(solemn blues music) ♪ You treat me like a fine red wine ♪ ♪ Merlot grape picked from a vine ♪ ♪ Trying to age me to perfection ♪ ♪ Waiting on that special day ♪ ♪ To take me down off my shelf ♪ ♪ Depending upon your situation ♪ ♪ What am I supposed to do ♪ ♪ But stay bottled up, waiting for you ♪ ♪ Just gather dust, it's all right ♪ ♪ Like a fine aged red wine ♪ (solemn blues music continues) ♪ You can drink as much as you want ♪ ♪ While I sit alone on my shelf ♪ ♪ The cheaper, the better ♪ ♪ Tomorrow, forget her ♪ ♪ You can run around on me now ♪ ♪ And leave me alone ♪ ♪ In this dark cold cellar ♪ ♪ All on my own, yeah ♪ ♪ What am I supposed to do ♪ ♪ But stay bottled up, waiting for you ♪ ♪ Just gather dust, it's all right ♪ ♪ Like a fine aged red wine ♪ (solemn blues music continues) ♪ What am I supposed to do ♪ ♪ But stay bottled up, waiting for you ♪ ♪ Just gather dust, it's all right ♪ ♪ Like a fine aged red ♪ ♪ Wine ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, red, red ♪ ♪ Red wine ♪ - We've had this really beautiful community of musicians kind of come together.

So we've got this kind of music collective, which has been really nice to have this community of musicians that just are all excited about creating not just art, but, like, original music and just coming together in that way.

♪ I know she hurt you ♪ (gentle country music) ♪ Heard she slept around ♪ ♪ Heard she took your love ♪ ♪ Ran it into the ground ♪ ♪ Well, that don't seem the way ♪ ♪ You should live a life ♪ ♪ She pulls you in with her eyes ♪ ♪ And in her heart, she wields a knife ♪ ♪ And she's done a lot of things ♪ ♪ That I would not bear ♪ ♪ So don't come around ♪ ♪ Crying about the love you never shared ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm here ♪ ♪ And you can try, but you will fail ♪ ♪ 'Cause, baby, baby, I just don't compare ♪ ♪ I can show you love that you never, never known, no ♪ ♪ I can blow your mind ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah, I can show you love ♪ ♪ That you never, never known ♪ ♪ So much better than her kind ♪ ♪ Well, she's done a lot of things ♪ ♪ That I would not bear ♪ ♪ So don't come around ♪ ♪ Crying about the love you never shared ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm here ♪ ♪ And you can try, but you will fail ♪ ♪ 'Cause, baby, baby, I just don't compare ♪ ♪ When I say I can love you ♪ ♪ I can give you all that and more ♪ ♪ When I say I can give you everything that you need ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm about to give you all that ♪ ♪ And more ♪ (gentle country music continues) ♪ She's done a lot of things, oh ♪ ♪ That I would not bear ♪ ♪ So don't come around ♪ ♪ Crying about the love you never shared ♪ ♪ All right, 'cause I'm here ♪ ♪ And you can try, but you will fail ♪ ♪ Oh, 'cause, baby, baby ♪ ♪ I just don't compare ♪ ♪ No, I don't compare ♪ ♪ I don't compare ♪ We were together in a band of misfits, really, misfit musicians, but we wanna make music, and so we started doing these like, you know, shows where we did a lot of cover songs and everything, and we decided to do a show of original music.

- She made a commitment to play a really big show.

- Okay.

(Amanda chuckles) Yes.

This is true.

- Before there was a band.

- It's the Aries in me.

(Amanda laughs) - And so I started playing bass because she needed a bassist.

- Uh-huh.

- And I hadn't played bass since, like, high school.

- But I believed in you.

(Amanda chuckles) (somber bass guitar music) (somber country music) ♪ I see what you did there ♪ ♪ I tried to hold on ♪ ♪ But I let you in there ♪ ♪ Thought you were gone ♪ ♪ I see right through you ♪ ♪ I know that you're wrong ♪ ♪ But it's hard not to listen ♪ ♪ When I feel I've been bitten ♪ ♪ By words so strong ♪ (somber country music continues) ♪ You were not invited ♪ ♪ But I let you in ♪ ♪ Anyway ♪ ♪ And now you're trying ♪ ♪ To take everything away ♪ ♪ I'll no longer feed you ♪ ♪ I don't care what you believe ♪ ♪ 'Cause I see what you're doin' ♪ ♪ And you're trying to ruin me ♪ ♪ You were not invited ♪ ♪ But I let you in anyway ♪ ♪ And now you're trying ♪ ♪ To take ♪ ♪ Everything away ♪ ♪ I never deserved this ♪ ♪ Why'd it have to be me ♪ ♪ With you, I'm weaker ♪ ♪ Without you, I'm free ♪ ♪ But you won't let me go ♪ ♪ You just learn ♪ ♪ To deceive ♪ ♪ And the things that you know ♪ ♪ Make it so hard ♪ ♪ To leave ♪ ♪ It's boilin' inside me ♪ ♪ Bubblin' up to the top ♪ ♪ And all that I wanted, oh ♪ ♪ Is for you to stop ♪ - Most of my musical influences are, like, punk rock and metalcore, and, you know, very scream-y type music for the most part.

You know, for this stuff, it's really like, you know, whatever is going to elevate the all-around sound.

- I really love, like, Texas blues, that kind of thing.

Janis Joplin is one of my idols.

All those powerful female singers.

Broadway also comes into it, so these, like, powerful belt-y things.

So we like the drama and the mood, I think, and that really informs a lot of our music.

(upbeat country music) ♪ Far apart and standing near ♪ ♪ Throat closed due to fear ♪ ♪ Don't make a misstep, don't make a mistake ♪ ♪ It's only our freedom that's at stake ♪ ♪ When we want the same thing ♪ ♪ And can't see past it to get it ♪ ♪ We spin the narrative ♪ ♪ And instantly regret it ♪ ♪ And are we headed towards a civil war ♪ ♪ Will we find ourselves at death's door ♪ ♪ Do we remember what we're fighting for ♪ ♪ There's nothing to be afraid of ♪ ♪ We know what we're made of ♪ ♪ Reach for me and I'll reach for you ♪ ♪ You teach me and I'll teach you ♪ ♪ We'll rise together like we used to do ♪ ♪ Because I say yes and you say no ♪ ♪ Doesn't mean this can't grow ♪ ♪ Both our feelings are true ♪ ♪ It means to me what it means to you ♪ ♪ Stumbling towards understanding ♪ ♪ Two steps forward, five leaps back ♪ ♪ We're all still standing ♪ ♪ Humility is what we lack ♪ ♪ And are we headed towards a civil war ♪ ♪ Will we find ourselves at death's door ♪ ♪ Do we remember what we're fighting for ♪ ♪ There's nothing to be afraid of ♪ ♪ We know what we're made of ♪ ♪ Reach for me and I'll reach for you ♪ ♪ You teach me and I'll teach you ♪ ♪ We'll rise together like we used to do ♪ ♪ No one can heal when the fog rolls in ♪ ♪ When the view is clouded and the dark sets in ♪ ♪ No one can heal where they first learned pain ♪ ♪ Where you can't get away ♪ ♪ From the dark and the rain ♪ ♪ Can we clear the air for the greater good ♪ ♪ Find a way to feel more understood ♪ ♪ Would you hold my hand if you could ♪ ♪ There's nothing to be afraid of ♪ ♪ We know what we're made of ♪ ♪ Reach for me and I'll reach for you ♪ ♪ You teach me and I'll teach you ♪ ♪ And we'll rise together like we used to do ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Nothing to be afraid of ♪ ♪ We know what we're made of ♪ ♪ Reach for me and I'll reach for you ♪ ♪ You teach me and I'll teach you ♪ ♪ We'll rise together like we used to do ♪ Yeah, so my favorite show growing up as a kid, I mean, obviously Sesame Street is a thing.

There was this math show I would watch after school every day.

I remember it was at three o'clock and I had to make it home in time.

I think it was called, like, "3-2-1 Contact."

♪ Three, two, one, contact ♪ - And I would make it home to watch that and "He-Man," but that was not PBS.

(Amanda chuckles) - What was my thing as a kid was the Broadway shows that they would do.

- Oh!

- So they would do, you know, like Les Mis or like Phantom.

I grew up in musical theater and my parents would be really dialed into those and we'd sit down and watch those.

So, as a childhood, that was what I remember most about PBS was, like, those big Broadway shows to watch.

(tense country music) ♪ Oh, I have never seen myself this way ♪ ♪ And, oh, I have never let these feelings stay ♪ ♪ And, oh, the only difference is it's so innocent ♪ ♪ And, oh, blindsided like a deer in the headlights ♪ ♪ I can't win, a rock and a hard place ♪ ♪ You say I gotta choose ♪ ♪ You can have it all but then you're gonna have to lose ♪ ♪ Nobody gonna be comin' out smellin' like a rose here ♪ ♪ You can choose comfort or you choose fear ♪ ♪ Oh, I am somewhere that I don't belong ♪ ♪ And, oh, I am singing an unfamiliar song ♪ ♪ And, oh, I'm walking on a tightrope ♪ ♪ Playing with my last hope ♪ ♪ And, oh, things are gonna get better before they explode ♪ ♪ I can't win, a rock and a hard place ♪ ♪ You say I gotta choose ♪ ♪ You can have it all but then you're gonna have to lose ♪ ♪ Nobody gonna be comin' out smellin' like a rose here ♪ ♪ You can choose comfort or you choose fear ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, I sit on my hands to keep them from shaking ♪ ♪ The power of a choice got the whole world quaking ♪ ♪ A delicious disaster in the making ♪ ♪ But all we gotta do is change our minds ♪ ♪ It happens all the time ♪ (tense country music continues) ♪ A rock and a hard place, you say I gotta choose ♪ ♪ You can have it all but then you're gonna have to lose ♪ ♪ Nobody gonna be comin' out smellin' like a rose here ♪ ♪ You can choose comfort or you choose fear ♪ ♪ A rock and a hard place, you say I gotta choose ♪ ♪ You can have it all but then you're gonna have to lose ♪ ♪ Nobody gonna be comin' out smellin' like a rose here ♪ ♪ You can choose comfort or you choose fear ♪ ♪ Or you choose fear ♪ ♪ Or you choose fear ♪ - Come out to live music.

- Mhm.

- You know, I'll go out and we'll see a show and we'll just be blown away by the people that are on stage and they're playing to like five people.

- Yeah.

- COVID happened, and then the world forgot how to have fun or something.

I don't know what happened, but come out.

I think that's what I have to say.

Come see a show.

(Amanda chuckles) (solemn rock music) ♪ Is this all I am ♪ ♪ Is this all you see ♪ ♪ A source of entertainment ♪ ♪ And a thing for you to play with ♪ ♪ Is that what you need ♪ ♪ Is this all I have ♪ ♪ It's all I want to need ♪ ♪ But at the end of the day ♪ ♪ You go away ♪ ♪ Full from the feed ♪ ♪ I'm a pillar of strength, I'm made of stone ♪ ♪ I walk these busy streets alone ♪ ♪ I'm a million things ♪ ♪ For which I must atone ♪ ♪ After all, I'm merely flesh and bone ♪ ♪ So you set the scene ♪ ♪ Tell me, where do I stand ♪ ♪ I'll just roll over ♪ ♪ And never stop to wonder ♪ ♪ About your demands ♪ ♪ You can use me again ♪ ♪ Pull the marrow from my bones ♪ ♪ A moment in your spotlight ♪ ♪ Is like a breeze on a hot night ♪ ♪ I'll wait by the phone ♪ ♪ I'm a pillar of strength, I'm made of stone ♪ ♪ I walk these busy streets alone ♪ ♪ I'm a million things ♪ ♪ For which I must atone ♪ ♪ After all, I'm merely flesh and bone ♪ ♪ All I have ♪ ♪ Is these bones ♪ ♪ I can sit for quite a while ♪ ♪ On this throne ♪ ♪ When you're gone ♪ ♪ And you've gone home ♪ ♪ You just have yourself ♪ ♪ You don't need no one else ♪ ♪ And I'm alone ♪ ♪ I'm a pillar of strength, I'm made of stone ♪ ♪ I walk these busy streets alone ♪ ♪ I'm a million things ♪ ♪ For which I must atone ♪ ♪ After all, I'm merely flesh and bone ♪ (solemn rock music continues) - If anything, create.

Even if you think it's trash, create.

A lot of the music that I write is about my own journey through things like depression and anxiety, and it's the thing that's kept me alive.

Back to Broadway, you know, from "Rent" and Jonathan Larson, the opposite of war isn't peace.

It's creation, so create.

(somber blues-y music) ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ There will be times ♪ (lively blues-y music) ♪ You need to step out of line ♪ ♪ Go against the grain ♪ ♪ And leave it all behind ♪ ♪ You can feel it ♪ ♪ You can hear it ♪ ♪ Or send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ You can carry that load ♪ ♪ Dig your heels into the ground ♪ ♪ You can go it alone ♪ ♪ Or let them drag you down ♪ ♪ You can hear it ♪ ♪ You can feel it ♪ ♪ Or send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Sometimes you gotta hustle ♪ ♪ Sometimes you gotta lay low ♪ ♪ You gotta move when the sun is up ♪ ♪ And as fast as the river flows ♪ ♪ Sometimes you've gotta say goodbye ♪ ♪ To what is holding you back ♪ ♪ It can cost more to stay in line ♪ ♪ Than laying it down like that ♪ ♪ Send it down the river ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Send it down ♪ ♪ Right on down ♪ ♪ Down the river ♪ (lively blues-y music continues) ♪ You get to decide ♪ ♪ Just make up your mind ♪ ♪ You can follow blindly ♪ ♪ Until you find it ♪ ♪ But you won't know it ♪ ♪ Until you go for it ♪ ♪ Send it down the river ♪ ♪ Yeah, oh ♪ ♪ Send it down ♪ ♪ Right on down ♪ ♪ Down the river, hey ♪ (lively blues-y music continues) ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ ♪ Send it on down the river ♪ (mellow blues-y music) (upbeat music)