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[00:00:02]

HOW'S IT GOING? MY NAME IS JULIAN ACOSTA.

I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

HI.

AND UH, WE'RE GONNA PLAY SOME MUSIC FOR YOU GUYS AND SO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE VIEWS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN THE OFFER.

AND YOUR BODY'S TELLING.

I TAKE MY SECOND AND YOU TO, AND YOU'LL BE OLD AFTER LADY.

I FEEL WE'RE GETTING OLDER.

ANY THIS HEART'S NOT AT YOU.

FALL IN LOVE.

IT'S A DISASTER.

A DISASTER.

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THANK YOU.

RED ROLLER.

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THANK YOU.

THANKS MATT.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

HOW WE DOING? OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIEW.

NO, I MEAN, WE'RE ROCK AND ROLLING ON TOP OF THE AUSTIN LIBRARY ON A TUESDAY.

YOU BETTER LEARN.

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YOU BETTER.

YOU CAN'T HELP BILL.

THAT LAST SONG WAS ABOUT, I THINK THE EARLY STAGES OF WHEN YOU'RE REALLY FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE THE LOVE GOES AWAY, BUT THAT EXCITEMENT, YOU FEEL LIKE NOTHING ELSE EXISTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL NO MORE PAIN.

'CAUSE IN THE MOMENT WHEN YOU FALL, REALLY FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING.

IT COULD BE A HOBBY, IT COULD BE A FRIENDSHIP, IT COULD BE A PARTNER, A PET YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST FEELS REALLY GOOD.

1, 2, 3.

MY GIRL LEFT ME A HUNDRED BILL.

I KNEW, I KNOW.

I, OH NO, I NEED A,

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SHE'S HAD SAY, OH LORD, I SUNDAY NIGHT.

YOU GOTTA GO TO WORK TOMORROW.

COME I, HEY EVERYBODY.

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THIS NEXT SONG IS ABOUT CAPTURING THE MOMENT.

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE WE ALL GET LOST, WHERE YOU DON'T WANNA REALLY LIVE IN THE MOMENT, MOMENT WHERE YOU ARE.

AND THAT COULD BE ROUGH, I THINK ON THE LONGEVITY OF US.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE GOALS, WE ALL HAVE AMBITIONS, WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT WE WANNA DO, BUT NONE OF IT COUNTS.

IF YOU CAN'T APPRECIATE THESE SMALL THINGS.

SOME PEOPLE CALL IT, YOU KNOW, SMELL THE ROSES.

I THINK THAT MEANS LIKE APPRECIATING THE JOURNEY.

LIKE EVEN

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IF IT'S JUST LIKE FROM HERE TO FIVE STEPS, YOU CAN STILL LOOK UP AND CHECK OUT THE SKY.

LIKE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN JUST GO LIKE, WHOA, LOOK AT THIS BIRD JUST FLEW BY.

UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S, I THINK, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT INSPIRED THE SONG A LITTLE.

NOW THE MOON IS BLOWN.

A RECORD'S BEING SPUN.

THE CLOUDS ARE ROLLING A LITTLE LESS.

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SO SAY YES, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY NO.

I'M PROMISING YOU DEAR.

SMILING.

LET'S, WE WILL NEVER STOP SMILING, DEAR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME? IMMACULATE.

IMMACULATE.

NICE TO MEET YOU, MAN.

I, THERE WE GO.

THAT'S A, THAT'S A COOL, THAT'S A GOOD NAME.

JUST PLAYING TO THE END.

.

.

PLAY TO THE END.

THERE WE GO.

WE'RE PLAYING TO SKI LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN SKI BAREFOOTED, SIR.

IMMACULATE SKIING.

AUSTIN ONLY FOR SURE.

MM-HMM.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? MARTIN.

MARK.

THIS IS THE BACKGROUND.

THANK YOU.

OH, YOU

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THE VIBES CALLING.

I GUESS THAT'S JUST HOW IT GOES.

AND SOMETIMES THE CARS UNFOLD.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE UP THERE HOLDING.

HOW'S

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EVERYBODY DOING? I LIKE THAT SMILE MAN.

.

THIS SONG I WROTE, IT'S CALLED THIS TOWN AND I WROTE IT IN THE STUDIO THE FIRST TIME I EVER WAS IN A SESSION.

AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T MUSICIANS AND THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE IN A SESSION AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THINGS CAN BE REALLY COMPLICATED.

'CAUSE THAT WAS ME.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING, BUT WE GOT THE SONG TOGETHER, THE TRACK, AND I WAS IN THE BOOTH.

AND THE LYRICS THAT I HAD, THEY JUST WEREN'T WORKING.

AND IT WASN'T LIKE FEELING GOOD.

SO I WAS ALMOST IN THE MIDDLE OF HAVING LIKE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.

'CAUSE I'M LIKE, OH MAN, THIS IS GONNA BE BAD.

THIS ISN'T GONNA BE COOL.

SO I, UH, JUST DECIDED TO TAKE FIVE.

AND I JUST STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHAT BROUGHT ME TO, TO WHERE I AM.

AND I STARTED THINKING ONE WORD IN MY HEAD, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AND IT WAS THE FIRST PLACE IN MY LIFE THAT I EVER DECIDED TO GO SOMEWHERE ON MY OWN TERMS. 'CAUSE LIKE WHEN YOU'RE A KID, YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR PARENTS, OH, I, WHY AM I BORN HERE? I CAN'T BE HERE.

RIGHT THERE.

IT'S NOT, THAT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

SO YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE IN THE MATTER.

THAT'S, THAT'S DESTINY.

THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

AND THEN COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, A TRADE OFF.

YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU GET TO GO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

BUT I SAT IN THAT VOCAL BOOTH AND I TOOK OUT A PIN PAD AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY AND HOW COOL IT WOULD BE TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND I'M LOOKING WHERE I AM NOW, JAMMING SOME ROCK AND ROLL ON TOP OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AUSTIN LIBRARY.

AND I RECOGNIZE I HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND I'M NOT VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXPERIENCE, THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING, EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE FOR REALLY KIND OF, OF OPENING YOURSELF UP AND CREATING A REALLY COOL SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE THEMSELVES HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

'CAUSE THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S I THINK SOMETHING THAT I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE I'VE EVER BEEN.

IT'S COME AS YOU ARE, JUST DON'T BE MEAN.

AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR DAYS, RIGHT? BUT THE VIBE OVERALL, I THINK IT'S INSPIRATIONAL ACROSS THE WORLD BECAUSE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE AND YOU SEE, OH WOW, LET'S KEEP THIS PLACE WEIRD.

AND IT'S LIKE, THAT COMES FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS BABY.

SO IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A PART OF IT.

SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO DO THAT.

AND I REWROTE THIS SONG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A ROCK AND ROLL SPIRIT.

SO THIS IS THIS TOWN AND IT WAS A, A LETTER THAT I DID RIGHT THEN AND THERE FOR THE LOVE OF WHERE I WAS, DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING.

I AM HERE AND WE'LL SEE WHERE I GO, BUT I GOT NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR THIS PLACE.

THANK YOU.

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YOU KNOW, WE GOT A FIGHT.

KNOW THIS SONG IS IN SPANISH.

I WROTE, IT'S CALLED NEON.

WHAT'S THAT MAN? UM, I WROTE THIS SONG ON A TOUR TO MEXICO.

AND YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN IN MEXICO, RAISED TEXAN.

IT'S REALLY COOL TO HAVE,

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IT'S REALLY COOL TO HAVE THAT DYNAMIC .

IT'S JUAN GABRIEL, DUDE.

JUAN GABRIEL.

YEAH.

NO, THAT'S A GOOD SONG.

UM, SO I WROTE THAT SONG AND IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT LIGHT, THAT INNER LIGHT.

AND IT'S A MODERN TIME AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S DARKNESS, THERE'S LIGHT AND YOU KNOW, DOESN'T IT KIND OF STINK WHEN THE POWER GOES OUT? SO WE ALL COULD USE THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT WAS THE INTENTION.

AND I JUST THREW A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE IN THERE AND I SANG IT IN SPANISH AND I REALLY DIG IT.

I LIKE THE WAY IT MAKES ME FEEL.

AND IT'S MY LATEST SINGLE, IT'S CALLED NOW.