This Crazy Ride

My day was interesting - cheated death for now! Again. It was not my time.

You did not read that wrong! I explain what "Naked Grilled Cheese Day" is and what it means to me. This is my first recording in a while and I am super excited to sit in the studio to record a short hello and an update. So, Hello! Hope you enjoy this little recording and have a great day. dave@djgutts.com

The other day, I posted a really awful piece of audio.. I was feeling really down and for whatever reason, I decided to record myself and post it as a podcast. Not a great idea, but I am going to leave it where it is. It helped to me reflect on my vision - for this podcast. Positivity first. When I started this podcast, I was inspired… I had some pretty great focus, huge ideas, some well-laid plans, and one massively influential person in my life who was the catalyst behind the whole thing. That person is now gone, for whatever reason - I think, mostly because I lost the fire for a time but to be fair to myself - fire needs to be stoked occasionally and not completely abandoned to fizzle out slowly! I joke, but maybe it IS time to laugh about it for a change. If you would like to be a part of an entrepreneurs group with me, get in touch dave@djgutts.com Be kind to one another!

I have a mostly quiet home tonight and felt like sampling a new workflow with new equipment & trying to create a podcast until I lost it a little. I am still here, 6 months late to start some projects due to a multitude of excuses. Thanks for coming by. Hopefully next time I will not be such a wreck and actually have something to say.

Just a fun little chat with my Boy. Once again playing with different microphones and settings. Happy 2021 to everyone!

Talking about mental health, new health measures and restrictions. 4166 days as a non smoker and still an addict. Coffee, coffee and more coffee. https://www.djgutts.com

Sorry about the quick F Bomb at the beginning! I tried to edit it out in Anchor before posting... still there. Opinions and feedback wanted. Please have a listen to 1 or 2 of my podcasts before listening to this one. I have made a trade for some pretty high end microphones and I am hoping to delete the Rode PodMic and the boom arm that always has to be within 5 inches of my mouth for consistent sound. I have mounted a pair of AT4073A microphones above my main LED panel and they are pointed at my forehead. Listen with headphones please and let me know if the sound quality is good enough to use for my podcast. Thanks so much. I have been getting some feedback in the last little while and I love to hear it, so keep the comments coming - I appreciate it.

The theme of this episode is - new studios. A short recording from my new studio where I touch on where I have been, what I have been listening to... or mostly not listening to and the direction of this podcast going forward. This is a REBOOT of this podcast - I am extremely excited to have a chance to produce more content and plan to create often! Thanks for listening!

One of my oldest friends in the world agrees to come on the Podcast remotely.. you know, social distancing and all. I suffered some major technical difficulties, but I am publishing it anyways so that I can play it back and figure out how to fix it for any future remote guests. Because of the shortcomings with my setup today, I did not even get to talk to her about the things I had planned. So, Step 1 - fix my setup. Step 2 - try again as she is a super interesting person! If anyone knows about the Rodecaster Pro, please feel free to contact me if you know anything about remote guests and mic issues with port 2 and remote guests not being able to hear.

We are talking about being stuck at home.... crazy times for kids and adults alike. Just another silly conversation!

Coronavirus fears, cancellations and what life might look like going forward into the future. Also, just a lot of nonsense as we have a conversation about the past weeks goings on.

Ana wanted to share the sounds while she eats her pasta - recorded on New Years Day 2020 - Welcome to the new decade!! Day 2 using the RØDECaster Pro.. changed some settings - I turned on "noise gate" and it seemed to mess with the audio a little bit. RØDE has some great videos on their RØDECaster Pro pages and there is an excellent recommendation with regards to "noise gate", where you change the Strength setting to medium from strong or soft from medium. See the video linked below for a great tutorial from the RØDE people. I am really loving this machine, and will be posting a lot more content about it both here and on my page - also linked below. RØDE tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONGSjeBsRO8 My site https://www.djgutts.com

Introducing my Son Gavin - Co-Founder of Vlogs with Gavin and Michael for a quick interview about their YouTube page and today (10 minutes prior to beginning recording), we also un-boxed the new RodeCaster Pro and fired it up along with a Rode PodMic (Dave) and a Behringer XM1800 Mic (Gavin). This was the first time this equipment was used all together, no prior soundchecks or tests.... I think it sounded pretty great. We will be tweaking the setup in the days to come and there will also be more content very soon! Thanks for listening and do check out their YouTube page @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdO-OXHcqSchH9XnsGmwZFg HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I am pretty wheezy in this episode... I just had a shot of my inhaler as I have been a little under the weather. There is an update about some equipment enhancements, and future episode ideas including a possible regular remote guest spot with Baud, who is a dear friend living in Mexico. Also, a quick recap about my debut episode "Inaugural Snack", featuring a hilarious review left on Apple Podcasts. PS, still no correct guesses on the snack from Episode 01 so get those emailed to me! Things get a little weird for me in this episode as I am wearing headphones and I can hear my own voice as I monitor the recording levels - I think this really messed with my head as I became very aware of my own voice (which I hate!!) and faded off into LaLa land more than once - so, apologies for that! Also Publishing on YouTube - https://youtu.be/lcbqzeylF20

There is not a lot to say about this episode, as it features only myself and my short "Inaugural Snack" bit. I keep this episode brief as I preview one of my inexpensive USB microphones in the very loud & temporary makeshift studio which is in the busiest part of our home - the "Breezeway". Have a listen, and see if you can guess my snack... I will send the first successful listener a bag of these delicious treats. Go easy, this is my first session for this new Podcast - I promise that there will be future episodes with much more content so stay tuned! Contest participants can send their "Inaugural Snack" guess to: dave@djgutts.com