Show Summary:

Gold By Fire is an up-and-coming rock band that wants to use social media in a revolutionary way that you’ve never seen before. With so many tragic stories being shared all over social media (scandal, murder, suicide, child abuse, animal abuse, etc.) the band wants to use their platform to share POSITIVE material. The vision here is to share so many positive stories that we literally drown out the negative news media. Could you imagine that? Could you imagine what would happen if we could drown out all of the negativity on social media? Could you imagine what difference that would make in the lives of so many people? If you can, and you want to be a part of this vision to make the world a better place, you can join us by sharing YOUR story. Leave a comment below, or message us on social media, and tell us about a hardship you’ve overcome in your own life. Tell us how your experience helped you become the person you are today. Gold By Fire will then share your story on our social media accounts and on our website (with your permission) so that more people might be impacted by your positive experience. So by taking a couple seconds to share your experience, you have the unique opportunity to be a light in the lives of people you have never met. And if you feel like sharing your personal story is a little out of your comfort zone, you can still help spread more positivity on social media by sharing this podcast or leaving a comment below.

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Transcript:

Really quick…

I just want to talk to you a little bit about the message and the mission of Gold By Fire. And it might be a little bit different than what you’re thinking, so bear with me here.

By the way (for those of you that don’t know) Gold By Fire is a brand new band that I started with pretty much a random stranger out in Portland, Oregon. And the way we came together was probably one of the most unorthodox and bizarre ways that any band could come together.*

*I don’t have time to tell you about that right now, but you can check out our weird origin story under the “Who’s Gold By Fire?” section of goldbyfire.com

Anyways - this random stranger and I started a band together for two reasons:

Reason #1: We wanted to write songs about our personal experiences, the things that we go through, and all of struggles that we experience in our lives.

So whether it’s feeling unfulfilled at a job, or going through some relationship struggles (although I don’t really have those anymore thanks to Ariel), we use our songs as a way to express our unique perspectives on those life experiences. And I think that’s one of the reasons why most songwriters start a band in the first place.  

Reason #2 goes a little bit beyond that.

We knew that if we wrote songs about the problems that we go through in life, other people who are going through the same problems might be uplifted and inspired by our music. And since music has made such a huge difference in our personal lives, we wanted to approach this band with the idea that our music can make a difference in the lives of others as well.

That’s kind of our mission with Gold By Fire. And I think this mission is probably something that we’re fired up about NOW more than ever.

And the reason why for that is simple:

If you turn on the news right now, then you know how crazy the world is becoming. You don’t have to go very far to see this.

All you have to do is just go on social media, or turn on a TV screen literally anywhere, and you’ll see the latest scandal … or the latest murder … or the latest suicide. You see child abuse, animal abuse, drug overdoses, and so many other horrible stories that seem impossible to escape nowadays.

So in light of what we’re trying to do with Gold By Fire, we want to start using our social media platform (and basically any platform that we have) to start sharing positive material.

So whether it’s a positive experience that we’ve had … or an experience that our friends have had … or a new song we write that reflects our take on what’s happening in the world…

We want to use social media as a way to spread more positive stuff. And if you can imagine the possibility of drowning out all of the negative news media by sharing positive material, then you already understand my vision behind this.

And by the way…

If anything that I say here resonates with you … if you’re like “yeah Kyle, you’re kind of right, there’s a lot of negative things going on” and you want to be a part of our vision to fight against all of this crazy stuff…

I would LOVE for you to be a part of it.

Here’s how you can do that:

Let’s say you’ve gone through a negative experience in your life, and you came out on the other side as a stronger person. Maybe it’s a hard time that ended up teaching you a valuable lesson, and when you look back, you realize you wouldn’t trade that experience for anything in the world.

Have you ever been through something like that?

If so, we would love to hear your story.

Send us a message, or leave us a comment, or shoot a video (like the one I attempted above) and let us know about YOUR STORY.

And look, it doesn’t have to super complicated or in-depth. If you just want to tell us about something extremely awesome that happened recently, or share a news article you came across that was actually positive for a change, that works too!

Basically, we’re just looking for any positive stories that we can share to start drowning out the negative news media. So if there’s any way that you want to contribute to our grandiose vision here, all you have to do is share your story.

And if you’re open to it…

We can post your story on our social media accounts, on our website, and share it with the hundreds of people on our email list (with your permission of course). Because whether you know it or not, I believe your story can make a positive difference in somebody’s life. 

(By the way - if you feel like sharing your story might be going a little bit beyond your comfort zone right now, you can always help us reach more people by leaving a comment beneath the video, and sharing this video on your social media accounts.)

Literally everything counts at this point with social media, and you never know who might need to hear something positive today.

Anyway – now that you have a better idea of what we want to do with Gold By Fire, and what we want to use social media for in the next coming months, I’d love to get your ideas and your feedback on this.

Leave us a comment below and let us know what you think!

Rock on,

Kyle

P.S. ALSO - for all you people who are downloading our songs and listening to our music…

I LOVE YOU. You are awesome.

I read all your tweets …I read all your texts… and I read every email you send us.

All that stuff is hugely encouraged because it keeps us going and keeps us motivated to keep writing songs for you guys. It reminds us that even though this whole Gold By Fire thing started as just a crazy pipe dream, your support is helping us turn that dream into a reality.

So thanks again, and I’ll talk to you soon!