11. Your Podcast is a Performance. Start Acting Like It.

There are many hills I'm willing to die on, but one I never feel bad about is that your podcast, my podcasts, everyone's podcast is a performance. Even for those who are "just talking to their buds around a couple cold ones" are still in front of a microphone working a non-zero amount to create a product for someone to potentially listen to. I think accepting the fact that we're all performers is step one to making a significantly better podcasts, for many reasons that are explored in this episode.   View the full show notes at www.cleancutaudio.com/podcast/11     JOIN THE FUN ON PATREON!       Hit me up on Twitter and let me know if you agree or disagree that all podcasts are a performance!     My Signal Chain   Hardware: Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble Microphone: Shure SM7b Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7 Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm   Software: IzoTope RX6 De-Mouth Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves LA2A Waves Vocal Rider Waves L2 Limiter Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter   -Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves!-   *most of these links are affiliate links   Closing Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud http://www.joakimkarud.com       For more info, or to ask any questions, check out my website and reach out to [email protected]