Your Video is NOT a "Podcast", Are Hobbyists Failures?, & more (BSP-399)

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Bandrew Says Podcast

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@SoundSpeeds 2 ай бұрын

If you ever go on tour, I'll drive your semi and be a roadie.

@jesse.mccune 2 ай бұрын

There seem to be a lot of old school podcasters who are very adamant about what a podcast is or isn't. For some reason, they get stuck on things like it has to have an RSS feed. I work in the podcasting field as an editor, but I don't have a podcast, so I have a different outlook than many of these old-timers. From my perspective, the delivery method doesn't matter, it's the content and the spirit in which it was created. Podcasts are simply the evolution of public access tv, pirate radio, audio blogs and vlogs. People independently creating and distributing the content that they want with the technology available to them at the time. I find it interesting that many of these same people were claiming that podcasts can't be video because it's an audio-only medium up until this year. Now, most podcasters want to be on KZbin, and, as you mentioned, engagement and discoverability are two of the biggest reasons why. What matters more than anything is what the podcast consumers consider a podcast, and I think it's clear that most of them will side with you here. Podcasting has a number of elitists who are prepared to die on that hill, and we should leave them on that hill and enjoy the view from a neighboring mountaintop because we aren't bound by these rigid definitions. How will they react when they hear that many podcasters look at podcasting as just another form of content marketing like social media, blogs, and KZbin?

@mattytwohatsmusic 2 ай бұрын

100% on the hobbyist trip! Waaaay more fun this way. Not caring what anyone says or thinks is so freeing. I'm literally smiling thru that whole segment. Gold!

@justheathers 2 ай бұрын

Happy 7th Podcastage Discord Anniversary today! 🥳

@ActionPopCast 2 ай бұрын

I just started listening to this episode, and I have to say, I love your podcast! I’ve been catching up for a couple of months now after discovering you through your excellent mic reviews, which were instrumental in helping me improve my setup. I run a very small channel from an actual cupboard in my house, with a bit of cheap soundproofing on the walls. My gear includes a Vocaster One and an SM58. I’m still pretty new to all of this, and while I'm constantly learning how to make things sound better, I think I’ve managed to achieve acceptable quality-especially considering that less than two years ago, I had no clue what I was doing. I wanted to share my experience related to the discussion about whether a podcast needs to have an RSS feed. Early on, I was told that if my content was only on KZbin, it wasn’t considered a podcast, but rather a vlog or live stream. Taking this advice to heart, I began uploading my episodes to Spotify, using an RSS feed to distribute the audio version. Interestingly, even though I offer the podcast on Spotify, most of my listeners still prefer to catch the episodes on KZbin, whether live or pre-recorded. As a result, my actual listens on Spotify are laughably low. Maybe I’m not great at this, but I genuinely enjoy it, and I have a few loyal listeners/viewers who keep me motivated. As long as that’s the case, I’ll continue improving my content and audio skills, upgrading my equipment as I can-even though I know I’ll likely never make a penny from this or hit 1,000 subs on KZbin. I’m a hobbyist and proud of it. However, given the effort it takes to edit my shows for audio and the low listenership on those platforms, I’m seriously considering dropping the audio-only version. If that means I’m not considered a “podcaster” by some people, so be it. I’m not going to let others’ titles, definitions, or opinions ruin something I genuinely enjoy doing. Before the pandemic, I was in a band, and when that went away, I had a massive void to fill. Podcasting, vlogging, or whatever people want to call it genuinely saved me from a dark depression. Bandrew, I love what you do. Sorry if this came off as ranty or nonsensical, and sorry for somewhat deviating from the video RSS feed discussion. My point is: who cares what others say? I love your content, no matter the format or whatever name the "professionals" give it.

@fredoverflow 2 ай бұрын

Would you recommend the Vocaster? It has gone down in price significantly. Thinking about buying one.

@ActionPopCast 2 ай бұрын

@@fredoverflow for the money you cannot go wrong especially with the deep discounts on it at the moment. However If I was buying again I'd get the Vocaster two for the extra mic input and Bluetooth. Ultimately though the Vocaster gives me very clean audio and is easy to use. I can see myself outgrowing it someday but for a complete beginner it did / does exactly what it said on the tin 🤘🤘

@catrat343245 2 ай бұрын

I understood Todd Cockring and refuse to believe Cochrane is his real name now.

@ChristopherGronlund 2 ай бұрын

As much as I love Blubrry (I use them for my narrated short fiction podcast and love their flow and plugins), Todd [and many others] seem to cling to RSS or it's not a podcast. And I get it. But...like it or not, many people I know talk about watching or listening to "podcasts" on KZbin. And I know plenty of people who don't watch, but play the audio and go. They subscribe to things and sure...maybe it doesn't come through in an RSS feed, but to many: they are podcasts they subscribe to in many people's eyes.

@krazywabbit 2 ай бұрын

You hit the nail on the hammer with the statement about the financial gain of a CEO is not your goal. His response was the ultimate form of bias and a self shilling prophecy I've seen. I was a podcaster back in 2015 and I vividly remember suggesting using KZbin as a podcast host when people were asking about budget friendly options. As that is a reality for many of us who are boring hobbyist. The pushback was obnoxious and it typically came from old hat gatekeepers. Even going the RSS route is no guarantee that your content is safe if you are someone like a person whose name sounds like Malex Phones. My hope is that as the older generation settles in Florida or assisted living dwellings, the young cats who do not care about meaningless classifications, will continue to use this platform that allow anyone to participate regardless of their financial status. Fantastic episode. I might be a shill fan for full disclosure.

@typicalbooks 2 ай бұрын

Have not listened yet (already know this will be a fab episode) but wanted to congratulate you on the eve of the 400th episode. 399, and doing fine, as the saying goes. Amazing. Thank you so much for years of hard work, box-tossing and all. If even one percent of your advice and reviews sinks in, our shows and gear is better for it. Thank you! - Lydia

@DarkCornerStudios 2 ай бұрын

That favorite comment was brilliantly beautiful. It had EVERYTHING! Maybe mix some religion into your reviews I guess? I like to mix in the odd JFC in my videos just to keep it religious.

@Boojakascha 2 ай бұрын

ironically you have to be a KZbin Partner (monetisation program) to turn off ads. Else there will be ads and you won't be able to control their number and pace. Big creator "chyrosan22" tries to swear a lot to have both: not being a partner but no ads. Sadly KZbin is much less stringent to swearing, when they pocket the whole money...

@techmed-rainer 2 ай бұрын

Danke!

@Rodhern 2 ай бұрын

That is such a catchy intro; now I have to watch the rest of the episode :-)

@fredoverflow 2 ай бұрын

Nexadyne handling noise sounds horrible to me...? (I'm just a hobbyist though.)

@JayceAllanGuitar 2 ай бұрын

What the heck is RSS? Second, there are gatekeepers in everything, some of them just happen to be CEO's, oh wait, many of them are CEO's.

@meistudiony 2 ай бұрын

Can we get that comment on a t-shirt? 🤣 Clearly written by someone that will never do anything with their own life. My kids godfather is a drummer in a professional band who's headlined shows around the world. Shared the stage with Metallica, GnR, and just about every other major heavy act (his band has been around since the early 80s). They still do shows in vans occasionally, I guess they haven't made it yet. I'll let him know.

@ObscureMics 2 ай бұрын

I always enjoy your takes, regardless of whether I agree or not. You always relay your outlook on controversial things in a respectful and insightful way. Imagine if we all thought the same way.....what a boring world. And holy crap the nexadyne works REALLY well on your voice...much better than mine IMO

@Olpossum53 2 ай бұрын

Oddly enough, I tend to treat your You Tube videos as if they are audio only. That is to say, I put on my bluetooth headset and listen while I wander around the house doing other things. I also have your podcasts delivered to me as audio only via another service (Apple Podcasts) but I seldom listen to them there. Why? Because I don’t know how to leave comments (like this) on that platform. Maybe I’m an idiot, but that may be why you don’t get as much interaction on your audio feeds as your videos.

@BandrewScott 2 ай бұрын

Case in point - there isn’t a way to leave comments on Apple Podcasts or on most podcatchers. Spotify has rolled comments out, but I’ve never seen one there. KZbin has a metric heck ton of users which means a lot of people already have accounts nad the ability to leave comments without having to jump through hoops.

@mattcowens 2 ай бұрын

Hey brother. Great episode as always. I do enjoy a rant. Also there are 2 searches I remember doing in a podcast app - te reo Māori (when I wanted to practice language listening for the language Māori) and film reviews (when I was enjoying Kermode and Mayo and wanted to find out if there were other good movie review podcasts I was missing out on).

@Olpossum53 2 ай бұрын

I find your new Shure pretty harsh. One fan’s opinion 🙂

@badmiddens 2 ай бұрын

After listening to JTWs comment, I have to stop listening to anything you say until you have roadies and a "semi-truck." I have my principles.

@D_A_K 2 ай бұрын

That is definitely one of the comments of all time.

@mikebauer6917 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate your podcast for times when I don’t want the data use of video but want to hear your show. Like when traveling. Like I did for this episode. But I had to go to KZbin to leave feedback like you said. If the tube had a switch you just deliver audio I’d use that.

@BandrewScott 2 ай бұрын

They do have that option if you use KZbin music. You can get this show as just audio if I’m not mistaken. And then turn on video if you want it.

@mikebauer6917 2 ай бұрын

@@BandrewScott cool! Will try. Thank you!

@JBManos-gg2zm 2 ай бұрын

Hahahaha. As another podcaster of more than ten years, I have to agree. On rare occasion, I tried a video feed and it was never as well viewed as KZbin anyway. With one show, we did KZbin and an rss. KZbin had at least ten times more views. People then (and I suspect today as well) wanted to consume video on KZbin and not in a pod app or on the web.

@45KevinR 2 ай бұрын

Agreed. Imagine how much bandwidth you'd use if your feed dismissed every video, including the ones you left before the end, the ones you never watched, and then you'd also have to manage your storage. Or if they expire automatically you've more chance of finding them on KZbin years later.

@jimpurcell 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for having common sense, love your video podcast!!!

@sammybwoy 2 ай бұрын

+1 for JTW (what a crazy comment)

@gregelgie 2 ай бұрын

I’d much rather have a dynamically scaled, streamed video on KZbin than a full-sized, downloaded version for my smartphone. Some of us wouldn’t have the storage nor cellular bandwidth to get through a month of the Bandrew Says Podcast via a RSS link.

@fluphybunny930 2 ай бұрын

Don't understand why anyone would be paying Blubrry or any other similar business model. Am I missing something? In addition to that the CEO's arrogant attitude and self serving rhetoric was very off putting.

@nickbnash 2 ай бұрын

Got to go. Need to think about crime and economics. . . Thanks for the great episode! P.S-I am one of those people who didn’t realize that video rss feeds exist.

@peelingonionswithhammers2397 2 ай бұрын

Are any of us REAL podcasters if we're living in a simulation, Bandrew?

@ThatLazyyGuy 2 ай бұрын

There’s no way JTW wasn’t trolling right? Lmao. I actually find it nigh on impossible to believe that someone actually believes in what they wrote there I find it amusing that every single topic this guy mentions that has “high value” are all topics I care demonstrably less than… audio equipment.

@PolloPezzotto 2 ай бұрын

Bandwidth Says Podcast

@45KevinR 2 ай бұрын

The thing about the epic comment is that the two halves contradict each other. **Part the first**. Apparently none of us should be discussing, consuming or enjoying anything that isn't focused on world changing issues. AKA: If we don't fix the world then nothing has any value. I guess in some senses that might be true, if one values our hypothetical grandchildren or the continuation of our species. It seems rather nihilistic though, "because tomorrow will be awful, we must not enjoy today or a single moment". Like existing in an extreme religious or political cult. "OM... ". Ironically most of us are far too uneducated and uninformed on all these world changing topics. Meaning we'd only be idiots, amateurs or essentially hobbyists! **Part the Second**. According to the comment doing anything as a hobby or worse as a hobbyist is an appalling sin AND a waste of time. As noted above this contradicts any useful input we might have on world changing topics, since we are at best amateurs. Now if by hobbyist he means not doing things for profit. Not monetizing our output, our mandatory world changing output. Then that's even more wonky. To my eyes a huge portion of our world's problems are caused by the relentless pursuit of profit, financial growth, monetization. Many a life, business, tv show or even podcast has been destroyed by short term profit, by turning a love into a business. By going professional. The commentator may just be a sad confused or damaged person. They may simply be trolling. *But* my instinct is that maybe just maybe someone has been training ChatGPT to write troll posts. PS let's all keep doing things that are hobbies, that we love, that are creative, that are informative, that are entertaining. I reckon you Bandrew bring us all those things and I salute you.

@knorke3642 2 ай бұрын

Your podcast may not be economically viable...you might sound nasal and your voice is pitched far to high for my liking, your music might sound a little infantile at times and your gear reviews sometimes... well they might be mediocre at best and yet... I´m not going to stop listening to you, as long as you have something interesting to say (hobbyist or pro) and I´m glad you have not "commercialized" the heck out of yourself.