It's Dan Time. Grab a seat. It's Dan Time. Yeah.
It's Dan Time. Only dance on the line. Only dance
all the time. This is the Dan Time podcast with
your host, Dan McGarrett. Uh, welcome back. I
guess I can say that. Welcome back from hiatus.
I'm actually still on Dancation. I'm not really
back. So let me backtrack here. I am jumping
in to say hello. You may have noticed a precipitous
drop off in DanTime content. It's not on accident.
You probably deserve an explanation. Here you
are thinking wow, I found a show that it's it's
right up my alley. This is for me. I love it
I'm looking forward to it every Sunday new episode
two years in and however long you've been listening
and then all of a sudden I ghost you and disappear
Well, it's been bothering me enough that I feel
like I've got to jump in And make an announcement
so to speak Nothing big to announce here But
I haven't had a lot of Dan time for Dan time
if you will my Family my kids need me My wife
needs me my cats Need me My job needs me my customers
my All the various stakeholders they just need
more Day and time then I can provide and also
churn out this podcast Every seven days like
it's been done over the past two years I've actually
taken a step back and these past three weeks
of not working on the show really at all and
I've had more than a few reflective moments where
I think, wow, that takes a little bit of time.
The hours that I have usually spent on this production,
when you completely step away from it, all of
a sudden you're participating in things, your
places, you're with people, you're open ended
and stretched out without the caps. on your time
that were in place. And I got to tell you, it
has been pretty nice. Now remember, when I started
this project, my kids were something like five
and a half, two and one, I think. So now it's
seven and a half, four, going on four and a half
and three. So there's just a lot more to. to
do that you need to do. And you just, I always
carved out Sundays to spend on the podcast beyond
just the conversation with the guest as far as
editing and everything that goes into it, the
social media updates. And so Sunday, late afternoon,
mid afternoon to all of the evening, I've reclaimed
it. I gotta tell you, I like it. And I'm always
going to do what's best for my family. I don't
feel like I have to over explain this. This is
kind of just me making a journal entry, a diary
entry here. I don't know. I don't think you guys
care in great detail. What's where I've been,
what's going on, but it's been good. It's been
really good. With that being said, I do plan
for the show to continue just not at such a rapid
clip. Because you got to remember in order to
turn out new guests every week Without repeating
anybody or bringing in my friend Kevin or my
brother or you know Some of these guests to fill
in the gaps because yeah, there's there's millions
of bands across the world but I've got a Run
it through a filter of a funnel here that That
narrows the type of Dan the type of Dana the
type of Danny Danielle that fits what the show
has become There are guests that appeared on
the show of the first say three months that were
great for that time period and Probably won't
have that type of guests going forward Without
naming names. It's not like anything's been no
guest has been an ill fit for the show. But as
you can see, there's been more of a focus on
the creative type, the songwriters, the touring
musicians, the performers, and as I can, as I'm
able, and I'd love to have more of them, current
and former athletes. Let me try to, this is actually
a good opportunity if you've ever wondered how
an amateur podcaster slaps it together. Where
do these guests come from? How does this get
queued up? well When you don't have any Larger
backing and it's just you And this is it's all
me. I don't have a staff. I don't have a social
media director. I Don't I don't farm out anything.
I don't have any sure. There's no shortage of
email solicitation from marketers and promoters
and and such but So if you take an independent
artist, for example, they got to be one of the
names that we've mentioned Then I check out their
music. Do I like it? Because you might like it,
but if it doesn't really appeal to me I'm not
gonna have somebody on the show and say hey,
I love your work. Wow. This song is spectacular
Just to say it It's got to be something that
I get some enjoyment out of To then effectively
promote it to you then You like this? I craft
an email. There's nothing boilerplate. If you're
listening and I've sent you a message, I wrote
that message that day, that moment. I don't copy
and paste stuff. Now, I might kind of fall back
on some of my old patterns of how I write an
email, but I'm batting this stuff out. I'm trying
to personalize it. Cause you know, depending
on who it is, they might not see your message.
So I found that it's obviously a lot easier to
get a communication flow created with an independent
artist than it is to go through management or
an agent. Now those individuals do communicate
with me. I have had some contact where you're
trying, I'm trying to line up a signed artist.
a bigger name and it just, it doesn't start and
stop. It starts, let's get some, some, uh, some
more information. Okay. Here's the more information.
Okay. Let's, uh, when could we do this? Let's
look ahead. Let's follow up. Let's follow up.
And then it just, you know, and, um, it didn't
happen every time. Cause obviously I've had some
guests that, but went entirely through the media
contact until it was time to connect with the
conversation. Athletes have been more of a challenge
if you're trying to get, say, a current professional
baseball player or current, I'm sorry, major
league baseball player. Those media contacts,
they often do respond, but it's a longer process
to the eventual no, or it's a long process to
the eventual nothing to the eventual figure it
out. figure out that this isn't going to happen.
So, and then with all that considered, I think
about where this show started. Where did it come
from? Why did I want to do it? Where's the heart
behind it? What am I trying to do here? A lot
of cases, the people that are the public figures
that are already household names, 20, 30 years
into a very successful career, they don't need
to do this. And there may be some perceived pitfalls
attached to doing a show like Dan time. So the
magic really happens when I connect with an independent
artist whose material I like, I'm excited about
promoting. They love doing something like this.
They're talking to other podcasters, other journalists,
promoting their music on various platforms, maybe
doing some self promotion. And when they come
on the show and Think about this, the theme of
the show, Dan time. So when I send out those
emails, I've got to qualify it and say, Hey,
the premise of the show is Dan talking to fellow
Dan's. Now I lose people. There are people who
never respond. A very, very small slice actually
reply. No thanks. But the people who commit to
doing the show, it's like I've weeded out a lot
of folks who maybe don't have a great sense of
humor or they don't even think that this this
is funny and I respect that because in all honesty
this thing is pretty it's pretty corny okay Dan
talking to fellow Dan's it's it's almost nothing
R rated going on here on the surface I mean it's
something that my second grader thinks is funny
and even then he doesn't think it's hilarious
It just, uh, I think you know what I'm saying.
So that's what it takes to get unique guests
all the time. And I've just gotten to a place
where my kids are two years older now. I'm enjoying
doing as much with them as possible. And even
before I step back, you know, we're spending
Saturdays together. We're spending as much time
as I possibly can. and we're doing little league
and all that stuff. And so it's just time for
Dan time to be maybe something that I never really
wanted it to be or envisioned as far as being
a on call versus recurring, but probably looking
at once a month, surely I can churn out something
once a month, or if you're lucky, two or three
times a month, when it happens and never just
because But I have thoroughly enjoyed this project
Just on a personal level. I love the music that
I've discovered that I would have never found
otherwise never the creative Personalities out
there like Danny Cole who created the theme song
would have never found Danny Well, I may have
found him on Instagram, but I don't know if I've
mentioned this before I wouldn't have been on
Instagram without the podcast account I went
12, 13, 14 years, however long social media has
been prominent. I've known about it. I've known
about, about Instagram and I've stayed away.
And now I'm in it. I don't, I don't like it all
the time, but yeah, Dan Orlando, Muscle Shoals
area bassist, Dan Williams, a couple episodes
there, part one and two, when we talk about Lindy
Urban. in the first episode and Ghost River Revival
in the second. Dan Guevara, love. Dan Guevara
is just an awesome guy. This is a fun thing about
the show. Most of these guests, if I have them
on, I like them. They're all nice, cool people.
But Dan, Dan Guevara is just really, really salt
of the earth from my experience with him. Some
of the ballplayers I still, you know, root for
them for their success. Dan Brown, Dan Beebe.
Uh, the comedians, it's been some of the most
exciting episodes and challenging ones for me
to prepare for. But anyway, I hope you guys have
enjoyed this podcast. There's a lot of material
there. If you've had no downtime the past three
weeks, you'll go back three months, six months,
a year. Most of the content is still relevant
and timely. So I appreciate you listening again.
I'm still on. Dancation. You may not hear from
me from for another few weeks. I don't know how
long. It might be two weeks. It might be another
four weeks. I'm having a good time out here.
I'm in a good place. That's what I said back
on the on the trailer episode. You're in a good
place. Well, don't worry about me. I'm in a good
place right now. Kids are happy. The wife's happy.
You've heard that. Happy wife, happy life. That's
not just, not just a saying, but the wheels are
always spinning every day of the week. The wheels
are always spinning and I'm still thinking about
and making some outreach to potential guests
for the show. So stay tuned. There will be a
surprise in the near future, but I hope you're
doing well. I appreciate you as a listener. Always
have, always will. I don't know what other people's
motives are in this sphere. Might be some podcasters
who are in it for themselves. And I don't want
to question anybody's intentions who is behind
a microphone, but I said it a long time ago,
but it's where my heart is. I want this show
to stay underground. Not that I'd never wanted
to, that I never want the audience to grow, but
I'm not going to compromise. I'm not selling
out. I'm not focused on the white whale because
the best guests that this show has had are the
guests that you'd never heard of. And when the
episode's over, you're thinking, where was this
artist all my life? This is fantastic. And you
want to keep listening. So that's what I'm doing
here. Thanks for following. Thanks for subscribing.
If you're on social media. I'm not crazy active.
I could do a lot more, but there is a lot more
to do than the doom scroll, the endless sitting
and cradling the phone. And there's a real truth
to brain rot. Put the phone down every so often
and read a book or go for a walk or play. I'm
not lecturing you. I was starting to say play
with your kids, but take your eyeballs off of
the screen and put your eyeballs on something
in nature or a friend of yours or your, you know,
someone you love and you'll be happier. You'll
be happy that you did. All right. That's all
I got. I'm going back to it here. Back to my
off time. Take care of yourself. There will be
a fun episode coming up. If you have any requests,
if you want to see certain people who have been
on the show in the past and you want them back,
message me on social media or dantimepod at gmail
.com. Have a great week. Be good to yourself
and take care of your friends and take, take
your dog outside. That dog yours has been, it's
been needing to go to the bathroom for hours
now. Take your animal out. Go ahead and load
the dishwasher now. You know, you know that it
needs to be done Don't wait till tonight. Don't
say I'll do it first thing in the morning Get
that loaded dishes started right now Take the
garbage out. Don't wait. Don't try to crunch
it down That's not no one's you know You're not
fooling anybody Get that garbage bagged up walk
it outside if you need some help Someone will
help you. I'll give you a hand with it. Okay
but get that out of the house and dispose of
it properly. When you leave the house, do not
turn your AC all the way off. Kick it up to 76,
77 because you want positive airflow at all times.
Don't snooze on that. And that's all I got. So
long. See you next time.