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we are talking about the digital
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transformation with my special guest
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founder of the livestream universe
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Ross brand on today super boomer
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hello everyone karen glass are here and
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show right now so today my very special
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guest is Ross brand his his history is
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pretty cool he is like he's the king of
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livestream he's been doing a long time I
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think maybe even longer than me maybe
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I'm not sure but he is the host of
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livestream deals he is also the host of
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brand on broadcasting and live stream
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universe update he was selected as one
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of the five live video experts to follow
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how cool is that buy switcher studio and
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he's going to be hosting the live video
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panel at social media week in Lima not
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to be confused with Lima Ohio we're
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gonna talk a little bit about that so
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who better to talk about technology and
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digital technology then the very own
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Ross brand so we're gonna bring them
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right into the show Ross how are you
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hey Karen thanks so much for having me
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well I'm thrilled I am so thrilled I you
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know I'm a geek I'm a geek you're a geek
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we've talked it before i've been i've
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been i've been honored to be a guest on
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your show and i'm thrilled that you're
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on the show today we're gonna be talking
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about all things technology i would
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comment up here wine up Joey says Ross
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is the king of livestream love it yes he
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is I'm the queen but he's the king so
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this is the super boomer lifestyle show
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right so we have to talk about super
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boomers I know that you're not a super
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boomer but that's okay I'm gonna define
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it then I'm gonna ask you if you were a
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super boomer how would you define it i
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define super boomers as not being
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defined by their age it's how they show
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up in life it's their attitude they're
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not afraid to do anything they don't
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take that number and say well I'm a
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certain age and I can't do that they are
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fearless so Ross if you were a super
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bloomer what would you what would you
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think of that would me I think it means
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somebody who's you know just living a an
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active life in however that manifest
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manifests itself either mentally
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physically emotionally through their
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work through you know keeping keeping
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active in other ways having an open and
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accepting mind towards technology and
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change without losing sort of their the
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roots and what they're grounded in so I
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think it's somebody that sort of just
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the is able to adapt and be adaptable as
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as time changes and and also to you know
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go after what they want in life and
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realize that you know life is is is
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getting longer and longer people are
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living longer better health and
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certainly you know you don't retire
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relax for a few years and you know and
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you you may have your retirement may go
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30 or 40 years or you may end up working
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until you're 70 80 90 because you love
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what you love what you do not because
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you have to write you know Ross
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I'm gonna make you an honorary super
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boomer is that okay so today we're
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talking about the digital transformation
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and how we're transforming lies to what
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I call real reality TV because you know
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we all know that reality TV is scripted
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right you've got you guys know that
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right it's scripted and this is not
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scripted what we do here on live stream
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I know that what Russ does and when what
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Joey Garrity does and what Kat Williford
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does they they're not scripted they know
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what they're gonna talk about but they
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talk from the heart and they talk in a
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reality sense but real reality so when I
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say digital what does that mean to you
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Russ um pretty much it's the age that we
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live in right it's we live in a digital
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age or our phone is a form of digital
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communication or our computers are you
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know this form of broadcasting is all
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digital it's all online it's all
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delivered over the Internet
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it's also you know it's instead of
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analog which is you know tape reels it's
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you know we transfer our files and ones
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and zeros and all and I think to
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summarize I think it's made it it's made
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this error really easy for people to get
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involved in everything from live
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streaming to podcasting to video
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creation to blogging to all these things
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you no longer need you know to beat past
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the gatekeepers and you know have
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expensive equipment and studio time and
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and all that anybody can really create
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and and put their message out there and
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and talk to people and and and have
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these conversations in whatever format
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works for them but the digital world has
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made it all so much easier and possible
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and you know because we're talking about
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super boomers when we're talking about
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people that maybe or get scared by this
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whole digital thing before we got on the
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show is telling you that my mom god
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bless her she's 83 years old I adore my
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mom and she is insistent that she is not
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but she's insistent typing
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me on Facebook that she's not on
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Facebook so I think there's this whole
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misnomer of really what social media is
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am I really in it am i outside of it am
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I being digital and it's scary it's
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scary for so many people can anyone
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become a live streamer absolutely this
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I know we use desktop and production
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platform and all that and webcams and
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microphones but really all you need is
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this this this mobile phone that you
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have a smartphone it's if you have a
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relatively current one and you've got a
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terrific camera within it right on the
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microphone that's built into it isn't
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bad there are little mics that you can
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add on to it but you can certainly go
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live with the phone as it is and you can
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communicate in live streaming can be
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doesn't have to be a talk show like
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we're doing here it doesn't have to be a
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press conference or something formal it
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can be sharing a moment in your life a
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walk down the street a visit to the
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beach playing with your kids or
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grandkids it could be any number of
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things you don't even have to be on
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camera it's just the chance to share
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what you're experiencing and and your
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life with other people in the moment
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something that wouldn't you know you're
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only gonna see at that time right right
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and people can can engage in a
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conversation where as you know with
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recorded video it's it's it's not the
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conversation people will go back
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watching it's great probably you know
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more views on high scores on replay than
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we do live perfectly fine way to enjoy
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it but there's something special about
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connecting with people in the moment
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whether it's people commenting in the
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chat on the show like this right people
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you know putting in their thoughts on
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whatever it is you're showing with your
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phone as you're going so it's
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interesting that you brought up the
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people can use their phone I mean guys
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you can go live on Facebook on your
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phone you can go live on periscope scope
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also part of the Twitter thing you can
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go live on on your phone there's
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actually a way just to go live on your
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phone there's built-in programs on your
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phone all you have to do is push the
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I personally even though I will go out
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and about and I'll ask people with their
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super boomer you know what they think a
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super boomer is and I'll do it on my
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phone I tend to do it on the computer
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because of the ease of use and this is
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one of my favorite cameras that I use it
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connects to any kind of PC any kind of
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Mac it is the Logitech c920 I think
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you've seen this before right rough yeah
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I have the 922 but I would recommend the
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920 just as much as the 922 I think that
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they're perfect for people who are
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live-streaming from there exactly and
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it's a great way to kind of I think jump
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in a lot of people will say well why
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can't I just use my my webcam that's
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built into the computer I always like to
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tell people that if you can just it's
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just a little bit of money doesn't these
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cameras don't cost that much if you can
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improve your video it's going to make
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your show a whole lot better also you
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talk about audio let's talk a little bit
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about audio how important is that oh
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it's I think audio is the most important
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part of your live video because
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essentially we're doing a talk show
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so if our video went out and people
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could still hear the conversation right
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they'll still still still stick with us
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our vo goes out as wonderful as we are
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to look at there's really no show
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without being able to hear the
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conversation so much of what we're doing
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is still what we're sharing through you
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know through our verbal you know
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communication right right right and so
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anything you can do to upgrade the
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quality of audio inexpensively you can
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get a microphone like this this is the
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Samsung q2u it's a little USB microphone
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right you plug it right into your
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computer and you could put one of these
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little wind screens on it in fact I
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think they come with these now maybe get
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a little boom arm to hang it on
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and you're gonna sound really pretty
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good yeah really good that's what I used
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I mean this is this is 49 to $59 and
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it's what I used for the first two plus
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years then you can get a more expensive
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broadcast like but then that requires
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mixers and and and other things to make
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it work but I I say start simple yes
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improve your audio your webcam and just
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you know a USB microphone and these also
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double as XLR microphones meaning the
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three prong thing so as you grow and you
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want to mic or I won't use it you know
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with a mixer or a recorder or some other
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type of setup exactly you you can do
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that so that's what I would recommend
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the Samsung Q to you some people like
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the ATR 2100 but those are the two I
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think they're great starting mics for
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this and frankly they're broadcasters
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who've been doing this for years and are
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extremely talented and they're still
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using one of those motors absolutely and
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I know that you have a great resource
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for people to go check out I put it up
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on the screen livestream universe calm
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for it /resources because as I said you
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really you're the master in this and
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you've been doing this a long time and
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you're able to share some of these
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resources for people to be able to use
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you know they you guys can pick up the
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the webcam if you want and in the super
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boomer lifestyle come it's there
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another thing that I like to use and I
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don't have them set up over here today
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but I it's lights you know and this is
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one you want to take the next step right
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the next step you got your camera you've
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maybe the Lighting's not so great maybe
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you need to add the lights and again you
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can pick these up in the store but
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there's all different kinds and and
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let's talk about it lights I mean
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there's different thoughts about how
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lights should be done they be should be
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on either side of you they should be
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behind you they should be in front of
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you you should never be in a window what
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are your thoughts on that you know this
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is an area that I still have to you know
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get up to speed on coming from a radio
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okay I've started to learn about the
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camera and you know trying to look at
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the camera more instead of sort of the
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radio on TV thing where it's like I'm
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talking like this and the cameras over
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here but I have lights on both sides of
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me they're not you know photography
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lights or studio lights they're just you
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know one's a floor lamp and one's a desk
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lamp but they're on both sides of my
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computer I'm in front of a window where
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you know the shade isn't very dark so
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some natural light and then the webcam I
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have can give a little bit of backlight
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fill behind me I don't even believe I
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have that on now I can see what it looks
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like all right let me just try it
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I think what's a little bright maybe I
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kind of watch and some guys I don't want
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you to get freaked out by this because
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Ross is giving us a whole list of things
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that you can move into but you don't
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have to start that way I mean you can
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start with your webcam on your computer
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you can start with gummi I use ear buds
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you can start with your ear buds if you
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want these are things that if you want
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to take your streaming to the next level
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let me put up a comment right now this
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is from cat Willeford who by the way cat
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just started her very first live stream
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she has a new tool out called the
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heroines journey and she says feels to
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me like live streaming is growing in
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popularity due to a hunger for
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connection and in the world of social
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media people talking in the moment is so
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needed I agree absolutely I agree and I
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think you have to look at what the
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strengths are in each each kind of
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medium so what is it like something that
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radio does better than TV
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it handles breaking news because all you
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got does get somebody on the phone from
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the situation what is what is you know
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live streaming do that's better than
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radio or TV and that's facilitating
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these conversations amongst peers and
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it's it's so much more unscripted than
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even live TV because you're not reading
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into a segment and out of a segment and
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it's not broken up by commercials and
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all but that's why I call it
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reality because it is real it there is
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there is not scripted we Brandi Salazar
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who was on the show a couple weeks ago
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she is one of the authors of miracle
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morning for couples awesome book awesome
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book she says there's something special
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about connecting with people in the
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moment like right now you know it's
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about shining the spotlight Joey Garrity
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always says shining the spotlight on
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others brings the spotlight back to you
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and so when we highlight people and let
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them put their comments up there and we
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can converse with them and they can
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converse with us I just think it's a
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yeah and for instance coming on your
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show now I get to know people in your
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community better at some point you're
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gonna come on my show and then you're
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gonna get to know the people who show up
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for me each time I do a live show and
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you're gonna talk with them in the chat
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and there's you know like you said
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sharing the comments on the screen and
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bringing in questions and all that yeah
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they do that on live television right I
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have a question I don't get to type that
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in the chat and they ask it - you know -
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one of the guests on the show and even
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in radio it's very selective a few
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people get to call in but there's not
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this running chat and and in fact live
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TV or live radio could incorporate a
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live chat with their shows but Shh
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let's not give them the idea because
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it's what we have that's better than
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what they I know I know I know I know
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I'm laughing so Kat says she uses a desk
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and a floor lamp to just like you and
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I'm just looking here see what comments
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we have here Oh Kent Willeford she's
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laughing she goes lol I still have tape
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reels maybe I'm a super boomer in the
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digital age with ties to the analog that
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tell me why you do what you do what is
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the why behind what you do I enjoy these
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conversations I enjoy talking about
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broadcasting talking about
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live-streaming and podcasting and video
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creation and the latest trends and the
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gear and the people who are doing it I
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love to shine the spotlight on people
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who are talented at doing this but also
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creating products and services in this
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area I love going to the events and
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covering them I just enjoy every part of
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of the process and I loved my time when
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I was in radio I loved being on the air
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and and and all that but it's different
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when you're working for a company and
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you know being able to work
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independently and and have my own home
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studio and do it the way that I want to
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do it and talk to the people and have
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the conversations that I want I I
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enjoying this farm more than I ever did
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you know my first career in broadcasting
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totally is my passion I want to bring up
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great info Thanks eating lunch with all
18:31
of you so Amy is the guest gonna show a
18:33
couple of months ago and she is starting
18:35
a new podcast so Amy I'm going to
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encourage you to go pick up from Ross
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some of these resources because I know
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you're you've been asking me and Ross
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actually has the answer so go check them
18:47
out over here and and take a look at
18:49
that Ross there's many different ways
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that people can follow you they can
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stake and follow you on twitter and
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that's at i Ross brand and when they tag
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you I know you're gonna tag them back
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you're gonna respond because that's what
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we do right also on Instagram at Ross
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brand one and that's different than the
19:07
in Twitter sometimes people have the
19:09
same names but notice that these are
19:10
different and these are ways they can
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connect with you right you know that you
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also have a web page I don't happen to a
19:18
web site do do can I send them somewhere
19:21
or is it just that simply live stream
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stream universe calm okay I'm gonna do
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that and then there's there's that
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resources page they can click at the top
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and that'll show some of the gear that
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we talked about and there should be
19:39
something there for people at whatever
19:41
level that they're at and it's all gear
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that I've used myself or just know from
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my time doing this that write reviews
19:50
and and trusted sources and things like
19:53
that but almost everything that I've
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used myself so so you know we were we
19:58
beforehand you said I guess you're not
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at social media world today in San Diego
20:02
and I said no but you know maybe next
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year you're gonna come and one of the
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things that we talked about is the fact
20:07
that when you travel and you're a geek
20:09
you have all these cords you have your
20:12
you know your portable microphones and
20:15
and your cords and your phone and all
20:18
these things I happen to love this I
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walk around with this sometimes even
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when I'm not traveling I collect
20:24
everything how do you take everything
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with you so I have a compartment in my
20:30
suitcase that separated from where the
20:34
clothes are and all the wires and almost
20:39
everything goes in there except the most
20:40
fragile items which go in a backpack and
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never never leave my side I think some
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type of organizer is great I put
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everything in a separate plastic baggie
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with a tag on it so I know what each
20:54
wire is for and goes for but I gotta say
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being organized like you showed there is
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such a huge advantage and then traveling
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light as light as you can take what you
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need but you know I used to are on the
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side of taking much more than I would
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I'm realizing that the less you take
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less is more your setup is and the
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quicker it is to put it together and the
21:24
less bright to carry the more likely
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you're gonna have it way more likely
21:29
you're gonna go live or you're gonna add
21:32
video or you're gonna record that
21:33
podcast interview so you may not have
21:37
the perfect studio setup that you have
21:40
at home but if you have you know good
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enough is is good enough well yeah and
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just you know I think it takes away the
21:50
barrier to entry and doing stuff like
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this when we get caught up but like I
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have to have all of this stuff and then
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it's like you don't know where to start
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bring your phone maybe a little lapel
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mic you can wrap it up and just have it
22:02
there and you're good to go I tend to
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travel with a jet pack so that I have
22:08
I am if you're live streaming guys you
22:10
have to have internet so that is one of
22:11
the things that you have to have ro says
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less is more that's right less is more
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any last minute thought you'd like to
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share with our audience um I'll just go
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with the travel thing another thing
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that's very handy is a little little
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handheld tripod so if you want to bring
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so you want to be on camera or bring
22:31
somebody else on you can hold it away
22:33
from you of course you can do it with
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your hand but if you have and if you
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have something that stretches out a
22:38
little bit then you can show behind you
22:41
and and so forth at events and also it's
22:44
easier to get more people into the into
22:47
the image so I think that's that's so
22:50
hugely important and then you know the
22:53
rest of everything is really in your
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phone I mean it's all it's all there and
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you can record good audio and you've got
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good video with your phone and and and
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do it that's what I say you do it and
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then if you realize there's an area that
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could be improved by something here then
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get the gear the kind of levels up to
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the content you're creating I think when
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people run out and they get a lot of
23:19
gear first and then you realize okay my
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content what am i doing like I've just
23:25
spent all that it puts a lot of pressure
23:26
on you it's like I spent all this money
23:28
and I don't have a hit show yet or
23:31
whatever correctly start doing things
23:34
with the tools that you have right then
23:37
you know like I said getting a
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microphone for your desktop broadcasts
23:43
or as Karen mentioned the webcam those
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two things are really essentials you
23:48
can't go wrong with that but other than
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that you know get things as you need
23:52
them God my shows good now and the
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lighting could be better you know let
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let the gear come up to the level of
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your broadcast I love that that's a
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great quote Russ let the gear come up to
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the level of your broadcast I love that
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that I know that somebody's going to put
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that quote down there Joey I love that I
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I I really I really do love that you
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know um I really enjoy talking with you
24:19
maybe because we kind of like the same
24:21
thing but you're great guy
24:23
and you are showing people how they can
24:25
do this with with little or no no
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technology basically they can take their
24:31
phone and just go out there guys if
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you're watching live you're watching on
24:35
replay tell me when you are gonna go out
24:37
and do your first life if you haven't
24:39
done a live yet let me know when you're
24:41
gonna do your first wife if you have
24:43
done lots of life put your show in there
24:46
I'd love to see where your live shows
24:48
are so that we can go visit and watch
24:50
your show so put your live shows down
24:52
there Kat make sure you put your live
24:53
show in there Joey put your live show
24:55
rose I know you have a live show that's
24:57
coming out put your shows there we would
24:59
love to support you and share you out
25:02
Ross thank you for taking time out of
25:04
your very busy day I know that you have
25:06
lots of things going on and I so
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appreciate you oh thanks so much for
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having me this is so much fun I see we
25:13
are very much like minded on lighting
25:17
and the whole the whole digital media
25:19
experience so it's great to be here and
25:23
can't wait to continue the conversation
25:25
absolutely I get to come on your show
25:27
next evening and we will talk soon I'm
25:30
gonna drop you into the greenroom and
25:32
I'm ready to do my super boomer moment
25:37
and this is the time where I talk about
25:40
something that struck me that that I
25:43
really want to share with everyone um
25:45
you know I love technology I do I love
25:48
technology but even I get overwhelmed by
25:50
the amount of new technologies that's
25:53
out there sometimes I will look at
25:55
things that come into my email box and
25:56
I'll say oh I don't want to learn
25:59
another thing I my head is already
26:02
exploding but you know what I remind
26:04
myself that maybe I don't need to know
26:06
everything laugh out loud
26:08
I think I do because when we're the
26:10
experts and I'm sure we're us we'll say
26:11
the same thing you do need to know
26:13
what's out there so I encourage everyone
26:16
that as you jump into this reach the
26:18
level of what you're doing you as Ross
26:20
said you do not need to jump in and
26:22
become that expert livestreamer right
26:24
off the bat Kath I'm sure you would tell
26:26
us the same thing right
26:27
I want to thank everyone for being here
26:29
today because we know that you have a
26:31
choice as to how you spend your time and
26:33
you chose to send it with us we are
26:36
so go out and give somebody an awesome
26:38
day and join us next week on the next
26:40
episode of the super boomer lifestyle
26:43
show goodbye everyone