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Candid conversations with music industry leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, creators, and people pursuing alternative lives. Join audio engineer, punk, and business man Dave Swillum in the thick of pursuing a creative passion in a serious way.
Episodes
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
E31
Today We get right into the heart of what’s on my own personal mind. We go into how you start your business full time in a recording studio close to home with Ryan from Robot Dog Studios from outside of Burlington, VT. I connected with Ryan in the Six Figure Home Studio community I’m a part of on Facebook after I found out how close his studio was. After we connected on some content we hit it off.
We deep dive into why video is important for social and artists right now and how we create and offer services to support it. We look into taking the jump, picking a location, and starting business in the local recording scene and the DIY spirt behind Ryan and his story. If you want to open a recording studio listen to this. If your getting ready to take the jump and want to know what goes into it, still listen to this.
In This Episode We Cover
- How important video is for Social media right now
- The DIY spirit
- Lean into your strengths
- Choosing a space for your business
- Keep the overhead low
- Finding a commercial space that works for a studio
- Live recording and video for artists
- Letting go of control
- How often do you need to share your brand?
- Making musicians feel comfortable to create
- Studios dogs and cats
Quotes
“ I would have said this to myself earlier, just jump in and do it.” - Ryan Cohen
“It’s almost like if people didn’t see a video it didn’t happen” - Ryan Cohen
“ Even if you think your beating people over the head everyday with your social posting, it just gets so buried with politics and memes so you can’t tell people enough about what your doing” - Ryan Cohen
Robot Dog Studios Links
Website
www.robotdogstudio.com
robotdogstudio
IG
@robotdogstrudio
Youtube
www.youtube.com/robotdogstudio
Ryan’s Recommended Resource
“Shaking Through” documentary
from Weather Vane Music
https://weathervanemusic.org/shakingthrough/episode-index
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
Website
Instagram/Twitter/Tik Tok
@davewakeup
Facebook Community
www.facebook.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio help hit me up here
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
E30
The big 3 0! I mean I'll be 28 in a month so I'm not 30 but this is the 30th WUFW Podcast episode ! Sorry I'll table the dad jokes. Today is a solo short episode on social media trends I've been seeing through my own experimentation on the side and day job role as marketing manager for a small business.
Being in multiple NH chambers of commerce and working with local musicians nightly I see a lot of people doing great things with social and a lot that need to get after it quick. Today I talk about some observations I've seen in the industry, any pointers I can provide and what I am personally doing well and not well in social.
In This Episode We Cover
- Differences in social media
- Importance of video content right now
- Creating content for your business or music page
- The why behind creating different content on different platforms
- Making social content for bands
- Different consumption methods of social
- Introvert vs. extravert content creation methods
- Balancing creation vs. not getting addicted to it
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
Website
Instagram/Twitter
@davewakeup
Facebook Community
www.facebook.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio help hit me up here
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
E29
I met Sara and Drustin back in my undergrad at Plymouth State University. This week they just launched their USA made, sustainably made athletic wear clothing company! You can’t go into business against your morals and beliefs or one day you won’t feel good with what you’ve built.
Sara and Drustin saw a need for this product in the market and wanted it to be a new and original offering instead of a repeat product made however and where ever.
We talk creating a clothing line and coming up with a physical product fo the first time. Have you ever wanted to sell a product direct to consumer without housing the product? You can! By no means is this passive because these guys worked their ass off but once you have the systems in place there is some really cool stuff that can happen. Check it out.
In This Episode We Cover
- Creating a physical product in modern time
- Distribution
- On demand, direct to consumer
- How to create your own clothing
- Doing business with your morals
- Choosing who you want to work with
- Customizing and creating a new thing
- What’s a tech pack?!??!
- Shopify
Quotes
“ I’ve been in the industry 30 years……So have the walls but it doesn’t mean I need to take their business advice in a new industry.” - Drustin Sabin
“ Why do you care if it’s a bunch of little old ladies sewing together your cloths…..Why do I care?!?!?!” Sara talking about looking for ethical manufacturers - Sara Manzoni
“Business isn’t an instant reward, sometimes your investing in the long game. Say you learn to play guitar, it’s not like your playing a Jimi Hendrix tune right away” - Drustin Sabin
“Sales is not something that’s comfortable, period” - Sara Manzoni
Horizon Active Sara and Drustin’s Links
Website
facebook.com/horizonactive
IG
@horizonactive
Sara and Drustin’s Recommended Resources
Sara’s Choice
by Grant Cardone
Drustin’s Choice
by Bo Burlingham
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
Website
Instagram/Twitter
@davewakeup
Facebook Community
www.facebook.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio help hit me up here
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 09, 2019
Monday Sep 09, 2019
This week, the guys have a one on one episode discussing an important topic; pivotting. When life, hobby, & careers don't seem to be panning out how do you recognize it? How do you move in a new direction? What does a new direction provide? The guys sit down and dig deep while they catch up on the day to day of life. Each of us experiences changes on all scales and it is important to re-evaluate periodically to make sure we are on track to success and health. What has happened in your life that has made you reassess your situation?
In this episode:
-That "smack you in the face feeling
-"This isn't working"
-Pay attention
-More stuff on mind/body connection
-The process of setting good goals
-The importance of taking inventory
- Is the grass greener?
- The why, then the how, then the what
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
Website
Instagram/Twitter
@davewakeup
www.facebook.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
Record with Dave Swillum here
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
E26
Today we talk through failure as an entrepreneur and getting back at it over and over again. Nick Devlin is currently a life coach pursuing a role leading entrepreneurs in adventures to challenge their comfort zone in extreme outings. Nick is a 4 combat season Army Ranger 75th regiment vet, MBA graduate of Cornell, father, and husband.
Sometimes it’s hard to know exactly what you want to do in life to live intentionally but you know it’s not what your doing currently. Nick talks through testing out what he thought he should lean into and what he didn’t like in order to finally land on what he feels he was meant to do. It’s ok if you don’t know what you want to do but you have to try different things and go for it to know what works and what doesn’t.
In This Episode We Cover
- Moving frequently
- Failure and getting back up
- Taste testing your strengths
- How does the Army play into your business
- Finding your way
- Stop going through the motions
- Having a child and a marriage to keep in mind
- Being intentional
- Challenging questions
- Facing issues entrepreneurs have in their relationship
- No job’s are “safe” nothing is guaranteed
- Saying it until it manifests itself
Quotes
“My biggest challenge is control, I say that’s my addiction is control and I was white knuckling life to death.” - Nick Devlin
“It’s incredible what can happen when you ask a question, and it’s a real question and its from the heart. You can change the world.” - Nick Devlin
Your in it, from the outside or what your doing on a daily life isn’t normal. None of it’s normal. But shit get’s normal when you do it everyday and when people don’t check you it’s a problem.” - Host Dave Swillum
Nick Devlin’s Links
IG, Twitter, Youtube
@nickdevlincoach
Nick’s Recommended Book
You Are A Badass
by Jen Sincero
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
Website
Instagram/Twitter
@davewakeup
www.facebook.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
Record with Dave Swillum here
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
E25
Coming from last week’s episode talking talking some strengths coming from an interview with a corporate leader in a large company we wanted to take this week to talk the cons of corporate and how you can make it work for you if it’s what YOU want.
This week we got to hang out with Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss who worked the corporate life for 25 years and left to start their jobs to start a communications consulting company for themselves. Their journey started when they had some trying times at their company and started writing their first book together B.S.Incorporated and later wrote the sequel Operation Clusterpuck which are both business fictional novels based off of real life situations behind closed boardroom doors and private jets.
We talk ways to work against complacency at work, communication in your job or at your business with others, changes in technology creating changes in public communication, and pros and cons of having your own business or working for a large or small business.
In This Episode
- What really happens in the corporate world
- Difference between older and newer mentality of career priorities
- Communication
- Technological changes in our communication style in and our of business
- Fictional business novel? Did you know those existed? Rad!
- Differences between working small and large business or your own business.
- Don’t let a company make choices for you, choose your path
- Don’t let life happen to you
- If you like working at a corporate desk job, great keep doing that!
- Don’t sleepwalk
- You have to be ready to go
- Would changing in your current job make you happy?
- You still need to ‘work’ even when you have your dream job
- What is your funyun threshold?
- How do you measure success?
- Self awareness
- Authenticity
- There’s no replacement for face to face
Quotes
Every position he’s ever had in his career has just happened to him, he’s never been looking for them. - Jennifer Rock
“No company says ‘Here’s exactly the work/life balance that you deserve and I’m going to give you” Because if you ask a company to choose for you the company’s going to choose itself because thats what they are designed to do. You need to take control of your life and decide what works for you. - Jennifer Rock
If you decide you want to work 90 hours a week for a 45 billion dollar company, thats awesome! - Jennifer Rock
I understand the person that all of the sudden blows up and does exactly what they wanted to do and the person that worked something they hate for 90 years and looks back with regret, Life is fast paced and I understand how these things happen on both sides. - Host Dave Swillum
You have to be ready to go, I would never encourage someone to jump prematurely. Paychecks do stop coming, you need to be ready for that risk. - Michael Voss'
Jennifer and Michael's Links
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Monday Jul 29, 2019
E24
Today Dave goes solo bringing some notes and discussion back from an unrecorded interview he did with a Sen. Sales Director of a fortune 500 SAAS company in Massachusetts. Dave completed this interview in 18' during his MBA program and wanted to unpack some of the experience and take aways he got that day with a large corporate figure in a digestible and applicable way for anyone looking to go after goals with strategy and communicate to an audience effectively. Shorter episode with some challenge statements geared toward any leader, entrepreneur, or person going after their goals.
Thank you guys for listening and engaging!
In this episode we cover
- Niching down, going all in on your strengths
- Reducing friction for your end user, audience, or goal
- How can you survive a good and bad economy?
- People's changing habits from economical impact
- Communication, Communication, Communication
- People, Process, Technology
- Transparency and Trust
- Leading instead of managing
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
Website
Instagram/Twitter
@davewakeup
www.facebook.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
Dave’s audio business
Monday Jul 15, 2019
Monday Jul 15, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
E22
Life happens and often happens in a big way. Our best-laid plans can be blown away in an instant by the force of one of the most powerful forces in life; circumstance. In this episode, Dave and Ryan sit down with none other than Megan Swillum! Meg and Dave have had some serious life changes in the works and you'll find out that when the instance changes, numerous things change with it. Meg, Dave, and Ryan dig into what it takes to be flexible, adapt, and roll with the curveballs life throws at us while progressing our goals as individuals and as a couple.
In this episode:
-What the hell has everyone been up to?
-Dealing with rejection
-Finally being accepted
-Communication... Very important
-Same page? Same book, even?
-What it takes to go to med/vet school
-Taking care of relationships
-Balancing individual need and relationship needs
Meg's Recommendations
Podcast A Vet
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
https://amzn.to/2X3eS70
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
Website
Instagram/Twitter
@davewakeup
www.facebook.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
Dave’s audio business