earth did that happen, Aaron?

Well, that's a longer story, but for the purposes of this podcast...

the back of one of the albums listed his public relations people in New York City.

I got the phone number for them.

I called and I said, hey, I'm this kid in Boston and he's coming to town in a couple of weeks and I sure would like to meet him and maybe ask him a few questions.

And they said, yeah, we have a meeting with him in Philadelphia next week.

Why don't you call back? So time passed so slow and I called back the following week and I Got the person on the phone and they said, oh yeah, we spoke to him.

So what's top of the shop at the moment out of everything you've listened to so far, what's currently sitting right at the very top of the leaderboard? What's the absolute pinnacle?

Sure.

Uh, but I'm basically measuring, you know, how much did I enjoy this experience? How much did this experience want me, you know, is pulling me forward to the next album? And I, you know, my questionnaire, it lists out what the next album is.

Uh, so how much do I want, wanna listen to the next album? Uh, on the second and third listen, there's a question, you know, what, what was my reaction to the second and third listen? Was it, uh, uh, much weaker, slightly weaker, no change, slightly stronger, m- uh, more stronger? Uh, and then, um, how much do I wanna put this on again? So there's six or seven questions, and then free-flowing, uh, comments.

So while I'm walking I could, you know, dictate to myself comments about that particular listen.

And I, I kinda do that now as I'm listening.

It breaks up the album a little bit, uh, but you know, you get thoughts, you get insights, and, you know, you hear something you haven't heard before or a lyric lands differently than it had before or just some other thought.

And so, um, I'll, I'll stop what I'm doing, I'll dictate it, and then continue on.

Right? Yeah.