Old Dominion: Reveal Mini-Doc Behind Music Video for “Some People Do” (Audio and Video Link)
Including moving excerpts from Matthew Ramsey & Jason Schneidman from Livestream on “Some People Do” Video
| NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Acclaimed 2-time CMA Vocal Group of the Year and 2-time ACM Group of the Year Old Dominion reveal mini-documentary behind their moving music video for single “Some People Do.” The documentary goes deeper into celebrity men’s groomer, Jason Schneidman’s story, who the music video was inspired by, as well as shows the band on the ground with him in Los Angeles. Click HERE to watch. Jason Schneidman, who also works with Old Dominion, was previously homeless and, after overcoming drug addiction, turned his life around. In his spare time, he helps out the homeless of LA, providing haircuts as a means to connect with those who may be battling addiction issues, and funds scholarships to rehab centers. Back in early February 2020, the band joined him on the to help out. The visuals, directed by Mason Allen, show the effect that if we all do a little, we can help out a lot. Jason Schneidman’s Men’s Groomer Foundation is inspired by more than just a calling but the ability to help people get off the street and back on their feet. A haircut can change a person’s appearance, instill confidence and allow someone to reach for opportunities when they thought life had passed them by. The foundation seeks to help give second chances and helping anyone out who is willing to do the work. The foundation is working with rehabs in California providing funding through the sales of Schneidman’s products. For more information go to: https://themensgroomer.com/pages/the-mission “Some People Do” is Old Dominion’s newest single with currently over 26.2 million streams. The song is the latest track off Old Dominion’s self-titled third studio album, which was released in the fall of 2019. Old Dominion’s most recent single, “One Man Band” went to No. 1 and was certified platinum by the RIAA. With over 319 million streams, “One Man Band” marked the band’s 8th consecutive No. 1 and biggest song to date. Most recently, the band notably received eight ACM nominations, as well also Platinum and Gold certifications for 5 of their other hit songs: “Written in the Sand” (2x Platinum), “Break Up With Him” (2x Platinum), “Hotel Key” (Platinum), “Make It Sweet” (Gold) and “Nowhere Fast” (Gold). |
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AUDIO Excerpts from Matthew Ramsey and Jason Schneidman’s recent conversation on the music video for “Some People Do” and their own moving and personal stories of change.
JASON SCHNEIDMAN: ON HIS FOUNDATION & HOW IT GOT STARTED
Well, it got started with an idea. Uh, you know, my experience, strength and hope. Uh, getting sober, having nothing at 34 years old… and in these last 16 years getting this great big life by suiting up and showing up. And uh, I got a burning desire one day to go get a pair of cordless clippers and to go out and to help others in the situation that I was in 16 years ago. So, I didn’t know it was going to turn into all this. Um, it started off with me and a backpack and a buddy with his cell phone. And, uh, I went up to a homeless guy and said “Hey, you want a haircut?” and he was into it, we filmed it, we put it out and then it’s just continuously been growing. And, uh, I have the Instagram @TheMensGroomer and what I do is I keep posting on my Instagram and other hairstylists show up. I put the location and esthetician um massage therapists, doctors, attorneys, now it’s everybody has been getting involved with it and they want to help. And, it’s uh, and so what we did was we founded The Men’s Groomer Foundation where you can actually donate to on Venmo and you know, we’re small and we’re growing and everything’s just been snowballing and so many have such big hearts and they can identify with what I went through and they themselves have family members, or friends, or colleges that are battling with addiction or who are homeless. And so um, everybody’s been pitching in and it’s been growing and now it’s the Men’s Groomer Foundation.
JASON SCHNEIDMAN: EXPLAINING HIS MOMENT TO DECIDE TO CHANGE
I found myself with nothing at thirty. The wheels had fallen off. I had a terrible drug addiction, I was hooked on crack, I was doing meth, I was a chemistry set. Whatever it took to make me not feel. And, um, I had a good upbringing. I always heard my parent’s voice in my head, and I knew that in my gut and in my heart I had so much more to offer myself and to life. And, I was like, I had a burning bush moment where I was like “Ok, I need help” and I asked somebody for help. They paid for my first month of rehab, it was $1,500, and uh I worked it off. And then the next month somebody else has sponsored me for the next month. And then, I was able to get through and I stayed in rehab for 13 months at 34 years old. And the structure that I went through has a really high success rate. And there’s not that many places out there but I know the ones that work and it’s a similar structure to what I went though. It’s a year program. You don’t work for 6 months, then you work, then you go and you move out with two other guys in sobriety and you continue to go to meetings and doin what you need to go to toe the line. So, I have a couple places here in LA that have offered me scholarships for these guys. It’s a nonprofit house, it’s called “Awakening Recovery” and what I do is I donate parts of the proceeds into these houses in order to leave a bed open. When it opens, to find someone on the street that I can take who sick and tired of being sick and tired like I was. And I just recently brought this guy Evon there and he’s doing great. I see him around town at meetings now and uh, you know, really one haircut, one life at a time and that’s what’s going on here and I’m so grateful to be able to give it back the way that it was given to me.
MATTHEW RAMSEY & JASON SCHNEIDMAN: : STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF ASKING FOR HELP
MATTHEW RAMSEY: … and I just feel like that’s an important part of your story, but, really anybody that, my story too, anyone who wants to change something about themselves. Whether it be, you know, someone in your position or me, personally, I was just not, you know, I was not happy. And, um, I needed to talk to someone. I just needed help, you now, mentally. And I was afraid of asking for that help. And I think a lot of people are afraid to ask for help and feel like it’s um, maybe somehow weak to ask for help. But, it’s actually the strongest thing that you can do is to be vulnerable and ask for that help. And so I think an important part of your story that always hits me whenever I hear you tell it. It’s the fact that you got to that point and you said I have to ask for help. That had to be tough.
JASON SCHNEIDMAN: So, I’ve been taught, what that’s all about and it’s like they say when you wave the flag and surrender it’s not giving up, it’s coming over to the winning side. And it’s surrender and I got to come over to the winning side. So, admitting and accepting that I have a problem is where the growth started. It’s where the growth process starts. And it’s something so freeing about just saying, “Dude I got a problem” and just throwing your hands down. And you no longer have to fight it. You can get help. You know, and that’s when I was able to change my life was when I was like, “Just show me because I can’t do this myself. I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired” and uh that’s why that year program was really important becauSe it doesn’t happen overnight. You know, when you work out in the gym you don’t get buff overnight. You gotta exercise that muscle of surrender, acceptance, willingness, you know because we get that f*ck it switch. You know, like all of a sudden you just get that switch and you’re like this, “I was having more fun back when I was doing this” and then that passes. And so, it’s like one day at time and all that stuff, those cliché’s that you hear, about sobriety. They work. And uh, yeah, sorry to babble.
MATTHEW RAMSEY: No, man that’s why we’re here. We’re here for you to babble and uh, just to tie it up in a neat little bow, just um, that uh, the moment that I reached for myself to ask for help um, was the day after I wrote this song. And, um, this song made me want to be a better person. And realized I need to be and um, the next morning I made a phone call and started working on myself. And it’s still, you know, I’m still working very hard. And I just know, this song means so much to me and means so much to a lot of people and I know it can kind of come across as um, as sad to some people because it can be sort of a sad song but I knew after seeing your Instagram stories and your work that you’re doing, it was the perfect way to show that it’s also a hopeful song. And, it can also be looked at as an encouraging and inspiring song too.