Entries in podcasts (3)

Tuesday
Dec222009

Day 21: The Project.

DateTuesday, December 22, 2009 at 5:24PM

The on going battle of projects keeps struggling on. Writing a pilot is a lot harder then one would think, and new ideas for other projects are always floating in my brain.

The best project of the year was probably at points the most stressful, but the most rewarding.  Jeremy Baker’s Capital Rock City Podcast.

It’s hard to organize and produce a show like this because it was going to be recorded and put on the internet for everyone to hear. Not just the folks who were in the Black Stilt Coffee House that night.

This show made me realize I have some really talented friends. Scott who recorded and mixed the show for us really out did himself and Kathryn who designed up some stellar limited run posters that are now framed on my wall.

Jason Walsh played his first show, Dock hates playing acoustic but did it anyways, Liz and Simon made pretty music, and JP Maurice did his thing.

Check it out here or on itunes and subscribe to it while you’re there as well. Jeremy puts one out weekly and they are always great.

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Sunday
Aug232009

Cat's out of the bag.

DateSunday, August 23, 2009 at 3:30PM

I guess the news is out.

If you listen to Jeremy Baker’s podcast Capital Rock City in his last installment he let the world know I’m in the works of putting together a live version. It’s been on mind a fair bit over the last few months, and I finally pitched the idea to Jer last week when I was at the radio station.

It looks like I might have a venue lined up. Hoping for a mid afternoon/early evening show so the venue can still serve food/drink and what not.

I’m hoping we can line up three bands/musicians to play some of their songs acoustically with some interviews in between. I think it would be really interesting to see what this would turn out like.  

So I need to line up equipment, stuff for recording it, someone to operate the sound board, get posters made, and the list goes on. Shows aren’t easy to do I know that. That’s why it could take a month or so to get this going.

Do we charge? We will need to cover some costs.

Trust me there will be many updates along the way. Till then do yourself a favour download Jeremy’s podcast.

AuthorTyson Elder | Comment1 Comment |
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Thursday
Aug132009

Thoughts on a Thursday night.

DateThursday, August 13, 2009 at 8:50PM

I am forever brainstorming ideas and projects. Very few ever see the light of day. There are stacks of notebooks and scraps of paper all over my place with scripts, ideas, stories, and much more lying around.

The most prevalent is thesidneyproject. A project that has gone through many phases from being short films shot in Sidney at 3am, a media collective, an online magazine, and somewhere where I can dump some travel stories. It's come close to having the ground work complete several times, but one or two of the people in the development process loose interest. I think this is the one I will keep returning to the most.

There is also another project that I've been working on in the wee hours of the morning. It actually isn't really anything much to do with me, but more of a promoting and organizing of it. The people I'd have to talk to about it I haven't even told yet. I'm waiting for the opportune moment to pitch it. I would also like to have everything semi-ironed out before the pitch.

I've also wanted to put a podcast together since my days as a volunteer at The Zone with Shayne. Later Darryl wanted to join in to make it STDcast (Shayne, Tyson, Darryl. Get it? It's catchy!). I'd like to get "Breakfast for Champions" up and running again a podcast recorded during breakfast with Shayne and Rozie. One day I will get a podcast going.

I'm a none procrastinator when it comes to my own things. Even though I believe if you want to make a name for yourself you have to do it on your own. No one is going to give you a hand out (unless your parents are rich or you suck some dick).

So I plan on getting things done for myself in the near future. I feel like my life right now is in my job and that is never where I really saw myself. I feel like if you do something for yourself you begin to see the rewards and people start to notice your accomplishments more. I think I can only put off these projects that I've been dreaming up over the last few years for so long before they get added to the pile of things "I should have done."

First thing I need to do for myself is clean my place.

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