09.079 doing touring all across the... the country because 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:11.819 that was where the better money was once he had 00:05:11.819 --> 00:05:13.600 two little ones to look after me and my sister 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:19.040 Penny Lane and so we had um you know we had some 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:21.639 tension there because he was always off on the 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:23.939 road and then one of the ways that that tension 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:27.459 was resolved was by moving to Vegas where he 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:30.379 could live and work all in the same city and 00:05:30.379 --> 00:05:33.699 make great money and then eventually after that 00:05:33.699 --> 00:05:38.100 he got When with the band the spiral staircase, 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:41.360 which was a one -hit wonder in the in the 60s 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.779 I love you more today than yesterday that was 00:05:45.779 --> 00:05:48.699 their big hit single and then so they were doing 00:05:48.699 --> 00:05:52.279 cruise ships and He got into that into that band 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:55.120 and then eventually after the spiral staircase 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:58.720 Wound down as it were my mom joined him on cruise 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:02.470 ships and then my uncle her brother Andy joined 00:06:02.470 --> 00:06:05.370 and then eventually I joined and so together 00:06:05.370 --> 00:06:08.490 we we had about four years working on cruise 00:06:08.490 --> 00:06:12.230 ships and Playing all over the world. So And 00:06:12.230 --> 00:06:15.829 this is the Melodious Jones band Yeah, originally 00:06:15.829 --> 00:06:18.990 their original band name was Neptune's Party 00:06:18.990 --> 00:06:21.610 and then we switched it over to Melodious Jones. 00:06:22.629 --> 00:06:24.430 I Really like the story going back to what you 00:06:24.430 --> 00:06:28.949 said about Your dad was in Las Vegas, but the 00:06:28.949 --> 00:06:33.029 family was in Pensacola And this doesn't happen 00:06:33.029 --> 00:06:35.990 all the time. Sometimes dad just stays away and 00:06:35.990 --> 00:06:39.889 is not really a part of his children's lives 00:06:39.889 --> 00:06:43.329 that often. But was this something that your 00:06:43.329 --> 00:06:46.389 father said, Hey, why don't you guys all come 00:06:46.389 --> 00:06:49.329 out here? Or was it an insistence on your mother 00:06:49.329 --> 00:06:52.290 saying, look, we got it or some combination, 00:06:52.610 --> 00:06:55.029 but that I don't necessarily have all the details 00:06:55.029 --> 00:06:57.870 on. Uh, you know, it was a family decision. It 00:06:57.870 --> 00:07:00.769 was Basically like, Hey, there's all this work 00:07:00.769 --> 00:07:03.029 out here. I've gotten a couple of gigs. It looks 00:07:03.029 --> 00:07:05.189 really, really promising. I've got lots of great 00:07:05.189 --> 00:07:07.970 prospects. Let's just pack up and move and, and 00:07:07.970 --> 00:07:10.689 move the family out there. And we went out to 00:07:10.689 --> 00:07:15.110 Vegas and did really well. But my, um, my mom's 00:07:15.110 --> 00:07:19.089 mom was not doing well back here in, in Milton 00:07:19.089 --> 00:07:23.939 where she was living. So we moved back to be 00:07:23.939 --> 00:07:27.639 with her after her passing. Then we moved back 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:31.600 to Vegas again. And so there was, you know, as 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:36.180 any child of a musician or military family or 00:07:36.180 --> 00:07:38.759 any other, you know, there is some, there's some 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:41.379 challenges and some opportunities with all of 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:43.779 that back and forth all across the country or 00:07:43.779 --> 00:07:46.720 all around the world. And parts of it make you 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.939 more resilient. Parts of it make it. harder to 00:07:49.939 --> 00:07:52.439 make friends sometimes, you know, you kind of 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:57.139 have a disposition that I don't know how long 00:07:57.139 --> 00:07:59.920 I'm even going to be around here. So, you know, 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:01.740 those are those are different things that I've 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:04.560 struggled with internally to kind of recalibrate 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:08.920 and make sure that I, I don't let those experiences 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:12.339 color my present too much. And, and that was 00:08:12.339 --> 00:08:14.319 one of the reasons why I wanted to come back 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:17.740 to Pensacola was I wanted to reconnect with my 00:08:17.740 --> 00:08:22.439 roots. I wanted to, um, and I, I had had an amazing 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:25.500 career of on my own, both the early part with 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:28.519 my parents and then later after I went off and 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.160 did stuff on my own. And I wanted to make sure 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:35.399 that I had a time where I played in my own hometown 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:37.759 because I had never done a gig in my own hometown. 00:08:37.940 --> 00:08:42.679 So that was like, a very general and high level 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.039 goal that I wanted to accomplish for a long time. 00:08:45.059 --> 00:08:48.840 And I finally made that happen by setting myself 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:52.919 up with two career options and going into massage 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:57.320 therapy and being able to support my new family 00:08:57.320 --> 00:09:00.620 with both of those things and make sure that 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:03.720 I have the stability and balance to be able to 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.960 offer all of my talents back to my own hometown. 00:09:07.730 --> 00:09:10.509 That's great. It just probably never left you 00:09:10.509 --> 00:09:14.049 maybe even in your teenage years or mid -20s 00:09:14.049 --> 00:09:16.610 that you thought There's things I still want 00:09:16.610 --> 00:09:18.929 to accomplish in Pensacola. Did it feel like 00:09:18.929 --> 00:09:23.490 it was a an unfinished chapter or sore? Well, 00:09:23.490 --> 00:09:27.549 I would say that it was That I had a long that 00:09:27.549 --> 00:09:31.409 I had a longing for home That I would only get 00:09:31.409 --> 00:09:34.970 to come home a couple times a year. It was always 00:09:34.970 --> 00:09:37.570 great I had rose -colored glasses about the whole 00:09:37.570 --> 00:09:42.529 scene. But I didn't feel that I had unfinished 00:09:42.529 --> 00:09:46.950 work to do until much later, maybe in my 30s, 00:09:47.409 --> 00:09:51.850 where I felt like, no, I have some responsibility 00:09:51.850 --> 00:09:55.370 to go home and bring what I've learned and experienced 00:09:55.370 --> 00:09:58.750 from the world back home. Because, I mean... 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.320 I'm a reader. I love both fiction, nonfiction, 00:10:01.419 --> 00:10:04.120 history, et cetera. And in any hero's journey, 00:10:04.220 --> 00:10:07.740 the hero goes the hell home at some point. Can't 00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:11.080 just be out there and then just disappear and 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.940 not bring home the gold, bring home the knowledge, 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:16.720 bring home whatever it is that you've collected 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.299 from the world. So that was part of what was 00:10:20.299 --> 00:10:23.620 underlying that desire and that homesickness 00:10:23.620 --> 00:10:27.700 and nostalgia. And so now I'm here and it's very, 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:30.460 very real. And the rose -colored glasses are 00:10:30.460 --> 00:10:34.379 off, and I'm in the weeds, you know, doing the 00:10:34.379 --> 00:10:37.159 things. I think that, I mean, Pensacola, for 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:40.179 those of you who have not visited the area, it 00:10:40.179 --> 00:10:42.799 is a great melting pot. You meet people from 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:45.360 all over. Some of them did not grow up here, 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:48.460 and some of them, like in Dan's case, traveled 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:51.200 for a while and have returned. Specifically, 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:54.259 speaking about where we are today at Lovelock 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:57.379 Healing Arts, I think that you and your wife, 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:01.529 Crystal, your staff here are providing really 00:11:01.529 --> 00:11:06.309 an essential service and Feeling a need for the 00:11:06.309 --> 00:11:09.509 community How nice is it to we'll get into some 00:11:09.509 --> 00:11:12.350 of the details of the business But to get some 00:11:12.350 --> 00:11:15.509 of the feedback whether it's online or in person 00:11:15.509 --> 00:11:19.470 about how you're improving people's lives It 00:11:19.470 --> 00:11:22.629 really is It's one of the most fulfilling things 00:11:22.629 --> 00:11:25.590 that I have ever experienced to be truthful. 00:11:25.590 --> 00:11:29.509 I mean that You know, in my mind, what I wanted 00:11:29.509 --> 00:11:34.070 to do when I went to massage school was to serve 00:11:34.070 --> 00:11:37.570 people in a more direct and hands -on way than 00:11:37.570 --> 00:11:40.950 I had been as a musician. And I also wanted to 00:11:40.950 --> 00:11:44.409 leverage my bodily leverage. In other words, 00:11:44.570 --> 00:11:49.090 I'm 6 '8", north of 200 pounds. Like, I've got 00:11:49.090 --> 00:11:53.350 some physical presence to use that is underutilized 00:11:53.350 --> 00:11:56.700 in my musicianship. I could be four foot seven 00:11:56.700 --> 00:12:00.200 and if and if I can still sing and play the same 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:03.240 way then that's all right you know and maybe 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:05.539 even more interesting I don't know but uh I'm 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:12.100 the I went the opposite way so but I I am heartened 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:16.940 every day to see and feel the impact and that 00:12:16.940 --> 00:12:19.879 that is the thing that keeps us going because 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:24.460 this is harder This is so much more than what 00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:27.940 we had originally planned. Like, in our cutesy 00:12:27.940 --> 00:12:33.059 little idea, it was like, okay, I'll open a massage 00:12:33.059 --> 00:12:37.799 clinic, I'll have my massage practice. And then 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.379 we looked all around and were like, oh, there's 00:12:40.379 --> 00:12:43.639 no room, there's nowhere for that. but there's 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.240 this building. It's right in the middle of downtown 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.440 and it's, it was grungy. It was, it needed a 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:55.879 lot of love, but it opened up so many other possibilities 00:12:55.879 --> 00:13:00.840 and basically my wife at that point had a conversation 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.720 that we hadn't had before, which was about her 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:06.500 bar practice and about the fact that she was 00:13:06.500 --> 00:13:10.220 the studio manager at the original. Bar studio 00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:12.580 in San Francisco or and one of the very first 00:13:12.580 --> 00:13:15.679 ones in the country that was that was popularized 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:18.759 for Not ballet dancers because it's basically 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.039 ballet dancer rehab. I was aware of where that 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.759 methodology came about so it's a combination 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:30.659 of yoga ballet Pilates physical therapy kinesiology 00:13:30.659 --> 00:13:34.100 Etc all wrapped up into a package and she and 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:37.399 she started me just having fairly recently been 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:40.879 been out of massage therapy school, I was like, 00:13:40.940 --> 00:13:42.980 wait, you're talking in my massage language. 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.419 You're talking, you're talking body to me right 00:13:45.419 --> 00:13:47.519 now. And this is really exciting because I didn't 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.940 know that that was in her. I didn't, I just thought 00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:54.340 she worked out and you know, that's cool. Uh, 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:57.460 but then, then it started to be like, oh, maybe 00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:59.759 we could do this and maybe we could invite yoga 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.899 instructors and we could have workshops and we 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:05.169 could. find other therapists and we could and 00:14:05.169 --> 00:14:06.990 we just started and we could and we could and 00:14:06.990 --> 00:14:11.529 we could until it manifested and and she put 00:14:11.529 --> 00:14:15.830 in all the hard work when it came to designing 00:14:15.830 --> 00:14:20.169 the space and and and trying to create a customer 00:14:20.169 --> 00:14:23.929 experience that would that she wanted to experience 00:14:23.929 --> 00:14:28.220 and so together we've We've grown it from this 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:32.240 space into the new Studio B backspace, which 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:35.620 is kids focused. Before we were just running 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:37.600 everything out of the front studio and trying 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.580 to coordinate practitioners and people are coming 00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:44.360 in and out. So it's been an adventure and that 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:47.879 realization, that reminders and the feedback 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:51.379 that we get from people telling us how impactful 00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:54.320 that has been on their lives or their child's 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:59.220 life, it really... It really is the glue that 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:02.259 keeps this whole thing going together because 00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:05.179 we've got, you know, it's hard. We've never run 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:08.580 a business before. And there's making plenty 00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:11.559 of mistakes and feeling it out as we go along. 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:15.320 So I'm just glad people are along for the ride 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.759 with us. You're doing something right. And you're 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:21.960 Google rating an average of five stars out there. 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:25.759 A lot of these reviews quite Colorful and in 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.960 a good way. Here's one from the first time I 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.299 walked in the door of love lock and every time 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:35.120 since I notice the love and Attention to detail 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.500 that has been given to all the things that make 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:40.340 the space different from all the rest in our 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:44.100 area just that first Statement there. I noticed 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:46.360 it too. You think about it the favorite places 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:49.299 that you like to go. There's typically an ambiance 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:52.899 There's an olfactory component that that draws 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:56.960 you back there's maybe some water ambiance about 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:00.399 places that you love and especially in this in 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.700 this realm that's super important so she goes 00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:06.620 on to say I especially love the intimate space 00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:10.259 for practicing yoga it's a place that once through 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:12.879 the doors it's like leaving the world behind 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:17.200 the lighting the scents the drapes she says I 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:19.659 know this is silly but I even notice how easily 00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:23.429 and quietly in which they Glide on the tracks 00:16:23.429 --> 00:16:26.570 It's so nice to have everything ready and waiting 00:16:26.570 --> 00:16:29.850 for me when I enter the mats bolsters blankets 00:16:29.850 --> 00:16:33.110 and blocks even tea is served and it's delicious 00:16:33.110 --> 00:16:36.049 and She continues to go on and a lot of the reviews 00:16:36.049 --> 00:16:39.490 are quite similar Dan. So how much time did you 00:16:39.490 --> 00:16:43.870 spend? You opened in January of 22 Making sure 00:16:43.870 --> 00:16:46.950 that you got it right on that first two steps 00:16:46.950 --> 00:16:50.149 through the door experience Man, that is a hundred 00:16:50.149 --> 00:16:53.700 percent crystal I mean, I certainly built a lot 00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:55.620 of things. I certainly hung a lot of things. 00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:59.600 I certainly drilled and did a lot of different 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:01.960 things. She put your height to good use. Yes, 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:07.099 she did, and as she should have. But yeah, the 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:11.740 aesthetic is 100 % her, and she gets all credit 00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:15.299 for that. Not only that, the overall vision of 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:17.880 the aesthetic, but just making sure that it... 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:20.339 stays that way because it when you're running 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:22.279 a business and you have all these different practitioners 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:26.740 it can get out of hand real quick, but then as 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:29.779 we've You know, it wasn't perfect the moment 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:33.660 we opened our doors and as we've been here we've 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:37.720 settled in and we've You know, that's part of 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.059 the feeling that you get when you're here is 00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:45.180 that we are in it all the time if you come in 00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:49.230 these doors If you walk in any door, you're likely 00:17:49.230 --> 00:17:53.750 to see me, or Crystal, or both, and our daughter, 00:17:54.109 --> 00:17:58.569 and we live in this space. We're constantly putting 00:17:58.569 --> 00:18:01.470 our energy into it and loving it and caring about 00:18:01.470 --> 00:18:06.670 if things go wrong. And that's a big difference 00:18:06.670 --> 00:18:11.799 when it comes to studio ownership. and why it 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:14.500 might feel really different to be in, you know, 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:18.740 a big name studio or doing workouts at the Y 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:23.079 or doing these different things because the responsible 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:26.579 entity is elsewhere. The ultimate responsibility 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:30.279 of all of this comes down on me and Crystal. 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:35.400 And I'm glad I'm... I especially laughed at the 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:39.539 curtain thing because it took me forever to get 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:43.380 that sucker to like it was catching and it was 00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:47.160 it was a uh I fought it for months so especially 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:51.900 right when we first opened um well again speaking 00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:56.420 to serving the community um especially well I 00:18:56.420 --> 00:18:58.279 mean we're a few years removed from the pandemic 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:02.279 but a lot of people I think maybe have some areas 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:05.200 in their life that have not been addressed properly. 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:09.619 I want to say this, a thing I notice about you, 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:11.819 going back to the experience that people have 00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:15.500 when they encounter you or Crystal, is your posture, 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:18.599 that's something I work on constantly, but you 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:21.619 have a good, what you project to someone walking 00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:26.160 in, it's like you said, we live here, this is 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:30.130 our place, we care about it. And all that comes 00:19:30.130 --> 00:19:33.029 across and people feel like they're in the right 00:19:33.029 --> 00:19:36.250 place Yeah, I think I just see it being so transformative 00:19:36.250 --> 00:19:40.670 for people who have sought the same services 00:19:40.670 --> 00:19:43.430 and other With other businesses and maybe just 00:19:43.430 --> 00:19:47.309 not gotten the full Experience this even goes 00:19:47.309 --> 00:19:50.190 back before the pandemic and just in general 00:19:50.190 --> 00:19:53.329 I think as adults we feel like our bodies are 00:19:53.329 --> 00:19:56.450 an afterthought like we they can run without 00:19:56.450 --> 00:20:00.069 gas they can run without food, I mean, you know, 00:20:00.190 --> 00:20:03.490 it's like we just, we just run them through the 00:20:03.490 --> 00:20:06.650 ground. And it's really easy to do that. And 00:20:06.650 --> 00:20:08.509 depending on your personality, I think a lot 00:20:08.509 --> 00:20:12.009 of type A's would say, yep, you know, that's 00:20:12.009 --> 00:20:14.670 me. I get three hours of sleep. I get five hours. 00:20:15.349 --> 00:20:19.910 I eat when I feel like I absolutely have to eat, 00:20:19.990 --> 00:20:22.670 you know, that sort of thing. How important, 00:20:23.230 --> 00:20:25.690 and have you seen the results with people when 00:20:25.690 --> 00:20:29.019 they take the step in here? I've seen the results 00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:32.700 within myself because that was part of this whole 00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:36.940 process was my wife and I are both performers, 00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:41.920 both musicians, partied, played, had all the 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:46.759 fun. And part of it was I felt like unless the 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:53.779 stakes were my survival and also like tying my 00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:58.460 whole life up, in this wellness space that I 00:20:58.460 --> 00:21:02.539 would never really change or fully commit. And 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:04.839 there are obviously things that I still struggle 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:08.180 with, but just starting with the body, I mean, 00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:11.900 the reason why I got into this has a lot to do 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:15.039 with how much I abused my body as a musician 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:22.880 for almost 20 years. And so having that realization 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:27.359 was... you know, was very stark. And it happened 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:32.519 on a New Year's Eve wedding gig. Before the gig, 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:36.779 New Year's Eve, during the day, I'm out in the 00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:40.920 backyard picking up dog crap and I tweak my back 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:45.099 worse than I can remember. And a massage therapist 00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:47.819 friend helped me out and helped me get through 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:52.019 that gig later on. It was a celebrity wedding 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:55.920 on New Year's Eve. at the most expensive country 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:59.339 club in Scottsdale, Arizona. So the stakes could 00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:02.000 not be higher. And I'm the MC. I'm the lead. 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:04.900 I'm the band leader. I bring all the gear. I 00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:07.980 bring all the lights. I am the keyboard player. 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:13.579 I am the DJ. I am the MC and running around doing, 00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:17.380 you know, announcing and cocktail hour and all 00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:21.319 those different things. And all of that is in 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:25.940 my back. What a frightening Realization and I 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:29.400 I was like I got a I got to do this a different 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:32.400 way I got to figure out how this thing works 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:35.559 a little bit better Damn, was this the wedding? 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:37.920 I read this on the website where Vince Vaughn 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:41.259 was the best man. It's a different one Yeah, 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:44.200 that was that was one in LA and that was that 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:46.519 was a whole different scene. But yeah, I have 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:51.299 done you know, I have thrown myself into every 00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:54.140 conceivable musical situation that is accessible 00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:57.460 to me. Whether it's been wedding and corporate 00:22:57.460 --> 00:23:00.880 bands, recording, lounge gigs, all the different 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:06.079 things that I've done have turned what originally 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:09.539 is just a weird proclivity, which is an eidetic 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:14.589 memory for songs. So songs live in here. and 00:23:14.589 --> 00:23:18.789 all it takes is a little spark to pull one up 00:23:18.789 --> 00:23:22.109 in its kind of full form. And my brain just holds 00:23:22.109 --> 00:23:27.250 that song like a record. And so I can kind of, 00:23:27.250 --> 00:23:29.869 depending on how many times I've listened to 00:23:29.869 --> 00:23:31.670 it or how intentionally I've listened to something, 00:23:32.269 --> 00:23:35.509 I can recall that in the original key and hear 00:23:35.509 --> 00:23:38.509 parts and all that kind of stuff. And so that... 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:42.099 Proclivity turned into a whole career. And so 00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:45.039 I've just followed that wherever opportunity 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:47.740 has taken me, you know, and speaking of the pandemic, 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:53.599 when that came crashing down on my career for 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:57.440 eight months of no gigs or more, when my whole 00:23:57.710 --> 00:24:01.869 My whole pay my everything about me was about 00:24:01.869 --> 00:24:06.069 gigs That was obviously that moment was the time 00:24:06.069 --> 00:24:08.690 where I had enough space for self -reflection 00:24:08.690 --> 00:24:13.789 to go hmm Maybe maybe I knew does something else 00:24:13.789 --> 00:24:17.289 and maybe I need to and hey also Maybe it could 00:24:17.289 --> 00:24:20.109 be more intentional than just jump into something 00:24:20.109 --> 00:24:24.490 else Maybe I could use what I have and use and 00:24:24.490 --> 00:24:27.150 use what I what I had learned To help other people 00:24:27.150 --> 00:24:29.789 more directly and then that opened the opportunity 00:24:29.789 --> 00:24:34.970 for for me to come back here Yeah, uh, wow Yeah, 00:24:34.970 --> 00:24:38.250 you know people and this is just me generally 00:24:38.250 --> 00:24:41.869 assuming that When they feel rundown they feel 00:24:41.869 --> 00:24:44.470 like they're overworked overstressed the kids 00:24:44.470 --> 00:24:46.329 are stressing them out. Their job is stressing 00:24:46.329 --> 00:24:49.529 them out People they go to places of worship. 00:24:49.670 --> 00:24:54.029 They go to see a counselor They talk to their 00:24:54.029 --> 00:24:58.779 best friend they go for a walk, but do you feel 00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:01.599 like people sometimes come in these doors where 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:05.500 they thought, why didn't I do this sooner or 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:07.940 in addition to all these other things I had going 00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:13.740 on, I didn't, or have they used to practice yoga? 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:17.359 Yeah, I mean, I've seen it all. And to be honest, 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:20.480 I mean, it all works better together. All of 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:22.839 the things that you mentioned are therapeutic. 00:25:23.710 --> 00:25:27.809 very, very, very scientifically grounded to say 00:25:27.809 --> 00:25:30.410 when you are feeling down, if you are feeling 00:25:30.410 --> 00:25:34.829 depressed, you must reach out as hard as it is. 00:25:34.990 --> 00:25:37.670 You have to reach out for some kind of connection 00:25:37.670 --> 00:25:42.190 because that depression and anxiety is a symptom 00:25:42.190 --> 00:25:46.190 of a lack of connection. Johan Hari, so many 00:25:46.190 --> 00:25:50.779 different things are now supporting. the conclusion 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:54.779 that really at the heart of many, many of those 00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:59.640 internal states of disquiet and disease is a 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:02.240 lack of connection. And we have so many things 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:05.059 getting in the way of our connection. COVID is 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:07.720 obviously a huge one that threw a big wrench 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:11.480 in the works. But long before that, societally, 00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:15.319 we have a lot of, we have a lot of hangover, 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:20.119 carryover. cultural practices and different things 00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:24.339 that stop us from really connecting on a continual 00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:29.579 basis. And so I find that, especially with massage 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:33.059 clients, with lots of different people, that 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:38.279 a huge part of the therapy is just someone paying 00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:42.140 attention with care and holding space for whatever 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:45.119 it is that they're going through and to be 100 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:49.519 % clear about this, that is what all therapy 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:55.420 is. I mean, whether you're doing yoga, whether 00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:58.980 you are coming in for a massage, whether you're 00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:02.039 doing hypnosis, spiritual advice, I mean, there's 00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:05.200 all the different things that we offer. It really 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:08.480 is just an opportunity for you to be in the presence 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:11.480 of someone else with some intentional training 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:16.650 and the desire to help you. Help heal yourself 00:27:16.650 --> 00:27:19.849 because there is nothing that I I'm gonna put 00:27:19.849 --> 00:27:23.549 my hands on you and go You're Harold and doesn't 00:27:23.549 --> 00:27:28.170 work like that You have to come into into the 00:27:28.170 --> 00:27:30.950 space that I'm holding for you with the desire 00:27:30.950 --> 00:27:35.589 for healing and restoration and then be willing 00:27:35.589 --> 00:27:39.750 to in that moment I accept that frequency accept 00:27:39.750 --> 00:27:44.359 that vibration of and I and Part of my job is 00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:48.160 to try to model that or embody that as best as 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.779 I can. We are, you know, healer heal thyself. 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:56.380 We are none of us perfect. So, but that is the, 00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:59.539 that is the essence of what this business is 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:02.640 built around is the concept that number one, 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:06.299 healing comes from within. I'm not a healer in 00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:10.380 the way that I do any magic on you. We work together 00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:14.430 to promote that. state of healing within you. 00:28:15.069 --> 00:28:18.970 And we have built a business around giving opportunities 00:28:18.970 --> 00:28:22.390 for people to come in and find that healing for 00:28:22.390 --> 00:28:25.589 themselves, whichever direction they need, they 00:28:25.589 --> 00:28:29.470 need to come at it. So for plenty, plenty of 00:28:29.470 --> 00:28:32.210 people, it can just be a yoga class. And that 00:28:32.210 --> 00:28:35.130 in and of itself is moving the, you know, moving 00:28:35.130 --> 00:28:39.150 the ball forward or it's a, or it's a nice massage 00:28:39.150 --> 00:28:42.470 or it's energy work or it's want to go deeper 00:28:42.470 --> 00:28:47.190 and do some hypnosis and dig into turn off the 00:28:47.190 --> 00:28:50.569 conscious mind and deal directly with the subconscious 00:28:50.569 --> 00:28:53.630 mind. So many different practices, sound baths 00:28:53.630 --> 00:28:56.990 and kundalini and you know the list goes on and 00:28:56.990 --> 00:29:00.950 on and it really has been determined by the passion 00:29:00.950 --> 00:29:05.230 and the training of practitioners who have been 00:29:05.230 --> 00:29:08.690 attracted to this place. And so we've been incredibly 00:29:08.690 --> 00:29:13.400 fortunate to be in a time and space where so 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:17.500 many different people have those practices available 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:20.339 to serve others and that they have been attracted 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:24.660 here. And we, you know, everyone who practices 00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:30.119 here is just so authentic and amazing at each 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:32.220 of their different practices. I keep saying the 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:35.180 word practice and it's bothering me. Disciplines. 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.519 uh, services, all those different things. So 00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:43.140 it's very gratifying to see that all those connections 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:47.480 equal the healing that people need because ultimately 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:50.660 it is the most healing thing is being in community 00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:53.380 together and feeling that support and then working 00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:56.579 on little, little treatments, little this detail 00:29:56.579 --> 00:30:00.160 here, this detail there. Let's open it up. Let's 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:02.900 open this out. You know, wherever you need to 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:05.160 start that's That's kind of the way that we've 00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:07.859 built it. So you can walk in the door and find 00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:10.920 your thing. And people are probably comfortable 00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:14.000 coming in here. And if they happen to get emotional, 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:17.319 they probably feel like that's OK. Certain people 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:21.279 maybe feel like they are not included or they're 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:24.140 invisible. I think the elderly, sometimes if 00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:26.799 you walk through a grocery store, if you smile 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.299 at an elderly person, sometimes they act surprised 00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:30.960 that you're even still looking at them for more 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:33.279 than two seconds. Um, I think they go through 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:35.559 that but I think that younger people whether 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:40.099 they're 20s 30s or 40s they also maybe Walk through 00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:43.480 life and their work week and they don't They 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:45.839 don't exchange hugs with people. They're they're 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:48.779 not approached They're not and to come in here 00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:51.779 and actually have someone a trained professional 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:55.019 where they can get a massage and and just open 00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:59.839 up a new a new Experience for them in a setting 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:03.130 like this is it's just wonderful I think it's 00:31:03.130 --> 00:31:05.470 that the need is only going to continue to increase 00:31:05.470 --> 00:31:10.029 and Speaking with Awen when I first arrived here 00:31:10.029 --> 00:31:12.170 talk a little bit briefly and then we kind of 00:31:12.170 --> 00:31:16.509 get into some more Dan Lovelock Performing career 00:31:16.509 --> 00:31:19.430 stuff, but the summer camps that you have for 00:31:19.430 --> 00:31:24.119 kids. This is so cool Well, yeah, so this is 00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:25.980 new for us this year. We kind of wanted to do 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:28.400 it last year, but it didn't come together. But 00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:30.759 the summer camps that we're doing are a combination 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:33.480 of all of the different kids offerings that we 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:36.460 currently have, which are focused on music, yoga, 00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:41.220 art, mindfulness. And so we are doing two different 00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:44.640 weeks in June and July, one week in June, one 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:48.779 week in July. And they are... They're open for 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:53.720 kids who are four to 10, and they are three hours 00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:56.359 in the middle of the day that is, as a parent, 00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:59.700 I know is incredibly necessary to have some space 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:02.440 during the summer for you to get things done, 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:05.619 you know, all that kind of stuff. It's serving 00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:08.660 many, many purposes all at the same time. But 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:14.720 kids yoga, and I loved how... Awen explains how 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:18.039 her class has developed and evolved by following 00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:22.059 the children in their curiosity and figuring 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:25.119 out, oh, well, instead of just doing random animal 00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:27.980 poses, why don't we spell out our names with 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:31.099 our bodies and finding different avenues of that 00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:34.839 kind of exploration. And it is her primarily 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:38.660 driving the classes and using her experience 00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:42.839 in Galactic Child Yoga, and then also her experience 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:44.819 as a musician. She's a professionally trained 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:47.700 opera singer and musician, all around musician. 00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:52.299 And so she's taking all that and her, and her 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:56.960 passion for children and weaving it into a elements 00:32:56.960 --> 00:33:01.759 themed, uh, daily progression, being able to 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:04.039 explore, you know, we're going to have some gardening 00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:06.900 opportunities outside. We're going to do, they're 00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:08.980 going to. play with water, they're going to get 00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:13.279 to learn. And this is one of those things that's 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:16.420 really important for me is this embodiment, this 00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:19.680 idea of embodiment, bringing the learning into 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:22.779 the child's whole body as often as possible. 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:25.240 Because it's great, we're very, we're really 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:28.839 good at the cerebral stuff. And we can chat, 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:31.920 we can, I mean, we're the chattiest monkeys ever. 00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:38.569 But when it comes to our well -being, the equilibrium 00:33:38.569 --> 00:33:42.690 and that equanimity that we're looking for in 00:33:42.690 --> 00:33:45.950 our bodies in order to feel well enough to do 00:33:45.950 --> 00:33:51.049 all this harder stuff up here and be clear and 00:33:51.049 --> 00:33:54.730 not internally turbulent requires that it lives 00:33:54.730 --> 00:33:57.950 in the body. And all of these practices, whether 00:33:57.950 --> 00:34:02.390 it's early music or yoga or all these are things 00:34:02.390 --> 00:34:06.720 that used to be, to some degree, much more just 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:10.900 integrated, baked into childhood. And now, you 00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.980 know, because of the way that we live our lives, 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:17.360 it takes some intentionality to add that back 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:21.099 in. And so we're trying to offer that because 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:23.559 that's what we know that we have a five -year 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:26.139 -old and we know that that's what she needs. 00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:30.019 And we're like, we got this space. Again, once 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:34.420 again, let's open it up. Let's make it available 00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:39.019 to not just us and make sure that the Pensacola 00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:43.230 community has an opportunity to... use that backspace. 00:34:43.429 --> 00:34:46.170 And then later on in the fall, we are setting 00:34:46.170 --> 00:34:49.670 ourselves up for continued homeschool enrichment 00:34:49.670 --> 00:34:52.730 program, which will also be during the day. And 00:34:52.730 --> 00:34:56.869 that will be available to homeschool kids, unschoolers 00:34:56.869 --> 00:35:00.210 that will be, I'm just now setting up the platform 00:35:00.210 --> 00:35:04.170 to be able to accept the PEP funds, like the 00:35:04.170 --> 00:35:08.329 Florida school choice funds, so that three hours 00:35:08.329 --> 00:35:12.099 out of every Monday through Thursday, they can 00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:14.639 have a space where they are continuously learning 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:17.960 and interacting and all worries about, you know, 00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:20.820 homeschoolers not getting enough social interaction 00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:24.219 and all that kind of stuff. You can erase that 00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:26.940 just like that by just giving them an opportunity 00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:30.500 and it gives, and for us as entrepreneurs, we 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:33.800 need that too. We need that time to just focus 00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:37.210 on the business and our own relationship. for 00:35:37.210 --> 00:35:40.750 that matter and so we're always trying to figure 00:35:40.750 --> 00:35:44.590 out how we can solve a problem for us, solve 00:35:44.590 --> 00:35:48.030 a problem for other parents, solve a problem 00:35:48.030 --> 00:35:51.110 and do it in a way that just bundles us all together 00:35:51.110 --> 00:35:54.150 and so so far that's been going really pretty 00:35:54.150 --> 00:35:58.570 good. Speaking of you and Crystal and you run 00:35:58.570 --> 00:36:01.530 the business together you probably don't have 00:36:01.530 --> 00:36:04.409 as much time as you'd love to have to just spend 00:36:04.409 --> 00:36:06.619 time just the two of you just the two of you, 00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:09.159 you've got a child. What are some things that 00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:12.019 you and Crystal like to do if you have an evening, 00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:15.320 if you've got a babysitter or if you maybe do 00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:18.039 you have a planned out of town trip sometimes 00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:20.380 or what are some things that you guys used to 00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:23.239 do or still like to do sometimes? Well and we 00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:25.679 were talking about this before the show but we 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:29.260 have stopped drinking and so you know what the 00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:33.199 way that we met was I was playing She came to 00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:36.139 the lounge that I was playing at and our whole 00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:38.480 early relationship was all tied up in alcohol 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:41.500 and going out and all that kind of stuff. So 00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:46.300 now that's part of our current relationship exploration 00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:49.900 is like we have lots of other interests, but 00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:52.679 because that was our default, that's what we 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:56.239 would just normally go and do is go have drinks 00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:59.289 or go have a meal. with drinks, always with drinks. 00:36:59.929 --> 00:37:03.130 So now, now that we're choosing a different path, 00:37:03.610 --> 00:37:06.329 now we're going up. I mean, there are so many 00:37:06.329 --> 00:37:08.849 springs, there are so many parks, there are so 00:37:08.849 --> 00:37:12.670 many things all along. I mean, basically just 00:37:12.670 --> 00:37:16.010 take a pen and put it on the map somewhere and 00:37:16.010 --> 00:37:18.710 there's something to do around here. So never 00:37:18.710 --> 00:37:23.300 a shortage. And you know, we are That's also 00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.980 one of the negotiations that we're trying to 00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:27.579 make right now in our relationship is, you know, 00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:30.699 we cannot always be obsessed over the business 00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:34.260 as fun as it is, stressful and pressure, you 00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:39.059 know, in order to be good at it, we need to decompress. 00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:42.019 We need to take our own advice and we need to, 00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:46.190 you know, and that's why I say. all seriousness 00:37:46.190 --> 00:37:49.789 like this business is a process that is also 00:37:49.789 --> 00:37:53.010 simultaneously meant to help us work on our own 00:37:53.010 --> 00:37:57.130 healing by serving and by showing us different 00:37:57.130 --> 00:37:59.710 patterns in the people and the clients that we 00:37:59.710 --> 00:38:03.030 serve and learning to embody the the correct 00:38:03.030 --> 00:38:06.670 or more healthy patterns for ourselves so that 00:38:06.670 --> 00:38:10.369 we can better serve and that that cycle continues. 00:38:11.070 --> 00:38:13.590 So yeah, so we're doing weekly date nights. We're 00:38:13.590 --> 00:38:17.130 doing, or we're trying, we're figuring out, and 00:38:17.130 --> 00:38:20.570 she's all right now, currently she is in the 00:38:20.570 --> 00:38:22.309 Pensacola Little Theatre production of Rent. 00:38:22.750 --> 00:38:25.809 And so she's in rehearsals every night. And so 00:38:25.809 --> 00:38:29.530 that's an added layer of complexity. I'm performing 00:38:29.530 --> 00:38:31.909 a couple nights a week still and running all 00:38:31.909 --> 00:38:35.320 this and we're... doing dad stuff and seeing 00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:38.320 clients and et cetera, et cetera. So it is a 00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:41.539 never ending juggle, but it's got this momentum 00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:43.659 now. It's got this rhythm that we're kind of 00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:46.519 getting into a groove with. And once she's done 00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:48.719 with rent in the summer, I mean, it's going to 00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:51.760 feel like a vacation at that point. That's one 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:54.000 of the, one of the benefits of adding too much 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:56.019 to your plate is anytime you take something off, 00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:58.880 you're like, Oh, that's, Whoa, that's really 00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:03.239 working for me. Hallelujah. Yeah, I could see 00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:07.619 a lot of us have a tendency to just fill up every 00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:12.340 corner of our calendar and Some of it you look 00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:16.199 at it. You're like I don't have to do that. I 00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:18.059 choose to do that and it's fun. It's healthy 00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:21.119 and whatever but Sometimes it's okay to have 00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:26.099 some relaxation or work in a hobby I should take 00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:28.840 some of that advice sometimes Spring cleaning 00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:32.570 with everything Everyone you gotta you gotta 00:39:32.570 --> 00:39:35.489 clean out the closet and move it move stuff along 00:39:35.489 --> 00:39:37.710 and go. Oh, that's not working for me anymore 00:39:37.710 --> 00:39:41.409 now Dan Going back to the top of the conversation 00:39:41.409 --> 00:39:45.710 you move to Las Vegas and then Scottsdale we've 00:39:45.710 --> 00:39:49.449 had many many years on stage and For several 00:39:49.449 --> 00:39:51.949 years now you've been the featured player Or 00:39:51.949 --> 00:39:53.989 one of the featured players in the Rosie O 'Grady's 00:39:53.989 --> 00:39:57.269 dueling piano show at Seville quarter in Pensacola 00:39:57.269 --> 00:39:59.699 This is a big deal folks if you've If you've 00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:03.460 got a trip planned at Pensacola, this is a must 00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:06.280 stop. And if you ask people at your hotel, they're 00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:08.059 probably going to tell you something similar. 00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:10.760 Either go to Seville or check out the Dueling 00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:13.420 Piano Show. You've been performing for a long 00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:16.800 time. You do some voiceover work. And we were 00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:19.800 talking earlier that you kind of like to shift 00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:22.599 the balance a little bit. Maybe still perform, 00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:25.820 but with the business and everything, going back 00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:29.539 to just moving some pieces around. you'd like 00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:32.119 to do a little bit more on the voiceover side? 00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:36.820 Yeah, definitely. And my mom was a radio DJ in 00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:40.780 her high school, junior, sophomore, or junior, 00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:45.500 senior year, just out of high school, up in Milton. 00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:51.699 And yeah, I've been wanting to play with my voice 00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:57.099 in other ways. I have done so many different 00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:59.519 kinds of gigs. And this is really the first time 00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:02.820 where I've been in a genuine dueling piano bar. 00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:06.059 But I feel like every gig and every experience 00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:09.179 that I've had has led up to me being able to 00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:12.260 even do this, because it's a whole different 00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:16.239 level of engagement with the audience, pulling 00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:19.300 requests, doing call downs, doing fight songs, 00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:21.639 and me having to bust out, you know, Whitney 00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:24.900 Houston and Celine Dion, because I'm the one 00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:27.699 who can do it. Yeah real quick I gotta say because 00:41:27.699 --> 00:41:29.760 I've seen this a few times and you may have been 00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:32.420 on stage if this goes back a few years. Folks 00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:36.760 this is a high octane performance. I mean you're 00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:40.900 up and down in and out of the seat. Well and 00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:44.000 unless you come in and request a sad sappy ass 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:46.780 song in which case I'm gonna do that one for 00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:51.519 you. And I probably depending on how it's going 00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:56.449 I might call you out on it. And, you know, and 00:41:56.449 --> 00:42:00.409 it's been really, it's been incredibly fun and 00:42:00.409 --> 00:42:03.929 has brought out a side of me that was never freed 00:42:03.929 --> 00:42:07.130 before. Because, you know, for a long time, especially 00:42:07.130 --> 00:42:09.849 the past few years when I was living in Arizona, 00:42:10.590 --> 00:42:15.360 I... was for the most part in high -end lounges, 00:42:15.539 --> 00:42:18.760 steak and seafood spots, kind of jazz trio type 00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:22.019 stuff. And then my main money makers were all 00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:24.980 these wedding gigs, corporate gigs, Intel, you 00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:31.480 know, whatever was going on in Phoenix and Scottsdale, 00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:35.840 I would be the number one call there. And also 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:39.119 got pulled out to LA and Seattle and San Francisco, 00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:43.840 Reno and... and Lord knows where else. But at 00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:48.139 a certain point, I wanted to, again, come home, 00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:51.960 bring what I've learned, and weave that into 00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:56.119 a new experience. And then I originally was just 00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:58.440 trying to get a gig at the district, which is 00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:02.500 across the street from Seville, and... That was 00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:04.860 kind of full up at that point and then I've later 00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:08.280 on walked into the Dealing piano bar for a networking 00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:11.019 event. They have a business after hours networking 00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:17.119 event at Sevilla and Walk in there taking the 00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:19.500 bartender of my drink ticket with my wife and 00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:22.280 she turns to the pianos and goes Hey, when does 00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:25.460 this happen? It's like oh, it's tonight Come 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:28.119 on back at eight, and it starts up. And she's 00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:30.239 like, well, did you know that my husband is a 00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:33.119 badass singer and keyboard player? He's like, 00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:35.679 well, no, I literally just met you right now. 00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:38.280 But I'm glad you said something. Come on back 00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:41.039 tomorrow. The owner, one of the owners, will 00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:44.320 be here, the entertainment director. And you 00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:47.219 can show them what you got. I'm like, cool, I'll 00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:52.199 be there. And after nearly two decades of playing 00:43:52.199 --> 00:43:55.119 around, I sat in with the band for about half 00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:58.260 an hour. He listened to about 30 seconds of it. 00:43:58.260 --> 00:44:01.920 And he's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, go ahead. Yeah, 00:44:02.260 --> 00:44:05.860 we'll take him. But I had to work my entire life 00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:11.219 in order to just walk into a gig like that. And 00:44:11.219 --> 00:44:13.500 Dan, I haven't seen you perform. I'm hoping to 00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:15.760 catch some of your performance at the district 00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:20.000 tonight. But I think a big part of it with any 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:23.800 musician is your If you can engage with the crowd 00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:25.800 and I can tell from our conversation. You're 00:44:25.800 --> 00:44:30.460 probably very adept at Engaging. I mean you have 00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:33.460 the presence. I'm tall and you're taller. I'm 00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:36.880 six five or you're six eight and But you naturally 00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:39.539 I think people are just drawn to you and and 00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:42.099 then you give it right back to them Do you love 00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:46.300 that part of it? yeah, I it is an interesting 00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:49.550 dichotomy for me because I part of this whole 00:44:49.550 --> 00:44:52.869 exploration of being in the wellness space was 00:44:52.869 --> 00:44:57.690 about me sacrificing the persona that I had built 00:44:57.690 --> 00:45:00.510 for myself over the years of being a musician 00:45:00.510 --> 00:45:07.750 and going, no, that's not real. I need to, you 00:45:07.750 --> 00:45:11.630 know, and that's called persona. embodiment or 00:45:11.630 --> 00:45:16.030 you can believe that you are your persona and 00:45:16.030 --> 00:45:19.269 I wanted to make some very intentional freaking 00:45:19.269 --> 00:45:23.150 space for like like I'm that guy for two or three 00:45:23.150 --> 00:45:27.230 hours but not for 24 hours and that was hard 00:45:27.230 --> 00:45:30.110 you know that was because I was a full -time 00:45:30.110 --> 00:45:33.030 performer and I was making killer money doing 00:45:33.030 --> 00:45:36.010 what I was doing. It's very, you know, it's self 00:45:36.010 --> 00:45:39.070 -reinforcing. And so that was part of the, you 00:45:39.070 --> 00:45:42.349 know, that space that COVID gave me was I had 00:45:42.349 --> 00:45:45.710 to live with just me. It's just me, no one to 00:45:45.710 --> 00:45:50.510 perform for and miss me, wife and baby. And, 00:45:50.510 --> 00:45:53.150 you know, so that, that was very grounding and 00:45:53.150 --> 00:45:56.070 I'm very grateful for that, that opportunity. 00:45:56.349 --> 00:46:00.889 But yeah, I have, you feel free to ask my mom. 00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:04.860 or anybody in my family, I have always sought 00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:09.880 that attention, have always been desirous of 00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:13.440 just being out, being big. And I'm like, this 00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:19.099 is what I'm working with, y 'all. And why not 00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:23.000 let's have a good time? But like I said, after 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:26.500 30, you start to go, I guess there's more to 00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:29.260 life than just having a good time. Maybe I should 00:46:29.260 --> 00:46:32.880 figure out kind of how to do that. as well, and 00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:36.480 still have a good time, but also, you know, mature 00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:41.079 and progress. And, you know, other members of 00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:44.019 my family are, you know, teachers at Oxford, 00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:47.219 and my granddad on my dad's side is a neurologist, 00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:51.360 and there was no pressure. It was just, you know, 00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:54.320 the example of, like, there's lots of stuff you 00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:57.980 can do there, boy. Don't worry about, you know. 00:46:58.170 --> 00:47:00.449 It's awesome that you picked a path and that 00:47:00.449 --> 00:47:02.530 worked really well for you. But again, once, 00:47:02.750 --> 00:47:05.510 if it starts to feel like it's not working or 00:47:05.510 --> 00:47:08.710 it's gotten a little, you know, sour on the edges 00:47:08.710 --> 00:47:11.510 and might be time to trim some things off. And 00:47:11.510 --> 00:47:15.710 so, yeah, as I'm, as I'm moving into deeper and 00:47:15.710 --> 00:47:19.690 deeper into adulthood and trying to spend as 00:47:19.690 --> 00:47:23.030 much time with my awesome daughter and beautiful 00:47:23.030 --> 00:47:26.769 wife as possible. Yeah, I'm thinking, yeah, I 00:47:26.769 --> 00:47:30.489 could, you know, just check into a voiceover 00:47:30.489 --> 00:47:33.010 studio for a couple hours and then be home for 00:47:33.010 --> 00:47:37.130 dinner and see clients and continue to expand 00:47:37.130 --> 00:47:39.809 what we can offer and bring more people into 00:47:39.809 --> 00:47:44.409 the fold and And and and so but yeah still playing 00:47:44.409 --> 00:47:47.369 always plan to plan to play out I'm hoping to 00:47:47.369 --> 00:47:50.650 make the district my new performance home and 00:47:50.650 --> 00:47:54.710 as well In addition to all the other 1700 things 00:47:54.710 --> 00:47:58.250 that I'm doing, I'm playing opening night at 00:47:58.250 --> 00:48:01.809 Pensacola Little Theater for rent. So I'll be 00:48:01.809 --> 00:48:04.550 playing in the atrium during happy hour, like 00:48:04.550 --> 00:48:07.090 everybody's coming in and getting drinks and 00:48:07.090 --> 00:48:10.730 getting ready. And then you'll get to see my 00:48:10.730 --> 00:48:14.050 wife perform. So that's June 7th coming up super 00:48:14.050 --> 00:48:17.590 fast. Wow. Oh my gosh, Dan, great stuff here. 00:48:17.670 --> 00:48:21.190 I love talking about both sides of your career. 00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:24.619 the here and now and some of the past stuff and 00:48:24.619 --> 00:48:27.000 the performing stuff and like you said I think 00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:29.780 children at least for me it changes your perspective 00:48:29.780 --> 00:48:32.280 and So many different ways that you could never 00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:36.360 see coming you make some lifestyle changes It's 00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:38.699 it's crazy. You look back ten years and you think 00:48:38.699 --> 00:48:42.699 Wow, look at look at what I mean You don't even 00:48:42.699 --> 00:48:45.460 have to be really ashamed of the old you but 00:48:45.460 --> 00:48:48.659 you can just say golly Did it take having kids 00:48:48.659 --> 00:48:52.960 to quiet all that down? Sometimes it takes a 00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:57.059 lot more than that. Five -year -old daughter, 00:48:57.179 --> 00:48:59.039 I've got a six -year -old, I have a three and 00:48:59.039 --> 00:49:01.880 a two -year -old and you see the years going 00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:04.039 by and you see the stages going by so you want 00:49:04.039 --> 00:49:08.559 to be around and present and involved and I'm 00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:12.519 so excited for what's in store for you and Crystal 00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:15.639 and everybody here at Lovelock Healing Arts. 00:49:15.960 --> 00:49:19.900 How often do you have people return with a friend? 00:49:20.860 --> 00:49:24.900 Well, I mean, I certainly get past client referrals 00:49:24.900 --> 00:49:27.400 for massage. People have said this is the best 00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:30.840 massage I've ever had. You must go. But yeah, 00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:34.719 and actually on our... System the platform that 00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:37.159 we use to book everything They actually it's 00:49:37.159 --> 00:49:39.320 weird that you're mentioning that because they 00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:41.860 just came out with like an easy way to do guest 00:49:41.860 --> 00:49:44.739 passes And so I haven't implemented it yet, but 00:49:44.739 --> 00:49:47.780 that's gonna be something that I'm gonna I'm 00:49:47.780 --> 00:49:50.679 gonna start rolling out and give everybody who's 00:49:50.679 --> 00:49:54.099 a member an automatic guest pass One a month 00:49:54.099 --> 00:49:57.780 so that yeah, because I we want to see more and 00:49:57.780 --> 00:50:00.960 more involvement we want to serve more people 00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:04.400 and bring the community closer together. And 00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:09.539 it's funny too, now that I've been here for three 00:50:09.539 --> 00:50:14.579 years, what? Three years in two days. On June 00:50:14.579 --> 00:50:16.820 1st, it'll be three years total that we've lived 00:50:16.820 --> 00:50:22.940 here. And so now I walk down the street, I run 00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:25.780 in, almost always run into somebody I know or 00:50:25.780 --> 00:50:28.440 somebody who knows me. because of my exposure 00:50:28.440 --> 00:50:31.500 in the doing piano bar at the district. I've 00:50:31.500 --> 00:50:33.440 done other things, I've do other events, Navy 00:50:33.440 --> 00:50:35.920 Federal Party, et cetera, et cetera. I'm always 00:50:35.920 --> 00:50:39.840 getting into all kinds of crazy stuff. And that 00:50:39.840 --> 00:50:43.519 just creates opportunities to see if there's 00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:47.500 a way that I can serve that person. And I'm doing, 00:50:48.420 --> 00:50:51.440 because I've been in so many different situations 00:50:51.440 --> 00:50:56.090 in my life, whether it was high pressure, corporate 00:50:56.090 --> 00:51:01.329 thing or a celebrity wedding or this, that or 00:51:01.329 --> 00:51:06.550 the other. I feel a lot less pressure to impress 00:51:06.550 --> 00:51:09.670 now because I've just seen so many different 00:51:09.670 --> 00:51:13.010 angles of how people behave. I'm like, oh, whatever. 00:51:13.889 --> 00:51:16.070 Do you need some service? If not, no big deal. 00:51:16.730 --> 00:51:20.409 It's that constant push and pull of how do we, 00:51:20.510 --> 00:51:22.949 how do we think like business owners and how 00:51:22.949 --> 00:51:27.599 do we serve like servants, like actually this 00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:30.420 is one of the things that I really like about 00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:33.880 doing massage is weirdly the opportunity to wash 00:51:33.880 --> 00:51:36.199 somebody's feet, to clean somebody's feet the 00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:39.480 way that Jesus did. Now I got a hot towel warmer. 00:51:40.099 --> 00:51:42.800 Jesus didn't have that. But that's something 00:51:42.800 --> 00:51:45.079 that it just feels like every time I have it 00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:50.460 done for me, I'm like, there's nothing more simple 00:51:50.460 --> 00:51:56.300 and kind and straightforward and luxurious than 00:51:56.300 --> 00:51:58.760 having somebody just clean your feet for you. 00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:02.960 And then I'm going beyond that too. But yeah, 00:52:03.179 --> 00:52:07.340 those are just little things that anchor me into 00:52:07.340 --> 00:52:12.420 this practice and keep me grounded when I feel 00:52:12.420 --> 00:52:18.719 like, what is my life? Because sometimes it gets, 00:52:18.760 --> 00:52:21.199 you know, the momentum, just the momentum of 00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:25.300 everything moving all the time can be Overwhelming 00:52:25.300 --> 00:52:27.619 in and of itself even if things everything's 00:52:27.619 --> 00:52:30.940 going great I'm glad you mentioned that because 00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:34.480 an outsider's view might be that Someone in your 00:52:34.480 --> 00:52:38.420 position is in perfect harmony. I mean look at 00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:42.559 the the wellness spa that they they must be doing 00:52:42.559 --> 00:52:45.880 everything right, but you're human as well and 00:52:45.880 --> 00:52:49.320 I like what you spoke to about being a servant, 00:52:49.320 --> 00:52:51.739 you know, none of us know how long we're gonna 00:52:51.739 --> 00:52:56.639 be here and Am interested in making an impact 00:52:56.639 --> 00:52:59.480 and helping people in the capacity that I can 00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:03.280 and I just love Hearing what you're doing here 00:53:03.280 --> 00:53:08.260 in this phase of your life and that it's catching 00:53:08.260 --> 00:53:13.139 on Dan I always forget to ask the question of 00:53:13.139 --> 00:53:16.719 my guest, especially the Dan guests Most of us 00:53:16.719 --> 00:53:19.599 weren't born Dan. We started going by Dan at 00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:22.960 some point in life Your story may not be you 00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:26.400 know, any more exciting than mine, but how old 00:53:26.400 --> 00:53:28.239 were you when you said, all right, call me Dan, 00:53:29.019 --> 00:53:36.000 or? Oh. One of the things is that on my dad's 00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:41.420 side of the family, very many of my male predecessors 00:53:41.420 --> 00:53:48.360 are Dana, or Danny, or Daniel, or, so it's, so 00:53:48.360 --> 00:53:52.539 as a way to stand out, like my mother, Still 00:53:52.539 --> 00:53:56.840 calls me Daniel somewhat She's really and my 00:53:56.840 --> 00:54:01.539 aunt JJ. I think that's I don't know at what 00:54:01.539 --> 00:54:04.199 point though. I don't I don't know if there was 00:54:04.199 --> 00:54:10.139 like a definitive switch I don't really correct 00:54:10.139 --> 00:54:12.860 people if they call me Daniel. It doesn't bother 00:54:12.860 --> 00:54:17.619 me in the least and so No, I don't know. But 00:54:17.619 --> 00:54:22.019 yeah, you okay with Danny? Danny I mean it depends 00:54:22.019 --> 00:54:24.059 on who's saying it. That's usually the one I've 00:54:24.059 --> 00:54:25.719 heard what people say I'd you know, call me anything 00:54:25.719 --> 00:54:29.659 but Danny I'm not as it just doesn't happen very 00:54:29.659 --> 00:54:31.860 often But if someone's wanted to call me Danny 00:54:31.860 --> 00:54:34.019 and they're being nice about it, I would have 00:54:34.019 --> 00:54:37.019 a problem with it Yeah, and it's also you know 00:54:37.019 --> 00:54:40.820 how men are like there's a playfulness and a 00:54:40.820 --> 00:54:43.900 ribbing and like, you know Testing you to see 00:54:43.900 --> 00:54:45.940 like what's the edge of your sense of humor? 00:54:46.320 --> 00:54:50.030 So I'm good with all that and I mean for as Awful 00:54:50.030 --> 00:54:54.190 and offensive as I can be on on stage sometimes 00:54:54.190 --> 00:54:58.710 and just Ridiculous, I'll take a while. I deserve 00:54:58.710 --> 00:55:01.030 all the Danny's you can throw at me. So it's 00:55:01.030 --> 00:55:05.630 fine. It's no big deal Okay, I wish we had time 00:55:05.630 --> 00:55:08.590 for a lot more for many more questions, but you've 00:55:08.590 --> 00:55:11.809 been so generous today Folks if you're traveling 00:55:11.809 --> 00:55:14.030 to Pensacola if you're coming here for business 00:55:14.030 --> 00:55:17.650 and you're here for a few days Plug this in for 00:55:17.650 --> 00:55:19.889 one evening or two evenings, whatever you can 00:55:19.889 --> 00:55:23.030 work in. Another thing I like about Lovelock 00:55:23.030 --> 00:55:26.769 Healing Arts is you're not on a main thoroughfare. 00:55:26.869 --> 00:55:30.010 It's in an urban setting, but a walkable setting. 00:55:30.369 --> 00:55:33.670 You're not pulling into a strip mall. There's 00:55:33.670 --> 00:55:36.030 a nice approach to it when you park and you walk 00:55:36.030 --> 00:55:39.389 up. That's huge right there. So yeah, if you're 00:55:39.389 --> 00:55:41.429 staying here, if you're maybe even staying on 00:55:41.429 --> 00:55:44.090 Pensacola Beach and you've got a vacation planned, 00:55:44.860 --> 00:55:47.559 You may be coming downtown at least one or two 00:55:47.559 --> 00:55:50.980 of those days. Check this out and check out the 00:55:50.980 --> 00:55:53.860 programs for children as well. This has been 00:55:53.860 --> 00:55:56.679 wonderful. Dan, anything else that we didn't 00:55:56.679 --> 00:55:59.320 cover? We didn't cover everything, but covered 00:55:59.320 --> 00:56:02.059 some great stuff. Anything you'd like to promote? 00:56:02.860 --> 00:56:05.639 Oh, sure. I mean, you're saying, you know, staying 00:56:05.639 --> 00:56:08.800 on Pensacola Beach or anything like that. I have 00:56:08.800 --> 00:56:11.960 more than just me as a massage therapist available, 00:56:11.960 --> 00:56:16.829 so I send out for out calls and in homes. We 00:56:16.829 --> 00:56:20.130 have a wide variety of different practitioners 00:56:20.130 --> 00:56:23.090 who are doing things all across the city at various 00:56:23.090 --> 00:56:26.789 points. So we have always so many different things. 00:56:27.130 --> 00:56:30.909 We have our Oyster Bay community classes. Those 00:56:30.909 --> 00:56:33.670 are just up the street on Main Street in Alkenes 00:56:33.670 --> 00:56:37.130 and at Oyster Bay Boutique Hotel. So those are 00:56:37.130 --> 00:56:39.989 just 10 bucks and they're on Saturday mornings. 00:56:40.610 --> 00:56:43.300 That's it, you know. For people who are struggling 00:56:43.300 --> 00:56:47.420 or want a low cost, low commitment kind of thing 00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:49.920 to help get them started, that's a great one 00:56:49.920 --> 00:56:52.900 because it's beautiful there. We often rotate 00:56:52.900 --> 00:56:56.260 in some different guests who will either bring 00:56:56.260 --> 00:57:00.679 like mocktails, like the curious elixirs or the 00:57:00.679 --> 00:57:03.159 guys from the stretch zone or have some different 00:57:03.159 --> 00:57:06.480 vendors there. So we just try to make that. Cool 00:57:06.480 --> 00:57:10.280 and low, low cost is 10 bucks. And then just 00:57:10.280 --> 00:57:14.480 in general, we are starting to, um, as this whole 00:57:14.480 --> 00:57:16.619 whole process has evolved, we're starting to 00:57:16.619 --> 00:57:20.119 figure out, okay, we're offering memberships 00:57:20.119 --> 00:57:23.900 that include the childcare. We're starting to, 00:57:23.900 --> 00:57:26.000 we're starting to figure out the groove of how 00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:28.360 to work with this brand new space that we just 00:57:28.360 --> 00:57:31.239 remodeled. So yeah. I mean, the biggest thing 00:57:31.239 --> 00:57:33.019 that we're promoting right now are those summer 00:57:33.019 --> 00:57:36.440 camps. And so if you're in Pensacola and you're 00:57:36.440 --> 00:57:39.539 looking for a place to send the kids for a couple 00:57:39.539 --> 00:57:43.619 hours over the summer, there's a, as you probably 00:57:43.619 --> 00:57:46.300 already know, if you're here, them summer camps 00:57:46.300 --> 00:57:50.219 feel the best. So, um, and you know, and we're 00:57:50.219 --> 00:57:52.219 working with about 700 square feet back there. 00:57:52.500 --> 00:57:56.449 So it's 15 kids max and, um, And so we're going 00:57:56.449 --> 00:57:59.309 to we're going to be doing those and I forget 00:57:59.309 --> 00:58:03.730 the precise dates June and June and July one 00:58:03.730 --> 00:58:08.130 week at a time. And other than that, we're always 00:58:08.130 --> 00:58:11.150 our doors are always open. We're really excited 00:58:11.150 --> 00:58:13.750 to be continuing to deepen our connections into 00:58:13.750 --> 00:58:16.449 the community. And I'm really grateful for this 00:58:16.449 --> 00:58:19.550 opportunity to just talk about some stuff and 00:58:19.550 --> 00:58:22.789 connect with another fellow Dan. I love it. It's 00:58:22.789 --> 00:58:26.460 just great. Another tall Dan. So very unique 00:58:26.460 --> 00:58:29.219 conversation here. I guess one more wacky question, 00:58:29.320 --> 00:58:31.139 and if you don't have an immediate answer, that's 00:58:31.139 --> 00:58:35.579 okay. Dan, if you could pick an actor to portray 00:58:35.579 --> 00:58:38.179 you in a film and your life story, is there one 00:58:38.179 --> 00:58:42.579 that immediately comes to mind? Ian McKellen. 00:58:43.340 --> 00:58:47.460 Okay. For no other reason than he's just, yeah, 00:58:47.719 --> 00:58:53.079 he's just awesome. But no, I often get weird 00:58:53.079 --> 00:58:56.130 questions about the way that I look. or like 00:58:56.130 --> 00:59:00.769 I look like so -and -so because I have a ethnically 00:59:00.769 --> 00:59:05.010 ambiguous kind of setup with the really dark 00:59:05.010 --> 00:59:08.289 hair and dark beard but blue eyes and I have 00:59:08.289 --> 00:59:11.570 a lot of you know my my family been here for 00:59:11.570 --> 00:59:14.789 a long time there's a lot going on in here so 00:59:14.789 --> 00:59:17.210 a lot of people will like pick up on a thing 00:59:17.210 --> 00:59:19.769 that they see in my face that reminds them of 00:59:19.769 --> 00:59:24.610 an actor or a like what's the guy who did Spock? 00:59:25.329 --> 00:59:28.429 The new Spock. Somebody came up to me just the 00:59:28.429 --> 00:59:31.230 other day and they're like, where are you from? 00:59:31.769 --> 00:59:35.969 I'm like, I'm from here. Like literally in the 00:59:35.969 --> 00:59:39.409 middle of a piano bar performance, or my partner 00:59:39.409 --> 00:59:43.670 was leading the song. No, but I mean like where 00:59:43.670 --> 00:59:49.230 are your people from? I'm like, also here. So 00:59:49.230 --> 00:59:52.579 you're just, you're... She was trying to get 00:59:52.579 --> 00:59:55.360 me to say, I don't know, some ethnicity or some 00:59:55.360 --> 00:59:57.679 confirmation of something that she felt. And 00:59:57.679 --> 01:00:02.639 I'm like, I'm a mutt. Girl, I'm American. I mean, 01:00:02.880 --> 01:00:05.739 it goes all the way back to the beginning. And 01:00:05.739 --> 01:00:09.159 that's one of the reasons, you know, side reasons 01:00:09.159 --> 01:00:12.579 why I love being in Pensacola because this is 01:00:12.579 --> 01:00:15.219 where it all started, for real. European settlement, 01:00:15.360 --> 01:00:18.940 really, this is the spot. And so when you want 01:00:18.940 --> 01:00:23.820 to understand how it's going since then, it's 01:00:23.820 --> 01:00:27.139 interesting to look at it from the place where 01:00:27.139 --> 01:00:30.099 it first all started. So I'm grateful to be in 01:00:30.099 --> 01:00:32.460 Pensacola. I'm grateful that this is my home 01:00:32.460 --> 01:00:37.500 and I'm grateful to serve as best as I can, imperfectly 01:00:37.500 --> 01:00:40.900 as I am. And I'm glad that you reached out and 01:00:40.900 --> 01:00:43.679 we got to have this conversation. I am too, Dan. 01:00:43.719 --> 01:00:46.440 Thank you so much for your time today. Hopefully 01:00:46.440 --> 01:00:49.449 we could do it again sometime. Alright folks, 01:00:49.550 --> 01:00:52.010 hope you enjoyed this episode check it out. The 01:00:52.010 --> 01:00:54.650 website is well, there's actually a couple websites, 01:00:54.710 --> 01:00:57.650 right? Yeah, so I mean love lock healing arts 01:00:57.650 --> 01:01:02.510 calm easy Dan love lock calm all the All those 01:01:02.510 --> 01:01:04.650 things will get you to the places that you might 01:01:04.650 --> 01:01:07.170 be interested in or your favorite platform. So 01:01:07.170 --> 01:01:11.650 yeah, and then You can always just find our info. 01:01:11.869 --> 01:01:15.090 Call us up. We'll guide you to something that 01:01:15.090 --> 01:01:18.429 will that will serve you if you're confused or 01:01:18.429 --> 01:01:20.670 you're like, I don't, some of that stuff sounds 01:01:20.670 --> 01:01:23.489 a little woo woo. I don't really, is there any 01:01:23.489 --> 01:01:26.570 science behind that? And most assuredly, yes, 01:01:26.730 --> 01:01:30.869 on all fronts. And if you want some deeper insight 01:01:30.869 --> 01:01:32.849 or you need a little guidance to help you get 01:01:32.849 --> 01:01:35.429 started or want to find out more about kids programs, 01:01:35.630 --> 01:01:40.530 just contact us. Excellent. Okay, folks, be good 01:01:40.530 --> 01:01:42.590 to yourself, be good to everybody around you, 01:01:42.769 --> 01:01:45.420 but I've said it is for a long time ago many 01:01:45.420 --> 01:01:48.300 many weeks ago, but it starts with you and look 01:01:48.300 --> 01:01:50.780 into it if you're in the area again Check it 01:01:50.780 --> 01:01:53.579 out. Love lock healing arts and have a wonderful 01:01:53.579 --> 01:01:55.440 week. We'll see you next Sunday on the Dan time 01:01:55.440 --> 01:01:57.360 podcast Thanks for tuning in