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Recorded at a pivotal moment just as the world was shifting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gavin discusses the irony of his 2017 record <em>World Upside Down<\/em> and how he turned the isolation of a new city into a creative explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From navigating the subway for the first time to joining legendary songwriting circles, Gavin shares his journey of networking, collaborating with Broadway talent, and forming his new quirky pop-punk outfit, <strong>The Rebel Nerds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\ud83c\udfa7 Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Power of Networking:<\/strong> Gavin arrived in NYC knowing no one, but a single lead from his dentist in Cape Town opened the doors to the local scene.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Constructive Criticism is King:<\/strong> Why joining the &#8220;Jack Hardy songwriting circle&#8221; changed Gavin\u2019s approach to writing by providing the honest feedback friends often won&#8217;t give.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adapting to Change:<\/strong> How Gavin moved from the relaxed lifestyle of Cape Town to the high-energy &#8220;creative mission&#8221; of New York, resulting in over 30 new songs in just a few months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Rebel Nerds:<\/strong> A look into Gavin\u2019s new project\u2014a &#8220;quirky, pop-punk&#8221; collaboration designed to bring joy and humor to the audience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\u23f1\ufe0f Timestamps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>[00:00]<\/strong> \u2013 Introduction and Gavin\u2019s move from Cape Town to NYC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[00:25]<\/strong> \u2013 Life in NYC during the early days of the pandemic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[01:18]<\/strong> \u2013 The irony of the 2017 album title <em>World Upside Down<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[01:50]<\/strong> \u2013 A &#8220;Creative Mission&#8221;: Writing 30+ songs in a few months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[03:01]<\/strong> \u2013 Integrating into the NYC music scene: From subways to open mics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[04:22]<\/strong> \u2013 The Jack Hardy Songwriting Circle and the value of true feedback.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[06:49]<\/strong> \u2013 Introducing <em>The Rebel Nerds<\/em> and collaborating with Jake Adams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[08:17]<\/strong> \u2013 Song Spotlight: The story behind &#8220;The Flintstones.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[09:46]<\/strong> \u2013 Memorable New York performances: Pete\u2019s Candy Store and Newark Porch Festival.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[10:22]<\/strong> \u2013 Where to find Gavin Gold\u2019s music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\ud83d\udd17 Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Official website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/therebelnerds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">therebelnerds.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Instagram: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gavingoldmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@gavingoldmusic<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therebelnerds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@therebelnerds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>YouTube:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0VOhNclmZUX-NcvQAiBBcQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@gavingoldmusic<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheRebelNerds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@therebelnerds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\ud83d\udcc3 Transcript<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tim Smal (host):<\/strong> Hi there and welcome to the show. My name is Tim. My guest today is Gavin Gold, a musician originally from Cape Town, who has recently moved to New York. Gavin, welcome to the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gavin Gold (guest):<\/strong> Thank you, Tim. It&#8217;s great to be here. Thanks for asking me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[00:18] Tim <strong>Smal<\/strong>:<\/strong> Is it nice and early in the morning there in New York City?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[00:22]<\/strong> <strong>Gavin <strong>Gold<\/strong>: <\/strong>Actually not that early &#8211; it&#8217;s 11 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[00:25] Tim <strong>Smal<\/strong>:<\/strong> Well, unfortunately at the moment, there&#8217;s a lot going on in the world with regard to the coronavirus. How are things going for you there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[00:34]<\/strong> <strong>Gavin <strong>Gold<\/strong>:<\/strong> Well, New York City, as you know, is a very crowded place. There&#8217;s a lot of people around and we got to be very careful here. There subways that are very crowded. The streets &#8211; even the pavements, when you walk on the sidewalk, you got to dodge people. So you got really be careful here and keep your social distance. My wife and myself, we&#8217;ve been very much at home, you know, trying to keep out of the thick of things as much as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[00:57]<\/strong> <strong>Tim <strong>Smal<\/strong>:<\/strong> Speaking of &#8216;keeping out of the thick of things&#8217;, you&#8217;ve had some shows coming up in New York that you&#8217;ve now had to cancel as a result of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[01:08]<\/strong> <strong>Gavin <strong>Gold<\/strong>: <\/strong>Yes, we were gonna play a show &#8211; in fact, it was supposed to happen tonight. But we had to cancel, as a result of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[01:18]<\/strong> <strong>Tim <strong>Smal<\/strong>:<\/strong> It&#8217;s quite ironic that your most recent album that came out in 2017, had the title &#8216;World Upside Down.&#8217; Tell us more about this record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[01:29]<\/strong> <strong>Gavin <strong>Gold<\/strong>:<\/strong> Yeah, that it is quite amazing&#8230; that title. In fact, you mentioning it, has made me think, for the first time, that it actually is quite relevant in the times of today. That album was recorded in Cape Town with a good friend of mine, Mark McCree. It was a, kind of, EP. We did about five or six songs on that record and made a couple of videos for YouTube from that. I do quite a few of those songs now &#8211; I actually incorporate them into my repertoire. I have written quite a lot of fresh stuff, quite a lot of new stuff since I&#8217;ve been here. I&#8217;ve been on this creative mission&#8230; ideas are just exploding upon me &#8211; I feel so inspired. And I&#8217;ve written probably about thirty songs since I&#8217;ve been here for the last few months, collaborating with Steve Schalchlin, who&#8217;s my partner who writes songs with me &#8211; we just churning them out. So the work that I did in Cape Town on that album, I still perform a couple of them. But I think my fresh stuff now that I&#8217;m busy with, I&#8217;m more involved with and I&#8217;m incorporating that more into my live playing.<br><br><strong>[02:42]<\/strong> <strong>Tim <strong>Smal<\/strong>:<\/strong> I&#8217;m excited to hear that you&#8217;ve been writing a lot of new material. It&#8217;s also great to hear that you&#8217;ve been feeling really inspired living in New York City. As a musician moving from South Africa to the United States, what has your experience been like, in terms of integrating into the music scene in New York?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[03:01]<\/strong> <strong>Gavin <strong>Gold<\/strong>:<\/strong> I arrived here knowing nobody and I didn&#8217;t know how the system worked or the music scene at all. I didn&#8217;t know how to get from A to B &#8211; I absolutely knew nothing about what was going on. And as I stepped onto that subway, that first subway, I just love it. I fell in love with the way things work here &#8211; how eclectic it is, the mixture of people, the different languages. And the city just has such an amazing energy and I just absolutely fell in love with it straight away \u2013 it was really inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the lifestyle in Cape Town \u2013 the surf and the sun and the mountain and the beauty. It&#8217;s completely different in New York \u2013 it&#8217;s just a lot of people, high buildings&#8230; &#8216;the city that never sleeps.&#8217; It really is a very energetic city. And I came here not knowing, as I said to you, not knowing anyone. And before I left Cape Town, I went for a dentist check and my dentist David Novis, said he knew a musician that lived in New York City and I should contact him. So that&#8217;s the first person I contacted and we had a long conversation and he gave me a lot of good points of what to expect in the music scene in New York City. And that, kind of, set me and gave me a nice head start and gave me some insight into what was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, you know, I needed to get out and play. So I started doing a lot of open mics and just every opportunity I had &#8211; I played. And I started networking, really putting myself out there. I was really dying to meet musicians to play with. And that, kind of, came together. 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