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>>> WELL,
>>> WELL, SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN STUCK AT HOME.
OUR NEXT GUEST HAS BEEN
CONNECTING WITH FRIENDS AND
FANS VIA FACEBOOK LIVE AND
RECENTLY CELEBRATED HIS 100th
EPISODE.
EPISODE.
EPISODE. I'M HAPPY TO WELCOME THE AMAZING
CARL TO THE SHOW.
HEY, CALL.
HEY, CALL. THANKS SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH
ME TODAY.
ME TODAY.
ME TODAY. >> I THINK FOR HAVING ME.
>> FOR SURE.
SO YOUR FACEBOOK SHOW, WHICH IS
CALLED STUCK ON THE COUCH, VERY
GOOD, YOU JUST HAD 100th
EPISODE.
EPISODE.
EPISODE. YOU STARTED THIS VERY EARLY ON.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START
DOING IT?
DOING IT?
DOING IT? >> HONEST TRUTH IS THAT I
PLAYED MUSIC FOR A LIVING.
THAT IS ALL I DO.
SO WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED
SHUTTING DOWN, I HAD NO SOURCE
OF INCOME.
OF INCOME. SO I THOUGHT, MY BEST BET WOULD
PROBABLY TRY TO TRY TO PLAY
MUSIC FOR PEOPLE IN HOPES TO
MAKE SOME TIPS MONEY.
AND THEN IT SORT OF TURNED IN
-- I GOT CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT
COME EVERY DAY AND THEY JUST
KEPT ENCOURAGING ME TO KEEP
GOING.
GOING.
GOING. SO
GOING. SO I DID.
SO I DID.
SO I DID. AND SO IT IS BEEN -- YESTERDAY
WAS MY 100th DAY IN A ROW.
AND THEN I HAVE ALSO THAN A
COUPLE OF SIDE STREETS FOR
OTHER PEOPLE.
OTHER PEOPLE. IN FACT, TONIGHT, DOING ONE FOR
TEQUILA.
TEQUILA.
TEQUILA. A STREAM ON THEIR PAGE.
THEY GOT 20 MILLION VIEWS ON
THEIR LIVE STREAMS.
AND THEN I HAVE DONE A COUPLE
OTHERS ON MY FESTIVALS.
SO I HAVE BEEN KEEPING BUSY..
YOU HAVE BEEN CREATIVE AND,
LIKE, YEAH, KEEPING YOURSELF
VERY BUSY.
VERY BUSY. GOT TO BE CREATIVE TO KEEP IT
GOING.
GOING.
GOING. >>
GOING. >> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> I THINK THAT DURING YOUR
LIVE SHOW, PEOPLE WILL COMMENT
WITH A SONG REQUEST AND YOU
WILL TRY ANYTHING.
SO, LIKE, SO MANY MUSICIANS,
LIKE, MYSELF INCLUDED WOULD BE
LIKE, ARE MORE HESITANT TO
FOCUS ON AND HAVE A GO AT IT.
REALLY, I GOT TO SAY, YOU'RE
PRETTY FEARLESS.
PRETTY FEARLESS. IS THAT JUST KIND OF JUST
GENERALLY YOUR PERSONALITY?
>> NOT ADULTS.
FRIENDLY, THE VERY FIRST THING
I DID THIS, IT IS -- I DON'T
GET NERVOUS WHEN I PLAY IN
FRONT OF PEOPLE.
THE VERY FIRST DAY, STARTED
DOING A LIVESTREAM.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
AND I HAD NO IDEA WHY I WAS
TERRIFIED.
TERRIFIED. BECAUSE I WAS IN THE ROOM BY
MYSELF PLAYING THE GUITAR.
LOOKING AT A PHONE CAMERA.
BUT IT WAS REALLY SCARY.
BUT ONCE I GOT INTO MY COMFORT
ZONE, AFTER DOING IT SO MANY
TIMES, I GET INTO A COMFORT IN,
LIKE I SAID, SO MANY PEOPLE,
OUR BREAK LIST.
THEY COME.
THEY COME. THEY WATCHMEN EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK APP.
SO I TALKED TO THEM AND THEY
TYPE IN COMMENTS.
AND THEY ASKED FOR SONGS, I
JUST GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I
FELT COMFORTABLE.
FELT COMFORTABLE. I FELT LIKE THEY WERE JUST
SITTING THERE ON THE COUCH WITH
ME.
ME.
ME. AND
ME. AND IF WE WERE JUST SITTING IN
A ROOM TOGETHER AND I WAS WITH
FRIENDS AND HE ASKED ME TO TRY
SOMETHING, THAT WOULD NOT -- SO
THAT IS SORT OF HOW I STARTED
LOOKING AT IT.
THE PEOPLE THAT I WAS PLAYING
FOR.
FOR.
FOR. THEY
FOR. THEY ASKED ME FOR SOMETHING, I
JUST TRY.
JUST TRY.
JUST TRY. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK.
SOMETIMES IT IS PRETTY
MISERABLE.
MISERABLE. BUT IT IS OKAY.
AND THAT IS WHAT I DO.
>> ALL I KNOW IS ON YOUR 100th
EPISODE, I WAS WATCHING IT.
AND YOU DID YOU COVERED THE
JOHN LEGEND SONG.
AND HE SAID, YOU DON'T PLAYED
ONCE BEFORE.
ONCE BEFORE. YOU TRY IT AND, WOW, I WAS
REALLY BLOWN AWAY.
LIKE, YOU REALLY CAN -- LIKE SO
MANY GENRES.
MANY GENRES. SONGS.
SONGS.
SONGS. >>
SONGS. >> YOU MENTIONED THE JOHN
LEGEND SONG.
LEGEND SONG. I JUST PICK UP TRYING TO PLAY
PIANO.
PIANO.
PIANO. I
PIANO. I GOT A NEWBORN SON.
HE IS 1 YEAR OLD.
WHEN HE WAS BORN, I THOUGHT, I
WANT TO CHILD TO LEARN HOW TO
PLAY PIANO.
PLAY PIANO. HOW OLD SHOULD SHE BE?
AND THEN I SHOWED HER HOW TO
PLAY PIANO.
PLAY PIANO. MY SON IS GOING TO LEARN HOW TO
PLAY PIANO.
PLAY PIANO. IN DECEMBER, I BOUGHT AN
ELECTRIC PIANO.
ELECTRIC PIANO. I HAVE BEEN TEACHING MYSELF. SO
THAT IS WHY JUST LIKE, I HAVE
TRIED THE JOHN LEGEND SONG BY
MYSELF BEFORE.
MYSELF BEFORE. BUT I HAD ONLY EVER PLAYED AT
ONE TIME.
ONE TIME.
ONE TIME. FOR PEOPLE.
FOR PEOPLE. SO YEAH, THAT IS A LITTLE
SCARY.
SCARY.
SCARY. AND I DID NOT DO IT VERY WELL.
>> YOU DID IT.
AND I REALLY BLOWN AWAY THAT
YOU JUST RECENTLY STARTED
PLAYING PIANO BECAUSE YOU HAD
ME FOOLED.
ME FOOLED. SO YOU ARE PLAYING KEYBOARD AND
YOU PLAY GUITAR AND YOU DO SO
MANY GENRES OF SONGS.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING
MUSIC?
MUSIC?
MUSIC? WHAT IS YOUR PHYSICAL BACK ON?
>> OH, GUYS.
EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GET.
I WAS PROBABLY, TRYING TO
THINK, MAYBE 10 YEARS OLD THE
FIRST TIME I PICKED UP A GUITAR
BUT FUNNY ENOUGH, WHEN I FIRST
STARTED, GUITAR LESSONS, I DID
NOT PRACTICE AT ALL.
AND MY GUITAR TEACHER TOLD MY
MOM YOU'RE WASTING YOUR MONEY.
TAKE YOUR CHILD OUT OF LESSONS.
AND SHE DID.
FLASHFORWARD FOUR OR FIVE
YEARS, I THINK I WAS 14 WHEN I
PICKED UP AND I THOUGHT,
LEARNING HOW TO PLAY AN
INSTRUMENT.
INSTRUMENT. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME.
35 YEARS THAT I HAVE PLAYED
GUITAR.
GUITAR.
GUITAR. YOU HAVE DONE OVER 100 FACEBOOK
LIVES NOW.
LIVES NOW. HOW MANY SONGS DO YOU THINK
THAT YOU, LIKE, THAT YOU KNOW.
LIKE, HOW MANY SONGS YOU KNOW
HOW TO PLAY?
COULD YOU EVEN GUESS TO THAT?
>> WELL, LET'S SEE.
THAT IS A TOUGH QUESTION
BECAUSE I PLAYED SONGS THAT I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY SOME
TEMPS.
TEMPS.
TEMPS. BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ASK, YOU
KNOW, YOU CAN GET ON MIND AND
LOOK UP A SONG.
AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT APPS
WILL POP UP WHERE PEOPLE WILL
HAVE, LIKE, WRITTEN DOWN A
COURSE THAT THOSE SONGS ARE IN.
AND IF I KNOW THE MELODY IN MY
HEAD, MOST OF THE TIME, I CAN
SORT OF HALFWAY THINK MY WAY
THROUGH IT.
THROUGH IT. SO THAT IS WHAT I DO A LOT OF
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. SO
TIMES. SO IF YOU'RE ASKING ME, LIKE,
HOW MANY SONGS CAN I ATTEMPT TO
LIKE THAT, IT IS A VERY LARGE
NUMBER.
NUMBER.
NUMBER. I
NUMBER. I GOT -- WHEN I LOOK UP A SONG,
I HAVE AN APP THAT HAS ALL THE
SONGS THAT I LOOKED UP ON IT.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE SONGS
THAT I ACTUALLY KNOW.
PLAY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. I'M A BIG FAN OF THE FAKE IT
UNTIL YOU MAKE IT.
JUST KIND OF GO AND USUALLY
PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. WHAT -- SO WE ARE GOING TO HEAR
YOU HEAR A SONG HERE IN JUST A
SECOND.
SECOND.
SECOND. BUT WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SONGS
TO PLAY?
TO PLAY?
TO PLAY? DO YOU HAVE CERTAIN SONGS THAT
RE YOUR FAVORITES?
>> I GET ASKED THAT QUESTION
QUITE OFTEN
QUITE OFTEN >> I THINK BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
DOING THIS FOR SO LONG, I
REALLY DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE
SONG ANYMORE.
SONG ANYMORE. THERE'S SOME THAT I DON'T WANT
TO PLAY.
TO PLAY.
TO PLAY. A LOT OF TIMES, AND IT WILL
CHANGE NIGHT TO NIGHT.
SO, YOU NO.
HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME WITH IT
IN THE THE NEXT NIGHT, I MIGHT
WANT TO PLAY A DEFENSE ON.
BUT I DO THIS SO OFTEN.
YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE -- I PLAY.
SOME OF MY OLD STUFF.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU ARE A MUSIC LOVER.
SO, I MEAN, THAT IS JUST WHAT
IT COMES DOWN TO.
AND, YEAH, EXPLAINED THE SAME
STUFF OVER AND OVER CAN GET
BORING.
BORING.
BORING. AND SO IT IS NICE TO MIX IT UP.
>> WHICH IS WHAT MAKES THIS
REALLY FUN BECAUSE IT IS SO --
IS STILL LOW PRESSURE AND I'M
NOT PUTTING ON A SHOW, PER SE.
IT IS MORE LIKE SITTING ON THE
COUCH WITH FRIENDS.
I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A GUITAR
AND SO THEY WILL SAY, HEY, TRY
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. I
THIS. I WILL SAY, OKAY.
AND I WILL TRY IT.
SO IT IS A LOT OF FUN AND
CERTAINLY BREAKS UP THE
MONOTONY ME.
MONOTONY ME. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. SO I HEARD THAT YOUR FANS ARE
CALLED COUCH POTATOES.
I SEE YOU HAVE -- I HURT THERE
ARE MANY T-SHIRT EVEN.
>> WHAT DOES IT SAY?
>> I HEARD THAT YOUR FANS ARE
CALLED COUCH POTATOES.
I HEARD THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY
MAKING SOME T-SHIRTS.
>> I GOT SOME T-SHIRTS FOR
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> THERE YOU GO.
AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE A
COUCH POTATO AND CHECK OUT
STUFF ON THE COUCH, WHERE CAN
THEY GO?
THEY GO?
THEY GO? >> IT WOULD BE
FACEBOOK.COM/TRAN36.
FACEBOOK.COM/TRAN36. >> CARL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TALKING WITH ME TODAY.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
>> AND HERE'S A PERFORMANCE BY
CARL STUCK.
CARL STUCK. >> ♪ YOU ARE HIDING IN THE
SHADOWS ♪ ♪ FACES ALL AROUND
YOU ♪ YOU LOCKED THE PAIN DOWN
DEEPER ♪ AND YOU KEEP IT FROM
THE WORLD ♪ KEEP YOUR SECRET ♪
NOBODY ELSE TO KEEP IT ♪ STILL
HURTS ♪ BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
FIGHT ALONE ♪ YOU DON'T HAVE TO
FACE THE WORLD ON YOUR OWN ♪
MEET BE BY THE SIDE ♪ SOMEONE
TO CONFIDE ♪ FIND YOUR OWN ♪
FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS TAKING
OVER ♪ LIKE YOU'RE LOSING ALL
CONTROL ♪ THE DEMON THAT'S
INSIDE YOU ♪ WHATEVER LET YOU
GO ♪ BUT YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST
♪ NOTE ♪ YOU WON'T BE THE
LAST ♪ SO HOLD ON ♪ IT IS
GOING TO BE A BUMPY RIDE ♪ I
WILL BE BACK BESIDE YOU ♪ YOU
DON'T HAVE TO RIDE ALONE ♪ YOU
DON'T HAVE TO FACE THE WORLD
OUT ON YOUR OWN ♪ NEED ME BY
YOUR SIDE, I WILL BE SOMEONE TO
CONFIDE IN ♪ YOU WON'T HAVE TO
FIND YOUR OWN ♪
♪
♪ ♪YOU
♪ ♪YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT ALONE
♪ YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE THE
WORLD OUT ON YOUR OWN ♪ IF YOU
NEED ME BY YOUR SIDE ♪ I WILL
BE SOMEONE TO CONFIDE IN ♪ YOU
DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT ALONE ♪
WHEN YOU NEED ME BY YOUR SIDE
♪ SOMEONE TO CONFIDE IN ♪ YOU
DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT ALONE ♪
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT ALONE ♪