Sept. 25, 2023
PipemanRadio Interviews Raven Gray at Louder Than Life 2023
On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Raven Gray at Louder Than Life. Raven shares her passion for sharing her stories and being known through her music to be able to help others. Raven discusses the importance of...
On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Raven Gray at Louder Than Life. Raven shares her passion for sharing her stories and being known through her music to be able to help others. Raven discusses the importance of production and finding the right producer to bring out the best in her music. Pipeman and Raven discuss the importance of mental health and the great sense of community at festivals like Louder Than Life. You can find Raven’s upcoming tour dates, merch, and latest releases at Raven Gray on all social media platforms. Check out her latest release “Warfare” on all streaming platforms now!
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It's time for the Adventure. So pipe
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This is pipe Man here on the
Adventure's pipe Man W four c Y Radio
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and I'm here with Raven Gray.
Hello everybody, how are you here at
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Louder than Life? Oh my god, I'm doing fucking fantastic. Thank you
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for us. Isn't it freaking amazing
here? It's incredible. I've never experienced
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anything like it. So what made
it better than anything else you've experienced?
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I think the people, for one, including my team, it made this
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experience possible nice and that's always good. But yeah, absolutely, And the
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experience on stage and the way that
the artists are treated. Danny Wimmer treats
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every artist is the same. We're
all treated with respect and value and taking
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care of very well. So I
really really appreciate that, and yeah,
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I'm very grateful for that. And
I think that's what makes Susceptible unique.
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You know. It's very organized,
Yeah, and that's always good to hear.
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Because I love hearing how artists are
treated. And yes, Danny Wimmer
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is great. I do a lot
of festivals. That's not usually what I'm
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getting as the feedback exactly Spannerival.
Yeah, yeah, he's He's incredible.
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And I'm just so wanted to be
here and I can't wait to play that
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here. Nice. So tell me
about what really started your musical journey.
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What was that moment that like you
just knew this is where you were going
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big? I was young, I
was twelve years old. I said it
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before in another interview. I'll give
you a little bit of a different rendition.
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I was in my bathtub, and
I was singing, and I was
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making voice memos in my bathroom.
I mean, I spent most of my
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time in my bathroom with the acoustics. I love that reverb, you know,
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And so it gave you that natural
valhalla in that bathroom. And and
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I would just do voice memo after
a voice memo after a voice memo,
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and I would take YouTube beats offline
and just put my phone right next to
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it, like the shitty iPhone three, the big clunky one. And I
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still can't get into it. God, damn it. I need to find
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the password or go to Apple care
something, maybe look in their Space account
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exactly. And and you know,
I'd love actually never had in my Space
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account. I seem a lot older
than I am. I was born in
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nineteen ninety nine. Well there you
go. So I'm but it started then,
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you know, I just I knew. I'm like, if I can
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create a song off a type beat
and I'm freestyling, and I feel it
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in my heart, this fucking pulsating
desire, this passion to just be heard.
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I don't want to be fucking famous. I want to be known and
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heard so that I can give out
my theatrical best performance in a way that
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is impactful to the youth and to
others. You know, this isn't about
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me, This isn't about Raven Gray. This is about the nest and everything
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that comes with Raven Gray. And
it all started in my bathroom and I'm
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yeah, that's when it started.
I'm grateful for that moment. I love
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everything you said there because there are
a lot of artists out here looking to
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make it big or go viral or
not here specifically, just in general,
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and an artist should be just so
authentic. Absolutely, I don't think that's
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the way. You know, it's
not the way. And anybody can be
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an artist nowadays, right. You
know what, there's a separation between what
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an artist that needs to create art
to live. If I were to beat
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sold tomorrow, you can never create
art again. I would feel like that
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was the end of my life.
Yeah, you know, and that difference
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true artists. I have to do
this. I have to do this because
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it was ingrained in me. It's
my purpose. Yeah, it's my desire
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and my passion, and along that, I just I can't wait to meet
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the lovely people along the road.
And I'm sure I'll meet some not so
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lovely people, but that's okay too. Everybody has their own journey. You
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never know what's going on in somebody
else's head. And I'm just so honored
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and so humbled to be here.
I love it, and you know,
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and that's where the music does come
in because it is therapy. It's therapy
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for you as the artists, but
also the other person. So maybe you'll
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meet those not so great people and
you'll win them over by hitting them somewhere
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in their heart with your art.
Yeah, that's my only intention. Yeah,
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used to bring joy and and turn
the fuck up. And that's the
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true artist, because there's so many, like you said, nowadays that it's
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so easy to make saturated. It
really really is, and there's people that
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just do it for the wrong reason
exactly. I can't lie. You know.
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I've been I've been a little bit
stunned by the era of young kids
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that have a lot of money or
their parents are money or connections, and
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they don't have that much musical you
know, talent, which you know,
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I'm not knocking on you. If
you grew up as a trust fund child,
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you deserve that money. But it's
like art. You want to be
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an artist, all right, So
you're putting all this money into this auto
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tune and you're blowing up, but
you're not selling tickets, right, And
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then the real artists have to work
extra, extra, extra hard. But
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then once they get there, the
light at the end of the tunnel is
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you do sell tickets, yes,
you know, and and it's it's it's
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it's good not to frown upon those
other people as well, because they everybody
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has an innate ability to create art
and an innate desire to create art.
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So you know, I just with
that being said, I just I'm very
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intrigued when it comes to figuring out
what makes an artist timeless and what makes
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an artist just a blip on the
map. You know what I think is
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what makes them timeless is everything we're
saying. When they are truly an artist,
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true to the art itself, they
don't give a shit about what's gonna
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happen. Kurt Kobe never wanted fame. If it was up to him,
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he would sit with Courtney and just
played the acoustic guitar in the hotel,
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you know. And that's a true
artist. Yeah, And it's it's a
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detachment to outcome. You know.
I'm not sitting here with an attachment to
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being fucking famous or a millionaire.
I am sitting here with the desire and
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intend to create beautiful music that moves
people in ways that are detrimental and fucking
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undeniable, and that will lead me
to that destination without that attachment. There
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you go. I love that you
have a musical note tattoo, like right
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by your voice box. Yes,
it's my favorite. Tell me when that
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happened and what made you think of
that? You know what, I got
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a lot of random mask tattoos,
but this one specifically, I love the
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placement, right, that's what I
had noticed. I forget what chakra this
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is. This is the heart shocker. Don't don't quote me on this,
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all right, I don't know,
but right here I feel it in my
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body. Yeah, and this is
the center, this is this is where
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why I breathe. This is how
I breathe, you know. And and
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and this is music and that's what
it is to me. It's my best
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friend. Music should be your best
friend. That's birthday. If you're an
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artist, it should be your best
friend. Because never let any of us
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down. Like, look at where
we're at here, at Louder than Life.
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There's no outsiders. Nobody's the same, everybody's who they are, nobody
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hating, everybody united, everybody feeling
a feeling and having that family late togetherness.
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And that's what it is. It's
the feeling, yeah, you know,
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and it's important. And that long
lasting relationship with my fans is what
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I'm craving and that's what I will
get because I just want to love them.
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I want to love them the way
that they love me because they deserve
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it. And there's the reason why
I'm here. So there you go.
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So what are you gonna do now
after Louder than Life. Well, I'm
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very happy you asked that question.
I'm very very excited. I've been looking
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for the right producer for a very
long time. I've worked with a lot
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of really great people and not saying
they aren't the right fit for me.
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But this next project I'm working on, I'm working with a producer under the
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name Matthew Pauling and he is absolutely
incredible. We click on a level that
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is just important, so cohees if
he brings out the best to me.
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You know, it's like it's like
pulling a string and you know, and
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and I come alive into a totally
different realm of an artist, you know.
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And it's just the confidence level in
the angst and my voice and like
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you can just you can tell it's
the right fit. So we're working on
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an EP and then from there we're
going to figure out the best way to
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distribute it and go from there.
And as long as it takes to create
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beautiful music and we just go with
the flow. I love it. And
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that is the story. When any
band I've ever heard of that had long
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lasting, you know, presence in
music, they had that connection with their
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producer where the producer didn't tell them
what to do or try to change them,
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just developed what was already there exactly. So that's so cool you have
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that. I'm really, really,
really excited, you know, and it
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keeps me focused, and it keeps
me out of trouble, and it it
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shows me that I'm on the right
path. And I'm very grateful for Matthew.
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I'm very grateful for all of the
producers that have helped me in the
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past, you know, Mike Peppe, and there's just so many other people.
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There's too many names, but yeah, I'm very grateful to Beer and
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and and and very thankful for Bobby
Shubinsky and Danny Wimmer and there's many others.
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Nice. It's nice to have so
many people like that in your corner
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because you are definitely, like I
say, a true artist. Now,
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what's the craziest story in your musical, the craziest story in the music industry?
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Oh god, you're gonna do it
your journey, I would say.
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During my addiction, I was up
all night until is this like a bad
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crazy story or like a good crazy
whatever you wanted to be? And I
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went and shot a music video.
I was up on that on Molly,
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and I didn't sleep and I needed
to shoot a music video the next day,
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so I still went on Molly and
it was a great music video.
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It was lovely, it happened,
it was fun. The greatest moment of
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my career yet, I would say
working with matt Working with Matthew, sorry
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my voice is clearly gone, and
being on stage, on the road,
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on stage, there you go.
Yeah, those were the best. But
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I've got some pretty gnarly bad stories, like I'm pretty sure a lot of
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artists have before recovery, and those
will be in my book later on,
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when I write a book, But
for now, that's all you get.
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You can't go on the musical journey
without gnarly story about pain, without suffering,
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without a little bit of spiritual growth. Right, That's right, that's
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right. That's why it's all about
ya. Listen. I look at it
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this way. Most of artists are
tortured souls anyway. That's why they're artists
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trying to survive, you know,
there you go, she's got the tattoo
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right there, trying to survive.
And you know, Louder than Life is
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the biggest festival I've ever played,
and it's a great start, and I
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can't fucking wait to play more festivals. This is only the beginning. It's
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just going to be a very long
journey and I'm ready for it. And
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I have the best manager, Jack
Novak. I have the best team around
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me, so I'm not worried at
all. And I love it. I
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love hearing all that. How the
people connect you on socials, on the
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web, buy your merch, check
you out, all that good stuff.
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How do they do that? Yes, okay, so you can go ahead
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and go on Instagram and it's at
Raven Gray. There's two ends, so
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R I V E N N G
R A Y and when you get there,
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welcome to the nest. I really
look forward to meeting and loving all
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of you, even if it's through
virtual world. I'm sure we'll meet in
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person one day. There you go, And is there anything we haven't covered
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yet that you want them to know
about Raven Gray. I want you guys
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to know that you are Raven Gray. There would be no Raven Gray without
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you, and I want you guys
to know that you're loved. I'm not
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here to be this diva rock star
that you bow down to. I'm here
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to fucking show you love, and
when I get on that stage with you,
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we're one, right, We're a
family. And I also want to
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let you know I want to talk
about mental health and anything that you're struggling
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with, depression, addiction, grief, anything, there's a way out.
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And I promise you you're so worth
it, You're worth the fight. But
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only you can pull yourself out of
that hole. Music helps, and I'll
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do my best to bring light into
your life. But fight for yourself because
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you fucking deserve to be here and
you deserve to live. And just I
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love you from the bottom of my
heart. I know I don't know you,
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and I'm sorry if that's meaningless to
you, but I do love you,
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and welcome to the nest. That
was the best part of the whole
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interview. Like we didn't even have
to do the rest of the interview because
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people need to hear that right now. Shit to be blunt. Shit's fucked
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up, Shit's fucked up, and
there's a lot of people that are hurting.
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And you know, I've been there. Yeah, I've looked at myself
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in the mirror and hated who I
was, and I've you know, I've
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I've overdosed in the past and I've
I've lost all my friends. But from
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that, from the glass I built
a home that's a lyric in one of
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my most listened to songs called Embers
on Spotify. From the glass I built
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at home. I will never be
ashamed from the glass and the records that
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you've created in your life in the
suffering. No matter how far I'm a
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skill you've gone, there is always
a way out, and I promise you
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that I'm living proof of that.
So just keep trying to survive and love
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with all your heart and don't become
bitter. And that's what I have to
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say to you. Well, we
love you, and we love that you're
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here at Lward and Leaf and thanks
for being on the Adventures of Pintment.
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and I'm here with Raven Gray.
Hello everybody, how are you here at
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Louder than Life? Oh my god, I'm doing fucking fantastic. Thank you
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for us. Isn't it freaking amazing
here? It's incredible. I've never experienced
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anything like it. So what made
it better than anything else you've experienced?
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I think the people, for one, including my team, it made this
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experience possible nice and that's always good. But yeah, absolutely, And the
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experience on stage and the way that
the artists are treated. Danny Wimmer treats
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every artist is the same. We're
all treated with respect and value and taking
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care of very well. So I
really really appreciate that, and yeah,
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I'm very grateful for that. And
I think that's what makes Susceptible unique.
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You know. It's very organized,
Yeah, and that's always good to hear.
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Because I love hearing how artists are
treated. And yes, Danny Wimmer
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is great. I do a lot
of festivals. That's not usually what I'm
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getting as the feedback exactly Spannerival.
Yeah, yeah, he's He's incredible.
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And I'm just so wanted to be
here and I can't wait to play that
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here. Nice. So tell me
about what really started your musical journey.
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What was that moment that like you
just knew this is where you were going
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big? I was young, I
was twelve years old. I said it
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before in another interview. I'll give
you a little bit of a different rendition.
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I was in my bathtub, and
I was singing, and I was
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making voice memos in my bathroom.
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time in my bathroom with the acoustics. I love that reverb, you know,
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And so it gave you that natural
valhalla in that bathroom. And and
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I would just do voice memo after
a voice memo after a voice memo,
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and I would take YouTube beats offline
and just put my phone right next to
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it, like the shitty iPhone three, the big clunky one. And I
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still can't get into it. God, damn it. I need to find
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the password or go to Apple care
something, maybe look in their Space account
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exactly. And and you know,
I'd love actually never had in my Space
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account. I seem a lot older
than I am. I was born in
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nineteen ninety nine. Well there you
go. So I'm but it started then,
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you know, I just I knew. I'm like, if I can
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create a song off a type beat
and I'm freestyling, and I feel it
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in my heart, this fucking pulsating
desire, this passion to just be heard.
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I don't want to be fucking famous. I want to be known and
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heard so that I can give out
my theatrical best performance in a way that
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is impactful to the youth and to
others. You know, this isn't about
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me, This isn't about Raven Gray. This is about the nest and everything
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that comes with Raven Gray. And
it all started in my bathroom and I'm
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yeah, that's when it started.
I'm grateful for that moment. I love
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everything you said there because there are
a lot of artists out here looking to
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make it big or go viral or
not here specifically, just in general,
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and an artist should be just so
authentic. Absolutely, I don't think that's
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the way. You know, it's
not the way. And anybody can be
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an artist nowadays, right. You
know what, there's a separation between what
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an artist that needs to create art
to live. If I were to beat
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sold tomorrow, you can never create
art again. I would feel like that
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was the end of my life.
Yeah, you know, and that difference
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true artists. I have to do
this. I have to do this because
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it was ingrained in me. It's
my purpose. Yeah, it's my desire
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and my passion, and along that, I just I can't wait to meet
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the lovely people along the road.
And I'm sure I'll meet some not so
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lovely people, but that's okay too. Everybody has their own journey. You
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never know what's going on in somebody
else's head. And I'm just so honored
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and so humbled to be here.
I love it, and you know,
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and that's where the music does come
in because it is therapy. It's therapy
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for you as the artists, but
also the other person. So maybe you'll
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meet those not so great people and
you'll win them over by hitting them somewhere
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in their heart with your art.
Yeah, that's my only intention. Yeah,
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used to bring joy and and turn
the fuck up. And that's the
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true artist, because there's so many, like you said, nowadays that it's
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so easy to make saturated. It
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just do it for the wrong reason
exactly. I can't lie. You know.
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I've been I've been a little bit
stunned by the era of young kids
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that have a lot of money or
their parents are money or connections, and
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they don't have that much musical you
know, talent, which you know,
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I'm not knocking on you. If
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you deserve that money. But it's
like art. You want to be
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an artist, all right, So
you're putting all this money into this auto
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tune and you're blowing up, but
you're not selling tickets, right, And
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then the real artists have to work
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then once they get there, the
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you do sell tickets, yes,
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it's good not to frown upon those
other people as well, because they everybody
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has an innate ability to create art
and an innate desire to create art.
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So you know, I just with
that being said, I just I'm very
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intrigued when it comes to figuring out
what makes an artist timeless and what makes
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an artist just a blip on the
map. You know what I think is
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what makes them timeless is everything we're
saying. When they are truly an artist,
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true to the art itself, they
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happen. Kurt Kobe never wanted fame. If it was up to him,
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he would sit with Courtney and just
played the acoustic guitar in the hotel,
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you know. And that's a true
artist. Yeah, And it's it's a
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detachment to outcome. You know.
I'm not sitting here with an attachment to
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being fucking famous or a millionaire.
I am sitting here with the desire and
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intend to create beautiful music that moves
people in ways that are detrimental and fucking
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undeniable, and that will lead me
to that destination without that attachment. There
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you go. I love that you
have a musical note tattoo, like right
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by your voice box. Yes,
it's my favorite. Tell me when that
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happened and what made you think of
that? You know what, I got
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a lot of random mask tattoos,
but this one specifically, I love the
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placement, right, that's what I
had noticed. I forget what chakra this
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is. This is the heart shocker. Don't don't quote me on this,
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all right, I don't know,
but right here I feel it in my
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body. Yeah, and this is
the center, this is this is where
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why I breathe. This is how
I breathe, you know. And and
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and this is music and that's what
it is to me. It's my best
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friend. Music should be your best
friend. That's birthday. If you're an
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artist, it should be your best
friend. Because never let any of us
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down. Like, look at where
we're at here, at Louder than Life.
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There's no outsiders. Nobody's the same, everybody's who they are, nobody
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hating, everybody united, everybody feeling
a feeling and having that family late togetherness.
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And that's what it is. It's
the feeling, yeah, you know,
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and it's important. And that long
lasting relationship with my fans is what
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I'm craving and that's what I will
get because I just want to love them.
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I want to love them the way
that they love me because they deserve
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it. And there's the reason why
I'm here. So there you go.
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So what are you gonna do now
after Louder than Life. Well, I'm
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very happy you asked that question.
I'm very very excited. I've been looking
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for the right producer for a very
long time. I've worked with a lot
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of really great people and not saying
they aren't the right fit for me.
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But this next project I'm working on, I'm working with a producer under the
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name Matthew Pauling and he is absolutely
incredible. We click on a level that
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is just important, so cohees if
he brings out the best to me.
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You know, it's like it's like
pulling a string and you know, and
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and I come alive into a totally
different realm of an artist, you know.
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And it's just the confidence level in
the angst and my voice and like
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you can just you can tell it's
the right fit. So we're working on
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an EP and then from there we're
going to figure out the best way to
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distribute it and go from there.
And as long as it takes to create
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beautiful music and we just go with
the flow. I love it. And
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that is the story. When any
band I've ever heard of that had long
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lasting, you know, presence in
music, they had that connection with their
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producer where the producer didn't tell them
what to do or try to change them,
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just developed what was already there exactly. So that's so cool you have
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that. I'm really, really,
really excited, you know, and it
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keeps me focused, and it keeps
me out of trouble, and it it
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shows me that I'm on the right
path. And I'm very grateful for Matthew.
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I'm very grateful for all of the
producers that have helped me in the
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past, you know, Mike Peppe, and there's just so many other people.
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There's too many names, but yeah, I'm very grateful to Beer and
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and and and very thankful for Bobby
Shubinsky and Danny Wimmer and there's many others.
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Nice. It's nice to have so
many people like that in your corner
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because you are definitely, like I
say, a true artist. Now,
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what's the craziest story in your musical, the craziest story in the music industry?
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Oh god, you're gonna do it
your journey, I would say.
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During my addiction, I was up
all night until is this like a bad
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crazy story or like a good crazy
whatever you wanted to be? And I
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went and shot a music video.
I was up on that on Molly,
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and I didn't sleep and I needed
to shoot a music video the next day,
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so I still went on Molly and
it was a great music video.
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It was lovely, it happened,
it was fun. The greatest moment of
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my career yet, I would say
working with matt Working with Matthew, sorry
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my voice is clearly gone, and
being on stage, on the road,
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on stage, there you go.
Yeah, those were the best. But
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I've got some pretty gnarly bad stories, like I'm pretty sure a lot of
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artists have before recovery, and those
will be in my book later on,
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when I write a book, But
for now, that's all you get.
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You can't go on the musical journey
without gnarly story about pain, without suffering,
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without a little bit of spiritual growth. Right, That's right, that's
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right. That's why it's all about
ya. Listen. I look at it
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this way. Most of artists are
tortured souls anyway. That's why they're artists
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trying to survive, you know,
there you go, she's got the tattoo
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right there, trying to survive.
And you know, Louder than Life is
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the biggest festival I've ever played,
and it's a great start, and I
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can't fucking wait to play more festivals. This is only the beginning. It's
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just going to be a very long
journey and I'm ready for it. And
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I have the best manager, Jack
Novak. I have the best team around
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me, so I'm not worried at
all. And I love it. I
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love hearing all that. How the
people connect you on socials, on the
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web, buy your merch, check
you out, all that good stuff.
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How do they do that? Yes, okay, so you can go ahead
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and go on Instagram and it's at
Raven Gray. There's two ends, so
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R I V E N N G
R A Y and when you get there,
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welcome to the nest. I really
look forward to meeting and loving all
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of you, even if it's through
virtual world. I'm sure we'll meet in
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person one day. There you go, And is there anything we haven't covered
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yet that you want them to know
about Raven Gray. I want you guys
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to know that you are Raven Gray. There would be no Raven Gray without
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you, and I want you guys
to know that you're loved. I'm not
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here to be this diva rock star
that you bow down to. I'm here
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to fucking show you love, and
when I get on that stage with you,
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we're one, right, We're a
family. And I also want to
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let you know I want to talk
about mental health and anything that you're struggling
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with, depression, addiction, grief, anything, there's a way out.
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And I promise you you're so worth
it, You're worth the fight. But
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only you can pull yourself out of
that hole. Music helps, and I'll
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do my best to bring light into
your life. But fight for yourself because
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you fucking deserve to be here and
you deserve to live. And just I
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love you from the bottom of my
heart. I know I don't know you,
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and I'm sorry if that's meaningless to
you, but I do love you,
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and welcome to the nest. That
was the best part of the whole
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interview. Like we didn't even have
to do the rest of the interview because
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people need to hear that right now. Shit to be blunt. Shit's fucked
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up, Shit's fucked up, and
there's a lot of people that are hurting.
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And you know, I've been there. Yeah, I've looked at myself
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in the mirror and hated who I
was, and I've you know, I've
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I've overdosed in the past and I've
I've lost all my friends. But from
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that, from the glass I built
a home that's a lyric in one of
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my most listened to songs called Embers
on Spotify. From the glass I built
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at home. I will never be
ashamed from the glass and the records that
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you've created in your life in the
suffering. No matter how far I'm a
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skill you've gone, there is always
a way out, and I promise you
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that I'm living proof of that.
So just keep trying to survive and love
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with all your heart and don't become
bitter. And that's what I have to
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say to you. Well, we
love you, and we love that you're
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here at Lward and Leaf and thanks
for being on the Adventures of Pintment.
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Thank you so much. Thank you
for listening to the Adventures of pinate Man.
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I'm W four Cui Ray Deal
