The Start of Set It Off & My Lifelong Friendship with Lead Singer Cody Carson

To celebrate episode 100 we had to do something special! This week Cody Carson from Set It Off joins me to look back at the very beginning of our friendship, starting Set It Off, me going on tour with them and how those events ultimately shaped both of our lives forever.

It was so cool to be able to take the time to look back at all of these early memories and talk about what we remembered most about each other, and learn more about each other's origin stories that ultimately brought us to become the lifelong friends we are now!

On a personal note, thank you all SO much for supporting the podcast for 100 episodes now! It's the coolest thing in the world to watch it grow and have people watching and listening! If you like this one and you want to help keep it all going, do me the biggest favor and keep sharing the podcast online and with your friends, it truly helps so much!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:48 - Where our friendship all began

6:03 - Cody inspiring me to be myself

13:30 - Early days of Cody in bands

16:08 - Being a drummer before a singer

20:45 - Cody’s high school band, “One More Shot”

21:48 - Cody learning to write songs

24:22 - Cody not fitting in at college

27:09 - The beginning of YouTube covers

29:25 - Cody’s YouTube strategy

30:42 - Cody’s dad battling cancer and wanting him to find success

32:14 - Singing with All Time Low

35:00 - Cody telling his parents he wants to pursue music full time

36:59 - Cody comes back to Florida to start Set It Off

38:19 - Me coming into the picture

43:56 - Wanting more than a regular life

46:19 - Being shameless

48:53 - SIO fans being the reason the band kept going

53:57 - Connecting with fans on Twitch and Talk It Off

56:12 - Conclusion

Cody Carson: @codysio

Set It Off: @setitoff

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by: Deanna Elise