Ep.1 - Shape Up (Barber Talk)

Ep.2 - eSports

It's always a pleasure catching up with Don from Game on: A Sports Podcast for Everyone [https://open.spotify.com/show/7gEUWkOeic18JU7jj3UM77]. He will definitely be a regular on our show. It's been a hot minute since we have seen him at the shop. With the holidays approaching and it being cold and flu season. We stopped all services that required the client to take off their mask. Don shaves his head and rocks a beard... so its understandable why we haven't seen him for a while. It was great to hear that things were actually happening with the South Bend Lions eSports team. I remember being in a few zoom meetings with Don and a few other guys a few months ago talking about all the "possibilities". According to Don, the South Bend Lions eSports team will be the official team in the new Bendix Arena located at the Century Center. A new state of the art gaming facility that is the regions only dedicated eSports facility. Which reminds me.. it's almost 8:00pm and I need to tune into their Twitch account SBNLIONS [https://www.twitch.tv/sbnlions] to watch their Rocket League match against Bethel Pilots Esports team. Hope you enjoy the podcast!

Ep.1 - Shape Up (Barber Talk)

You would think that being a barber we would have the freshest haircuts all the time, but you would be wrong. Jason and I hardly have open time slots and when we do, they may not be at the same time. Most of the time going weeks without getting a cut. When the stars align and we get a chance to give each other haircuts, it's a time for us to catch up and shoot the shit. So we figured why not record the conversations. We never know where the conversation is going to go, but I guarantee you this... when Jason's around you are bound to get a chuckle. This episode we talk shop. Hope you enjoy.

Pilot Episode

Ryan Blaske PART ONE: When I started thinking about developing my own podcast, I knew I needed to talk to Ryan and get advice on audio equipment. Ryan is a super talented local videographer who is constantly working on amazing projects. The challenge was having equipment that would work while I was cutting hair in the chair and pick up our voices over the buzzing of clippers and through our face masks. Using lava mics and 2 phones seemed the easy choice, but I didn't have an extra phone lying around, plus I wanted to have a more professional set up. Ryan turned me onto the Zoom H4N Pro. We scheduled an early morning cut and trial run for the podcast on Saturday October 3rd. However, plugging in 2 Rode lava mics wasn't as easy as we thought. Apparently we needed a few more connections to activate the mics to the recording device. Ugh... technology! I took a trip to Guitar Center and hashed it out with one of the employees. We went with a 1/4" adaptor that goes into another adaptor that goes into the lava mic. Of course they didn't have one of the pieces in stock so it had to be shipped to the house. The waiting game began... PART TWO: Finally everything came in and it was time to give it a go. Not totally sure if this concept of recording a podcast in a barber chair while getting a haircut would actually work, but we were going to give it the good old college try. The first part of the pilot episode Ryan and I are setting up the Zoom H4N Pro, checking the levels on the mics and playing around with mic placement. I've cut Ryan's hair for a long time now, but this was different. Mic'ed up and having the recording device hang off the chair was... different to say the least. It will definitely take some getting used to, but so was cutting clients with a mask on. Sooner or later it becomes second nature. The conversation was fluid and had little to no lulls. Ryan has definitely done this before. We got to talk about his short documentary: Big Enough, Small Enough - South Bend in Transition. Which you can watch for free on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Big-Enough-Small-South-Transition/dp/B0872KQ6HP] , YouTube and Vimeo. The documentary has a lot of great shots of the city, that most people would naturally overlook. It's an interesting time to live and work in South Bend, IN. People are staying in town, moving back and taking pride in our community. A network of entrepreneurs getting a chance to get off the ground and try something new. Ryan along with Chuck Fry and Jacob Titus have started a new idea called The Corner Store Project [https://westsb.com/corner-store]. All three guys were telling different stories about South Bend, and decided why not put it together. You can learn more about the Corner Store project at Westsb.com. Through your support, Ryan, Chuck and Jacob can continue telling the lesser known stories about our city and the people who make South Bend’s heart beat. If you would like to be a guest on our show, please visit our website, www.denolfs.com [https://www.denolfs.com], follow the prompts for The Daily Snippet and we will make it happen!