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Andrew, welcome to the Unmistakable Creative. Thanks so much for taking the time to join us. Hey, I'm super happy to be here, Strini. Thanks for having me. I am beyond excited to have you here. I heard about your work, I think, by way of a publicist who pitched me. And I was like, this guy was a CIA spy. I'm like,

hell yes, I want to talk to him. I'm like, I can only imagine the crazy stories that he has. But before we get into all of that, even your background and your work, I thought I would start with one of my favorite questions. That is what social group be a part of in high school and what impact that up having on the choices that you've made with your life and your career yeah absolutely so shout out to all the marching band members out

there i was a proud proud clarinetist in the marching band and then i became the marching band drum

major in 11th grade and i carried that through to my senior year, man, that has shaped me in so many

ways. We don't have enough time on one podcast to talk about that. But, you know, everything from

from the friendships that you make in marching band to the fact that you have to put up with all the

punches, all the social punches that you get being in marching band. Yeah. So I'm super,

super blessed and super thankful for that experience. And to this day, you will never hear me

say a thing negative about anyone who chooses to spend time in their marching band.

Well, like I said, you and me both. I played the two by and we hated clarinet players who wouldn't hold their clarinets properly. You're like, you're idiots. I'm like, why are you not holding your instruments? Your instruments are so light. But I actually do want to dive a bit deeper into that. So I know what I learned from being in band. Personally, I really actually preferred concert band over marching band. You know, I always

just liked that aspect of it much more. Marching band was kind of like the necessary evil.

My band director, even, I think my senior was like, I'm quitting marching band. I'll still stay in the

band because I want to play. And he was like, what if you don't have to come to practice? I was like,

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