Kyle Tequila

And he really took the time to make it sound good and get the right microphone and mix it and, you know, getting makeup and vanity set to do the music on that. It just felt like a theater of the mind. It felt like a movie. And so that was when I go, oh my God, I could do that with Payne.

And he really took the time to make it sound good and get the right microphone and mix it and, you know, getting makeup and vanity set to do the music on that. It just felt like a theater of the mind. It felt like a movie. And so that was when I go, oh my God, I could do that with Payne.

crook county or it wasn't crook county at the time it was just with my dad's fucked up story and so uh so then i started developing it as a podcast series at that time and and then when covet hit and i was just so burned out of the industry it was the perfect time for me to really to do the to do the show to make it happen

crook county or it wasn't crook county at the time it was just with my dad's fucked up story and so uh so then i started developing it as a podcast series at that time and and then when covet hit and i was just so burned out of the industry it was the perfect time for me to really to do the to do the show to make it happen

And so I had a pilot episode prior to COVID actually done, sent it to Mavs. Actually, after I heard Up and Vanished and I heard that score, I was still producing one of those movies that was coming out in 2020. And I wanted him to score the movie. And so I initially reached out to him for that. And we became kind of fast friends. And then when I had the pilot for the podcast, I sent it to him.

And so I had a pilot episode prior to COVID actually done, sent it to Mavs. Actually, after I heard Up and Vanished and I heard that score, I was still producing one of those movies that was coming out in 2020. And I wanted him to score the movie. And so I initially reached out to him for that. And we became kind of fast friends. And then when I had the pilot for the podcast, I sent it to him.

And he was like, this is great. I'm going to send it to to the guys, if you don't mind. And I was like, absolutely. So, and then they loved it and they came to LA and we met up at a coffee shop and we struck a deal. And then we seemed to be off to the races, but I was still so burned out, even though mentally I wanted to do this podcast, I like just physically couldn't sit down and edit.

And he was like, this is great. I'm going to send it to to the guys, if you don't mind. And I was like, absolutely. So, and then they loved it and they came to LA and we met up at a coffee shop and we struck a deal. And then we seemed to be off to the races, but I was still so burned out, even though mentally I wanted to do this podcast, I like just physically couldn't sit down and edit.

Like I was just so done. And so nothing really happened until 2023 when I kind of like cleared that cache, you know, of like,

Like I was just so done. And so nothing really happened until 2023 when I kind of like cleared that cache, you know, of like,

whatever disappointment and pain and anguish and uh and and started getting creative again and just started cutting just crushing episodes just really getting into it and i was i was just in the zone and pumped out a bunch of episodes and i called donald up i'm like you still want to do this show and he's like yeah so over the next year we finished the show and you sold it and we developed a plan to to get it out there and now here we are it's very exciting so

whatever disappointment and pain and anguish and uh and and started getting creative again and just started cutting just crushing episodes just really getting into it and i was i was just in the zone and pumped out a bunch of episodes and i called donald up i'm like you still want to do this show and he's like yeah so over the next year we finished the show and you sold it and we developed a plan to to get it out there and now here we are it's very exciting so

It's a long journey to say the least.

It's a long journey to say the least.

But I think I think it was totally worth the wait to wait till now.

But I think I think it was totally worth the wait to wait till now.

Yeah, it's a lot of because it's really just me in a room.

Yeah, it's a lot of because it's really just me in a room.

Doing all this by myself. So it's literally just a lot of me just kind of like just staring into space and letting my brain go kind of fucking try to pull threads and like make a story happen. And it's a lot of self-reflection, too. So, yeah, it does. It does take all that time to really get it right.

Doing all this by myself. So it's literally just a lot of me just kind of like just staring into space and letting my brain go kind of fucking try to pull threads and like make a story happen. And it's a lot of self-reflection, too. So, yeah, it does. It does take all that time to really get it right.