SLAM: Music Survival Guide 27 - Neil Giraldo - Stay Locked

-Most of the time, when people fall into dark places, there's a part of their being, whether it's an artistic or creative side of them, that's screaming to get out.

• -12 tapes for a penny.
• -We're driving, and all of a sudden, we get hit from behind while we're on the freeway, going 75 miles an hour.
• -I study a lot of philosophy and a lot of spirituality with the I Ching and the Kundalini and the Tao, and all this stuff, right? So, I followed that strongly, and without that, I wouldn't be where I am today.
• -That's why I stress the spirituality for everybody. . . It's good for the body, it's good for the soul. What's good for the mind is good for the soul. You gotta integrate all those things. Had I not had that, I wouldn't have been able to deal with any of it, any at all, and it kept me grounded.
• -You gotta live through this world kind of naked. You gotta be. . . not afraid of being exposed
• - This ain't normal, I know that, but it just happened in this lifetime.
• -Respect's easy. If you're not confident, and you're not secure, there's no way that's gonna happen. I don't care if in a band, in a relationship, It's not gonna happen.
• -Just do it and have fun. It's not about a cash thing. In fact. . . money's gonna be going to so many organizations for that it's not about that. It's about the songs and the music.
• -Find the spirituality, no matter what it is, in the dark - - not the darkest moment. Because the darkest moment is going to be the easiest one to be able to go there, because you're going to be so dark, you're gonna need help. . . Try to go when you're right in the middle.
• -If you happen to get in a dark place, reading will get you out of it. Read something positive. Find something that you can connect with. . . Pick up a pencil.
• -Most of the time, when people fall into dark places, there's a part of their being, whether it's an artistic or creative side of them, that's screaming to get out.
• -Once you lock it, stay locked.
• -Second chances are good, and they happen, but not threes and fours.

James Rivera, a.k.a. Vampiro

Lyrics reference: Helstar

Quotes from the episode:

• Why do you think Jeff Loomis is one of his biggest fans?
• Management can either make you or break you. We had a bad management.
• And so for the younger bands, you know, you're pretty much going to be on your own, and you're going to deliver a record, and you're going to say, “Hey, it's a license deal!” and they're going to give you nothing. But they're going to put you out there in the world. You know what? You should take it, because that's as far as you're going to get now.
• We're still reeling from the death of Ozzy Osbourne, which I thought would never happen. It just seemed like he was gonna outlive us all.
• So think about it. If you got a flu... you've got Covid... Do you think you could sing? No, there's no way in the world what you do. It's affecting your body.
• So that's what a lot of people need to understand. Lead singers don't have it that easy, although everybody else thinks they do, but they don't.
• And you know what depression is. Yes, I've been there. I thought about jumping off a bridge. I thought about hanging myself, or whatever. But you know what at the end of the day it doesn't do you no good, man. You're gone. You have to outlive that. You have to be very confident in what you believe in. What a lot of people don't believe in is themselves. And you know what? Once you learn to love yourself, you will get over it, and it's not selfish.

SLAM Summit 25 - Junior Bourcier and Francois Babin of Atomik Train

Episode 25 in 2025!

Lyrics reference: Red Rider

It's a lifetime quest. If we want our lives to change, we have to change. You have to work on yourself. As Francois said, you have to give yourself love.

There's a lot of heart in that music. There's a lot of energy. There's a lot of fun, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears.

Have a really really good time playing music and inspire people to accomplish their dreams and have fun.

So did the hat have to come off at the nudist camp too?

We are taking care of pretty much everything. So we have to have a lot of different hats to make sure that the job's done.

I don't play that often, but when I do, there's so much music inside me, it has to come out somehow, and when I play, I explode.

if you're in trouble, don't, don't, don't run. Stay at the same place. The solution is around you.

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