Emerging Technologies in Podcasting: A Personal Journey
This podcast episode centers on the reflections and experiences of Grey Hair Dave, particularly in relation to the observance of Memorial Day in the United States. He elucidates the significance of this day as a time for remembrance, honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in military service, as well as a moment to celebrate the lives of personal loved ones who have passed. In addition to this somber remembrance, Dave shares insights into his own life, including his ongoing recovery from a foot injury, which has presented considerable challenges. Furthermore, he engages in a discussion about the technological tools he employs for podcasting, specifically mentioning his use of various software and equipment to enhance the quality of his content. This episode ultimately serves not only as a personal narrative but also as a resource for fellow podcasters seeking guidance in their craft.
The podcast delves into the multifaceted experiences of Grey Hair Dave, who poignantly reflects upon the significance of Memorial Day in the United States. This day serves as a solemn reminder to honor the sacrifices made by military personnel, while simultaneously creating an opportunity for familial gatherings and camaraderie among friends. Dave articulates how this day transcends mere remembrance; it becomes a celebration of lives lived, invoking personal anecdotes regarding his own familial losses—his parents and recently, his nephew Bob. Through these narratives, Dave encapsulates the essence of collective memory, urging listeners to appreciate the moments spent with loved ones while navigating the complexities of grief and remembrance during such poignant occasions. Furthermore, he emphasizes that Memorial Day is not solely about mourning but is also about celebrating life and connection, thereby fostering a sense of community among those who gather to honor their shared experiences and losses.
Takeaways:
- This episode discusses the significance of Memorial Day and its impact on remembrance.
- Grey Hair Dave elaborates on the technology he utilizes for recording his podcast.
- The podcast touches on the challenges of engaging in politics and public service.
- Listeners are encouraged to appreciate family gatherings during holiday celebrations.
- Dave reflects on personal experiences with health issues and the importance of self-care.
- The episode emphasizes the value of community and connection in these trying times.
Links referenced in this episode:
Companies mentioned in this episode:
- 11labs IO
- Logic Pro 10
- Hindenburg
- Ecamm Live
- Apple
- Behringer
- Scarlet 2i2
Transcript
Welcome to Five Minutes with Grey Hair Dave, the podcast where Grey Hair Dave talks about what is happening in a baby boomer's life and in his life, present and past.
Speaker A:So sit back and relax.
Speaker A:Here is Grey Hair Dave.
Speaker A:Hello, folks.
Speaker A:What did you think of that?
Speaker A:That was elevenlabs IO.
Speaker A:They are my intro people.
Speaker A:What I do is I.
Speaker A:I go to 11 labs IO, I type in what it is I want to.
Speaker A:Want to say, and it gives me.
Speaker A:It gives me a choice of.
Speaker A:Of characters that I can use, and it'll read it for me.
Speaker A:Read what exactly what I typed in there.
Speaker A:And it's.
Speaker A:It's really kind of fun that way.
Speaker A:I get a lot of different things, and depending on how much you use, it depends on how much it costs per month.
Speaker A:It is a.
Speaker A:It's a program that costs, so, you know, it's free for a certain point, but then it costs okay.
Speaker A:And I don't mind paying $5 a month.
Speaker A:It's not bothering me.
Speaker A:So here we go.
Speaker A:We're gonna let you know that we are also recording video today for boomer podcasters.
Speaker A:I'm showing people how we record into a daw, a digital audio workstation.
Speaker A:It's all on my computer now.
Speaker A:I'm running on my Mac right now just for everybody out there.
Speaker A:So, you know, I'm running my.
Speaker A:My Logic Pro 10.
Speaker A:I'm running Hindenburg.
Speaker A:Okay, Running Hindenburg.
Speaker A:And I'm also running Ecamm Live, and this is on a Apple MacBook Air M1, so it's about five years old, and it's still running like a pro.
Speaker A:And this is what I can am able to do.
Speaker A:So what's happening in your world today, Dave?
Speaker A:Dave?
Speaker A:Well, Gray Hair day is World Day.
Speaker A:It's Memorial Day here in the United States, which is a time where we.
Speaker A:We remember those who have fallen in the past.
Speaker A:Especially we are remembering the military.
Speaker A:Anybody who has fallen in the military, we try and remember and celebrate today.
Speaker A:And I also look at it as a time to remember family and friends who've gone.
Speaker A:I believe that memorial means all.
Speaker A:I mean, it's to remember everything.
Speaker A:And you all know my mom and my dad have passed already, and earlier this year, we lost my nephew Bob.
Speaker A:So it's one of those days where there's a lot of remembering now here in America, it's also a day for celebrating, it seems like.
Speaker A:So we're celebrating their lives, but it's also a time for people to get together, family and friends, and usually cook out or barbecue or get together and have a meal and have a good time enjoying each other's company.
Speaker A:Sometimes these things get out of hand.
Speaker A:But not the ones I ever go to.
Speaker A:But I don't want you to think that if, if you're from defined countries that are listening out there like Russia and China, India, oh goodness.
Speaker A:We're also pretty big in Germany and in Australia.
Speaker A:India's in there too.
Speaker A:Thank you for listening.
Speaker A:We're not all drunken idiots over here.
Speaker A:It depends on where you're looking what day of the week it is.
Speaker A:But anyways, that's what it is.
Speaker A:It's a three day weekend for us.
Speaker A:And for most people, you know, they get a three day weekend, they don't have to work today.
Speaker A:And for those who do have to work today, I understand because I usually do.
Speaker A:I think I worked it this year so that I get most of the holidays off when I went part time.
Speaker A:I think I have to look at Christmas and Christmas doesn't mean that much to me anymore.
Speaker A:It's a day where, you know, I have, I don't have family around.
Speaker A:So it's not a big, as big a deal for me.
Speaker A:I talk to my brothers on Christmas, but let's not get into all that.
Speaker A:So as it's happening around here, what's happening in your world, are you having a good time today?
Speaker A:Are you having a good time this week?
Speaker A:It doesn't matter what time you're listening to this.
Speaker A:I hope you're having a good time.
Speaker A:A lot of we're changed subjects here.
Speaker A:Just so you know.
Speaker A:There's been a lot of talk in the, in the American politics about this 747 that was made a gift to the President of the United States when he was over there in, I'm not sure if it was Qatar.
Speaker A:Yeah, I think it was Qatar.
Speaker A:They offered him a 747 because it's taken so long to get the new ones made here because ours are, the two 747s that they're running now are in excellent condition but they're getting older and there's newer technologies out there and, and, but so the big hoopla is he can't.
Speaker A:It's all about that.
Speaker A:And if you watch any American politics, you know what I'm talking about.
Speaker A:It's just the wacky doodleness that goes on.
Speaker A:And I am, I'm so glad that I never did go into politics.
Speaker A:There was a time in my life, and I think I've mentioned this, that I did want to go into politics.
Speaker A:I really did.
Speaker A:I thought I'd be.
Speaker A:I'd be good at it.
Speaker A:I like to help people.
Speaker A:I like to help my community.
Speaker A:And I thought that that would be a great way to give back.
Speaker A:And when I see all the, all the stupid things that go on nowadays, I'm so glad I didn't go there, you know, I really, really am.
Speaker A:Not that I don't think I would have been good, but it's just to get there.
Speaker A:The, the mudsling, the backstabbing, the.
Speaker A:Oh my gosh, it's, it's ridiculous.
Speaker A:You know, I haven't, I haven't lived a perfect life.
Speaker A:I just haven't.
Speaker A:I don't know those among us who could have led the perfect life or who did, but yet we expect this out of our politicians.
Speaker A:Now, you're going to think that I'm talking about a movie called the American President because he said that in there.
Speaker A:And it's, but it's a true statement.
Speaker A:We expect more out of our, out of our leaders than we do of ourselves.
Speaker A:We all make mistakes.
Speaker A:We've all made mistakes.
Speaker A:We're all going to continue to make mistakes.
Speaker A:The only one who doesn't make mistakes is God.
Speaker A:And none of us are God.
Speaker A:God is within us, but we are not God.
Speaker A:So he's the only one doesn't make mistakes.
Speaker A:Now, there's a couple of things that make you wonder.
Speaker A:The platypus, I mean.
Speaker A:Yeah, okay.
Speaker A:Is it a beaver?
Speaker A:Is it.
Speaker A:What is it?
Speaker A:Anyway, I'll get off of that track.
Speaker A:Don't want my people, that our friends at Sea World to get all upset with me.
Speaker A:What else is going on?
Speaker A:You know, I, I, I, I don't want to talk about myself too much today, but had a rather large setback last week when it comes to my foot.
Speaker A:And it, it today, even today, it still, it's God.
Speaker A:It hurts like hell.
Speaker A:I don't know what I did to it.
Speaker A:All I know is I went for therapy on Friday and oh my God, I could hardly walk to get in.
Speaker A:They treated me very, very nicely and they didn't push me hard enough that I heard it more.
Speaker A:But man, oh man, I tell you, I just, oh, I hurt.
Speaker A:I hurt hard.
Speaker A:So anyways, been doing a lot of icing.
Speaker A:You know, I ice about every hour or two and then I know, except when I'm sleeping and I'm on new medicine, which is cool.
Speaker A:Doctor sent over some, something different.
Speaker A:Didn't want me to hurt myself because, you know, you don't want to take ibuprofen for too long.
Speaker A:It can hurt your stomach.
Speaker A:But that was one of the anti inflammatories I was on.
Speaker A:So that's about all I've got for today that I can think of.
Speaker A:I, I don't know of anything else I really want to talk about.
Speaker A:Now.
Speaker A:I may re record this, I may not.
Speaker A:I doubt it.
Speaker A:But I wanted to use this for, for purposes other than just five Minutes of Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker A:I wanted to use this for Boomer podcasters too, because they need to know and see what all this is happening here.
Speaker A:So I'm going to show them and record all this while I am, while I'm doing this, which is what I've done.
Speaker A:And then I'm going to go and I'm going to show them how to edit it, how to enhance it, and then how to publish it all today.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker A:Well, I'm not gonna, I'm gonna do all that, but it won't all come out in one podcast or video podcast.
Speaker A:It's going to come out probably in two or three.
Speaker A:Break it up.
Speaker A:But that's what's going on here.
Speaker A:So thank you for being patient with me today and allowing me, my faithful listeners at Five Minutes with Gray Hair Dave, to use you as an example.
Speaker A:So now all of you that listen to Five Minutes of Gray Hair Dave can go over and listen to Boomer podcasters to see what it sounded like, or you can go online and actually watch Dave talk.
Speaker A:And this is a new hat that I'm trying out, folks.
Speaker A:You like it?
Speaker A:I don't know.
Speaker A:It's not a ball cap.
Speaker A:I'm just trying something different.
Speaker A:It's not a new look for me.
Speaker A:It's just, I don't know, every once in a while I like to try something different.
Speaker A:And that's what it's going to be today.
Speaker A:Yep.
Speaker A:That or I can turn it around, be really cool.
Speaker A:I can do it like that.
Speaker A:Either way, it's not a ball cap, but it is what it is.
Speaker A:So if you got any comments, questions or concerns, folks, do me a favor, go over to five minutes with gray hair Dave.
Speaker A:That's the number.
Speaker A:Five minutes with gray hair Dave.com you can go out of the bottom right hand corner, click on that little microphone, and you can leave me a message.
Speaker A:Yes, you're going to have to leave me your email address, but as I've always said, I don't sell email addresses.
Speaker A:I keep them for myself.
Speaker A:I'm stingy, I'm selfish.
Speaker A:I want to keep it for myself.
Speaker A:Also, folks, check out Boomer podcasters.
Speaker A:I have a link page in there.
Speaker A:Where I show you some of the equipment that I use.
Speaker A:The only thing I haven't added lately is the user interfaces.
Speaker A:Not just the user interfaces, but the audio interfaces that I use.
Speaker A:I have a couple.
Speaker A:One is a Xenix.
Speaker A:I'm sorry, it's a Phoenix by Behringer.
Speaker A:I like that one a lot.
Speaker A:Also, I have a.
Speaker A:A really good one.
Speaker A:It's a Scarlet 2i2i2.
Speaker A:No, it's a 1i2 1i1 1 in, one out.
Speaker A:No, it's two and two out.
Speaker A:Because I can do instruments.
Speaker A:Anyway, it doesn't matter.
Speaker A:I've got one of those.
Speaker A:I'll add that to the page here today or tomorrow.
Speaker A:Also, folks, if you know somebody who doesn't know what a podcast is, doesn't know where to find one, doesn't know what genre to listen to, doesn't know how to follow, subscribe, anything, do me a favor, show them for me.
Speaker A:I would appreciate that.
Speaker A:And while you're at it, hey, tell them to listen to Gray five Minutes with Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker A:He's not always funny, but sometimes he is.
Speaker A:He's always goofy.
Speaker A:Also, folks, while you're out and about today, smile at somebody you don't know.
Speaker A:You will make their day and they will, in turn, turn around and make yours.
Speaker A:So on behalf of me, Gray Hair Dave, here at Gray Hair Productions and everybody at Boomer Podcasters, for allowing me to do this, and everybody at five minutes of Gray Hair Dave for allowing me to do this.
Speaker A:You all have a great day.
Speaker A:Great weekend.
Speaker A:If you're still on a weekend, and I will talk to you next week.
Speaker A:Bye.
Speaker A:Bye.
