And I said yes.
I'm putting this podcast out here so you guys can hopefully listen to it and enjoy it, but I think this is also a great opportunity to talk about podcasting in general. I'm thinking about doing a podcast myself - artistically speaking, I think it's a fun evolving medium that doesn't have any real rules behind it. Speaking from a business angle it's a great way to cultivate an audience for future endeavors, like, say, publishing a book. (I will be self-publishing a book of poetry later on this year, probably much later - I'm having a friend illustrate it right now.)
I know thenewgreen does a podcast. Can you talk a little bit about your experience with the form? Why do you podcast? Who else on the Hub podcasts and what do you get out of it? Is it for fun or to self-promote?
If you aren't convinced about listening to the podcast I did yet, here's a brief run-down:
Master of the Arts is a comedy salon. It's a very casual podcast, think essentially a bunch of friends sit down after a couple of drinks and shoot the shit. I was brought on as a "master of the arts" or expert in poetry. This episode talks about a really interesting topic - which keeps getting revisited in between personal anecdotes, jokes and segues - the purpose of art. Is art vain? Do artists complete art in order to gain recognition, or to stroke their egos, or is it purely self-serving? I do think whenever you put your name on a thing it feeds your ego in some way. Maybe this is why I've struggled with whether to self-publish or not; I'm afraid something not vetted through a publishing house will eventually embarrass me instead of positively helping with my name and recognition out there in the world.
I hope you guys enjoy this. I'm posting this as much because I'd like your opinions on the subject of art and podcasting as because I think you might like to listen to the podcast (which, by the way, I'm told is very funny. I've just started in on it).
Later today I will probably have a blog post up as well and will post that here. I sometimes feel bad about posting original content (don't want to feel like a spammer!) and I see some new users have asked if it's okay to put it up. It may be appropriate to re-share this wonderful post on the subject by mk which keeps me feeling okay about posting.