Legendary Musician, Composer, Piano Player – Chris Nole

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Your positive imprint.

What's your PI.

So guess what, everybody.

He is here.

My guest today is none other.

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I'm gonna do it this way Music by the talented Chris Nole.

That's c H R i S N O L E.

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Yes, indeed.

The one and only composer of your positive imprint's

music "Elevated Intentions.".

But during the years, Chris introduced me to his own compositions not just for the podcast, but during my classroom years, for those environmental days, school

He plays them with passion, and I'm always excited to share his music with you.

And I have some of my own favorites.

Well, his talent reaches across the genre spectrum with jazz, soul, reflective melodies, the blues, just everything.

He's so talented, and I certainly admire Chris for his compositions that entertain me.

Chris describes his extensive career as a quest for music that makes you feel good when rhythms, sounds, melodies, and stories all come together to create magic.

Well, his magic, mesmerized me.

It's awesome to finally, Chris, finally to have you on the show to share your positive imprints

Chris Nole, welcome to Your Positive Imprint.

. Chris Nole: Ah, you do that so well.

You have like the best podcast voice.

Oh, , thank you so

much.

It's so soothing and interesting.

And thank you for the such kind words.

My

word.

Oh, well my gosh, they fit to a t.

You don't, they, I

think.

I hope I'll try to live up to that.

Thank you so much.

And uh, yeah, "Elevated Intentions.".

I remember you were forming the podcast and you wanted to use some of my music and I said, well wait a minute.

Why don't I just try to sit down, write something for Catherine, personalize it, and uh, it's a pretty cool melody if I say so myself

Oh, Chris, thank you so much for elevated intentions and for taking the time to do that.

I, uh, I threaten to release it as a single at some point I think I might do that.

I believe it's a little short right now to release but I'm gonna revisit it and I like the song a lot and I'm glad you do and I'm glad you use it.

And maybe we need to get, get it out there on all the platforms also.

So it's on my to-do list,

. Catherine: Well, Chris, whatever you wanna do, I am just thrilled it

And I, again, thank you.

So you're here, my gosh, to finally share your positive imprints.

And we have been trying for literally years , to get

together.

Yeah.

I thought it was gonna be your first

guest.

I know.

It was, it was absolutely go, but then things just didn't go right.

Uh, how many, how many podcasts have you done to date so far?

I have done 191.

I remember you were just launching this.

You've, you've such the professional now, aren't you?

? Catherine: I like to think so.

I like to think so.

And uh, started out and I had, of course I had a sponsor and then Covid hit and my sponsor died of Covid, which was, I know it was really sad for his family, but

So we're gonna look back at that and say, what the heck happened?

Yeah.

Uh, we are originally gonna do this.

Side by side.

Yep.

Uh,

live in New Mexico.

in New Mexico.

Up in your secret retreat.

That's

right.

. So, oh, Chris, it's so, so, so good to have you on the show and, and listeners are so used to hearing your name on the show.

And I do receive emails and I know you've received emails in the past from listeners, and so your music is, is just wonderful.

So we're gonna start with, my gosh, Chris, how did you get started piano playing.

Well, it's, it's probably a common story.

Like every little kid seems to wanna, wanna play the piano or maybe nowadays guitar, drums, oh, God forbid your kid wants to play drums.

We, uh, my.

Little brother Michael, who's not that little anymore, but he played drums and there was no, like the headphones and the, the little pads and all back then we had real drums in, in a tight little neighborhood,

It was a mess.

We had a very musical household.

But, um, back to how I started, I, I was always fascinated by just looking at the instrument and I start asking for one around five years old and like every other mom and dad, they thought it was just a, a little

So I kept asking and asking and asking for years.

It, it turned out to be four years before they sprung for a piano.

And I was nine at that time and I was doing really good in school.

And after, I guess some really amazing report card

my dad finally said, okay, we're gonna get this boy a piano . And, and they did.

It

was awesome.

Oh my gosh.

So, and then you took lessons or you taught yourself, or did your mom teach you?

No,

uh, so they brought in this big piano.

It was huge to me.

It, and, and uh, hindsight, I think it was only like a five foot mini grand piano, but the lid opened up and everything, so I thought it was like a concert grand on a symphony stage, to me, that's what it looked like.

But, uh, so they.

Load it in and set it up.

And so I got my piano and then I didn't know what to do with it.

I, I start touching the keys and I had no clue what to do.

So, thankfully mom knew, uh, a neighbor, a friend down the street, Mrs.

{ClaudeNikki}, who taught piano, and I don't remember the date, but I remember it was a Wednesday at 3:30PM that I walked up the street for my first piano lesson.

And that's how it started.

I think the first lesson was like,

(piano) something like that.

Like C D E E D C, . So there

you go.

. Awesome.

And so, The piano, why not the drums like your brother why the piano?

What intrigued you?

Was it something in a movie?

Was it something in the store?

Church?

I don't know.

I, I guess some kind of, uh, intuition that, that it suited me.

If I was smart, I probably would've grew my hair real long and played lead guitar cuz they get all the chicks,

. Catherine: Oh, that's funny.

But, uh, I opted to sit at the piano and I, I made it through those scales and those early books and, you know, my hands start feeling

What are these guys doing?

Why are they so cool?

Why do I like that sound so much?

And after a few years I backed away from the lessons and got more into uh, listening, you know, when anyone asks me about excelling on their instrument, the three words are listen, listen, listen.

You have to listen to what experts are doing or great musicians are doing.

Um, and point your dart at that.

But anyway, yeah, I, I start gravitating more towards pop music and, high school friends that played music and forming these little bands and, and, uh, yeah, just, just get, I, I

Growing up on Lansing Drive in Mantua with my three brothers.

And we had of course our record player upstairs and our record collection.

We covered a wide range.

But I'm proud to say that I was listening to Bill Withers and Billy Preston at a very young age.

And of course they were, uh, current stars at the time and currently on the radio.

So there was a big station in Philly called W F I L.

And I think that's where I heard most new releases from these pop artists.

And of course we had John Denver playing on the AM radio all, all the time too, and my mom used to treat me to sheet music.

Uh, I guess every payday or every other payday, she'd let me pick out, uh, a piece or two to bring home and Uh, I guess every payday or every other payday,

And I vividly remember, uh, selecting back home again, uh, from the music store and taking it home.

set it up on the piano and starting to learn this John Denver tune that was all over the radio.

Little did you know,

little did I know and little did he know.

Yeah, that's true.

And little did he know,

we used to get the radio stations out of Philadelphia, but I, I grew up in the Jersey Farms, the tomato farms and peach farms, and, uh, I picked peaches and apples.

Uh, that's how I start buying my first keyboards was working on those farms.

But so, uh, not too far away, but very far away in a, in a different sense,

You obviously learned quite a bit from the people you were working with and for, because you became a gardener yourself.

It, it, uh, I remember going from a skinny, uh, 13 year old to a muscular 16 year old, cuz the work was so grueling in the heat and long hours and lifting and, and driving tractors.

And also, yeah, it was, it was an amazing time and uh, all three of us boys worked, worked on that farm and it taught us a lot.

And of course we start saving money and buying our instruments.

So yeah, it was a stepping stone to a lot of

things.

Absolutely.

Oh my gosh.

I hope that farm is still in existence today.

I think it is.

It's called High League Orchards and it was founded by, uh, an old German immigrant and it, it's generational.

So the younger generation probably still runs it to this day.

Well, such great experience.

And I did not know that about you.

You've never talked about I had met any surprises.

You do.

And I, that's, that's an exciting one because it, like you say, it was grueling hard labor.

You learned a lot.

You, you met a lot of people.

I think that when kids at a young age work someplace where they have to learn responsibilities, I just think you grow out of it so much better.

I would recommend it for any youth.

Yeah, absolutely.

And wisdom grows and you also have a lot of memories for reflection, and I think that's important too, as we grow.

Yeah.

One

memory is, uh, getting up at 5:30 in the morning.

Riding the bike four miles to a cold dewey August morning and swearing that I cannot do this for the rest of my life and I need to do music.

So there you go.

And it was a stepping stone,

it was a motivator.

It was, yeah.

My husband was on a farm in Missouri and his family had a farm, so it was the same thing.

And carrying those bales of hay and driving the tractors and he would say to himself, I'm going to be an engineer.

But it teaches you values and the value of, of family life too, I think.

I think so.

In a lot of respects.

So now you finished schooling mm-hmm and you decided to just

pack it up.

Not quite yet.

Okay.

So I went from the, the farm to, uh, I started teaching a little music at the D Mall to, piano and organ customers.

People who just would purchase, uh, and they really had no clue.

And I'd start showing them the, these easy book, uh, songs.

It was really about selling the pianos and organs, but I was there to kind of encourage them to play better.

And that lasted, uh, I think two years, something like that.

And I, I was getting ancy so I would go out and sit in with some local bands and, and the whole scene in my area was country music.

Believe it or not, , uh, dance halls.

And so this is where I would start meeting people.

And I finally got an offer to join a full-time, six nights a week, dance hall type of country venue, country band thing.

I thought it was an amazing offer.

And the money back then was, I guess just under 300 a week.

But in the seventies, that was like, Hey, yeah, 20 years old, making adult wages.

So, uh, I jumped into that band and I kicked around in many of those bands, uh, pen, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware for, I don't know, 5, 6, 7 years.

But, but that also served me by playing with different entertainers, singers, and bands

forced me to get more comfortable on piano and keyboards.

And this was prior to moving to Nashville.

So I think that helped me prepare to move to Nashville.

The positive imprints that

you were already building and leaving imprints with those students that you were teaching and inspiring them to play.

Now you don't know where they are today, but the value and the positive imprints you have is pretty extraordinary and goes way back.

I'll tell you where one of those students ended up.

He's a very successful actor outta New York City now.

He does movies and TV commercials and, uh, cable and yeah, we've been, we've stayed in touch for those many, many years.

And we actually talked just a few days ago, but, uh, he came into that store

just wanting more background on how to play a little bit better.

And little did I know he was this major accomplished singer who would later sing on Broadway.

So that's one of them.

I don't know where the rest went.

Chris Nole's piano playing career has been successful.

Sadly his dad would not live to watch his son grow in his musical talent.

Following the loss of his dad, Chris continued working hard and building a career in which he has played for not only the late John Denver, but Faith Hill, Travis Tritt, Oak Ridge

Chris recounts his past and the decisions he made in order to fulfill his dreams and goals.

Well, I kicked around the area in these local bands and I just, I.

I was thinking there's gotta be something more, and I wanna, I wanna hang with the bigger dogs.

And it was either move to New York City, Los Angeles, or Nashville.

And because of my, uh, love of bands like the Allman Brothers and Leonard Skynyrd, and I just like, you know, if you listen to some of that stuff, the keyboard parts are amazing.

And that really attracted me.

Mm-hmm.

, it really did, uh, pop music, uh, at that time was a lot of synth and drum machines and guitar and I, I just liked playing a real piano, (piano) you know, so those styles attracted me.

I figured I, I should head south and that's what I did.

My other two brothers had left and I was about to leave to go to Nashville and I felt really guilty.

It's like, oh, you know, to, to leave and then knowing your mom would be alone, but she was much younger back then and very resilient and did, did pretty good as far as I remember, uh, when her last boy moved out.

How old were you when you threw everything in your country truck

Oh yeah.

My old Chevy truck.

I think I was 26.

I didn't really have a plan.

I, , loaded up what I had- keyboards and, uh, I think an old mattress and found a really cheap apartment.

I think my rent was $260 a month.

. Yeah.

Now you can imagine what that looked like.

But yes,

that was, uh, late eighties.

Late eighties.

So, uh, yeah, it was kind of a dump, but it worked for a single guy, kicking around and really just doing the music thing.

So, there I was Nashville.

So what do you do when you get to Nashville?

Well, I don't know what you do now.

It's probably similar.

You, you go out every night and you go hear bands and you walk up on breaks and say, Hey, I'm Chris.

Uh, you guys sound good.

You think I could sit in with you?

? And,

and how many yeses did you get?

Uh, you know, mostly yeses because a lot of these venues were set up to accommodate that.

They were like jam nights and, multiple bands.

And honestly, looking back, you could land a major tour because a lot of these guys hosting the things were in.

National acts and touring and all, and then they would also do these jams.

So, I mean, you were going right to the source back then, and if you played really good, people would get your phone number.

So I'm, I'm thinking it's still the same thing.

I'm just kind of too lazy to go out at night anymore and, uh,

But I think the same process is going on

. Catherine: Oh, that, that's, that's so cute.

Now people could see you.

All over social media.

Yeah.

And YouTube.

So, uh, yeah, the exposure is ridiculous.

Now, I, I, I really don't know how to even sort through that because if you have some little wizard getting millions and millions of views on YouTube, he's not gonna go out.

He or she is not gonna go out to the club.

They're gonna stay on YouTube.

, honestly, no matter what the exposure is, your focus really should be right here.

Are you playing good?

It's not how many people are listening, whether 10 or a hundred or a million.

How are you playing?

I say the toughest gig for me and I think for most people it's playing for 10 people, like a house party or a living room because they are right there and

And I've done a few of those gigs and I love them and I've kind of got comfortable with, with the situation.

When we were spinning them records up in the bedroom, learning them songs as youngsters, millions of people that that's what you wanna play for.

You wanna go big time And of course, That is big time.

But I've learned over the years you could be playing a festival with 40,000 people, a sea of faces, and they're so far removed from you in your performance.

The connection is not the same at all.

Uh, you're connecting with, with your monitor guy who's 10 feet away from you, your fellow band mates and maybe your artist will look at you and talk to you and you might

It's difficult, but in a living room, you need to connect with all 10 or 20 that are sitting right in front of you and they wanna be entertained and they wanna connect with you.

.

And I've stayed a fan, uh, the whole way.

I know they had some strange years and crash and burn, but they, they were resurrected and yeah, I'm, I'm one of the, Rock Front men, Stephen Tyler and Rock History, of course.

And yeah, and all original members still, I do believe, but I remember, I, I was young.

I, I don't know, 14 or 15, and I remember the smell of this aroma all around me.

Oh, it was a new smell.

Kind of a pleasant smell.

and Wow.

your introduction to

the whole arena filled with this beautiful smell of burning plants.

Yeah.

,

How did you do that?

Were you trying to find auditions?

Yeah, um, well, I moved to Nashville.

I had to pay rent, so I got in a van and went out with this band, and we played, uh, Holiday Inn lounges, you know, and, um, the drives were brutal.

And the gigs, I appreciate the income, but the gigs were like four sets a night playing covers, but.

It served me well.

It paid my rent and it kept me on stage.

Tiny stage, but a stage nevertheless.

Of course I knew there was more to music than that, so I kept my antenna up and uh, I, I got an audition with a band that had a record deal, it was called Ry the River.

And I was very impressed with that.

I was go going from cover band to okay, these guys are on the radio, now they weren't that famous and you probably can't find a thing about them.

I think they had, uh, one song make it to like 40 on the country charts.

But to me that was a big deal.

These guys been in the studio, have a record deal.

I think it was, uh, Arista for like five minutes.

They were on the record label, then dropped.

So then we start playing the big Nat clubs, uh, the grizzly rows in Denver and Tullies in Phoenix.

So we had, we were on a bus and it was a ratty old bus, but we were on a bus and we thought that was a big deal, and we were now traveling the country playing these big rooms.

So that was a step up to me, and the money was decent.

And after two or three years I was, we were all figuring out there was really no future.

I think they, they peaked and, and it was just a downward slide.

So, but all the time, paying rent so that, that counts for something and experience.

Mm-hmm.

, lots of experience.

And when at that time in the bigger clubs, uh, national acts would come in, people currently on the radio, and we'd warm up and shake hands with them.

And so I felt like I was brushing up against the big time, finally.

And then I started getting auditions for people with record deals, I like to say they're on the radio cuz there was no internet, YouTube blah, blah blah.

Nothing if you, you had to be on terrestrial radio to be on your way up or really doing anything.

It was all brick and mortar radio stations.

So I think my first national act that had a deal on Columbia, Columbia Records Nashville was Shelby Lynn.

And they were spinning her, her records and I was in her band.

And so that, that was the first time I was with an artist who had a record deal and, and the whole, whole enchilada.

I started kicking around from ACT to act and, the, the goal is to, get into better situations, whether that's money or, accommodations or more dates throughout the year.

I think from Shelby, I went to a fantastic talent on RCA named Laurie White, fabulous singer and entertainer.

And then, uh, Laurie took a break.

She was in between record deals.

And then I got an audition for this, Unknown chick singer.

Nice long blonde hair named Faith Hill.

Oh my . Yeah.

And no one knew who she was except a few folks in Nashville.

So I went to that audition and we just hit it off.

It was great.

She liked my backup singing and she liked my piano playing and I clicked with the band, so she hired me and I've seen Faith turn into a superstar like in four weeks.

I've never seen anything like that.

Uh, they really maybe Was your piano playing?

Oh yeah.

It was absolutely my piano playing . The record was recorded before I got the band.

Oh, okay.

The song was Wild One and they released it and it flew to like top 10.

Number one.

And then Letterman booked her, Jay Leno booked her the Grand ol Opry booked her and I did all that stuff with her.

It was truly amazing.

How fun.

Yeah.

Let's talk about your contributions to our community, the worldwide community.

The global community with the music that you're writing.

You're not just writing music, you've also written a book.

Uh oh.

Yeah.

Um, actually I'm, I'm working on that.

I'm updating it.

It, and, and, and, uh, I wanna say it's more of a guide.

I, I wish it was a full book, but I don't have that much patience.

And, and I think

, Catherine: you write music, Chris.

Well,

I feel like I try to get the point across as quick as I can.

And it's really, it's really to point musicians in the right direction.

It's, uh, it's called Collect Your Music, royalties!, exclamation point.

Cause uh, you want me to tell you a little bit

about that?

Absolutely.

It's part of your positive imprint.

I've already had inquiries and I've already sent people where to go for the

book.

Okay.

So, I run with a lot of guys my age who have done amazing musical things, singer songwriter performers.

One guy flies to LA every few months talking to music supervisors and, and doing the soap opera music and you know, so these guys are professionals making a living and know a lot about the music business.

And in discussions with them, I would mention this term or another term or this type of royalty or in the entity.

And they would look at me, kind of glassy eyed.

So I'm going, oh, these guys are professionals and are a little confused.

I know these indie artists have to be really confused.

So I put this guide out about, when you release music, see today everyone can release music because of the digital realm and digital, , distributors.

So you're actually your own little record label.

You're, you're functioning as one, but we're all forced to function as one but you really don't know how.

How to go about it.

So basically, uh, long story longer, uh, I'm, I'm trying to point these folks in the right direction.

Well, if your music is being played here, you need to look out for this royalty being kicked off and here's how you collect it.

And there, there's so many different types of royalties and entities that collect them and all these accounts you need to create.

So my guide helps a little bit with that,

and it's for United States.

But I will tell you, a couple of folks in England who contacted me and they have access to Amazon and they did go to, grab that book.

No, no.

They, they could use some of it.

The reason I say it's for the US based independent arts because our collection agencies mm-hmm.

deal with, uh, streams in the US and collections in the us, but.

Having that information for anybody and even translating to how it works in your own country, it Yeah, there's a benefit to glance and at it for sure.

Absolutely.

And now with the streaming, it goes over the borders.

So there's a lot.

With my podcast, I have to purchase all sorts of things for the international laws for streaming and for the cookies, the cookies that we have on our websites.

And it sounds like you, you had a crash course in that, so I think, I think I, I see you writing your own 50 page guide to help other podcasters,

. Catherine: I'll need your help.

Yeah.

I, I don't, I don't think so.

But your, your music.

So there are other things that you do besides writing your music.

Chris has always happy to answer questions from any musician, especially piano players.

And so he's now gearing up, in the planning stage, a course.

This course is to inspire practice methods, goal setting, and other ways for piano players to grow their talent.

He also volunteers his time and expertise with

Music Therapy of the Rockies, a nonprofit founded by Mack Bailey.

The time Chris has spent with Therapy of the Rockies has touched him, changed him, inspired him.

The music therapy.

The Rockies were, were co-writing with, , people affected with PTSD . that's been a big part of my year this year too.

It's sharing music and sharing experiences really aimed at, , music as healing, a way to healing through music

It's changed my life and, like a lot of musicians, some of us are introverts, we like spending time with our instrument.

And then co-writing could be a chore sometimes, cuz you have to, share the space with, with this other entity.

And in Nashville we're really good at it.

The co-writing thing is very common and very familiar.

That's a great thing about living in Nashville where I was, exposed to that early on.

So I'm really comfortable with co-writing.

Anyway, Mack Bailey founded this organization and he has this, , amazing system, and part of that system is pairing people like me up with a veteran or, and it's not limited to veterans anymore.

It, he's expanding into, other , people affected by PTSD . Anyway, I've learned to sit in a room with some of these wonderful people and, talk and listen and laugh and cry and put their story to music.

And for them to be able to let it out and actually have , a guitar or a piano player like me put it to music and put it to rhyme and reason and verse and chorus, and it's their story.

Mm-hmm.

and the transformation, A little bit of pride that it's, it's their song and, and a little bit about people are listening to me, I'm being heard.

It's just an amazing experience for the writers, for Mack and for the veterans or whoever we're, co-writing with.

I, I have to add, we're not the only people co-writing or writing songs with veterans, but, but I have to tell you the way Music Therapy of the Rockies does it, and I've seen it up close and personal many times now.

So, Makes me proud to say it really does some good and you know, how how big could you grow it?

Cuz you know, the, the, the magic really comes from Mack Bailey's empathy, right?

And the experienced songwriters who have learned to listen and just visit with, with these folks and just be with them.

So it's just a beautiful boutique organization right now.

How big it grows, I don't know.

We shall see.

Music therapy of the Rockies is now functioning in Atlanta, Boston, Missouri, Colorado.

We just did our first live music, benefit a few weeks ago, and it was, it was a joy, man.

We, we had four of us singer songwriters on the stage, and everyone hit their mark and the crowd loved it.

And we had two veterans get up with us and perform, so That's awesome.

That's great.

That was good time, boy.

That is inspiring.

Yes.

There's so much good out there.

So I'm just gonna mention a co a couple of, actually one other song that is an absolute favorite of mine, , and you already know, which is my favorite,

uh, no, I'm guessing in my head here.

Tell me, tell

me what one Oh, the, we've talked about it before.

Lay across my piano.

Oh.

Oh, baby.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I love that one.

Yeah, I, I remember you came to see us, uh, out at the Broadmoor, and I, I do believe you were slightly disappointed we didn't include it.

And I wish, I wish I did.

I wish I did that night.

So I regret that.

But, I will get it in on the next show.

Oh,

that'd be great.

Yeah.

I love that song.

And you sing it just absolutely perfect.

And, uh,

oh, I remember the, the very germination of that song, and it's for folks who haven't heard it, you, you, you're gonna have to check it out.

It's kind of a smokey blues ballad.

If you're really gonna lay across my piano, make sure you take off your boots and don't scratch up the top of the piano

But,

uh, I was playing a piano, it was a restaurant with a, a grand piano in it.

And my wonderful co-writer Stephanie Siegel, we were singing and, and I think the, the restaurant kind of emptied out.

There might have been three people at the bar.

And I just, you know, (piano) start, start, uh, messing with this smoky blues thing.

I guess I, I looked at her and said, lay across my piano baby.

And uh, she start laughing.

It was kind of a joke, . And then she came out with like, the next line, I play a song for you, and the song, it was like four lines really wasn't a song.

So in the coming days and weeks, it's like Stephanie, that that's got a cool smokey vibe.

Kind of a kind of a little bit of a love lovey dovey thing and sexy thing.

So we finished it and uh,

I remember doing

that song at a sound check at the Wheeler Opera House , just checking the piano and mic and Jim Horn was strapping on his sax, he came over to the piano and wailed this sexy bluesy sax solo.

. I would love to hear a version of that at someday too.

Oh, that's funny, . Yeah.

Well it is a great song.

I love it.

And I think that you and Molly Weaver would've done a great job at The Broadmoor, which I would love to

duplicate.

I will put that on to do list.

I would love to do that that show again, that was, that was incredible.

And how we learned all that music that quick.

Cuz a lot of folks think we have so much rehearsal time and so much prep time, but so many times you don't have a whole lot.

Like you kick around a list, oh, let's do this, this, this, this, this.

Okay, we got 20 songs.

Let's run through them real quick.

And then, then you're on stage.

And so, that was a good

night.

It was a fun night.

But, and you look at your experience too, Chris, as you were saying earlier, when you were younger and you were playing for all of the different people it was giving you that confidence

And I think John Denver you didn't have an audition, you were just kind of put at the moment.

It didn't happen.

You didn't have to sub, but it was just, here's music and voila.

Yeah, that's true.

I, I guess I always kind of disregard that, but that's kind of gets in your DNA after doing it over and over and over again.

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Next week.

Well, I thank you for all of it and I'm.

So excited and thrilled that we finally made it to virtual, but we're virtual in having you here on the show, sharing your positive imprints.

So well, it was a pleasure being here and chatting with you.

Thank you, Catherine.

Oh, you're so welcome.

So to end the show, of course, this is Chris Nole, the one and only who is the composer of Your Positive Imprint's "Elevated Intentions."

Chris, so wonderful to have you here.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome

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Low brow blues from piano blues, gumball Leia from barrel house boogie.

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