Analog Lunch with Simon The Magpie

Managing YouTube with irl schedule, Roland SP-404, Kaola Sampler, GAS Therapy, free software options, DAW’s and dropping support for 32-bit VST’s, free alternatives for the OP-1, Teenage Engineering (and other companies) marketing, pricing, and manufacturing, working in the guitar industry, working in IT software design and applying that knowledge to music gear, product as an identity, making music and why, eastern voices on YouTube and connecting to western audience, finding stuff to bend in China, and much more!

playpm: Youtube, Instragram, Patreon 

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Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Samurai Guitarist talk about the mystery of the missing pine nuts, the mystery of the water under the house, the mystery of phantom sound, telling stories, thinking about working when living and vice versa, playing hockey, industry (record labels and other) understanding of social media, meeting Justin Bieber, getting a check mark on social media, hitting 1 million subscribers and what changes, YouTube shorts, the evolution of his content, how content affects the gear market, gimmick gadgets, watching YouTube for research vs for fun, technical details about guitars being a little boring, complicated vs simple pedals, working on music, working with partner, editing and scripting, goals and work when he was starting YouTube, the mystery of the dead bird from the sky, and much more!

YouTube

Website

Lessons

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Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Dakato chat with Robin of Molten Modular about SuperBooth & NAMM, what Molten does, the modular glory hole, computer vs hardware, electronic vs acoustic instruments, mansplaining standing waves to Dakato, Robin’s shed and physical creative space in general, building computers, online behavior, talking about gear on YouTube, the approaches to doing a gear review, SPP (Synth per Pound), the word “realm”, build quality of gear, designing and making gear, engineering intent and technical instruction, Robin making a flute, mirror on a selfie stick, Guinea pigs and losing pets, crying and what causes it, art that evokes emotion, sci-fi, pandemic time dilation, parenting, marriage, religion, dealing with comments, making music, and tons of other stuff. It’s a long one!

https://www.moltenmusictechnology.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzLl8NF-hiP2HMq5dL2NQOQ

https://www.facebook.com/moltenmusictechnology

https://twitter.com/moltenmusictech

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Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Bengt talk with Nicolas Bras about TEDx, YouTube origins, Facebook page, creating DIY instruments, playing live and touring, making a living, forming a new business, working with plugins (Soundpaint), the work space, Spotify not loving short tracks, content vs art, making videos about a process, getting help with videos, getting commission, ice flute?, pseudo-midi modular wind instrument, collecting instruments (and sampling them), the history of making musical instruments, and more!

Nicolas Bras:

• YouTube
• Instagram
• Bandcamp
• Rare and Strange Instruments Facebook page
• Patreon
• TEDx talk: Home-made tin can drums, harps & guitars

Mentioned:

• Soundpaint
• 8DIO

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In this episode we talk with Sohlberg. Professional animal guy and very metal music maker. Along with guest Dan Fignerman, we talk about Simon and Sohlberg meeting as children, re-meeting years later, vacuum organ, zookeeping, training animals, social experiments, metal (as in the genre(s)), navigating the political stuff, co-opted artwork, inherent ideology in art, looping performance, and other stuff.

Sohlberg: 

• Bandcamp
• Spotify
• Instagram
• SoundCloud

The vacuum organ video that Simon mentioned

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Regrouping with Dan Fingerman after a video he posted went viral just after we talked last time. We’re also joined by Simon’s friend Malte and talk about talk about starting from the end, how to say Malte, the source of the "Thrift store-found VHS tape with weird music on it” video, perceived links to Boards of Canada, attempts and accusations of alternate reality games, what to “do” with newfound attention, the types of attention that the video has attracted, social media, and remote sexual interaction (yes). Future episode with Sohlberg is also in the works, along with a couple other new ideas!

The viral video: Thrift store-found VHS tape with weird music on it (archived from a deleted channel)

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In which Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon chat with Carl-Mikael Björk (CabCurio) about not being on YouTube, work with a product, money in art, the concept of reviewing art, feedback vs criticism, critical friends, photography, sponsored content, going to school for influencing, conceptual art, making frames, fake scarcity and NFT’s, and much more.

Carl-Mikael Björk:

https://carlmikaelbjork.se

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In which Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon chat with Andrew Huang about, getting into modular, modular closet idea, found sound videos and not doing them as much, basis for deciding on new content, forms of and engagement, help with social media and managing time with it, Minecraft multitasking, 4 producers 1 sample, getting sent weird stuff, packaging, customs, working in DAW vs hardware, installing hardware into the body, going to space in a spaceship, taking breaks and sustaining output, balancing want and need, making music and modules, considering stats, planning work, second channels, Rob Scallon, finding a niche audience being easier, leaving nice comments, and a bunch of other stuff.

Andrew:

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/andrewhuang
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewismusic/

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Simon the Magpie chats with Bagel Rabbit about snail husbandry, sponsorships, violin and orchestra life, community, twitter nude posting, violin streamers, not-for-kids content, long vs short form content, earlier days of youtube, IRL and sleep streams, anthropology and language, appropriation in music, Simon’s rich history of choral singing, reasons for creating, and more.

Bagel Rabbit:

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bagelrabbit

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bagel_rabbit

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bagelrabbit/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BagelRabbit

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Hanging out chatting with Drunk Neighbor (Dakato) about the creative process, art movements, sentimentality and throwing stuff away, the divergence of drunkness and neighborness, origin stories, not remembering what vaporwave is called but still remembering what it is, how the internet has affected society, thinking about death, god stuff, etc.

Dakato: https://fredrikdakato.weebly.com

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