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May 12, 2022

Warren Zeiders | Happy But Not Satisfied

Warren Zeiders | Happy But Not Satisfied

On this episode of The Story & Craft Podcast, we sit down with country music artist, Warren Zeiders.  At only 22 years old, he’s quickly come onto the country music scene in an unconventional way.  Like most of us, he had some time at home to create during the pandemic.  Though he hadn’t performed professionally, he was encouraged to post cover songs on TikTok and Instagram.  His views on TikTok shot into the millions.  Warren then started to receive requests for original music.  Then, after only a couple of years of using social media to get his music out there, he now has a record deal, over 300 million combined streams and views, as well as a brand new album (717 Tapes).  I’m happy to sit down with Warren to talk story and to share the unconventional story of an artist that we’re going to be hearing about for some time.  

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

0:05:27 - Country Music in Pennsylvania

0:09:46 - Creating "Ride a Lightning"

0:14:52 - Discovering Music Passion Without Familial Influence

0:20:18 - Fans Shaped My Musical Journey

0:24:23 - From Bedroom to Stage

0:25:59 - Timeless Themes in Music Lyrics

0:33:08 - Music Career and Family's Reaction

0:42:00 - Seven Questions


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Transcript
Warren Zeiders:

I picked up a guitar in sixth grade.


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Warren Zeiders: You know I was like this could be cool to



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Warren Zeiders: pick up and enjoy.



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Warren Zeiders: I like music and you know guitar is the



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Warren Zeiders: instrument that the ladies seem to like the



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Warren Zeiders: most.



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Warren Zeiders: If you can sing and play guitar, the ladies



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Warren Zeiders: are normally interested.



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Announcer: Welcome to Story and Craft.



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Announcer: Now here's your host, Marc Preston.



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Marc Preston: Hey, welcome back.



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Marc Preston: How are you?



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Marc Preston: Why to have you back for another episode of



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Marc Preston: Story and Craft?



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Marc Preston: I hope your week is going great so far.



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Marc Preston: And, just in case you're listening to this,



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Marc Preston: during the weekend, hopefully you're doing



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Marc Preston: something fun relaxing, walking the dog,



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Marc Preston: hanging out by the pool, exercising,



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Marc Preston: whatever.



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Marc Preston: Thanks a lot for bringing Story and Craft



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Marc Preston: with you.



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Marc Preston: And just in case you're brand new to the



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Marc Preston: show, my name is Marc Preston.



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Marc Preston: Thank you very much for checking it out.



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Marc Preston: This episode really cool.



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Marc Preston: Warren Zeiders, a new country music artist.



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Marc Preston: He's only 22 years old and his story very



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Marc Preston: cool.



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Marc Preston: He started off in kind of an unconventional



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Marc Preston: way.



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Marc Preston: You know, during the pandemic, we were all



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Marc Preston: given a lot, of us were given a lot of time



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Marc Preston: to do something creative, or we just had



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Marc Preston: more time on our hands.



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Marc Preston: Warren took that time to take his you know



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Marc Preston: his love of playing the guitar and decided



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Marc Preston: to start putting cover songs out on TikTok



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Marc Preston: and Instagram and before you know it, he's



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Marc Preston: got like millions of views.



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Marc Preston: Two years later he's got a record deal and



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Marc Preston: over 300 million combined streams and views



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Marc Preston: and a brand new album 717 tapes.



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Marc Preston: So I'm enjoying the opportunity to bring



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Marc Preston: this story to you Because, even if you're



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Marc Preston: not really big into country music.



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Marc Preston: This is a kind of a cool story about how



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Marc Preston: things are different Now.



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Marc Preston: to you Kind of different from when I was



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Marc Preston: coming up.



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Marc Preston: Artists had a different path to becoming



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Marc Preston: Now, if you're a big country music fan,



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Marc Preston: check them out on Spotify or wherever you



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Marc Preston: And, of course, if you go to



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Marc Preston: Storyandcraftpod.com, you can check out all



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Marc Preston: of his social media links Kind of a big



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Marc Preston: deal, considering he got started on social



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Marc Preston: We've got the TikTok and Instagram, got his



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Marc Preston: website as well.



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Marc Preston: And, of course, you want to find out more



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Marc Preston: about the show.



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Marc Preston: and just kind of stay up to speed on



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Marc Preston: So let's get after it.



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Marc Preston: Today it is Warren Zyder's Day right here



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Marc Preston: on StoryAndCraft.



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Marc Preston: Hey, I like your hat, by the way, thank you.



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Marc Preston: Yeah, sorry, I'm traveling today.



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Marc Preston: You know.



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Marc Preston: No, if you travel and that problem means



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Marc Preston: you're working.



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Marc Preston: If you're working, you're probably having



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Marc Preston: some fun, so that's a good thing.



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Marc Preston: Yes, sir, now you're a Pennsylvania guy.



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Marc Preston: Are you still in Pennsylvania or have you



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Marc Preston: made the move to Nashville, back and forth



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Marc Preston: between?



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Warren Zeiders: Pennsylvania and Nashville.



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Warren Zeiders: But speaking of Pennsylvania, that's where



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Warren Zeiders: the 717 comes from, so that's my area code.



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Warren Zeiders: So people think it's 717 or 717, but the



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Warren Zeiders: 717's where I grew up.



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Marc Preston: I was going to ask where that came from.



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Marc Preston: that one.



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Marc Preston: I've got so many questions for you today



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Marc Preston: music acts, artists that I've had an



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Marc Preston: Well, I mean, for your generation guys, not



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Marc Preston: that, and you know, when I, back in the day,



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Marc Preston: on the radio years ago, man, you just had



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Marc Preston: to.



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Marc Preston: That just kind of makes life a little



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Marc Preston: And TikTok worked out well for you, didn't



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Marc Preston: it?



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Marc Preston: It did, it did.



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Warren Zeiders: You know, I think personally myself, I



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Warren Zeiders: wouldn't go the route of saying easier, so



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Warren Zeiders: to speak I think we have more access to a



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Warren Zeiders: lot of people by the finger by our



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Warren Zeiders: fingertips.



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Marc Preston: Yeah, accessibility, yeah, that's



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Marc Preston: definitely accessibility, absolutely.



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Warren Zeiders: Accessibility yeah, I think accessibility



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Warren Zeiders: and I think the outreach is undeniable.



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Warren Zeiders: By the click of a button you have the



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Warren Zeiders: chance to reach millions and I think that



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Warren Zeiders: there's a lot of beauty in that and it's



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Warren Zeiders: given a lot of artists like myself a chance



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Warren Zeiders: and a voice to touch on that.



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Warren Zeiders: Really, you have that accessibility, but



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Warren Zeiders: it's not easy to, so to speak, because I



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Warren Zeiders: think that it does take hard work.



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Warren Zeiders: There's a lot of thought process into



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Warren Zeiders: everything.



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Marc Preston: Oh, definitely, there's where I probably



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Marc Preston: misspoke, yeah, when I said that it was



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Marc Preston: None is ever easy, especially.



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Marc Preston: No you're good, you're good, you're good,



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Marc Preston: But now I'm going to be honest, this is no



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Marc Preston: This is actually admiration for for the



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Marc Preston: I never thought of Pennsylvania as being a



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Marc Preston: You're sort of kind of like an ambassador



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Marc Preston: now and many of us like, oh really,



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Marc Preston: Was that your genre growing up?



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Marc Preston: Was that?



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Marc Preston: Was country always your thing?



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Warren Zeiders: down the Nashville a lot of people asked



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Warren Zeiders: the question Put it.



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Warren Zeiders: To put it this way where the hell did you



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Warren Zeiders: find a country, country, boy from



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Warren Zeiders: Pennsylvania?



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Warren Zeiders: Nashville and all these places.



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Warren Zeiders: There's country everywhere you go and you



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Warren Zeiders: can find anywhere.



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Warren Zeiders: And I think that you know having those



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Warren Zeiders: conversations it's.



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Warren Zeiders: It's funny because people think of



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Warren Zeiders: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh but I'm like



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Warren Zeiders: outside of that it's nothing but country



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Warren Zeiders: land and I still in some some redneck stuff



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Warren Zeiders: growing up my entire life.



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Warren Zeiders: So yes, to answer your question, country



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Warren Zeiders: music was a huge part of my life growing up.



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Warren Zeiders: My grandparents listen to my mom had in the



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Warren Zeiders: house, but also on top of that I grew up in



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Warren Zeiders: church so I listen to a lot of Christian



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Warren Zeiders: music so I touch on a lot of that in my



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Warren Zeiders: song lyrics and stuff to when I'm writing



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Warren Zeiders: my music.



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Marc Preston: Garth Brooks is big inspiration, I think,



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Marc Preston: is kiss.



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Marc Preston: You know, when I look at people, when that



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Marc Preston: enjoy country, it's not just that they're



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Marc Preston: something resonates with them.



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Marc Preston: And I think that my daughter, emma, who's



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Marc Preston: 16, who Is you know, I'm sure she wishes



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Marc Preston: she was here right now so she can meet you.



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Marc Preston: She is the only one of my kids love, she



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Marc Preston: loves country.



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Marc Preston: I mean, she's very much a city girl, the



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Marc Preston: only one I think of her friend groups



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Marc Preston: really big in the country.



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Marc Preston: The thing about it is it's almost like an



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Marc Preston: aspirational thing.



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Marc Preston: You know it's stories, the lyrics Are they



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Marc Preston: yours?



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Marc Preston: For the most part?



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Marc Preston: Are you collaborating with somebody on the



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Marc Preston: on the song writing?



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Warren Zeiders: yes, so I do a lot of co-writes.



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Warren Zeiders: I think that that's when I do my best work,



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Warren Zeiders: because I'm working with really talented



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Warren Zeiders: growing up I never knew my limits.



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Warren Zeiders: I was getting hurt, whether it was broken



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Warren Zeiders: So, like I said, I did grow up in church.



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Warren Zeiders: I was never in the church band, never in



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Warren Zeiders: never, like never really putting myself out



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Warren Zeiders: there, and I just was.



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Warren Zeiders: You know, one day I was like you know what,



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Warren Zeiders: you know, instagram, tiktok and YouTube



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Warren Zeiders: something, kind of connect with people.



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Warren Zeiders: So I did that, and little did I know that



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Warren Zeiders: it would lead to this.



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Marc Preston: A year later, Let me, let me think on the



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Marc Preston: You don't know what city you're in



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Marc Preston: time, but you're saying a year.



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Marc Preston: I think this is a good example of like



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Marc Preston: cream can rise to the top, and this era was



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Marc Preston: social media in a way that it never has



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Marc Preston: been able to before, and I think that's



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Marc Preston: very cool.



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Marc Preston: And I'm not just saying that because of



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Marc Preston: But listening to your album, everything,



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Marc Preston: man, everything I'm going through I'm like



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Marc Preston: man, it's got a little different vibe, it's



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Marc Preston: got a little different story.



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Marc Preston: It's rare that I listen to an artist and go,



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Marc Preston: wow, okay, I want to know what else they're



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Marc Preston: up to.



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Marc Preston: You know, was your family musical at all?



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Marc Preston: What's your, what's your, what are your



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Marc Preston: their vote, your parents' vocation, and



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Warren Zeiders: No musical background whatsoever.



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Warren Zeiders: My friend, I think that no one was ever



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Warren Zeiders: My dad could carry a semi tune, I guess,



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Warren Zeiders: singing in church, but there was no one



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Warren Zeiders: No grandparents, actually.



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Warren Zeiders: No, that's a lie.



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Warren Zeiders: My grandfather played bass guitar, but no



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Warren Zeiders: You know, no one was ever pushing music



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Warren Zeiders: onto me in the sense of oh hey, you know I



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Warren Zeiders: played guitar.



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Warren Zeiders: I did this, like you know, you want to try



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Warren Zeiders: It was just kind of something that I found



458


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Warren Zeiders: on my own and you know I believe it.



459


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Warren Zeiders: Good Lord, how to plan?



460


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Warren Zeiders: And here we are today.



461


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Warren Zeiders: It's crazy.



462


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Marc Preston: It really is.



463


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Marc Preston: What kind of work did your, what kind of



464


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Marc Preston: work did your dad do?



465


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Marc Preston: What did your folks?



466


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Warren Zeiders: do so.



467


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Warren Zeiders: Actually, I grew up in the business world,



468


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Warren Zeiders: so my parents had two restaurants as I was



469


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Warren Zeiders: growing up, my dad had apartments.



470


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Warren Zeiders: My dad sold investments my early childhood.



471


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Warren Zeiders: My mom's a CPA, so she's now a CFO.



472


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Warren Zeiders: So she works as a CFO now.



473


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Warren Zeiders: Just recently changed corporations a year



474


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Warren Zeiders: or two ago, and then now my dad for the



475


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Warren Zeiders: last 14 years has been running car



476


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Warren Zeiders: dealerships.



477


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Warren Zeiders: So oh, really.



478


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Warren Zeiders: I kind of you and I have that in common.



479


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Marc Preston: Yeah, my father did the same thing.



480


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Warren Zeiders: And I kind of I grew up in this world of



481


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Warren Zeiders: seeing just every single day businesses and



482


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Warren Zeiders: just kind of learning the lingo and just



483


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Warren Zeiders: you know all this stuff that you know it's



484


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Warren Zeiders: not easy running a business, so to speak.



485


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Warren Zeiders: It's a lot of work and you know being an



486


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Warren Zeiders: entrepreneur and stuff like that and



487


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Warren Zeiders: putting yourself out there, but a lot of if



488


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Warren Zeiders: it wasn't for my parents and you know my



489


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Warren Zeiders: upbringing and everything that they taught



490


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Warren Zeiders: me growing up I wouldn't be the man I am



491


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Warren Zeiders: today, and my grandfather too.



492


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Warren Zeiders: he was always a huge.



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Warren Zeiders: I have a lot of.



494


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Warren Zeiders: I'm very fortunate and it's been awesome



495


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Warren Zeiders: for me to grow up in a world where I've had



496


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Warren Zeiders: really awesome male role models in my life



497


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Warren Zeiders: who really supported me and, you know,



498


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Warren Zeiders: pushed me forward in this life whether it



499


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Warren Zeiders: means I had to be a better man and just you



500


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Warren Zeiders: know in today's world and stuff.



501


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Warren Zeiders: But my grandfather growing up you know my



502


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Warren Zeiders: mother and you know my aunts didn't really



503


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Warren Zeiders: have a lot growing up, but my grandfather



504


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Warren Zeiders: was constantly on the road working three



505


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Warren Zeiders: jobs.



506


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Warren Zeiders: He was going all week.



507


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Warren Zeiders: He'd be lucky if he got a chance to come



508


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Warren Zeiders: home on the weekends to, you know, see my



509


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Warren Zeiders: mother and my aunts and I think that



510


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Warren Zeiders: hearing those stories and even seeing how



511


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Warren Zeiders: hard he worked as I was growing up as an



512


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Warren Zeiders: early child, I was always with him, whether



513


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Warren Zeiders: we were working in the garage together or



514


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Warren Zeiders: projects, you know, outside, hunting and



515


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Warren Zeiders: all this kind of stuff.



516


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Warren Zeiders: I think that seeing all those things really



517


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Warren Zeiders: formed me into you know the way I see the



518


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Warren Zeiders: world and everything today.



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Marc Preston: You know I did notice, speaking to your



520


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Marc Preston: grandfather I had such a wonderful



521


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Marc Preston: relationship with mine as well it sounds



522


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Marc Preston: like you're really a spot on young man when



523


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Marc Preston: it comes to you know 22,.



524


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Marc Preston: I'm saying young man, I'm not that old, you



525


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Marc Preston: know.



526


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Marc Preston: I realized that kind of in the moment, kind



527


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Marc Preston: of like you did.



528


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Marc Preston: It's important to soak that up, like right



529


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Marc Preston: now, because you miss it when you don't



530


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Marc Preston: have it.



531


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Marc Preston: So it's great that you've got those



532


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Marc Preston: inspirations of people around you and it's



533


00:19:09,820 --> 00:19:11,091


Marc Preston: showing up in your music and I think that's



534


00:19:11,131 --> 00:19:12,435


Marc Preston: the beauty of country.



535


00:19:13,898 --> 00:19:15,652


Marc Preston: When it comes to lyrics, you really can



536


00:19:15,692 --> 00:19:16,656


Marc Preston: pull from your own life.



537


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Marc Preston: 717 tapes, man.



538


00:19:18,651 --> 00:19:19,935


Marc Preston: I don't know if I've actually I think I've



539


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Marc Preston: gone through the whole album.



540


00:19:22,010 --> 00:19:23,235


Marc Preston: Do you have anything new coming out?



541


00:19:23,450 --> 00:19:24,493


Marc Preston: Because you know, now you got, now you got



542


00:19:24,533 --> 00:19:25,676


Marc Preston: me, now you got me hungry man.



543


00:19:25,717 --> 00:19:26,439


Marc Preston: What's coming up soon?



544


00:19:27,330 --> 00:19:28,554


Warren Zeiders: So I just I don't know if you saw it, but I



545


00:19:28,574 --> 00:19:31,161


Warren Zeiders: just had this 717 tapes volume to drop last



546


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Warren Zeiders: week, so I have a volume two out now with a



547


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Warren Zeiders: new with one of my favorite songs that I've



548


00:19:38,810 --> 00:19:39,553


Warren Zeiders: put out so far.



549


00:19:40,370 --> 00:19:42,892


Warren Zeiders: It's called Wild Horse and that song's been.



550


00:19:43,113 --> 00:19:44,477


Warren Zeiders: It's been really cool to see how my fans



551


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Warren Zeiders: have connected with that song.



552


00:19:46,410 --> 00:19:48,557


Marc Preston: So you started playing and putting stuff on



553


00:19:48,597 --> 00:19:51,516


Marc Preston: TikTok and where were the people that were



554


00:19:51,556 --> 00:19:52,459


Marc Preston: starting to follow you?



555


00:19:52,930 --> 00:19:54,892


Marc Preston: Did you notice any trends Like, where were



556


00:19:54,932 --> 00:19:56,677


Marc Preston: people coming from that started, that



557


00:19:56,717 --> 00:19:57,680


Marc Preston: started adding up to?



558


00:19:57,700 --> 00:19:59,393


Marc Preston: They were just like over a million people



559


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Marc Preston: or something like that.



560


00:20:00,196 --> 00:20:00,697


Marc Preston: Am I correct?



561


00:20:00,898 --> 00:20:02,001


Marc Preston: That's just like so heady.



562


00:20:02,210 --> 00:20:03,519


Marc Preston: I can't get my head around the fact that



563


00:20:03,559 --> 00:20:04,948


Marc Preston: you know if I'm doing anything with my



564


00:20:05,029 --> 00:20:06,194


Marc Preston: phone that a million people see.



565


00:20:06,415 --> 00:20:09,208


Marc Preston: You know what was the on ramp for people to



566


00:20:09,248 --> 00:20:12,600


Marc Preston: kind of get to really start getting into



567


00:20:12,661 --> 00:20:12,741


Marc Preston: you?



568


00:20:13,230 --> 00:20:14,785


Marc Preston: Or did you notice that whenever a new song



569


00:20:14,825 --> 00:20:15,148


Marc Preston: came out?



570


00:20:16,211 --> 00:20:16,973


Warren Zeiders: The on-ramp.



571


00:20:17,654 --> 00:20:20,758


Warren Zeiders: The short version of it is I was posting



572


00:20:20,819 --> 00:20:24,464


Warren Zeiders: covers on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube



573


00:20:24,544 --> 00:20:28,720


Warren Zeiders: and stuff, and they were only 15, 30-second



574


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Warren Zeiders: snippets.



575


00:20:29,410 --> 00:20:33,418


Warren Zeiders: And again, I was just doing it for fun in



576


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Warren Zeiders: my back half of my junior year of college



577


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Warren Zeiders: and then leading into my summer I mean



578


00:20:39,516 --> 00:20:41,581


Warren Zeiders: leading into my summer and then my senior



579


00:20:41,621 --> 00:20:42,913


Warren Zeiders: year of college, figuring out what I want



580


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Warren Zeiders: to do with my life and I was just posting



581


00:20:47,116 --> 00:20:48,559


Warren Zeiders: covers of stuff that I was learning and



582


00:20:48,599 --> 00:20:50,623


Warren Zeiders: stuff that I was listening to and really



583


00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:51,384


Warren Zeiders: resonating with.



584


00:20:53,014 --> 00:20:55,881


Warren Zeiders: It wasn't until my fans, my followers,



585


00:20:57,124 --> 00:20:59,811


Warren Zeiders: turned into fans and they were like, hey,



586


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Warren Zeiders: this is cool and all, but we don't just



587


00:21:02,077 --> 00:21:05,495


Warren Zeiders: want 15, 30-second snippets, we want full



588


00:21:05,555 --> 00:21:07,534


Warren Zeiders: versions of your covers, we want original



589


00:21:07,574 --> 00:21:07,915


Warren Zeiders: music.



590


00:21:08,313 --> 00:21:08,759


Warren Zeiders: I mean, were they?



591


00:21:08,779 --> 00:21:09,590


Marc Preston: saying that to you?



592


00:21:10,071 --> 00:21:11,696


Marc Preston: I mean, were they sending you notes and



593


00:21:11,756 --> 00:21:13,220


Marc Preston: saying we want more?



594


00:21:13,761 --> 00:21:14,122


Marc Preston: Oh, okay.



595


00:21:14,230 --> 00:21:15,695


Marc Preston: So they were really interactive with you



596


00:21:15,715 --> 00:21:16,558


Marc Preston: and telling you what they wanted.



597


00:21:16,578 --> 00:21:17,240


Marc Preston: To hear, right?



598


00:21:17,771 --> 00:21:17,871


Marc Preston: The?



599


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Warren Zeiders: biggest thing I could say right now that



600


00:21:20,335 --> 00:21:22,739


Warren Zeiders: any artist should take away, and it's so



601


00:21:22,799 --> 00:21:23,160


Warren Zeiders: simple.



602


00:21:24,803 --> 00:21:25,844


Warren Zeiders: Listen to your fan base.



603


00:21:26,391 --> 00:21:27,374


Warren Zeiders: It's as clear as day.



604


00:21:28,017 --> 00:21:29,631


Warren Zeiders: More than ever, Listen to what they have to



605


00:21:29,672 --> 00:21:34,278


Warren Zeiders: say, because my fans really guided me on



606


00:21:34,318 --> 00:21:38,004


Warren Zeiders: this last year of I'll call it a journey



607


00:21:38,024 --> 00:21:40,755


Warren Zeiders: because it has been one, and you know, I



608


00:21:40,835 --> 00:21:42,239


Warren Zeiders: listened to what they wanted from me.



609


00:21:42,910 --> 00:21:44,556


Warren Zeiders: So when they were like, hey, we want this,



610


00:21:45,371 --> 00:21:48,271


Warren Zeiders: so I went ahead, I started.



611


00:21:48,993 --> 00:21:51,257


Warren Zeiders: I went to Guitar Center one night, grabbed



612


00:21:51,277 --> 00:21:52,078


Warren Zeiders: two microphones.



613


00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,763


Warren Zeiders: An interface had no idea what I was doing.



614


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Warren Zeiders: I plugged them in.



615


00:21:57,111 --> 00:21:59,355


Warren Zeiders: I was putting pillows and towels around in



616


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Warren Zeiders: my room and soundproofing the room and I



617


00:22:05,171 --> 00:22:08,698


Warren Zeiders: did my whole acoustic cover album in my



618


00:22:08,738 --> 00:22:10,481


Warren Zeiders: bedroom and they were all one takes.



619


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Warren Zeiders: No editing, nothing, it was just me singing



620


00:22:12,993 --> 00:22:13,596


Warren Zeiders: with playing guitar.



621


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Marc Preston: No, are you serious?



622


00:22:16,238 --> 00:22:18,013


Marc Preston: Yeah, with that setup.



623


00:22:18,273 --> 00:22:21,179


Marc Preston: Man, I was going to ask you, for somebody



624


00:22:21,199 --> 00:22:22,402


Marc Preston: has a recording studio here.



625


00:22:23,230 --> 00:22:23,531


Marc Preston: I was.



626


00:22:23,752 --> 00:22:24,777


Marc Preston: That actually was a question.



627


00:22:24,850 --> 00:22:26,337


Marc Preston: I was curious about the gear setup.



628


00:22:26,390 --> 00:22:27,515


Marc Preston: You know what was your, what was your



629


00:22:27,555 --> 00:22:27,856


Marc Preston: choice?



630


00:22:28,010 --> 00:22:29,895


Marc Preston: You know, just out of curiosity there are a



631


00:22:30,155 --> 00:22:31,538


Marc Preston: good handful of people listen to my show



632


00:22:31,558 --> 00:22:32,581


Marc Preston: that are a little bit of gear heads.



633


00:22:33,671 --> 00:22:36,015


Marc Preston: Mike, the interface, what did you



634


00:22:36,055 --> 00:22:38,160


Marc Preston: originally start with and what are you



635


00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:39,603


Marc Preston: using now for your home setup?



636


00:22:40,290 --> 00:22:41,772


Warren Zeiders: So I had.



637


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Warren Zeiders: I was again too for a guy who was in



638


00:22:46,058 --> 00:22:48,541


Warren Zeiders: college and was trying to figure out what



639


00:22:48,561 --> 00:22:49,743


Warren Zeiders: he was going to be doing with his life



640


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Warren Zeiders: after he graduated.



641


00:22:52,370 --> 00:22:53,693


Warren Zeiders: I didn't really have again.



642


00:22:53,713 --> 00:22:56,619


Warren Zeiders: I didn't have the knowledge of what



643


00:22:56,820 --> 00:22:58,563


Warren Zeiders: equipment to buy, what gear to use.



644


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Warren Zeiders: I just kind of looked up some stuff and was



645


00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:03,242


Warren Zeiders: like, okay, cool.



646


00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:05,996


Warren Zeiders: So I went to Guitar Center and the dude



647


00:23:06,036 --> 00:23:09,191


Warren Zeiders: there was like hey, sm7b, this is some,



648


00:23:09,352 --> 00:23:10,595


Warren Zeiders: this is some of the people like to use.



649


00:23:11,096 --> 00:23:11,818


Warren Zeiders: You want to try it out?



650


00:23:11,838 --> 00:23:12,479


Warren Zeiders: I was like cool.



651


00:23:12,981 --> 00:23:13,682


Warren Zeiders: So I got that.



652


00:23:14,051 --> 00:23:15,550


Warren Zeiders: I don't know what the other Mike was, it



653


00:23:15,590 --> 00:23:18,878


Warren Zeiders: was another SM, it was another Sure Mike



654


00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,594


Warren Zeiders: that I used to mic my guitar and then I



655


00:23:22,654 --> 00:23:23,437


Warren Zeiders: used the focus right.



656


00:23:23,951 --> 00:23:28,335


Warren Zeiders: So that's what I did and I had two mics.



657


00:23:29,218 --> 00:23:29,720


Warren Zeiders: That was it.



658


00:23:29,890 --> 00:23:33,139


Warren Zeiders: I used Ableton Live Press Record and it was



659


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Warren Zeiders: all.



660


00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:35,273


Warren Zeiders: One takes, no editing.



661


00:23:35,534 --> 00:23:39,185


Warren Zeiders: I didn't know how to do clips or do a sing



662


00:23:39,225 --> 00:23:40,750


Warren Zeiders: this verse numerous times.



663


00:23:40,910 --> 00:23:43,199


Warren Zeiders: It was all unedited, just super raw.



664


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Marc Preston: There's so many people, I'm sure, listening



665


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Marc Preston: going damn you, you know, because you know



666


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Marc Preston: you're not picking up the most expensive



667


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Marc Preston: stuff.



668


00:23:50,252 --> 00:23:51,370


Marc Preston: It's very democratized.



669


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Marc Preston: You pick up the gear, just what you needed



670


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Marc Preston: to make it happen.



671


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Marc Preston: Now the question is what have you done as



672


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Marc Preston: far as upgrades?



673


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Marc Preston: Now, something tells me you've kind of



674


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Marc Preston: upgraded your setup a little bit.



675


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Marc Preston: What are you using now?



676


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Warren Zeiders: So now I don't really have a home studio.



677


00:24:05,081 --> 00:24:08,898


Warren Zeiders: Now I'm normally spending time with



678


00:24:08,958 --> 00:24:11,052


Warren Zeiders: producers and stuff like that, and whether



679


00:24:11,132 --> 00:24:13,398


Warren Zeiders: it's in a studio or it's in their home



680


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Warren Zeiders: studio, I still have the same setup I have



681


00:24:17,477 --> 00:24:21,035


Warren Zeiders: at home If I'm doing work tapes or demos



682


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Warren Zeiders: that I want to do.



683


00:24:23,130 --> 00:24:27,760


Warren Zeiders: But for me here's another fun story that



684


00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,571


Warren Zeiders: people might that might want to say damn



685


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Warren Zeiders: you, Rai.



686


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Warren Zeiders: The lightning was recorded at a place



687


00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:38,051


Warren Zeiders: called sound emporium down in Nashville and



688


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Warren Zeiders: I think I did three vocal passes and three



689


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Warren Zeiders: guitar takes and then my manager didn't



690


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Warren Zeiders: really know what to do because I was still



691


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Warren Zeiders: super new and I was trying to figure things



692


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Warren Zeiders: out.



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Warren Zeiders: We used the $10 mastering online and just



694


00:24:54,658 --> 00:24:57,990


Warren Zeiders: did that and just just shipped it out and



695


00:24:58,071 --> 00:25:00,056


Warren Zeiders: that song has become what it is today,



696


00:25:00,096 --> 00:25:02,894


Warren Zeiders: which is that makes me chuckle because good.



697


00:25:02,914 --> 00:25:03,637


Marc Preston: Lord's got a plan.



698


00:25:03,910 --> 00:25:05,495


Marc Preston: Now the other question I got for you let's



699


00:25:05,535 --> 00:25:06,619


Marc Preston: go back, because you didn't mention



700


00:25:06,679 --> 00:25:06,980


Marc Preston: something.



701


00:25:07,370 --> 00:25:08,555


Marc Preston: I'm not going to let you get away with it,



702


00:25:08,930 --> 00:25:10,557


Marc Preston: but you said that the girls like the guitar.



703


00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:16,800


Marc Preston: Now, how much of a trip is it that you're



704


00:25:16,820 --> 00:25:19,491


Marc Preston: doing this now and you're on a stage and



705


00:25:19,511 --> 00:25:20,956


Marc Preston: you got a lot of people is loving on you



706


00:25:20,976 --> 00:25:22,260


Marc Preston: that they've been seeing you online.



707


00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:24,858


Marc Preston: Now it's it's how many pinch you got to



708


00:25:24,918 --> 00:25:26,272


Marc Preston: pinch yourself moments, or are you going



709


00:25:26,292 --> 00:25:27,256


Marc Preston: through on a daily basis?



710


00:25:28,551 --> 00:25:31,617


Warren Zeiders: You know, you know what's funny is I did



711


00:25:31,657 --> 00:25:34,622


Warren Zeiders: this, picked up a guitar in sixth grade for



712


00:25:34,642 --> 00:25:39,198


Warren Zeiders: the ladies, but 70% of my demographics is



713


00:25:39,258 --> 00:25:40,500


Warren Zeiders: male listening to my music.



714


00:25:41,830 --> 00:25:43,155


Warren Zeiders: So I've really captured the male



715


00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:44,914


Warren Zeiders: demographic and I think it's all because of



716


00:25:44,955 --> 00:25:45,791


Warren Zeiders: my mess, I think it's.



717


00:25:46,233 --> 00:25:47,858


Warren Zeiders: I think a lot of it is the type of music I



718


00:25:47,878 --> 00:25:49,431


Warren Zeiders: make and you know, I'm going to still make



719


00:25:49,692 --> 00:25:51,956


Warren Zeiders: the music that I make, but it's.



720


00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:53,860


Warren Zeiders: It's been funny to see how much it's



721


00:25:53,941 --> 00:25:54,702


Warren Zeiders: resonated with.



722


00:25:55,510 --> 00:25:56,856


Warren Zeiders: I like to call it brotherly love.



723


00:25:57,651 --> 00:25:59,177


Warren Zeiders: You know I got a lot of, a lot of the gents.



724


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Marc Preston: Yeah, like I said, I picked out notes in



725


00:26:01,334 --> 00:26:03,760


Marc Preston: your, in your, in your lyrics that make so



726


00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:04,462


Marc Preston: much sense.



727


00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:06,876


Marc Preston: Thing is, it's kind of timeless, timeless



728


00:26:06,936 --> 00:26:08,973


Marc Preston: themes, you know, relationships, things



729


00:26:08,993 --> 00:26:10,670


Marc Preston: like that to the people that influence you.



730


00:26:10,710 --> 00:26:12,335


Marc Preston: And it's like I said, lyrically, man, I



731


00:26:12,476 --> 00:26:13,680


Marc Preston: love, love, love what you're doing, man,



732


00:26:13,770 --> 00:26:16,358


Marc Preston: and I'm, and I told my daughter, emma, that



733


00:26:16,378 --> 00:26:18,273


Marc Preston: I was speaking with you and then, you know,



734


00:26:18,374 --> 00:26:20,120


Marc Preston: so we immediately put on a song in the car.



735


00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:22,156


Marc Preston: And then, you know, and yesterday's, when I



736


00:26:22,197 --> 00:26:25,287


Marc Preston: went through the album and I was like spot



737


00:26:25,367 --> 00:26:27,314


Marc Preston: on, my friend, spot on, now, I want to know



738


00:26:27,374 --> 00:26:29,362


Marc Preston: who was influencing you though, musically,



739


00:26:29,884 --> 00:26:32,094


Marc Preston: country wise and just in general, when you



740


00:26:32,114 --> 00:26:33,979


Marc Preston: were a kid coming up, what bands or acts



741


00:26:34,019 --> 00:26:34,641


Marc Preston: were you digging on?



742


00:26:35,090 --> 00:26:38,477


Warren Zeiders: So you, know from the first ever concert



743


00:26:38,577 --> 00:26:41,342


Warren Zeiders: that I ever experienced in my life, which



744


00:26:41,382 --> 00:26:42,324


Warren Zeiders: I'll remember forever.



745


00:26:42,710 --> 00:26:46,096


Warren Zeiders: I went with my dad and we went to go see



746


00:26:46,276 --> 00:26:48,900


Warren Zeiders: Jeremy camp, who was someone, Christian



747


00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:50,423


Warren Zeiders: artists, who I grew up listening to a lot,



748


00:26:50,944 --> 00:26:52,854


Warren Zeiders: and Toby Mac, so two artists that were



749


00:26:52,895 --> 00:26:53,878


Warren Zeiders: playing a lot in my house.



750


00:26:53,950 --> 00:26:56,116


Warren Zeiders: So Christian music was a huge influence for



751


00:26:56,156 --> 00:26:56,296


Warren Zeiders: me.



752


00:26:58,510 --> 00:27:01,376


Warren Zeiders: Rock and roll, rock and roll wise.



753


00:27:01,717 --> 00:27:03,220


Warren Zeiders: As you can probably tell, I do have a lot



754


00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:04,522


Warren Zeiders: of rock influence in my music.



755


00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:06,272


Warren Zeiders: I was a huge Motley crew.



756


00:27:06,653 --> 00:27:09,019


Warren Zeiders: Ac DC, quiet riots, get a row.



757


00:27:11,050 --> 00:27:13,339


Warren Zeiders: You know I could kiss was one of them.



758


00:27:13,530 --> 00:27:14,634


Warren Zeiders: I mean, I could go on and on.



759


00:27:15,910 --> 00:27:17,136


Marc Preston: I loved rock and roll.



760


00:27:17,330 --> 00:27:18,775


Marc Preston: There's a lot of guys of a certain age,



761


00:27:18,895 --> 00:27:20,620


Marc Preston: close to my age, like all right, all right.



762


00:27:20,770 --> 00:27:22,434


Marc Preston: You know guys giving an out of the air of



763


00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:24,139


Marc Preston: bands and some of the guys who are you know



764


00:27:24,860 --> 00:27:25,482


Marc Preston: of that era.



765


00:27:26,272 --> 00:27:27,716


Marc Preston: I can hear some of it too.



766


00:27:27,816 --> 00:27:30,695


Marc Preston: And what you're doing Now fast forward to



767


00:27:30,735 --> 00:27:30,936


Marc Preston: now.



768


00:27:31,170 --> 00:27:33,176


Marc Preston: Who are you listening to is when you got



769


00:27:33,196 --> 00:27:34,921


Marc Preston: your Spotify playlist locked in.



770


00:27:35,090 --> 00:27:36,095


Marc Preston: Who do you dig on right now?



771


00:27:36,250 --> 00:27:38,874


Warren Zeiders: Yeah, and you know I didn't touch on it too,



772


00:27:38,914 --> 00:27:40,860


Warren Zeiders: but, like Hank Williams Jr and John Denver



773


00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,658


Warren Zeiders: was a huge one my mom went to West Virginia.



774


00:27:43,810 --> 00:27:46,396


Warren Zeiders: So I swear to God, I've heard country roads



775


00:27:46,817 --> 00:27:48,200


Warren Zeiders: over a zillion times.



776


00:27:50,190 --> 00:27:53,039


Warren Zeiders: So, and you know, cash and all those boys



777


00:27:53,691 --> 00:27:54,072


Warren Zeiders: I've heard.



778


00:27:54,734 --> 00:27:56,831


Warren Zeiders: I just have so many influences and, but,



779


00:27:57,111 --> 00:28:01,419


Warren Zeiders: honestly, a lot of modern day influence to



780


00:28:01,459 --> 00:28:02,961


Warren Zeiders: tip my hat to the people, like you said,



781


00:28:02,982 --> 00:28:03,963


Warren Zeiders: who are in my playlists.



782


00:28:04,770 --> 00:28:06,176


Warren Zeiders: I'm a huge Morgan Wallen fan.



783


00:28:06,690 --> 00:28:08,056


Warren Zeiders: I love what he's done with the show.



784


00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:09,874


Warren Zeiders: I love what he's done with the genre and



785


00:28:09,894 --> 00:28:11,978


Warren Zeiders: what he does in his own way in his own



786


00:28:12,079 --> 00:28:13,782


Warren Zeiders: realm of country music.



787


00:28:14,390 --> 00:28:16,556


Warren Zeiders: Huge, tyler Childers, zach Bryant, co



788


00:28:16,596 --> 00:28:19,832


Warren Zeiders: Wetzel, parker McCollum you know those



789


00:28:19,892 --> 00:28:22,296


Warren Zeiders: Texas cats, you know those beat I just



790


00:28:22,356 --> 00:28:22,616


Warren Zeiders: there's.



791


00:28:23,518 --> 00:28:25,981


Warren Zeiders: The list goes on and I draw from so many



792


00:28:26,122 --> 00:28:28,345


Warren Zeiders: aspects to modern day punk rock.



793


00:28:28,630 --> 00:28:30,374


Warren Zeiders: You know there's some dudes who are coming



794


00:28:30,414 --> 00:28:34,642


Warren Zeiders: up who I'm a huge, huge fan of as well in



795


00:28:34,682 --> 00:28:35,204


Warren Zeiders: that scene.



796


00:28:35,370 --> 00:28:38,279


Warren Zeiders: I, just to put it simply, I'm in country



797


00:28:38,339 --> 00:28:41,357


Warren Zeiders: music, I love country music, but I love



798


00:28:41,417 --> 00:28:42,180


Warren Zeiders: music as a whole.



799


00:28:42,410 --> 00:28:45,598


Marc Preston: I think Morgan Wallen is you mentioned that



800


00:28:45,718 --> 00:28:47,061


Marc Preston: it's my daughter is going to just jump up



801


00:28:47,081 --> 00:28:47,623


Marc Preston: and down for joy.



802


00:28:47,810 --> 00:28:49,156


Marc Preston: Well, she never really jumps up and down



803


00:28:49,176 --> 00:28:49,457


Marc Preston: for joy.



804


00:28:49,530 --> 00:28:50,856


Marc Preston: The closest she gets to it is like, hey,



805


00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:53,114


Marc Preston: cool, you know, now, right now, you're on,



806


00:28:53,374 --> 00:28:56,882


Marc Preston: you're on tour and I saw that all your 2022



807


00:28:56,902 --> 00:28:57,763


Marc Preston: dates are sold out.



808


00:28:59,066 --> 00:29:00,028


Marc Preston: This is your first tour, man.



809


00:29:00,048 --> 00:29:00,850


Marc Preston: You're only selling it out.



810


00:29:00,950 --> 00:29:01,995


Marc Preston: That is bonkers man.



811


00:29:02,331 --> 00:29:04,784


Marc Preston: So what is that like for you now being on



812


00:29:04,844 --> 00:29:06,291


Marc Preston: tour, where you were in your bedroom, now



813


00:29:06,331 --> 00:29:06,512


Marc Preston: you?



814


00:29:06,813 --> 00:29:08,238


Marc Preston: Now you're on a stage of spotlight.



815


00:29:08,370 --> 00:29:10,651


Marc Preston: You got everything wired up and now you're



816


00:29:10,892 --> 00:29:11,052


Marc Preston: now?



817


00:29:11,092 --> 00:29:12,976


Marc Preston: You were a bona fide country performer.



818


00:29:13,450 --> 00:29:15,039


Marc Preston: How does that feel when you're on stage?



819


00:29:15,761 --> 00:29:17,606


Warren Zeiders: So you know.



820


00:29:17,686 --> 00:29:20,934


Warren Zeiders: So the way we set up this first tour that



821


00:29:20,974 --> 00:29:23,761


Warren Zeiders: I'm doing, we wanted to go play these



822


00:29:24,082 --> 00:29:26,828


Warren Zeiders: smaller club rooms and we wanted to make



823


00:29:26,888 --> 00:29:32,481


Warren Zeiders: this a very coming off the screen from what



824


00:29:32,541 --> 00:29:35,930


Warren Zeiders: I built online to making this really



825


00:29:36,591 --> 00:29:39,459


Warren Zeiders: personal atmosphere with my fans.



826


00:29:39,559 --> 00:29:42,585


Warren Zeiders: Whether it's a 300 seat room or whether



827


00:29:42,685 --> 00:29:45,991


Warren Zeiders: it's a 400, 500, you know, my first show



828


00:29:46,151 --> 00:29:47,834


Warren Zeiders: was a 700 cap room.



829


00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:50,246


Warren Zeiders: You know that feeling and I'm actually not



830


00:29:50,286 --> 00:29:50,768


Warren Zeiders: mic'd up yet.



831


00:29:51,260 --> 00:29:52,528


Warren Zeiders: So we're still, we're using wedges and



832


00:29:52,569 --> 00:29:53,615


Warren Zeiders: stuff like that and it's just.



833


00:29:53,797 --> 00:29:55,064


Warren Zeiders: It's just me and a guitar player.



834


00:29:56,525 --> 00:29:57,931


Warren Zeiders: We're just going out there on the road to



835


00:29:57,951 --> 00:29:59,819


Warren Zeiders: acoustic guitars and it's been awesome to



836


00:30:00,060 --> 00:30:02,647


Warren Zeiders: see and we're pretty much putting on a rock



837


00:30:02,687 --> 00:30:04,532


Warren Zeiders: concert with two acoustic guitars and



838


00:30:04,552 --> 00:30:07,425


Warren Zeiders: people screaming every single song back to



839


00:30:07,466 --> 00:30:10,372


Warren Zeiders: me, which is such an indescribable feeling.



840


00:30:11,340 --> 00:30:12,642


Warren Zeiders: You know I had a lot of nerves.



841


00:30:13,324 --> 00:30:18,313


Warren Zeiders: Finally, you know, it became real for me.



842


00:30:19,380 --> 00:30:21,350


Warren Zeiders: You see the numbers on the phone, you see



843


00:30:21,391 --> 00:30:22,738


Warren Zeiders: all this stuff, you see how people are



844


00:30:22,758 --> 00:30:24,825


Warren Zeiders: connecting and the streams and stuff, and



845


00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:26,228


Warren Zeiders: it's amazing to see.



846


00:30:27,340 --> 00:30:29,003


Warren Zeiders: But that moment I stepped on stage for the



847


00:30:29,043 --> 00:30:33,252


Warren Zeiders: first time, that's when I knew I was born



848


00:30:33,392 --> 00:30:33,973


Warren Zeiders: for doing this.



849


00:30:34,881 --> 00:30:35,722


Warren Zeiders: I was meant to do this.



850


00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:44,323


Marc Preston: I'm curious, what surprised you?



851


00:30:44,564 --> 00:30:46,489


Marc Preston: You know, from going from doing what you're



852


00:30:46,510 --> 00:30:48,945


Marc Preston: doing, you're streaming your music and now



853


00:30:48,965 --> 00:30:50,430


Marc Preston: you're here, now you got a record deal.



854


00:30:50,922 --> 00:30:52,668


Marc Preston: I mean, this is wonderful for you, man.



855


00:30:53,261 --> 00:30:54,486


Marc Preston: I want to say congratulations.



856


00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:55,745


Marc Preston: I know how good it's got to feel.



857


00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,246


Marc Preston: But what was something that did surprise



858


00:30:58,307 --> 00:31:02,019


Marc Preston: you about you know, now you're now this is



859


00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:04,024


Marc Preston: not just you in your bedroom, now this is



860


00:31:04,104 --> 00:31:06,990


Marc Preston: you making an in-person connection with



861


00:31:07,010 --> 00:31:07,652


Marc Preston: fans and stuff.



862


00:31:08,340 --> 00:31:09,523


Marc Preston: Anything surprised you or, like you know,



863


00:31:11,066 --> 00:31:12,349


Marc Preston: take you by surprise at all.



864


00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,207


Warren Zeiders: I think for me, one of the big surprises is



865


00:31:17,728 --> 00:31:20,413


Warren Zeiders: I do a meet and greet after my shows and



866


00:31:20,660 --> 00:31:21,243


Warren Zeiders: completely free.



867


00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,864


Warren Zeiders: I want to do it and I'll, some nights, meet



868


00:31:24,085 --> 00:31:27,772


Warren Zeiders: 100, 400, 500 fans who hang around to do



869


00:31:27,792 --> 00:31:28,313


Warren Zeiders: the meet and greet.



870


00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,449


Warren Zeiders: A big surprise for me is standing in that



871


00:31:31,550 --> 00:31:33,898


Warren Zeiders: line and meeting these people who have



872


00:31:33,999 --> 00:31:37,147


Warren Zeiders: followed me from before I even put out my



873


00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:40,316


Warren Zeiders: first song, who were like there from day



874


00:31:40,637 --> 00:31:43,004


Warren Zeiders: one and they're like hey man, I knew this



875


00:31:43,044 --> 00:31:44,862


Warren Zeiders: was going to happen, I knew you had



876


00:31:44,942 --> 00:31:46,466


Warren Zeiders: something early on and they just had



877


00:31:46,586 --> 00:31:50,062


Warren Zeiders: followed this entire time before they knew



878


00:31:50,163 --> 00:31:52,823


Warren Zeiders: it, before I did, and I think that there's



879


00:31:52,843 --> 00:31:54,895


Warren Zeiders: a lot of beauty in that that these people



880


00:31:54,995 --> 00:31:56,623


Warren Zeiders: saw something in me that I didn't even see



881


00:31:56,663 --> 00:31:58,992


Warren Zeiders: in myself when I was just doing it.



882


00:31:59,675 --> 00:32:01,883


Warren Zeiders: You know, for fun, really, and obviously I



883


00:32:01,903 --> 00:32:02,947


Warren Zeiders: still have fun doing it.



884


00:32:03,580 --> 00:32:05,306


Warren Zeiders: I think another thing is, too, is hearing



885


00:32:05,326 --> 00:32:08,899


Warren Zeiders: the stories of how people have connected



886


00:32:08,940 --> 00:32:10,865


Warren Zeiders: with my songs and how much it's.



887


00:32:11,988 --> 00:32:14,975


Warren Zeiders: No, it's been amazing to hear how my music



888


00:32:14,996 --> 00:32:18,366


Warren Zeiders: has helped soldiers come back for more and



889


00:32:18,426 --> 00:32:21,698


Warren Zeiders: deal with their PTSD and, you know, making



890


00:32:21,718 --> 00:32:22,944


Warren Zeiders: sure that I give them all the love in the



891


00:32:22,985 --> 00:32:24,535


Warren Zeiders: world and thank you for your service and



892


00:32:24,595 --> 00:32:26,843


Warren Zeiders: thank you for everything that you do to



893


00:32:26,884 --> 00:32:29,209


Warren Zeiders: allow me to live in a country like this and



894


00:32:29,409 --> 00:32:30,391


Warren Zeiders: make the music that I make.



895


00:32:31,140 --> 00:32:36,212


Warren Zeiders: It's hearing the stories of how one day, I



896


00:32:36,273 --> 00:32:39,300


Warren Zeiders: was in my bedroom learning how to play some



897


00:32:39,420 --> 00:32:42,888


Warren Zeiders: songs for fun to now making music that I



898


00:32:43,189 --> 00:32:46,082


Warren Zeiders: love and hang my hat on, and it's it's



899


00:32:46,163 --> 00:32:50,457


Warren Zeiders: giving people an outlet and something to



900


00:32:50,497 --> 00:32:52,142


Warren Zeiders: connect with and resonate with and help and



901


00:32:52,864 --> 00:32:54,348


Warren Zeiders: aspects of their life that I never could



902


00:32:54,368 --> 00:32:54,930


Warren Zeiders: have imagined.



903


00:32:55,923 --> 00:32:57,209


Marc Preston: Well, I do think it's that social media



904


00:32:57,229 --> 00:32:59,279


Marc Preston: thing that gives people that access to you



905


00:32:59,299 --> 00:33:00,786


Marc Preston: to be able to give that immediate feedback.



906


00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:02,327


Marc Preston: So, like you said before, listen to what



907


00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:03,131


Marc Preston: they have to say.



908


00:33:03,292 --> 00:33:05,683


Marc Preston: And now you are, you know you're responding



909


00:33:05,703 --> 00:33:06,366


Marc Preston: and it's.



910


00:33:06,647 --> 00:33:08,134


Marc Preston: And now do you find yourself?



911


00:33:08,214 --> 00:33:09,540


Marc Preston: When you are in that hotel, you are on the



912


00:33:09,641 --> 00:33:09,822


Marc Preston: road.



913


00:33:10,184 --> 00:33:11,873


Marc Preston: Are you writing stuff right now or are you



914


00:33:11,893 --> 00:33:12,516


Marc Preston: just kind of keeping the?



915


00:33:12,698 --> 00:33:14,222


Marc Preston: Are you writing and creating or are you



916


00:33:14,297 --> 00:33:16,045


Marc Preston: just kind of focusing on what you're doing



917


00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:17,868


Marc Preston: right now and getting your current library



918


00:33:17,948 --> 00:33:18,249


Marc Preston: out there?



919


00:33:18,761 --> 00:33:21,347


Warren Zeiders: I am focusing on what I'm doing at the



920


00:33:21,387 --> 00:33:25,107


Warren Zeiders: moment and when I get an opportunity.



921


00:33:26,110 --> 00:33:28,258


Warren Zeiders: I've kind of backburnered writing for a



922


00:33:28,298 --> 00:33:30,563


Warren Zeiders: little bit because I am on the road and I'm



923


00:33:30,603 --> 00:33:33,970


Warren Zeiders: trying to to focus on this aspect of what



924


00:33:33,990 --> 00:33:34,812


Warren Zeiders: I'm doing right now.



925


00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:39,309


Warren Zeiders: But I have written a lot this last year of



926


00:33:39,479 --> 00:33:42,290


Warren Zeiders: music that needs some touch up, needs some



927


00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,667


Warren Zeiders: things for me to, you know, reflect back on



928


00:33:44,747 --> 00:33:45,770


Warren Zeiders: if there's things I need to change.



929


00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,326


Warren Zeiders: But I got a lot of fun things in the works



930


00:33:49,289 --> 00:33:51,744


Warren Zeiders: that'll be coming out soon and you know I'm



931


00:33:51,784 --> 00:33:53,229


Warren Zeiders: excited for what's to come.



932


00:33:53,962 --> 00:33:55,046


Marc Preston: Well, the question is what do your folks



933


00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:56,762


Marc Preston: think about it now, Now, now, now they're



934


00:33:56,782 --> 00:33:58,867


Marc Preston: going from like their lacrosse playing kid



935


00:33:58,947 --> 00:34:01,032


Marc Preston: who's dorking around with his guitar in his



936


00:34:01,092 --> 00:34:01,253


Marc Preston: room.



937


00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,447


Marc Preston: Now he got a son who's on tour and a record



938


00:34:03,568 --> 00:34:04,290


Marc Preston: deal and everything.



939


00:34:04,521 --> 00:34:05,484


Marc Preston: What do your, what do your folks think



940


00:34:05,524 --> 00:34:05,926


Marc Preston: about this?



941


00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:11,891


Warren Zeiders: My parents were completely confused very



942


00:34:11,951 --> 00:34:15,820


Warren Zeiders: early on because at first it was numbers on



943


00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,488


Warren Zeiders: a score screen and they didn't understand



944


00:34:18,528 --> 00:34:18,849


Warren Zeiders: it either.



945


00:34:20,925 --> 00:34:24,583


Warren Zeiders: And it was you know, that's cool, like okay.



946


00:34:24,744 --> 00:34:26,280


Warren Zeiders: So you got some people following you, you



947


00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:28,927


Warren Zeiders: got some people viewing, viewing your



948


00:34:28,967 --> 00:34:29,508


Warren Zeiders: videos.



949


00:34:31,420 --> 00:34:31,902


Warren Zeiders: They were very.



950


00:34:32,303 --> 00:34:33,728


Warren Zeiders: My parents are the most supportive people.



951


00:34:33,860 --> 00:34:35,425


Warren Zeiders: Actually, my parents have been to every



952


00:34:35,445 --> 00:34:36,328


Warren Zeiders: single show I've played.



953


00:34:37,060 --> 00:34:38,745


Warren Zeiders: They've traveled to every single show and



954


00:34:38,825 --> 00:34:40,630


Warren Zeiders: they're actually selling my merch right now.



955


00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:42,146


Marc Preston: So your parents are selling your merch.



956


00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,387


Marc Preston: I said is that is well, you do have two



957


00:34:44,407 --> 00:34:45,390


Marc Preston: parents that are business people.



958


00:34:45,580 --> 00:34:46,804


Marc Preston: You know, they got a whole that got that



959


00:34:46,845 --> 00:34:47,788


Marc Preston: whole angle going on.



960


00:34:48,341 --> 00:34:50,467


Marc Preston: Now, do you have any siblings, or are you



961


00:34:50,507 --> 00:34:51,349


Marc Preston: the only child there?



962


00:34:52,220 --> 00:34:54,646


Warren Zeiders: I have a younger sister who's following



963


00:34:54,686 --> 00:34:57,131


Warren Zeiders: more in my mother's footsteps and she's at



964


00:34:57,151 --> 00:34:58,964


Warren Zeiders: school, in college, for accounting.



965


00:34:59,145 --> 00:34:59,607


Marc Preston: Oh, okay.



966


00:35:00,020 --> 00:35:01,024


Marc Preston: So what does she think about having the



967


00:35:01,044 --> 00:35:02,067


Marc Preston: brother who's doing this thing now?



968


00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:04,666


Warren Zeiders: She's got a love hate relationship with it.



969


00:35:06,380 --> 00:35:08,901


Warren Zeiders: I was always the extrovert growing up so I



970


00:35:08,941 --> 00:35:10,185


Warren Zeiders: always did most of the talking.



971


00:35:11,180 --> 00:35:17,263


Warren Zeiders: She was always more of the quiet one, so



972


00:35:18,986 --> 00:35:19,847


Warren Zeiders: it's been a little bit.



973


00:35:21,370 --> 00:35:23,133


Warren Zeiders: She's not a big fan of people coming up to



974


00:35:23,193 --> 00:35:25,245


Warren Zeiders: her and saying, hey, she doesn't want the



975


00:35:25,627 --> 00:35:27,102


Warren Zeiders: attention she doesn't like when people come



976


00:35:27,122 --> 00:35:29,266


Warren Zeiders: up to her like, hey, you're more inside her



977


00:35:29,286 --> 00:35:31,886


Warren Zeiders: sister and that whole fun thing.



978


00:35:32,241 --> 00:35:33,413


Warren Zeiders: But I think she's happy for me.



979


00:35:33,715 --> 00:35:34,876


Marc Preston: You know that's got to be such a weird



980


00:35:34,896 --> 00:35:36,257


Marc Preston: feeling for, like you know family.



981


00:35:36,277 --> 00:35:38,199


Marc Preston: Suddenly now, especially in this era of



982


00:35:38,259 --> 00:35:39,760


Marc Preston: social media, where somebody can just like



983


00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,022


Marc Preston: take off, like what you've done is go from



984


00:35:42,062 --> 00:35:43,524


Marc Preston: something just you know number, like set



985


00:35:43,564 --> 00:35:45,846


Marc Preston: numbers on a phone, to now you're like on



986


00:35:45,886 --> 00:35:46,206


Marc Preston: tour.



987


00:35:46,346 --> 00:35:47,307


Marc Preston: You know what.



988


00:35:47,347 --> 00:35:48,888


Marc Preston: Do you have any dream venues, somewhere you



989


00:35:48,908 --> 00:35:51,010


Marc Preston: really want to play, like because you said



990


00:35:51,030 --> 00:35:52,912


Marc Preston: these are smaller venues, it's acoustic



991


00:35:52,972 --> 00:35:53,312


Marc Preston: mostly.



992


00:35:54,237 --> 00:35:55,801


Marc Preston: If you could play anywhere, what kind of



993


00:35:55,841 --> 00:35:56,121


Marc Preston: you know?



994


00:35:56,322 --> 00:35:59,479


Warren Zeiders: a huge place for me that I want to play I



995


00:35:59,499 --> 00:36:03,555


Warren Zeiders: would say hometown Hershey Park Stadium.



996


00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:08,420


Warren Zeiders: I think it's just, it'll be a really full



997


00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,603


Warren Zeiders: circle moment for me to play that venue one



998


00:36:11,643 --> 00:36:17,708


Warren Zeiders: day, just because of you know being I want



999


00:36:17,728 --> 00:36:19,110


Warren Zeiders: to go watch high school football games



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Warren Zeiders: there.



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Warren Zeiders: Growing up, going to Hershey High School, I



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00:36:22,456 --> 00:36:24,921


Warren Zeiders: spent so much time going to Hershey Park



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00:36:24,961 --> 00:36:25,261


Warren Zeiders: growing up.



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00:36:25,321 --> 00:36:26,964


Warren Zeiders: I think there's a lot of history there for



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00:36:27,004 --> 00:36:29,308


Warren Zeiders: me and I think that it'll be a it'll be a



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00:36:29,368 --> 00:36:31,191


Warren Zeiders: cool experience for me to go back there one



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00:36:31,211 --> 00:36:33,575


Warren Zeiders: day and, you know, play that venue.



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00:36:34,116 --> 00:36:34,538


Marc Preston: Going home.



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00:36:34,578 --> 00:36:34,698


Marc Preston: Man.



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00:36:34,718 --> 00:36:35,641


Marc Preston: That's always a big deal.



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00:36:35,922 --> 00:36:37,326


Marc Preston: Now you got people who watched you.



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00:36:37,546 --> 00:36:38,148


Marc Preston: You know online.



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00:36:38,188 --> 00:36:39,231


Marc Preston: Now they're coming to concerts.



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00:36:39,271 --> 00:36:40,334


Marc Preston: What's something that people want to know



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00:36:40,354 --> 00:36:40,555


Marc Preston: about you?



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00:36:41,436 --> 00:36:42,658


Marc Preston: Maybe let's say a top question.



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00:36:42,699 --> 00:36:44,221


Marc Preston: You get asked or you know something.



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00:36:44,281 --> 00:36:46,966


Marc Preston: People try to pick your brain on that, both



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00:36:47,006 --> 00:36:49,430


Marc Preston: in the comments and the in person.



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00:36:49,755 --> 00:36:50,838


Marc Preston: When's more music coming?



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00:36:52,541 --> 00:36:54,324


Warren Zeiders: People, people want to, people want an



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00:36:54,465 --> 00:36:55,347


Warren Zeiders: album, they want it.



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00:36:56,876 --> 00:36:57,818


Marc Preston: They want more from me.



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00:36:57,939 --> 00:36:59,343


Marc Preston: Apparently, I did the same thing or asked



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00:36:59,363 --> 00:36:59,884


Marc Preston: the same thing.



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00:37:01,217 --> 00:37:02,862


Marc Preston: What was it like when you first heard your



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00:37:02,922 --> 00:37:03,243


Marc Preston: song?



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00:37:05,156 --> 00:37:06,719


Marc Preston: I say radio because it used to be a big



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00:37:06,779 --> 00:37:08,582


Marc Preston: deal when you first hear your song on the



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00:37:08,662 --> 00:37:09,082


Marc Preston: radio.



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00:37:09,163 --> 00:37:10,886


Marc Preston: Now it's like my kids are all about.



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00:37:10,906 --> 00:37:12,708


Marc Preston: You know Spotify and all that, and TikTok



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00:37:12,789 --> 00:37:13,149


Marc Preston: obviously.



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00:37:14,136 --> 00:37:15,839


Marc Preston: But what was that like for you the first



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00:37:15,859 --> 00:37:17,763


Marc Preston: time you heard your song play under a



Speaker:

00:37:17,823 --> 00:37:19,626


Marc Preston: record label and it's in its out there?



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00:37:19,686 --> 00:37:21,008


Marc Preston: What was that feeling like for you?



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00:37:21,575 --> 00:37:22,457


Warren Zeiders: I think that it was.



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00:37:23,198 --> 00:37:25,563


Warren Zeiders: It was an awesome feeling and you know, to



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00:37:25,623 --> 00:37:31,180


Warren Zeiders: touch on it, I have this mindset of an



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00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:31,801


Warren Zeiders: athlete.



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00:37:32,082 --> 00:37:32,503


Warren Zeiders: I have a.



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00:37:33,605 --> 00:37:34,667


Warren Zeiders: I'm sure there's other people out there



Speaker:

00:37:34,687 --> 00:37:35,329


Warren Zeiders: that have it too.



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00:37:35,715 --> 00:37:38,300


Warren Zeiders: You know, I've I've talked to some people



Speaker:

00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:42,147


Warren Zeiders: who think that, like Riley Greene, for



Speaker:

00:37:42,187 --> 00:37:43,509


Warren Zeiders: example, he was an athlete.



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00:37:44,476 --> 00:37:46,680


Warren Zeiders: I'm sure I think, chase Rice, there's some



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00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:47,140


Warren Zeiders: other people.



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00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,222


Warren Zeiders: You know, I have a.



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00:37:48,242 --> 00:37:51,687


Warren Zeiders: I have a very certain mindset about the way



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00:37:51,748 --> 00:37:55,478


Warren Zeiders: I view what I do, and it's all because of



Speaker:

00:37:56,559 --> 00:37:59,103


Warren Zeiders: whether it's discipline, it's drive, it's.



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00:37:59,203 --> 00:38:01,747


Warren Zeiders: You know, I have all these things inside of



Speaker:

00:38:01,787 --> 00:38:03,509


Warren Zeiders: me that sports all led to.



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00:38:03,549 --> 00:38:05,697


Warren Zeiders: In this moment, you know, hearing it, it



Speaker:

00:38:05,737 --> 00:38:08,121


Warren Zeiders: was awesome, but there was also this



Speaker:

00:38:08,202 --> 00:38:12,189


Warren Zeiders: feeling of like OK, I got this.



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00:38:12,997 --> 00:38:16,551


Warren Zeiders: How can I show them that I deserve to



Speaker:

00:38:16,591 --> 00:38:17,535


Warren Zeiders: continue to be put on here?



Speaker:

00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:20,643


Warren Zeiders: How, what's the next song that I can?



Speaker:

00:38:20,703 --> 00:38:22,187


Warren Zeiders: You know, I take the wins.



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00:38:22,755 --> 00:38:24,758


Warren Zeiders: One of my favorite sayings that I have is



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00:38:24,959 --> 00:38:29,165


Warren Zeiders: happy but not satisfied, because I and



Speaker:

00:38:29,185 --> 00:38:30,527


Warren Zeiders: that's something about, if you haven't



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00:38:30,547 --> 00:38:32,190


Warren Zeiders: heard money song edge Wild Horse.



Speaker:

00:38:32,655 --> 00:38:35,137


Warren Zeiders: I talk about chasing a wild horse, and the



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00:38:35,177 --> 00:38:36,759


Warren Zeiders: concept of that song is, you know, is



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00:38:36,879 --> 00:38:40,182


Warren Zeiders: always chasing after chasing your dreams



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00:38:40,903 --> 00:38:46,308


Warren Zeiders: but never being fully fulfilled, because



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00:38:46,328 --> 00:38:50,332


Warren Zeiders: there's always things for us to develop and



Speaker:

00:38:50,392 --> 00:38:52,754


Warren Zeiders: grow in in our lives and be put into



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00:38:52,814 --> 00:38:53,555


Warren Zeiders: uncomfortable situations.



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00:38:53,955 --> 00:38:57,039


Warren Zeiders: And I think a lot of my life this last year



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00:38:57,659 --> 00:38:59,061


Warren Zeiders: I have been put into uncomfortable



Speaker:

00:38:59,101 --> 00:38:59,782


Warren Zeiders: situations.



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00:38:59,902 --> 00:39:02,645


Warren Zeiders: But I like that because, again, I went from



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00:39:02,705 --> 00:39:05,028


Warren Zeiders: someone who was learning how to play covers



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00:39:05,048 --> 00:39:07,450


Warren Zeiders: in his bedroom to now full fledged on a



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00:39:07,490 --> 00:39:10,539


Warren Zeiders: tour, like you said, record label, all this



Speaker:

00:39:10,619 --> 00:39:10,940


Warren Zeiders: stuff.



Speaker:

00:39:11,220 --> 00:39:13,685


Warren Zeiders: And you know I've just taken, I've taken



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00:39:13,705 --> 00:39:15,228


Warren Zeiders: the bull by the horns and I've taken this



Speaker:

00:39:15,308 --> 00:39:17,778


Warren Zeiders: life and you know I'm like you only get one,



Speaker:

00:39:17,918 --> 00:39:19,420


Warren Zeiders: you only get one time around on this world.



Speaker:

00:39:19,481 --> 00:39:22,405


Warren Zeiders: So I'm just going to go for it and you know



Speaker:

00:39:22,645 --> 00:39:24,227


Warren Zeiders: I've taken every opportunity I could get



Speaker:

00:39:24,348 --> 00:39:25,790


Warren Zeiders: and make the best I could of it.



Speaker:

00:39:27,357 --> 00:39:29,743


Warren Zeiders: And you said it was happy but not satisfied.



Speaker:

00:39:29,803 --> 00:39:31,327


Marc Preston: Right Is happy but not satisfied.



Speaker:

00:39:31,575 --> 00:39:32,597


Marc Preston: Yeah, I want to make sure I got that.



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00:39:32,617 --> 00:39:33,158


Marc Preston: I like that.



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00:39:33,559 --> 00:39:34,822


Marc Preston: But, warren, what I want to do, man, I'm



Speaker:

00:39:34,842 --> 00:39:36,005


Marc Preston: just kind of wrapping up with you here.



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00:39:36,025 --> 00:39:37,187


Marc Preston: You know, because I know you're on the road,



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00:39:37,855 --> 00:39:39,779


Marc Preston: I would call my seven questions, always ask



Speaker:

00:39:39,939 --> 00:39:41,081


Marc Preston: everybody the same questions.



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00:39:41,502 --> 00:39:43,325


Marc Preston: A little bit extra insight, kind of one of



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00:39:43,366 --> 00:39:44,908


Marc Preston: those get to know you kind of things.



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00:39:45,575 --> 00:39:48,900


Marc Preston: Number one what is your favorite comfort



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00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:49,261


Marc Preston: food?



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00:39:49,581 --> 00:39:51,264


Marc Preston: That thing that if you're on, if you're out



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00:39:51,304 --> 00:39:53,607


Marc Preston: on the road, kind of brings you back to



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00:39:53,667 --> 00:39:54,168


Marc Preston: your center.



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00:39:54,288 --> 00:39:54,709


Marc Preston: You know what I mean.



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00:39:55,615 --> 00:39:57,638


Warren Zeiders: Honestly it's going to.



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00:39:58,299 --> 00:39:59,782


Warren Zeiders: I don't even know, but I'll go.



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00:39:59,802 --> 00:40:02,286


Warren Zeiders: This is going to be my answer A good burger.



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00:40:02,887 --> 00:40:04,410


Warren Zeiders: Burgers are always my thing.



Speaker:

00:40:05,036 --> 00:40:07,522


Warren Zeiders: A good burger will put me in, you know,



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00:40:07,662 --> 00:40:09,586


Warren Zeiders: won't make me angry, it'll put me in a good



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00:40:09,606 --> 00:40:09,787


Warren Zeiders: place.



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00:40:11,076 --> 00:40:11,817


Marc Preston: Funny you brought that up.



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00:40:11,898 --> 00:40:14,062


Marc Preston: I'm somebody that thought that burgers are



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00:40:14,102 --> 00:40:16,627


Marc Preston: not meant to be fancy, the same way pizza



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00:40:16,687 --> 00:40:17,148


Marc Preston: is not meant to be.



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00:40:17,188 --> 00:40:19,894


Marc Preston: It's just a good off the grill.



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00:40:19,914 --> 00:40:22,259


Marc Preston: Somebody cooking on charcoal man, it's a



Speaker:

00:40:22,319 --> 00:40:23,723


Marc Preston: backyard burger Will beat out most



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00:40:23,783 --> 00:40:24,765


Marc Preston: restaurant burgers in my book.



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00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:27,720


Marc Preston: Now, if you could sit down with three



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00:40:27,780 --> 00:40:29,024


Marc Preston: people, you're going to sit down for a cup



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00:40:29,044 --> 00:40:30,527


Marc Preston: of coffee, beer or whatever have you.



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00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:33,806


Marc Preston: Who would three people be that you'd want



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00:40:33,826 --> 00:40:35,632


Marc Preston: to hang out with for a few hours and just



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00:40:35,692 --> 00:40:36,575


Marc Preston: kind of talk story with?



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00:40:40,439 --> 00:40:42,661


Warren Zeiders: I think my grandfather, who I never got to



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00:40:42,721 --> 00:40:46,905


Warren Zeiders: meet because I've heard so many stories



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00:40:47,246 --> 00:40:53,392


Warren Zeiders: about how my dad and him had a relationship.



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00:40:53,595 --> 00:40:56,800


Warren Zeiders: I think I owe a lot to him for raising my



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00:40:56,820 --> 00:40:57,381


Warren Zeiders: dad right.



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00:41:03,836 --> 00:41:05,278


Warren Zeiders: Yeah, I think I'd be him and my dad would



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00:41:05,298 --> 00:41:07,741


Warren Zeiders: be two of them I don't know who a third one



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00:41:07,761 --> 00:41:09,043


Warren Zeiders: would be because I think I would just love



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00:41:09,063 --> 00:41:12,266


Warren Zeiders: that experience to sit down at least with



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00:41:12,306 --> 00:41:16,431


Warren Zeiders: those two to just talk about how my dad was



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00:41:16,491 --> 00:41:18,934


Warren Zeiders: raised and hear his side of things and



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00:41:18,954 --> 00:41:19,575


Warren Zeiders: stories and stuff like that.



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00:41:19,755 --> 00:41:22,040


Warren Zeiders: I think that would be a really cool



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00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,906


Warren Zeiders: experience for me to learn a lot about the



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00:41:24,926 --> 00:41:26,389


Warren Zeiders: grandfather I never got to meet.



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00:41:26,735 --> 00:41:28,158


Marc Preston: Everybody is a little bit different and I



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00:41:28,218 --> 00:41:29,721


Marc Preston: think sometimes it comes back to families.



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00:41:30,363 --> 00:41:31,745


Marc Preston: You want to know your DNA a little bit



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00:41:31,785 --> 00:41:34,757


Marc Preston: better, absolutely Now.



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00:41:34,978 --> 00:41:36,761


Marc Preston: Going back in time or even currently



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00:41:37,503 --> 00:41:39,687


Marc Preston: growing up was kind of your celebrity crush.



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00:41:42,077 --> 00:41:43,779


Warren Zeiders: I guess the one that just came to the top



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00:41:43,799 --> 00:41:45,161


Warren Zeiders: of my head would probably be Jennifer



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00:41:45,221 --> 00:41:47,384


Warren Zeiders: Aniston growing up and watching the show



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Warren Zeiders: Friends.



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Warren Zeiders: My mom loved that show too, so it was



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Warren Zeiders: always running in our house.



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Warren Zeiders: So I'll give Jennifer the shout out.



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Marc Preston: That's a perfect answer.



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Marc Preston: Now let's say you're going to be going to



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Marc Preston: an island for a whole year.



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Marc Preston: Okay, now again, you don't have streaming



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Marc Preston: nothing.



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Marc Preston: Man, I know it's ironic considering who you



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Marc Preston: are, but you got to go there and you do



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Marc Preston: have a DVD player.



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Marc Preston: So what an album player, a record player,



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Marc Preston: what album and what DVD are you going to



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Warren Zeiders: Man, this is a one DVD.



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Warren Zeiders: Man, that is tough because that's a movie



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Warren Zeiders: that you got to watch over and over again.



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Warren Zeiders: You know what?



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Warren Zeiders: I'm just going to throw it out there.



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Warren Zeiders: And actually you know what Star Wars Empire



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Warren Zeiders: Strikes Back.



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Marc Preston: That's a good one.



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Marc Preston: You know the aficionados of Star Wars, you



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Marc Preston: know a lot of people say that was the best



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Marc Preston: of the original three.



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Marc Preston: All right, cool, cool.



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Marc Preston: Now what album would you want to bring?



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Marc Preston: I know this is going to be kind of easy.



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Marc Preston: They're going to be really hard and really



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Marc Preston: easy for you.



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Warren Zeiders: Yeah, this is because I've never had to



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Warren Zeiders: even think about a question like this.



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Warren Zeiders: I'm going to go with Morgan Wallin's double



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Warren Zeiders: album.



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Warren Zeiders: There's a lot of great music in there.



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Warren Zeiders: It's new, it's fresh and there's a lot of



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Warren Zeiders: bangers he's got in there.



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Warren Zeiders: It's the first thing that comes to the top



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Warren Zeiders: of my head.



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Marc Preston: Awesome, Awesome, Okay, so cool.



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Marc Preston: Now the next question is if you're going to



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Marc Preston: be from time you get up to the time you put



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Marc Preston: What's the definition for you of a perfect



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Marc Preston: day Like?



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Marc Preston: What are the component parts of a perfect



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Marc Preston: day for you?



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Warren Zeiders: I would say good meals, healthy eating.



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Warren Zeiders: I would say making sure, whether it's you



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Warren Zeiders: know writing a cool song or you know making



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Warren Zeiders: sure that I got to spend time in the studio



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Warren Zeiders: or you know I'm out there on stage playing



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Warren Zeiders: for hundreds of people and being fans of



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Warren Zeiders: stuff.



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Warren Zeiders: I think a big thing for me, too, is always



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Warren Zeiders: getting a great workout in.



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Warren Zeiders: Workouts are huge to me.



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Warren Zeiders: I'm really big into, you know, physical



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Warren Zeiders: health, but also mental health.



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Warren Zeiders: It's a big thing for me.



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Warren Zeiders: I think that going to the gym is not only



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Warren Zeiders: just a physical thing for me.



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Warren Zeiders: It is very much so a mental thing, and you



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Warren Zeiders: know pushing boundaries and pushing



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Warren Zeiders: yourself.



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Warren Zeiders: So I would say those are some good things



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Warren Zeiders: to touch on.



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Warren Zeiders: And, you know, catching up with family and



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Warren Zeiders: friends when I get a chance to check in and



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Warren Zeiders: stuff.



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Marc Preston: All right, perfect, Perfect.



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Marc Preston: I like that.



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Marc Preston: Now, last question, though if you were to



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Marc Preston: back in time.



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Marc Preston: I usually say to when you were 16, but it's



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Marc Preston: not that long ago for you.



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Marc Preston: So if you want to go back a little bit



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Marc Preston: further, do an important time in your life.



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Marc Preston: You've got like two minutes with yourself.



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Marc Preston: What piece of advice are you going to give



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Marc Preston: a younger you that you think is going to



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Marc Preston: get you on an even better track in life, or



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Marc Preston: make life a little bit easier for you?



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Warren Zeiders: You know what I got to get answer for this.



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Warren Zeiders: You're right where you're supposed to be



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Warren Zeiders: and I believe in that because, in what I



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Warren Zeiders: believe, everything happens, everything is



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Warren Zeiders: supposed to happen for a reason and you



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Warren Zeiders: know as kids and as parents want to protect



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Warren Zeiders: their children.



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Warren Zeiders: I believe that you have to learn from your



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Warren Zeiders: own mistakes and you have to go through the



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Warren Zeiders: highs and lows and to just grow as a human



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Warren Zeiders: being.



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Warren Zeiders: So I think that I would tell some cool



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Warren Zeiders: stories, but I would just tell myself



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Warren Zeiders: everything is going the way it's supposed



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Warren Zeiders: to go.



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Warren Zeiders: Just continue to believe and believe in



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Warren Zeiders: that.



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Marc Preston: That's perfect, my friend, perfect.



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Marc Preston: Now, once again, the 717 tapes volume one's



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Marc Preston: been out.



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Marc Preston: Volume two came out last week, I think.



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Marc Preston: Ride lighting and burn it down, I think



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Marc Preston: that's.



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Marc Preston: Those are songs that were stuck in my head.



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Marc Preston: Yesterday I was moving around the house is



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Marc Preston: like I was literally humming your music.



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Marc Preston: I was like where's this coming from?



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Marc Preston: Oh, she was listening to a song a little



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Marc Preston: I think that's kind of like the unspoken



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Marc Preston: It just kind of gets stuck in your head.



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Marc Preston: You know the melody or the hook or whatever.



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Marc Preston: Have you got me?



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Marc Preston: But, man, I certainly appreciate you taking



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Marc Preston: time out to sit down with me today,



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Marc Preston: especially on the.



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Marc Preston: Where are you right now, by the way, as



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Marc Preston: you're in the car moving about?



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Warren Zeiders: I'm in Georgia right now.



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Warren Zeiders: I just got done playing Eddie's Attic and



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Warren Zeiders: then I'm playing in Rome, georgia, tomorrow



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Warren Zeiders: night.



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Marc Preston: I envy a little bit, man.



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Marc Preston: I back in my radio days.



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Marc Preston: Look at the guys that that I really enjoyed.



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Marc Preston: I came by the studio and hung out and I was



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Marc Preston: like man, I would love to be on tour just



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Marc Preston: to do that one time.



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Marc Preston: But much luck to you, my friend, Love your



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Marc Preston: attitude, Love your music.



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Marc Preston: Again, be safe, have fun and I look forward



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Marc Preston: to catching up with you sometime down the



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Marc Preston: road, my friend.



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Warren Zeiders: Yes, sir, I appreciate you.



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Warren Zeiders: Marc, Thanks for having me on man.



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Marc Preston: All right, there you go, warren Zeiders.



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Marc Preston: What a cool story.



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Marc Preston: Still wrapping my head around the idea he's



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Marc Preston: only 22 years old, 300 million combined



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Marc Preston: streams and views Just such an



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Marc Preston: unconventional way of getting people to



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Marc Preston: check out your music proof.



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Marc Preston: Right there you can make some pretty cool



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Marc Preston: things happen.



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Marc Preston: Just grab an instrument, get after it.



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Marc Preston: You never know what's going to happen.



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Marc Preston: New album is called 717 tapes.



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Marc Preston: Warren is on tour.



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Marc Preston: You want to find out more about what he's



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Marc Preston: got going on?



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Marc Preston: Check out his link through



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Marc Preston: I got all his social media links TikTok,



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Marc Preston: instagram, his website, everything.



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Marc Preston: So check him out.



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Marc Preston: Get on Spotify.



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Marc Preston: He's got a real cool thing going on.



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Marc Preston: Really enjoyed his music.



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Marc Preston: All right, that's it for this episode.



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Warren Zeiders

Musician

Warren Zeiders’ shadowy country music is powered by a steady supply of grit, honesty, and muscle. Hailing from central Pennsylvania, the 22-year-old singer/songwriter delivers outlaw sermons in a gravelly voice beyond his years. His music is suited more to the vast wilderness of his home state than the bright lights of Nashville, injecting a healthy dose of Heartland ethos into the honky tonks of Music City. But it’s that space he lives in—between lonesome outsider and magnetic performer—that helps him relate to listeners from all walks of life through songs fueled by unshakeable soul-searching.

As Zeiders himself puts it, howling the opening lines of his haunting single, “Ride the Lightning”: “Mama always said I was born on the wild side—one foot in the flames and the other tryin’ to walk the line.” A dusty and resonant acoustic guitar booms through the empty room, the only other sound on the desolate recording. It’s sparse, but Zeiders’ powerful voice is a force that rises well above any noise and cuts to the heart of anyone in earshot.

“Every walk of life you go through—it doesn't matter how good of a person you think you are—you're always going to be fighting demons for the rest of your life,” Zeiders says about the darker aspects of his music. “You're always going to have sin.”

He comes by his love of music honestly, falling under its spell through the hymns he sang in church pews as a kid along with the music he absorbed from Christian radio. He remembers his mom’s love of country radio with Hank Williams Jr. and John Denver… Read More