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-So, that's done. 😅♀️
It's kind of weird to see such a huge project, creating so many comments and offsite links, somehow perform only half as good as the Cobalt8 review did in the first day. I'm not sure I'll ever figure out what makes YouTube's algorithm tick!
Obviously the response to the last video is both horrifying and glorious. Fortunately the unexpected comments and messages were all extraordinarily positive. Not like "oh yah other men are douchebags" messages, but like "this video made me realize I do these things, and now I can't unsee it."
Like, how tf is that obtainable in the 2020's. That's huge to me. 🙏
I do plan on following up with a blog post, but I think it'd be best to prioritize some female creators as guests on my stream. I feel like maybe since this video has created a bit of a zone where folks aren't tolerant of toxic behavior, it could be productive and encouraging!
- Possible vids in the immediate future include:
A. Analog-digital clocking. Yep. Zzzz. But it's something that is way more important for quality than what people prioritize, and I don't see anyone else covering it in am easily digestible way.
In general it'd be nice to do a video on how exactly audio gets digitized and decoded.
B. Ambient Nature Sounds! This one is easy, because I hike in the woods upwards of 5x a week. Or....is it? Roads and planes REALLY mess things up, especially once I hear stuff through the preamp.
B1. So I was like "Alright. I've been mountain biking this past year. What are the chances I could just push things and do a 20-30 mile day trip away from roads?" Of course this sounds easier than it is, since we're not talking about paved, even paths. But hey, it'd make me look cool on YouTube.
It turns out if I really want to get away from roads and out of flight paths, it'll have to be way up in the mountains on 40 mile+ unmaintained, super steep trails, or it'll have to be on a coastal island/nature preserve that doesn't even have primitive amenities like water wells, and require a multi-day Naked And Afraid experience between ferries or charter boats.
One way or another, my mountain bike won't safely survive unmaintained trails, nor would I be able to ride with 2 days worth the food, water, audio, video, and camping gear on an island. So poo.
Well, as luck would have it, a cheap electric bike company has been bugging me to do a video on their tiny bike. Naturally I said no, but I name dropped them to manufacturers who make actual rugged, fat tire electric bikes. Apparently, one of them is going to outfit one with extra large tires for offtrail and extra weight + a 60 mile pedal-assist range 1000w battery.
So that's actually pretty excellent if it all works out. All I have to do is show the bike in the video, which would obviously be the case anyway even if I used my own.
I'm not sure which route to go. I think if I do the mountains I'll try and do a 6am-8pm thing. If I go to an island, I'd like to hire someone to help with camera stuff and generally be a safety precaution as I wouldn't have mobile reception or a way off the islands. What would you want to see more?
C. I have a few meetings with some audio companies next week regarding upcoming projects or products. Nothing really seems to jump out at me, but hopefully that changes.
- Finally, the most recent video was a good test of what I can and can't healthily handle with long-term projects. I absolutely should have had a partner or assistant for that video as I was a bit nutty for the last 2 weeks putting in 14 hour days most of the time. The Existentialism project will be this level of work X 5 or 6 episodes. So I'm glad that I'm understanding the structure of how this can work.
I had a meeting regarding the Existentialism project for a major streaming service. I haven't gotten an offer yet, but it'll come down to creative control vs. budget. It'd be amazing to go to CERN and have a team of artists visualizing things, but at the same time, once external money comes into play, a lot of times science takes a back seat to entertainment, and that's not really fulfilling for me (other than, you know, having a comfortable amount of money lol). So we'll see. Once that discussion is over, either way, then I can be a step closer to actually starting the writing.
I'm writing this from my phone in bed while dozing in and out of sleep, so I should probably just press "send". Thank you for you support as always. ❤️