#010 - Ever wondered what life is like as a popular YouTuber and music producer? Join Connor as he interviews Jeremy Blake, sole creator of Red Means Recording about all things creative.

We cover quite a few topics:

• The value of infotainment
• How to inject education with novelty to find and keep an audience
• Infotainment
• The 363,000 subscriber YouTube channel Red Means Recording
  • Its origins
  • Key elements
  • Trajectory
• Ins and outs of YouTube as a broadcasting platform, and its lesser known quirks
• How you can only ever expect approximately a third or less of your audience to see your latest upload
• What it's like to have a video be picked up by the YouTube algorithm (almost a full year after its initial upload)
• His iconic and viral OP-1 synthesizer jamming videos
• How Jeremy fell into what has grown to become his profession 
• Toying around 
• Forcing creative restrictions 
• How the most painful creation to date of his (due to burnout ) became his most popular one
• Being honest with your short-comings
• Self-promotion 
• Productivity tips
• Breaking smart 
• The crucial nature of physically distancing yourself from your work 
• Why understanding musical genre is perhaps the most important element in your growth as an artist
• The evergreen piece of advice he would give himself were he to start all over again! 

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