Six weeks in. Podcast 76 is up, and I think we can officially call this a routine.

Not a lot of new equipment news this week — the pipeline is settling into a real rhythm, which is the goal. The MTPB weekly process from recording to publish to Prayer Shorts is more refined than I’ve ever had it, and I’m starting to feel like I can think about music again instead of about workflow. That’s the dream.

If you follow the Prayer Shorts on YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook, you may have noticed the same prayer landing twice within seconds of each other a couple of times this past week. That was on me — an interaction between my scheduler and the post-queue at Postiz that I didn’t see coming. The short version: deleting a scheduled post on the back end didn’t actually cancel its publish job, so when I rescheduled, both copies fired to each platform.

I’ve since put an automated trap in place that detects and removes the duplicates within about two minutes of when they fire, so it shouldn’t happen again. Thank you for your patience — the cleanup is in place now.

One thing I’ve been wondering for a while: is 6:00 AM the right time for the live stream? I picked it early on because that’s when I tend to sit down at the piano, but I have no idea whether that’s actually convenient for the people who are listening. Could be earlier, could be later — I want to know.

So I’d like to take a quick poll. What time do you most often spend time with God in the morning? (All times Central.)

Reply in the comments below, send me a DM on any of the socials (musictoprayby, one word, on YouTube / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / X), or just email me. I’ll let the results decide where the live time lands. If the answer is “earlier than 6” or “later than 6,” I’ll make the move — and announce the new time a week before it changes so nobody’s surprised.

Our boys wrapped up school last week, which means our family is finally going to take the road trip we’ve been planning all year. It’s a long one — Texas to Virginia and back through the Smoky Mountains — so there will be a stretch in late July / early August where the 6 AM streams pause. I’ll announce exact dates closer to it, and the Prayer Shorts will keep rolling out the whole time so you’ll still have something to pray with each morning. Just wanted to give the heads-up early.

Same compile process as Podcast 75: live worship piano from the morning streams, stitched into a single listen. The Prayer Shorts are still rolling at two a day, 8 AM and 8 PM CT — we’re north of 60 prayers published at this point. If you haven’t found them yet, search musictoprayby (one word, no spaces) on any of the social platforms.

And again — please drop your morning-time vote. I want this thing to actually serve the people who are listening.

Thank you for listening, and thank you for praying.

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