and Richard welcome congratulations on everything can you describe the experience last night uh very surreal I know use that word all the time but it's been very surreal it's the only word that encompasses everything that's going on what's today been like you were talking to me earlier about it it's been very busy for you hasn't it yeah uh you got a series of interviews that you have to go through and uh there's all kinds of filming that you have to do it's it's a lot more uh than what it looks like on TV um so yeah it's just been very busy it's been quite a production out there hasn't it oh yeah yeah what's the most exciting thing that's happened to you besides just moving on to the finals something that maybe nobody knows about oh well I have something big coming up that I can't talk about so uh can you talk about preparing for that song you did the other night eye of the tiger and and just the fun and the work that went into it uh I have a tiger it was um we uh put a different spin on it and um I loved doing that song I wanted a fight song I knew I was gonna have to do a fight song on the third round if I made it and uh yeah that was my perfect one yeah couple real quickly can you give us a hint as to what the final song might be no okay didn't think so hey uh to wrap things up a message for all the fans especially back here in Tero uh you're never you're never too old or you're never too young uh anything that you're W to do and do it well in life keep working at it eventually you're going to get noticed uh Don't Stop Believing and follow your heart follow your dreams even if it's just a small dream go for it well you are definitely going hey that's a line from the Rocky movies go for it right yeah yeah who who knows maybe Sly Stallone might contact you huh let's hope so the folks out there in America's Got Talent have they do they work with you at all on your performance and and give you tips and things like that like do you feel like you're a better singer now because of this experience AB absolutely yeah and you have to be like a sponge I mean this is like HT University out here um there's more that goes into it than just stepping up to the mic opponent singing a song um they make arrangements they help you make arrangements they um uh in areas where they think that you you could get a little more feeling out of a song uh they coach you with that and they teach you how to take care of your voice um and then uh you've got your story producers and um yes choreographers um they they have a they have a part in it too it's called the they call that department um reality and it's um the person I work with uh she's actually from New York and does uh plays um musicals and stuff so is there is there something that they've taught you that you've gone oh my gosh I wish I had known that a long time ago oh yeah yeah vocal warm-ups yeah we see what the AGT does with the judges and your interactions with them what they show but behind the scenes are they pretty cool those judges Simon and everybody very very very cool the only one I haven't gotten to meet was sopia um but uh Heidi hugs me every time she sees me how fist pumped me twice and took a selfie with me and then Simon has been yeah talking to me too and uh I got to take selfie with him too so yeah I have proof I have evidence and they have evidence of being with you no question about it that's great Richard uh wish you all the best out there uh keep it going keep it going all right no problem all right we'll be talking to you down the road good luck