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Analog Thoughts in a Digital World (from 424 Recording)

Analog Thoughts in a Digital World (from 424 Recording)

By Mike Parish

424 Recording presents Analog Thoughts in a Digital World, a podcast about creativity and the pursuit of the artistic life. A new season begins January 2021 with monthly episodes every third Thursday documenting our upcoming year of Dawless recording. Join Mike and Jason on Discord (https://discord.gg/h3pHAG5) if you want in or just want to hang out!
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Analog Thoughts in a Digital World (from 424 Recording)Aug 23, 2018

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S4 E7 DAWless 2021 Recap

S4 E7 DAWless 2021 Recap

Jason and Mike sit down for the first time in a while to recap where they've been and how the rest of the DAWless year went for each of them.

Check out the new Fall Song Challenge Compilation at https://424recording.bandcamp.com/
Check out Mike at https://424recording.com/
Check out Jason at https://jasonelambeth.com/

Feb 04, 202225:12
S4 E6 Taking a Break
May 20, 202139:40
S4 E5 Is DAWless Recording About Nostalgia?
Apr 15, 202128:06
S4 E4 Is DAWless Recording Cost Prohibitive?
Mar 18, 202122:10
S4 E3 Dawless Songwriting: 2 Months In
Feb 18, 202127:10
S4 E2 Going Dawless: Our 2021 Guidelines
Jan 21, 202131:16
S4 E1 We're Going Dawless in 2021
Dec 17, 202027:07
S3 E1 Morning Pages: One Year In

S3 E1 Morning Pages: One Year In

I've been doing something called Morning Pages for the past year. It's a daily writing practice with a lot of benefits. This is a bonus episode of Analog Thoughts; not sure if we'll be doing anything on a regular basis but it's the unofficial start of Season 3. Enjoy!

If you want to help support all the things at 424 Recording, check out my website https://424recording.com for some affiliate links to zZounds

You can also support the channel at https://patreon.com/424recording where I'm writing blog posts on creative thoughts each month

Aug 21, 202008:03
S2 E16 "Will you still be making stuff at the age 65/beyond? The importance of keeping the lights on."
Apr 09, 202036:29
S2 E15 "Do you or have you ever meditated? Books vs. ebooks? Analog or digital?"
Mar 26, 202030:48
S2 E14 "Have you found “your voice?” Do you use a scheduler or planner? Software or analog?"
Mar 12, 202034:59
S2 E13 "Have you ever tried a 100 day challenge? Or even a 30 day challenge? Maybe a 365 day challenge!? Do you like sports?"
Feb 27, 202028:07
S2 E12 "If someone asks “what do you?” at a party, what’s your response? Video games vs. playing music."
Feb 13, 202023:05
S2 E11 "If we lived in a post apocalyptic wasteland, do you think you’d still find time to be creative? Jason's rapid fire questions."
Jan 30, 202031:59
S2 E10 "Do you ever suffer from imposter syndrome? Creativity as a muscle?"
Jan 16, 202023:35
S2 E9 "Have you ever tried to make something popular? What comes first, the words or the music?"
Jan 02, 202027:47
S2 E8 "Does exercise affect your creative life? What's the correlation between mental illness and art?"
Dec 19, 201929:00
S2 E7 "What's the deal with people contacting Painted Blonde Tapes? If you had infinite time would you just waste it?"
Dec 05, 201927:37
S2 E6 "How does sharing the creative process inform your work? Have you ever felt like giving up?"
Nov 21, 201937:12
S2 E5 "Would you ever play a show again? Or should we just be on YouTube?"
Nov 07, 201924:18
S2 E4 "How do you overcome post-project blues? Have you ever experienced creative burnout?"
Oct 24, 201927:45
S2 E3 "How does nostalgia inform the creative process? How do you break out of creative ruts?"
Oct 10, 201918:02
S2 E2 "Do you journal? Is naivety useful in terms of music and creativity?"
Sep 26, 201918:55
S2 E1 "Why did Jason start a label? Why are we still doing this?"
Sep 12, 201919:42
Episode #038: The Final Episode - "Are You Experimental?"

Episode #038: The Final Episode - "Are You Experimental?"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In the final episode of the podcast, I talk about the importance of approaching life and creative projects as an experiment. Thanks to all my listeners, supporters, and interviewees who came along on this experimental journey with me! Make sure you do something you want to do today.


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Mar 21, 201921:40
Episode #037: Starting a Podcast as a Musician/YouTuber

Episode #037: Starting a Podcast as a Musician/YouTuber

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about my reasons for starting a podcast as a musician/YouTuber and what I've learned after 36 weeks of consistently showing up. 


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Mar 14, 201928:08
Episode #036: "On Impatience"

Episode #036: "On Impatience"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about the growing trend of impatience in the Internet/smart phone era and why cultivating patience in an impatient world will be the equivalent of having a superpower. I also discuss a strategy for life and creativity called, "moving like a tank," or moving at a slow, crawling speed, crushing everything in your path. Are you in it for the long game with your goals? Or will your impatience cause you to give up?


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Mar 07, 201919:16
Episode #035: "You Dirty Procrastinator"

Episode #035: "You Dirty Procrastinator"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about my interest in procrastination and productivity and how I serendipitously found a book on the subject at the library. The book is called The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey and seems like a fresh breath of air in our productivity/hustle porn addicted era.


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Feb 28, 201923:06
Episode #034: "Do You Have to Figure Anything Out?"

Episode #034: "Do You Have to Figure Anything Out?"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about my preoccupation with needing to make sense of the world by figuring out perceived problems that may or may not exist and that may or may not have actual solutions. The book I'm reading this week is Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard, rock climber and founder of Patagonia.


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Feb 21, 201919:26
Episode #033: "Rebel Without a Clue"

Episode #033: "Rebel Without a Clue"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about the dangers of romanticization and romanticizing your creative life. Also, I read Robert Rodriguez's, Rebel Without a Crew, a book about using what you've got to do what you want to do.


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Feb 14, 201928:47
Episode #032: "Hurry Up and Fail"

Episode #032: "Hurry Up and Fail"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about Ed Catmull's book, Creativity Inc., and a few platitudes that struck me while reading it. The idea of "Hurry Up and Fail" works on a number of levels: work fast, as much as possible, and fall hard to get better at your craft and work fast before your brain kicks in and deters you from working at all. 


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Feb 07, 201922:14
Episode #031: "Turn Your Doubts Into Superpowers"

Episode #031: "Turn Your Doubts Into Superpowers"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about how I've been turning my doubts into superpowers. I was feeling kind of lost last week following the two week break I took from the channel this month. After sitting with the thoughts for a bit, I've had a breakthrough, using the lost feelings and doubts as fuel to make some new art.


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Jan 31, 201922:49
Episode #030: "On Feeling Lost"

Episode #030: "On Feeling Lost"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about having taken off for two weeks and how that's made me feel more lost in my personal and creative life than ever.


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Jan 24, 201927:19
Episode #029: "What If You Did the Opposite?" (Taking Off For Two Weeks!)

Episode #029: "What If You Did the Opposite?" (Taking Off For Two Weeks!)

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about my reasons behind taking off from the channel and the podcast for the next two weeks. It's a simple phrase but a powerful one: what if you did the opposite? The podcast will be back on Thursday, January 24th 2019. Have a great two weeks!


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Jan 03, 201915:57
Episode #028: "Take the Power Back in 2019"

Episode #028: "Take the Power Back in 2019"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about how 2018 was probably the most important year of my adult life. I made some big changes and had some realizations and I want to invite you to take the power back in 2019. Don't be a victim of the external world or your own life in 2019.


Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com

Dec 27, 201833:07
Episode #027: Pat Fitzgerald

Episode #027: Pat Fitzgerald

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! I have a chat with my old friend, Pat Fitzgerald, of Six7 and My Place Pizza in Poughkeepsie, NY. We talk about the importance of showing up as a creative, consumerism and the bunk values it proliferates, meditation, and finding the flow in whatever it is you're doing.

Check out Pat's band Six7 on Facebook www.facebook.com/Six7rock/
And on Instagram @six7rock
And for all things My Place Pizza www.facebook.com/My-Place-Pizza-117289934956132/
Dec 20, 201846:08
Episode #026: "What's Your Definition of Success?"

Episode #026: "What's Your Definition of Success?"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about why it's important to define your own level of success, why lots of money and lots of followers are bad ways to define your success, how to go about determining what it is you want while avoiding the running of other people's races, and a quote from Bob Dylan (that I always thought was Ben Franklin) sneaks in at the end.

Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com
Dec 13, 201822:13
Episode #025: "Quantity Over Quality"

Episode #025: "Quantity Over Quality"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about the importance of producing quantity over quality as a creative and musician, especially when you're first starting out. A quote from Ira Glass, the Buddhist philosophy Shoshin ("Beginner's Mind"), Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 Hour Rule, and a story about Picasso make appearances. Damn, I referenced a lot of stuff this episode!

Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com
Dec 06, 201820:20
Episode #024: "SMART Goals"

Episode #024: "SMART Goals"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about SMART Goals and how to achieve the goals you want to achieve. SMART is an acronym meaning Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time Bound. SMART Goals are a great way to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com
Nov 29, 201828:43
Episode #023: "What's the Best Social Media Platform for Creatives?"

Episode #023: "What's the Best Social Media Platform for Creatives?"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, Tim and I chat about social media platforms and how they've changed over the years. We discuss the current landscape of social media, why YouTube is the best social media platform for musicians, and where the current consolidation of social media companies may very well lead us.

Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com
Nov 22, 201829:20
Episode #022: "Scattershot vs. Targeted"

Episode #022: "Scattershot vs. Targeted"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! In this episode, I talk about recent thoughts I've been having about my output as a musician and YouTuber, why it's important to keep evolving and challenging yourself as an artist, and why I think the era of social media is coming to an end.

Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com
Nov 15, 201836:36
Episode #021: James Dunn

Episode #021: James Dunn

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! I have a chat with James Dunn, a lofi acoustic rock indie musician, about 4-tracks, creative inspiration, what it's like being the older dudes in the music scene, Mac Demarco, and where we're gonna be going from here. Check James out at beantrees.bandcamp.com & iseedemonsinthewoodgrainbandcamp.com You can also check out the art collective he is a part of at swampyouthcollective.bandcamp.com And a south Jersey label his friend Clay runs weekendtapes.bandcamp.com
Nov 08, 201801:45:19
Episode #020: Mike Foerster

Episode #020: Mike Foerster

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! I have a chat with Mike Foerster, a software developer and musician/YouTuber from Canada. We talk Gear Acquisition Syndrome, making YouTube videos, Tim Hortons, cameras and lights, and why the Canada Revenue Agency only accepts iTunes gift cards as payment.

Check Mike out on YouTube at "The MPF Project"
Fid Mike on Instagram @thempfproject
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com
Nov 01, 201801:19:47
Episode #019: "Celebrate Your Victories"

Episode #019: "Celebrate Your Victories"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! This week, I recorded a solo talk about celebrating your victories. It's important to try and "be here now" and be your own cheerleader when it comes to appreciating the things you've done. I have a bad habit of not taking a moment to be grateful for the things I've accomplished, no matter how big or small. I recorded this episode in my car about an hour before it was released at sunrise on a mountain; you can check out the video on the channel!

Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com
Oct 25, 201822:17
Episode #018: "Fear and Self-Doubt"

Episode #018: "Fear and Self-Doubt"

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! A new week and a new format change: this week, I talk about the fear and self-doubt I'm experiencing regarding all things 424 Recording. I also talk a bit about how these types of thoughts affected me in the past and what I'm doing now to combat them. Fear and self-doubt is something everyone experiences and is a necessary part of the creative process.

Support the podcast at patreon.com/424recording
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Download my free guide for Overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome at 424recording.com
Oct 18, 201825:31
Episode #017: Freddie Webber (Pt. 2)

Episode #017: Freddie Webber (Pt. 2)

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! I have a chat with UK musician and podcaster, Freddie Webber. This is the second part in a two part series in which we discuss YouTube strategies, Kemper Amps and Gear Acquisition Syndrome, the importance of trying things out, and Freddie's dream collaboration with Ed Sheeran.

Check out Freddie's podcast, "Are you Freddie For This?" wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow Freddie on Instagram @freddiewebber
Check out Freddie's music at freddiewebber.com
Oct 11, 201801:19:22
Episode #016: Freddie Webber (Pt. 1)

Episode #016: Freddie Webber (Pt. 1)

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! I have a chat with UK musician and podcaster, Freddie Webber. This is the first part in a two part series in which we discuss YouTube strategies, Kemper Amps and Gear Acquisition Syndrome, the importance of trying things out, and Freddie's dream collaboration with Ed Sheeran.

Check out Freddie's podcast, "Are you Freddie For This?" wherever you listen to podcasts
Follow Freddie on Instagram @freddiewebber
Check out Freddie's music at freddiewebber.com
Oct 04, 201801:11:06
Episode #015: Mike Jacobs

Episode #015: Mike Jacobs

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! I have a chat with singer/musician Mike Jacobs. We talk about giving up, balancing the pursuit of music with a career, how everything you do informs your path in life, the importance of side projects, and the double edged nature of pursuing music.

Listen to Mike's tracks at soundcloud.com/noizemonger
Collaborate with Mike at bandmix.com/mike9000
Sep 27, 201849:41
Episode #014: Sean-Paul Pillsworth

Episode #014: Sean-Paul Pillsworth

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! I have a chat with musician/engineer Sean-Paul Pillsworth of Nightmares For a Week and Leaning Tree Studio. We talk about his experience recording Kyle and the Pity Party, being in a touring band, signing to an indie label, his approach when working with bands, and how the landscape surrounding musicians has changed over the last two decades. 

You can contact Sean-Paul at leaningtreestudio@gmail.com 

Check out his work with KatPP at kyleandthepityparty.bandcamp.com 

And check out Nightmares For a Week at nightmaresforaweek.bandcamp.com

Sep 20, 201833:18
Episode #013: Just a Trick (Art Chat w/ Tim)

Episode #013: Just a Trick (Art Chat w/ Tim)

Welcome to the 424recording.com podcast! This past week, I released an EP at becoolcowboy.bandcamp.com called Just a Trick. I have a chat with Tim Lampasona, who created the artwork for the EP, as well as the covers of each of the singles as they were released on 424recording.bandcamp.com. We talk about Tim's inspiration for the art and our long-term collaboration on the artwork and songs of Be Cool Cowboy.

Check out Just a Trick (which includes a download of all the artwork we discuss) at becoolcowboy.bandcamp.com
Follow 424 Recording on Instagram @424recording
Sep 13, 201823:01