Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign.
[00:00:12] Speaker B: Come on.
[00:00:15] Speaker A: This is Outside the Round with Matt Burrill for Rage Rowdy podcast.
What's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of Outside the Round with me, Matt Burrell. Today, a very special guest. Now, something we pride ourselves with at Razer Rowdy is. Is showing you guys what guys and what girls and what bands are coming up next in the scene. And this girl is someone we tell everyone about. She's got one of the best voices we've seen in town. She's a true homie. So on brand for us at Razor Rowdy, it's our girl, Jade Joyce. Homie, how you doing?
[00:00:44] Speaker C: Good. How are you doing?
[00:00:46] Speaker B: Great.
[00:00:47] Speaker A: Happy to be with you on a. On a Tuesday morning.
[00:00:50] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. It's the best way to spend the morning. Very happy to be here.
[00:00:53] Speaker A: Yeah. So how's life been going for you?
[00:00:55] Speaker C: It's been. It's been great. I've been very blessed, very grateful.
You know, lots of change, but things that I've prayed for my whole life. So I'm feel. I'm feeling grateful. I really am.
[00:01:05] Speaker A: Yeah. Isn't it wild to see. I mean, we first. I'm trying to think when the first time was that Nick had you on a rowdy on the row. Back on the Sunday. Rowdy on the Rose.
[00:01:14] Speaker C: Yeah. Back at Duck Blind.
[00:01:15] Speaker A: Duck Blind. Yeah. On a Sunday night.
[00:01:17] Speaker C: Oh, my goodness.
[00:01:18] Speaker A: It's probably like two around.
[00:01:19] Speaker C: Probably.
[00:01:20] Speaker A: Yeah, it was around.
[00:01:21] Speaker C: Oh, my gosh. Yeah. That had to have been at least two years ago because I'm coming up on, like, four years of Nashville.
[00:01:27] Speaker A: Yeah. And to see just the pop that you've had on social media, the buzz everybody looking for, when. When is the music coming? And we'll talk about that in a little while, but it just seems like 2026 has been the year of Jay Joyce, and you haven't even gotten a song out yet.
[00:01:43] Speaker C: Yeah, it's pretty wild. But, hey, it's Godspeed.
[00:01:47] Speaker A: Yes, exactly. 100%. So I want to. I want to back up because you said you've been here in Nashville for four years and you've got some roots down in Florida and out in Wisconsin. So kind of walk me through what brought you here to Nashville.
[00:01:59] Speaker C: Yeah, absolutely.
So I've been here full time for four years, but I've actually been coming to Nashville since I was 13, so I really started a long time ago, and that's when I lived in Wisconsin. And I'm from Wisconsin. I have Midwest roots, but big time. And then I lived in Florida for six years as well. So that's kind of where a lot of that southern inspiration came into my music. But I always grew up on blues. And like my great grandpa was in the Vietnam War and wrote like a bunch of just classic blues. So a lot of that inspiration kind of came from everywhere. But yeah, as far as my start in Nashville, I was 13.
And I mean, the story's kind of crazy. I ran into this writer, Josh Thompson.
[00:02:44] Speaker A: A legend. Yes, a legend.
[00:02:47] Speaker C: We're from like the same town.
[00:02:48] Speaker A: That's not just this writer. That is one of the guys that was the soundtrack to country music. As a composer, as a writer, as an artist. Like his album that he put out was so good.
[00:02:58] Speaker C: Amazing. And it's funny cause I was a huge fan. I mean, growing up, he was the hometown legend. So my dad always had him on the radio, like just everybody, everything. And I actually ran into his aunt and uncle at a show I was doing because I've been playing shows since I was like 10 years old. That's just how it is in Wisconsin. You play at bars, it's not a big deal. And they told me about Josh and then eventually him and his wife found out about me. And she was also working at the time, I believe, with Show Dog. And they ended up signing me to a development deal when I was like 13.
[00:03:33] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:03:34] Speaker C: And that's where I got a lot of my writing, I guess, expertise. And I learned a lot from him just sitting in rooms and co writing. And that's when I also learned a lot about Nashville, a lot about the business, good and bad things.
[00:03:49] Speaker B: And.
[00:03:50] Speaker C: Yeah, so I've just like, my parents just trusted them and put me on a plane by myself for like years.
And I would fly to Nashville and have these insane co writes and. And looking back, I just really can't believe that I was even in the room at the time. So I really owe a lot to him. It was a very cool time.
[00:04:10] Speaker A: That's that small town Midwestern mentality where it's like, this is a hometown guy. We trust the Thompson family with our daughter.
[00:04:18] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. It's like, I mean, my parents, they were like, oh, like, you know, just let her go. And it was. Yeah, it was good times.
[00:04:28] Speaker A: Now, where in Wisconsin did you grow up?
[00:04:29] Speaker C: I grew up in Germantown mostly, which is kind of southeast Wisconsin.
[00:04:35] Speaker A: Okay. So I've fallen in love with the state of Wisconsin because there's a festival that we do up there called Crossroads 41. It's in Oshkosh.
[00:04:42] Speaker C: Oh, yeah.
[00:04:42] Speaker A: So it's where country USA, where Cusa used to happen. And I got to tell you, like, the. The Midwest, we love it like that is raised rowdy. Started at a festival in Ohio, and it's like there's just this. This kindness. But everybody parties really hard, but nobody can handle alcohol like people in Wisconsin, Especially in the summertime, because you only get like a handful of months a year that are like pristine weather. And you guys take full advantage of it up there.
[00:05:11] Speaker C: Oh, we definitely do. And, I mean, Wisconsin also has the biggest music lovers. I think people don't understand. There's nothing. There's not much to do in the wintertime, so everyone is going and seeing live music, and that was just a great place to be.
[00:05:27] Speaker A: So you're a kid playing bar gigs.
[00:05:29] Speaker C: Yes, I've seen it all.
[00:05:32] Speaker A: What is that like being like, you're in middle school and you're going to the local dive bar and you're playing. What songs are you playing at 10, 11, 12, 13 years old in a Wisconsin dive bar?
[00:05:43] Speaker C: Hey, Wagon Wheel works really well.
[00:05:45] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:05:45] Speaker A: You're playing the hits.
[00:05:47] Speaker C: Absolutely. Just, I mean, a lot of old country, honestly, because people in Wisconsin, like, really love country, and I grew up more so in the country, so that was really what I was playing. And I mean, that experience was just having my dad really close to me at all times, so. Yeah, but it was really fun. I mean, I was surrounded by a lot of good people, but I have definitely seen it all. I mean, I have had a lot of drunk people way too close to me at a very young age. But, you know, it kind of. It gives you tough skin and it teaches you. So I was grateful for it.
[00:06:21] Speaker A: What were the big non country songs that first got you there? Because your style, it's like, you obviously, like, you fit in the country world. You fit in, like, that Americana world. You fit in that southern rock, that bluesy. Like, when I just think of what American music sounds like, I think of what your stuff is. You know, like people describe, like, Lynyrd Skynyrd as not just southern rock. Like, it's American music. Like John Fogarty is American music, you know, like. So what were the non country songs that kind of got you inspired and going at a young age?
[00:06:50] Speaker C: Yeah, actually, John Fogarty is a big one. So a lot of ccr, that was actually like my great grandpa's favorite band. So that was played a lot around the house.
[00:06:59] Speaker A: Makes sense with the Vietnam stuff.
[00:07:00] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:07:00] Speaker A: Fortunate Son was like the soundtrack of that era.
[00:07:04] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. So a lot of ccr, lots of Leonard Skynyrd. That was My dad's favorite, a lot of Jamie Johnson, which kind of, like, I feel like he was very outlaw. He was more rock and roll than people give him credit for.
So that was always cool. And then I hit. When I hit high school, like, got into that age, I was sort of becoming rebellious of what my parents would listen to.
[00:07:26] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:07:26] Speaker C: And I found Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith and then like, a lot of grunge rock. And that kind of. That really was a big deal for me. So that definitely helped me become who I am today.
[00:07:38] Speaker A: What is it about grunge rock that sunk you in? Because I love grunge rock. Nikki T, like, lived in the grunge rock era. So he tells me about what the 90s and early 2000s were like. But was it. Is it the sonic sound? Is it the storytelling of it? Like, what is it?
[00:07:51] Speaker C: I think it's the emotion. I feel like there's a lot of angst in it. And also just grunge rock really talks about mental health and these deeper issues. I feel like a lot of other music doesn't do maybe as well. Like, if you're really going through it, I think grunge rock is.
Is the place to be. And I might have been. I might have been going through it or just was a teenager feeling it, but I absolutely love grunge rock. I just think it's like, it's very relatable.
[00:08:18] Speaker A: Yeah, it definitely is. And I think we see that in modern country music so much. Yeah, like, we really see that. Whether it's the more stripped down Zach Brian acoustic stuff or you hear it in, like, the rock adjacent stuff that like Dexter and the Moon Rocks are doing right now. Other great people like that. And I feel like grunge rock is one of those genres where it's like you have a gateway band and then which for most people is Nirvana or, like Soundgarden, and then you dive in and you're like, wait, what about Pearl Jam? What about Stone Temple Pies?
[00:08:48] Speaker C: What about Blind Melon?
[00:08:49] Speaker A: What about Blind Melon? What about, like, all these. And then you have like those super groups where you had like. Or was it like Audio Slave and Temple of a Dog, where all those. All those great musicians just started forming other grunge bands outside of their normal grunge bands, right?
[00:09:06] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. I think it's like the need for. I think it's the need for emotion. And more than ever, I love where music is heading because a lot of people are just being vulnerable and keeping it real. And I think there's Definitely a wave of that emotion coming back for sure.
[00:09:19] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. And you talk about emotion. You draw a lot of emotion when you're playing live, whether it's acoustic on a round, or whether we're lucky enough to have you full band at one of our rowdy on the rows over at Odyssey. I mean it. I'm not just saying it because you're sitting here and the fellows are sitting over there, but it's like the. Your full band show is one of the highlights of what we've gotten to do with being over at OD's and being losers and duck blind back in the day. Like, talk about your. Your mindset when you go into a performance and you're up there rocking out.
[00:09:52] Speaker C: Well, first of all, thank you. Because that's my biggest goal is, I mean, to help other people feel that emotion and honestly, just, like, escape their everyday lives. I feel like that's my purpose in music is to help people just feel good or feel sad, feel whatever they need to feel. And my mindset when I get on stage is just to be raw. Like, I don't want to do anything that feels pushy or feels out of myself. Like, it's my true. It's my truest form. Like, I really think being on stage is my truest form, and it allows me to just be emotional because it helps me as well. And, yeah, my mindset is really just like, trying to do whatever I can do to show the crowd what I'm feeling. So I just try to keep it real.
[00:10:40] Speaker A: And I love the balance of, like, the songs that really put you in your. In the. In the fields that are, like, a little bit slower, sonically. And then there's moments where you're just rocking out and you're just this little girl with a big voice just ripping on the guitar. And, like, you can hear the grungy elements in it.
[00:10:59] Speaker C: That's great. Yeah, it's a. It's so fun. Oh, my gosh. Just. Even the sad songs are fun for me. And there's no. There's honestly no better feeling than, like, feeling rock and roll. And everybody's got to feel it, especially
[00:11:11] Speaker A: on a night like, predominantly, a lot of our folks that are playing are more in that mainstream country or the traditional country stuff. And then it's like, you get up there and it's like an element of this, an element of that, and then you just smack us all in the mouth with just this rock and just rock and sound. And with your voice. When did you start really seeing the ball Rolling. Because this past year has been crazy for you, I think, to say the least, right?
[00:11:33] Speaker C: Yeah, it's been crazy, but in the best ways.
You know, I've been doing it for so long, I feel like the ball has been just slowly rolling my whole entire life. And I really think coming to Nashville has just helped me become who I am more and more.
And. But this. This past year, when I started putting just more effort into my Persona and posting on social media and just kind of putting in that elbow grease and the work that comes out of it, I've definitely seen a big growth as far as attention and just people coming to my music. So it's been great.
[00:12:09] Speaker A: How hard is it to open up and work that social media muscle? Because I hear that from so many guys and girls that are talented, writers, artists, bands, and they're like, man, we just want to write our songs and we just want to play them. We don't want to have to work and run our TikTok, our Instagram or YouTube and Facebook.
[00:12:26] Speaker C: But it's so important, you know, it is so important. And I was the biggest hater for the longest time.
[00:12:34] Speaker A: You're not alone in that feeling. So many people have felt that way.
[00:12:37] Speaker C: We're truly like, I'm a songwriter, I'm an artist, and I think I speak for a lot of other artists, that we're artists. We don't want to do the business side of things. We don't want to have to market ourselves because it's exhausting. It kind of works a different part of our brains.
And I had to really learn how to love it, and I had to learn to do it in my own way. That just allowed me to feel like it was progressive and it was going to benefit me even if the videos didn't do well. So, like, a lot of times, I like to post raw videos of me just straight up playing a cover or playing a song. And I see it a lot as practice, and I think that helped me just with that social media mindset of like, okay, this is practice. I'm just gonna do it, and it's gonna make me better. So.
But it was a. That was a hard thing to get over and to just be consistent of, too, with social media.
[00:13:29] Speaker A: I feel like it's when you're a kid and you. You. You see everyone jumping off the dive, jumping off the high dive, or, like, swimming in the deep end, and you're like, man, I don't know if I want to do that. And then once you do it, it's like, it just becomes routine.
[00:13:43] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:13:43] Speaker A: Like, you just have to take that leap and take that jump. And something that I love about your social media is one you found, like, your way of doing it. And you're making a song. Swampy is so freaking cool. And the way that you incorporate, like, your friendships and you have homies playing in the videos with you, because it's not only, like, you're doing it for yourself, you're doing it with a buddy, and they're getting something from it, too.
[00:14:07] Speaker C: Absolutely. Yeah. I.
If there's anything music in general has taught me, it's that you have to work together with everybody. And I don't want to do music for myself. I want to do it for other people, and I want it to bring people together. And I think there's no better way to do that than to be singing with your friends or writing songs with your friends.
And truly, that is what it's about. And I. Oh, my gosh. I love my friends dearly. So they are in a lot of videos. Like, I have Izzy Mahoobi. I've got Dasher, the band.
I've got Jess Woodland. I've got a lot of different people, and they're just great people. I mean, we hang out, we write songs, and then randomly, we do a couple videos just to, like, show people what we've done. And it's. It's fun.
[00:14:54] Speaker A: Yeah. And you come out of an. Of an area. Like, you. So you've been here in Nashville four years, you've hit that mark, which is awesome.
[00:15:00] Speaker C: Like, crazy.
[00:15:01] Speaker A: It's crazy how time flies, isn't it? Like, it's wild. Like, I'm hitting eight years this October.
Like, damn, where'd the time go? Like, it flies. But a scene that you've seemed to have really been a big part of is what's down in Williamson County.
[00:15:16] Speaker C: Oh, yes.
[00:15:16] Speaker A: What's down in Franklin, what's out in Leapers Fork, what's in Brentwood, and the other folks that are around your age coming out of there, and you guys have, like, a good little crew where you're playing at these venues like Kimbrough's and Fox and Locke, and talk about being a part of that community and having, like, being a part of a group of young folks that aren't necessarily just coming up because we do our events in Midtown, and we love it, and we love being at the local and the places that we're at. But there's so many pockets for where live music exists in middle Tennessee.
[00:15:48] Speaker C: Absolutely. I mean, it is not just Nashville. And I think a big part of me going to those places in Williamson county and in Franklin was just because I wanted to get out of, like, the mainstream country music and experience that music. I mean, it's a whole thing. Like, there's a lot of jamming happening and a lot of rock and roll and just a huge community around rootsy music. So for me, like, whenever I found Kimbrough's, that was one of the first venues I found when I moved to Nashville. And I went to a show by myself, saw Henry Cruz play, and just blew my mind.
[00:16:29] Speaker A: One of the most underrated actors I opened this with, talking about what we love to do is put people on folks that they don't know about.
And I love Henry like a little brother. Like, he's the best, and his family's great. Like, his whole. And it's just. You guys all love to jam with each other. That's what I get out of your. Out of the Kimbros crew, if you will.
[00:16:49] Speaker C: Oh, my gosh.
[00:16:50] Speaker A: Everybody just jams with everybody.
[00:16:52] Speaker C: Well, that's what made me fall in love with that place and with that part of, like, Nashville and the surrounding areas of Nashville.
There's just such a huge jam community, and that's something that makes me love music more. I love. I absolutely love jam bands like Tedeschi Trucks and the Allman Brothers, one of my favorite bands of all time.
And for me, it just made me love music again. It was like this music community that was doing it together. So I definitely stuck around those places. And I used to go every single week, just wanting to jam and hear the old stuff, hear the good stuff.
[00:17:28] Speaker A: So.
[00:17:28] Speaker C: So.
[00:17:28] Speaker A: And it's like with that jam band world, there's not really a box for it because it's so experimental. And the way a song sounds on a record isn't going to necessarily be how it is live, because. Oh, yeah, you're just going with how the other guys and girls on stage are doing. Like, you guys. It's just like a roller coaster.
[00:17:47] Speaker C: Every song, which is the best part. That's my favorite part of music. It really is.
[00:17:52] Speaker A: Yeah. And it's. And it's just such an expression of emotions. Now you were talking about how mental health is a big thing for you and a big thing in your music. And we've been lucky enough to hear a lot of your songs, whether it's acoustic or full band, and you express a lot of that in there. So talk about just how important mental health and putting out songs that are for folks that have gone through similar things that you've gone through is to you.
[00:18:16] Speaker C: Absolutely. Yeah. I think there's always a need to express mental health, especially through music. I think that was my gift to help other people and help myself. I mean, music has helped me through many, many low points in my life.
And a lot of times I write very vulnerably and just want.
I want people to feel like they have help.
And yeah, I think it's nothing to hide. I feel like it's really a gift to be able to help people through music, and that's what I want to do. And I want people to come to my shows and just. I want them to not feel alone. I think that's my biggest goal is I really don't want people to feel alone. Whether it's they find other people in the crowd they relate to or whether they relate to me. I just. I want to use the power of music to just help people.
[00:19:06] Speaker A: You know what other chick does a great job of that? Immediately, my head goes to Ashley McBride.
[00:19:11] Speaker C: Oh, I love her.
[00:19:12] Speaker A: I think of the Ashley McBride fans and like the friendships that that fan group and that following has found with each other. Like, we have a good buddy that's up in Chicago. His name's Dave Canavan. Irish Dave and Nikki. Nikki T became friends with Irish Dave through an Ashley McBride fan group on Facebook. And Nick would go out to shows and stay with Dave in Chicago and go watch Ashley play in Chicago and then Dave would go out to Pittsburgh. It's. But again, it's someone that's just built this. This following of people that are like a family.
[00:19:46] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:19:47] Speaker A: Eric Church does it too, with the church choir, where.
[00:19:49] Speaker C: Oh, my gosh.
[00:19:49] Speaker A: It's like you're at a show.
Even if you go to a show by yourself, you're going to find friends and like minded people and family and a support system. Just in that crowd.
[00:19:59] Speaker C: Yeah, absolutely. You know, it's funny, I worked at the Listening Room for a year and a half.
[00:20:05] Speaker A: That's right.
[00:20:05] Speaker C: And Ashley McBride was one of my first shifts. Like this is a venue in Nashville for the people that don't know.
And when I was working, she was playing there and I was running food and she sings girl going nowhere. And I just started crying. Like I was literally running food in the kitchen, whatever, running around. And I just started crying because I felt it so deeply. And I think that is the power of music. And I really love what she does for music and for me, a big part of singing about mental health and trying to help people for Me growing up, I was never good about talking about it, and I think there's a lot of people that have troubles talking about their mental state, and that's where I would write about it. And I feel very grateful to have that gift, and I want other people to just feel like that gift is theirs and my gift is the song to them. So I think it's really important to shine a light on that.
[00:20:59] Speaker A: For sure. Can I talk about some of these unreleased songs? Like, I'm just gonna say titles, and I want you to talk about it like Pretty in the Dark.
[00:21:06] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:21:08] Speaker A: That is one that. When I think of, like, yeah, like, I'm gonna. I'm gonna dive a little bit all over the place. But tell me just about that one. And I'm sure you've teased it a little bit on Socials over the years, but that's one that I always hope that you play, and that's one that you. I think in the full band set, is that the one that you cut
[00:21:27] Speaker C: back and do acoustic every once in a while. It kind of depends on the night. I never like to keep the shows the same for that one. It's really half and half, but I keep it very stripped down.
[00:21:39] Speaker A: But. But talk about that one, because it's not out in the world, but it's one that just sticks with me.
[00:21:43] Speaker C: Oh, well, thank you.
That makes me happy. But, yeah, that one has been around for a minute. I wrote it with Autumn McIntyre. That was one of my favorite rights, and it was just a very vulnerable song. I mean, we wrote it about a situation I was going through, you know, with a guy at the time, which.
Hate that. But, hey, it happens to all of us.
[00:22:04] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:22:04] Speaker C: And it's really just a song about not feeling seen. Like, I wrote it about a relationship, but truthfully, I think that song could relate to many different situations in people's lives. And I wrote it about not feeling seen by somebody you see very well. And it was a hard song to write, and it was an even harder one to sing. And for a long time, I did not sing it. It kind of. It was hidden. It was thrown in the back catalog for a very long time. And then I finally did, and I just realize how much it helped people. So then I kept singing it, and then it helped me more.
And, yeah, I'm really excited for that one to be out in the world. So that's a. That's what I'm excited.
[00:22:47] Speaker A: I'm gonna hit you with another one. The Joker.
[00:22:49] Speaker C: Oh, the Joker.
[00:22:50] Speaker A: That, to me, is like, the staple. Like, if I were making essential jade songs right now, I'd put Pretty in the Dark and the Joker right up there with any song that you've written or performed live.
[00:23:01] Speaker C: Well, thank you. I appreciate it. Yeah. One day I was, like, sitting on my back porch. I was reading Lord of the Rings, and there was this lyric in it.
Scarlet flames, yellow rain, or, you know, the words in the book. And I decided. I was like, this is really cool. I'm gonna run with this. And before I knew it, it just kind of became a song. And a lot of times that happens where I'm not really sure how these songs are written. And I like to say, even if it's just me in the room, there's always a second writer, because I really do believe that God is putting ideas in the world that I'm picking up.
And the song just kind of happened. I mean, it was definitely also about a guy.
[00:23:39] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:23:40] Speaker C: Which unfortunately, a lot of my songs are. But, hey, we're working on that.
[00:23:43] Speaker A: That's something that any girl or guy can relate to.
[00:23:46] Speaker C: Absolutely.
[00:23:47] Speaker A: Like you said with Pretty in the Dark, it can apply to other things. Like.
[00:23:50] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:23:50] Speaker A: I'm sure people heartbreak people in a lot of situations feel like the Joker.
[00:23:55] Speaker C: Yes. Yeah.
[00:23:56] Speaker A: You know?
[00:23:57] Speaker C: Yeah, it's. It's one of the songs that's about wanting to see the best in somebody who's not good for you. And I think that can happen in a lot of different relationships, and it's. It's about really wanting to stick around for them because you see that side of the person that other people don't see, but in reality, you shouldn't stick around, and they're. They're not good for you, but it's a lot of comfort. I think that happens in that situation, and I have that experience, and I still have it sometimes. So really, that song is just to shine a light on that and hopefully give people some sort of strength. It gives me strength, though. It's a devil's advocate song for sure.
[00:24:40] Speaker A: Yes. Yeah. And do you. When you're in the writing room, whether it's. Whether it's by yourself and God's putting ideas on your heart or it's your. With your friends and you're. And you're coming up with stuff, will you have in your head where the vocal runs are going to be? Because you have such a gift. You have such a gift of where, like, your voice will just explode and there's. There's a moment in. In Joker where that kind of happens, you know?
[00:25:07] Speaker C: Yeah. You Know, it's funny because the answer is no. When I'm writing the song in the room, I don't really hear it yet. And it's. It's stripped down form. And to be honest, a lot of my songs are written over time. Like, yes, the song is completely done, but it becomes a new form when I start singing it live.
And the way that song sounded a year ago, as opposed to the way I sing it today is completely different. And none of the lyrics have changed, but just the way it is live has changed. And I think that's a beautiful part about live music, is that it's, for me at least, always going to evolve and just keep it. Keep it real and keep it fun.
[00:25:49] Speaker A: So, yeah, and that's like. I was talking, like, we were talking about the Jam, band, stuff. Like, yeah, you can go and see Widespread Panic and the songs are gonna sound. Or Allman Brothers or Tedeschi Trucks or any of those. And the songs are gonna sound a little different. Like, you go to a Friday Sat. Or a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, you chase the whole run and you go to all of them. Those songs might sound slightly different. And it's like, based on how the crowd is or the environment or how you and the band are feeling, like you can kind of do whatever you want with them.
[00:26:18] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, absolutely. And I think that's something that should always stay alive. And that, to me, that's the truest form of music, is the jam and what happens just randomly on stage. And that's definitely my favorite part.
[00:26:33] Speaker A: Yeah. What do you like doing outside of music? Like, what do we do with our free time? Because I know this takes up a lot of time. I know this takes up a lot of time, especially here lately, for you.
[00:26:44] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. I definitely. Balance is such an important thing for me in music because I try really hard not to idolize it. And I love it very much, but I don't want it to become my whole life. I think that's very important for anybody. You have to have balance.
And I like to do a lot of things outside. I grew up with a fisherman, a captain. My dad's a captain.
[00:27:04] Speaker A: Oh, he's a captain.
[00:27:06] Speaker C: Yes. Captain Matt. Shout out to him.
[00:27:08] Speaker A: Captain Matt. Let's go.
[00:27:10] Speaker C: Another Matt.
[00:27:11] Speaker A: Yeah, I love it.
[00:27:12] Speaker C: Yeah. He'll have to take everybody fishing sometime. Yeah. Be really fun. So I grew up very outdoorsy, just fishing all the time. Lots of hunting.
Yeah, just all those things. Anything to get back in nature. I really love to fish. I really love to be outside.
It's really Peaceful for me. And then I've also been, like, getting into painting more. Lots of painting.
[00:27:33] Speaker A: That makes a lot of sense. Yeah, I could see that makes a lot of sense. Because you're an artist.
[00:27:38] Speaker C: Yes. Just any way to express art.
[00:27:40] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:27:40] Speaker C: So important. And just. I try to do anything that just revives me and makes me feel creative, and that's definitely one of them.
And, yeah, just a lot of. A lot of stuff like that.
[00:27:52] Speaker A: So being outside and being in nature relates to your rootsy style, too.
[00:27:56] Speaker C: Absolutely.
[00:27:57] Speaker A: I think it.
[00:27:57] Speaker C: You.
[00:27:58] Speaker A: You need to be just like. You have your relationship. Relationship with the man upstairs. You got to have your relationship with the world that he created.
[00:28:04] Speaker C: Absolutely. You know, you gotta have. You gotta get inspiration. And that was advice that was given to me for a very long time, actually.
My bestie slash, like, older brother slash everything LV Shane told me.
[00:28:18] Speaker A: Yeah, I love lv. I love lv. That's the dude.
[00:28:22] Speaker C: He's the best. I owe so much to him. I mean, he has been there for me also since I was 13.
[00:28:27] Speaker A: Really crazy.
[00:28:28] Speaker C: Yeah. But he. He told me a long time ago. He was like, you need to. You need to live life. You need to have heartbreak. You need to go get a boyfriend. You got to do all these things because truthfully, that's where the music comes from, is just what happens around you, and you have to pay attention to it and experience life. So I think that's. That's very important. But it's easy to forget, for sure.
[00:28:49] Speaker A: Yeah. And I feel like when we're in Nashville, there's like. It's like you're in a bubble.
[00:28:53] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:28:53] Speaker A: Especially when the ball really starts moving fast. You get in this bubble of. And it's good to be in a routine, but then it gets stressful and there's anxiety. And, like, I was talking with one of the artists that we were doing a festival with over the weekend, and he was like, man, I'm. I'm thinking about just moving down to. Moving down to Florida and then coming up to Nashville when I need to, just to get out of the. The bubble, you know, Because. Because when you. When you, like you said, idolizing it. I've never heard that word for it. But when you make it all that you're doing.
[00:29:23] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:29:23] Speaker A: And it can get very stressful, and your wheels will start turning in your head, and you're questioning, why isn't this happening yet? But it's happening for this guy or this girl.
[00:29:32] Speaker C: Yes. Well, yeah. I've always. I love Nashville very much because I think it's the most inspiring place it is to be in. But I also think it can be just the opposite as well. I think that it can definitely be. Sometimes it can seem competitive or just kind of like a pressure cooker. It kind of feels like you have so much time to do something, and sometimes it feels like you just have to be working, working, working.
And there's not a lot of inspiration that comes into that. But I think it's very important to not make it your whole, whole world and realize that the world is much bigger than you and it's much bigger than your music.
And, you know, it's important to work hard but also be humble. And.
[00:30:16] Speaker A: Yeah, definitely.
[00:30:16] Speaker C: I. That's what I strive to be. I'm always trying.
[00:30:19] Speaker A: Yeah. And it's cool. You were talking about being outside and the way that your music is. You have a big show coming up with my brother, with my big brothers, Gary Stanton and Charlie Moncaster from Muscadine Bloodline. And that show is going to be out in Texas, right?
[00:30:33] Speaker C: Yes. And Oklahoma.
[00:30:34] Speaker A: And Oklahoma.
[00:30:35] Speaker C: Grant. Oklahoma. And Houston, Texas.
[00:30:38] Speaker A: It's gonna be so sick. You know, it's funny. I. I did a show, I did a number. I mean, I probably did like around 100 shows with those guys selling their hats and T shirts, sleeping in the back of the Sprinter van. Like, oh, that's Pre bus Muscadine. Pre Covid. Like BC Musk before they put out their first record. I call BC Before COVID I love to use that vernacular, but I think that's going to be such a perfect pairing for you. And Josh Weathers is on those shows, too.
[00:31:04] Speaker C: He's so insane. So talented.
[00:31:06] Speaker A: Josh, man. Like, so talk about how excited you are and what you love about both of those acts.
[00:31:14] Speaker C: Yeah, well, first of all, Muscadine, I've been a huge fan of them for a very long time. Like, I think I found them freshman year of high school. And Porch Swing angel was just on repeat for me.
[00:31:25] Speaker A: Fun fact, Gary wrote that song about being friend zoned.
[00:31:29] Speaker C: Oh, really?
[00:31:30] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:31:30] Speaker C: When he was like, it was like a love song that was.
[00:31:32] Speaker A: That was a message to a girl that had. That had friend zoned him.
[00:31:36] Speaker C: Wow.
[00:31:36] Speaker A: That is why that was the message. Like, this is how I'm feeling. He wrote that when they were still. When he was still living in Mobile.
[00:31:42] Speaker C: Oh, my God.
[00:31:43] Speaker A: That was like, for a local songwriting competition.
[00:31:45] Speaker C: Yeah. Well, I hope he won that.
Deserve the win.
[00:31:49] Speaker A: But he's. They're small town guys that come from a very similar background to where you come from. Like, they're men of faith. They grew up out. They still go out hunting and fishing, and they're family men and all that. So, yeah, when you go back to Porch Swing, then you've been a day one.
[00:32:04] Speaker C: Yes. Yeah. So it's really like. It's a very cool full circle. I mean, I have been playing shows my whole life, but I have not played this big of a show before. So I'm really. I'm really, really excited. I mean, a little bit nervous, but more so just excited. And I'm also really excited to just meet their fans and to be a part of that crowd. And I feel like it's going to be hopefully a good match.
[00:32:29] Speaker A: I think it's a perfect match. And I can speak from experience. They're fans we were talking about, like, the Ashley McBride fans, the Muscadine fans.
That is a cult following. Like, they love those boys. And what's really cool about being in the opener position is it means that the artist is kind of saying, all right, we believe in this guy, this girl, this band. Like, it's that seal of approval. So their fans immediately know, oh, if Jay Joyce is opening for Gary and Chuck, then she's got their approval. Like, we're going to love them. Yeah, they're a very welcome. They're very welcoming. They're a very welcoming bunch. And I think it's gonna be perfect with this new music coming out. I know we got some. Some announcements coming. Oh, yeah, I hear you been in. You've been working on a record.
[00:33:12] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, I've been working on a record. So it's been a long time coming, but I think it's. The timing finally feels right and it's craziness. I'm working with Mike lepento and Legend. I. Oh, my gosh, he's amazing. It's been the most natural process I've been in and we're recording the whole thing live, so as you should just like in a full band live setting.
[00:33:37] Speaker A: That, to me is. Is who you are as an artist. It's a. It's a full band show and it's. It's real and it's raw.
[00:33:45] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:33:45] Speaker A: Like that. To me, if you were recording it any other way, be like, well, like you recording it live is perfect.
[00:33:51] Speaker C: Yeah. I am so excited. And we've just.
[00:33:55] Speaker B: We.
[00:33:56] Speaker C: The process has been amazing. I mean, we recorded. I think it was eight songs in three days. And none of it felt rushed and none of it felt like it was taking too long. It was really just natural. And I'm very. I'M very excited for everybody to see these songs because every single one of them is just, in my opinion, in their most natural form.
And they all sound different, but at the same time, it's. It's me. So I'm excited.
[00:34:21] Speaker A: Yeah. And that's again, if people were to ask me, which folks ask us about you all the time. Like, tell us about Jade and. And we're thankful to be able to. To speak on. Speak on your behalf, just as we've gotten to have you in our world and vice versa for a minute now.
But it's like your music is all over the place. So the whole record should be all over the place.
[00:34:41] Speaker C: Absolutely.
[00:34:42] Speaker A: Now talk. If you were to describe it in, like, two or three styles, what would you describe it like?
[00:34:48] Speaker C: Yeah, I would say my music is like, if Led Zeppelin and Susan Tedeschi had a baby and it was a girl who was sisters with Chris Stapleton. Now, I am not even close to as good as any of those people, but I just absolutely love their music, and that's where a lot of the inspiration has come from.
[00:35:12] Speaker A: That's a great way to describe it. That's a great way to describe it.
[00:35:16] Speaker C: Yeah, it's definitely like Americana rock, rock, and I like to say country, soul, and it comes from everywhere. But I never have tried to box myself in because I never want to box in creativity, and I never want to box in what I'm supposed to be writing. And I just. I try to get inspiration from everywhere, so. But I hope it all sounds like me.
[00:35:39] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:35:39] Speaker A: Oh, I'm sure it will. I'm sure it will. Now we have these Muscadine shows coming up, but talk about, like, some dream goals or venues or shows, festivals, like, things that you would love to do like that, because you've been absolutely. How old are you now?
[00:35:54] Speaker C: I'm 21.
[00:35:55] Speaker A: You're 21. So you've been. You. You first started coming out eight years ago. That's wild.
But thinking back even to, like, when you were coming up and you were first getting to know Josh and his wife and lv, like, what are some dreams that you've had that you're starting to see, like, are coming up? Like, you're seeing the exit signs for
[00:36:15] Speaker C: the mile markers, it feels unreal. I still feel like I just never know what's coming. I really don't. But my very first dream was and still is playing the Opry. And I had the great experience of being sidestage. Like, I think it was the left wing when Charlie Daniels played, and it was One of his last shows. Wow. And actually Josh and his wife took me to that show. We went backstage and I just got to see the crowd react to him, and it felt like I was on stage with him. And that was just one of the most surreal experiences. And that really hit me in the heart. And ever since then, the Opry has just been a huge dream of mine.
Definitely the Ryman as well, for sure.
And also the Caverns. I recently went there.
[00:37:06] Speaker A: In the Caverns would be so bombastic and just epic. Like I would.
[00:37:13] Speaker C: It's such a cool place. I saw 49 Winchester do their show.
[00:37:17] Speaker A: I was like, oh, my gosh, I love that venue.
[00:37:19] Speaker C: Yeah, really cool.
[00:37:21] Speaker A: We have that Auris Clock up there behind you now. But it used to be a poster of when old 60 and fox and Bead and Rob Langdon played at the Caverns.
[00:37:30] Speaker C: Yeah. That's just insane.
[00:37:31] Speaker A: I've seen a few shows with Nikki. T went and saw Jelly Roll there years ago.
[00:37:35] Speaker C: Wow.
[00:37:35] Speaker A: We went and saw the Cadillac 3 there. That was awesome. Like, the acoustics are just insane. Like, you're literally cool. You're literally just jamming out in a cave.
[00:37:44] Speaker C: Yeah. It's definitely one of my dream venues. And, yeah, as far as, like, dream tours, I've always really dreamed of opening for Chris Stapleton. So he's been a huge inspiration for me because he has. I feel like he's paved his own way, but in mainstream country.
And I just relate a lot to the type of music he makes. It's very rock and roll, but at the same time country.
So I absolutely. I love his music. And, yeah, him and Tedeschi Trucks has always been a big goal of mine. And there's a lot of dreams. And also, like, a huge one is Turnpike Troubadours. Oh, yeah. I am the biggest Evan Felker fan. I think he's one of the best songwriters. And, yeah, that's another dream of mine. So we'll see what happens. I don't know.
[00:38:28] Speaker A: Yeah. And Stapleton's been. Was a journeyman, too. Like, you talk about your journey, where it's really started for you, going back to 11 years ago, like, when you were 10. Yeah. So, yeah, you've been in. You've been in this. Pursuing music as a dream and having music as a part of your life for over a decade now. Isn't that crazy?
[00:38:48] Speaker C: It's to. Yeah. To think about it, it's like I might have done my 10 years in Nashville. Like, just how much I was in and out of here. I mean, I have A long way to go. Don't get me wrong, I got a lot of patches to earn.
[00:39:01] Speaker A: You're just getting started. But the rocket ship is like, it's right there. Like it has to be just so dang exciting for you.
[00:39:08] Speaker C: It's exciting, it's scary. And at the same time I try not to think about it a lot. I just try to keep my head down and just write music.
[00:39:17] Speaker A: And you wouldn't be feeling nervous and you wouldn't be scared if this didn't mean the world to you?
[00:39:23] Speaker C: Oh yeah, it means a lot if it didn't.
[00:39:26] Speaker A: If you didn't love it as much as you do, then you, you should probably be doing something else.
[00:39:31] Speaker C: Absolutely. I love it so much and it's craziness. I also play with another band called Crooked Deal.
[00:39:38] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:39:39] Speaker C: So that's been an amazing experience. But we have been just roughing it on the road. I mean, just the four of us in a truck and staying at who's. Whoever's house we can find really. Who has an air mattress and a couch. We're there. And it makes me realize more and more how much I love music because it's like you gotta love it to do that.
And it just makes the dream bigger and makes me want it more. And that's been a great experience.
So I love all of it.
[00:40:09] Speaker A: And I'm glad you're getting to rough it because a lot of people, they have that blow up moment and they don't, they don't have the experience. Like it makes you appreciate it so much more. And I mean like I was talking about with Gary and Chuck, like I was, we were riding around in a van and sell it, selling like hundreds of tickets. Now they're selling like thousands of tickets but. But in a different place than they're in now. And it makes them appreciate where they are now, you know, like that journey to get there. And there's nothing like being in a van with your band or being in an SUV or a pickup with enclosed quarters and going to play shows not for a lot of money, but just for the sake of playing shows and doing it.
[00:40:52] Speaker C: Well, a lot of people ask me, they, and they ask me that. They're like, why are you, you know, going and playing these shows? Or just like thinking, you know, I should just be in Nashville kind of working on social media, which I am still. But the truth is I do it because I love it and I want to be playing and I want to be on the road and as much as possible. And I really think there's no other reason. And I love the experience it gives me.
And you know, it's. It definitely can be rough. Like, we're really rough in it. But hey, I grew up playing in bars and stuff, so it's nothing. I'm not that used to.
[00:41:28] Speaker A: And it's gonna make that moment when you're in Oklahoma and you're in Texas and you're opening up for Muscadine and playing those shows with Josh Weathers, like, it's gonna make you. So you're ready for that moment. You've been playing live. There's so many people that don't have reps. And you've been getting reps since before you could drive.
[00:41:45] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:41:45] Speaker A: Like, you've been getting reps for so long, like.
[00:41:49] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:41:49] Speaker A: And I almost.
[00:41:50] Speaker C: But I still get nervous.
[00:41:51] Speaker A: Yeah. And I almost feel like being in front of a. Being in front of like a sold out crowd isn't as. It's scarier. At least for me on the hosting side, when I'm in a room and I can see everybody's face, like there's like a dozen people and they're looking. And they're all looking at me. I get a little more in my head when I'm hosting versus, like being at a festival where there's like 20 or 30,000 people. Because then you're just looking out and you don't see everybody's face.
[00:42:17] Speaker C: Right. Yeah, I completely agree with that. And I've had those shows where it's literally just my parents and my grandma there and I'm more nervous for that than, you know, playing for a couple hundred people to a thousand, which I don't really even know what that feels like.
[00:42:34] Speaker A: But you're about to.
[00:42:35] Speaker C: I'm. And it's gonna. I think it's gonna be a big exhale and just be like a time to look back on my career so far and celebrate. And I'm very excited, for sure. But yeah, hopefully it will be like. Like maybe I won't be able to see the people. That would be great.
[00:42:50] Speaker A: Honestly, you're gonna be so in your zone. That and the energy.
[00:42:54] Speaker C: I think the energy is gonna be really high and. Yeah, that's gonna. That, that's always like, really, when you have a lot of people, it kind of brings a lot of energy. And that's just, that's the fun, addicting part of being on stage. For sure.
[00:43:07] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. Have you been to a Muscadine show before?
[00:43:09] Speaker C: I actually haven't. They're shocking.
[00:43:12] Speaker A: They're. They're. They're a lot more rocking now than they were when I was with them.
[00:43:17] Speaker C: I take that back completely. I have. Okay.
[00:43:19] Speaker A: Where was it?
[00:43:20] Speaker C: I've been to so many shows that it takes me like a second.
[00:43:23] Speaker A: They blend together. Yeah.
[00:43:24] Speaker C: I went to see Post Malone and they opened for him.
[00:43:27] Speaker A: Oh, the Postie tour. Okay.
[00:43:30] Speaker C: And it was amazing. And yes, it was definitely rockin. It was like.
Yes, it was great. I loved every single piece of it. And I was pretty close to them as well, so I could really see them.
But it was a very inspiring show. And they had that.
What's that box he plays?
[00:43:49] Speaker A: It's like a squeeze box type of thing. It's not quite an accordion, but it looks like it a little bit. Yeah.
[00:43:55] Speaker C: Yeah. I should know that.
[00:43:56] Speaker A: It's very Southern. Well, now they have one where they. I think it's Charlie sits and it's like he's sitting at a piano, but it's the box and he's like sitting. He's like sitting down and like squeezing it on this hand and like tapping on it like it's a. The box has evolved and grown.
[00:44:13] Speaker C: Yes. I need to figure out what that is. But I saw them play that opening for Post Malone and I was just really blown away. And it also made me feel inspired just to know that people.
People like them are just keeping art alive and trying new things like that. I thought it was really cool.
[00:44:28] Speaker A: Yeah. They're literally doing it their way.
[00:44:30] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:44:31] Speaker A: Like, they've been. Their. Their slogan is proudly independent, where they've. They handle everything on their own, from the designs of the merchandise to the recording of the music, to the putting out of the music. Like, they're. They. They just do it for their people and they do it because they love it. I honestly, when. When Keith had told me a couple weeks ago about that, I was like, that is the perfect pairing.
[00:44:54] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm excited. It'll be awesome.
[00:44:57] Speaker A: So now we're. We're getting ready. We're working on this. Working on this record.
When are we. We're looking at some new music. Do we know which songs will be coming first?
[00:45:07] Speaker C: We're still deciding. I'm definitely teasing the songs quite a bit.
I'm kind of deciding between two songs, but I want it to be a surprise, so I'm not going to say too much, but it'll be groovy. The first song is going to be very groovy. And yeah, it's. There's just a lot of heart in it. And I. I'm really excited for the way these Songs were recorded because it's very like stripped down but yet full sonically. So it's gonna, it's gonna be fun. But the songs will be coming out very soon. Yeah. So.
[00:45:39] Speaker A: Yeah, I can't wait. And what's something that you would tell. I don't know whether I always ask this question at the end, but you've had a few different levels within your journey.
So I'm going to go back to.
I'm going to go back to 13 year old Jade flying out of the Milwaukee airport, down here, down here to Nashville to stay with the Thompsons and start getting reps and getting, getting your, your little toes dipped in the pool that is the Nashville music world. What would you tell that little girl now, knowing what you know and what you're experiencing and you're on the cusp of of your debut album? Like.
[00:46:14] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:46:15] Speaker A: What would you tell that 13 year old you?
[00:46:17] Speaker C: I would say put more trust in God because truly I cannot do any of it without my faith, without him.
And I don't know what's ahead. I've never really known what's ahead and that is very scary. I think I spent a lot of time being afraid and I'm learning more now than ever that there's no reason to really be afraid and to just work hard and what's meant to be will be. And I think she would be very happy, very, very excited. So just the.
I mean that dream I've had since I was 13 just has not changed and it's.
I'm very blessed that I've stuck to it. I've had very good people to look up to as well that have just helped me stick to it and she would be very happy.
[00:47:06] Speaker A: Awesome. Well, amen to all that. And we got an announcement coming on Monday from when this episode comes out, right?
[00:47:12] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. It's gonna be. It's gonna be a big announcement. Only been waiting my whole entire life.
[00:47:18] Speaker A: Hey, well, seriously, thank you so much for coming on here and hanging and thank you for coming and playing our events and being a part of this chapter of what we're doing with Race Rowdy, because it's like we. Nick's been. Nick's had this company going since 2017, so we're technically in year nine of it. And you look at like the different folks that have come up through when Nick was in Pittsburgh, the one. We started doing it full time together a few years ago and currently like when I think of Raise Rowdy, I think of people like you and are we would not be who we are as a community, who we are as a brand without talented folks like yourself playing our events and being a part of our community. So we really appreciate you.
[00:47:58] Speaker C: Well, thank you so much for having me and also for giving me those first opportunities.
[00:48:04] Speaker A: Of course.
[00:48:04] Speaker C: I mean, you guys have been a big part of how far I've come in these past couple years. So thank you so much for believing in me.
[00:48:11] Speaker A: We appreciate you so much. Y' all be sure to go check out our girl, Jay Joyce, and make sure you're following if you're not one of the over 100, 000 people following you. Which, what's that like now? Like, because when we first.
[00:48:22] Speaker C: Crazy.
[00:48:23] Speaker A: When we first met, you did not have that many followers and now you have all these people, people following what you're doing. What is that like?
[00:48:30] Speaker C: Man, it's. It's beautiful. It really, really is. And I have. I have just the best fans. Like, I have the best people on my page. And they're all just so sweet and nice and I try really hard to answer everybody and it's been. It's been really great. Sometimes I have to pinch myself and be like, dang, I have come a long way. Like, this is. This is something to celebrate. So it's been awesome.
[00:48:54] Speaker A: And you're still just getting started.
[00:48:56] Speaker C: Just getting started.
[00:48:57] Speaker A: That's the best part. Well, I'll be sure to go look up our girl Jay Joyce and be on the lookout. Announcement coming, music coming.
And if you're out in Oklahoma or Texas, go out and see our girl Jade Joyce. Gonna be on the road with our brothers from Muscadine Bloodline in Houston, Texas. And where was it?
[00:49:16] Speaker C: In Grant, Oklahoma.
[00:49:17] Speaker A: Grant, Oklahoma. Get your tickets and go see our girl Jade. You will not be disappointed. Shout out to our friends from Surfside no bubbles means no troubles. Check out Super Light as well. It's like Gatorade and vodka had a baby so you'll can. You guys can go and get those wherever you get your booze. Shout out to our friends from Surfside and for more on us visit raised rowdy.com for my girl Jade I'm Matt Brill. This has been outside the round
[00:49:45] Speaker B: I ain't never been the kind for stayin one place for too long I ain't never been the best at sin I love you to a girl I love only got a couple tricks up my sleeve they usually just make em leave so if you know me if you really know me you know I'm just a two trick pony but maybe the drinking and the lack of money for show I'm just a two trick pony, yeah.
