We dive off into music in this episode. You have heard Jaeden Luke in the music of Around the House Show for more than a few years. This season he is now on NBC's THE VOICE and we sit down for his first long form interview and take a look at the behind the scene stories and how at 22 years old, he is taking over the music scene with his performances on national tv.

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[00:00:17] Eric Goranson: when it comes to

[00:00:25] Eric Goranson: Welcome to the Around the House Show, where we usually talk home improvement every single week. But you know, this is a special show that I wanted to do. Is you, as our listeners, have heard him on around the house in intro music for a number of years and now this guy, my friend, is crushing the voice.

[00:00:53] Jaeden Luke: you so much. Crushing the, I like that. This is a good intro. Thank you so much. Um, I'm so, so [00:01:00] thankful to be here and, um, just wanna say hi to all the viewers. Um, I feel like I know you guys a little bit from Eric playing my tunes for, uh, this whole time, so it's, uh, such a pleasure to speak for you guys and speak to Eric right now.

[00:01:39] Eric Goranson: Now he's

[00:01:58] Eric Goranson: definitely, and you probably.

[00:02:05] Jaeden Luke: my gosh, I don't remember that. I don't. I know you don't, but you know,

[00:02:15] Jaeden Luke: Very, very vaguely. Just little bit. I find that, Yeah, I know you did. I, I, yeah, I know you did.

[00:02:29] Eric Goranson: I'd probably walk over there since that was so long ago and I'd go, Oh man. I'd do it differently. Like this, like that. And it's kinda like when you go back and listen to all music. Oh

[00:02:38] Jaeden Luke: Yeah, you should hear me about my CDs, but ,

[00:02:56] Eric Goranson: I gotta ask you some questions because like first one, [00:03:00] This one kind of actually made me a little jealous.

[00:03:15] Eric Goranson: Yeah. You just had Gwen Stefani say, Love this guy. .

[00:03:31] Eric Goranson: gotta ask you, what was that? What was that like? And we're gonna go into some of these other things here cuz that's not just where we're starting with this, but what did it feel like?

[00:04:02] Eric Goranson: And I got one play to go here and in this game I gotta land that thing. And of course you landed, but what did it feel like to see the first. Blake turn around and

[00:04:26] Jaeden Luke: I feel like I've always just been like, Um, praying for this opportunity and like almost just, uh, trying to be ready for this next step that, you know, God's gonna bring me to. And so this whole time I was like, Man, he's given me an opportunity. Alright. Like, I have to really like show up here. And it's, it's a weird thought being backstage, like knowing that the next 90 seconds, how you seeing could like either make or.

[00:04:56] Eric Goranson: that one game, but in the current moment, Yeah, absolutely. There's [00:05:00] a, a big road that you have a door opening to and it's like, alright. Can you

[00:05:17] Jaeden Luke: And like, we see all these secret talented people going home and like, It's like, oh my gosh. But um, yeah, man, I think just walking on that stage and just like remembering why I'm there and why I'm ready for something like this. But, uh, yeah. Right when Blake turned like it was like, Okay, I'm in. I could like relax now , but I was, It was nice like having with my mom and sister, they're backstage.

[00:05:48] Eric Goranson: safe space, right?

[00:05:51] Eric Goranson: And so you're singing Blake turns around and then. Legend drops [00:06:00] around . That was awesome.

[00:06:05] Eric Goranson: I mean, dude, how crazy was that?

[00:06:20] Jaeden Luke: You know, it's so funny cuz John is probably like the most classy, like sophisticated, sophisticated, well spoken guy like I've probably ever met. Um, Yeah. Like he came to the shadow say Michelle Winery, um, last year.

[00:06:48] Eric Goranson: knew it was some I know third level manager. Exactly. I

[00:06:52] Jaeden Luke: He was probably traveling with an opener, but I don't know. I was just having fun with him at that point. But, um, of course Blake took that and ran with it, which, [00:07:00] You know what I expected to happen, but it was fun, .

[00:07:11] Eric Goranson: We're gonna play a couple clips here from the voice that I gotta, I gotta ask you about here. And here's the first one that we're gonna jump into.

[00:07:46] Jaeden Luke: Oh my God,

[00:07:59] Eric Goranson: right now. [00:08:00] I stayed in. Well done. Well done. Well played there. Thank

[00:08:21] Eric Goranson: wait, hold on a second.

[00:08:29] Jaeden Luke: so much. I was like hot and flustered for a second though. That was a really sexy arrangement of the song.

[00:08:37] Jaeden Luke: I mean, Hi again. I missed you. I missed you too.

[00:09:06] Jaeden Luke: No, dude.

[00:09:20] Jaeden Luke: but oh, no. Hey, I get what you, you know, I'm kidding.

[00:09:25] Eric Goranson: Hey, I'm, I'm gonna be serious with you here, brother. I mean, you and I have talked for years about your music career. Yeah, yeah. And I don't put fat past you at some point here because, and I say this respectfully, and, and this is all adorable and awesome. What that, how that worked out and, and how cool it is.

[00:10:07] Eric Goranson: And of course she got here and that whole, uh, on screen love affair going on, uh, a little tongue in cheek. But, uh, dude, uh, you know, with your future, it's just gonna be hard to.

[00:10:32] Jaeden Luke: Believe you, honestly, like a year ago. So if a year ago or if a year from now you'd be telling me, you know, I'd be whatever. I think at this point it's like, sure. Like sure, let's do it however it's

[00:10:53] Eric Goranson: Hi, Jayden. One thing that we haven't talked about yet is,

[00:10:58] Eric Goranson: ass

[00:11:00] Eric Goranson: up on the

[00:11:08] Eric Goranson: direction as an artist in

[00:11:11] Eric Goranson: Not kidding. We listen to

[00:11:16] Jaeden Luke: No,

[00:11:26] Jaeden Luke: love that. I, I feel like Blake is like, Like a proud uncle almost. And like being on his team , he's like such a, such a nice like father figure or uncle figure. So, um, it's pretty cool.

[00:11:56] Eric Goranson: I rarely follow by the rules , but this is gonna be that one time. [00:12:00] You know, what's it like when we talked about how they turned around, but what's it like when now you're not singing anymore and you're talking, and now you have to make a choice because you had two. Legend air artists up there that either one could help you along the way.

[00:12:43] Jaeden Luke: They didn't think they were gonna choose. Um, and I don't know what it is. I, I literally, I looked over just the moment, right? Yeah. Just the moment I looked over at my mom and sister, I'm like, Guys, I'm not good at decision making yet to help me here , but they're like, I don't

[00:13:02] Eric Goranson: So,

[00:13:20] Jaeden Luke: Um, but I'm so glad, like being on Blake's team has been like the coolest, most fun like journey. So, I mean, you know, you couldn't go wrong going with John, but like I'm very thankful Oh, um, to have Joe's Blake,

[00:13:41] Eric Goranson: Oh yeah. You'd have been happy with,

[00:13:55] Eric Goranson: So, and then basically cameras go dark after it's done [00:14:00] and you walk off and you have to kind of come down from that. Oh my gosh. Like high of, oh my gosh. I'm not going home right

[00:14:21] Jaeden Luke: It was just like, like what just happened? Like it literally, it's weird. It seemed like it was all like, just such a dream. And, uh, and I still wasn't even sure if all the coaches were real, like, are they like, um, holograms or something? Like . I like what? Cause it happened so fast. You just go in there and you, you know, kill it, and then you leave and then, All right.

[00:14:48] Eric Goranson: And then you're doing film scheduled schedules, so it's not like you're gone for six weeks or anything. It's like boom, you get right after it, don't you?

[00:15:01] Jaeden Luke: Everything and anything, but, um, man, I'm so thankful things worked out this way For sure. And

[00:15:21] Eric Goranson: I know so much. And, and him being a very personal friend of mine, that's, uh, that's been my coach from time to time in life. When, when, uh, I was getting my butt handed to me, , uh, It's been fun to watch him be your

[00:15:49] Jaeden Luke: Um, But it's funny cuz he says that, you know, everyone thinks everyone, everyone's gonna like, love me even more cuz they think that I'm gonna be like, have a single, [00:16:00] single parent. My parents are divorced, . Cause my poor dad wasn't down there. He was like, Oh yeah, you're gonna get all the, all the, you know, foster families on your team.

[00:16:28] Eric Goranson: everything you does.

[00:16:48] Eric Goranson: Slightly unusual because it's, you know, not that life is a story book, but you gotta, you got it about as close as you're gonna get it.

[00:17:20] Jaeden Luke: You know, like how many. People, talented people don't even get an opportunity to, um, to have a platform or an opportunity to do what they love to do. So yeah, man, I'm, I'm thankful every step of the way

[00:17:49] Eric Goranson: Hey, you know, as a dad I'm always gonna be a cheerleader, but I think he's got skills, right? And I was, are you kidding me? . And that's when, uh, I made the [00:18:00] introduction for you to go talk to my buddy Bob. Yeah. Mm-hmm. , you know, who I grew up playing music with that I played in bands with and, uh, is a Seattle, you know, guitar music teacher, uh, independent guy, you know, And, uh, that's kind of where you're working towards, you know, coming.

[00:18:32] Jaeden Luke: Yep. Absolutely. And you, man, you definitely kind of paved that step for me and my whole path.

[00:19:01] Jaeden Luke: I didn't know anybody. Um, and man, Eric, like, has always been like, Oh, you know, I, I know someone to, to help you with this. Or like, you know, let. Let me help you with this or that, or kind of show you the ropes. Um, and so, man, I seriously, I don't think I would've been able to navigate any of this without you.

[00:19:42] Jaeden Luke: So I, like I said, your view is already loving you, but I just want them to know how, how much, like, I appreciate you, man, and, and how much your family for, for everything. So,

[00:20:00] Eric Goranson: Cut the rest of the day, dude.

[00:20:04] Eric Goranson: Oh, I love you too, brother. Love you too, brother. And it's, uh, it's just been so fun to watch. I mean, it was just so surreal sitting there watching that on tv going, here he is. You know, here he is. And that was, that was really fun. And you've got just so many great things going.

[00:20:35] Jaeden Luke: Yeah, absolutely. Um, yeah, and like this little, little wood woodenville corner here is like the perfect little singer songwriter.

[00:21:02] Jaeden Luke: Cause likes limit, you know, know .

[00:21:13] Jaeden Luke: Um, Yes. I don't know what I had to think about. There we go. I don't know why I'd think about that for so long. All right. I'm gonna go with yes. Yeah. Okay.

[00:21:26] Eric Goranson: I mean, if you got Gwen and Gwen chasing you in front of her husband and, uh, Camille's love affair there, I think, uh, I think you got a good resume.

[00:21:50] Eric Goranson: So right now is your dad's listen to this. Is going, No, no, no, no. Don't let Eric pick that. Don't let Eric pick that. Cause I've made some pretty bad [00:22:00] decisions in the past and he's seen those, so he's gonna go, No. Whoa. I mean, I, I figured it out now. My life is wonderful. My wife is great, but, uh, yeah, I did make some bad decisions earlier on in life that he witnessed, so, uh, well, I probably defer back over to dad on that.

[00:22:15] Jaeden Luke: I feel like that's how we find our ways. And so , you know, I'll do whatever you sign me up for, man. Ah, there we go. You're my, you're my, you're my coach. You're my mentor.

[00:22:34] Eric Goranson: That's great. So I know there's things we can talk about and, uh, things we can't talk about, but let's talk about some of your albums and stuff out there that you've done in the past, uh, since that's, uh, that's probably a, a, a good subject to talk about here. Yeah, I remember that first CDU popped out and man, I liked it then.

[00:23:07] Jaeden Luke: Yeah, absolutely. . Yeah, man. Um, I think, I think one of the coolest things of having, you know, this opportunity of the voice is to have my, like, artistry set in my artistry, you know?

[00:23:45] Jaeden Luke: And so, you know, with the bread song I did for the audition, dude, that was

[00:23:50] Jaeden Luke: Thanks man. And for everything else I sing, I literally, like, my goal is to make it sound like something I wrote, you know? And so having, um, [00:24:00] recorded different eps and, you know, throughout the last like five years and stuff, I really, I found my sound and I know who I am as an artist and my.

[00:24:33] Jaeden Luke: But it's like, man, I'm glad I found my sound now. Um, and it's so cool to see the response like on YouTube and like everything from my blind audition, people are like, man, I totally hear your sound and I feel it, and that's what like the coaches were saying is, Beyond just like singing the song, We feel You as an artist.

[00:25:06] Eric Goranson: Yeah. Just, uh, so what was it like picking that song a little inside? A little behind the, the, the, the curtain there on that?

[00:25:16] Jaeden Luke: one. Pretty much. Absolutely. And uh, yeah, I saw that one from Bread and um, that really is like my mom's favorite song. And so we always, like, bread is kind of a special thing in our family just cuz it's so, uh, Yeah, same. It's so, they're so expressive and like yeah.

[00:25:39] Eric Goranson: we, we, we go Neil Diamond in this house, So my house, it's Neil Diamond, so it's the same. We jam on that. Julie and I jam. All the time. I love

[00:25:59] Jaeden Luke: [00:26:00] Like, there's nothing sweeter than that. And, uh, Yeah. And so, and it turns out it was like Gwen's favorite group and stuff. Yeah. Favorite stuff. So it was cool. And like everybody loves that. It's like America just, it's, it's like, it's timeless, you know? And so it's classic,

[00:26:22] Eric Goranson: It's just that comfort food almost for your soul.

[00:26:33] Eric Goranson: so I gotta ask you too, what was it like with, uh, you know, you've got two people of course that can pick you for their teams. You've got Gwen and Camil sitting there.

[00:27:09] Eric Goranson: There's a lot of people in this show that come up there that have decades of professional music experience. Yeah. And they get up there and they sing beautifully. But when the music stops, so does kind of the artistry and the personality, right? Yes, Yes. They're almost nervous. They don't really aren't communicating, man.

[00:27:53] Eric Goranson: Wow. All right.

[00:27:56] Eric Goranson: I mean, did the producer say anything afterwards? Go like, Wow, [00:28:00] man, ,

[00:28:20] Jaeden Luke: Um, Oh yeah. And then, and then when she said, I'll steal you baby. Like, how can I not run with that? Like, that was my chance to tell her I love her. So,

[00:28:32] Jaeden Luke: you know. Yeah, but she's so sweet and, and like all four of them are so, so, so down to earth and, uh, so personable and, um, just like very kindhearted people.

[00:28:52] Eric Goranson: Yeah. What's funny is I saw Gwen Stefani. At your point in your [00:29:00] career now. Oh, you're kidding. Playing way Disneyland. Dang. In the early nineties. Dang. That was the, Was planned in the early days of No doubt.

[00:29:14] Eric Goranson: I have their, someplace, I have their demo cassette No. That I bought

[00:29:21] Eric Goranson: so sick. I don't think they're even signed at that point. It was just a demo cassette, so. Oh my gosh.

[00:29:39] Jaeden Luke: Cause she does like, she's done everything. And um, and she appreciates everything, you know? And like, she's so sweet. And she's like rock and roll too. So, Yeah. It's crazy.

[00:30:00] Eric Goranson: And uh, yeah. And I think what's made her successful is one, she's super talented. I've always had a crush on her and it's always been. It was funny. Julie was giving me a hard time, my wife about, uh oh, Jayden. Jayden got there. Love yous before you did. And I'm like, Ah, I know he got me. That's good when the, when the Jedi is going, you know?

[00:30:25] Jaeden Luke: Yeah. Well, it's everything you taught me. So you see, there we go. There we go.

[00:30:36] Eric Goranson: and she's been able to pivot and there's so many musicians out there that like, if she hadn't have been able to pivot, it's like, Oh, no doubt. Okay. They're kind of done, they've, they're tired. They want to kind of go their own directions and then they disappear. Mm-hmm. , you know how many artists have gone, All right, I made it, I did this.

[00:31:16] Jaeden Luke: Oh. Totally. Like to have that successful of a career, like in a band and as a solo artist. And, um, that's why she like, Yeah. Knows so many like genres too. And like every, cuz every singer here was just so different. But like it's cool to see how much she. Knew about each, you know, each lane, each genre, and appreciated it and like had so many things to chime in from that.

[00:31:52] Eric Goranson: the only one that she hasn't messed with, and she has actually, cuz of her husband, but country would be the only other one that I go.

[00:32:10] Jaeden Luke: I know, I know. She's, she's insane. She's so

[00:32:25] Eric Goranson: Yep. Yep. Uh, then you kind of went into a more. Almost r and b hip hop genre for a little bit, and then country. Yeah. And you've been bouncing around, finding your, your voice as well, which has been fun to watch. Yeah.

[00:32:45] Jaeden Luke: So every time I'm in one of those phases, I like write a song in that, in that genre. And then, you know, here we go, is just like every genre I make, but like definitely, um, you know, this. EP I did. And then just from being down here and finding my sound, I think this whole [00:33:00] folk singer songwriter, acoustic realm, um, kind of like how the, that whole bread song sounds like that really is my sound sound.

[00:33:23] Eric Goranson: see that's the influences part that you're making friends.

[00:33:26] Jaeden Luke: wonderful. Oh, it is amazing. And so I would, it's so great. I would take my, you know, guitar with the country group and do all that, you know, bluegrass pick and like, Singing all those, you know, those great honky tonk songs, Uhhuh. And then, you know, I would, I would then, I would go right over to the, uh, the gospel group, uh, singers, singing church songs, and we would do worship together, you know, and just bounce around from genre, genre.

[00:34:12] Jaeden Luke: And like I said, they're just, So, you know, so, so much like family. Um, yeah. So that was for sure the coolest, like one of the most little hidden, hidden blessings I wasn't expecting.

[00:34:29] Eric Goranson: Doors that opens, right? I mean, exactly. You know? Yeah. Whatever. Whoever wins, whoever keeps going. You know, down the road, however that road has traveled, you made some great relationships with people that, uh, man, you could collaborate with and everything else, and, and who knows, You know, maybe when, uh, Blake or you know, John or Gwen or Camila go on tour here, they're.

[00:34:57] Jaeden Luke: Yep. I'll be there. I'll be ready.

[00:35:13] Eric Goranson: Inquiring Minds wanna know, I'm sure, but, uh, they're all out there. But what is the best way for people to find your music right now?

[00:35:41] Jaeden Luke: Thank you. I mean so much for, for having me, Eric. Um, you know, I was saying before the show, like how much of a full circle moment this is from, you know, you just hearing my songs from the start to now, like being on your show and it's just, it's such an honor and just such a blessing for all this that I, I really don't take for granted.

[00:36:04] Eric Goranson: man, that's your talent that's got you there. I'm just happy to lend a hand along the road and, uh, thanks man. We're just at the start of that. So that's the cool part is there's a long, long road ahead for you, my friend.

[00:36:16] Jaeden Luke: so much, man. For everything. All right,