Charting a Course Through Creative Chaos

When life threw a curveball at episode 41 of "Uploaded and Unfiltered," I stood my ground, armed only with an upbeat mindset and determination. Listen as I recount the saga of technical chaos with Riverside, where the entire audio vanished into thin air, and how this trial by fire was a crucial lesson in persistence for me and, hopefully, an inspiring story for you. You'll also get the lowdown on our big move to pitch "Uploaded and Unfiltered" for a live experience at TwitchCon 2024 – here's to keeping our fingers crossed together!

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Challenges and Overcoming for Creative Growth

Speaker 1 0:06

Welcome . Welcome back to another episode of uploaded and unfiltered a podcast in which I , your host , jermaine , interviews another content creator in regards to their journey thus far . Today is a is a weird episode . It's probably going to be a shorter episode than normal . It's a weird episode . It's probably going to be a shorter episode than normal . I'm going to tell you about the night I had and the struggle I had to overcome to actually get this podcast out . But before we get into that , I just wanted to thank each and every one of you who are listening , who have shared the podcast , past guests . It's truly been an honor to not only host this podcast but to have it thrive and grow as it's been doing so far . It's been . It's been fun . I this is one of my favorite projects I've ever worked on . I have so many more ideas , many more things I want to pour into it . One of those things is actually getting in front of a live audience and doing an episode of the podcast , which will happen because I just turned in my application for twitch con 2024 to do a community panel . Be myself , jam bam . Thank you , ma'am boss . Who versus doing an episode of uploaded and unfil , hopefully in front of a live studio audience . Let me stop playing , not hopefully that shit is happening . I turned in my application today . I believe we find out in the middle of May if we get it or not , and then at that point we'll get tickets and then we just have to worry about airfare and room and board . But back to my challenge with getting episode 41 out and just the shifts that I've made over the last two years that helped me get this episode up , because I know it's up , I know it's live , it's going to be on time . Have like nine hours before that time comes . So this is what happened .

Speaker 1 2:05

I am in the middle of figuring out a better platform to do the recording of the show . I currently use podcastle . They are a little too pricey and there's some features that I wish they had that they just don't . There's some features that I wish they had that they just don't . Riverside has pretty much everything that I want , including the ability to live stream , to say , youtube , twitch , tiktok , wherever when I choose to do so , and I do plan on doing some of these episodes live at one point . But so I'm in the middle of evaluating and I decided to use Riverside tonight .

Speaker 1 2:47

Right now I'm recording directly into my iPad . I have a Rode NT-USB Mini , usb-c plugged into my iPad Pro , which is the main brains of my operation . I edit my videos there , make art , procreate Canva , edit ferrite's . It's an amazing if you only get one device to edit any . Get an ipad anyways . So I'm recording directly into the ipad .

Speaker 1 3:13

But a couple hours ago I recorded a video and audio directly into riverside . Now I don't know exactly what happened , but video came out clean . I fixed my camera so my video quality is . It's looking great . But that audio usually is great for some reason . I don't know if it was muted , I don't know if I didn't pick the right mic , I don't know if elgato software decided to shit itself , but it didn't record any audio like at all . Like the video watched it , boom .

Speaker 1 3:48

I went to go edit it in ferrite . I put the audio uh wav file in there and I was like , oh , it's empty , a whole 25 minutes of nothing . So I was , I was left with a decision . I I could either be like you know what , nine months is a good run , I can miss one week , like who cares ? But I like streaks and there is zero reason for me to not record another episode real quick and not put a piece of audio up Like I had zero reason .

Speaker 1 4:19

Am I tired ? Yeah , a little bit . Do I want to be doing something else ? I have a whole amazing tech and video that I want to put together . I got a new stick that I need to build . I want to record that . I got a new style of shooting my videos . I want to try out . I'm excited as hell for this next project . I can start working on that .

Speaker 1 4:39

But no , here I am recording another piece of audio for the podcast because I believe in consistency and again , I had no reason not to do it . I didn't even . The crazy thing is , in the past I would have felt a way about the audio not recording . I definitely wouldn't be doing this right now , but I wouldn't have felt this calm as I am now . There would have definitely been a mixed bag of emotions , mostly negative , had I spent time attempting to create content to find out that that content didn't get recorded or I forgot to take the lens cap off or something .

Speaker 1 5:24

Well , you know those stupid mistakes that you make that just tend to ruin your day , and then , when they happen , you're like well , fuck it , I'm not doing anything else and you just kind of shut down mentally . Those things don't happen for me , those that that doesn't happen , like , yeah , I might get some hiccups during the day and they happen , but I just like , oh man , that sucks , not even that sucks . I'm like huh , that's weird . And then I move on about my day . Or I move on to the next task , or I fix whatever the problem is about my day , or I move on to the next task or I fix whatever the problem is . I'm telling you , once you get your mindset correct , once you get your subconscious working with you instead of against you , the things that used to slow me down , the things that used to take me out of content creation mode for like days upon weeks at a time , they don't happen anymore . They're gone .

Speaker 1 6:24

Now I just focus on what I want , everything , everything , even editing this audio I look at it with excitement . The streams I look at it with excitement . The podcast I look at it with excitement , being able to come up with a new way to do the thing . I look at it with excitement , being able to come up with a new way to do the thing that I love , and a new way and a new vision is what keeps me happy . It was . It's what keeps me going . So I said all that to say this if there's anything that you are striving to achieve , just know if you ever thought about it , if the idea popped up in your head and you met that idea with wonder and curiosity , then that thing is possible . Anything , I don't give a fuck what it is . If you thought about it , if you're like man , I want to speak in front of 2 million people . Shit's possible . You need to A believe it , b envision yourself doing that shit and . C don't stop until you get it .

Speaker 1 7:32

I think the thing that stops most people from achieving their goals is the roadblocks . Because those roadblocks instead of Imagine you're going down a road and you hit a roadblock that roadblock could be there for you to Okay , the path is actually this way to the right . So we put this roadblock up so you can stop , think and move on the right path . If that roadblock wasn't there , you would just go in a straight line . Would you hit your target ? Maybe , but you could be taken a long way . You could be taken away . That is way more dangerous . You could be taken away . That costs a lot more money , a lot more emotion , a lot more mental space Versus . If you take the road with the roadblocks and you see the when I say roadblocks first thing in your head , you're probably like negative and you think of all the crazy shit you don't want to happen . But again , shift what that shit means in your head . That roadblock is there for you to learn something , to readjust and keep on the right path .

Speaker 1 8:37

I truly believe that , like the things that used to upset me , I look at them and they just they make me . They make me laugh . I'm like why did I let that upset me ? Why didn't I use that to my full advantage ? These are things you think about when you get older , I guess , or when you start thinking for yourself and just wondering , questioning , like do I need to be this upset ? Do I need to be this sad ? Do I need to feel this unwanted ? No , you don't . No , you don't . It takes a lot of work for some to get there , but you have full control over who you are and how you feel and I believe the sooner you realize that and the sooner you tap into that , the more blessings will come . The more creations , the more thought-provoking pieces you will make , the more excited . You will be for your craft .

Speaker 1 9:44

All right , I think I've said enough . I'm not even going to edit this . This is going to go up straight raw . I'm going to do a little sound , you know , tweaking a little bit , but other than that , this is the audio . I hope it sounds good and if it doesn't , it's cool . We'll get it right in the next one .

Speaker 1 10:00

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Overcoming Stuckness With Coaching

Speaker 1 10:41

to provide .

Speaker 1 10:41

As far as my coaching packages go , as far as my coaching style goes , I am super excited to start helping people walk through some of these stucknesses that stop us , as creators , from creating . Walk through some of these stucknesses that stop us , as creators , from creating . Most of it , if not all of it , is all mindset stuff , all things that our subconscious got wrong . It is reading data incorrectly and I definitely have the means to fix that , and I need to stop dragging my feet . It's selfish of me to have such a talent and not be utilizing it . So I will . I will correct that , but soon . Other than that , again , appreciate you listening . Thank you , this was going to be a good one . This is way better than the last podcast I mean the last podcast I edited , not the last official podcast . Anyways , as always , protect your mental , keep creating content and I'll talk to you in the next one . Peace .