WEBVTT 00:00:32.259 --> 00:00:36.759 Welcome everyone To another feature music special 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:39.899 on the artist first radio network something we've 00:00:39.899 --> 00:00:46.500 been doing for a very long time We have a reoccurring 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:50.799 guest is that the right words to use reoccurring 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:54.899 Reappearing might be a better term He's well 00:00:54.899 --> 00:00:58.439 known on the network It's an excellent broadcast. 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:00.219 You guys should tune in. We'll tell you about 00:01:00.219 --> 00:01:04.540 in a minute Right now let's welcome Dr. Andre 00:01:04.540 --> 00:01:08.420 Jerry. Hey Doctor. Hey Z how's it going man? 00:01:08.739 --> 00:01:12.120 It is going well. How is life in San Juan, Puerto 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:15.519 Rico? Hey, I'm loving it man. The weather is 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.140 on point today. I even went to the beach this 00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:22.439 morning so I'm filled up. I got my vibes and 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:25.840 everything so I'm ready to go. What are the beaches 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:30.030 like in San Juan? Oh man, this past weekend, 00:01:30.129 --> 00:01:32.209 and I think it's because of the Bad Bunny concert, 00:01:32.269 --> 00:01:36.609 but it was like full. This morning, not so much. 00:01:36.810 --> 00:01:39.890 I like to go around 6 .30, 7 o 'clock in the 00:01:39.890 --> 00:01:41.769 morning. The only people you'll see out there 00:01:41.769 --> 00:01:45.250 are the people walking their dogs and the yoga 00:01:45.250 --> 00:01:47.849 instructors and things like that. So it's plenty 00:01:47.849 --> 00:01:52.030 of space and it's just less populated. So that's 00:01:52.030 --> 00:01:54.430 my type of vibe. But yeah, this past weekend, 00:01:54.450 --> 00:01:58.239 it was just completely lit out there. Yeah, that's 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:01.840 uh people are attracted to beaches I am it's 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:07.000 been yeah 15 years since I've been on a beach, 00:02:07.019 --> 00:02:08.860 but I look forward to getting there sooner or 00:02:08.860 --> 00:02:13.580 later. Yeah Wonderful time brother. Yeah wonderful 00:02:13.580 --> 00:02:16.819 things but We're gonna have to cover some ground. 00:02:16.860 --> 00:02:19.860 We covered on your first music special with us 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:25.080 Folks, there's another one up there. Have we 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:27.439 done one or two previous to this? My brain ain't 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:31.439 working yet. It feels like we've done two, but 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:34.159 I think the one that you're referring to is the 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:37.259 one on my latest book. And then we followed that 00:02:37.259 --> 00:02:39.979 up with a music special. So it feels like we've 00:02:39.979 --> 00:02:41.800 done two music specials, but no, this is actually 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:48.180 the second one. Both the book special that Dr. 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:50.539 Andre's talking about and the previous music 00:02:50.539 --> 00:02:53.520 special are up on the archives, of course. You 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:56.919 guys can check them out. Let's cover a little 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:59.759 bit of background for the benefit of listeners 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:01.439 who are hearing about you for the very first 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:04.199 time. Give us the little thumbnail to tell us 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.659 the story of who is Dr. Andre Jerry, for instance. 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:11.419 Where'd you grow up? Well, I grew up in Columbus, 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:16.460 Georgia. For those who are... you know army base 00:03:16.460 --> 00:03:20.819 that's right next to Fort Benning Georgia and 00:03:20.819 --> 00:03:22.919 Fort Benning is the largest military installation 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:26.479 in the world and I went through some name changes 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:29.520 but I think at least I hear you know I don't 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:31.620 watch the news but I've heard that the name has 00:03:31.620 --> 00:03:34.180 been reverted back to its original name which 00:03:34.180 --> 00:03:37.000 is Fort Benning but it was Fort Moore for like 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.379 maybe one or two years but I'm glad it's back 00:03:39.379 --> 00:03:41.659 to Fort Benning I never had any issue with that 00:03:41.659 --> 00:03:45.319 name that's the name I grew up with knowing that 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:47.979 military base so but yeah that's where I'm from 00:03:47.979 --> 00:03:52.319 I'm a military brat my father was a decorated 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:57.319 army veteran and he retired at Fort Benning and 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.840 shortly after I came along I think I mentioned 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.860 before that he had me at the ripe age of 51 years 00:04:03.860 --> 00:04:08.639 old so to say I was a surprise is a bit of an 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:11.699 understatement so yeah army brat grew up in Columbus 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:15.009 Georgia and end up going into the military myself, 00:04:15.030 --> 00:04:18.129 not the Army, but the Air Force. That was a short 00:04:18.129 --> 00:04:21.550 stint, but then I found my way back into the 00:04:21.550 --> 00:04:24.589 Air Force as a civilian working for the Department 00:04:24.589 --> 00:04:27.389 of the Air Force by way of the Department of 00:04:27.389 --> 00:04:32.509 Defense. And fast forward a decade, I retired 00:04:32.509 --> 00:04:35.370 from the Department of Defense this past March, 00:04:35.949 --> 00:04:38.410 relocated back to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where 00:04:38.410 --> 00:04:41.649 I am now, and life has just been a dream since 00:04:41.649 --> 00:04:45.610 then. Do you regret that you weren't in the service 00:04:45.610 --> 00:04:49.110 long enough to have Pete Hegseth as your commander? 00:04:53.689 --> 00:04:57.269 No, no, I well I did have some regret initially 00:04:57.269 --> 00:05:00.430 like anyone who enlisted to serve I wanted to 00:05:00.430 --> 00:05:03.230 serve and do my time and you know, my plan was 00:05:03.230 --> 00:05:07.730 to retire from the Air Force but Like I mentioned 00:05:07.730 --> 00:05:09.649 on I think we're not a show we talked about this 00:05:09.649 --> 00:05:13.600 a little bit but it was discovered during basic 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.500 training that I had sickle cell trait. And so 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:21.040 I passed out during one of our PT exercises and 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:23.540 they ran all types of tests on me and couldn't 00:05:23.540 --> 00:05:25.259 figure out what was happening, what was going 00:05:25.259 --> 00:05:27.980 on with me. They finally ran some blood tests 00:05:27.980 --> 00:05:30.920 and came back and told me that I had sickle cell 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:34.240 trait and what I experienced passing out was 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:37.899 a full blown anemic attack. And so unfortunately 00:05:37.899 --> 00:05:41.300 I had to be medically discharged. So I really 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:44.660 didn't get a very long career in the service, 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:46.459 but you know things work out the way they're 00:05:46.459 --> 00:05:50.500 supposed to. That's what we like to say folks, 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:54.019 right? Because we have so little control over 00:05:54.019 --> 00:05:56.699 the world and what happens in our lives that 00:05:56.699 --> 00:05:59.399 we have to sort of just take it as it comes. 00:06:00.420 --> 00:06:03.120 So, but overall you had a positive experience 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:05.660 in the military. Would you encourage today's 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:11.420 youth to sign up? Absolutely. I always tell, 00:06:11.420 --> 00:06:14.699 you know, young people especially, if they are 00:06:14.699 --> 00:06:17.519 at that place where they're not really ready 00:06:17.519 --> 00:06:19.939 for college, they don't feel like that's something 00:06:19.939 --> 00:06:22.720 that they want to go right into after high school, 00:06:22.740 --> 00:06:25.079 and you're still kind of struggling to find yourself, 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:29.660 the military, any of the branches, would be a 00:06:29.660 --> 00:06:32.720 great move. I tell people all the time it's the 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:35.879 only career where you get to retire when you're, 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:39.290 you know, 40 years old. You know, those 20 years 00:06:39.290 --> 00:06:43.389 go by so fast, and I always recommend that for 00:06:43.389 --> 00:06:46.209 our young people who don't have a clear direction 00:06:46.209 --> 00:06:48.009 on what they want to do. You know, you don't 00:06:48.009 --> 00:06:50.430 have to do the 20 years. Do the three or the 00:06:50.430 --> 00:06:52.949 four or the six years, but get some experience 00:06:52.949 --> 00:06:55.470 under your belt. Get away from home. That's really 00:06:55.470 --> 00:06:58.290 important. And just get out in the world and 00:06:58.290 --> 00:07:00.790 have a sense of pride knowing that you are serving 00:07:00.790 --> 00:07:03.279 your country. And there are not a lot of people 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:05.240 lining up to do that right now, this current 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:07.819 environment, but I still highly recommend that 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:11.100 to young people who suffering from a lack of 00:07:11.100 --> 00:07:15.240 direction. Now, there's a commercial for you, 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:19.860 folks. I think that we used to have the greatest 00:07:19.860 --> 00:07:22.160 military in the world with the way things are 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:24.100 going. I don't know that we can say it that way 00:07:24.100 --> 00:07:26.259 anymore, but I hope we can. Anyway, we're going 00:07:26.259 --> 00:07:28.480 to not be a political program today, folks, as 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:32.540 much as. The world of politics is encroaching 00:07:32.540 --> 00:07:37.680 on all of us every day now you are a I think 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:41.759 I can call you a creative person you are You're 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:45.120 absolutely an artist you do many things in the 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:50.699 art world. Well one of those would be music one 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:54.180 of those is Being as literature and being an 00:07:54.180 --> 00:07:56.060 author. You also do some great jobs with that 00:07:56.060 --> 00:07:59.290 with the computer graphics stuff, too Do you 00:07:59.290 --> 00:08:01.889 have you always considered yourself or do you 00:08:01.889 --> 00:08:07.949 consider yourself an artist? That's a good question. 00:08:08.629 --> 00:08:11.990 I've considered myself an artist for a long time. 00:08:12.910 --> 00:08:16.930 I've had the sort of, I don't know if high would 00:08:16.930 --> 00:08:20.790 be the best way. I've had to subvert that part 00:08:20.790 --> 00:08:24.269 of me because I'd elected to, you know, go into 00:08:24.269 --> 00:08:27.329 the federal civil service and pursue other so 00:08:27.329 --> 00:08:31.170 -called professional um you know jobs and what 00:08:31.170 --> 00:08:36.870 have you and um so that part of my um i guess 00:08:36.870 --> 00:08:39.690 personality i've subverted for a long time because 00:08:39.690 --> 00:08:42.049 you know just for the pressure of you know being 00:08:42.049 --> 00:08:45.129 professional or doing what other people expect 00:08:45.129 --> 00:08:47.870 for you to do and so i just kind of pushed it 00:08:47.870 --> 00:08:51.409 in the background but i always had the um the 00:08:51.409 --> 00:08:54.289 yearning to do music the yearning to sing the 00:08:54.289 --> 00:08:56.980 yearning to act in just do all these creative 00:08:56.980 --> 00:08:59.340 things and writing was always something that 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:03.779 I leaned heavily on. And so, yeah, at the right 00:09:03.779 --> 00:09:07.840 age of 46 years old, almost 47, I'm really finally 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:10.679 getting a chance to step fully into that. And 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:13.259 it's just, you know, been the greatest thing 00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:18.240 ever. Well, we've been doing this a number of 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:21.379 decades now, and we have a sort of unscientific 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:25.990 poll going. And that would be the debate of a 00:09:25.990 --> 00:09:29.929 person becomes the person they are. Is it nature 00:09:29.929 --> 00:09:33.450 or nurture? And that's the question I'm asking 00:09:33.450 --> 00:09:36.570 you. Are you the type of person, an artistic 00:09:36.570 --> 00:09:38.990 and creative person, because of your background, 00:09:39.070 --> 00:09:43.169 or is that just the way you were born? I think 00:09:43.169 --> 00:09:48.529 I was born with it, you know. I remember doing 00:09:48.529 --> 00:09:52.370 little skits and play acting and doing little 00:09:52.370 --> 00:09:55.250 movies and I've had a camcorder since forever 00:09:55.250 --> 00:09:57.590 and I remember doing little skits and things 00:09:57.590 --> 00:10:01.190 at age five and six with my cousins and you know 00:10:01.190 --> 00:10:04.330 writing little songs and just doing these little 00:10:04.330 --> 00:10:07.730 performances in front of the family and so looking 00:10:07.730 --> 00:10:10.830 back has always been in me and then of course 00:10:10.830 --> 00:10:13.169 you know like with many people you get older 00:10:13.169 --> 00:10:16.360 and you you fall you fall into the whole you 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.980 know, do something professional or, you know, 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:22.299 do like others are doing type thing. And it's 00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:24.740 not that my parents didn't encourage that type 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:27.720 of pursuit of artistry or anything like that. 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.259 It was something that I felt I had to subvert. 00:10:30.860 --> 00:10:33.940 And I don't know, you know, I watched my parents 00:10:33.940 --> 00:10:37.389 be entrepreneurs and they were very business 00:10:37.389 --> 00:10:40.009 minded and you know had all types of businesses 00:10:40.009 --> 00:10:42.529 and you know clubs of their own things like that 00:10:42.529 --> 00:10:44.990 and so I just kind of gravitate I would say it's 00:10:44.990 --> 00:10:47.429 a separate part of me there's a side of me that's 00:10:47.429 --> 00:10:50.289 very professional very business minded but then 00:10:50.289 --> 00:10:53.009 there's that other part that I'm just now starting 00:10:53.009 --> 00:10:56.049 to fully nurture and that's that artistic side. 00:10:57.370 --> 00:11:01.549 Well let's get into a piece of Dr. Andre's artistic 00:11:01.549 --> 00:11:04.429 side the first track we're gonna play off the 00:11:04.429 --> 00:11:10.070 new album is called Cognac Conversations. Interesting 00:11:10.070 --> 00:11:13.110 title. Tell them a little bit about what they're 00:11:13.110 --> 00:11:19.350 gonna hear. Yeah, so Cognac Conversations, that's 00:11:19.350 --> 00:11:23.470 a great way to start this music special here 00:11:23.470 --> 00:11:27.250 because it's kind of like if you picture yourself 00:11:27.250 --> 00:11:31.070 on your second pour in a cigar lounge, the lighting 00:11:31.070 --> 00:11:34.570 is dim. and you're just in a deep relaxed conversation 00:11:34.570 --> 00:11:37.070 with friends and you know you got to laughing 00:11:37.070 --> 00:11:40.789 and you know having a great conversation and 00:11:40.789 --> 00:11:43.029 everything is just flowing smoothly just like 00:11:43.029 --> 00:11:46.909 cognac that's this particular track and it's 00:11:46.909 --> 00:11:49.330 just something that you imagine hearing in the 00:11:49.330 --> 00:11:51.289 background while you're really enjoying that 00:11:51.289 --> 00:11:54.110 moment in a cigar lounge this is a great track 00:11:54.110 --> 00:11:56.250 i enjoyed this one a lot let's see what you guys 00:11:56.250 --> 00:15:19.690 think folks here we go Folks that's that track 00:15:19.690 --> 00:15:23.809 is called cognac conversations as I was remarking 00:15:23.809 --> 00:15:28.629 to dr. Andre as the song was playing Having played 00:15:28.629 --> 00:15:32.009 in numerous jazz nightclubs over my career. That 00:15:32.009 --> 00:15:35.250 was a It's a great setup there. That's that's 00:15:35.250 --> 00:15:37.669 exactly what was painted a picture in my mind 00:15:37.669 --> 00:15:41.090 when I first heard the tune so Congratulations, 00:15:41.110 --> 00:15:47.009 dr. Jerry. Well done. Thank you Music's a weird 00:15:47.009 --> 00:15:54.120 thing everybody it is a personal thing you can't 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.919 be told that you like a song you actually have 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:01.080 to like it although someone might take issue 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:03.240 with that when you watch how the music industry 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.100 works and tries to pound songs into people's 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:09.639 heads that's a little different but knowing that 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:14.779 what what type of music is your favorite style 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:21.029 of music Well, to be honest with you, EDM electronic 00:16:21.029 --> 00:16:25.389 dance music is my favorite. I would say good 00:16:25.389 --> 00:16:28.789 old -fashioned R &B music would be a close runner 00:16:28.789 --> 00:16:33.370 up to that. It's not like I was a big dancer 00:16:33.370 --> 00:16:35.710 coming up. I don't know why I gravitate so much 00:16:35.710 --> 00:16:40.769 to EDM music, but I just love the instrumentality 00:16:40.769 --> 00:16:43.289 of it. I love the different sounds, syncopated 00:16:43.289 --> 00:16:45.409 sounds and things like that. And I like being 00:16:45.409 --> 00:16:47.450 able to just get on the dance floor and zone 00:16:47.450 --> 00:16:51.990 out to a song. And so that's what really got 00:16:51.990 --> 00:16:55.830 me into being a music artist and developing beats 00:16:55.830 --> 00:16:58.669 and things like that. It's created my own version 00:16:58.669 --> 00:17:01.669 and style of EDM music. So yeah, it definitely 00:17:01.669 --> 00:17:06.910 would have to be EDM. You made the comment in 00:17:06.910 --> 00:17:10.309 the last segment that your parents were. Entrepreneurs 00:17:10.309 --> 00:17:12.529 and and you said if I heard you crooked they 00:17:12.529 --> 00:17:15.269 had a couple clubs. Did you mean nightclubs? 00:17:16.549 --> 00:17:20.829 They did own a nightclub I think maybe two but 00:17:20.829 --> 00:17:23.569 definitely one for sure This is when my dad was 00:17:23.569 --> 00:17:26.390 still enlisted and this was before I was born 00:17:26.390 --> 00:17:29.650 mind you I hear a tale about this from my sisters 00:17:29.650 --> 00:17:34.329 my older sisters, but it was either in Fort Bragg 00:17:34.329 --> 00:17:38.460 as an NCO nightclub or Just outside of the club 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:43.160 it either rate it was in the Fort Bragg Area 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:46.779 and it was a nightclub and I can't remember the 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:50.319 name of it I can't remember a name of I will 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:53.319 have to ask my sister but yeah, they owned a 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:56.759 nightclub in conjunction with another married 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:00.259 couple that they were close with and I believe 00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:02.579 it was the Stinson's or something like that, 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:07.480 but Yeah, I've seen pictures of my parents in 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:10.339 that element and they just look like, you know, 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:14.339 a little celebrity couple. But it was just great 00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:17.319 to hear those stories and just to hear about 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.480 a side of my parents that I didn't get to personally 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.779 see for myself. You know, my older sisters got 00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:24.720 to see that part and experience that. But yeah, 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:27.440 so that's where I guess I get the love for music 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:30.480 from. And I think I shared on one of the last 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:34.220 specials that we did that my father used to sing 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:36.660 lullabies to me going to sleep, particularly 00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:39.619 when I was young. And he would just make up little 00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:43.660 lullabies on the fly. And so just all those little 00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:48.160 things add up to just make a person appreciate 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:56.109 music and appreciate the art of music. Place 00:18:56.109 --> 00:18:59.450 that serves alcohol is well, you know could be 00:18:59.450 --> 00:19:02.190 a restaurant but but you know, it's a bar, right? 00:19:02.190 --> 00:19:04.529 I mean for a place where you go in and there's 00:19:04.529 --> 00:19:06.910 a bar and people sit and there might be music 00:19:06.910 --> 00:19:09.769 playing there like on the jukebox or a stereo 00:19:09.769 --> 00:19:13.230 But in my mind what makes a nightclub different 00:19:13.230 --> 00:19:15.869 than a regular bar is they have entertainment 00:19:15.869 --> 00:19:20.789 Would you agree? I Would agree that definitely 00:19:20.789 --> 00:19:25.730 as a different layer to it Sometimes you'll have 00:19:25.730 --> 00:19:28.849 people come and do comedy skits or stand -up 00:19:28.849 --> 00:19:31.029 comedy something like that Sometimes or a lot 00:19:31.029 --> 00:19:34.410 of times there's live music or a live band To 00:19:34.410 --> 00:19:37.250 the point that you were making during the break 00:19:37.250 --> 00:19:42.049 But yeah that definitely distinguishes a nightclub 00:19:42.049 --> 00:19:47.569 from just a regular club environment Well, we're 00:19:47.569 --> 00:19:49.910 segueing into the second track and the title 00:19:49.910 --> 00:19:53.630 is Lounge Godfather You're seeing a seeing a 00:19:53.630 --> 00:19:58.029 trend here folks. Tell us about this one Okay, 00:19:58.150 --> 00:20:03.789 so Lounge Godfather that song It's one that is 00:20:03.789 --> 00:20:07.670 for that quiet confident entrance, you know imagine 00:20:07.670 --> 00:20:13.329 being you know a gentleman that's Walking into 00:20:13.329 --> 00:20:16.309 a lounge. He's walking in owning the room. He 00:20:16.309 --> 00:20:18.930 doesn't feel the need to say a word He's just 00:20:18.930 --> 00:20:21.950 walking in. He's smooth. He's classy and he's 00:20:21.950 --> 00:20:26.369 got presence and He owns the place without having 00:20:26.369 --> 00:20:29.109 to say he owns the place He's the person everyone 00:20:29.109 --> 00:20:32.289 knows and you know, we call him lounge Godfather 00:20:32.289 --> 00:20:38.549 and this would be sort of his I would say What's 00:20:38.549 --> 00:20:41.569 the what his theme music This would be that person's 00:20:41.569 --> 00:20:44.089 theme music. So yes, this is Lounge Godfather. 00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:03.660 Godfather by our guest Dr. Andre Jerry another 00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:07.000 great cut there man I'm like I'm digging this 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:09.960 yeah man I knew you would like it that's uh the 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:12.440 one we just listened to is my second favorite 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:15.759 on the album for sure but all this music is great 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:18.579 and it just it's just great lounge music great 00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:22.180 cigar lounge music and you know it's just if 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:25.619 you just want a vibe to something and I intentionally 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:28.579 didn't use any lyrics for any of these songs 00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:31.500 because I just wanted it to be a vibe and something 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:34.259 you can just put on sip enjoy your drink enjoy 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:36.440 your company enjoy your solitude if you want 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:40.759 but it's uh it's just perfect well and music 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:43.380 style that you're listening to now listeners 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:46.940 is I very much enjoy it because it's fun to play 00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:52.259 as a musician but it allows the the audience 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:57.079 to experience your music and still interact with 00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:59.640 whoever they're with. How many times have you 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:03.059 gone to a nightclub or a concert venue and it 00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:06.140 is so loud that even the person you're sitting 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:09.039 right next to, you have to scream at them for 00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:13.819 them to hear you. I think you get listener fatigue 00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:16.960 anyway. And that's all fine and dandy for certain 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:19.480 venues. And if that's what you want to do, great. 00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:22.259 But these types of songs, these types of clubs 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:24.950 that this would play in, it's just wonderful 00:25:24.950 --> 00:25:27.109 because you can you get it all you get great 00:25:27.109 --> 00:25:29.569 music you get the layback you get the vibes and 00:25:29.569 --> 00:25:34.869 you get to enjoy the company of your guests so 00:25:34.869 --> 00:25:39.630 right when is or maybe i'm a little late to the 00:25:39.630 --> 00:25:44.109 game here when is the first dr andre jerry concert 00:25:44.109 --> 00:25:48.210 you know i've been asked that a couple of times 00:25:48.210 --> 00:25:53.150 and i have not performed any of my music at any 00:25:53.150 --> 00:25:57.039 venues Maybe because I haven't officially been 00:25:57.039 --> 00:26:00.339 invited to or sought out those opportunities 00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:03.220 I've been so involved with my my previous career 00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:07.140 that I retired from but I'm sure that type of 00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:09.299 Stuff is right around the corner. Something tells 00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:11.700 me is right around the corner and probably right 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:14.259 here in Puerto Rico So I'm sure you'll be the 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:17.519 first to know about it Would that be something 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:21.779 that might intimidate you? Oh For sure I'll be 00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:24.559 nervous, you know uh... i'll get the job done 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:27.240 like always do but you know that uh... you know 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:30.859 natural introverted person uh... yeah i got i'm 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:32.700 definitely gonna have to step outside of myself 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:36.099 and you know take on a persona to deliver the 00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:37.960 music in a way that the audience is going to 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.160 feel it uh... but i think that both of both the 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:46.140 thing i've done to that is uh... m c i m c renata's 00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:49.900 uh... annual event that she throws She didn't 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:51.839 throw one last year because, you know, she got 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:53.660 married and had a bunch of other stuff going 00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:58.880 on, but I did MC the event the year before, and 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:02.740 it was a great experience. I got to sort of hone 00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:04.880 a little bit of my comedic chops, which is something 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:07.779 else I want to venture into is doing a comedy 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:10.640 album and doing some stand -up comedy, but it 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:13.720 was a great experience. So I would think MCing 00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:16.299 going from that to actually performing on stage, 00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:19.680 uh wouldn't be such such a stretch you know i 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:21.660 could do it and have fun with it and you know 00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:24.059 i might get addicted to it like i did with hosting 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:29.180 a radio show you never know yeah it's a interesting 00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:33.579 way to make a living uh being an artist a musician 00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:38.130 a performer but you know it If you don't get 00:27:38.130 --> 00:27:40.269 nervous before a gig, you need to get out of 00:27:40.269 --> 00:27:42.150 the business, ladies and gentlemen. I've played 00:27:42.150 --> 00:27:44.910 thousands and thousands of gigs, and if you're 00:27:44.910 --> 00:27:48.130 not just a little bit nervous, then the crowd 00:27:48.130 --> 00:27:53.130 doesn't deserve you. I agree, 100%. Your job 00:27:53.130 --> 00:27:56.670 is not to, as a musician, your job is to entertain 00:27:56.670 --> 00:27:59.470 the people. Doesn't mean get up there and make 00:27:59.470 --> 00:28:01.289 a jackass out of yourself, but they're there 00:28:01.289 --> 00:28:03.930 for a reason. They're there to see you. A lot 00:28:03.930 --> 00:28:07.460 of musicians get this ass backwards. They think, 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:10.420 oh, well, they're here for me. No, no, no. You 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:13.940 are here for their benefit. You know, it's anyway. 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:19.440 That's a bad place to start as an artist. Here's 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:24.500 an oddity. And I'll ask you for your insight. 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:28.220 Why is it easier to play for an audience of a 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:32.140 thousand than it is to play for an audience of 00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:37.710 30? Well, I mean, you can With a smaller, more 00:28:37.710 --> 00:28:40.390 intimate audience, you can see every eye, you 00:28:40.390 --> 00:28:43.349 can look into every eye, and you can almost sort 00:28:43.349 --> 00:28:46.390 of feel their connection, their feedback. Sometimes 00:28:46.390 --> 00:28:49.049 it freaks you out even more. When it's a thousand 00:28:49.049 --> 00:28:51.569 people or a large room with people, you can't 00:28:51.569 --> 00:28:55.730 really make a contact with anyone, any one person. 00:28:55.809 --> 00:28:58.710 So you can sort of just look beyond them and 00:28:58.710 --> 00:29:01.509 not get so nervous. But yeah, more intimate settings, 00:29:02.769 --> 00:29:06.210 definitely more nerve -racking. And that's just 00:29:06.210 --> 00:29:10.769 speaking from a public speaking, you know, perspective. 00:29:11.470 --> 00:29:13.789 I've spoken, you know, when I was in management, 00:29:13.890 --> 00:29:16.029 I've had to speak in front of small groups like, 00:29:16.029 --> 00:29:19.109 you know, five or 10 people, maybe 15. And that 00:29:19.109 --> 00:29:23.869 was just a wreck, you know, because I can feel 00:29:23.869 --> 00:29:27.059 every stare. but speaking to an auditorium of 00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:31.099 people is a lot more not relaxing but you know 00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:34.039 not as nerve -racking as the smaller audiences 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:37.619 so you got a good point there. Well in some of 00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:41.519 the bigger gigs the audience is like 20 feet 00:29:41.869 --> 00:29:44.769 Back from the stage. There's you on a bigger 00:29:44.769 --> 00:29:47.529 gig like five thousand or something ten thousand 00:29:47.529 --> 00:29:50.529 There's gonna be a big space between the first 00:29:50.529 --> 00:29:53.730 row of people at the audience and then the stage 00:29:53.730 --> 00:29:56.609 So they are back way back there. You're exactly 00:29:56.609 --> 00:29:58.390 right there. They're there. They're somewhat 00:29:58.390 --> 00:30:02.569 off but Other gigs the audience could literally 00:30:02.569 --> 00:30:05.220 set their drink on my piano You know, that's 00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:08.579 a no -no, but they're right, right freakin' there. 00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:11.079 I mean, you could literally reach over and touch 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:14.880 the audience. I like that situation. And people 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:17.539 are, I think they're more interested in, not 00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:21.000 more, but it's an interesting place to be a spectator 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.859 because you get to actually see what the musicians 00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:26.839 are doing. You're that close, you can see the, 00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:29.740 some of the coolest gigs we played, the Flying 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:33.960 Pig in Salem, Ohio. They are... literally on 00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:35.720 top of you. You can touch the artist. Anyway, 00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:37.519 okay, I'm tired of reminiscing. Sorry about that. 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:41.119 Oh man, you know a lot of artists prefer that 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:44.920 more intimate setting. I know Shantae Moore, 00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:49.000 R &B singer, Shantae Moore enjoys more of the 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:53.519 intimate flow and you know not such the big venues. 00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:57.640 Erykah Badu is another one who prefers a more... 00:30:57.660 --> 00:31:00.559 closer intimate space when she's performing so 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:03.240 yeah some that's right up some artists alley 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:05.460 but then you got others that prefer the bigger 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:07.799 venue so it's just you know depends on the artist 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:11.680 of course the downside to playing for a situation 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:13.680 where the crowds right on top of you is when 00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:16.779 they throw things at you they can probably hit 00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:21.119 you oh god but if they're 30 feet back from the 00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:23.519 stage some of the people can't throw that far 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:28.640 So what do you do when someone throws something 00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:30.559 at you in your own stage performance? Has that 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:34.039 happened to you? Is your natural instinct to 00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:36.180 keep playing and the show must go on or does 00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:39.980 it just completely throw you off? Well, one time 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:43.460 we didn't get stuff thrown at us very often. 00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:47.720 It was very rare. Our bands were good. We were 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:50.039 good at what we did. One day we're playing this 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:54.250 gig. It's an indoor gig and Standing there, we're 00:31:54.250 --> 00:31:57.589 playing, and something hits me right in the side 00:31:57.589 --> 00:32:01.390 of the head. I mean, hard. It was like somebody 00:32:01.390 --> 00:32:05.589 hit me with a rock. You know, pow! And I'm like... 00:32:05.589 --> 00:32:09.029 I stand up when I play piano in the dance bands 00:32:09.029 --> 00:32:11.950 I was in, and I grabbed the keyboard. I did not 00:32:11.950 --> 00:32:15.450 go down. I did not go down. And I'm thinking, 00:32:15.490 --> 00:32:19.130 what the hell just happened to me? And, you know, 00:32:19.250 --> 00:32:22.839 we kept playing, and then at the break... One 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:26.299 of the waitresses came up to me and apologized 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:29.759 She said I was trying to get your drummer's attention 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:31.799 of course He's behind me and over to the left 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:34.819 there But she said what she hit me with was an 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:38.859 ice ball from out of the the ice bin She grabbed 00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:40.900 this thing about the size of a tennis ball. It 00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:46.440 was a hunk of ice she had a She liked our drummer 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:48.779 romantically and was trying to get his attention, 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:51.059 but she threw like a girl and it didn't go that 00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:54.339 far and hit me right in the side of the head. 00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:57.960 But no, we haven't had any bad things thrown 00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:02.400 at us from people. Yep, I did not go down. I 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:06.420 stayed on my feet. I'm glad you did. What is 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:08.900 it about the drummer? Why is it always the drummer 00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:13.099 who gets all the action? Oh, you're absolutely 00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:16.460 right. You're absolutely right. Of course, I'm 00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:19.160 kind of ugly. I didn't get any action. You know, 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.960 I don't care what instrument you play, when you 00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.940 look like me, you ain't getting no action. But 00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:27.859 yeah, why do chicks dig drummers? And why do 00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:31.119 drummers hang out? Wait, I won't get into it. 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:32.740 There's a bunch of drummer jokes. What do you 00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:36.980 call people that hang out with musicians? Drummers. 00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:43.460 What? Wow. Think about that. Room 444. Wasn't 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:46.000 there a TV show in the 70s? Oh no, that was Room 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:50.099 222, wasn't it? Okay, I'm just showing my age. 00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:53.779 227. I don't know. I haven't heard of that as 00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:57.640 a show. Apparently, there's a room 444 that's 00:33:57.640 --> 00:34:00.099 some type of private club in Morocco or somewhere 00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:04.140 in the Middle East. So I've been told. But this, 00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:08.900 my room 444 is completely imaginary and fictional. 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:13.480 It's like an imaginary cigar lounge that's, you 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:15.739 know, that you walk into. It has low lights. 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:19.559 The seating is velvet. And it just has this sense 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:24.159 of intimacy. So when you listen to Room 444, 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:27.159 just close your eyes and just step into that 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:29.079 world for the next few minutes. It's the room. 00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:33.179 It's my imaginary room, cigar lounge room. Take 00:34:33.179 --> 00:38:35.300 it out. You're listening to a featured music 00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:38.099 special on the Artist First radio network. Our 00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:42.420 guest is Dr. Andre Jerry. He has a program on 00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:45.619 the network called the Dr. Andre Jerry Show. 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:48.300 Imagine that! He's quite successful at what he 00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:51.460 does. He has fascinating programs and they are 00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:54.639 all available to you as podcasts at the Artist 00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:57.179 First website. I strongly encourage you guys 00:38:57.179 --> 00:39:01.780 to check it out. He's good at what he does. Also 00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:04.579 good at being a radio show host as you guys can 00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:06.940 hear. Dr. Andre Jerry is putting together some 00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:10.840 great great tracks We're gonna move up into the 00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:14.880 next one which is called Grown man perfume now. 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:16.920 That's an interesting title. Dr. Andre. What 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:21.219 was going on with this one? Oh Man some songs 00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:24.800 just sound like a scent, you know, so when when 00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:27.019 I put this one together I was like this just 00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:30.159 sounds like a grown man sexy stuff, you know 00:39:31.510 --> 00:39:34.590 Imagine you're headed out, maybe to the club, 00:39:34.730 --> 00:39:37.550 a nightclub, cigar lounge, whatever. You got 00:39:37.550 --> 00:39:41.590 on your fresh attire, you got on your watch that 00:39:41.590 --> 00:39:45.929 everybody likes, and you just look great. And 00:39:45.929 --> 00:39:48.030 last thing you do before you head out the door 00:39:48.030 --> 00:39:51.469 is spray on your perfume, your cologne. They 00:39:51.469 --> 00:39:55.719 call, me and Cole cologne. Perfume in Saudi Arabia 00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:57.780 and other European countries. So yeah, I think 00:39:57.780 --> 00:40:00.260 just in the in the states we we refer to it as 00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:03.760 a woman's fragrance, but Other places call it 00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:06.500 perfume. But yeah when I put this song together 00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:08.480 when I played it I was like, you know what? This 00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:11.099 is what you play when you put that last spritz 00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:13.500 of cologne on before you head out So wherever 00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:15.300 you're going where there's a date or whatever. 00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:19.760 So This is kind of what that vibe is and that's 00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:22.440 why I gave it that title Alright folks, let's 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:26.679 hear it Crone Man Perfume by Dr. Andre Jerry. 00:45:47.530 --> 00:45:51.110 What do you get when you put a creative person 00:45:51.110 --> 00:45:55.610 and some good music software and some creativity? 00:45:57.070 --> 00:46:00.409 You get this collection of five tracks from Dr. 00:46:00.690 --> 00:46:03.489 Andre Jerry You know something we didn't talk 00:46:03.489 --> 00:46:06.349 about that I'd like to that's if you're looking 00:46:06.349 --> 00:46:08.429 on the artist first home page and you're listening 00:46:08.429 --> 00:46:14.469 to this live You can see the album cover Dr. 00:46:14.610 --> 00:46:16.429 Jerry, for those that can't see it, would you 00:46:16.429 --> 00:46:20.710 please describe the album cover and why you made 00:46:20.710 --> 00:46:25.989 it the way you made it? Yeah, so good question. 00:46:26.090 --> 00:46:30.090 So the album cover actually, I designed it to 00:46:30.090 --> 00:46:34.369 make it look like an old -fashioned vinyl record 00:46:34.369 --> 00:46:36.769 cover, you know. So imagine that you're looking 00:46:36.769 --> 00:46:40.429 at a vinyl record sleeve. That's the vibe I was 00:46:40.429 --> 00:46:44.159 going for with that. And the title of the album 00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:51.139 is called VSOP. And that's more so to do with 00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:55.019 me reclaiming my, VSOP was originally going to 00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:58.559 be my artist name. That was, initially it was 00:46:58.559 --> 00:47:01.400 my pen name that I used for some of my more risqué 00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:04.320 poetry and different little writings that I did. 00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:07.400 And because I was in such an uber professional 00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:09.920 environment, I didn't want to... You know, publish 00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:14.800 any of these risque poems or lyrics under Dr. 00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:17.900 Andre Jerry, or at the time, Andre Jerry. So 00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:20.320 yeah, BSOP was my pen name. And like I said, 00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:24.039 it was going to be my official artist name. And 00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:26.900 I ran into some trademark issues. Apparently 00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:31.119 there's another artist out there going by BSOP. 00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:34.579 And I was going to fight it, but you know, some 00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:36.539 battles you just walk away from. I just said, 00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:40.440 let them have it. And I decided to go with Dr. 00:47:40.619 --> 00:47:43.039 Andre Jerry, which turned out to work pretty 00:47:43.039 --> 00:47:47.659 well for me. But yeah, that whole album cover, 00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:51.500 I wanted it to look like a vintage vinyl record 00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:56.300 cover. And you'll see an image of a hotel door 00:47:56.300 --> 00:48:02.119 that's room 444, and you'll see a rose taped 00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:07.489 to the door. So imagine a lover went... to room 00:48:07.489 --> 00:48:12.909 444 looking for his or her, you know, person 00:48:12.909 --> 00:48:17.289 of the night. Their knocks were unanswered. And 00:48:17.289 --> 00:48:20.070 so instead of just leaving the rose by the door 00:48:20.070 --> 00:48:22.650 on the floor, they just taped it on the door. 00:48:23.230 --> 00:48:25.690 And the person who would see it would know who 00:48:25.690 --> 00:48:28.389 it was from. So it was that whole vibe. I wanted 00:48:28.389 --> 00:48:32.789 to pay an homage to the late night lounge culture 00:48:32.789 --> 00:48:35.670 that I fell in love with when I was over in the 00:48:35.670 --> 00:48:39.090 Middle East. or the Shisha bars that they, you 00:48:39.090 --> 00:48:42.329 know, we would call them hookah bars, but Shisha 00:48:42.329 --> 00:48:44.510 and hookah is very big over in the Middle East. 00:48:44.550 --> 00:48:47.050 And so that's where I kind of fell in love with 00:48:47.050 --> 00:48:50.429 this whole lounge vibe. So this whole album, 00:48:50.469 --> 00:48:54.170 this entire album is sort of an homage to that 00:48:54.170 --> 00:48:56.289 environment that I sort of fell in love with. 00:48:59.010 --> 00:49:04.610 Most people will never write a piece of music 00:49:05.820 --> 00:49:09.280 Even smaller number of those people will never 00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:14.579 record a piece of music and produce it You of 00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:18.340 course have done both and done them well I'd 00:49:18.340 --> 00:49:22.860 like to talk about What's happening to the people 00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:27.340 like you? Who can do this? You know and it's 00:49:27.340 --> 00:49:32.380 not something that I Consider me in this in the 00:49:32.380 --> 00:49:34.179 group. That's not something that we do every 00:49:34.179 --> 00:49:38.579 day And there may be long periods of time where 00:49:38.579 --> 00:49:42.019 you don't write anything. And then maybe there's 00:49:42.019 --> 00:49:44.980 a period of time where there's an explosion of 00:49:44.980 --> 00:49:47.800 creativity that works. Has that happened to you 00:49:47.800 --> 00:49:52.400 and how does that whole thing work? That's exactly 00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:55.400 how it happens. It sort of just ebbs and flows. 00:49:55.900 --> 00:49:59.340 I can go months without working on music or, 00:49:59.340 --> 00:50:02.719 you know, writing lyrics. I'll just be inspired 00:50:02.719 --> 00:50:05.199 by something I see on TV or something I see in 00:50:05.199 --> 00:50:09.559 real life or I'll hear something that I like 00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:13.800 and it'll spark something or sometimes just the 00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:16.119 title of a song would just hit me out the blue 00:50:16.119 --> 00:50:20.579 and I'll go from there but typically what happens 00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:25.239 is that I just I get in this this I guess I call 00:50:25.239 --> 00:50:29.619 it just a vibe and I hear this beat or this line 00:50:29.619 --> 00:50:33.820 of notes in my head. And what I do before, because 00:50:33.820 --> 00:50:36.380 if I don't jump on it instantly, I'll lose it. 00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:39.920 But what I do is I grab my phone and I turn on 00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:43.599 the voice recorder and I hum it or sing whatever 00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:47.420 the tune or the melody is. And that's my way 00:50:47.420 --> 00:50:49.619 of capturing it. And later, once I have some 00:50:49.619 --> 00:50:54.039 time, I'll go back and put some music to it and 00:50:54.039 --> 00:50:57.900 try to make it a full beat. And then from there, 00:50:58.019 --> 00:51:00.440 once I have the beat, typically I write the lyrics 00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:04.280 after. Very rarely do the lyrics come before 00:51:04.280 --> 00:51:06.760 I can hear the beat. I have to get the beat together 00:51:06.760 --> 00:51:09.380 first, then the beat will just inform what the 00:51:09.380 --> 00:51:11.519 lyrics are for me, just depending on my mood. 00:51:13.559 --> 00:51:18.099 Well, in your young and budding career as a recording 00:51:18.099 --> 00:51:21.000 artist, how many songs have you put together 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:27.590 so far? Damn, that's a good question. I probably 00:51:27.590 --> 00:51:30.590 have now released is a totally different number 00:51:30.590 --> 00:51:33.769 but the total amount of songs I have worked on 00:51:33.769 --> 00:51:39.630 and completed are probably over 30 maybe just 00:51:39.630 --> 00:51:44.730 under 50 I haven't nearly you know released that 00:51:44.730 --> 00:51:48.230 amount of songs or content but yeah there are 00:51:48.230 --> 00:51:51.090 a lot of uncompleted or finished songs I don't 00:51:51.090 --> 00:51:54.630 quite know what to do with yet or that steel 00:51:54.630 --> 00:51:58.409 is missing something, you know, so they're just 00:51:58.409 --> 00:52:01.989 on standby. But I've created a lot of music, 00:52:02.650 --> 00:52:08.630 yes. We had a guy on, oh, way, way back in the 00:52:08.630 --> 00:52:15.409 early days of the station. He did 36 albums in 00:52:15.409 --> 00:52:21.510 36 months. Full length albums. I believe it. 00:52:21.650 --> 00:52:25.639 36 albums. But you know what? It wasn't that 00:52:25.639 --> 00:52:28.719 good. I think he was trying to reach a number 00:52:28.719 --> 00:52:30.659 instead of the quality of the music, you know 00:52:30.659 --> 00:52:32.719 Look how fast I can do this. Well, you know, 00:52:32.920 --> 00:52:35.599 okay, I congratulate him for doing all that but 00:52:35.599 --> 00:52:39.239 it's not really the Quantity in my opinion as 00:52:39.239 --> 00:52:43.360 much as the quality. What do you think? It's 00:52:43.360 --> 00:52:45.820 absolutely about the quality, you know, you can 00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:48.480 get caught up in those ambitious goals and stuff 00:52:48.480 --> 00:52:51.099 like that. Oh, I'm gonna release four albums 00:52:51.099 --> 00:52:53.079 this year and all that type of stuff, but really, 00:52:53.099 --> 00:52:55.559 like you said, it's about the quality. You want 00:52:55.559 --> 00:52:58.519 to just throw a bunch of crap out there. And 00:52:58.519 --> 00:53:01.320 then, you know, because it's going to speak to 00:53:01.320 --> 00:53:04.039 your reputation. If people listen to all the 00:53:04.039 --> 00:53:05.739 wrong crappy stuff, they're going, wow, this 00:53:05.739 --> 00:53:09.400 person's no good. But yeah, just put music out 00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:12.820 when you feel it. You know, I felt like the timing 00:53:12.820 --> 00:53:16.579 was right for this album. It felt like people 00:53:16.579 --> 00:53:20.199 needed to be introduced to this this vibe right 00:53:20.199 --> 00:53:24.719 now in this this summer environment and uh and 00:53:24.719 --> 00:53:27.119 so energetically i was just feeling it and so 00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:28.880 i said you know what it's time to release this 00:53:28.880 --> 00:53:31.480 i've had most of the songs completed i think 00:53:31.480 --> 00:53:35.099 room 444 was the one that i uh finished last 00:53:35.099 --> 00:53:39.440 it just felt incomplete and i went back and added 00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:42.960 some some vocal interpolations in there and that 00:53:42.960 --> 00:53:45.519 gave it really the finished sound that i wanted 00:53:45.849 --> 00:53:48.909 So that's what held up this particular song. 00:53:49.110 --> 00:53:52.210 And the reason why I love Room 444 so much is 00:53:52.210 --> 00:53:55.989 because it blends the jazz and also my EDM music 00:53:55.989 --> 00:53:58.429 that I love. So it's like a mixture of both. 00:53:59.210 --> 00:54:03.110 But yeah, it's definitely quality over quantity. 00:54:04.690 --> 00:54:09.309 When you begin a new piece of music, do you find 00:54:09.309 --> 00:54:13.250 yourself... Getting totally immersed in that 00:54:13.250 --> 00:54:16.610 music at that moment and you stay with it not 00:54:16.610 --> 00:54:20.070 necessarily all the way to the final Take of 00:54:20.070 --> 00:54:22.949 the song, but you know you look up and six or 00:54:22.949 --> 00:54:27.030 seven or eight hours have gone by That's definitely 00:54:27.030 --> 00:54:30.510 happened to me before Sometimes I just can't 00:54:30.510 --> 00:54:33.309 walk away from it until I get it at a place not 00:54:33.309 --> 00:54:36.199 to say it's completed But I have to reach a certain 00:54:36.199 --> 00:54:38.699 point to where I can walk away from it and then 00:54:38.699 --> 00:54:41.840 put maybe the final touches on it later. So I 00:54:41.840 --> 00:54:43.900 definitely get immersed in songs. It doesn't 00:54:43.900 --> 00:54:45.659 happen with all of them, but there's just some 00:54:45.659 --> 00:54:48.500 particular ones, especially on my last album, 00:54:48.539 --> 00:54:52.760 which was a deeply personal album. That one, 00:54:54.139 --> 00:54:57.840 I kind of had that aspect of staying on top of 00:54:57.840 --> 00:55:01.260 it until it was how I really wanted it. But this 00:55:01.260 --> 00:55:04.559 one, I was able to work on it here work on it 00:55:04.559 --> 00:55:07.400 there, you know sort of piece it together until 00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:11.699 I came with The finished product so it just depends 00:55:11.699 --> 00:55:13.860 it depends on my movie depends on the project 00:55:13.860 --> 00:55:17.280 Well, I'm looking at the clock and we got just 00:55:17.280 --> 00:55:20.760 enough time to fit the last track in before the 00:55:20.760 --> 00:55:24.179 top of the hour Where can people pick up your 00:55:24.179 --> 00:55:28.760 music? Where can they support you? Oh man, it's 00:55:28.760 --> 00:55:32.110 easier to Pick it up on YouTube Music. I love 00:55:32.110 --> 00:55:35.150 YouTube Music. They let you preview all the albums 00:55:35.150 --> 00:55:38.230 so you can hear it uninterrupted, but you can 00:55:38.230 --> 00:55:41.369 listen to VSOP anywhere. Spotify, Apple Music, 00:55:41.489 --> 00:55:44.530 Amazon Music. Just search for Dr. Andre Jerry. 00:55:44.550 --> 00:55:47.050 You'll see both of my albums as well as all of 00:55:47.050 --> 00:55:49.190 my singles that I've released. I've released 00:55:49.190 --> 00:55:52.349 more singles than anything else, but definitely 00:55:52.349 --> 00:55:57.610 check out the albums. VSOP and also my first 00:55:57.610 --> 00:56:00.480 album, which was Wish You Were Here. Both are 00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:03.900 very excellent projects. And I concur on that, 00:56:04.219 --> 00:56:07.639 folks. Check it out. We do the motto of our station. 00:56:08.340 --> 00:56:11.159 Remember, the slogan of Artists First is, we 00:56:11.159 --> 00:56:15.159 can lose money better than anyone. Our other 00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:18.400 slogan is, we bring you the best new music you've 00:56:18.400 --> 00:56:20.960 never heard. And that's exactly what we've been 00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:24.139 doing here this evening with our guest, Dr. Andre 00:56:24.139 --> 00:56:26.360 Jerry. We got just enough time to spend this 00:56:26.360 --> 00:56:28.639 before the top of the hour. Your parting thoughts 00:56:28.639 --> 00:56:32.360 as we sign off. Well, I just want to thank you 00:56:32.360 --> 00:56:34.360 again for having me on for this music special, 00:56:34.480 --> 00:56:36.940 music special number two. I'm starting to feel 00:56:36.940 --> 00:56:39.940 like the darling of the network, so thank you 00:56:39.940 --> 00:56:41.940 so much. I really appreciate your support of 00:56:41.940 --> 00:56:45.429 all my music. uh... god you can check out uh... 00:56:45.429 --> 00:56:48.030 the f l p on all the streaming platforms of last 00:56:48.030 --> 00:56:50.170 fall if you don't listen to is build a rhythm 00:56:50.170 --> 00:56:52.550 think of this one of like a late night closer 00:56:52.550 --> 00:56:54.530 this is the phone that you're going to hear toward 00:56:54.530 --> 00:56:57.570 the end of the night uh... if the the phone that's 00:56:57.570 --> 00:57:01.530 going to be winding things down so just listen 00:57:01.530 --> 00:57:04.269 to it to me to take you over his purest move 00:57:04.269 --> 00:57:06.489 and it's hypnotic but thank you so much for your 00:57:06.489 --> 00:57:08.110 time listening tonight i've enjoyed it