Krista Slaubaugh
Appearances
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
it's a good dynamic we actually have one more younger sister her name's Carly and she was never wanted to be in the band she never had interest in the music thing but we actually do really get along and we get asked that a lot like do y'all like fight a ton like how's your relationship and it's Man, if we hated each other, it absolutely could not be a band. Absolutely not.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And I really feel... Oh, go ahead. No, I was going to say, we get to play festivals together. We get to... If, you know, we're having a terrible day, we can just look at each other and laugh about what's going on. Like, you have someone else with you the whole time. How is that not better? I always, you know... Unless you don't like the person. Exactly. Like, after a show...
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
We're pretty chill in our camp. We like to have fun sometimes, but we'll be like, hey, you want to come to my hotel? We're going to do a face mask and watch Friends. You can do a face mask with us.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Yeah, yeah. That's really the Tiger Roy camp these days.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Pretty much. I mean... Kendra's two years older and she always loved to sing. So she's the lead singer of the group. I do all the harmony, acoustic guitar, and we write all our songs together. But she caught the singing bug really early on and was doing like little talent shows, Colgate Country Showdown, if you remember those, around the area. And she loved performing.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Yeah. And I think it's an interesting point, too, because you don't necessarily see a lot of new duos and groups coming up as much as like solo artists. Right. You see a lot of female and male artists coming up. But I think it's because as long as it takes to actually make it in this industry, like We had eight years of being completely unrecognized by Nashville. And broke. Right.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
So, you know, to make it that far, a lot of people just don't want to do that and end up not liking each other by the end. And I get it, especially if you weren't family with someone. Mm-hmm. Like, we have to like each other no matter what. You know, because we are sisters.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Brothers Osborne, they have to like each other. They're brothers. And I feel like also for Kendra and I, our strengths and personalities balance each other out so well. Like I said, she's a lead singer. I've never had an interest... in lead singing ever. Like even when I was 12, I just never really enjoyed it, wanted to do it.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
I focused way more on harmony and guitar and all the really nerdy theory stuff in music because I'm super into that. But there's no ego in the band. I joke, and this is my dry sarcastic humor. I'm like, you know what? I have the ego of a lead singer. I just don't have the talent for it. And I'm like, it's just me making fun of myself. But we balance each other out really well. That's true.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Well, for us, we always write all of our own songs together because we feel like that creates the best Tiger Lily sound.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
But Krista, we have very different strengths when it comes to that as well. Krista's amazing at coming up with a vibe. She's great at phrase. I'll be like, I have this lyric. Phrase it for me so it fits into what we need it to fit into. She's great at that. You're just really witty, and you can spit off lyrics left and right.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Kendra obviously being the lead singer is more melodically driven because if she doesn't like singing it or the melody, we're just not going to cut it, you know? So she's got to love the melody. She's got to like how it feels on her voice. But Kendra's very great with ideas, honestly. I feel like a lot of our songs that we end up cutting are actually Kendra's ideas. She's very good conceptually.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Keeps me on track. I'm a little ADHD squirrel brain sometimes, so I'm like spitting off lyrics and she's like, well, does this actually make sense altogether? So again, we're She's very big picture and great with melody. And yeah, it's really just seamless how, I mean, yes, we argue in the writing room of like, no, this is how it should be. This is how it should be.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
We're arguing always for the song. And sometimes if we know our co-writers really well, we'll be like, what do you think? And we really put them on the hot seat. We make them extremely uncomfortable. When it comes to like picking songs for a record, we... 99% agree on all the songs. I mean, everyone's smile will have a difference of a song or two, but overall.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And me being the little sister was like, well, I don't want to be left in the dust. So we joined forces. I learned harmony from 2000s Country Radio. And for a while, I think we went by Kendra and Krista. But you're talking, this is 10 and 12 years old. By 14 and 16, we were like, we need a cool band name. Because we were listening to Sugarland, Rascal Flatts, Lady A, Little Big Town.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Are you like, you might have some, your non-negotiables might be a little bit different than mine, but we like all the songs that we cut. But like, when it comes to choosing a single or whatever, we always are on the same page.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Well, honestly, it's amazing. And thankfully, because we've been in Nashville for almost eight years now, we've gotten into just some incredible rooms. And we've just tried to write with anyone who would write with us, basically. But we've gotten to the point where we have certain groups of people that we just automatically know we're going to write really good songs with.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And so when it comes to writing a record, we'll make sure we get more of those rights. But also, there's kind of a magic to a first right as well. Yeah. And I will say, we usually have us two and then usually two other people in the room. It's usually a four-way, right?
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
I think three other people would be... It's too much because if you get too many people in the room, you can just never fully agree. And I feel like a song gets watered down if everyone has to agree on stuff all the time. But yeah, sometimes the magic of a first try is interesting because... You want to bring your best. You bring your best. You always want to bring your best.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
But when you get really comfortable around a group of writers, too, sometimes you're like, I know where to get good stuff. And maybe you don't bring your A game. But the first write, you're like, I'm really trying to impress these people. And so are they. So sometimes the magic of a first write is really cool. And that's why we always keep trying new people. And I like...
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
I'm intimidated, but I like being in rooms. I like being on shows. I like being in rounds with artists and writers who have more success than me. Or are better. Yeah, or are better. Like, I want to be pushed and I want to learn from those people. And so as intimidating as it can be sometimes, like when you're in a room with Shane McAnally, you're like...
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
what am I what am I doing here but like someone like that Shane he's like he has all these hits and he's sitting there going I love that melody Kendra that's a great line Krista and he's pointing out and he's it's just that's why he's so good at what he does because he takes what an artist does and just accentuates that and so you see why he's had so much success um but yeah I like being in those rooms because at the end of the day I then I call Krista after I'm like
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
did I even do anything today? Like, did I seem worthless in that room? And these are the conversations we'll have with each other after rides. No, you're not worthless. No, I was like, well, Kendra, you're the artist, so you have to be there. And I'm also like, yes, you contributed. You did a great job. And you're just in your head.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Yeah, no, we really try to, like, there's no use tearing each other down. Like I said, we only, like, bicker when we're, I guess... arguing about what to wear or the little things. But yeah, we really try to hype each other up because it's like this industry is already so tough and there's a million different people with a million different opinions. So we might as well have each other's back.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
I mean, it's really as supportive as this industry is. It's also trying to knock you down all the time.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And so if we don't have each other's backs and aren't rooting each other on, we might as well just...
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And we were super inspired by all those really cool band names. So honestly, it comes from the Tiger Lily flower. because it grew naturally in our parents' backyards. And then later on, we added on gold just for several reasons, but tiger lily gold. And we also changed the spelling of tiger lily to tie girl illy. So that's why we spell it different.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Which I understand. They went hard last night, and I understand that. Or they're there waiting for the headliner. Yeah. If it's hardy or something like that. And then we show up, it's like, okay, this is not... They're probably not ready for what we're about to do. So we always just... We do.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
do feel like this is where having a little bit of an edge or a chip can be good sometimes because there's some shows where the audience is solely there for us and it's an easy, it's such an easy crowd. We walk out there and we're like, I don't have to win these people over at all. Like, this is so fun. So easy. This is amazing. Yeah, but
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Other shows, you do have to prove yourself, and that's just the reality of it. So we just try to, like, show people. We're like, hey, if we can get their attention, make a couple new fans, and maybe give people something they weren't expecting. And by the end of the show, people are paying attention. Yes. That's a win for us.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
A different mindset, though. And really, we enjoy performing. So it's a little competitive. It's like, oh, yeah.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Man, I can't imagine if someone would just throw me out there at 12 and been like, you have a huge fan base, but you've never played a show. I would, I mean, that's terrifying. Yeah.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Hopefully in 26, we're on to our second or third number one. Yeah. yes um hopefully we are on a major worldwide tour with one of our favorite artists um either as you know first or second opener uh hopefully we're doing our own big club small arena arena tour i mean that's Next year, that'd be pretty quick, obviously. No, that's doable.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Like, hey, if you get a couple songs, we're ready. Right, I'm thinking, okay, so we have two or three hits by next year. We've always, so we won an ACM award last year for new group or duo of the year. We definitely, our goal in the next year or two is to be nominated for the main duo category. Yes. I don't see us winning that for a couple years.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Like, you know, that's just me being so realistic because you never know what can change. But to be in that category, the duo, because that duo category does not turn over very quick. You know, obviously you have like Brooks and Dunn winning last year. It's like once they had their people, they hang on to their people for decades. And that's super cool for us because once we get in.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
I mean, honestly, Dan and Shay, Brothers I Was Born. I mean, I remember when Maddie and Tay came out with Girl in the Country Song.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Krista, man, I wish we would have had this song. This is such a good song. This is amazing.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Oh, yeah. When Maddie and Tay had come out with that song, we were still in North Dakota. And I was like, this is awesome. And it was also cool to see a girl duo having that much success too. And it's like, well, they're paving the way. If they're doing it, we can do it.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
It just shows that it's possible and it's very doable. The Judds. Judds, yeah. But even... Obviously, country duos were inspired by, but Kendra and I have always said we have a little bit of this girl group energy. So even just girl groups of the past, which I know Heart is a duo, but I mean, just like badass women.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Aren't they like the best? Like Heart's probably the duo, right?
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Can I say they're probably like just the best of all time? I don't think anyone's going to like have a Heart type disagreement. And Judd's for country. It's like, those two are like... And Brooks and Dunn. Yeah, I mean... No, but female artists.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Yeah, yeah, for sure. And also, we grew up on... I mean, Heart's still selling out. Yeah.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
absolutely incredible like their voices are just yeah they still have the voices and so strong and powerful and so to look at a duo like that and like the spice girls yeah and wilson phillips and tlc and we cover a lot of that stuff because he's still going yeah they do great business So I want to bring a little of that to what we do as well in the country.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Yeah, we're really excited. It's a it's a fun place for us to be right now because we're definitely the world is wide open. We've got to do so many things that we have always dreamed of, but we still have so many really big goals that we're chasing. And so it's just a really we're still very hungry. where we're at right now because we still have so much that we want to accomplish.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And we do want to be around for a long time. We want to have staying power and longevity in this career because we don't know how to do anything else. And don't want to do anything else. So we have to figure out how we can stay here a while. But yeah.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Man, I think there's so many thoughts, honestly. I think they're both still so important. You can have a massive career without country radio, it's proven, but it's not, it's very rare still. You have like the Zach Bryan thing or the Casey Musgraves thing. where there are the anomalies where they're selling out arenas without country radio, but it is not the normal.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
But if you're thinking about the top people in country music, they are cranking out country radio hits.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Cranking out country radio hits and also streaming massively. So I think you need both still to have major hits and, you know, have the kind of career you want for us as a new artist. I think if we can have a top 10, top five, number one at country radio, that could break us as an artist. Because it can lead to so many other things. Yeah. Industry wise. It all is still, Thank you. Thank you.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
We've got to call it a God thing because... When you asked when did we get our break, I think our break was when we signed a record deal. Yeah. Sure. Our first big break because... That's on Monument, right? Yeah, Monument Records, division of Sony. We moved to Nashville almost eight years ago at this point.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And we started playing downtown Nashville because we needed to pay our rent and we wanted to do music for a living. We could have... got other jobs, but we wanted to be able to make a living playing music because that's always been our bottom line. So we did Broadway for about three years, Nudie's Honky Tonk, two years at Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And I would say Whiskey Row was the main bar we played at. And 2020 rolled around and, you know, shut down everything. We were... Out of work? I mean, that was our bread and butter. And we really didn't know what music was gonna bring in this next couple years. And we, it was really hard times. But we got a call in 2020, late 2020, from Monument Records. And we had never met Shane McAnally.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
So Shane co-owns Monument Records. And we were just huge fans of his songwriting. We'd always been songwriting fans. And we just wanted to write with him. I mean, much less work with him in this aspect. But we got a call and it was so quick. We got a call and we walked in and it was the most nervous we've ever been. Oh, yeah.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
I mean, it's Shane McAnally, Jason Owen, which Jason Owen's also a huge manager.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
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And I mean, he manages Kelsey and Dan and Shay and Casey. And so you're sitting in front of
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Yeah. And Katie McCartney, she runs Monument Records. So you're sitting in front of these three people and you're like, I... My life could change in this moment. And so we were so nervous. And honestly, we hadn't been playing like any shows because of the pandemic. We had been on TikTok really trying to dive into the social media thing and had some videos blowing up on there.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
But yeah, we met with them. And honestly, not too long after that signed with Monument. And ever since then, I feel like our journey has just really, really picked up. It's been over 12 years now that we've been doing this. And then the last few years, we've had a couple songs go to country radio. We won our first ACM award, which I see a lot of ACM awards in here.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And it's just been a really, really cool journey. But to have someone like... Shane in your corner who you look up to so much to have him being part of the A&R process of when you're going in to cut a record or things like that. It's just really cool. He he helped co-write our brand new single that's going to radio called Forever From Here. Yeah, he's just he's great. But it's super cool.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
I mean, both can agree that that was our big break because you could be just as talented as you were before, but it takes that person who everybody respects in Nashville to get behind you and say, hey, listen to these girls. Their music's great. But until you have that, it's really, really hard to get Nashville attention without that.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
I mean, it's terrifying when you do your first four hour cover gig, you have to learn 60 to 80 songs and it's an audition basically. So we, we skipped class at Belmont to go audition at nudies. That was the first time we had done a four hour.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Yeah. Yeah. And so you're just on the stage in this bar and you're like, okay, how do I entertain these people who have no idea who I am for four hours? It's, The 10,000-hour rule, honestly, like, you just got to play and you learn. And we were terrible probably right away. I mean, we had some natural, you know, charisma or whatever. But it's a skill.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
I mean, yes, you need to have natural talent, but also you need to work at it and develop that skill. And both Kendra and I agree. It's, hey, if we can get people who don't know, don't care, just want to have fun and party in Nashville to pay attention to us... We really believe we can do anything now. Take that with us everywhere we go. Whether it's, you know, a bar or a festival.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Or opening up for somebody who their fans are not familiar with you. It's kind of the same thing. And you can take those skills and apply them really anywhere. And just the art of entertaining, you know. And kind of... I mean, for me, it's like my whole life I've been so focused on I have to be vocally perfect and do all these things and whatever. But it's really not about that as much.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
It's more about making the people in the bar or wherever you're at just feel, feel happy, feel sad. It's more about that. It's more about entertaining than anything. And I think you see that with just some of the best entertainers of all time. You can't focus so much on... being in your head and worrying about every pitch, every note, every word.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
It's just like, how can I connect with the audience? How can I connect with them and make sure they have the best time here today?
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
That was our big break because you could be just as talented as you were before, but it takes that person who everybody respects in Nashville to get behind you and say, hey, listen to these girls. Their music's great. But until you have that, it's really, really hard to get Nashville attention without that.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Yeah, somewhere in the fall. We actually don't have a release date, but yeah, a new record this fall. So it could be for anywhere from August to November.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
We've not put a stamp on it yet, but yeah, we'll say August from now. I like the quickness of it. Earlier, the better. Let's be it up.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Yeah, so we just put out a new single called Forever From Here. That goes to radio on Monday, actually. So it's our new song at Country Radio. And I know you said that goals are... I know what your goals are, but we do have some very specific goals because... Let's talk about them. Yeah.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Specifically with country radio, there's never been a sister duo in the history of country music ever to have a number one at country radio. So we've always had that big overarching, like we could be the first of something, which is absolutely crazy at this point. But yeah, we'd love to have the number one at country radio.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And then obviously many number ones after that, but focusing on the first one for sure. And... Honestly, Kendra and I, at the peak of it all, if we can sell out arenas, obviously headlining, but thousands of people are paying to come to our shows. That's really the goal because we love live performing the best out of anything. We love writing songs. We love all of that.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
But performing live is our thing to do. Yeah, it's where you get your buzz, right?
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Yeah, we loved the chicks, but we honestly kind of discovered them a little bit later. It was a lot of Sugarland. A lot of Sugarland, Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town Lady A, Taylor, Miranda Carey, Shania, Faith Hill. So a lot of groups and a lot of strong female voices were big influences for us. And then our mom always had Garth Brooks on too, so we listened to a lot of Garth.
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But yeah, that was kind of, I mean, and American Idol winners.
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So like a lot of Kelly Clarkson or Jordan Sparks or Chris Daughtry, like a lot of different influences. And then we grew up in church, too. So just all the hymns and stuff. So it's kind of all of that. You sang in church? Yeah, we sang in church all the time. I mean, every Sunday. And I annual Baptist represent them. Yeah. So just so many different influences.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
And yeah, it's it's been a fun journey. But I feel like we're definitely leaning more into that early part. 2000s, late 90s sound for the next record, which I'm very excited about. It's getting, we've always been country, but it's getting country-er.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
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I mean, Better Dig 2, and if I know wrong.
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I mean, yeah, they were a huge influence for us too, honestly. And yeah, I think Shane wrote some of those songs.
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I know Kimberly Perry a little bit, but she's so nice. And yeah, wish them the best. And man, I hope they go. You want to crank out some more Bam Perry hits? I'm not going to be mad about it. I love the music.
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This place is beautiful, so I'm not mad about being here today. It's very homey.
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Yeah. Yeah. I mean, just honestly still working on this record and then touring a lot and doing a lot of festivals, a lot of casinos, a lot of fairs, a lot of headlining stuff, um, all of the above. I still feel like, you know, we're at the level where we're the up and coming. So we still, we do the, you know, smaller bars, which we honestly love. I feel like not a good club.
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I think our favorite thing is like a small bar club where you can just see everybody's face.
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So the captive and you're just like, These are my people. But, you know, we also love if we get put on an arena show with an act or a big festival. And so we get to do, you know, Stagecoach and CMA Fest, all that coming up. So it's going to be a really fun year, but really excited about the new music, honestly. Sure. We're like very pleasantly surprised by things that happen.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
Even with last year when we won the ACM award, we didn't plan for those things to happen. Obviously you can want them really bad, but pleasantly surprised, which I'm glad we're pleasantly surprised by things, you know, not the other way around. But half the time our fans will be like, did you guys know that this is happening? I'm like, no. I don't know what's happening.
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So we applaud our fans and also our mom for keeping us on track.
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Every year. 13 going on 30, which is how I feel in this industry. Yeah.
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Every year we make it through another year, making a living doing music. We're like, well, we're still here. Yeah. We're still doing it. We're still making it.
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Yes, because when we were down on Broadway... Well, I never not wanted to do it anymore. But I will say I have had days where it does feel like, strictly like work or the parts of the music industry that I don't personally enjoy, but I know it's important to do the things I enjoy. You know, I want people to sell tickets on a live show.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
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And in order to do that, you got to do all the social media stuff and everything that comes with that. And some of those things we don't enjoy, but we know it's important. for the end results. But I mean, when you're, it's 10 a.m. on a Sunday morning in a bar and there's two people there and you're playing free falling.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
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We're from North Dakota. We're sisters. Grew up there, obviously. We started when we were 14 and 16. We started tragically. And we started touring around the Midwest, basically doing any show that anyone would let us play.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
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It's not, you know, it's not always the most fun, but you're like, listen, this is part of the journey, part of the process. And hopefully these two people really enjoy this song right here. But I always come back to it's, Kendra and I truly enjoy our, our, I hate calling it a job because we love music, but... It's a lifestyle.
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It is a lifestyle, but our dad's a respiratory therapist, and he'll pull 12-hour shifts at a hospital, and I'm like, who am I to be like, oh, my job is hard or tough? Sure, we get tired. Sure, we're worn out from traveling, but, like, gotta keep it real also. People, there's so many people working their butts off, so it's...
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
It is. And we're all just human at the end of the day. Right. But yeah, for some reason, you know, if you do music or you're in movies, people like think that sometimes you're not. I mean, not us personally, but other people think they're not as human. And it's crazy. It's like we all get sick. We all have bad days. We all, you know, have times when we're not feeling our best.
On the Bus with Troy Vollhoffer
Better Together with Tigirlily Gold
But you still have to. Yeah. At the end of the day, it's like I'm going to give not every day is your absolute best, but I'm going to give my best today. Yeah, and we can kind of, it's really nice being in a duo because we can keep each other in check as far as how we're feeling. We also humble each other daily just because we're sisters. Not that we try to. I love that you're sisters.