Today, I decided I would combine all episode's of every podcast into one podcast to avoid confusion. Whereas I wanted to separate them before because I grappled with language and subject matter, I just decided I would click the explicit content button and I've done my part. And I've been learning about RSS feeds today. I am not a fan of the digital things needed to be done. Mad props to all those that suffer through it.
I'm working on this other homage to Kevin Kerslake. Kevin was a huge inspiration to me as a photographer because I liked how his earlier music videos made me feel watching them....there was something about the over saturation of colors that drew me in. Here's the backstory of why....
One day a 10,000 Maniacs song popped in my head. I thought to myself, I haven't actually seen a 10,000 Maniacs reel or post, nor one for Natalie Merchant. I wasn't what you would call a huge fan, but I liked them enough and thought they made solid songs.....so I thought, I'll throw up some videos and leave some breadcrumbs for the kiddies to find. I learned a few things that day. 1) Instagram only lets you upload 29 seconds of a music video before it gets flagged. 2) The record labels seem to be decidedly erasing music video directors from history. How can I make such a bold statement? When I was younger, every music video on MTV and VH1 gave you facts with each video. This is the band. This is the song. This is the album. This is record label. This is the director. So we always knew who was directing what. We had favorites. Not only do the videos on YouTube and Vevo no longer have the directors names, it's really freaking hard to find ANYWHERE. Even IMDB doesn't list everything. So I felt like doing a series to highlight some of my favorite directors, just because. I learned things too when putting it together. Music rabbit holes are so fun to go down....and it beats most of the stuff on the news these days....
I decided that I am going to recut the older episodes too....the reason for this is that I don't want the lack of my abilities to take away from a great conversation with an esteemed guest. When I started this podcast a couple of months ago, I knew ZERO, jack $hit, as my dad would say, about podcasting. Truth be told, I hadn't even listened to a podcast aside from one that I guested on, and it didn't really count in my opinion because it was my pal so it was like just listening to a conversation. People told me to go listen to some and I said that now I didn't want to because what if it tainted me doing whatever I felt like doing naturally? But man, in the beginning, bless all my pals that came on, because it was brutal. Just absolute lack of experience on my part. I clicked the wrong mic, my mic bled through, I thumped everywhere. Plus, at the time, Riverside didn't have proper editing of the podcast in app.....so we had to pull everything out, reassemble it elsewhere, edit sound, then download and reupload back into Riverside to then edit. And it sucked. And its a wonder Desmond and I are still pals because I have learned I am a control freak when it comes to how I want something I see in my head. He's the best. For a math(s) dude. But Riverside now has upgraded their editing capabilities a bit....it's still pretty basic....you can mute people individually now whereas you couldn't do that in app before. There is not a single editing ability for video, which is fine. Like 90% of the internet looks like it's through a filter now.....We're keeping it real, haha, though not by choice! Every one is always recommending different companies to record my podcast, but if you haven't figured me out yet, I'm incredibly loyal and I stick with whatever I'm happy with....doesn't need to be the best....I'm a little DIY, why shouldn't the podcast be? Plus the folks there are SOOOO patient and cool with me despite me not knowing what I was doing.
Example: I contact them and ask them why Riverside episode I'm editing keeps crashing. The tech dude asks for the code for the episode and I give it to him and he's like, Um, what are there like 200 cuts? You have 200 individual cuts from this episode. And I was like, Yeah and I'm only a quarter of the way through! He's like, Lisa, did you watch any of the videos on how to edit that we provided? I said to him, You're the kinda guy that reads the IKEA instructions, huh? He said, yes. Then he patiently told me how to do it and I immediately contacted Desmond to tell him I had been doing it all wrong. I think he told me he knew and tried to tell me. But I'm STUBBORN as f*ck. Worst trait. Anyone that's ever been with me will tell you I'm stubborn as f*ck. It's like I always have to try stuff myself and fail for me to understand why it failed.
Having written all this, I feel like I should start writing more again......I used to write a lot.....and then marriage....later a baby.....life.....if anything, the pandemic reminded me to prioritize.....that includes doing the little things that make you happy......
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