Gig Soap

Chad Bourquin (00:01)
Welcome to the gig. So podcast today is, ⁓ Nick, Nate Gregory, not Nick, Nate Gregory. How long have I known you long time? They say this happens. ⁓ man, I'll tell you, I am, I'm, I'm excited every time I get to do a podcast, but this one, this one is super special to me. ⁓ Nate and I have been friends and working together for.

Nate gregory (00:04)
At least a couple years.

Chad Bourquin (00:31)
How old were you when we started? Do you remember?

Nate gregory (00:34)
It had to have been like 15 or 16. I want to say probably 15. Yeah

Chad Bourquin (00:38)
15 or 16. Okay, so,

and you're almost 21, right? When was your birthday?

Nate gregory (00:43)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

October. Just a couple months out.

Chad Bourquin (00:47)
Okay, awesome. Well, Nate, for those of you who live in Kansas City or in the music world, you already know who Nate is. And, but if you don't, you know, we're going to give you just a little little overview of Nate and where he started and where you where you're at now where you've come from. I mean, you've just done some incredible things in this guitar world from starting, you know, school rock to

to playing in clubs, to now you're playing in stadiums. And you haven't even gotten your 21, hit the age of 21 yet. So very, very cool. Nate, thanks for joining me.

Nate gregory (01:20)
You

No, thanks for having me. Happy to be here.

Chad Bourquin (01:33)
Yeah, man. So ⁓ we'll work back with just a first, you know, right now you're out with May Estes. Let's talk a little bit about what's going on with that.

Nate gregory (01:42)
It's been really, really fun. been, ⁓ we're getting ready to do like a month with Luke Bryan opening. Then we did something with Brad Paisley this summer and Tracy Lawrence and Nash McBride.

Chad Bourquin (01:59)
Yeah, okay. Country guitar player getting the open for Brad Paisley. Right? How was that?

Nate gregory (02:05)
Hahaha

That was amazing. That was... He was kind of my first, like, you know, guitar hero, especially in the country. Yeah. ⁓

Chad Bourquin (02:16)
guitar crush.

Yeah, I mean, it's been kind of leaning towards that because we met Robert Arthur, right? Who has written a number of Brad songs. And we met him at the songwriting and now you're opening for Brad. So how did that show go? First of all, I mean, how cool was that?

Nate gregory (02:25)
Mm-hmm

Yeah.

It was really cool. We got to do, ⁓ That was the second arena I had done. That was cool. But then we did two others too, but... It was fun. Especially, like, it feels like a guitar crowd too. Like, there's at least a couple guitar players out in the audience, you know?

Chad Bourquin (03:01)
Yeah, I'm sure. Yeah, and then you were telling me the other day, you know, about soundcheck. You got the experience, the kind of volume he runs through those amps. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, and then you met him on his bus. Yeah. What, what was that like for you?

Nate gregory (03:09)
He's cooking.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

That was incredible. There's so much stuff I wish I would have said now. Like, thank you back if I could rehearse it.

Chad Bourquin (03:28)
Like

what? What do you wish you would have said?

Nate gregory (03:31)
I wish I would have told him because like the whole way I learned the hybrid pick or like pick with the fingers was learning his song nervous breakdown I wish I would have told him that but

Chad Bourquin (03:44)
Yeah,

maybe he'll listen to this.

Nate gregory (03:48)
Brad, if you're listening, change the game for me.

Chad Bourquin (03:50)
Yeah.

Well, I got a feeling that wasn't your only meeting. Not on the trajectory you're on right now. mean, you'll probably get that opportunity, I would think. Yeah, for sure. So, ⁓ Estes, know, at what point when you moved to Nashville, how long were you in Nashville before you got connected up with May?

Nate gregory (04:04)
I sure hope so.

Um, I think it was about six months. Actually, I've been, actually, putting it up today, uh, two years ago was my first gig with her. But, uh, I guess it'd been about five or six months.

Chad Bourquin (04:27)
Okay, got you.

Yeah. And she's, I mean, she's turned it up. I mean, you've had the grand OOPRI, I mean, the Luke Bryan tour. mean, all that stuff you mentioned, that's not small. I mean, we're not talking club or we're not even talking mid-size arena. You're talking full on arena size stuff on this, right? Yeah. Yeah. I don't think, I mean, I don't want, I don't know all the ins and outs of this, but I just don't think that they give somebody those size tours if they don't see what's coming. You know what I mean?

Nate gregory (04:35)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Chad Bourquin (05:04)
And so what do you think? I mean, you think it's going up or what do you think? Yeah. You just hang it on? Yeah.

Nate gregory (05:08)
for sure, yeah.

Open the kiwi around but yeah, it's been awesome.

Chad Bourquin (05:17)
Yeah, well, two years, I mean, if you've been around two years, I think you're good. Yeah. So, you know, it was kind of tough decision for you, you know, to go to move to Nashville to begin with what, you know, walk us through that. What, what were your emotions on that? What was some of the deciding factors?

Nate gregory (05:40)
Well, I'd always kind of wanted to be in Nashville. that, especially for like country guitar, that's kind of the kind of the place. But, uh, it, it, it seemed like once it got closer, I kind of wanted to pull away from it a little bit. But, uh, what ended up happening was my current roommate, uh, Dylan Johnson, who's also from Kansas City. I don't think we'd ever actually met, but he posted, uh,

Chad Bourquin (05:44)
Mm-hmm.

Nate gregory (06:10)
that he was looking for roommates. And I DMed him and I ended up like calling him. And like that night, that was in December of 23. And that night was like, well, I'm moving to Nashville, guess.

Chad Bourquin (06:25)
Yeah, well, so.

You know I've talked about this a lot where moving into fear, right? And you've gotten this point where if you're experiencing that, that's usually, you're taking that as a sign to lean into it, correct? Talk about how that evolved. Where'd you come from to get there?

Nate gregory (06:36)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

I think you helped me a ton with that, but then I also think just putting yourself in positions like that. Because I think if there's anything, I actually had this conversation like, because I did the Green Old Opry for the second time Saturday. And like, it's really cool, but that is definitely intimidating. It's not, you know, it's not just another gig. But, no. But I think my muscle, let me be there.

Chad Bourquin (06:59)
Mm-hmm.

These guys aren't slacks, are they?

Nate gregory (07:22)
I'm sorry about that. But I think my muscle for being uncomfortable and still performing under those conditions is pretty strong at this point. Just because even like two weeks ago, we did a stadium. That was the first time I'd ever done that. And it wasn't the most comfortable, but I just kind of feel like I have

Chad Bourquin (07:23)
It's all good.

Mm-hmm.

Nate gregory (07:50)
learned how to operate under those circumstances but

Chad Bourquin (07:54)
Yeah, agreed. Well, you know, and then that, you know, before you moved, you were playing with Phil Vandal, incredible guitar player, you know, and that was, that was a good step for you. I remember we talked about, you know, you got Phil's full set list, learned it all. And then what happened?

Nate gregory (08:01)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

yeah, Bill never really played with the setlist. It was always, and if it was, it was pretty last second. But I think that's one gig that I am so glad I had, because that taught me so much. Especially, I think most of all, how to be a side guy. That was the first time I was like truly a side man. I played rhythm a lot of it, and some of it was even acoustic.

Chad Bourquin (08:23)
Yeah.

Nate gregory (08:45)
I think that was a good lesson too. Maybe a hit to my 17 year old ego a little bit.

Chad Bourquin (08:47)
In what way?

Man, if you can reign that in at this age, you're in good shape. Some of us, takes a little longer.

Nate gregory (08:58)
Yeah, but...

But... And... Yeah, it was... It was definitely a, like a... Definitely a good step, and I learned, like you said, like how to really learn the parts to the songs, like... Because before I'd kind of like learn the intro, and you know, do whatever I want for the solo, but in Phil's band I would, you know, have to learn all the parts, and...

Chad Bourquin (09:25)
Mm-hmm.

Nate gregory (09:27)
And Phil hears everything too. There is nothing that happens on that stage that he doesn't hear.

Chad Bourquin (09:36)
So what was that like? mean, when you knew that there was maybe something you didn't nail, was there ever a conversation about it how'd that work?

Nate gregory (09:47)
No, I don't necessarily remember ever having a conversation. mean, I knew and I think he knew I knew when I did, you know. Yeah, I don't recall any time, but.

Chad Bourquin (09:55)
Yeah, they didn't need to talk about it.

Nate gregory (10:03)
I do remember there was one. I don't remember talking about this, but I played with him in Las Vegas once. And I did, I hit a wrong chord on something. And I mentioned after the show, like, yeah, I messed up that once part. And he goes like right to that, like, yeah, like, you know, the second verse of like the third song or whatever. Like instantly right to it. Like there is nothing that he doesn't hear. So it was definitely like, you know.

Chad Bourquin (10:26)
Yeah.

Nate gregory (10:32)
different like not I don't know if intensity is the right word but maybe it is but than what I've been doing before

Chad Bourquin (10:39)
Yeah, you know, mean.

You can look at your career, which is even though the age you are is still, mean, you've had what a lot would consider a lot of amazing things happen in a short period of time, you know? But there's just all these increments in there that it seems like they had a lot to do with your growth. Yeah.

Nate gregory (11:05)
Mm-hmm, for sure.

Chad Bourquin (11:09)
What are ways you paid attention to those lessons that you did learn from and didn't keep making them?

Nate gregory (11:17)
⁓

I'm not sure. ⁓ I think just trying to make the most of every opportunity maybe?

Chad Bourquin (11:28)
Yeah.

Nate gregory (11:30)
And definitely we talked about this, like what should I learn from this, you know? Because I guess you're right. I feel like I have kind of taken something from everything, you know?

Chad Bourquin (11:35)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Nate gregory (11:46)
And that's something I feel kind of blessed to, like, about what's happened is it seems like that every... I haven't had too much come at me at once, you know, yet at least. It seems like every time a new opportunity comes, I'm just maybe not 100 % prepared for it, but I'm most of the way there, and I can kind of figure out the rest of it. Yeah.

Chad Bourquin (12:07)
enough.

Yeah. The so when you first moved down though that you were you were hitting Broadway a lot, right? I mean, that's kind of where your entry point and and were you just getting as much work down there as you wanted? Or how'd that work?

Nate gregory (12:17)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Um, so I started off at, where a lot of people started off at, Tootsies. They have, own like four bars down there. And, uh, they're pretty good about getting newer people into town. It's, it's, it's insane how fast that kind of scene, especially in those club cycles. I don't even think a lot of the people that I've played with down there are even either playing those clubs or, you know.

Chad Bourquin (12:45)
Yeah.

Nate gregory (12:53)
Still doing everyone kind of, you can, it seems like one of those things where you branch out pretty quickly, but it's a great place to get started. So that's where I got started. And then, yeah, it wasn't long after that that I started playing as it was made. It was only like six months or so, but.

Chad Bourquin (12:59)
Yeah.

And how did that connection happen?

Nate gregory (13:16)
This is a wild, uh, you know, um, when I was playing with, uh, Steven Beccy, uh, a friend of his, Tyler Halverson, we had gone and seen, uh, play over at the, it's not even there anymore, the Wingman kitchen, I think was it? Over by where guitars and catalects is now. And I met Tyler that night and then had, you know,

went our separate ways. And then like six months later, he asked if I could play a gig with him in Nebraska. Because Tyler, I should say, was living in Nashville at the time. ⁓ so I went and did that gig. And then kind of the same thing, know, hadn't seen in a while. And he had moved to Texas that same like week. And so when I moved to Nashville, I didn't even know that he was back, but he had moved back to Nashville from Texas. And so ⁓

There was a couple weekends when I got here that he needed a guitar player. Or I did a couple gigs. But ⁓ so I went and filled in a couple more times. And then it was actually Tyler who recommended me.

So that's, yeah, that's crazy how that connection kinda came up, but that, it goes back, there's a lot of spider webs that go.

Chad Bourquin (14:32)
to me. Okay, nice. Yeah.

Right. Well, and he's got a pretty good career going now too. I mean, it looks like he's, you know, rising up about the speed of May, at least, I mean, I've, I've just got an inquiry for some country stuff, for some local corporate stuff here. And, and William Moore sent both May and Tyler over, you know, so I mean, you got, looks like things are going well for him too. Yeah. I mean, it really is, it really is a good old boy thing down there in that.

Nate gregory (14:43)
Mm-hmm.

I wish.

Mm-hmm, for sure.

Yeah, just friends and buddies.

Chad Bourquin (15:08)
You know,

yeah, you know, treat everybody nice, right? Respect.

Nate gregory (15:16)
That's why

we've talked about, cause there's some guys from Kansas City that are moving down here. and honestly, at this point, like, ⁓ because I've talked some of them, I don't even know what I would say to somebody moving down there other than just like, it seems like, and I don't, and I kind of believe that everything happens for a reason, but it seems like everybody's story is so different and it's always some.

the seemingly random thing that happens that, you know, leads you down this path that leads to this and then that leads to that, you know.

Chad Bourquin (15:52)
Yeah.

Right. But on the flip side, people do get stuck on the Broadway, don't they? Yeah. mean, what, is that because it's, you know, that it's decent money? Is it, I mean, just because, what do you think that is?

Nate gregory (16:00)
Mm-hmm.

I'd say that is part of it, because ⁓ I feel like almost a misconception. feel like I didn't know about this until I moved out. is that Broadway is a pretty good living, if you can kind of get into that scene and get some good gigs. I mean, you can make some pretty good money, and it's definitely can be less secure and less consistent if you choose to go down the road. But yeah, I think

Chad Bourquin (16:24)
Hmm.

Nate gregory (16:41)
As long as you have like a conscious, you know, like, or actively like, okay, I'm not gonna stay on Broadway. I am gonna, you know, try to be on the road. And as long as you stay focused towards that, I think you'll be fine. But if you definitely, it seems there is also misconception that like, if I play on Broadway, it'll lead to the road.

Which isn't always true. It's kind of more like Broadway gigs lead to Broadway gigs and road gigs lead to more road gigs, you know.

Chad Bourquin (17:13)
Yeah.

Well, and one of things that you did was super smart was you saved up a ton of money before you got there. Talk about that a little bit.

Nate gregory (17:26)
Um, I didn't even honestly realize I was saving up money. was just playing a ton. But yeah, was playing a ton back in Kansas and with Phil and over at Jerry's. So yeah, I did have a nice little pile with me when I moved there, which helps.

Chad Bourquin (17:32)
Just weren't spending it.

Yeah, well, I the way you worded it to me was you had about a year's worth of rent. What did that do for removing pressure on you to make different decisions?

Nate gregory (17:55)
Mmm, yeah.

Well, know, just not having, you know, taking gigs that, you know, mean something rather than just having to. Because that can happen too, where people, you know, have to stay in town to support their family because they can't afford to, you know, take a lesser paying road gig, even though that would be a bigger opportunity.

Chad Bourquin (18:10)
Yeah.

Yeah. Well, you've stayed, at least as far as I know, you've stayed single too, right? It's good. You got enough girls hanging on that hanging up on that wall behind you.

Nate gregory (18:25)
Yeah. ⁓

Hahaha

Chad Bourquin (18:38)
The name.

Nate gregory (18:39)
I have one now that I named Smokey. It's that 68 telecaster because it's like yellow from nicotine.

Chad Bourquin (18:44)
smoking.

Okay,

nice. So which is your main axe right now? That one, yeah. That's your new fender, right? Yeah, gotcha.

Nate gregory (18:54)
probably that one.

Yeah. Yeah,

it's a 68 Telecaster. Mostly original.

Chad Bourquin (19:06)
What and I mean on the road are you using amps? you ⁓ using models? What are you doing?

Nate gregory (19:12)
It seems like it's different every weekend, but I've kind of settled in. I've been using the Fractal FM9. ⁓ Or then I'll just sometimes bring like a Deluxe Reverb. And I just got a Pedaltrain Junior size, just small. But actually literally ⁓ on my way up to my room today, I got a package of the UA Audio Dream pedal. And I think I might switch to that.

Chad Bourquin (19:15)
Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Nate gregory (19:42)
for my directory over the fractal. Because the fractal you have to have like a laptop to basically control it.

Chad Bourquin (19:51)
Okay.

Nate gregory (19:52)
And so gets a little tough if you just need to nudge one thing over and do a sound check or something, you have to grab the laptop and plug it in and boot up and then, you know.

Chad Bourquin (20:04)
Yeah, I haven't even heard of that, that dream pedal. Did you try it out first or did you just, again, things you can do when you're single.

Nate gregory (20:08)
I just ordered it.

Yeah.

Chad Bourquin (20:18)
So, you know what, when it comes to, you're traveling a lot with this group, right? So there's a lot of, and it's not just, I mean, you've done some dates with a lot of other people as well. What does it take to coexist with multiple people on the road, stay friends? What advice do you have on that?

Nate gregory (20:43)
I'm pretty lucky this group is super easy. Everyone gets along. It's, I think just being mindful that there's other people around you, you know, you know, just even even when it gets tiring and tough, you know, try not to be grumpy or nothing, you know.

Chad Bourquin (20:49)
Yeah.

Right?

Nate gregory (21:06)
I will say, I would always hear people talk about being a good hang and stuff. And that always kind of made me feel little insecure, whatever, because I'm not like, I would consider myself the most outwardly social person there is. But I think truly what people mean by that is just be easy to be around. And especially it kind of goes that same, but not everything is going to go your way in a group.

Chad Bourquin (21:27)
Yeah.

Nate gregory (21:35)
people, you know, sometimes, know, whatever, you just, you gotta kind of go with the flow.

Chad Bourquin (21:43)
Yeah. Do you, I mean, that's a really grounded way of thinking of things. I mean, is that something you've always had or do you have to develop that or how did that come about?

Nate gregory (21:57)
feel like? I guess yeah, just always try to be, you know, easy to be around, you know, I think, and also if you can be helpful too, I think that's also kind of the name of the game that we talked about before is being top of mind, you know, if you showed up and you played great, and you know, you were easy to be around, and you you carried someone's amp back to the van for them, you know, it's the little things that are

Chad Bourquin (22:22)
Mm-hmm.

Nate gregory (22:26)
aren't really little at all, they're pretty big things, you know.

Chad Bourquin (22:29)
Yeah. Yeah, I think you're right. I mean, I don't think we really realize sometimes if we're the ones doing it and how big a deal is, but when somebody does that stuff for us, you know, and he's like, man, that was, you know, they didn't have to do that, but they did it. And I appreciate it. All right. One of the things I know you and I have talked a lot about is enjoying the moments, because things are moving really fast for you right now, aren't they?

Nate gregory (22:39)
Mm-hmm

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Chad Bourquin (22:58)
What does that mean to you when we say, do you slow down enough to enjoy where you're at now?

Nate gregory (23:07)
⁓ I wish I was better at that, but...

Chad Bourquin (23:10)
We

all do.

Nate gregory (23:13)
Yeah, I guess yeah, just try not to let anything, you know, pass me by. Which, I wish I was better than that, because this past month I kind of feel like I have had some of that kind of go by, but just to take a second and like step back and appreciate, you know, what's happening, you know. Because, because it's not normal. And especially like,

Chad Bourquin (23:37)
Yeah.

Nate gregory (23:42)
Being in Nashville, where I know a lot of people who are doing like, same stuff I am or bigger, you know, it's like, it's easy to feel like, you know, ⁓ go and you play in arena is normal or a stadium, but it's not normal. Like not everybody gets to do that.

Chad Bourquin (23:56)
No.

No, they don't. I mean, I remember many conversations with you about...

you having the next big step in your mind and just wondering how this was ever going to happen. You know, and this was like way more steps than arena that, you know, so man, talk a little bit about what that's been like, you know, you you, you hit a, you hit a level of success in your career, but then you're just thinking, okay, what's, you know, what's the next thing I want to do?

Nate gregory (24:14)
Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Chad Bourquin (24:36)
What's that meant to you?

Nate gregory (24:39)
I do feel like I'm cursed a little bit of that way where I think I always am kind of thinking of the next like, okay, what now? Like as soon as I finish one thing or check one thing off the list, I'm okay, what's next? Or, okay, I did this, now I wanna do it again. But yeah, it's been crazy. It seems like every time like I...

Chad Bourquin (24:52)
Yeah.

Right?

Nate gregory (25:07)
I hit something, I've hit something where I'm like, wow, okay, this is big. It seems like something bigger has come along.

Chad Bourquin (25:13)
Yeah. Are you able to experience gratitude at that point before you start thinking about what's next?

Nate gregory (25:19)
Mm-hmm.

For sure, I'd be lying to you completely if I said I never kind of looked back. Maybe I've glossed over some things, but yeah, I think so. Especially this last weekend, before the Opry, my family was in town and we went to the Opry Bar and Grill across the street the night before. And it's like very touristy themed or whatever, but going in there is like, wow, this is...

Chad Bourquin (25:24)
Yeah.

Nate gregory (25:51)
This is really insane, you know, like... Yeah, you know, I'm literally gonna play, because they have screens that play old performances, you know, non-stop. It's like, I'm literally gonna get to play that stage tomorrow.

Chad Bourquin (25:53)
Yeah, I'm not just a tourist here.

Yeah.

Yeah, I remember that. I think it was one of the first might have been one of the first posts. Your mom might have posted it when you were on the Jumbotron. ⁓ Do you remember where that was at?

Nate gregory (26:19)
that was in Las Vegas. I think we're opening for Laney Wilson.

Chad Bourquin (26:21)
Okay, was that with May? Yeah.

Okay. Yeah. I mean, when there's Jummo-trons and you're on it.

Nate gregory (26:31)
You

Chad Bourquin (26:33)
And it's not a Coldplay song. It's a good thing. A digress a bit there. ⁓ so, you know, this, in the, in this idea of, of what's next, what is next for you? mean, like you're, you're, you're playing in stadiums. it, where's your sites at now?

Nate gregory (26:57)
Um, I honestly was kind of thinking that the other day and honestly for the first time in a while I kind of don't even know. I honestly kind of haven't been even thinking about it. Which I feel like is a really like good place to be and I've kind of, you know, I don't know why everything's come my way but I'm sure glad it has and I'm kind of just happy.

Chad Bourquin (27:07)
Hmm.

Yeah.

Yeah. Well, you may not know why, but a lot of the rest of us know why. I mean, you're first of all, you know, when, when we first started working together, it was not because of guitar. You did not need my help in guitar. You know, ⁓ you had plenty other people helping you with that, but you were progressing so fast. was, it was just because I mean, your parents originally, it was just

they's like, we see he's going somewhere. We don't know anything about this business. You know, what do we got to do to keep him safe? You know, help him make right decisions, that sort of thing. That's how it started. But you really stepped into a new level quickly of, of grasping what it means to be grateful, what it means to attract what you want in your life. You know, I mean, not stress about it and have faith that it's coming. You know, I mean,

Nate gregory (27:57)
Yeah ⁓

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Chad Bourquin (28:22)
your demeanor right now is evidence of all that work you've done. You know what mean? It's really cool.

Nate gregory (28:32)
I mean, I've been lying on my head and, you know, slipped back into no stressing about stuff or whatever, but you know, I feel like if there's anything I've learned is how to just like recognize it and kind of kill that whatever thought or feeling in that moment.

Chad Bourquin (28:38)
We all do.

Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Well, one thing's for sure. You've got a whole city of musicians that follows what you're doing and is cheering you on. I mean, honestly, from a booking standpoint, know, in fact, there was one today I sent today, said, know, talk, was working on a date for May.

Nate gregory (29:00)
man.

Chad Bourquin (29:15)
here for a corporate thing and I told her, I wrote in the email, I here's all the things May's done, but here's another reason you might want to book this act. You know, and it said there is a huge amount of respect for Nate in this community, musicians, that's going to automatically help this date out just because of everybody following you along too, which I think...

I think is a valuable thing for any singer to have on board is somebody like you that's got the respect of a musician community and saying, yeah, I want to come see Mae, but I also want to come see Nate. You know, that's a really cool thing to have going on.

But it's a nice job.

Nate gregory (30:00)
Hehehehe

Chad Bourquin (30:02)
You know, you mentioned a little bit...

about, know, because there are some local musicians getting ready to move down there, know, friends of both of ours.

You mentioned the advice of be nice, be a good hang. Is there anything else you would tell them as they're getting ready to make this jump?

Nate gregory (30:31)
I guess don't lose focus kinda back to like the Broadway thing or whatever, you know? know what you're here for and, you know, I feel like there is kinda some stuff like Broadway or other things that'll present themselves to you that, you know, can kinda try to pull you away from where you're trying to be, but I guess I'd say that and be patient, cause even, you know, even-

Chad Bourquin (30:36)
Yeah.

Nate gregory (30:59)
I feel like some people would kind of roll their eyes at me if I said that because I feel like a lot of stuff kind of has my coming away. I've only been here for two years, but it all happens, feels slower than you want it to.

Chad Bourquin (31:11)
Right.

Well, and I would add to that, learn to smile all the time like you do. I mean, that's a big thing. I mean, even if somebody's mad at you, it's hard to stay mad. You're smiling.

Man, I sure appreciate you being on here, you know, and, and we're going to, we're going to post every year. We're going to put in the show notes, all the ways that they can follow you and, just, just keep track of your career. And, and man, I'd encourage anybody listening just to, to comment on Nate stuff and, and, and show them some love online as well. So man, thanks. Thanks for being on Nate. Yeah, you bet. You've been listening to the gig soap.

Nate gregory (31:32)
No, thanks for having me.

I appreciate that. thank you for having me.