Hey Podcasters, I've got an idea!

Evening Party People!

          I've been podcasting for over two years now. Some weeks I'm excited to post a new show, others I'm dreading the reaction but overall I've been having a blast. I'm getting to the point to where I'm wondering if I should be doing more to promote the show. I could pump money into ads but I don't know enough about ads to know what is and what isn't effective. Meaning I don't want to throw spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks. So I thought ,"Hey how can I share my show and help my friends at the same time?"

          So I took an inventory of what I have and I created The Disjointed Pod Network! This is a page where I'll be showing the logos and links to my friend's websites and shows! I figure this wont cost my friends anything, hopefully they get some of my listeners and I'll get some of there's in return.

          So far I put up my friend JD Lopez's show Left Hand Right Brain. I hope to add more in the days to come. Which leads me to this  invitation-

          DisJointed Productions LLC would like to invite any podcast of any type to be on the network! Just go to disjointedpod.com and in the contact button you can submit a link to your show!

          All I ask is that you submit a show that comes out on a semi regular basis. In other words if you only put out a few episodes a year then it might not be a good fit for us. It helps if you have a website for your show as well as some sort of social media presence.

          As for money, it won't cost you a thing! I don't make any ad revenue from my show so at this point there's nothing to pay out. If the time comes to where I could provide any ad money I'd be sure to do that. As a matter of fact I can make a contract stating that if it makes you feel better. As for any ad money you might be making on your show, I don't want any of it. 

           This network idea is about sharing our shows to as many people as possible. If you want in please hit me up at disjointedpod.com

Till next time Party People,

Keep on a Chooglin!

Writer/Comic/Podcaster Brian Flynn!

This week we talk with actor/filmmaker Adrian Hume Robinson!

Meeting a very rich older guy.

Morning Party People!
          So this event happened while I was at work.  It was later in the evening at the restaurant that I work at. An older couple sat down and ordered some drinks and what not. Part of my job involves me being charming and talkative to the guests , which I was. The conversation started to become about movie and such which is when he shared with me that he was one of the guys who green lit Die Hard.
          That's when things took an odd turn. The first thing that came to mind is that this guy might be just pulling my leg. As the conversation moved along he mentioned a lot of names of people he worked with/knew. Names like Ruppert Murdock and Les Shroud. As someone whose heart has always yearned to work in Hollywood I felt I needed to give the guy my ear and listen to what he had to say.
          What was apparent to me is that this guy was a different type of human than I'm used to speaking with. His mind worked on a different level. He wasn't so much an artist but a businessman. He seemed to have two things about his mind that set him apart from other people I've known. One he had a mind that always broke things down to the simplest solutions, combine that with a great eye for talent to put in the right positions. The other thing that really intrigued me was his perception of reality.
          He told me about his achievements outside of Hollywood and the constant was that the thought of him not being able to overcome an obstacle was beyond him. There was a point A and a point B, anything else was a distraction. I have a hard time with this type of thinking as I don't always believe the simplest solution is the best. Sometimes the simple solution treats the symptom more so that the disease. I have an even harder time with that type of thinking when I see that it's effective more times than not.
          Meaning I hate being wrong with my view of life.  I'm still processing this conversation I had with the guy, I might even get his books and see what he has to say. I have to admit when someone suggests I also read Atlas Shrugged I have a strong desire to club them over the head, steal their ID cards then drop them off in the slums of a third world country and watch them pick themselves up by their bootstraps. My worst fear is they would do exactly that proving that liberals are dead wrong on poverty.
          So putting aside my own views, I really tried to listen and apply the advice he gave me. It's not everyday I run into someone like this so I owed it to myself to make the most of it. He said the main thing he did to achieve his success was he just showed up. (The simplest solution)
          There was other bits of advice he gave but that's the one that stuck out. "I just showed up Dave."
          Now I'm making a promise to myself to do that with my own life. To show up, not just for open mics and my day job mind you, but for me. I promise to show up for my projects, like my radio drama, and to personal things like my relationship with Jennie as well as my friends. The more I thought about his advice the more I found to my dismay that there is a lot of my life that I don't "show up" for. I have to thank that guy for his advice, it's just odd that it came from someone I would probably despise if I had read about him.
          It sucks when you realize you still have a lot of growing to do. On the bright side it's great I learned this now as opposed to ten years from now. Isn't life wonderful?

Till next time Party People
Keep on a Chooglin!

Dropping science like it is indeed no thang! E.D Miller joins us this week!

New episode is up! JD Lopez from LHRB returns!

DisJointed

Evening Party People!

           So it's a quarter to midnight here in Denver. It's Pride weekend and there is a sense of joy in the air, mostly due to all the people in the city having a great time partying...that or because of all the molly floating around. The point is that everyone is having a good time and I'm here at home clicking away at my keyboard , trying to find a kernnel of truth to type out on to the ether.

          I've found over the past few weeks one of the ways I  keep my spirits up is by creating "something" on a daily basis. I'll either make a video, write some jokes, maybe I'll do a workout, and of course I write a blog.

          Why did I call my company DisJointed Productions LLC? More specifically, why do I use the word Disjointed so much? What does it mean to me?

          Originally DisJointed was just a word that used a capitol D and J, for David and Jim (my cousin). We made a logo many years ago just for the hell of it, as if we came up with the name just to say we were filmmakers. I remember Jim made a Myspace page for the company, because back then you weren't a legit artist unless you had a Myspace page.

          We basically didn't do much or anything at all with DisJointed. It was a year latter and Jim was starting to work on his own projects that didn't involve me. I remember wondering if I should have been hurt by that but then I quickly came to the conclusion that our styles in film making were so different that the two of us working together for long periods of time might not be the best idea. Besides, I had my journey to start, and as much as we'd all like it, we can't always have someone with us to hold out hands on that journey.

          I left my stable managing job to start DisJointed Productions LLC, a company that made Internet videos....of which I didn't sell even one. Jim and I did land one good sized job but that was about it.

          Then two years ago I decided to continue a journey that I started years before, the one that involved me going up on stage and telling jokes. I knew there was a good chance I'd quit stand-up so I started a podcast to kind of make sure I was held accountable to my own dreams. I figured if I had an audience listening to me I would be more reluctant to quit. I was right by the way.

          Now DisJointed Productions LLC no longer sells videos, now it sells me. So what does it mean now? 

         I think the reason why it always stuck with me is because "disjointed" is how I feel most of the time. I always feel like there is another me living in an alternate universe, he's funny, successful , and is making the most out of his life on a day to day basis. Me? I'm kind of like that guy only not quite.

        I'm way more in touch with who I want to be, to that other me in the beta dimension . Still, some days I wonder if other me is getting impatient...

Till next time Party People

Keep on a Chooglin!