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rezzeJ  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 25, 2017

I always mean to contribute to pubski but never feel I have anything interesting to share. I'm going to force myself to as an exercise.

My life is moving slow and steady at the moment. I am still living at home whilst working for my Dad's company. I've been working part-time (20 hours a week) and trying to spend as much of the rest of the time on my music.

I've known for awhile that I'd become to reliant on the external deadlines of university to create the discipline for me to work. Any time I was out of education I'd become frustratingly unproductive and I knew if I wanted to achieve my goals I'd have to change. About 5 months ago I decided to do just that by committing to work on my music 3 hours a day. I figured that even if I didn't achieve that immediately the discipline is what mattered.

It seems to be working. I managed to dedicate about 250 hours to my music during the tail end of last year. And that's with quite a disruptive December that delivered a bit of a blow to my daily commitment. To cut a long story short, due to some complications with my parents moving house we effectively ended up homeless for a period of 3/4 weeks. I slept on my brother's sofa with a brief interlude spent in a holiday rental for Christmas. Things are all back to normal now. But yeah, my music's never been in a better place and it's getting easier to put the hours in, so I'm happy with that.

Like I said, things are slow and steady. I'm not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand. I'm not exactly dissatisfied with my life. Work is alright, I'm saving a good amount of money, and I get plenty of time to spend on my music with minimal responsibilities. On the other hand, I do wonder whether I'm missing out on things a bit; not much goes on in my town. I guess I'll bide my time for now.

Other things I'm working on: a sitcom script and a comedy podcast.





user-inactivated  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    and a comedy podcast.

Any advice on an entry-level mic for that kind of stuff?

elizabeth  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you don't want the full setup with the mixer, recorder and all that other equipment, a good USB mic is the Blue Yeti. The Audio-Technica AT2020 is it's direct competitor, so pick whichever. Both around 100-150$.

Not a bad guide for the basic technical stuff involved of a beginner podcast setup: http://blog.extra-paycheck.com/podcast-guide

user-inactivated  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks!

Blue Yeti is 12k RUB; AT2020 is 7.5k. It's going to be a while before I even dare enter the podcast business: tutor job ain't promising to pay too well.

Any of your friends want to learn Russian from a native, by the way? I'm taking students for Skype lessons.

snoodog  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

the snowball is like 30-40 USD it sounds as good as the Yeti imo. As in more than fine for youtube vids and podcasts

user-inactivated  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks. It's still 8k RUB (~$125) locally and Amazon doesn't ship it internationally even for $60, but I'll keep that in mind.

snoodog  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm sure you could convince someone here to ship you one. Also eBay does ship international so try that

user-inactivated  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I will try eBay. I don't want to trouble anyone with sending it: too much work for the little old me.

snoodog  ·  2616 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Looks like shipping US to Russia is 40-60 dollars. Maybe someone in Europe can get it to you for cheaper

elizabeth  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Honestly, haven't heard much interest about learning russian from anyone lately, sorry :( But with the internet, I'm sure you'll find some people!