Analog Lunch with Simon The Magpie

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Benn Jordan talk about crypto/blockchain/NFT’s, artificial intelligence, approaching things scientifically, social media and trends, New York Times / Dan Urbina, Dolby Atmos, Dyson mask/headphones, a new distributed form for releasing music, prepping, sounds that animals like, animal intelligence, religion, not getting fed by a friend’s family in Sweden, Jantelagen, music piracy and release strategies, sponsorships, starting a business, YouTuber Survivor Island, Coywolf & Hot Pepsi, Ukrainian bonds, mean comments as a sign of success, and much more!

Benn’s YouTube

Benn’s Patreon

The Flashbulb (Benn’s music on Bandcamp)

Benn’s Instagram

Benn’s Website

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Crushing Depths, the host of Makin' Things on the Magpie Pirates podcast channel, takes over Almost Viral for a special episode!

https://pod.co/magpie-pirates

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Jorb talk about attention to appearance in videos, Patreon, Florian (AudioPilz), methods for shooting and editing, repairing synths, streaming, beginnings, synthtuber union, LMNC’s MS-10, April Fools ideas, Cook Like a Normal Person, old videos, pianos, recording at concerts, origin of Analog Weapon and Jorb monikers, weird promotion inquiries, video for the podcast, communities, selling out, marketing on YouTube and getting paid, brands and stores starting their own YouTube channels, making pedals, artistic tools for making art, the pernicious appeal of a high price, various synths and electric pianos, the people who made the gear we use, Superbooth & NAMM, midwest US small talk, functioning in the city, KnobCon, and more!

Jorb’s YouTube

Jorb’s Instagram

Jorb’s TikTok

Jorb Merch!

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon and Vola Noisy Stuff (Olascary) talk about the Moog Circuit Bending Challenge, the vanity module, cartridge based video games, vintage VHS drawing machine, running out of space, the spider toy tremolo, the Tape Four, The Cloudy, doing commissions, unfinished projects and jumping from one to another, getting stuff done and solving problems, Tomorrow Never Knows, the One Octave Mini Synth, repeatable vs. one-off projects, modular synthesis, Tottumiskysymys, textile arts and sound, the sound weaver, all the degrees, graphic design beginnings, photography, making videos, feature creep, showing mistakes, and much more!

Instagram (Olascary)

YouTube (Vola Noisy Stuff)

Dödö (music project)

Tottumiskysymys (Band)

Moog Circuit Bending Challenge 2016 Winner

Spider Tremolo “pedal”

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Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon talk with Roey of Synthux Academy about the Synth Design podcast, his interactive art course, teaching professionally, face filters, TikTok, the door synthesizer, Roey’s musical background, Patreon, idea for a teaching live stream, working with Teensy boards, valuing a product in context, tools vs art, product design, methods for teaching, inspiration, teaching how to make art instead of just to use tools, collaboration, vintage file sharing services, getting comfortable asking questions, jwotto being so cool, photography, conversation-based education, the educational kit - a platform for musicians to build their own instruments, UX design, Dutch rooms are small, Roey’s circus career, waiting to acquire gear to make art, the child’s mind, the assumption that one should know based on their age, Teenage Engineering, and much more!

• Synthux Academy YouTube
• Synthux Academy Website
• Synthux Patreon
• Synthux Instagram

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Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Knobs talk about the philosophy of sarcasm, Simon and Analog’s combined IQ, idea behind Knobs demos, balance between complexity and intuitiveness in a pedal design, Simon finds out his simple mode/hard mode idea isn’t unique, avoiding feedback, art vs content, strategies for communicating in videos, reasons for creating (aka pleasing one’s self), the algorithm, view counts, Montreal Assembly Count to 5 and “glitchy pitchy” pedals, Knobs’ aversion to the term “glitch”, granular, working on the Pedal Crush book, burnout, managing products at Chase Bliss, having to keep secrets but being able to talk about everything after product release, the Magpie Pedals business model and Simon’s boss, Chase Bliss selling direct, how Knobs got into pedals in the first place, pedals outside the context of guitar, Knobs’ upcoming album, finishing music projects, modular and why Chase Bliss probably won’t be doing any anytime soon, the perfect katana of an ubiquitous form factor, Ayahuasca, and more!

Knobs on YouTube 

Knobs website 

Knobs on Instagram 

Chase Bliss 

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Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Dumb Data talk about skateboarding histories, art and skateboarding, the evolution of skate videos, competition in skating, objectifying skate tricks, Battle at the Berrics (BatB) conspiracy theories, BatB signup process, technical skill vs enjoyment, pre-internet life, origins of Dumb Data channel, The Nine Club and Gary Vaynerchuk, NFT’s, the comment section, Taylor Silverman, skateboarding influencers, statistics, reaction to a video getting high view counts, the dynamics of empty vs crowded skateparks, skatepark etiquette, skateboarding’s resistance to rules, pointless stats ideas, gifted hater, Magpie Pirates, community, reasons for doing YouTube, favorite skater, favorite trick and much more!

• YouTube
• Patreon
• Instagram

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Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon chat with Accurate Beats about Super sayings like “peppar peppar ta i trä‎”, our biggest fan, preparing for guests, drunk neighbor EP, listening to podcasts, not reading the podcast description (like this text right here. lol), podcast stats, setting up a new studio space and rearranging a room, mixers/interfaces/interconnections, producing music with just one ear, conceptual art and clicks, recording a process, strategy for videos, work put in vs reception, Accurate Beats being a Tony Hawk Pro Skater elite master, the Beehive, snus, binge minecrafting, Teenage Engineering, finding a niche, talking about stuff without promoting just getting more stuff, the term “synth youtuber”, the term “beat making”, explaining what we do to family, doing content in English, family vlogging, and more!

Accurate Beats Studio Tour

Accurate Beats' previous Almost Viral episode (5)

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Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon talk with Tolgahan Çoğulu about designing microtonal instruments, viral content, the “rules” of YouTube, working alone, TikTok, Instagram, short-form content, comparing different platforms, Lego guitar, X-fret guitar, robotic automatic microtonal guitar, live streaming (comparing platforms), subscriptions vs notifications on YouTube, transcribing and arranging King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard sheet music, working with his son and managing social exposure for a child, Garrbo hating guitars, and plans for the future.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/microtonalguitar

Instagram: instagram.com/tolgahancogulu

YouTube: youtube.com/tolgahancogulu

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Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon have a nice chat with artist and musician Elle Terese about the vulnerability inherent in live streaming, the benefit of raids on Twitch, split of art and music categories on Twitch, using Discord for the community, the obligation of being present as a live streaming viewer, getting a visit from deadmau5, viewing streams as a known streamer, the joy of connecting with a community, following a creative vision, what viewers want you to do vs what you want to do, imposter syndrome, the process and therapeutic aspect of art, making people smile, irl streams, the experience of streaming as a woman, the expectations of viewers and family, music gear, the challenge and benefits of working with different art forms, starting and finishing projects, the appeal of watching gaming vs art, and much more!

Elle Terese:

Twitch (Monday, Wednesday, Friday nights)

Etsy

Instagram

Twitter

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