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TOMORROW.
ś >> MY BROTHER ANDREW AND
>> MY BROTHER ANDREW AND DRUMMER, HE WAS DOING A TALENT
DRUMMER, HE WAS DOING A TALENT SHOW IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND
SHOW IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND SOMEHOW HE WAS ABLE TO FINAGLE
SOMEHOW HE WAS ABLE TO FINAGLE THE PRINCIPAL TO HAVE THE BAND
THE PRINCIPAL TO HAVE THE BAND PLAY IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE
PLAY IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS
SCHOOL AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
IS PRETTY COOL. SO I TOLD MY DAD, I WILL GET A
SO I TOLD MY DAD, I WILL GET A GUITAR AND I PRACTICED AND I GOT
GUITAR AND I PRACTICED AND I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I DIDN'T
TO THE POINT WHERE I DIDN'T SOUND ANNOYING AND THEY WANTED
SOUND ANNOYING AND THEY WANTED ME IN THE BAND.
ME IN THE BAND. CHRIS AND I HAD A BAND IN HIGH
CHRIS AND I HAD A BAND IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD A LOT OF FUN, BUT
SCHOOL AND HAD A LOT OF FUN, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS FOR
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS FOR ME WHERE I DIDN'T DO A LOT WITH
ME WHERE I DIDN'T DO A LOT WITH IT IN COLLEGE.
IT IN COLLEGE. I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY AND I HAD
I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MY BROTHER
A CONVERSATION WITH MY BROTHER ABOUT GETTING THE BAND BACK
ABOUT GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. IT'S FUNNY TO HEAR HIM TALK
IT'S FUNNY TO HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE SAYS, YEAH,
ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE SAYS, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE IT.
IT. I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING OUT OF
I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING OUT OF HIS BUTT AND THAT WOULD BE THE
HIS BUTT AND THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT.
END OF IT. THE VERY NEXT WEEK, I HAD SOME
THE VERY NEXT WEEK, I HAD SOME GUYS LINED UP FOR AUDITIONS.
GUYS LINED UP FOR AUDITIONS. I BUMPED INTO CHRIS AT THE SAME
I BUMPED INTO CHRIS AT THE SAME TIME.
TIME. IT'S FUNNY HOW THINGS WORK OUT.
IT'S FUNNY HOW THINGS WORK OUT. HE CAME IN AND HERE WE ARE.
HE CAME IN AND HERE WE ARE. RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM.
RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT STARTS WITH THE
>> IT STARTS WITH THE RELATIONSHIP FROM ROBERT AND
RELATIONSHIP FROM ROBERT AND ANDREW, AND EXTENDING THAT TYPE
ANDREW, AND EXTENDING THAT TYPE OF BROTHERLY FEEL OUT TO SEAN
OF BROTHERLY FEEL OUT TO SEAN AND TO ME, I THINK IT REALLY
AND TO ME, I THINK IT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING TO US, AND WE
MEANS SOMETHING TO US, AND WE TREAT EACH OTHER LIKE BROTHERS.
TREAT EACH OTHER LIKE BROTHERS. >> WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR OVER SIX YEARS.
OVER SIX YEARS. I FEEL LIKE WE TEND TO HAVE
I FEEL LIKE WE TEND TO HAVE THESE STEPPING STONES.
THESE STEPPING STONES. I SUPPOSE THAT'S TRUE FOR THE
I SUPPOSE THAT'S TRUE FOR THE LIFETIME OF ANY BAND.
LIFETIME OF ANY BAND. YOU HAVE YOUR EYE HIGHS AND LOW,
YOU HAVE YOUR EYE HIGHS AND LOW, BUT YOU ARE DEFINED BY THE
BUT YOU ARE DEFINED BY THE MOMENTS IN BETWEEN, THE THINGS
MOMENTS IN BETWEEN, THE THINGS THAT GET YOU THROUGH THE DAY,
THAT GET YOU THROUGH THE DAY, THE THINGS THAT ARE JUST
THE THINGS THAT ARE JUST RELATABLE TO EVERYONE.
RELATABLE TO EVERYONE. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE SONG
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE SONG WRITING TO MAKE ANY SORT OF
WRITING TO MAKE ANY SORT OF STANCE OR SPEAK TO ANYONE OTHER
STANCE OR SPEAK TO ANYONE OTHER THAN MYSELF.
THAN MYSELF. THE COOLEST PART ABOUT IT IS
THE COOLEST PART ABOUT IT IS SEEING WHAT A SONG MEANS TO THEM
SEEING WHAT A SONG MEANS TO THEM AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WHAT
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WHAT IT MEANS TO ME.
IT MEANS TO ME. IT'S VERY COOL AND VERY
IT'S VERY COOL AND VERY REWARDING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF AN
REWARDING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF AN EFFECT IT HAS ON PEOPLE THAT ARE
EFFECT IT HAS ON PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND ENOUGH TO LISTEN.
KIND ENOUGH TO LISTEN. >> THAT'S WHAT WE WORK HARD FOR,
>> THAT'S WHAT WE WORK HARD FOR, IS TO CAPTURE THEIR ATTENTION,
IS TO CAPTURE THEIR ATTENTION, TO CREATE A MOMENT, TO CREATE A
TO CREATE A MOMENT, TO CREATE A COLLECTIVE MOOD.
COLLECTIVE MOOD. >> IN A NUT SHELL, I THINK IT'S
>> IN A NUT SHELL, I THINK IT'S FOUR GUYS WHO LOVE PLAYING MUSIC
FOUR GUYS WHO LOVE PLAYING MUSIC TOGETHER BUT I THINK SHARE THE
TOGETHER BUT I THINK SHARE THE GOAL OF HOW COOL IT WOULD BE TO
GOAL OF HOW COOL IT WOULD BE TO MAKE A LIVING PLAYING MUSIC,
MAKE A LIVING PLAYING MUSIC, BECAUSE IT MATTERS THAT MUCH TO
BECAUSE IT MATTERS THAT MUCH TO US.
US. >> IT MAY BE A PIPE DREAM OR
>> IT MAY BE A PIPE DREAM OR WHATEVER.
WHATEVER. IT MAY BE UNREALISTIC, BUT, HEY,
IT MAY BE UNREALISTIC, BUT, HEY, AS LONG AS WE ARE HAVING FUN,
AS LONG AS WE ARE HAVING FUN, AND THE FANS ARE INTO IT, AND,
AND THE FANS ARE INTO IT, AND, LIKE, THEY KEEP ASKING FOR MORE,
LIKE, THEY KEEP ASKING FOR MORE, AND THOSE WHO CAN WILL KEEP
AND THOSE WHO CAN WILL KEEP DOING IT.
DOING IT. THAT MOMENT UP ON STAGE, I
THAT MOMENT UP ON STAGE, I THINK, IS SORT OF WHAT DEFINES
THINK, IS SORT OF WHAT DEFINES US.
US. THAT'S WHAT WE WORK TOWARDS.
THAT'S WHAT WE WORK TOWARDS. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT,
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, GETTING UP AND PLAYING THESE
GETTING UP AND PLAYING THESE SONGS THAT YOU WRITE, THAT YOU
SONGS THAT YOU WRITE, THAT YOU REHEARSE, THAT YOU DEVOTE SO
REHEARSE, THAT YOU DEVOTE SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, TO THOSE
MUCH OF YOUR TIME, TO THOSE FLEETING MOMENTS UP ON STAGE.
FLEETING MOMENTS UP ON STAGE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE LIVE FOR.