CIM 115.2 Presentations
This week was a little weird. Because of the timing change in the assessment due dates we essentially had another week to present our assessments. Some of the assessments were interesting. The shift from asmr/binaural audio to software based ambient 3d (“8D”) audio was interesting. For an earlier Tri I worked with creating and re-convoluting my own reverb from scratch using sine wave sweeps.
The look into Spotify as a streaming platform was interesting as well. How even though it’s a multi billion empire it has not turned a profit as of yet.
My work with Altiverb a convolution reverb
CIM 115.3 Milestone 1
www.xlr8r.com
Although I’ve never heard of it. We’ve been told this is where the “tastemakers” listen to new tunes. Although I am skeptical of it’s influence over the larger zeitgeist of culture.
https://boomkat.com
Another that was brought up as a a place where obscure music is presented.
We were asked to find platforms that people that inspire us use. I found
One I edit for “Weird Crap In Australia” uses Spreaker to distribute the podcast to each platform that they release on. To compliment their (Matt & Holly’s) revenue stream they have a website and they sell merchandise on redbubble and teepublic. They also have a Patreon with some exclusive content available to those who donate $5 or more a month. To make themselves visible they post regularly to instagram and facebook to “beat the algorithm.
One I looked up was Dan Avidan (Danny Sexbang). I know him through his exploits on Game Grumps and some of his work as a singer. He has successfully worked to diverify his income through may streams including:
Prolific on Social Media maintaining constant engagement with his audience. Including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and has been seen doing an IAMA on reddit.
Co-working with others groups like TWRP while maintaining his individual name (feat Dan Avidan)
High posting onto Youtube (this is known in the Youtube community to help a channel thrive)
He has appeared on many other Youtube channels like “Reacts” to make himself known to possible new audience.
Starlight Brigade. A work Dan Avidan was apart of.
We looked into distribution platforms and scheduling tools. They were interesting. I know Matt and Holly (Weird Crap In Australia) that I mentioned earlier use Spreaker to distribute their podcast. The idea of scheduling social media posts makes a lot of sense to me as it allows time at actually make that creative venture rather than spend all my time posting about it.
Services like Hootsuite and Social Report would make maintaining a presence on . social media easier.
USP =Unique Selling Proposition
Elevator Pitches have been done in the earlier part of the audio course. I prefer the terminology of KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid which reflects the point in the video shown to us even quicker than it presented it.