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Social media has changed my life. I'm able to support myself as a full time artist. When I have a new show, event or print release, I post online and make sales. I've managed to connect with incredible creatives and famous celebrities. It's a powerful tool.But I don't enjoy it. I hate the pressure. I feel like everyone all of a sudden hates my work if a post performs badly. I don't post consistently so I'm often in the instagram dog house. Making a reel takes me forever; I need B roll, a script and a catchy ‘hook'. I'm tired.I JUST WANT TO MAKE ART DAMMIT!Navigating all of this is hard, so I was so happy to chat with Seth Werkheiser who offers a bunch of alternative ways to connect with your audience. Ways that don't involve spending six hours producing a video that won't be shown to the people who have chosen to follow you!I hope this ep. inspires you. Let me know if you decide to do something different after listening.I'm so happy to be back, making these episodes. Thanks for listening - I'm so glad they're helping. To hear more, visit creativerebels.substack.com
Well this was an ABSOLUTE treat. Seth and I have clocked each other's Notes for a little while and I was delighted he was up for a chat about socials/ social media on Substack and all the rest.My top tip for you is to understand what you do in service to your readers by emailing them from Substack. Then the rest of the strategy of ‘being online' for growth, personal development and fun can follow. Thank you Andy Adams, Jo Hutton, Diamond-Michael Scott, marine eyes, Cruda, and many others for tuning into my live video with Seth Werkheiser! Join me for my next live video in the app.If this video sparks anything for you then we'd love to hear from you in the comments.Let's Sparkle on Substack! Claire and Seth ✨PS - Members, we met this morning and spent an hour looking at deepening connection with your readers through Substack Chat - here's your replay and the post is open for further creative thought and chat. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparkleon.substack.com/subscribe
In today's episode, I speak with Seth Werkheiser, founder of the Social Media Escape Club.Learn more about the difference Elizabeth makes here.Creative on Purpose features insightful conversations with inspiring difference-makers.I'm your host, Scott Perry, Chief Difference-Maker at Creative on Purpose.Don't miss out. Join the community and the conversation with a free 7-day trial.Go Further* Click here to access Creative on Purpose's most-read and highest-impact content.* If you're stuck and want my help, consider Catalyst. We'll clarify the real challenge, create a plan to solve it, and reduce the time it would've taken to try to solve it on your own. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ascottperry.substack.com/subscribe
Dino is talking to more and more people about how they stay inspired, how they stay engaged, and what gives them the power to think they have something to stay. Seth Werkheiser is from the old days, Skulltoaster, Buzzgrinder, working at AOL, and now Closed Mondays.
We are honored to have the chance to talk with Seth Werkheiser, the music industry impresario and tech genius behind Close Mondays! This is literally one of the BEST episodes we have ever done with some GREAT marketing info. In his words: "Web, social, back end operations: it’s digital busy work. I do it, so you can focus on what you do best." In lieu of the normal links we encourage you to check out his work here: https://www.closemondays.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dumbanddumbest/support
Keith Uhlig of Wausau Daily Herald has a plan to run in 72 counties throughout Wisconsin in 2017. Seth Werkheiser of The Workbench Podcast runs because it makes him feel good. Amanda Maltbey likes the long-distance run. Dino and Eric run our mouths. We all got together to talk about running.
Chapter 104: "God Is The Warmest Place To Hide" ...as read by Jeremy Hunt of Qoheleth This podcast has afforded me the opportunity to become friends with folks that I listen to already. Sometimes my friends BECOME musicians I listen to. Jeremy Hunt has become such a great friend that I am more than honored and excited to introduce his new musical project Qoheleth. Jeremy, along with his drummer Mike Strickler and the "visual identity" position being filled by his cousin Caiden Withey are up to something unique and very special. Jeremy tells me all about being born overseas and living in France, moving all over the world and the eventual goal of coming home to the east coast. Mr. Hunt is in seminary and has the daily wrestling match with his own faith which I am always interested in hearing about. Qoheleth was assembled as part of a college thesis and I wanted you all to hear about this. Yeah, it's just a noise rock band...but this story has angles I wanted you to hear. I backloaded this chapter with a lot of the Qoheleth release "God Is The Warmest Place To Hide" which is available on band camp. Go get. This chapter is dedicated to my friend Seth Werkheiser who lost his mother this past week. My heart is crushed right next to yours, my friend. Hang in there. Follow Jeremy on FB at https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.hunt ...or watch us beat each other up on twitter at https://twitter.com/jehuthehunt Qoheleth FB: https://www.facebook.com/qohelethnoise/ Qoheleth BC: https://qohelethnoise.bandcamp.com Chapter 104 Music: All Qoheleth from "God Is The Warmest Place To Hide" Brood Of Vipers Advance Of Inhumanity Heaviness Of Presence The Hypocrisy In You Is The Hypocrisy In Me Brain Of Bees As The Story Grows links: Help out at Patreon Follow on Twitter See what we're doing at Lavirra Productions ATSG Website ATSG Music and Merch Leave some feedback at iTunes Join the Email List ATSG Facebook Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.com
Chapter 93: "The Podcast Before The Calm..." ...as read by Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy, formerly of Becoming The Archetype (Recorded on Friday February 17th , 2017) Hopefully this will be the last time we hear from Jason Wisdom for a while, AMIRITE? Totally kidding. One of my loveliest friends comes back for a third time to do a track by track of his new Death Therapy album "The Storm Before The Calm"...out on Solid State on Feb 24th, 2017. Pre-order here: http://flyt.it/DeathTherapy Jason and I discuss everything from a man's walk with God, a lil' bit o' sports (sorry, Jeremy!) to video games. Stick around to the end because I have a special message from Seth Werkheiser. Death Therapy: https://www.facebook.com/deaththerapy/ Death Therapy Merch: https://deaththerapymetal.bandcamp.com/merch Seth's run for Women's Resources of Monroe County: https://www.gofundme.com/trail-run-for-womens-resources Chapter 93 Music: THANK YOU JASON AND SOLID STATE RECORDS! Thanks to them, you get to hear a little bit of the entire album. Until Then Self. Mind. Dead. The Lie Wake Me When I'm Dead Prodigal Slow Dance With Death Possessed Everything Burns Belmont Family Curse Part One (Night) Belmont Family Curse Part Two (Day) As The Story Grows links: Help out at Patreon Follow on Twitter See what we're doing at Lavirra Productions ATSG Website ATSG Music and Merch Leave some feedback at iTunes ATSG YouTube Channel Join the Email List ATSG Facebook Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.com
Chapter 88: "The STING of freelance art" ...as read by Jaci KVLT Jaci Raia and our buddy Seth Werkheiser joins the first chapter of 2017 for Jacis' story and some of the obligatory 2016 list stuff...but with a slight twist. Jaci is an art director, designer, author, MetalBandCampGiftClub logo creator, all around ass-kicker and she was awesome enough to come on and admit to a few hair bands and tell us a bit about what she does. Then the three of us give our top three releases on 2016 that we think might not be on a lot of lists. Kinda going' off-road with the list. Enjoy. Happy New Year, you lovely scattered few. All things Jaci: http://kvlt.co Chapter 88 Music: Sting: "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" (Haha. Happy New Year, Jaci.) Skid Row: "Big Guns" (Sorry, Seth and I have a "Skid Row; first two albums" thing...) Metallica: "Disposable Heroes" (This song turned THIRTY this year! THIRTY!!!) Jacis' "top three obscure weird-ass atmospheric metal you may not have heard in 2016" list: Oranssi Pazuzu: "Lahja" http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/v-r-htelij Sleepwalker: "Black Ribbon" https://vnkv.bandcamp.com/track/black-ribbon Noir Noir: "Black Sun" https://noir-noir.bandcamp.com/track/black-sun Seths' 'trying to pick a top three off the typical metal list of 2016" list: Bloodiest: "He is Disease" https://bloodiestband.bandcamp.com/track/he-is-disease Helms Alee: "Andromenous" https://helmsalee.bandcamp.com/track/andromenous Earthship: "Conjured" https://www.facebook.com/wearetheearthship/ Travs' "I barely listened to any new metal albums in 2016" top three list (plus a Zao drop): KENmode: "Absolutely Not" https://kenmode.bandcamp.com/album/nerve-ep Zao: "Jinba Ittai" https://officialzao.bandcamp.com Candiria: "While They Were Sleeping" https://candiriatheband.bandcamp.com Dysrhythmia: "Selective Abstraction" https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-veil-of-control The Police: "Roxanne" (Jaci, Seth made me do it.) As The Story Grows links: [Help out at Patreon][1] [Follow on Twitter][2] [See what we're doing at Lavirra Productions][3] [ATSG Website][4] [ATSG Music and Merch][5] [Leave some feedback at iTunes][6] [ATSG YouTube Channel][7] [Join the Email List][8] [ATSG Facebook][9] Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.com We love you. Take care. Subscribe.
Seth Werkheiser (Buzzgrinder, Noisecreep, Skulltoaster, Workbench Podcast) knows what it means to hustle! He also knows what riding 70 miles on a bicycle feels like. Seth has been responsible for creating and curating a mighty mountain of content on the internet. He was also once the bass player in Pink Daffodils and sole member of a one man band. Seriously, look at all this work Seth has produced! Seth W - http://sethw.com/ Buzzgrinder - http://buzzgrinder.com/ Noisecreep - http://noisecreep.com/ The Bike Nerd - http://thebikenerd.com/ Skulltoaster - http://skulltoaster.com/ Novelty And Nonsense E-Mail List - http://eepurl.com/SxYOD The Workbench Podcast - http://workbenchpodcast.com/ Scene Points on iTunes - https://itun.es/i6LL8G3 Somebody please hire this guy! https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethw
Guitarist Markus Johansson has had an interesting musical journey. This guy is just a guy. A guy who has forged his own way with an album with so many metal allumni that it looks like it was set up by everyone in the music business. Nope. Just Markus. This is a PERFECT example of musical "DIY". Truly inspirational. His band Sylencer released an album in 2012 with around twenty musicians involved...and if you're into metal you've probably heard of most of them. From the wikiweb: "For A Lethal Dose of Truth, Sylencer's album, Johansson produced and called on some of hard rock and metal's most gifted musicians to lend their chops to the recordings. The featured guest list on A Lethal Dose of Truth includes Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Rob Caggiano (Anthrax, Volbeat), Brendon Small (Dethklok), Andy LaRocque (King Diamond), and Gene Hoglan (Testament), with nearly a dozen other current and former members of Iced Earth, Jag Panzer, Cynic, Helloween, Halford, Chimaira, Death, contributing as well." Then...his new band 4arm. Sheesh. Seriously? Based out of Australia, Markus picked up a leg as the lead guitarist. Then 4arm opened for Slayer and Gojira for a while. After an exit from their front man Danny Tomb, they called Markus to be the new frontman. 4arm has a new album called "Survivalist" due out this year. Super excited to see what happens for our new friend next. Music by Sylencer and a little dab of Modest Mouse on top. Linkages: Markus site: http://www.johanssonshreds.com 4arm has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/4ARMofficial Modest Mouse droppings can all be found at http://modestmouse.com New intro brought to you by the brainchild of http://thetouristtrap.net , one total trip of a podcast...check it out Buy vinyls and be the envy of all your friends at http://www.veritasvinyl.net Daily metal trivia on the twitters at www.skulltoaster.com and @skulltoaster Thanks. We love you. Take care. Bye-bye.
Sometimes, it's good to know Stephen Sarro. He got to be friendly with Andrew Elstner of Torche via the inter-webs and said he would try to get him on the show...and it worked! Andrew was nice enough to tell us his whole story. We've got hilarious stories about James Hetfield and his cell phone...how he had to get a baby at a restaurant involved in joining Torche...fighting evil robots to save Miami and why overseas venues always seem to have gummy candy. Andrew got his copies of "Restarter" about five minutes before he started talking to us, so he is checking them out for the first time while on with us. Torche's new album "Restarter" out on Relapse Records on Feb 24th. Go. Buy. Rock. Seriously..."Barrier Hammer" is one of the heaviest tunes they've ever done. Music by Van Halen, Riddle Of Steel, Tilts, Torche, Torche again because they rule, Helms Alee and INXS. Torche website: http://www.torchemusic.com Play their crazy video game on your mobile here: iPhone: http://radi.al/TVRiphone Android:... http://fb.me/6pcbPx5HD Torche's new amazing label celebrating their 25th anniversary: http://www.relapse.com Andrew's other band Tilts is fantastic! Listen here: http://tilts.bandcamp.com
We were honored to be joined by Nate Allen this episode. Unique doesn't begin to describe his approach to music. His kickstarter campaign for "Nate Allen and the Pac-Away Dots" includes a video game, laser-etched mason jars, greeting cards....you gotta hear this. His music is inspired by not listening to much music, just an occasional cassette in the van. It is inspiring to hear that influences can come from silence and your own thoughts and not mimicry. His shows have no PA system and the crowds gather around he and his wife Tessa in a sort of circle gathering rather than a stage for a unique acoustic folk-punk experiance. He tells us all about it and hopefully inspires you to think a little outside the box. He recalls a cool Melvins / Big Business story. We talk a lil' Kansas City sports. He was a booking agent for Emery and As I Lay Dying. This one was fun. Music by The Melvins, Celan and Nate Allen Nate's website: http://iamnateallen.com His wife Tessa does taxes professionally and understands how an artist may have tax challenges. If you have any questions she may be a great person to contact. Tessa's Tax website: http://tessatax.com
It's not often that you get to talk to someone that you listened to growing up. Mark Salomon of The Crucified hung our with us and picked up where his three part interview with Billy Power left off. (GO LISTEN TO BILLY'S URBAN ACHIEVER PODCAST. Go ahead. We'll wait.) Mark talks a lot about his newest project White Lighter, touches a little bit on the current state of Stavesacre and will blow your mind on how deep he goes with Bill Murray. He even does impressions... Music by White Lighter, Wovenhand, Minor Threat and The Crucified Some links and stuff: Check out Mark's three part episode on Billy Power's Urban Achiever podcast: http://www.urbanachievershow.com Check out Mark's own podcast "Never Was" https://neverwaspodcast.simplecast.fm Listen to all of Northern Records discography here: http://store.northernrecords.com
Jesse and Trav had to do one without the powers of the Seth, but we at BVCHQ couldn't be happier with how this one turned out. Matt has what could be considered an indie drummer's "dream resume." This guy has played with everybody; just check his wiki page. We went a little long but that's because Matt has so much ground to cover. With stories like his unorthodox way of joining Living Sacrifice, breaking up overseas with Eso-Charis and leaving for Ohio to do a short stint with Lovedrug and staying for two years, we're sure you won't mind a little overtime. Here are a ton of show notes: Matt did quite a bit of work for us for this show. He is a great guy and we recommend checking out all of his musical endeavors...and there are quite a few. We'll get you started: Ok so is Matt's wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Putman_(musician) Here is a link to a dropbox folder of all of the music that Matt sent us to hear: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3m78poooml3n1f6/AAALstiHtgJK7Txv5n-5TreMa?dl=0 Here is the list of music in the dropbox folder Matt sent us, plus a small bio of each song: Benchmark - The Reality of Distance I'm pretty sure that Benchmark were the first Fort Smith band that released a 7", but I might be wrong. There are 3 songs and they all rip. This is what we called "Emo" before bands like SDRE (whom I love) and Promise Ring took over the genre and definition. This 7" was a huge influence on Eso-Charis. Rash Of Beatings - Pig Raped Citizen This is probably the 2nd 7" released by a Fort Smith band, and it was revolutionary. Punk Grindcore, fast and violent. These guys were legends around here, and still friends to this day. This song is a personal favorite. It was recorded LIVE with Barry Poynter, no overdubs. Each song is one take and the whole thing just melts. Barry did a ton of records with T&N/SS. He said these guys had BO, which is awesome. Burned Up Bled Dry - Count On Yourself BUBD was basically Benchmark with the bass player switching to guitar (because he's a riff-master). Awesome Grindcore with a punk feel. They also recorded this entire 7" (Cloned Slaves For Slaves) LIVE with Barry Poynter. Eso-Charis played lots of shows with BUBD back in the day. Eso-Charis - The Absolute Progress of a Nothing Day This song is from our only 7", titled "Setting Roots For Winter", released on Deadself Recordings (Jarrod Norris). It had the last 2 songs we ever wrote, recorded after we broke up. It's a SUPER crusty recording, but that's how we wanted it. We took our budget and worked with our friend Matt Depper to buy equipment so we could record it ourselves. We had no idea what we were doing, but we took our time in the studio and added lots of other sounds. It's lo-fi, but I'm really proud of it. I've seen this 7" go for $50 and higher on Ebay. Current bands I am involved with Bear Colony - Flask Retort This song is from my band Bear Colony. It was released on our sophomore album "Soft Eyes" in late 2012 on Esperanza Plantation, an awesome record label out of Jackson, MS. This album marked my first time producing, composing, and performing. It was a blast. I created the main section for this song using acapella vocal samples from the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" sessions. Family History - Howlin' This is my band with Chase Pagan, whom I've recorded and played with for a decade. Chase decided he wanted more of a band feel for his next album, so he wrote some amazing songs and enlisted awesome players to join us. We tracked the bulk of it with my brother Adam (Insomniac Studios) and added percussion and vocals in my garage. I love this album and hope it see's the light of day eventually. Prom Nights - Pissswap This is my band with an old friend, Evan Garner. He played in Benchmark and Burned Up Bled Dry. He is the riff-master that I mentioned previously. This is just the two of us fucking around in my garage. The best description would be instru-metal with a mathy bent. I recorded these tracks in my garage (turd) and my brother Adam (Insomniac Studios) did an awesome mix/master job on them (polished turd). It's a fun project with a good friend. Fear Is The Driving Force - Diet Cocaine Habit This is a band with my brother Cory, who plays in Norma Jean and started Eso-Charis with me. We grew up playing Slayer and Alice-in-Chains riffs together in our parents basement, so the chemistry is great. He is also a riff master and writes songs that blow my mind. We are working on our full length album, and it's close. This is just a demo that we did to raise funds for the full length.
Everyone knows about crowd sourcing, but we're betting not many people actually understand how it works. Alex Kenis, brainchild of metal outfit Solamors (including our own dearest Trav) ran a very successful campaign raising over $6,000 for an album. Wanna hear how it went? Music by Cynic, Apartment 3G, Goes Cube and Solamors own "Becoming What You Are"
Jesse runs a record company called Veritas Vinyl. Like, he actually has vinyl made....quite a process. He gets a lot of questions. Most of them valid. Some of them stupid. So why don't you join us and listen to a little bit of what the process is all about? Music from Theory Of Ruin, Strongarm, The Skull and He Whose Ox Is Gored
Stephen Sarro of Unteachers joins the BVC to talk about the recording process, being a new dad and how much he loves Crux. Music by Crux, Unteachers, Meshuggah and Fluffy.
Laddys and Germs, please welcome Seth W of Skull Toaster to the show! We all talk about our musical highlights on 2014 and give a little nod to the late Joe Cocker. Happy New Year! Music by Mortals, Wild Throne, Umphreys McGee, Witch Mountain and Joe Cocker
Oh boy. Special (and first ever) guest Seth Werkheiser of Skulltoaster.com sit down with Jesse and Trav to discuss the music they are all secretly embarrassed about, yet still love. Music from Limp Bizcut, Avenged Sevenfold and Winger! (I know, right?) Plus music we're ACTUALLY listening to: Down, Benny Greb's "Moving Parts" and Cat Head Deathray.