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And now here they are, Nick and Sue on Chatterbox.

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When the stars talk, they talk to Nick and Sue.

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Welcome back to the Chatterbox Redux Podcast

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with Sue and Nick and today our special guest

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is Chesney Hawkes. This is Nick and Sue with

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Chatterbox giving you all you need to know about

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music. And now in Charterbox UK, we're just lucky

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enough to welcome back Chesney Hawkes. Chesney,

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welcome. How are you? Hello, Chesney. Good, guys.

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It's lovely to see you again. Really nice to

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see you. Great to see you again. And I know the

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listeners just love you coming by once or twice

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a year for a catch up. You go down really well

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with them. Now, we've had quite a busy year.

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There's a couple of singles and some touring

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and bits and pieces. uh what i'd like to do actually

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your previous single before this one uh had rather

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an interesting video with it it certainly went

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down well with the the ladies of uh and what

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we do i like those they certainly really did

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enjoy that i must say i took a look myself and

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i must say it is very very clever the way it

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was done very clever and any ladies out there

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have not seen the video uh it's uh got a hold

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of yourself i believe yeah get a hold of yourself

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Any ladies who have not seen that, may I suggest

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they take a look at it. Some men. Absolutely.

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Right, now you're ending what I would class as

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a busy year and definitely a busy year next year.

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We're sort of ending it with a new single which

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is out right now called Live Forever. yeah that's

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correct yeah that's the newest single off of

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the album uh living arrows which is now available

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for pre -order on chisneyhawks .com so it's all

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it's all going guys it's all going off brilliant

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brilliant okay uh and i know there's a kind of

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interesting video with this one as well yeah

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I did have to make sure I I've got to see that

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one beforehand so yeah literally just dropped

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last night so you know it's nice to hear people's

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reaction to this video I mean it's not quite

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as risque should we say is as the previous one

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I actually I'm wearing clothes so you know you

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can you can watch from the front of the couch

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rather than behind But no, I got the boys to

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wear these Lonsdale tracksuits, which is the

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tracksuits from The Gentleman. Do you remember

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that film, The Gentleman? Yes, yes. So yeah,

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and this was all, you know, it was all a nod

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to my best mate, Vic, who was diagnosed with

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a third stage, fourth stage, sorry, lung cancer

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a couple of years ago. And Vic is one of those

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guys that is the... you know, the life and soul

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of every party and the kind of the biggest heart

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in the room and he lived his life, he is living

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his life, sorry, like grabbing life by the horns

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and living out loud, should we say. Fantastic,

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fantastic. Right, so with your new album, your

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single and that, is everything on the album,

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is it all self penned? Yes, absolutely. It's

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just a collection of my songs. I co -wrote with

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Nick Kershaw a few, I co -wrote with my friend

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Jake Gosling, who is also the producer of the

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album, amongst a few other friends here and there.

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So yeah, it's just a collection of my songs.

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There's some kick the doors down bangers, as

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you always expect, like Get a Hold of Yourself

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and Live Forever, the first two singles. But

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there were also some more introspective, kind

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of cathartic songs about, you know, touching

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on kind of more difficult subjects, I would say.

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As the years go by, do you find, I know how it

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is radio wise as to what listeners are into you,

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but do you personally find that you now have

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fans in more than one generation so you've got

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the ones when you and I were like early 20s and

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things like that and then their children am i

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right in thinking that you you appeal to both

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generations and possibly a third one even now

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maybe I mean, I would hope so, Nick. It's just,

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you don't really know until you start, you know,

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going out playing live and seeing who's coming

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to the shows. But if the last couple of years

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or anything to go by, I would say, yeah. You

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know, there's definitely a lot of my fans from

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the early days of our age and, you know, they

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definitely come and have stuck with me all these

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years. But then, you know, there's... the next

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generation on, who have kind of been educated,

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shall we say, into 80s and 90s music, and the

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kids seem to really like it, you know, they dig

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the kind of... music of our youth. And that's

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really nice to see, you know, kids sing along

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to some of my songs. And of course, you've also

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got, you know, the generation of my parents generation.

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I do sometimes get some older people like that

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come to gigs as well. So, you know, a lot of

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the festivals where you go to retro festivals

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like the rewinds and let's rocks and, you know,

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the throwbacks. generally do have kind of families

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and with all sorts of generations coming along

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so yeah. Do you find, because you've obviously

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stepped into your dad's place with the Tremlo's

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when he's become poorly, have you had any time

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for Tremlo's stuff this year? No, this year they

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did do a tour. My brother took the reins, obviously

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he's drumming, and my guitarist Martin, he went

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out with them too, and also Al, our bass player.

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But we got another singer, Colin Chisholm, to

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come and take the reins for me because I just

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couldn't do it. I just had too much going on,

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mate. I can see, I can see, so yeah. And it's

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great that your brother's... That's really cool.

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And I just like that there's still that family

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link it like yeah, exactly And we wanted that

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and I don't think it would have happened without

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that to be honest with you. That's good Okay,

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live forever Video with it, by the way, we've

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got the video on as we're talking to you. Thank

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you. Yeah, that was exhausting I like what you're

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doing with the guitar, it's brilliant. Yeah,

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I know, chucking guitars about and kicking mic

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stands and taking clothes off again actually

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at some point, throwing my jacket off and...

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Just generally prancing around like a pop star.

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I guess that is the name of the game on this

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one. He's on his knees now. Yeah. There's all

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sorts of movement going on. My son's in there

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too. If you catch a glimpse of my boy. The one

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you did that to. Yes. Exactly. That's Indy. I

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love it. Love it. Brilliant. So when it comes

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to doing your videos. The choreography if that's

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the right wording. I'm not even sure but it's

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but you're an actor really aren't you as well?

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So is it you that comes up with everything? It's

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gonna happen in the videos or Well with get a

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hold of yourself. There's a slightly different

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kind of You know production to to to get going

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My idea was I wanted to dance around naked through

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a stately mansion And so we had a choreographer,

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a young girl called Trixie, who was fabulous.

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And so she gave me, you know, kind of movement

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through, she worked out the movement through

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the house. So we went room by room and, you know,

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she would give me, she would show me or we'd

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work it out together. you know, the movement,

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where to turn, where to kind of move, where to

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jump on the bed, where to flop onto the chaise

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lounge and all that kind of stuff. It was, you

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know, strategically, it had to be strategic,

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otherwise you would be seeing a lot more than

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you would want to see of me, believe me. I must

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admit, the rowing machine bit, or whatever it

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was on the handle, that was so clever. We've

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seen the video, haven't we? Yes, yes. Well, if

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you, yeah, I mean, if you'd seen the first cut,

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you might have to wash your eyes out with soap.

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So we were on what you would call Todd your watch

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to get rid of, make, make sure that that was,

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wasn't, uh, there wasn't too much of me showing.

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Oh, I'm sorry. My, my dryer is making noises.

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I apologize. Let me shut that door. I'm sorry,

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guys. See the video. Yeah, I like it. Let's do

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that. Modern technology, eh? I apologise for

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that, guys. Absolutely. Well, we normally have

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something goes off somewhere, so yeah. Yeah,

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it's normally the washing machine door that clicks,

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isn't it? It bleeps. Yes, indeed. Yeah, it just

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won't shut up. That's the thing. So I knew I

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had to do that because it's not just like a...

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It's ready. It's like... And it just keeps bloody

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going. Oh, that noise that you just made, that

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was brilliant. You should put that in one of

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your songs. So we've now sold... It's a video

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of got a hold of yourself. We just sold that

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to everyone who's listening now We got to do

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the job of getting everyone to want to want to

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buy and listen to live forever So we got to do

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just as good a job. They will soon as they see

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that video It's perfect because it goes with

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a song if you see the watch the song with the

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video. Yeah, ever so I mean you're two years

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younger than me, but I could I haven't got a

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I have to say I was pretty exhausted after that

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day because you can imagine when you're making

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a video like that, you have to do it all day.

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That's not just a one -off performance. And then

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once you do it once, this is the funny thing

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about a video like this. There was no choreography.

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It was just like, let's just go for it. And that

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my kind of idea for the boys, I was just like,

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let's make this like crazy energy mental, just

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fun, let's jump around, let's go and, you know,

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go and kind of like ruffle each other's hairs

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and like, you know, I'm going to kick a drum

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cymbal, you know, I'm going to throw my guitar,

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I'm going to kick the mic stand, you know, and

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did that. But of course, what we didn't think

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about is we have to keep the continuity. So,

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you know, I had to remember what I was doing,

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what part of the song, which was almost impossible.

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And in fact, there is continuity issues in the

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video. uh you know because i took my top off

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at one point and i threw it at the at the camera

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and i so yeah it was it was an all -day workout

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that one perfect good fun yeah it looks like

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it it looks like it so yes uh that's live forever

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and you so had a question about live forever

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didn't it song live forever you've got a lovely

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chorus how did you do that chorus it's like it's

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got an echo uh you mean production wise um Well,

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I mean, this is a song I wrote with my very good

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friend Nick Kershaw and Jake Gosling, who's the

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producer of the record. I think... What did we

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do on that moment? I mean, for a start, there's

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a lot of things that come in on that chorus that

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will kind of like lift the feel of the track.

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I think there's a big bass that comes in and

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a piano note. And of course, there probably is

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some kind of delay, reverby thing that comes

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in in the chorus. Just let your vocals live forever.

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They've done something with it. I like that.

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That's very clever. With everything else that's

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going on, it's amazing. Yeah, amazing, yeah.

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Anyone could do a reverb, I've got to slide that

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up and I've got it, but you know, at the end

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of the day, it just works so amazingly with the

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whole build up with the... Well, you had a great

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team there, so it would. I had a great team and

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I have to give credit to Soren Anderson who mixed

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it and he is... bit of a genius with mixing.

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He mixed Get a Hold of Yourself, Live Forever

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and a couple of other ones on the record and

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he's a new friend, a new acquaintance, someone

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I work with and someone that I will absolutely

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be carrying on working with because he is so

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good with radio friendly mixes. He's brilliant.

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Chatterbox! Chatterbox! It takes two to tangle

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And two to present a radio show So here's Nick

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and Sue Your musical duo The new album, that's

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dropped already. Remind me, because I've just

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lost a bit on the screen, what was the album

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called? The album is called Living Arrows and

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it is now available for pre -order on chesneyhawks

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.com. You will physically get it, if you order

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now, you'll physically get it in February and

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it's available on vinyl, cassette and CDs. How

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about that? I love that. Like that old school

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Wow, I like that. No, you know, I'd love to have

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a hot should we got a high five here? What's

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nice the CD player? Ah CD. Yeah, go and get it

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sorted out for you. Yeah, don't worry. We're

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sort You know where to go. Don't you? Chesneyhawks

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.com? Yeah And the vinyl for me just so I can

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open him So I go me too. I love I love vinyl

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and it's a particularly good vinyl this one.

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It's a burnt orange color disc So yeah, really

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cool, really cool. okay now we've also got i

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mean you were announcing this like in the summer

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and that when i first got noticing he's got a

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lot of gigs coming yeah that is one mega tour

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now 2025 chesney and there's a lot going on tour

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wise isn't it so yeah and more to be announced

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actually we've got some exciting news i can't

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tell you about that we'll be in europe put it

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that way but but it's going to be really fun

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and and then we've got the the live in 25 tour

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which is in march and april and plus all my other

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gigs, which I don't quite know how I'm gonna

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fit it all in. I've got one day, I think it's

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in May, where I'm doing three festivals in one

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day. I know, don't quite know how I'm gonna do

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that, but I love the challenge. Rock and roll,

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eh? I think the only, no comparison of course,

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but the only artists I think that have done three

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concerts in a day, or three festivals in a day,

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I think was actually Black Lace. Yeah, I could

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see them doing that. Those boys are up for it.

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You've got the energy, Chesney. I think you can

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do it. You've got the energy. Bring it on. I

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think you have. Yeah, definitely. Have we got

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to the stage now, end of 2024 and looking at

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2025? Is it one of them times where you're actually

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going to spend more time in the UK rather than

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back over there with the sunshine and the fresh

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air and stuff? Well, actually, it's funny you

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should ask that. We've moved. We are now back

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in the UK. It feels nice to be a UK citizen again.

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I've missed being here and having a home base

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here. And to be honest with you, if we were still

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living in the States at this particular moment

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in my career, I would not see my wife at all

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because I'm not going to be there. I'm going

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to be here. you know on tour and stuff so so

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i'm very grateful that um we've made that move

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now and it's all done um one little question

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about uh a family uh it is only to do with music

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of course now i remember during the lockdown

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you you guys were all you know the kids and that

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they were all playing uh on youtube and doing

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stuff and that um How is their musical side to

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them? How's that all transpiring? Are they wannabe

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rock stars like you? They certainly seem talented

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anyway. Yeah, I mean my youngest is my lead guitar

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player. So he'll be out on the road with me when

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we do this tour. So if you want to see him...

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come out and see it, it's going to be great,

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you know. My daughter, she's 21, so Indy, who

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I just mentioned, he's 19, he's going to be on

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the road with me. And Jessie, 21, she's still

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at university up in Scotland. And then I've got

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a 23 year old boy who is up, who's here, he's

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wanting to act and stuff. So yeah, they're all

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into it. That's brilliant brilliant. Well, we

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we would like if possible for you to put by next

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year's I know you're very busy. Hopefully you

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can find 20 minutes for us because obviously

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me we've Start working with your promoters a

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lot anyway, not not just with you We certainly

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opened it up with them and doing quite a bit

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with them. So I will get to hear about it So

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but we would come back on maybe just when that

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albums actually dropped maybe and you yeah a

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bit more We can have a nice, nice little chat

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about what people expect from you in the spring

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and summer, something like that maybe. Yeah,

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wonderful. Well, congratulations, you guys. It

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sounds like you've really, you know, gone on

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in the world and I'm pleased to hear it. It's

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really wonderful. And it's true having top guests

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like yourself, interesting guests like yourself,

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that obviously keeps it going as well. that's

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us and you do your sides of it we do ours it

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just works somewhere and uh we like real people

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like you and we like to think we're real people

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so that's it seems to work it seems to work you

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know we do it for the artist don't we yeah absolutely

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yeah is he real is he real or is he ai what do

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you think oh don't he's got don't go there he's

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got enough he's got one pinch it pinch him just

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to make sure he is yeah there you go yeah he's

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real all right yeah there you go He's got his

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own avatar. I have, that's for the crime videos.

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And I've got a tail of the AI avatar who's been

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doing her own shows and she's yeah. Mention about

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the listener, the person painting the chat room.

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This will not be going out on your interview,

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I promise. I think you've picked up some sort

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of perv. Yeah, I did a sticky. Well, I was sick,

00:19:38.869 --> 00:19:42.329
but he did an AI, didn't you, for that day? Brilliant.

00:19:43.069 --> 00:19:46.089
Yeah. She's got to learn how to kick people out

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of the chat room if she's going to be doing that.

00:19:47.630 --> 00:19:49.849
But there you go. Oh, geez. Yeah, definitely.

00:19:50.089 --> 00:19:52.089
Yeah, you can get yourself into all sorts of

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problems there, can't you? We don't want to get

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too good at it because we don't want the day

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that... It's fascinating at the moment. We would

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want to get to the stage where... They don't

00:20:02.609 --> 00:20:05.750
need disc jockeys or presenters anymore. Or musicians

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even. I mean, God, it's... No, you can't have

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an avatar of an artist, can you? It's not right.

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Well, Abba did quite well, but yeah, I know what

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you mean. So anyway, we won't be talking about

00:20:17.069 --> 00:20:19.170
avatars next time. It's a bit of fun, but yeah,

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it can't be let's take over, of course. Well,

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Chesley, it's been absolutely fascinating as

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always. It's great to see you again. You too,

00:20:27.789 --> 00:20:31.930
guys. Sorry, I've got two questions. What merchandise

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have you got? I can see your t -shirt. At the

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moment that we've kind of taken everything off

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the site Because we're concentrating on the pre

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-sales pre -orders of the album and there's strategic

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planning there because We we really really want

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my dream in the team is to get a chart position

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on this album in February when it comes out so

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You know, that's why we have kind of like only

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got Vinyl, CD, cassette, and there is a t -shirt

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:09.500
there as you know. But yeah, that's why. We will

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have some merch pop up at some point. That's

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something we can do. We must make sure time's

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up right. And I'm being serious here. Must get

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:20.740
Joe, you know, the Heart Media or somebody. We

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must get it so it can go out and all of our radio

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stations, if they're going to buy your CD, they're

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all going to do it in the same week. Well, actually,

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the good thing about pre -orders is that they

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do, if you pre -order now that actually counts

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towards charts, you see. So, I mean, obviously,

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if it's out and you go and you're going to buy

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it, like in a shop, which, you know, who does

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that anymore? Then it would have to be that week

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to count towards charts. But yeah, that's the

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great thing about pre -orders. Okay, interesting.

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And your website is Chesneyhawks .com. Yeah.

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and we click on that and we no longer have to

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go through the other social media because we

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:04.079
scroll there and we can find with click on Facebook

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:06.980
or X or whatever it's all there and you've got

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a direct link to all your other social media

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there. Yeah absolutely and we're in the process

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:15.779
of changing all of that as well so you know it's

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:18.839
all new at the moment but at least when you go

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:20.720
to chesneyhawks .com everything's available there

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you can just you know get your bundle. We've

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got plenty to talk about in, you know, next year.

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Looking forward to it already. I haven't asked

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my second question, do you? Yes, you didn't.

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The second question is, now you've got indie

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involved with your music and singing. Have you

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thought of writing, like, a story or a book about

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your son being involved with your singing now?

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That's not something that I have on the burner

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at the moment. I'm obviously concentrating on

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:52.440
this record. But yeah, never say never, I guess.

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You know, there's stories like the Buddy Song

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story is what got me into your living rooms,

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I guess. So yeah, I mean, it is an interesting

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:04.700
story, but I think that might be something for

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:09.319
the future. Okay. Yes, I was running, well, running,

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:12.259
I actually was leasing the cinema bill when that

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:15.599
came out and, yes, so I saw it from being a cinema

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:17.819
owner's side as well when it came out. Oh wow,

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wow. Great movie, great movie, yeah. Chessy Hawkes,

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I'm wishing you, your family, everyone a great

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Christmas and we look forward to chatting next

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year. There's a lot to talk about then as well.

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Absolutely. Alright guys, great to catch up.

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Thanks for coming back on Chats Book. Bye -bye,

00:23:34.900 --> 00:24:18.289
then. Cheers, guys. Bye -bye. You've been listening

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