This week’s episode of Quasar with Fries is full of creative tools, philosophy, and dilemmas! Rich and Wayne skim the headlines and discuss maybe the most important meeting of minds that the world has ever seen. That’s right, Rick Rubin and Matthew McConaughey shared physical space and ideas. Plus, Wayne got his hands on the shiny new M4 Mac mini and has some first impressions to share. There’s also announcements around the new Fujifilm GFX Eterna Cinema Camera to discuss and the new Final Cut Pro 11 release from Apple. The boys round things out with a discussion of Platforms. Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, you name it: these are the sites and apps creators depend on to find and reach audiences. More and more that means that everyone—even musicians, photographers, and writers—has to learn to be a video creator in order to find a large enough audience to deliver their wares to. Rich and Wayne discuss the challenges and pitfalls of being a modern content creator and give some advice to anyone creating content today. Get into it!

00:00:00 - Welcome to Quasar with Fries Episode 11!

00:00:45 - Yard work sucks

00:05:45 - Rick Rubin and Matthew McConaughey astral projecting

00:08:45 - Rick Rubin's book The Creative Act: A Way of Being

00:12:48 - The new M4 Mac Mini from Apple, first impressions

00:28:00 - The new Fujifilm GFX Eterna Cinema Camera

00:29:15 - Apple launches Final Cut Pro 11 with EVEN MORE AI

00:34:00 - Meta is throttling your crappiest videos

00:42:20 - Get your content farther with better ideas

00:47:00 - Now we all have to be content creators

00:51:00 - Death by a thousand thumbnails

00:59:10 - How should you promote your music online?

01:05:10 - Filming your music performance: STOP looking into the camera

01:07:25 - Put yourself out there!

01:18:00 - Wrapping up!

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