Letting Yourself Into New Doors

Speaker 1 0:00

I run across so many people. It's like they want to control what they do and I tell people I think what holds people back the most in life is you're doing what you want to do, but you're not doing what you're being led and guided to do, and there's probably something that you can't even fathom.

Speaker 2 0:19

I'm going to let you preach.

Speaker 1 0:21

Listen, that is ordained for you, but you just want to keep going around in this circle. What's up everybody?

Speaker 2 0:49

It's your girl. Lish Speaks, and welcome back to another episode of my podcast. I'll Just Let Myself In the podcast. Where we don't wait for an imaginary permission slip or some seat at an imaginary table, we let ourselves into our God-given doors. And today we have a guest who quite literally decided I'm going to let myself into this podcast. He reached out to me via threads based on a post that I made where I shot my shot. I shot my shot at KevOnStage and I said hey, in the spirit of missing 100% of the shots you don't take, kevonstage, I'm reaching out to you to be on my podcast. Kevonstage did respond, but several people reached out to me and said, hey, in the interest of me missing 100% of the shots I don't take, I would love to be on your podcast and we've had one come on already. We have about seven more who are going to come, but today we have Mr Travis Hall on the podcast. Welcome, welcome, welcome.

Speaker 1 1:51

Thank you. Thank you, so glad to be here.

Speaker 2 1:53

Yes, travis Hall is an opera trained singer, but now he's dibbling and dabbling into jazz and, dare I say, r&b, pop style music. Right, boom, got it. And so I'm excited to talk to you today, because when I think about you letting yourself in, right, you're letting yourself into something different, and so many people stay stuck in what they were trained to do. They find their identity in what they were trained to do, what they've been doing for several years, and they stop themselves from trying new things. So, travis, first of all, let my audience in to a little bit about you, who you are, what you do, whatever you'd like them to know, and then I have a series of questions honey that we're going to get into.

Speaker 1 2:39

Okay, go ahead. So I'm Travis Hall, I'm an Atlanta native, are you baby. I am, even though I don't sound like it. No, you do not southwest side of Atlanta, southeast southwest Hapeville, jonesboro okay, of Atlanta.

Speaker 2 2:52

They got that good Chick-fil-a out there listen the best one that's very big back to me to know that listen, let me tell you something.

Speaker 1 3:01

And their mac and cheese is quite good. Is it just me?

Speaker 2 3:05

No, it's not, it's not just you, okay.

Speaker 1 3:08

But yeah, from Atlanta. I've been singing my whole life Love music. I come from a very small family that are from Sparta Georgia.

Speaker 2 3:16

Awesome.

Speaker 1 3:16

Hopper singer Nice. Releasing an album soon. Yes, very soon.

Speaker 2 3:19

We're going to talk about that in a second. So, yes, you will be releasing a project very soon, and let me just say this okay. On your YouTube. You have upcoming slated visuals already.

Speaker 1 3:32

The rollout is rolling. The rollout is rolling out.

Speaker 2 3:36

I just want to say I think it's a lost art. I think a lot of times and I've been guilty of this Artists will just put stuff out and just hope for the best. Just hope for the best, Hope that everything works out. So it was very refreshing, Even the email that you sent me with all your links and just being able to go on the internet and not have to do an investigative research to try to find out things about you.

Speaker 2 3:59

I'm excited for this project, so tell us the name of the project and what inspired you.

Speaker 1 4:06

So the name of the album is Heart Museum. Okay yeah, my debut album. I mean, I think the music of my roots inspired me the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. Just good, feel good, soul, r&b, gospel, just feel good music. Music that feels good, that that elevates your spirit, that energizes you, that encourages you you know that does something to you Heart Museum.

Speaker 2 4:36

I love museums. I met my husband at a museum museums when you think about the heart right and it being really the driving force of life, and you think about music and how music really is the soundtrack of life, what music, personally, is driving and inspiring you right now specific music specific yeah, it could be genre. It could be genre.

Speaker 1 5:01

Right now I'm an artist, it could be genre Right now I'm loving I was just listening to LaBelle.

Speaker 2 5:06

Patti LaBelle's group from the 70s. So I love LaBelle. I did not expect you to say that.

Speaker 1 5:12

I love LaBelle. I've been listening to Denise Williams Stranger. I think she has an album called Strangers that I've been listening to because I've been doing a lot of studying for my second album that I'm starting to write for. But yeah, just I only listened to 70s music primarily, basically. So just I mean, I don't know, good art, all good art, inspires me, it touches me, it moves me spiritually.

Speaker 2 5:37

I love that I saw in the video for a day where, first of all, the video was so fun.

Speaker 1 5:45

Such a fun video. It is a fun video oh my goodness and I love.

Speaker 2 5:49

did you have to get a permit to have that band down there? You just lived your life.

Speaker 1 5:53

She was supposed to.

Speaker 2 5:54

Here's the thing Yep, yep, yep, yep. I rather beg forgiveness than ask for a mission.

Speaker 1 5:59

I've done that for every music video I have ever. I'm like it'll be alright and me. I've done that for every music video I have ever.

Speaker 2 6:03

I'm like it'll be alright.

Speaker 1 6:04

And then I had a nerve to tag him in it and it's fine, right, it shouldn't have been there.

Speaker 2 6:09

It worked. I did that for one of my music videos years ago. I filmed in front of the Apollo and you're not supposed they don't play that in New York.

Speaker 1 6:18

Oh really, and I did it, just what it was. Did you have the sign in the video, someone?

Speaker 2 6:22

came by and was like you can't film here. And I was like, okay, no problem, and we just kept filming.

Speaker 1 6:25

You said wait, they'll go back in. I'm like I need five minutes.

Speaker 2 6:28

I just need five minutes Five minutes.

Speaker 1 6:29

We edited down the tape, so we got it done.

Speaker 2 6:31

Shout out to Mark, my bro, who shot my first music video Shout out. Mark, we was in, but the video was so fun and there's a part in it where you are kind of paying homage to Luther Vandross.

Speaker 1 6:48

Yes.

Speaker 2 6:49

Yes, how much of an inspiration is Luther to your music.

Speaker 1 6:53

Luther is such an inspiration to me. I mean, he's a balladeer. I think he's one of the best male vocalists of all time.

Speaker 2 6:59

A hundred percent, there's no.

Speaker 1 7:00

Like there's, there's no question, great writer, and even my album was kind of influenced by him, because his first album is eight songs all written by him as well, and so I kind of used that as a model for the record that I was making.

Speaker 2 7:14

Yeah, I love that so good. I heard you say in an interview that when you were growing up you had a chorus teacher who told you that you could not sing.

Speaker 1 7:25

I did, I did, I did.

Speaker 2 7:28

So tell me a little bit about that kid. The kid who was in chorus class was in school, you know, loves music and being told that he's not gifted in that way.

Opera to Jazz: Musical Evolution

Speaker 1 7:39

Um, when I, you know, I was very shy as a kid I'm the only child, okay, and I was very shy. They even called me Turtle in high school. That was my nickname because I would wear hoodies and I would kind of, you know, be down in my hoodie and so being told that I mean I really didn't have any opportunities, I, you know, I really hadn't done anything. I don't think, really, besides my family, anyone even poured into my gifts or acknowledged my gifts, and so it was kind of normal. I mean, you know, it was hurtful, of course, but it was like I wanted, I really wanted to do, you know, and to be told you can't, it's a hurtful thing. I guess, now that I think back on it, it's a hurtful thing.

Speaker 2 8:16

And how did you get past that? Because you went. You ended up going to college went to college to be trained yes, you know, and you picked opera which is not. That's why I didn't think you're from atlanta.

Speaker 1 8:26

No shade to atlanta, but I was like you must be from boston or something new york or something new england. Yeah, new england, right you?

Speaker 2 8:32

know so. So how did we get there, from a teacher telling you, hey, you can't even sing um, how do we get to you being confident enough and your gift, desirous enough, brave enough to go into college to be trained?

Speaker 1 8:51

I don't know. You know you talk about letting yourself into doors and into spaces, and I think what I've always had is I'm going to move forward, I'm going to work.

Speaker 2 9:02

Yeah.

Speaker 1 9:03

And I think I just I really don't know how I ended up there. I really can't tell you I'm going to work and I think I just I really don't know how I ended up there. I really can't tell you. I don't remember. I think I just applied for colleges, maybe saw music, ended up in the right place. You know, I think the door was already open for me, it was just open in a different way at that point in time and me just continuing to move forward, I ended up in the right place at the right time.

Speaker 2 9:27

I love that. Let's talk about black people and opera break it down okay, you are one of many, but what feels like few, right, and so were there any specific influences, whether that be people you knew personally or people that you studied and saw some of the greats right that made you say, oh wait, I know I'm a little black boy from Georgia, but I think I can do this. Tell me about your opera influences.

Speaker 1 9:59

Opera influences college, I think Perimeter College. I had many teachers who said you're a high tenor voice, you're going to sound like Lawrence Brownlee, who went to Indiana University, got his master's from Indiana. But it's hard to find Black influential opera singers, but I love Lawrence Brownlee. Lawrence Brownlee is still a guiding light for me. He's Black. He actually is Kojic. He grew up in the Kojic church. Yeah, he played many instruments and then he went to college. I think he majored in something else but was told that he should do opera and he ended up finding his way into that. Yeah, but Lawrence Brownlee is the top. Eric Owens, Lawrence Brownlee I can't think of other black people right now yeah there's a lot of.

Speaker 2 10:49

There are a lot of them I think that, um, you know be well. It reminds me of, in the sports terms, when I was in high school, I played sports and the big thing at that point was black kids playing lacrosse you, do you remember when that happened? We're around the same age, I'm older than you, but there was a moment where it's like all the black kids need to play lacrosse.

Speaker 1 11:11

The white kids are playing it. The black kids need to play it.

Speaker 2 11:14

And I think it's funny because I feel like a lot of times for it could be decades, eras we're just told that, oh, we don't do that, we don't listen to that kind of music, we don't play that kind of music, and it takes a specific generation, a specific type of person to say no, but we should and we can. I remember for me, I grew up in the era where I feel like black kids started listening to punk rock and pop.

Speaker 2 11:43

And I remember it being weird to listen to britney spears, and and you know, yeah, because I'm about seven years older than you.

Speaker 1 11:49

So by the time you came along.

Speaker 2 11:51

It wasn't weird, no more, but I remember my friends being like you're listening to britney spears, you know? And then by, just like in the beginning of high school and then, by the end of high school, we were all listening to britney spears and blink 182 and whoever was out you you know, along with our R&B singers. You know, even on 106 and Park NSYNC ended up going on there. I was literally a part of the bridge.

Speaker 1 12:15

I never even thought of that.

Overcoming Childhood Discouragement

Speaker 2 12:16

I'm telling you, there was a moment where it was like you listening to that white kid music, that white people music like that's how it used to be when I was growing up kid music, now white people music, like that's how it used to be when I was growing up, and so it's really cool to me. When I see us, you know saying no, no, we can. We can play lacrosse, we can sing opera, we can also rap and we can also. We can knit, we can.

Speaker 2 12:37

You know, we can own charcuterie places I love charcuterie like you know, like there are there, there's this, um, there's this place. You probably heard of it the bougie grazer, I think's this place, you've probably heard of it, the Bougie Grazer, I think it's called.

Speaker 1 12:46

No, I've never heard of the Bougie Grazer. It's downtown.

Speaker 2 12:48

Atlanta, and this is a black woman. She owns a charcuterie shop and you come and you make.

Speaker 1 12:53

They got a charcuterie shop.

Speaker 2 12:54

Yes, it's amazing. I need to be. It's amazing that we don't let anyone box us in, even ourselves. Yeah, we don't let anyone box us in.

Speaker 1 13:06

We can do all things.

Speaker 2 13:07

All the things. So, as you you know, delve into something new with jazz.

Speaker 1 13:15

Yep.

Speaker 2 13:16

R&B inspired a little pop inspired especially in the day, Definitely pop.

Speaker 1 13:21

There's some pop in there. I was like this is a pop song.

Speaker 2 13:23

It is a little, it is pop, it is pop, yeah, you know what are? Some of your, I guess, fears or maybe concerns, if you have any, about doing something new, what comes up for you?

Speaker 1 13:38

A lot of things come up for me. I feel like I don't tend to sit in things. So thank you for asking these questions. Fears, I'm new to it. Right, I'm 30, released, 31, releasing a pop album. You're so young, you know, but you know, I feel like I was raised to feel like, oh, you're 30, you're, you know it's washed up.

Speaker 2 13:59

Yeah, we were all raised to feel like that, you know. But then when I look at the people whose lives I admire most, they're in their 50s, getting to it, yachts. Look at Late 40s, mid 40s Living their best life. They killing it, killing it. Killing it, so I'm like okay, I got a couple years.

Speaker 1 14:17

More than a couple. Yeah, you know.

Speaker 2 14:18

More than a couple.

Speaker 1 14:19

So anyway, you were saying yes, but yeah, that like the, and that's why I have so many of the videos and stuff. Because when I, just when the spirit led me to work on the album, I said I gotta little, uh, it can't be like, oh, he released a little song, I'm like if I were 20 I can release a little song and be like, oh, okay, you know, but I'm not 20, so I don't people gonna be like, you just keep throwing up, you know, keep doing opera thing, so fears of that. Um, and then I think, because you know, I don't talk like I'm from atlanta, I've been told that I talk white, going into a more black, dominated feel, even though that's my roots in my heart, I feel like I have the fear of not being accepted or feeling like people will accept it.

Speaker 1 15:06

You know really, yeah, I feel that. I mean it's a fear of mine.

Speaker 2 15:09

Yeah, yeah, have you experienced that a lot Like not being accepted.

Speaker 1 15:15

People tend to accept me, but I think as an only child. And then when I was younger I felt like I dealt with a lot of he talk white. You know like my mother had friends who would say joke with her and say you sure that's your son?

Speaker 2 15:28

He talk white.

Speaker 1 15:29

You know what I'm talking about. So I grew up hearing those kinds of things. I've just never quite felt a part.

Speaker 2 15:37

And I'm the only child, so I think that maybe has something to do with it too. Talking white One of the dumbest things we've ever said as a people.

Speaker 1 15:45

Listen and I'm like I don't know why I talk white.

Speaker 2 15:47

This is how I talk. No, I think it's so important to really be self-assured which you come off as very self-assured.

Speaker 1 15:57

Thank you.

Speaker 2 15:59

But it's important because the truth is, someone will always find a reason to not like something about you. And as you grow in popularity, as you gain notoriety because I'm speaking that over your life- Thank you. As you grow in influence, you will have to be very clear with yourself about who you are, who you are not one of the best things I ever did for myself was de-center other people's opinions, and I almost had no choice.

Speaker 2 16:29

Growing up as a fat, dark-skinned girl, I learned that before it was even a thing. I learned de-centering before. When I finally heard that word I was even a thing.

Speaker 1 16:34

I learned de-censoring before it was even a thing. You know what I mean when I finally heard that word.

Speaker 2 16:38

I was like oh, that's what I've been doing.

Speaker 1 16:39

You're supposed to do that, right, that's what I've been doing De-center men.

Speaker 2 16:42

Yep, did that my whole 20s and it worked out very well for me. You know de-center, my parents De-center, but they are not God, they do not govern my decisions. I'm interested in what they think.

Speaker 1 16:56

It's like thanks for the opinion.

Speaker 2 16:58

however, I'm interested in what they think I care about their opinion, but it is not a driving force for me. Like I see, so many adults can't live their lives because of their parents. I'm like you know you're 40.

Speaker 1 17:09

You know you're grown. Yeah, you know what are you doing.

Speaker 2 17:18

I'm like you know. I did that at a very early age and it built a confidence in me, because the truth is, if you're not overly moved by what your parents think, you really good it don't matter what nobody thinks and again, and I say that I've had episodes with both my parents on here so everybody know if you watch the podcast, that I have a great relationship with my parents.

Speaker 2 17:40

I didn't do that because I had to. I did it because I realized very early on what you think about yourself has to be the most important what you think and what the Bible says if you're, if you're a believer, right you know. Unless there's something I need to change biblically, you ain't going to trust me out too much about what you don't like Okay, well, the rules are the rules. Yeah, the Lord bless you and keep you. Okay, keep moving. You know, I'm sorry you didn't like it.

Speaker 1 18:03

You'll be okay.

Speaker 2 18:04

You know what I mean, and so it's really important, I think you know, and with you I'm going to say intentionally building your brand, because that's what it feels like. That you have a real sense of who you are and who you are, not what you are willing to do, what you are not.

Speaker 1 18:23

Oh yeah, you know and doing that.

Speaker 2 18:25

So I just want to give you that encouragement.

Speaker 1 18:27

Thank you so much. It means a lot. It means a lot. Oh, thank you, it really does.

Melody First: Songwriting Philosophy

Speaker 2 18:30

All right. So another question that I have for you is I saw that you were talking about when you write songs, you always think about melody first, melody first, melody first is so important to you. I want you to give advice to young songwriters, people who are trying to find their way, maybe to even be composers, to be vocally trained, and talk to them about why melody first works for you and how it could work for them oh, I love melodies.

Speaker 1 19:00

Um so I think it comes from my background too. So I didn't grow up in church. I mean my family's pentecostal church family grandmother never wore pants very strict pentecostal, my grandmother was but um so. But I grew up listening to a lot of gospel music, but I didn't sing in church because I was shy. So I didn't really grow up singing in a choir.

Speaker 1 19:23

Which harmonies would be a big thing for me. Most singers, they harmonize, they harmonize. I don't. I'm not really a harmonizer because I'm the only child and because nobody sang around me. I'm a melodist, so I sing the melody. So for me melody is the most important, because melody to me is the driving force of a song and it's what catches the ear. You know the chorus. Melody is what catches you and makes you repeat it over and over. And I just think melodies are important. I think the harmonies and the well, the chords, the harmonies, the textures, well, the chords, the harmonies, the textures are. They aid the melody. But the melody to me is the main structure. And I started writing by just waking up, recording melodies on my phone and I would listen to it and say, oh, I like that. And then wake up tomorrow and say I don't, and then change it, you know. So I would just say melodies work for me.

Speaker 2 20:12

First, because if you love the, the melody, if you have a great melody, I would say you have a great song yeah I think, that's true, and melodies are what catch us never catch you so if someone is, like I said, newly started out trying to be a songwriter, give them a piece of advice to um, I guess, push through the fears, push through some of the barriers to begin being a songwriter.

Speaker 1 20:39

I hate this advice, but just do it. You know, if you're called to do something, listen and do it. Yeah, and be aligned with people I don't know. I feel like advice is so hard Do it. I would say do it and stay true to who you are in doing it. Don't, um let status or uh people being further ahead misalign you and trying to uh compromise who you are for status or for uh money or those kind of things. Stay true to who you are and your gift in writing will open doors for you.

Spiritual Guidance in Music

Speaker 2 21:17

That's good. That's good. You talked about the spirit moving you to do this project. Talk to me about your relationship with God, with the spirit. With God, yeah, how do you navigate that in this music world?

Speaker 1 21:32

I feel like my relationship is. I mean, they're all personal right, they're personal relationships, right. So I'm really big on a lot of people pray. Praying for me is I go and I spend like quiet time. Like I get my quiet time, I turn my phone off and I just listen, which may sound a little strange to people. It doesn't?

Speaker 2 21:51

It doesn't sound strange to me at all, you know.

Speaker 1 21:52

I just listen, and my family's very, very spiritual. I grew up hearing about spiritual gifts and spiritual colors and when I used to go to school I was like my family's nuts, Because when I go to school no one talks about this. I'm like why when I go home, they talk about this and the Bible and spirits, but when I go to school, no one's talking about this? So I was like my family's crazy. So I just grew up in a very spiritually saturated house, you know, and so, even though I didn't go to church, I feel like they instilled that relationship and being aware to me. Church came to you Church, and that's deep Listen. I think my grandmother was a pastor and my uncle was a pastor and the first thing I actually wanted to be was a pastor.

Speaker 2 22:35

Really.

Speaker 1 22:36

Yeah, it's strange when I think about it, I'm like, why would I want to be a pastor? But I wanted to be a pastor. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I love that, so yeah.

Speaker 2 22:45

So you feel like you grew up in a spiritually saturated home and it sounds like it gave you a keen sense of wanting to hear the voice of God in your life, wanting to, like you talked about, just going to be quiet and listening. And so many of us do not do that. And then we wonder why we're making crazy decisions. It's like who told? Who said that? Who told you to do that? Who said that. Who said that? Who said that, and it's so funny because.

Speaker 2 23:08

I'm in a little bit of a place of transition in my life right now. My husband and I were talking recently about some things and we were saying you know, to our shame, there are certain decisions that we've been making for ourselves spiritually that we've never really engaged the Holy Spirit in. It's just like okay, well, this is what you're supposed to do as a Christian and this is what you're supposed to go to church and just go and in this transition of our lives, we and in this transition of our lives, we decided we want the holy spirit to lead us.

Speaker 2 23:38

Now, maybe he may lead us to what we were already going to do or what is traditionally what we would do, but we're open to him leading us not to that. And, um, it's so funny because when I speak to some people in my life about it, um, I can feel their discomfort that's deep, break it down they're so used to not like they just make a decision. It's like like well, let's do that. You know what?

Speaker 1 23:56

I mean, and so when I talk, about.

Speaker 2 23:57

Well, I really want the Holy Spirit to guide me in this. It's almost like they feel like, girl, what are you doing? Like, just do this, but I feel like control.

Speaker 1 24:05

I run across so many people. It doing what you want to do, but you're not doing what you're being led and guided to do, and there's probably something that you can't even fathom I'm gonna let you preach listen, that is is is it's ordained for you, but you just want to keep going around in this circle and you're just afraid.

Speaker 2 24:34

afraid, because see, here's the thing when you listen to the Holy Spirit, he may tell you something that you don't want to do so. People rather just make a decision. It also takes time. You may have to pray for months to figure out the answer, and people want to just do this thing.

Speaker 2 24:55

And then one of my biggest fears is living a life that was somebody else's because I'm making a decision that my mom would have made, or my aunt would have made, or my cousin would have made, or my friend would have made, or what I think my husband wants to do. You'll turn around and have lived a whole life for somebody else. The devil is a liar.

Speaker 1 25:19

That will not be happening to me, okay.

Speaker 2 25:21

I'm so sincere. I'm like father you need to lead me. And another thing about being led guided I love the language that you use, you know, especially in terms of your gift. It really takes humility. We can be so arrogant and I always tell myself your best thinking got you into some of your worst situations.

Speaker 1 25:40

So chill out.

Speaker 2 25:40

Okay, you're wise and you may have a little intellect and people think you're smart. But, baby girl, okay, go sit down and pray.

Speaker 1 25:49

Wait for the Lord to guide you and I think that that guidance and leadership, it takes humility.

Speaker 2 25:55

So when you're operating in a spirit of arrogance or know-it-allism, as I call it for myself. I'd be like I have a know-it-all spirit. I got to know-it-all spirit. Definitely I'd be doing too much. Sometimes you know it's hard to hear from God and it's hard to follow God because you think you know, you know and so I love that. I think that's really true. Let's talk a little bit about this project before we go.

Heart Museum Album Rollout

Speaker 2 26:20

I have two questions and one that I normally end with, but I want you to talk through your next few singles which are already slated. Tell the people what they're called. Tell the people you know kind of what inspired the songs and just what they can expect to hear on heart museum so the first single was a day, my debut single, which was inspired by some luther van draws, some early 90s r&b.

Speaker 1 26:45

And then yesterday I released fireflies, my second single, the second song I ever wrote very pretty thank you, which was written actually about um. When a past partner and I first met, there was a moment where there were fireflies everywhere and so I wanted to capture that love story. And then my next single, september 5th, is Lightning, which is actually a fan favorite for people who've heard the album. People love Lightning. It's very funky, very horn driven. Excited for that. Hopefully I can have a marching band music video. Okay, working on that.

Speaker 1 27:15

Marching bands out there and excited for that. Hopefully I can have a marching band music video working on that Marching bands out there. And then my last single will be Heartstrings, which will be released on the day of the album release, october 22nd. I have a show at Vinyl at Center Stage.

Speaker 2 27:25

Yes, okay, so we'll make sure that this is out before then so that we can make sure to promote. So Vinyl Center Stage October 22nd. Tickets are on sale now or they will be.

Speaker 1 27:36

You can shoot me an email and we can see what we can do.

Speaker 2 27:38

Alright, oh, is it private? Is it a private event? I mean, there can be some.

Speaker 1 27:43

It's not a private event.

Speaker 2 27:44

But I mean who knows?

Speaker 1 27:45

I mean you know. No, it's not a private event, it's a public event.

Speaker 2 27:47

It's a public event.

Speaker 1 27:48

Okay, we're going to try to get y'all in. Don't give me ideas.

Speaker 2 27:53

Is it a free event or are we selling?

Speaker 1 27:54

tickets. It's a paid event. It's a paid event, so we're selling tickets, okay.

Speaker 2 28:02

So Vinyl October 22nd, travis is going to be at Vinyl performing songs from the project.

Speaker 1 28:07

Yes.

Speaker 2 28:08

Make sure you get your tickets, make sure that you show up, be in the building, be there. I feel like this is a historical moment. There are not a whole lot of artists like you, and I don't know what your marketing situation is or your management situation is. Your rollout is great.

Speaker 1 28:24

It's just me, so thank you. All right is. Your rollout is great. It's just me, so thank you.

Speaker 2 28:27

So we should talk, because I think that, yeah, I think that you have a very unique opportunity to shine light on a specific type of music and that's one of the best ways to break through as an artist is to just not. You know, there's nothing like you. So they got to talk about you and I think that pitching yourself I'll just tell you on camera, and this is for any other artist, the way you pitched yourself to me you should be doing that to digital journalists, so people who write articles for essencecom, hellobeautifulcom, you know sweet July. You know all these different magazines. You should be pitching yourself to them, to their music departments, so that you can have articles written about what you're doing and who you are.

Speaker 2 29:14

You should be pitching yourself to other podcasters. You should be pitching yourself on music podcasts. You should be pitching your music to daytime television. These are all places that would love to highlight, you know, artists who's doing something new and different, and I think that it can be really fun for you, because Atlanta is a hub of all things creative and so getting yourself into different rooms and situations is easier than probably any other city. Well, because New York I'm from new york. We have this la has it, but it's, it's, it's just hoity-toity really.

Speaker 1 29:55

Oh, child new york, yes, yes, I feel when I think new york, I think about down to earth the people are down. We are down to earth people she said them other people yeah, we are down to earth.

Speaker 2 30:05

People she said them other people yeah, we are down to earth people, and once you know a few people like I'm blessed to know a few people in New York, so I can kind of get some things- done.

Speaker 2 30:13

Not everything I want to get done, but a few things done. But there was a time, honey, where I was waiting in lines and praying and hoping and wishing, but you know it can be a grind. So you, being born and raised in Atlanta, I'm sure you have a network of people who you just know. Use them, you know, don't be afraid to ask for favors, don't be afraid to ask people to put your songs in their stories and on their reels and all that stuff. All I can say is no, the same way you asked me. And when people tell you no, you're just in the same position you was already in you lose nothing, you lose nothing, you lose nothing.

Building Legacy Through Brave Work

Speaker 2 30:47

You know I mean if anything, you gain awareness. They, they are now aware that you exist you know, and so I want to encourage you to move forward with this project with boldness, courage. Know that you are one of one, you know, and um, you have gained a fan and friend in me, so thank you.

Speaker 1 31:08

I'm excited for you, I'm excited for you.

Speaker 2 31:09

I asked the question to end our show here, and that question is, in the grand scheme of things, what do you want your legacy to be?

Speaker 1 31:20

I want my legacy to be. I mean, I guess that I was brave and that I did what I was, what I was guided and what I was meant to do.

Speaker 1 31:31

And you know, I I aim to. I want to realize all of the prayers, all of the, everything that that my grandmother and my mother and my family like thought of me, like I want to realize the, the prayers that they have for my life, realize the prayers that they have for my life, the success that they have for my life, because I feel, like you said in your very first episode, the windows are already open spiritually. You just have to walk through it. And I really want to do the work and I want people to see that Travis, really he did the work, yeah.

Speaker 2 32:04

He did the work. That's good. That's good. Well, you are well on your way. Is there anything you want? My audience, your fans, your new fans, because I'm speaking of mr existence to know um that you have coming up outside of what we've already talked about, anything there's a documentary in the works.

Speaker 1 32:21

Documentary in the works um the album release show on October 22nd. Things, Things, Things. I really want to do, so like I want to do Lish, I want to do so many things you sound like me.

Speaker 2 32:36

You probably give your friends and partners a headache because Maz will be like. Now, we just started this project.

Speaker 1 32:43

I'm like let's shoot, let's do something else, let's do something else, let's do this, let's do this.

Speaker 2 32:51

I love that. Well, if there's any way that we can help and be a part of your story here and I'll just let myself in and my media company, blame Media, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We'd be happy to be involved. Tell my people where to find you, tell them where to follow you, all your ads and sites and YouTubes and all the stuff.

Speaker 1 33:04

You can find me everywhere with at Travis Hall Music with a C Okay. On YouTube it's with a K Okay, Because someone has that name. Get rid of it please, so I can have complete branding with that name. Any underscores or anything, or just straight Nope Travis Hall Music, All right.

Speaker 2 33:22

Travis Hall Music everywhere and Travis Hall Music with a K on YouTube. Y'all run it up, go, subscribe, share his stuff, use his music in your reels. Please Show the world that we have an incredible talent on our hands here in Atlanta. This has been another episode of. I Just Let Myself In. I am so grateful If you watched here on my YouTube Lish Speaks. Thank you so much If you watched on Holy Culture's YouTube. Thank you so much If you listen on Holy Culture, sirius XM channel 1.48 pm Eastern Standard Time on Monday nights. Thank you, I enjoy having you guys be a part of the community.

Speaker 2 33:58

Give us a review, let us know how you feel about the podcast. Make sure that if any part of this podcast blessed, you share it with someone who you think it will also touch and bless here and I'll just let myself in Y'all know how we do. We walk through our God-given doors. We don't wait for an imaginary permission slip. So this week, if there is something that has been on your heart, something that you've been guided to do, as we talked about today, don't hesitate anymore. Walk through that God-given door and I'll see you back here next time. Same time, same place. Peace.