Smoothe Brand - Mixing Music with Personal Development

Hi, good morning. I am Robin Binkley and I am here with Courtney Moler, my partner with Ladies Kicking Assets. And we have the most special guest with us today, we have Roy Smooth Mix. Music and media is what he is about and he's about so much more. I've. I've had a chance as well as Courtney to visit with Roy and just. You are so full of so many things in your life. I'm thrilled that we get to talk couple of house cleaning, keeping items to chat with real quick before we get going. The three of us, we are not real experts. We have walked some paths. We've had some successes and we've had some failures which we might jump into. But we want to share that whatever we discuss today, seek guidance from your mentors, your CPAs and your legal team before you implement anything. And so we ask that you would like and subscribe to our Ladies Kicking Assets Vodcast and check Roy Smooth out and he's going to give us all the details on how to do that here in just a little bit. So, Roy, welcome. Had to get all that housekeeping out of the way before we just jump into having a great conversation with you. And yes, you know, it's.

I like, I like the seek advice and counsel.

Hey, you gotta have those disclaimers.

Yeah. It is ever more important today than not. You know, it's sad. It's sad, honestly, that we have to like, cover all of these things, you know that.

Yeah. People will say, well, you said wise as well. It's wise as well. Yeah.

It is. It is crazy times that we're living in. So I've had a chance to just spend a little bit of time with you in person. You know, one of the thing that things that we, the three of us have in common is we are in Kyle Wilson's inner circle. And most recently a couple of weeks ago, you And I and 18 others spent a little bit of time with Dennis Wheley in his home there in la. Hoya just had an incredible deep dive into life experience and what matters most, you know, and.

Right.

Just really powerful. But it also gave me a chance up close and personal to kind of get to know you, because I had not ever really visited with you in person, and that was really quite special. And so I just want you to know you made a huge impression on mine and my husband's lives when we walked away from that. So thank you.

No, thanks. You guys made a big impression at the same time. Yeah. Yeah. Actually, when you came into the room, I thought oh, they, they look pretty cool people. I must switch bas with them during the course of a few, couple of days. So I was heading your direction anyway.

Yeah, yeah, there you go. There you go. So talk to us a little bit about mix music and media. I mean I, I have looked you up and scoured all around and listened and I mean I'm just taken aback really. You've got some great depth, you've connected. Yeah. Powerful people in the industry.

Yeah, it's kind of amazing really. And it kind of, it wasn't predicted, you know, it wasn't a, kind of like a strategic plan to do all those things. They kind of fell into place on the journey, you know, starting with. Really my background has always been fashion. Anyway, that's been my background passion career wise. 20 years in fashion. Then launched my own clothing company and retail brands. And that's what got me into the Smooth brand, basically. Long story short, the fashion shows, I used to play Sade, remember that track, Smooth Operator. So that was my signature track at these fashion shows I used to do for my retail stores. And I used to take those to unusual venues, gyms, restaurants, hotels. So it was very different, you know, from the normal fashion show. And on top of that, it was more than a show. It's kind of like a performance with entertainment and everything else going on. So it's totally different. And so that's where the Smooth Brand started on the back of that name. That's kind of pretty odd. Years ago actually. So yeah, got into the Smooth Brand then what happened was being direct on the show. My wife at the time, she had breast cancer just as I was leaving a corporate role to go into kind of like this whole Smooth brand development. And I taught the redundancy and I thought, what do I do from here? And I was thinking about doing something else, which meant working close to home rather than traveling internationally all the time. And I was just thinking, you know, what if I knew when I was young what I know now, I would have done things totally different. Yeah. And so the truth is I just did some research on the Internet around youth motivation and personal development people. And there wasn't anything out there in the uk. I thought, you know, that's me, you know, rather than going out and time away my skills in the corporate world, which I did extremely well, I thought, you know, do something for the next generation. And my son Joseph, he was seven at that time and I did that, went to the States. That's where I first met Les Brown. So I went to the States for A speaking training event. And I wasn't impressed with the way I delivered my own speeches. So I just put music behind it. Okay. Yeah. And then when we were driving around in the car with Joseph, he was able to tell me, his mom at the time, what music, sorry, what message was on each music track? You know, I think I did a little album just for messing around with seven or eight tracks on. And it goes, dad, you played track number seven where you say this and track number three where you say this. And I thought, okay, next, this is a really good tool for community, communicating, personal development and life skills etc to that young audience, and particularly Joseph. His mum, well, changed my wife's pathway several months after I've done that. And I suddenly thought, you know, I need to help him develop to be a strong, mature, wise, well rounded young individual. How would I do that? And without sitting down, sitting in the chair in front of me and going through the whole coaching routine and saying, look, this is how life goes and whatever else. So I decided just to put those messages in music Mix Les Brown, some inspirational speakers, people like TD Jakes, actually, he was one of my first clients at the time, Jim Rohn, etc. Mix their messages with music. One, to communicate with Joseph. And then two, I thought this would reach young people generally, but then it cotton on that, you know, older folks, millennials at that time and, you know, kind of our age group were buying into it. So that's how it all picked off with music. So what I did to promote that, I kind of combined my background in fashion and merchandise and whatever else and marketing with a music mix. And I've kind of done it really, to be honest, as just a, a route to enable me to stay at home and bring Joseph up for the next, what would be 14 years actually. He was 21.

Yeah.

And you know, on that journey, this is how I delivered motivation, inspiration, education, entrepreneurial learning or whatever else through the mix. And obviously at the same time, you know, I developed it as a. Its own brand and a business at the same time. So that's how the music media came into play. And is Mason, you know, it's that long ago, quite a while ago. And at this point Now, Jose is 27 now, actually. You see all the things that he learned during that time through the delivery of that messaging, through the music he's coming in to play and he's working out in his own life at this moment in time. To the point Robin, where, you know, files and invited him to the next event. Yeah. Which I'm sure when he goes there, he was talking about his journey and his story, and you'll be able to hear it from a different angle then. Yeah. So that's how the music media takes place. So with that now, obviously it's. It's done. Okay. Currently, in terms of streaming numbers, I think the streams have reached over 80,185 million streams worldwide on the music platforms. So the reach has been really good.

Huge.

And the cool thing about that was actually at that point in time where I decided to go down the street, I can like, set out a. A goal myself. And the goal was literally to motivate and inspire individuals around the world. Yeah. Didn't have a clue how that was going to be done, but that was the goal. And you know, and through smooth mix, when you go back and obviously to the biggest now reaching 185 million people or streams, which is obviously a lot of people around the world, is kind of worked out that original vision mission, and it's still ongoing. So the mission now is to reach 1 billion streams. Okay. 2000, sorry, 2026, probably earlier is my target.

Yeah, that's an awesome goal.

I love it.

So if I talk too much, just stop me if you've got any questions.

Great.

You haven't. You haven't. Well, you know, you did say. You did say this one thing, and I just, I. I don't know that I. That I agree with you on this one thing that you said and then I'll share with you. Why? Because you. You and I had this conversation. You said, you know, if I knew. Excuse me, then what I knew now in my older self, for my younger self, there would be some things that I would change. Well, I mean, I'm. Truthfully, we all kind of feel that way, but we had this conversation, and I really believe this with all my heart. And Courtney, we've had kind of a conversation sort of around this. You know, we have an anointing, but there's an appointed time, and we would not be where we are right now had we not journeyed all of that. And so it would be impossible to go back to our younger self because we don't have the wisdom, nor were we really prepared to handle all that we needed to be in this space and touching your goal of 1 billion students. You know, I don't know. At least I can speak for myself. You know, if I'd have gone back 20 years ago with where I am right now, all the life experience and the financial education and decisions, the good and the bad, would I have the lens that I'm looking through in the heart of our. My mission and my vision and my values now then they were not the same. They were not bad, but they were not the same. And so I really, I think that, you know, you're. You're stepping into an appointed time and you needed all of the life that you've been in. I mean, the tough things. You've. You've lost loved ones, you've raised a child, you've created uber successful businesses, you're world renowned, you've been the room with incredible thought leaders and highly skilled musicians from all sorts of, you know, arenas, you know, and. And we have the privilege of sitting with you here today just to have a very transparent conversation, you know, which I value so much. Courtney and I value so much. It really means a lot.

Well, thanks for that, Robin.

It's true. It's true. I really, you know, Courtney and I both, you know, we've journeyed through some tough stuff and wow, I am so grateful because I operate and look at the room very differently now than I did just, you know, six months ago.

Really.

It's so true.

No, it's totally true, actually. And I guess when you say that, that was my thinking at that time.

Yeah.

Yeah. At that moment in time. So that thinking started me on that road. If I wasn't thinking that way at that time, then I wouldn't have gone down that route of, you know, looking into personal development, motivating young people, etc. So that was for a pointed reason, I guess, following on what you said. I 100 agree. And, you know, the journey and the experience is all unpredictable and you couldn't scripted them and if you did. Scripted a bit differently. Yeah. You know, they say you're a director of your own movie. I say yes, but there's somebody else probably in the direction of the movie, as we know for sure.

Well, I think if we had known some of the outcomes we'd all been walking through these last couple of months, we'd probably hijacked the plot.

Yeah. And done look for the easier routes.

Yeah.

Nature. I think that's human nature, you know, so sadly.

Right.

But I think that's true.

And the thing is, I think with the journey, my thing is enjoy every. Every joy, enjoy every moment. Yeah. On that journey, right down to the dayto day, you know, right down to the disruptions, the headaches, the confusion, all that kind of stuff. You just got to contemplate on that and see where you are at that point and what direction you need to move in. And then you've got to do that on a day to day basis, I think every day. And it's not easy, you know, but the thing is, if you look at it that way, then you're living on purpose. Yeah. And you're understanding where you are in that purpose and that time, even though you don't know where it's necessarily going to take you. So. And I think it's a skill, it's another one that we need to teach to young people to live on purpose on a day to day basis. True. You've got to have a mission and vision and whatever else. And you know, that sounds good on paper, but the reality is how you handle it on a day to day basis, moment to moment basis. And that big. For me, I'm kind of, people know me as my, my, my statement is show me the memory, you know, show me the money. Yeah, okay, fair enough. That's cool for, you know, a few moments. But the thing is, show me the memories. And I'm impressed. Yeah. And so that's how I, you know, determine what things I'm doing, you know, what memories are, they can create then in the short term and in the long term and what kind of mark is it going to leave on me first, because that's important, and then the people around you, you know, your personal audience and wider business audience at the same time. So there's a lot of things that you kind of like compact into all that and you know, it's a good job. The mind is what it is and it can calculate all these millions of things in one second because there's 100 things that you're thinking about, you know, and your mind's got to decipher them and help you decide what route to take on your personal walk on a day to day basis, you know, business walk, you know, what you have to do personally, you only know what's in front of you and you've got to take a decision on what's in front of you based on who you, where you are and yourself at that moment in time. And so all this stuff that I do is really helps with that. The personal development, the spiritual side, the faith life experiences, all added to that. And so, you know, generally, you know, when I'm at these banks, I always quote myself. He's saying, you know, at this moment in time, I'm the happiest man on the planet. Yeah, I love that.

And it radiates, you know, you can tell just with what you're talking about. Here that, you know, the essence of all of that is really legacy. You know, the, the imprint that you're, you're leaving. You know, we move through these stages with our personal development and our, you know, wealth development, with creating income and, and moving these spaces. And so, you know, when you hit that space of, you know, legacy, it's like the imprint that you've left, you know, and you've spoken several times about the younger generation, how that seems to be still very near and dear to you. So are there some projects that you're currently working on or will be for the younger generation with maybe a way that you're working to get a message out there?

Yeah, yeah. So there's a number of acts actually talking about the journey. Unpredicted direction. I think in 2021, one of my clients, branded clients, he came to me or was referred to me, he had a book, a children's book for I think it was 5 to 10, yeah, 5 to 8 year olds. And he wanted help with his personal branding and to get this book out into the marketplace. And I wasn't that keen to do it because I had other things going on at that time. But any. Anyway, long story short, I did a project with him and what we did, we took it from a children's book that sold maybe 250 copies to now we've just had it funded, gone into production, were about to sign off with a anchor broadcaster for a 52 times 11 minute children's TV series. So that conversation, yeah, major. And we got funding, 5 million funding for that between the investors and the partners and distributors, which was crazy. You know, it doesn't happen that because, you know, it was kind of like, you know, I met him in September and by April next year, the ball was rolling on this journey. And then we signed it off at the end of last year. And so that kind of made me think in terms of, you know, the reach that I wanted to have with what I was doing in terms of reaching the 1 billion. So talk about when you put things out there. I remember before I even discussed when I got that point, I bought the domain billion on air dot com. Yeah. And I was like crazy surprised that that was actually available. So not billionaire as in financial, but a billion on air in terms of my target with the streaming and I got the.com and I thought, oh, this is crazy. So, yeah, so got that project and I thought this is part of the journey to reaching that kind of figure through global distribution of a TV series. You know, TV and streaming and so I thought, okay, how does this fit with what I'm doing with the music mix? And so I thought, okay, let's create something that mixes TV animation with personal development and motivation. So at the start of this year, I developed a new IP concept for another program. I'll tell you what it's called, actually, it'll probably come out soon anyway, called TDG's Magical Adventures. That's in magic C, double O, L Adventures. And we took this to Cannes, the film festival in February. Sorry, no, April this year. The concept, images, designs, an idea, and a whole branding strategy. And we got a partner in those four days when everybody was telling me, roy, don't be silly. We've been in this game 25 years, 28 years. It does not happen like that. You can't do that. And I said, it's not being done. I see the vision, I see the potential. I want to go for it. And so we have a concept coming out now. It's. We're about to sign up on the agreement on this one for a another 52 episode children's TV series. But this one specifically is created to mix personal development, music and animation together. And so that's quite exciting. So I came away from that event in April thinking, that's cool. And then I was at another event, just networking and I met a family. There's five kids in his family. And they were all super intelligent, you know, very feather kids just on it. And they were doing some great stuff. And they came up to me in the little one, nine. He showed me a book he'd written. And the book said, Amir, the billionaire. Yeah, that was his book. As soon as I saw that, I thought, wow, he's only nine. He's already done. He's already written five or six books already.

Oh my gosh.

His most recent one, you know, based on personal development, motivation, and him being a successful billionaire when he grows up. So I bought the book off him. And then I stand in there, I was talking to the family, I thought, I can make this work. Yeah, you know, I can help you not be a billionaire, you know, but obviously start that journey. So I said, look, let me think on this. How you can develop a personal brand between the family, Amir, your concept, and I'll come back to you. And I came up with the idea. Robin of the family had a. A program they called Dream Big Together. Yeah. And they went into schools and different events to inspire young people to dream big by writing their own books and probably publishing their own books. So Dream Big was Their thing and mine. You know, I was thinking billionaire impossible. You know, it's possible, but it's not as easy as it sounds. You know, just by having, you know, great quotes and trying to speak it into existence and whatever else. But then I, you know, I thought, no, just think on it. And then another brand came to mind. Imagine the impossible. Yeah. So I went and looked for that on domain search and.com had gone, oh, it's not gone, actually, it's there. It's thousands. Yeah. I think it was about $17,000.

Right.

Ridiculous. They wanted. But I, I got TV and so I thought, okay, imagine the possible. That's just a fantastic concept. Not just Paul Young, but right across the age demographic. Yeah. You know, people dreaming the impossible and that Robin, you'll understand it came from one of my music mixes which featured a message from Jim Rohn, which was imagine the possible. Yeah. So my twist on that was imagine the impossible. So anyway, I created this brand, got the, the website and I said to the kids, okay, we're going to develop a concept together and we're going to take it to the global marketplace. Yeah. With a TV animated series and we'll form a company and then we'll put it out to the market and we'll just imagine, believe and take whatever actions we need to to take this to market. So that is in play now. Yeah. And I remember somebody, you know, said to me, roy, what are you doing? You know, how is that going to work? The kid's only nine. Yeah. It's not a business. It's got no experience. The family aren't wealthy. Yeah. It's just a concept and it's an idea. But you know, I just saw the vision for it and now I've got two potential production history fusion partners ready to move forward to develop that as well as obviously getting funding to take it forward. But we're actually going to be presenting it in cans in October.

Okay.

Yeah. So basically what you do. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. So we came up with the idea export.

Let's just say it's a couple of weeks.

Exactly. 16th October, actually 16th and 19th and we'll put it in. Or they have a competition pre launch of the event competition where if you get through the this stage, you can actually go direct to the global players, producers, directors, etc. Yeah. And we're put in for that. So if we were successful on that piece, we'll know before the end of this month that we've got a seat at the table at the pitch Event. But other than that we're going to the main events anyway. State is the market and like I say, we've already got some major interest from a couple of players already. So imagine the possible. Yes. And it's so cool. You know, I've developed the concept, the ideas and whatever else and work with the, the kids to. They've developed the, the trailer, the animation, the characters combined with, you know, develop the, the storyline and the theme extension etc so it's exciting. And going back to what we were saying earlier, Alin, is that you, you can't plan these things.

No.

Yeah. It's not a direction I planned. You know, I didn't. When I went to that event in London I met them, you know, I haven't been to one for ages since COVID actually. And I thought okay, I'll just go to this one because I knew the person was running it because I've been town anyway and little like did I know that I'd meet up with those guys at that event. Yeah. Such a great family, great to work with and you know it brings together the whole, all of these concepts of mixed in music, animation and media to reach that global audience. And talk about time frames, you know, sometimes I have to pinch myself. It's happening so fast when it's not meant to. Yeah, these things take years to develop and get back into. And so that was that. And then this is the cool one. I've been doing some work with Dennis lately. I created a number one album with him last year. So we got to number one on the R B and the soul music charts. That was me mixing a message with Dennis. Dennis's message about being an inner winner. So that was great because we, we beat, you know like the major music artists to number one. And we were there for about a week actually the major accomplishment because what I do, I don't go to the easy to reach targets. When I go for number one, I go for number one of the best. Yeah. Like R B, soul or dance. I go, I compete against the. The major artists in the world rather than trying to get into your like your best selling category for something that is easy to achieve. And so I did that with Dennis the year before. I done it with Zig Ziglar. I've done one with Carl Wilson. Another one, a ladies album I did that got number one in last few years. And I just thought bringing all these things together and packaging them into music, media and animation using the branding and marketing, take them to market. And so where I was going was when we went to meet Dennis, week before, I just managed to get his book, Safari to the Soul. I read that. Have you read it?

Got it. Brad's got it. So.

So you're reading it, finished and then.

Yeah.

Okay. All right. So, long story short, I sent a note to Dennis and I said, I read that book. I love it. I see global potential in this book being adapted to reach that younger audience. Shot off an email to him. He fired back more or less the next day and said, I love this. Yeah. I said, I am going to be in San Diego. Can I meet you? So a few days before the event, we went where we met. I was with Dennis all day talking about, you know, this concept and potential projects that we could do around that with music, media, animation. And he. He just loved it. He said, this is what I've been looking for. This is a legacy project for me, you know, obviously, 90 now.

Yeah.

You know, it's. You know, he's done some amazing. You know, he's sold over 20 million copies of the Psychology of Winning, and it's reached, you know, our age demographic and, you know, some of the best in the world.

Yeah.

But he's not had a project that's reached that younger audience, and obviously he's got grandchildren and whatever else. So this is a project that we're working on now, close to his heart, to bring that into the mainstream, really, on a global basis through music, TV and streaming, with a message to young people featuring the animals in the. The whole safari landscape and some great characters. I can't tell you about that, Dennis. Yeah, I can tell you, actually, R2, me too. You know. Do you remember him speaking about him? Yeah, that character? Yeah. Yes. So, yeah, arting R2. Me, too. That's it, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, that's it. That's it. Yeah. So Kim and a number of other animals are going to come to life in this concept that we're working on now. And so that could be extraordinary.

I. I really love the direction that your. Your work is. Is taking. And you're right. We. We never start out in the beginning, know exactly the end, thankfully, you know, because we experienced some great zigs and zags along the way. You're all of 1 billion. I love it. I love that everything you say that comes out of your mouth is. It's global, you know, and.

Well, I really like, you know, there's not anything out there that I've ever seen that really is focused on personal development and mindset for younger people. You know, it's not anything that I ever really focused on until I was an adult and. And really pretty far along into adulthood. And I think, you know, we always talk so much about financial education and the other things, but mindset and personal development is a huge component to. You know, if I had incorporated some of those things, I think it would have shifted my direction in life significantly when I was younger. And so I. I love the fact that you're incorporating those into media and animation, because that will. Children will grasp that and. And take those concepts a lot faster, further. And. And this young boy that has written several books, you know, he might not have any business, you know, experience, but that's really amazing that he's doing that. You know, those. On that entrepreneurial mindset is not something that, you know, you don't usually see children at the age of nine with that. So that's really incredible. And, you know, he hasn't been thwarted or anything by the business world, so I think, you know, he'll have some great ideas and things like that to run with. So I. I'm blown away. I think this is such a great idea. I would love to incorporate this in with my kids. Yeah.

Yeah. How old are your kids?

Well, they're older now. They are 15, 17, 26 and 28.

Right. But it's amazing.

It's never too late.

It's never, never, never, never. No, it's crazy. When we were at Dennis's place, you know, Dennis said, roy, you know, can you have a word with my grandson? You know, he's looking for some direction in terms of where he goes in his career and his future. And this particular one. He was 27. Yeah, no, no, sorry, 31. Yeah. And I've been at another event just before we were at Dennis's, and several people come to me and said, well, you know, we've got our kids. They're in the kind of 25 to 30 bracket, and they're still looking for direction. Yeah. And still wondering how, you know, what path is taking life. You know, they're done pretty well educationally, you know, university and all that kind of stuff. Academically done well, done well in their careers, but still searching for direction and purpose. Yeah. And I've seen this. I thought my own son, Joseph. And what I realized was Joseph was streets ahead of these guys because from an early age, he had this kind of wisdom, knowledge, education, information that he was getting from the best in the world through the music that he was listening to that we developed. In fact, we developed it together. I forgot about that piece of the story. Because even, you know, when I started doing this, he was eight at the point. It was him. It was me and him sitting together at the computer because I didn't have a clue where to go on this and developing the concepts. And for multiple years, nothing went out in terms of what I delivered unless he gave it the okay. So, you know, he's been part of that journey all the way. And so going back to what Courtney said, you know, I can understand how this can be effective in reaching not just the, you know, from the stage six upwards, but right through seeing the current millennials as well. And, you know, I've been watching this all the time and I haven't seen it personally. There's this thing, if you look at the greatest guys who've been there in personal development, you know, Dennis, Jim Rohn, six Ziggler, Tony Robbins, all those guys, there isn't anything out there where they're really aiming at the young generation. Yeah, it's for us. Yeah. And I think what a waste. It's a crazy waste, actually, and it shouldn't be, you know, you know, you were talking about legacy earlier on Robin. You know, you know, I'll say, somebody needs to pull this all together and create something so powerful. 100 so powerful.

You know, we have, my son and I, we have this power playlist that, you know, we play before games and stuff just to get hyped. And I have things that, you know, I play just, you know, it affects your energy and, you know, everything that's going on. And so I just. To be able to combine those positive messages with that uplifting energy that the music brings is brilliant.

Yeah. What game does he play? What are you into? I'm sorry, what sports do the kids play?

So we do baseball and football.

Okay. I have a brilliant message in baseball by Todd Stoddymore. Yeah. The major successful baseball player. I did a. He was one of my number one artists on one of the albums. I did a track about going all in on your dream about his baseball career. It is so amazing. I used it myself, my own inspiration. So let me know and I'll send you that track after this semi note. And I'll send you that track. But it works right across the board and even. Go ahead. Sorry.

Oh, no, I was just gonna say we. So my 15 year old, I mean, he is an avid baseball player. The kid sleeps with his bat at night still. I mean, we eat, dream and sleep baseball. So I would love that. That would be amazing.

Yeah, I'll send You. You'll love it. You'll like it. He'll. He'll. It'll be. This will be his motivational anthem.

Okay.

Motivational anthem. I love that.

Actually, you know what? You just give me. That's another title for an album, actually, isn't it?

Yes, it is. I literally see my notes. Like, I have taken oodles of notes from our conversation. All this stuff. I mean, you just, like in the short window of time, so, so many precious, priceless, I mean, things that you have brought up. I can.

Well, let me tell you another one before you forget. And it's one that is pending and I'm just putting this out there. It's. It's called Grooving to the Gospel. Yeah. And that is basically a vision to transform the Gospel of John into. Into multiple genre music albums. Okay. With different music tastes. Yeah. And I've done. I've done the fan and the concepts, mapped it out and it's just kind of, you know, I'm just putting feedback out to say, you know, I know I can do it myself, but, you know, I just believe, like with all these projects, you know, I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it with other people, you know.

Yeah, collaborate.

Exactly, exactly. And so that one's on the cards. And I can. I see that being potentially massive. I can see it. It's not happening yet, actually, but I see it. And I mean, so, yeah, you know.

One of the things that is important here is that, you know, in this current day and age, all age ranges are searching, you know, just searching and to fill, you know, voids. And, you know, I'll just step out here and say, you know, there's only, you know, the Lord that can really fill the deepest, darkest places and in our life to catapult us to places that. And never thought possible. And so I think the music.

In.

That being such a space that's relatable at any age and the different styles of music certainly meets all. All various age ranges and. And music styles and preferences. I love that. Any way that you can plant the seeds, you know, the word of God out there. It's not our job to do anything more than to do that is going to be incredible. And so I really love this pending project. I think it's going to be pending, powerful and unbelievable. All the P's. I think it's going to be.

Pending, powerful, purposeful purposes, really.

I mean.

And it's funny, you know, in terms of the other things that I've been working on it's been easier to pitch those concepts. Yeah. People gauge it on return on investment, you know, with the music and animation and whatever else. And I was thinking, why isn't this one picking up interest? Even though I'm talking to the same people and it was only a couple days ago. I was just walking along the beach. I was thinking. Because I'm talking to people who are looking for a return on investment, not a return on souls.

Yeah. I mean, that's. We're talking about the most priceless thing in the world that is beyond billionaire. I mean, that's. You can't put a dollar value on that.

No, you can't.

Priceless. There's your other p. Priceless.

Yes.

Conversation here.

So that. That one's at the top of my list, to be honest. And a long walk this week. Two hours. I mean, that was the thing that was turning through my mind. Where is that going to go? Yeah. And I just realized it's just a matter of timing. Yeah. Before somebody sees that vision. It's like with the. The animation and the music, you know, producers, partners, distribution. When they see the vision and the potential, then they're on board. Yeah. And so with this one, it's the same thing. You know, I suppose I've got to put it out there with more energy. Yeah. That's what I was thinking. And then you see, you know where that goes. But when you pull it all together, this is where all these are the pieces really lead to. And it's kind of like my foundation anyway. Yeah. So I know where it can take the individual if they get that piece. Yeah. The personal development, motivation, the mindset, the goals, the ambitions, the vision, the mission, all that is cool, you know, and I'm. I'm onto that. I'm into that big time. But that doesn't take you anywhere unless you have that foundational piece. Yeah. And I think that's what this project would bring, you know, especially for the millennials now. World's crazy. Yeah. So much going on and, you know, it's. Yeah. This kind of thing is really due. And you've got to do it in a way that's going to engage people. You know, my brand, you know, I'll talk. Well, you know me, my. I'm known as the cool branding guy. And so making all these things cool is the way to get the attention of that audience and get the engagement. And so that's what I'm about. You know, the cool branding that came from my son Joseph as well. You know, I was trying to you know, help him. You know, we just developed that cool brand idea as an inspirational tool for him. That's how that came about. Yeah. So the whole journey is coming around to this piece by getting out there into the market, developing the brand that's got, you know, billions of ears or eyeballs on the brand. And, you know, part of it or the signature of it is that message. In reality, I don't really say that often, you know, because it's something I'm working on personally. But, you know, this is your show, and I see how you operate when you start the show. That's why I'm sharing it.

I think that this is probably my most favorite piece you've talked about because covers, you know, eternity, and it's priceless. And, you know, you. You have shared some of the most amazing points with us about the younger generation and legacy, and, you know, you've done some amazing things, but, you know, gosh, look at where your journey has. Has taken you. Our. Our time, Roy, is kind of coming to a close, but this has been just a great conversation. I really appreciate your time, and I know Courtney and I are excited, excited about all of our listeners and our viewers for our time together. So I really appreciate you taking time out of your day and being on such a different time zone than we are here in Houston, Texas, you know, so thank you. Thank you so much. Really appreciate it.

No, it's been. It's been great. You know, thanks for the questions and made me think and got me thinking even more about, you know, things that need to be put in place. So I appreciate it. And, yeah, I love the way you do your show.

Thank you. Thank you. Oh, how can our viewers and listeners get in touch with you?

Easiest way is Google Voice move.

Okay, there you go.

Perfect. And, you know, these different albums that you've released is Spotify. I know the last one you released I listened to on Spotify. Is that the best piece, place to find your music?

It's on all the music channels. Spotify, itunes, the pand. It's on. I think it's about 95 music platforms, actually, so.

Oh, wow.

And. And YouTube Music, Amazon Music. Yeah.

Okay, perfect.

Which one did you listen to?

The most recent one that had all of the women, Sophia Stavron had, you know, posted her clip, and I thought, oh, my gosh, I didn't even realize that this was a thing. So I went through and listened to the album, and it was incredible.

Well, actually, it's good timing. You listen to that. You know, funny, just before this call. I was working on notes for the next one. Yeah. Featuring all women speakers, and the title is going to be the Success Divas Mix. Yeah.

Wow.

So I'll send you to both some information in that. And, you know, if. If you like the concepts, it'd be good to see you on board on that album.

That would be amazing. Success Divas.

Yeah.

Liking that. I feel.

You'Ll be my first two artists when I put it out.

We're gonna do it.

We'll do it.

That'd be amazing.

Oh, my gosh.

Okay.

Thank you.

And don't forget to send me the link for the baseball track.

Yes.

Just let me. Send me a note on, I don't know, Gmail or whatever. Yeah, email or WhatsApp, and I'll. I'll send you the link. Actually, you know what, Courtney? The best way to do it, if you go to Spotify, it's called Going all in on My Dream. Yeah. Okay. And it's Todd Stottemeyer, and it's on the Success mindset mix.

Going all in on. Okay, I'm gonna write that. I'm just gonna write it down. Going all in on my dream.

All right.

I'll find it.

Study more, and all smooth. Mix with it as well, actually. So.

Okay, I'll go find.

Let me know. Let me know what you think and let me know what your son thinks.

I will. I sure will. Thank you for that. Have a great evening. Yes. Have a great evening. And thank you so much.

That's. And we have kicked it with Roy. Smooth. He is awesome. Awesome, awesome. Go check him out. Thank you.