The last episode was a little longer and choppier than I wanted. I was trying a new app to record and I didn't know how it worked... Which reminds me of a lesson I learned as a DJ in San Francisco. Don't try to learn your mixes on the fly. And I still don't get to the topic!
The last episode was a little longer and choppier than I wanted. I was trying a new app to record and I didn't know how it worked... Which reminds me of a lesson I learned as a DJ in San Francisco. Don't try to learn your mixes on the fly. And I still don't get to the topic!
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Transcript: Mischa Z: 00:01 Covert anger, subversive anger. Part two. I was recording part one on a different app and I came across a few opportunities to need to pause. And when I would pause it would end to that recording and started over. So I completely lost track of time, which was interesting because I, I... Having a time restraint depth definitely helps me stay on point. And I, when I went back to look at the, the, um, recordings, uh, I saw I was at like 11 or 12 minutes that combined and when, really the point I wanted to make could have been made in eight. And, um, anyhow, I am just giving you insights into the messy, taking the messy action. And perhaps I am not going to go back and record that episode, but indeed blend all the disparate pauses and starts together and let it go anyway with multiple thought loops.
Mischa Z: 01:20 So there you have it. Um, it reminds me of a story when I used to be a DJ. Thank you. I swear. I'm going to get to the subversive or the, uh, covert anger slash subversive anger and how I saw it was affecting me and the, what I did to remove even more levels of that and the positive effects it has had in my life. So that is coming. I swear, but back to the story I was remembering, I was reminded of in my DJ days. So in case you didn't know, I was a DJ in San Francisco, California from approximately 1995 to 98. So for a little three year run there, I was a mobile DJ slash ravey DJ, you get it right? Like I spun music on the techniques. What were those term tables? And actually I was a little ahead of my time because I also spun with CDs on the DENIN.
Mischa Z: 02:31 It was like the Denon 1000 or something like that. And I used to get all sorts of crazy dirty looks and, and people oftentimes were contemptuous of this new paradigm, the digital music paradigm. And of course today, if you look out there at DJ's, most of them are, have gone digital. And it's the random person that breaks out the techniques decks, where they are playing the vinyl music. Anyhow, in my fledgling DJ days back in San Francisco, um, I would, uh, I got this great piece of advice. So I was, I would, I would try, I would practice, sorry. I've got moms coming up behind me who are perhaps louder than me. It turns out they were rollerskating. That's why they were. I thought I was walking at a good clip. They've roller skated by slowly but surely I'll fund is that, oh my gosh, this is an amazing going to be an amazing series of episodes where I am pinging all over the place.
Mischa Z: 03:48 But, uh, a couple of, of, of women clearly new to roller skating going just fast enough to go by, but trying new things, getting outside, God bless them. I encourage you to do the same. And to me to do the same. Thank you. You two ladies who are chatting and roller skating and going by. And actually chatting happily having fun. So God bless them. God bless us. Life is good. Life is fun. Hey birds. Oh my gosh. I am just distracted, like mad today. Anyhow, I would try something new when I was deejaying and I would try it for the first time when I was live. And oftentimes it would go very poorly. Excuse me, like the mix wouldn't work. I didn't know where the brakes were and I was figuring it out on the fly. Clearly back at that time, I did not have enough experience to pull that off.
Mischa Z: 04:57 So this woman who, who was at a party that I was spinning at, comes up to me and says, Hey, Mitch, you don't what you should do. Or, you know, a DJ do is they practice the mixes at home or wherever they practice, they practice it and learn it there. And then once they have the mics, figure it out, then they test it on the audience to see if it is a viable mix or carries the energy or, or brings the moment to where you want it to break. And it was a total aha moment for me. I was like, whoa, okay, I get it. So that's what I started doing. I would practice, I time blocked out the time I took more control of my calendar and blocked times to practice these inspirations that I had get the mix down, right? You're segwaying from one song to another, or perhaps you're popping back and forth or whatever you're doing as a DJ, as a mobile DJ club, DJ, what have you, now this did not guarantee success or that the mix would have the desired effect.
Mischa Z: 06:25 Again, bringing up the energy, bringing down the energy, extending the energy, you know, uh, all these different things you can do as a DJ, but at least puts you in a position to allow it, to have the desired effect. And, uh, I'm going to relate that again to well. So I started doing that and it worked, it was awesome. Um, I wouldn't blow up a set anymore and have people look at me quizzically, and you completely shut down the, the, the whole, the whole operation, shall we say? Um, but it, uh, yeah, so it, it worked and then it would be super cool to see a mix work. So I would get the mixed dialed in and then try it on the audience. And when it worked man, a magical moment, and if it didn't work, no big deal. And actually you could practice. I think this is what comedians do.
Mischa Z: 07:37 They practice there. They work out the, um, you know, the, their joke and they practice it in the small clubs. And when they figure, when they find the jokes that work, then they scale it up to the bigger audiences. So you can do the same thing as the DJ and they can, Hey Russell, if you're listening, what's up, coach Vince. That's what they very much talk about doing, to work on your, if you're working on a speech, of course, practice, write it out, practice it at home. If you're doing the, the webinar or, you know, write out everything, get it dialed in and then practice it on the public and refine it from there. So end of part two, and we've gotten no further on my, my vision about covert, anger, subversive anger that I had back in the day, stay tuned for part three and we will get to the point. I swear, peace out. Oh yes.
Speaker 2: 08:55 And I am actually not quick done. I thought it was so point of the story is I tried the new recording app in a live moment and it totally failed where I should have busted out the app and practiced with it beforehand. And then I'd have known, Hey, this is not the tool for the moment. Um, and that works in so many ways. Be prepared, got your equipment beforehand. Anyway. Now I'm officially done peace out. Part three.