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>> SCHOOL IS OUT AND SUMMER IS

HERE!

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT

EDUCATION HAS TO STOP.

LEARN ABOUT LIVING HISTORY

THROUGHOUT INDIANA.

CELEBRATE THE POWER.

STEP BACK AT TIME IN THE

SCHRADER SADDLE TREE FACTORY IN

MADISON, INDIANA AND PULL THE

PAST INTO THE PRESENT AT

PROFITTOWN FARMS AND JOIN

BLOOMINGTON SINGER SONGWRITER,

AMY OLSNER.

LOOK AT HOW HISTORY CONTINUES TO

INSPIRE THE HOOSIERS OF TODAY.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP "THE WEEKLY

SPECIAL."

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>> WELCOME TO "THE WEEKLY

SPECIAL."

I'M ERICA SAGON.

FOR MANY EXPERIENCING HISTORY IS

COMBINED TO TEXT IN A BOOK, BUT

HOOSIERS ACROSS THE STATE ARE

BRINGING HISTORY ALIVE WITH

RELICS OF PAST AND INSPIRATION

FOR THE PRESENT.

AT THE INDIANA HISTORICAL

SOCIETY, ONE SUCH STORY HAS

TAKEN ON NEW RELEVANCE IN

TODAY'S CULTURAL CLIMATE.

>> AS THE UNITED STATES ENTERS

THE INDUSTRIAL AGE, CITIES

ACROSS AMERICA, TRANSFORM.

BY 1900s, THOUSANDS HAD

UPROOTS THEIR LIVES.

>> INDIANAPOLIS WAS A LOT LIKE

OTHER NORTHERN CITIES AT THE

TURN OF THE CENTURY.

THERE WAS A LOT OF

INDUSTRIALIZATION, URBANIZATION

BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, BY

1900s, THERE WAS SOMETHING

LIKE 18,000 AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN

THE CITY.

SO IT WAS A CONSTANT GROWTH.

WE LOOK AT THE TIME PERIOD AND

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAD BEEN

ADDRESSED WAS THE ABILITY TO DO

SOME OF THESE JOBS, EVEN THE

RUDIMENTARY JOBS, EVEN

DIFFERENTLY THAN THOSE

>> THE WOMEN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB

WAS SUCH AN ALLIANCE WHICH WAS

COMPRISED OF 20 AFRICAN-AMERICAN

WOMEN REPRESENTING A DIVERSE

RANGE OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> THESE WOMEN PERFORMED THE

WOMEN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB WERE

RESPONDING TO THE NECESSITY OF

COMING TOGETHER AND AGREED TO

ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS THAT THEY

DON'T ADDRESS IN AN INDIVIDUAL

WAY.

THE LAIDS LADIES IMPROVE CLUB WAS

ESTABLISHED IN 1903.

INITIALLY THEY WERE FOUNDED TO

BE A LITERARY SOCIETY, BUT IT

DID NOT TAKE VERY LONG.

THEY NEEDED TO ADDRESS SERIOUS

ISSUES.

AND MOST OF THESE WOMEN, THEY

DID NOT HAVE FORMAL EDUCATION,

THEY WERE SELF-EDUCATED AND IT

WAS AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE THEY LOOKED AROUND AND

THEY SAW THE NEEDS OF A

COMMUNITY AND THEY WENT ABOUT

TRYING TO MEET THOSE FEEDS.

THEY WERE NOT A LOT OF PUBLIC

ACCOMMODATION FOR

AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A SET

NUMBER DEDICATED TO THE

HOSPITAL.

BY 1905, THEY WERE OPERATING AN

OPEN AIR CAMP LOCATED HERE ON

THE EAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS.

BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT

WAS VERY MUCH NEEDED, JUST IN

TERMS OF TRYING TO QUELL THE

GREAT RAMPAGE OF TUBERCULOSIS.

THEY WERE REACTING TO THE FACT

THAT THERE WAS VERY LIMITED AND

NOT ENOUGH, SUFFICIENT

HEALTHCARE FOR BLACKS IN

INDIANAPOLIS.

>> THEY SUCCESSFULLY PRESSURED

HOSPITALS TO TREAT MORE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN PATIENTS.

THE WOMEN EVEN OPENED THEIR OWN

CLINIC AND STARTED THE CITY'S

FIRST NURSING PROGRAM FOR

AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN.

>> BEAULAH WRIGHT WAS A SCHOOL

TEACHER AND WENT BACK TO SCHOOL,

GOT HER MEDICAL LICENSE DEGREE,

AND BECAME A DOCTOR AND THEN

WENT BACK TO TEACHING.

BUT A LOT OF HER SKILLS WERE

USED AS IT RELATED TO SOME OF

THE TUBERCULOSIS WORK.

I MARVEL AT THEIR ABILITY TO

COME TOGETHER, TO TRY TO MEET

THOSE NEEDS, BECAUSE THESE ARE

WOMEN WHO REALLY QUICKLY

ASSESSED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE

THE LUXURY OF BEING INDIVIDUALS.

WHAT IS MOST INTERESTING TO ME

IS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO UNIFY

AS IT RELATED TO THE WOMEN'S

CLUBS THEMSELVES, BECAUSE IN

ADDITION TO THE FORMATION OF

WOMEN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB IN

1903, IN 1905, THEY GAVE THE

CALL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

THE INDIANA STATE FEDERATION OF

COLORED WOMEN'S CLUB.

AND IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THEIR

MINUTES, THEIR EARLY MINUTES

BOOKS, IT'S REPLETE WITH

EXAMPLES OF THEM GIVING MONEY

THAT IS TO BE TURNED OVER TO AID

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION.

SO THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT WAS

NOT GOING AWAY.

THERE WERE ISSUES THERE THAT

NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH.

YOU KNOW, THESE WERE NOT WOMEN

WHO WERE FINANCIALLY SOUND

NECESSARILY, BUT THESE ARE WOMEN

WHO KNEW HOW TO ORGANIZE AND TO

REACH OUT AND TRY TO SECURE

FUNDS FOR WHATEVER IT WAS THEY

WERE DOING.

THEY WEREN'T ABOVE USING THEIR

OWN RESOURCES AS NEGRO AS THEY

MIGHT HAVE BEEN, TO CONTRIBUTE

AS WELL.

THE IMPACT OF THEM HAS BEEN

TREMENDOUS.

THE GREATEST FEELING THAT I

WOULD ATTRIBUTE TO THEM WERE

ORGANIZATION.

THEY WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT

THEY WERE DOING.

AND HOW IMPORTANT COLLABORATION

IS.

THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST

THINGS THAT THEY GAVE US WITH

EDUCATION, PASSION AND

COLLABORATION.

>> THE INDIANA HISTORICAL

SOCIETY IS FREE ON THURSDAYS

DURING THE SUMMER.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WOMEN'S

IMPROVEMENT CLUB OR TO SEE OTHER

INCREDIBLE INDIANA EXHIBITS,

VISIT INDIANAHISTORY.ORG.

THE INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

LIBRARY IS FILLED WITH CAREFULLY

CATALOGED ARTIFACTS BUT IN

MADISON, THE SCHRADER SADDLE

TREE FACTORY MUSEUM IS THE

ARTIFACT.

DURING THE LATE 19th CENTURY,

AS SETTLERS RUSHED BEST TO

DISCOVER UNKNOWN TERRITORIES,

RIVER TRANSPORTATION WAS THE

HEART OF THE NEW WORLD AND

MADISON, INDIANA, BECAME THE

CENTER OF INDUSTRY.

>> WE ARE MIDWAY BETWEEN

CINCINNATI, UP RIVER AND

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, DOWN

RIVER.

AND BOTH OF THOSE CITIES HAD

LARGE SADDLE MAKING INDUSTRIES

AND THEY NEEDED SADDLE TREES

WHICH ARE THE BONES OR THE FRAME

THAT A SADDLE MAKER ATTACHES THE

LEATHER TO, TO COMPLETE THE

SADDLE.

THERE WERE 12 OR 13 SADDLE TREE

FACTORIES IN MADISON AND THEY

WERE PRODUCING UPWARDS OF

150,000 SADDLE TREES PER YEAR

AND SHIPPING THEM AS FAR AS WE

KNOW WORLDWIDE.

>> MADISON ATTRACTS RESIDENTS IF

FAR AND WIDE, INCLUDING GERMAN

IMMIGRANT PEN BEN SCHRADER.

SCHRADER STARTED HIS OWN SADDLE

TREE COMPANY, AND WORKED UP

UNTIL 1909, JUST AS THE

AUTOMOBILE THREATENED

NATIONWIDE.

>> APT WASADAPTATION WAS IMPORTANT FOR

THE SCHRADERS.

ONE THE FIRST THINGS THAT THEY

DID DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR,

THEY GOT INTO GLOVE

MANUFACTURING.

AND IN THE 1930s, THEY GOT

INTO MAKING CLOTHES PINS BUT BY

THE 1930s, THERE WAS REALLY

NOT A GREAT DEMAND FOR SADDLE

TREES.

THE SCHRADERS FOR SOME REASON

WERE ABLE TO HANG ON AND THEY

BECAME THE LAST OF THE SADDLE

TREE COMPANIES IN MADISON, OF

THE 12 OR 13 THAT WERE HERE AND

ONE OF THE VERY LAST IN THE

UNITED STATES FROM THE 19th

19th CENTURY.

>> BETWEEN 1878 WHEN THE COMPANY

BEGAN AND 1972, AFTER THE LAST

OF SCHRADER'S SONS PASSED AWAY,

THE BUSINESS PRODUCED BETWEEN

300,000 AND 500,000 SADDLE

TREES, IN OVER 250 STYLES.

>> WHEN I FIRST WALKED INTO THE

FACTORY, I FELT LIKE I WAS

WALKING INTO KING TUT'S TOO

MANY.

THERE WERE SHOP APRONS STILL

HANGING AND A LUNCH PAIL BY A

MACHINE.

SADDLE TREE PARTS THAT WERE CUT

20, 30, 40 YEARS AGO WERE STILL

SITTING NEXT TO THEIR MACHINES.

THE ORIGINAL SAWDUST WAS ON THE

FLOOR.

IT WAS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT THE

NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE SENT THE

HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING

RECORD EMERGENCY TEAM HERE IN

THE 1970s TO DOCUMENT THE SITE

BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SURE IF

THERE WERE ANY SADDLE TREE

MAKING FACTORIES LIKE THIS LEFT

IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO THEY WANTED TO AT LEAST TAKE

SOME PHOTOS AND DO SOME DRAWINGS

OF IT AND DO SOME RECORDATION IN

CASE IT SHOULD DISAPPEAR.

>> WITH NO REMAINING RELATIVES,

THEY GIFTED THE FACTORY TO

HISTORIC MADISON IN AN EFFORT TO

CONSERVE THE BUSINESS'S LEGACY.

THEY TREATED THE ENTIRE FACTORY

LIKE ANNAIO ANNAIO ANNA -- AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL

DIG.

THEY WORKED TO SAVE MUCH MORE

THAN JUST THE BUILDINGS.

>> THE SCHRADERS LEFT SUCH A

RICH SITE BEHIND.

THEY LEFT PARTS AND PIECE MS. IN

VARIOUS STAGES OF PRODUCTION.

BY LOOKING AT THE PARTS AND

PIECES OF WOOD THAT WERE CARVED

WITH DIFFERENT SHAPES AND

MACHINES AND TOOLS, WE WERE ABLE

TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE

PROCESSES IN A STEP-BY-STEP

PROCESS AS TO HOW THEY MADE

THEIR SADDLE TREES.

AND SO OVER THE COURSE OF A

COUPLE EVER YEARS, WE WERE ABLE

TO ACTUALLY MAKE A SADDLE TREE,

ONE SADDLE TREE.

BEN SCHRADER WOULD HAVE FIRED US

BECAUSE WE WERE NOT PRODUCING

THREE SADDLE TREES PER WORKER

PER DAY, WHICH WAS THEIR

PRODUCTION RATE.

THE IDEA WAS NOT ONLY TO

PRESERVE THE BUILDINGS BUT IN

SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM

UNDERSTAND AND PRESERVE SOME OF

THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.

THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS

THAT DISAPPEAR OVER TIME, AND

THIS IS THE ONLY SITE IN THE

NATION WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO

PRESERVE THE CRAFT OF THE

AMERICAN SADDLE TREE MAKER.

USUALLY WHEN YOU GO TO A MUSEUM

OR AN HISTORIC SITE, IT'S THE

HISTORY OF THE RICH AND THE

FAMOUS.

THE SCHRADERS WERE NEITHER RICH,

NOR FAMOUS.

THEY WERE MIDDLE-CLASS BUSINESS

PEOPLE WITH A SMALL FACTORY OUT

IN THEIR BACKYARD.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT MOST

AMERICANS CAN RELATE TO.

PEOPLE WALK IN HERE ALL THE TIME

AND SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, THIS

REMINDS ME OF GRANDPA'S BARN!

YOU KNOW, HIS WOOD WORK SHOP AND

ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE MAKING

THE CONNECTION FROM SOMETHING IN

THEIR LIVES THAT WAS MEANINGFUL,

TO SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE

SEEING HERE TODAY.

WE DON'T HAVE HISTORY BOOKS.

THAT STUFF IS KIND OF BORING BUT

THESE PLACES BRING HISTORY TO

LIFE AND YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU

CAN ALMOST REACH OUT AND TOUCH

THOSE PEOPLE THAT WORKED HERE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

MAKES THIS PLACE SO UNIQUE AND

IMPORTANT.

>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STEP

BACK IN TIME, AT THE SCHRADER

SADDLE TREE FACTORY OR VISIT OR

HISTORIC MADISON PROPERTIES, GO

TO THEIR WEBSITE.

>>> THERE ARE NOT MANY SADDLE

TREE MAKERS WORKING TODAY.

BUT IN THE PROFITS TOWN FARM HAS

ITS WAY, SADDLE TREES WILL BE

NEEDED FOR YEARS TO COME.

IN THE SOFT GLOW OF THE SUMMER

SUN, THEY PREPARE AN AFTERNOON

SNACK FOR THE BELGIAN DRAFT

HORSES.

KNOWN FOR THEIR GENTLE SPIRIT.

>> WE WOULD GO TO SHOE THE

HORSES AND WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE

OUR SCHOOL BOOKS WITH US.

WE ORIGINALLY FIRST STARTED

PULLING HORSES AND THEN WE MOVED

UP AND I THINK WHAT STARTED US

SHOWING THE HORSES IS

COMPETITION.

I GREW UP WITH MY BROTHER AND

SISTER ALL AND THE 4-Hers AND

IT WAS A BIG COMPETITION THING

BACK IN THE DAY AND IT JUST

CONTINUES ON.

>> EVERY YEAR, STEVE AND HIS

FAMILY TRAVERSE THE MIDWEST,

PARTICIPATING IN DRAFT HORSE

COMPETITIONS AT STATE AND COUNTY

FAIRS.

>> MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU ARE

AT THE FAIRS, THE PEOPLE COME UP

AND THEY ARE JUST STUNNED HOW

HUGE THEY ARE AND MOST OF ALL

HOW QUIET THEY ARE.

HOW YOU CAN GET THEM OUT OF A

STALL AND YOU CAN PUT A KID UP

ON THEIR BACK AND THE PARENTS

ARE AMAZED WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH

THEM.

IT'S JUST UNREAL.

PEOPLE WE WILL SHOW AND DRIVE

TODAY.

WE CAN DRIVE THEM ALL DAY LONG

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL BE

READY TO GO AGAIN TOMORROW.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE THAT MUCH IN

THEM TO DO WHATEVER YOU ASK

THEM.

>> AND FARMERS LIKE STEVE ARE

DETERMINED TO KEEP THEIR LEGACY

ALIVE.

STARTING WITH INDIANA BELGIAN

HORSE ASSOCIATION.

>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS

GET OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHAT

THE HORSES CAN DO, WHAT WE DO

WITH THE HORSES, DRAW PEOPLE TO

LIKE 'EM.

WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE

INVOLVED IN IT.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DYING OFF A

LITTLE BIT, BUT WE WANT TO GET

BACK AT IT.

AND JUST HAVE FUN WITH THE

HORSES.

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>> THAT PASSION IS A COMMON

THREAD THROUGHOUT INDIANA'S

DRAFT HORSE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S

LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A

UNIQUE VENTURE, THE FARM AT

PROFITS TOWN WHERE VISITORS AND

FARMERS ALIKE IN UP CLOSE

EDUCATION UNLIKE ANYWHERE IN THE

COUNTRY.

>> OUR FARM IS EXCLUSIVELY

POWERED BY HORSEPOWER.

WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND

TRY IT ON THEIR OWN AND

EXPERIENCE IT, AND EVEN OUR

DROP-IN DAILY VISITORS CAN GET

RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT.

WE TEACH SEVERAL CLINICS

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WE HAVE

PEOPLE THAT COME FROM ALL OVER

THE WORLD, TO SPEND THE WEEKEND

WITH US TO HEROIN HOW TO LEARN HOW TO HARNESS

AND HOW TO DRIVE WITH THEM.

>> THE VETERINARY SCHOOL, WE

WORK HAND IN HAND AND MELISSA

AND LAUREN ARE GRADUATES OF THAT

PROGRAM AND WE COOPERATE WITH

THEM AND WE ADD THE EXTRA BONUS

WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, TO COME OUT

HERE AND GET THE EXPERTS FROM

PURDUE AND THE PEOPLE WHO

ACTUALLY DOT FARMING.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I WILL

PASS 700 PEOPLE.

AND NOW WE HAVE THE NATIONAL

GUARD TRAINING THAT WE TEACH

THEM BEFORE GOING TO

AFGHANISTAN.

WE ARE BECOMING A LABORATORY

WITH THE ANIMAL-DRAWN CARTS.

IT TAKES NO LONGER TO GET MY HAY

DONE, BUT ALL THE PASTURES THEY

PUT IN.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOUR TRACTOR

MAKING ITS OWN DIESEL.

OVERALL, I HAVE TO SAY, I ENJOY

THE QUIET.

I ENJOY THE SMOOTHNESS OF IT.

I LIKE WORKING WITH THE ANIMALS

AND THAT'S A REAL PLUS.

♪♪

>> IN TODAY'S WORLD, WE WANT TO

TALK ABOUT DOING A BETTER JOB

WITH FARMING, SMALL ACRE FARMS

AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE YOU TALK

TO TODAY, THEY ARE NOT BIG.

THEY ARE SMALL.

WE USE THIS TO ATTRACT PEOPLE.

WE THINK IT'S JUST A BETTER WAY

TO FARM ON SMALL ACRES.

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT

REPLACING PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE

BUT THE 250 ACRES OR LESS IS A

COMPETITIVE WAY TO DO THIS AND

MAKE IT WORK, PROVIDED THAT IT

SHOULD BE JUST A LITTLE

DIFFERENT TYPE OF FARMING.

IN 2008, WE HAD A SURVEY AND IT

WAS 425,000 PEOPLE IN NORTH

AMERICA, FARMING WITH HORSES.

LESS THAN 100,000 OF THEM, AND

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE

AGRITOURISM MOVEMENT.

EVEN GUYS THAT GROW CORN AND

SOYBEANS GIVE HORSE DRAWN RIDES.

THEY TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT

AGRICULTURE.

SO THAT VALUE ADDED THING HAS

MADE A RESURGENCE.

NOBODY EVER STOPS AND GETS THEIR

PICTURE TAKEN WITH A JOHN DEERE.

I GREW UP NEAR HOLMES COUNTY,

HIGH, THE CENTER OF HORSE-DRAWN

FARMING.

WE STARTED RAISING WITH THESE

HORSES AND FEELING ALL WEATHERED

AND TIRED AND SMELLY AND ALL OF

THIS STUFF.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DON'T DO

THAT.

I REALLY MEAN IT FROM THE BOTTOM

OF MY HEART.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I

WOULD DO.

IF YOU CAN DO THIS AND WATCH

THESE PEOPLE, WATCH THEM COME

HERE AND CHANGE THEIR MIND ABOUT

HOW THEY LIVE.

AND I THINK WE JUST HELP PEOPLE

TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

>> THE FARM IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A

WEEK WITH SPECIAL EVENTS GOING

ON THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

LEARN MORE AT PROFITSTOWN.ORG.

AMY OLSNER IS DRIVEN BY A

DEDICATION AND A LOVE OF HER

WORK.

♪♪

>> I HAVE BEEN DOING MUSIC MY

WHOLE LIFE, BASICALLY.

WHEN I WAS 5, I PLAYED A VIOLIN.

ITIT TRAINS YOUR EAR, INSTEAD OF

TEACHING YOU TO READ MUSIC.

I GUESS I ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC AND

THEN I REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH

SONG WRITING WHEN I STARTED

COLLEGE.

AND I JUST FOUND IT TO BE THIS

REALLY POWERFUL WAY OF

PROCESSING FEELINGS THAT I WAS

HAVING, AS WELL AS EXPRESSING

MYSELF TO THE WORLD.

I FIRST STARTED AS A BEDROOM

RECORDING PROJECT.

I REALLY DIDN'T WANT ANYONE

ELSE'S INPUT.

I WANTED TO HAVE COMPLETE

CREATIVE CONTROL AND TO BE IN

THIS SAFE LITTLE BUBBLE OF MY

ROOM, BUT THEN I STARTED REALLY

HAVING THE DESIRE TO CREATE A

FULLER SOUND AND TO BE LOUDER

AND TO WRITE FOLK ORIENTED SOPS

SOPS -- SONGS AND MORE ROCK

SONGS.

WHEN I MOVED TO BLOOMINGTON, I

THINK THINGS CAME TOGETHER.

I STARTED PLAYING WITH JUSTIN

VOLLMER AND MADELINE ROBINSON

AND THEN WE JUST ADDED ON FROM

THERE AND NOW IT'S A FIVE PIECE,

WHICH IS A LITTLE OUT OF

CONTROL, WHICH IS GREAT.

THE REASON WHY I WORKED ON MUSIC

FOR SO LONG AND DIDN'T REALLY

SHARE IT BECAUSE IT FELT VERY

EXPOSING AND VULNERABLE.

THE MORE I FIGURED OUT WAYS TO

WRITE SONGS BUT THEN REALLY

DRESS THEM UP WITH THIS BAND

THAT I HAVE AND ALSO TO REALLY

REFIND THEM SO THAT IT'S NOT

JUST RAW EMOTION BUT THERE'S

SOME SORT OF TECHNIQUE THERE, IT

FEELS A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE TO

SHARE.

IT'S JUST A REALLY COOL PLATFORM

TO JUST BE LIKE THIS IS MY

PERSPECTIVE IN THE WORLD AND

MAYBE EVEN LET PEOPLE GET TO

KNOW ME A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

IF I COULD MAKE SOMEONE FEEL

THAT THEY RELATE TO WHAT I'M

GOING THROUGH, THROUGH A SONG,

THAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE GOAL,

BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT MY GOALS ARE, WHAT AM I

GOING FOR WITH THIS?

THINK IT'S TWOFOLD.

I THINK THERE'S THE INDIVIDUAL

SUCCESS OF ENGAGING IN THE

PROCESS.

I FIND IT REALLY SATISFYING TO

JUST WORK ON A CRAFT, THAT

REALLY CALLS OUT TO ME.

I FEEL LIKE THAT GIVES A LOT OF

MEANING TO PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT

THEY ARE JUST WORKING ON

SOMETHING AND TRYING TO IMPROVE

ON IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP WORKING ON

IMPROVING AT SONG WRITING AND

GUITAR PLAYING AND SINGING AND

EVERYTHING FOREVER.

THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.

AND THEN FEELING THAT YOU ARE

PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE,

AND THAT YOU ARE BEING LISTENED

TO AND REFUSED AND THAT YOUR

HARD WORK IS CONNECTING WITH

PEOPLE THAT IS THE OTHER SIDE OF

SUCCESS, BUT THAT I WANT TO REACH

TOWARDS.

I REALLY CONNECT WITH MUSIC.

I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO

ANYTHING ELSE.

SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE IT

COMES FROM BUT I DO KNOW THAT IF

YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT IS THE

ONLY THING THAT YOU REALLY,

REALLY WANT TO PULL YOURSELF

INTO, YOU SHOULD BE OUT HERE.

>> AND NOW, ENJOY AMY O.

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>> AMY O IS CURRENTLY ON HER

SUMMER TOUR.

TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT

HER UPCOMING TOUR, GO TO

AMYOLSNER.COM.

TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION,

YOU CAN GO OUR WEBSITE,

WEEKLYSPECIAL.ORG.

THERE ARE HISTORICAL HIDDEN GEMS

IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.

SO GET OUT THERE AND EXPLORE.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT!

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