Welcome everyone To another feature music special
on the artist first radio network something we've
been doing for a very long time We have a reoccurring
guest is that the right words to use reoccurring
Reappearing might be a better term He's well
known on the network It's an excellent broadcast.
You guys should tune in. We'll tell you about
in a minute Right now let's welcome Dr. Andre
Jerry. Hey Doctor. Hey Z how's it going man?
It is going well. How is life in San Juan, Puerto
Rico? Hey, I'm loving it man. The weather is
on point today. I even went to the beach this
morning so I'm filled up. I got my vibes and
everything so I'm ready to go. What are the beaches
like in San Juan? Oh man, this past weekend,
and I think it's because of the Bad Bunny concert,
but it was like full. This morning, not so much.
I like to go around 6 .30, 7 o 'clock in the
morning. The only people you'll see out there
are the people walking their dogs and the yoga
instructors and things like that. So it's plenty
of space and it's just less populated. So that's
my type of vibe. But yeah, this past weekend,
it was just completely lit out there. Yeah, that's
uh people are attracted to beaches I am it's
been yeah 15 years since I've been on a beach,
but I look forward to getting there sooner or
later. Yeah Wonderful time brother. Yeah wonderful
things but We're gonna have to cover some ground.
We covered on your first music special with us
Folks, there's another one up there. Have we
done one or two previous to this? My brain ain't
working yet. It feels like we've done two, but
I think the one that you're referring to is the
one on my latest book. And then we followed that
up with a music special. So it feels like we've
done two music specials, but no, this is actually
the second one. Both the book special that Dr.
Andre's talking about and the previous music
special are up on the archives, of course. You
guys can check them out. Let's cover a little
bit of background for the benefit of listeners
who are hearing about you for the very first
time. Give us the little thumbnail to tell us
the story of who is Dr. Andre Jerry, for instance.
Where'd you grow up? Well, I grew up in Columbus,
Georgia. For those who are... you know army base
that's right next to Fort Benning Georgia and
Fort Benning is the largest military installation
in the world and I went through some name changes
but I think at least I hear you know I don't
watch the news but I've heard that the name has
been reverted back to its original name which
is Fort Benning but it was Fort Moore for like
maybe one or two years but I'm glad it's back
to Fort Benning I never had any issue with that
name that's the name I grew up with knowing that
military base so but yeah that's where I'm from
I'm a military brat my father was a decorated
army veteran and he retired at Fort Benning and
shortly after I came along I think I mentioned
before that he had me at the ripe age of 51 years
old so to say I was a surprise is a bit of an
understatement so yeah army brat grew up in Columbus
Georgia and end up going into the military myself,
not the Army, but the Air Force. That was a short
stint, but then I found my way back into the
Air Force as a civilian working for the Department
of the Air Force by way of the Department of
Defense. And fast forward a decade, I retired
from the Department of Defense this past March,
relocated back to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where
I am now, and life has just been a dream since
then. Do you regret that you weren't in the service
long enough to have Pete Hegseth as your commander?
No, no, I well I did have some regret initially
like anyone who enlisted to serve I wanted to
serve and do my time and you know, my plan was
to retire from the Air Force but Like I mentioned
on I think we're not a show we talked about this
a little bit but it was discovered during basic
training that I had sickle cell trait. And so
I passed out during one of our PT exercises and
they ran all types of tests on me and couldn't
figure out what was happening, what was going
on with me. They finally ran some blood tests
and came back and told me that I had sickle cell
trait and what I experienced passing out was
a full blown anemic attack. And so unfortunately
I had to be medically discharged. So I really
didn't get a very long career in the service,
but you know things work out the way they're
supposed to. That's what we like to say folks,
right? Because we have so little control over
the world and what happens in our lives that
we have to sort of just take it as it comes.
So, but overall you had a positive experience
in the military. Would you encourage today's
youth to sign up? Absolutely. I always tell,
you know, young people especially, if they are
at that place where they're not really ready
for college, they don't feel like that's something
that they want to go right into after high school,
and you're still kind of struggling to find yourself,
the military, any of the branches, would be a
great move. I tell people all the time it's the
only career where you get to retire when you're,
you know, 40 years old. You know, those 20 years
go by so fast, and I always recommend that for
our young people who don't have a clear direction
on what they want to do. You know, you don't
have to do the 20 years. Do the three or the
four or the six years, but get some experience
under your belt. Get away from home. That's really
important. And just get out in the world and
have a sense of pride knowing that you are serving
your country. And there are not a lot of people
lining up to do that right now, this current
environment, but I still highly recommend that
to young people who suffering from a lack of
direction. Now, there's a commercial for you,
folks. I think that we used to have the greatest
military in the world with the way things are
going. I don't know that we can say it that way
anymore, but I hope we can. Anyway, we're going
to not be a political program today, folks, as
much as. The world of politics is encroaching
on all of us every day now you are a I think
I can call you a creative person you are You're
absolutely an artist you do many things in the
art world. Well one of those would be music one
of those is Being as literature and being an
author. You also do some great jobs with that
with the computer graphics stuff, too Do you
have you always considered yourself or do you
consider yourself an artist? That's a good question.
I've considered myself an artist for a long time.
I've had the sort of, I don't know if high would
be the best way. I've had to subvert that part
of me because I'd elected to, you know, go into
the federal civil service and pursue other so
-called professional um you know jobs and what
have you and um so that part of my um i guess
personality i've subverted for a long time because
you know just for the pressure of you know being
professional or doing what other people expect
for you to do and so i just kind of pushed it
in the background but i always had the um the
yearning to do music the yearning to sing the
yearning to act in just do all these creative
things and writing was always something that
I leaned heavily on. And so, yeah, at the right
age of 46 years old, almost 47, I'm really finally
getting a chance to step fully into that. And
it's just, you know, been the greatest thing
ever. Well, we've been doing this a number of
decades now, and we have a sort of unscientific
poll going. And that would be the debate of a
person becomes the person they are. Is it nature
or nurture? And that's the question I'm asking
you. Are you the type of person, an artistic
and creative person, because of your background,
or is that just the way you were born? I think
I was born with it, you know. I remember doing
little skits and play acting and doing little
movies and I've had a camcorder since forever
and I remember doing little skits and things
at age five and six with my cousins and you know
writing little songs and just doing these little
performances in front of the family and so looking
back has always been in me and then of course
you know like with many people you get older
and you you fall you fall into the whole you
know, do something professional or, you know,
do like others are doing type thing. And it's
not that my parents didn't encourage that type
of pursuit of artistry or anything like that.
It was something that I felt I had to subvert.
And I don't know, you know, I watched my parents
be entrepreneurs and they were very business
minded and you know had all types of businesses
and you know clubs of their own things like that
and so I just kind of gravitate I would say it's
a separate part of me there's a side of me that's
very professional very business minded but then
there's that other part that I'm just now starting
to fully nurture and that's that artistic side.
Well let's get into a piece of Dr. Andre's artistic
side the first track we're gonna play off the
new album is called Cognac Conversations. Interesting
title. Tell them a little bit about what they're
gonna hear. Yeah, so Cognac Conversations, that's
a great way to start this music special here
because it's kind of like if you picture yourself
on your second pour in a cigar lounge, the lighting
is dim. and you're just in a deep relaxed conversation
with friends and you know you got to laughing
and you know having a great conversation and
everything is just flowing smoothly just like
cognac that's this particular track and it's
just something that you imagine hearing in the
background while you're really enjoying that
moment in a cigar lounge this is a great track
i enjoyed this one a lot let's see what you guys
think folks here we go Folks that's that track
is called cognac conversations as I was remarking
to dr. Andre as the song was playing Having played
in numerous jazz nightclubs over my career. That
was a It's a great setup there. That's that's
exactly what was painted a picture in my mind
when I first heard the tune so Congratulations,
dr. Jerry. Well done. Thank you Music's a weird
thing everybody it is a personal thing you can't
be told that you like a song you actually have
to like it although someone might take issue
with that when you watch how the music industry
works and tries to pound songs into people's
heads that's a little different but knowing that
what what type of music is your favorite style
of music Well, to be honest with you, EDM electronic
dance music is my favorite. I would say good
old -fashioned R &B music would be a close runner
up to that. It's not like I was a big dancer
coming up. I don't know why I gravitate so much
to EDM music, but I just love the instrumentality
of it. I love the different sounds, syncopated
sounds and things like that. And I like being
able to just get on the dance floor and zone
out to a song. And so that's what really got
me into being a music artist and developing beats
and things like that. It's created my own version
and style of EDM music. So yeah, it definitely
would have to be EDM. You made the comment in
the last segment that your parents were. Entrepreneurs
and and you said if I heard you crooked they
had a couple clubs. Did you mean nightclubs?
They did own a nightclub I think maybe two but
definitely one for sure This is when my dad was
still enlisted and this was before I was born
mind you I hear a tale about this from my sisters
my older sisters, but it was either in Fort Bragg
as an NCO nightclub or Just outside of the club
it either rate it was in the Fort Bragg Area
and it was a nightclub and I can't remember the
name of it I can't remember a name of I will
have to ask my sister but yeah, they owned a
nightclub in conjunction with another married
couple that they were close with and I believe
it was the Stinson's or something like that,
but Yeah, I've seen pictures of my parents in
that element and they just look like, you know,
a little celebrity couple. But it was just great
to hear those stories and just to hear about
a side of my parents that I didn't get to personally
see for myself. You know, my older sisters got
to see that part and experience that. But yeah,
so that's where I guess I get the love for music
from. And I think I shared on one of the last
specials that we did that my father used to sing
lullabies to me going to sleep, particularly
when I was young. And he would just make up little
lullabies on the fly. And so just all those little
things add up to just make a person appreciate
music and appreciate the art of music. Place
that serves alcohol is well, you know could be
a restaurant but but you know, it's a bar, right?
I mean for a place where you go in and there's
a bar and people sit and there might be music
playing there like on the jukebox or a stereo
But in my mind what makes a nightclub different
than a regular bar is they have entertainment
Would you agree? I Would agree that definitely
as a different layer to it Sometimes you'll have
people come and do comedy skits or stand -up
comedy something like that Sometimes or a lot
of times there's live music or a live band To
the point that you were making during the break
But yeah that definitely distinguishes a nightclub
from just a regular club environment Well, we're
segueing into the second track and the title
is Lounge Godfather You're seeing a seeing a
trend here folks. Tell us about this one Okay,
so Lounge Godfather that song It's one that is
for that quiet confident entrance, you know imagine
being you know a gentleman that's Walking into
a lounge. He's walking in owning the room. He
doesn't feel the need to say a word He's just
walking in. He's smooth. He's classy and he's
got presence and He owns the place without having
to say he owns the place He's the person everyone
knows and you know, we call him lounge Godfather
and this would be sort of his I would say What's
the what his theme music This would be that person's
theme music. So yes, this is Lounge Godfather.
Godfather by our guest Dr. Andre Jerry another
great cut there man I'm like I'm digging this
yeah man I knew you would like it that's uh the
one we just listened to is my second favorite
on the album for sure but all this music is great
and it just it's just great lounge music great
cigar lounge music and you know it's just if
you just want a vibe to something and I intentionally
didn't use any lyrics for any of these songs
because I just wanted it to be a vibe and something
you can just put on sip enjoy your drink enjoy
your company enjoy your solitude if you want
but it's uh it's just perfect well and music
style that you're listening to now listeners
is I very much enjoy it because it's fun to play
as a musician but it allows the the audience
to experience your music and still interact with
whoever they're with. How many times have you
gone to a nightclub or a concert venue and it
is so loud that even the person you're sitting
right next to, you have to scream at them for
them to hear you. I think you get listener fatigue
anyway. And that's all fine and dandy for certain
venues. And if that's what you want to do, great.
But these types of songs, these types of clubs
that this would play in, it's just wonderful
because you can you get it all you get great
music you get the layback you get the vibes and
you get to enjoy the company of your guests so
right when is or maybe i'm a little late to the
game here when is the first dr andre jerry concert
you know i've been asked that a couple of times
and i have not performed any of my music at any
venues Maybe because I haven't officially been
invited to or sought out those opportunities
I've been so involved with my my previous career
that I retired from but I'm sure that type of
Stuff is right around the corner. Something tells
me is right around the corner and probably right
here in Puerto Rico So I'm sure you'll be the
first to know about it Would that be something
that might intimidate you? Oh For sure I'll be
nervous, you know uh... i'll get the job done
like always do but you know that uh... you know
natural introverted person uh... yeah i got i'm
definitely gonna have to step outside of myself
and you know take on a persona to deliver the
music in a way that the audience is going to
feel it uh... but i think that both of both the
thing i've done to that is uh... m c i m c renata's
uh... annual event that she throws She didn't
throw one last year because, you know, she got
married and had a bunch of other stuff going
on, but I did MC the event the year before, and
it was a great experience. I got to sort of hone
a little bit of my comedic chops, which is something
else I want to venture into is doing a comedy
album and doing some stand -up comedy, but it
was a great experience. So I would think MCing
going from that to actually performing on stage,
uh wouldn't be such such a stretch you know i
could do it and have fun with it and you know
i might get addicted to it like i did with hosting
a radio show you never know yeah it's a interesting
way to make a living uh being an artist a musician
a performer but you know it If you don't get
nervous before a gig, you need to get out of
the business, ladies and gentlemen. I've played
thousands and thousands of gigs, and if you're
not just a little bit nervous, then the crowd
doesn't deserve you. I agree, 100%. Your job
is not to, as a musician, your job is to entertain
the people. Doesn't mean get up there and make
a jackass out of yourself, but they're there
for a reason. They're there to see you. A lot
of musicians get this ass backwards. They think,
oh, well, they're here for me. No, no, no. You
are here for their benefit. You know, it's anyway.
That's a bad place to start as an artist. Here's
an oddity. And I'll ask you for your insight.
Why is it easier to play for an audience of a
thousand than it is to play for an audience of
30? Well, I mean, you can With a smaller, more
intimate audience, you can see every eye, you
can look into every eye, and you can almost sort
of feel their connection, their feedback. Sometimes
it freaks you out even more. When it's a thousand
people or a large room with people, you can't
really make a contact with anyone, any one person.
So you can sort of just look beyond them and
not get so nervous. But yeah, more intimate settings,
definitely more nerve -racking. And that's just
speaking from a public speaking, you know, perspective.
I've spoken, you know, when I was in management,
I've had to speak in front of small groups like,
you know, five or 10 people, maybe 15. And that
was just a wreck, you know, because I can feel
every stare. but speaking to an auditorium of
people is a lot more not relaxing but you know
not as nerve -racking as the smaller audiences
so you got a good point there. Well in some of
the bigger gigs the audience is like 20 feet
Back from the stage. There's you on a bigger
gig like five thousand or something ten thousand
There's gonna be a big space between the first
row of people at the audience and then the stage
So they are back way back there. You're exactly
right there. They're there. They're somewhat
off but Other gigs the audience could literally
set their drink on my piano You know, that's
a no -no, but they're right, right freakin' there.
I mean, you could literally reach over and touch
the audience. I like that situation. And people
are, I think they're more interested in, not
more, but it's an interesting place to be a spectator
because you get to actually see what the musicians
are doing. You're that close, you can see the,
some of the coolest gigs we played, the Flying
Pig in Salem, Ohio. They are... literally on
top of you. You can touch the artist. Anyway,
okay, I'm tired of reminiscing. Sorry about that.
Oh man, you know a lot of artists prefer that
more intimate setting. I know Shantae Moore,
R &B singer, Shantae Moore enjoys more of the
intimate flow and you know not such the big venues.
Erykah Badu is another one who prefers a more...
closer intimate space when she's performing so
yeah some that's right up some artists alley
but then you got others that prefer the bigger
venue so it's just you know depends on the artist
of course the downside to playing for a situation
where the crowds right on top of you is when
they throw things at you they can probably hit
you oh god but if they're 30 feet back from the
stage some of the people can't throw that far
So what do you do when someone throws something
at you in your own stage performance? Has that
happened to you? Is your natural instinct to
keep playing and the show must go on or does
it just completely throw you off? Well, one time
we didn't get stuff thrown at us very often.
It was very rare. Our bands were good. We were
good at what we did. One day we're playing this
gig. It's an indoor gig and Standing there, we're
playing, and something hits me right in the side
of the head. I mean, hard. It was like somebody
hit me with a rock. You know, pow! And I'm like...
I stand up when I play piano in the dance bands
I was in, and I grabbed the keyboard. I did not
go down. I did not go down. And I'm thinking,
what the hell just happened to me? And, you know,
we kept playing, and then at the break... One
of the waitresses came up to me and apologized
She said I was trying to get your drummer's attention
of course He's behind me and over to the left
there But she said what she hit me with was an
ice ball from out of the the ice bin She grabbed
this thing about the size of a tennis ball. It
was a hunk of ice she had a She liked our drummer
romantically and was trying to get his attention,
but she threw like a girl and it didn't go that
far and hit me right in the side of the head.
But no, we haven't had any bad things thrown
at us from people. Yep, I did not go down. I
stayed on my feet. I'm glad you did. What is
it about the drummer? Why is it always the drummer
who gets all the action? Oh, you're absolutely
right. You're absolutely right. Of course, I'm
kind of ugly. I didn't get any action. You know,
I don't care what instrument you play, when you
look like me, you ain't getting no action. But
yeah, why do chicks dig drummers? And why do
drummers hang out? Wait, I won't get into it.
There's a bunch of drummer jokes. What do you
call people that hang out with musicians? Drummers.
What? Wow. Think about that. Room 444. Wasn't
there a TV show in the 70s? Oh no, that was Room
222, wasn't it? Okay, I'm just showing my age.
227. I don't know. I haven't heard of that as
a show. Apparently, there's a room 444 that's
some type of private club in Morocco or somewhere
in the Middle East. So I've been told. But this,
my room 444 is completely imaginary and fictional.
It's like an imaginary cigar lounge that's, you
know, that you walk into. It has low lights.
The seating is velvet. And it just has this sense
of intimacy. So when you listen to Room 444,
just close your eyes and just step into that
world for the next few minutes. It's the room.
It's my imaginary room, cigar lounge room. Take
it out. You're listening to a featured music
special on the Artist First radio network. Our
guest is Dr. Andre Jerry. He has a program on
the network called the Dr. Andre Jerry Show.
Imagine that! He's quite successful at what he
does. He has fascinating programs and they are
all available to you as podcasts at the Artist
First website. I strongly encourage you guys
to check it out. He's good at what he does. Also
good at being a radio show host as you guys can
hear. Dr. Andre Jerry is putting together some
great great tracks We're gonna move up into the
next one which is called Grown man perfume now.
That's an interesting title. Dr. Andre. What
was going on with this one? Oh Man some songs
just sound like a scent, you know, so when when
I put this one together I was like this just
sounds like a grown man sexy stuff, you know
Imagine you're headed out, maybe to the club,
a nightclub, cigar lounge, whatever. You got
on your fresh attire, you got on your watch that
everybody likes, and you just look great. And
last thing you do before you head out the door
is spray on your perfume, your cologne. They
call, me and Cole cologne. Perfume in Saudi Arabia
and other European countries. So yeah, I think
just in the in the states we we refer to it as
a woman's fragrance, but Other places call it
perfume. But yeah when I put this song together
when I played it I was like, you know what? This
is what you play when you put that last spritz
of cologne on before you head out So wherever
you're going where there's a date or whatever.
So This is kind of what that vibe is and that's
why I gave it that title Alright folks, let's
hear it Crone Man Perfume by Dr. Andre Jerry.
What do you get when you put a creative person
and some good music software and some creativity?
You get this collection of five tracks from Dr.
Andre Jerry You know something we didn't talk
about that I'd like to that's if you're looking
on the artist first home page and you're listening
to this live You can see the album cover Dr.
Jerry, for those that can't see it, would you
please describe the album cover and why you made
it the way you made it? Yeah, so good question.
So the album cover actually, I designed it to
make it look like an old -fashioned vinyl record
cover, you know. So imagine that you're looking
at a vinyl record sleeve. That's the vibe I was
going for with that. And the title of the album
is called VSOP. And that's more so to do with
me reclaiming my, VSOP was originally going to
be my artist name. That was, initially it was
my pen name that I used for some of my more risqué
poetry and different little writings that I did.
And because I was in such an uber professional
environment, I didn't want to... You know, publish
any of these risque poems or lyrics under Dr.
Andre Jerry, or at the time, Andre Jerry. So
yeah, BSOP was my pen name. And like I said,
it was going to be my official artist name. And
I ran into some trademark issues. Apparently
there's another artist out there going by BSOP.
And I was going to fight it, but you know, some
battles you just walk away from. I just said,
let them have it. And I decided to go with Dr.
Andre Jerry, which turned out to work pretty
well for me. But yeah, that whole album cover,
I wanted it to look like a vintage vinyl record
cover. And you'll see an image of a hotel door
that's room 444, and you'll see a rose taped
to the door. So imagine a lover went... to room
444 looking for his or her, you know, person
of the night. Their knocks were unanswered. And
so instead of just leaving the rose by the door
on the floor, they just taped it on the door.
And the person who would see it would know who
it was from. So it was that whole vibe. I wanted
to pay an homage to the late night lounge culture
that I fell in love with when I was over in the
Middle East. or the Shisha bars that they, you
know, we would call them hookah bars, but Shisha
and hookah is very big over in the Middle East.
And so that's where I kind of fell in love with
this whole lounge vibe. So this whole album,
this entire album is sort of an homage to that
environment that I sort of fell in love with.
Most people will never write a piece of music
Even smaller number of those people will never
record a piece of music and produce it You of
course have done both and done them well I'd
like to talk about What's happening to the people
like you? Who can do this? You know and it's
not something that I Consider me in this in the
group. That's not something that we do every
day And there may be long periods of time where
you don't write anything. And then maybe there's
a period of time where there's an explosion of
creativity that works. Has that happened to you
and how does that whole thing work? That's exactly
how it happens. It sort of just ebbs and flows.
I can go months without working on music or,
you know, writing lyrics. I'll just be inspired
by something I see on TV or something I see in
real life or I'll hear something that I like
and it'll spark something or sometimes just the
title of a song would just hit me out the blue
and I'll go from there but typically what happens
is that I just I get in this this I guess I call
it just a vibe and I hear this beat or this line
of notes in my head. And what I do before, because
if I don't jump on it instantly, I'll lose it.
But what I do is I grab my phone and I turn on
the voice recorder and I hum it or sing whatever
the tune or the melody is. And that's my way
of capturing it. And later, once I have some
time, I'll go back and put some music to it and
try to make it a full beat. And then from there,
once I have the beat, typically I write the lyrics
after. Very rarely do the lyrics come before
I can hear the beat. I have to get the beat together
first, then the beat will just inform what the
lyrics are for me, just depending on my mood.
Well, in your young and budding career as a recording
artist, how many songs have you put together
so far? Damn, that's a good question. I probably
have now released is a totally different number
but the total amount of songs I have worked on
and completed are probably over 30 maybe just
under 50 I haven't nearly you know released that
amount of songs or content but yeah there are
a lot of uncompleted or finished songs I don't
quite know what to do with yet or that steel
is missing something, you know, so they're just
on standby. But I've created a lot of music,
yes. We had a guy on, oh, way, way back in the
early days of the station. He did 36 albums in
36 months. Full length albums. I believe it.
36 albums. But you know what? It wasn't that
good. I think he was trying to reach a number
instead of the quality of the music, you know
Look how fast I can do this. Well, you know,
okay, I congratulate him for doing all that but
it's not really the Quantity in my opinion as
much as the quality. What do you think? It's
absolutely about the quality, you know, you can
get caught up in those ambitious goals and stuff
like that. Oh, I'm gonna release four albums
this year and all that type of stuff, but really,
like you said, it's about the quality. You want
to just throw a bunch of crap out there. And
then, you know, because it's going to speak to
your reputation. If people listen to all the
wrong crappy stuff, they're going, wow, this
person's no good. But yeah, just put music out
when you feel it. You know, I felt like the timing
was right for this album. It felt like people
needed to be introduced to this this vibe right
now in this this summer environment and uh and
so energetically i was just feeling it and so
i said you know what it's time to release this
i've had most of the songs completed i think
room 444 was the one that i uh finished last
it just felt incomplete and i went back and added
some some vocal interpolations in there and that
gave it really the finished sound that i wanted
So that's what held up this particular song.
And the reason why I love Room 444 so much is
because it blends the jazz and also my EDM music
that I love. So it's like a mixture of both.
But yeah, it's definitely quality over quantity.
When you begin a new piece of music, do you find
yourself... Getting totally immersed in that
music at that moment and you stay with it not
necessarily all the way to the final Take of
the song, but you know you look up and six or
seven or eight hours have gone by That's definitely
happened to me before Sometimes I just can't
walk away from it until I get it at a place not
to say it's completed But I have to reach a certain
point to where I can walk away from it and then
put maybe the final touches on it later. So I
definitely get immersed in songs. It doesn't
happen with all of them, but there's just some
particular ones, especially on my last album,
which was a deeply personal album. That one,
I kind of had that aspect of staying on top of
it until it was how I really wanted it. But this
one, I was able to work on it here work on it
there, you know sort of piece it together until
I came with The finished product so it just depends
it depends on my movie depends on the project
Well, I'm looking at the clock and we got just
enough time to fit the last track in before the
top of the hour Where can people pick up your
music? Where can they support you? Oh man, it's
easier to Pick it up on YouTube Music. I love
YouTube Music. They let you preview all the albums
so you can hear it uninterrupted, but you can
listen to VSOP anywhere. Spotify, Apple Music,
Amazon Music. Just search for Dr. Andre Jerry.
You'll see both of my albums as well as all of
my singles that I've released. I've released
more singles than anything else, but definitely
check out the albums. VSOP and also my first
album, which was Wish You Were Here. Both are
very excellent projects. And I concur on that,
folks. Check it out. We do the motto of our station.
Remember, the slogan of Artists First is, we
can lose money better than anyone. Our other
slogan is, we bring you the best new music you've
never heard. And that's exactly what we've been
doing here this evening with our guest, Dr. Andre
Jerry. We got just enough time to spend this
before the top of the hour. Your parting thoughts
as we sign off. Well, I just want to thank you
again for having me on for this music special,
music special number two. I'm starting to feel
like the darling of the network, so thank you
so much. I really appreciate your support of
all my music. uh... god you can check out uh...
the f l p on all the streaming platforms of last
fall if you don't listen to is build a rhythm
think of this one of like a late night closer
this is the phone that you're going to hear toward
the end of the night uh... if the the phone that's
going to be winding things down so just listen
to it to me to take you over his purest move
and it's hypnotic but thank you so much for your
time listening tonight i've enjoyed it