Yesterday the impossible happen! Larry and I worked on for a good hour and a bit on an Audio ONLY live stream with Radio Loyalty which The CBOTW Network still had the station info on there from when it shutdown in 2015 after a really rough ending to it all. Anyways all I had to is update the banner and add back the player to the station and we were cooking with gas finally and we had a working station live on the air. Now mind you it will not be an 24-7 station but it will be on the Air when there is an podcast to do live on the airwaves of The CBOTW Network. It was a long and stressful process as links had to be updated and it was giving me quite a hard time accepting the link titles to the main website link but finally got it then added the player back and then we tested for about 10 minutes. The sound was great and all we had it on the web cam mic at first but tested out the condenser mic which worked great as well. We did all the tests we needed for when it starts up which mind you it will not be long till we start and I will get into that shortly in this blog post. What I like about Radio Loyalty it is so simple and easy to set up minus the pickiness with the link names but I found out to fix it but it is all HMTL5 based and not to worry about that annoying flash, especially with Google Chrome where you have to tell it to allow so you do not have to keep on hitting allow every time you watch or listen to a stream both Audio and Video as well.
Now when is this going to happen? Well if all goes well as I am now into Power Rangers Turbo now with Zeo being completed, I am moving on tomorrow to start the next phase of prepping for this collab. What do I mean by this? Not ONLY "Everything About Reality TV" but also the Collaboration podcasts will be live each and every week. There will be certain ones that will be live as I do have a life outside the podcasting world and here is my Live Broadcast Schedule looks like for Winter & Spring 2019:
Winter 2019 (Everything About Reality TV, Season 9):
Celebrity Big Brother (LIVE on the IceCast Airwaves)
Spring 2019 (Everything About Reality TV, Season 10):
Survivor 38
Big Brother Canada
Now as for the not live podcasts as follows, Amazing Race & Music City will not be Broadcasted on the IceCast or the Audio Stream I have set up as I said before, I am busy with life too and I cannot do everything on the airwaves, Now I have been thinking about bringing on a co host or someone to do some hosting during Celebrity Big Brother & Big Brother, now will they have access to the Audio Stream? Of course they will. They will 100% access of the feed to stream the podcast live. I will be making sure I can trust em with the information 100% But it is in the long plan down the road too! It is exciting news and hope you all are excited for the future of the podcast as I am ecstatic for the return to a live broadcast!
Chris
Monday, October 15, 2018
Saturday, October 13, 2018
When I Started Podcasting, I Had Horrible Audio...
When I started this crazy adventure with no followers or listening whatsoever, my audio was terrible, horrible. My voice was very distorted as heck as I over modulated my voice because I had the volume on my mixer way high so that had a lot to do with the podcast and I think in 2015 I had the other mixer the older one that didn't help but obviously in 2016 I had this mixer I currently use to this current day and have been since Summer of 2016 when I made the purchase for this mixer. As time got further during the podcast things got better and I got followers for the podcast and I am talking YouTube days. Now Audio ONLY things got better as I started to always do an audio check or sound check or as they call it in the world of "Radio" Air check which I always do before I set off to do the recording of the podcast to ensure the quality is top notch each and every time an episode is being recorded every week to every few times a week depending on the recording schedule from season to season.
The next thing I did was upgrade some of the gear in the studio, got a boom arm to hold the mic so I wouldn't be lifting up the stand with the microphone so it is much easier to maneuver in behind the screens as you probably seen it in pictures of me on my Instagram feed from time to time when I am between recording like currently at this moment as I am about 5 days from the next episode to be released for you guys. Now the AT Pro 31 hand held mic was good and what not but it was aging and I have had it since 2014 so 4 years now if you include it to today. It has seen broadcasts from YouTube to Twitch.TV to other platforms that I have been on that I rather not even mention at this point as I am banned from those platforms for certain reasons I will not state on here. In 2017, 1 year ago I invested in a more of a professional microphone. I bought the AT2020 Condenser Microphone, $200 bucks later but worth the money and the upgrade. Don't worry I still got the AT Pro 31 mic as a guest mic in the studio that will need a boom arm down the road!
So over the years, things got better and I am sure down the road it will become even a bigger podcast then it is now in the years to come as I make more and different ideas I can bring to the table and I have hinted on social media I wanna do something with the podcast which I will be talking about on another blog post on another day, down the road from now when the time gets closer but ideas are brewing for me and Chris B On The Web. I am proud how far I have come with the podcast and what is to come for it in the nearby future as well which I am excited to share with you very soon and I am nothing but proud of how far this podcast has done.
Chris
The next thing I did was upgrade some of the gear in the studio, got a boom arm to hold the mic so I wouldn't be lifting up the stand with the microphone so it is much easier to maneuver in behind the screens as you probably seen it in pictures of me on my Instagram feed from time to time when I am between recording like currently at this moment as I am about 5 days from the next episode to be released for you guys. Now the AT Pro 31 hand held mic was good and what not but it was aging and I have had it since 2014 so 4 years now if you include it to today. It has seen broadcasts from YouTube to Twitch.TV to other platforms that I have been on that I rather not even mention at this point as I am banned from those platforms for certain reasons I will not state on here. In 2017, 1 year ago I invested in a more of a professional microphone. I bought the AT2020 Condenser Microphone, $200 bucks later but worth the money and the upgrade. Don't worry I still got the AT Pro 31 mic as a guest mic in the studio that will need a boom arm down the road!
So over the years, things got better and I am sure down the road it will become even a bigger podcast then it is now in the years to come as I make more and different ideas I can bring to the table and I have hinted on social media I wanna do something with the podcast which I will be talking about on another blog post on another day, down the road from now when the time gets closer but ideas are brewing for me and Chris B On The Web. I am proud how far I have come with the podcast and what is to come for it in the nearby future as well which I am excited to share with you very soon and I am nothing but proud of how far this podcast has done.
Chris
Friday, October 12, 2018
Friday Story Time... (My Dentist Experience This Week)
Wednesday morning, I had to go to the dentist due to a cavity that needed to be filled in. So I did the routine of getting up and going to the dentist knowing I was going to get a filling put into my tooth on my wisdom tooth. Anyways the wait was quite long as the dentist office was quite busy that day which is fine honestly with me and I wasn't due to be with my friends till 1230 pm that day anyways and I was in no rush whatsoever to actually get to the mall as I wanted to work on a couple of things before I even left for the afternoon to see friends and what not. Now don't get me wrong, I have had a not so good experience at the dentist before and I have now forgotten it even happened since it was years ago since that has happened and I am not worried about it now anyways, it is water under the bridge at this point.
So I finally got into the chair finally and once again I had to wait for a good 10 - 15 minutes my dentist came in to do the filling in my mouth. So this was the patience test for me and I think I did quite well actually. I think I passed the test of being very patient during this experience which mind you was an experience and a half and trust me it was quite an experience and a half and it is good to have these experiences in my life as I live and learn from em all. Anyways it turns out that my wisdom tooth is dropping and if they fill it it will just come back in a year or two so he recommended that it gets yanked from my mouth so I obviously agreed there and I told him to just pull it out as it will be one less tooth to worry about down the road and no more problems.
As you have read this has been quite an interesting experience and I wasn't expecting to have nothing done but least my dentist was apologetic for having me go there for no time and wasting my time. He's a really good dentist and I have had him for 20 years now and had been a good dentist all these years and I do not plan on changing dentists at this point of time. I hope you all this little Friday story time as I enjoyed writing this post for you guys.
Chris
So I finally got into the chair finally and once again I had to wait for a good 10 - 15 minutes my dentist came in to do the filling in my mouth. So this was the patience test for me and I think I did quite well actually. I think I passed the test of being very patient during this experience which mind you was an experience and a half and trust me it was quite an experience and a half and it is good to have these experiences in my life as I live and learn from em all. Anyways it turns out that my wisdom tooth is dropping and if they fill it it will just come back in a year or two so he recommended that it gets yanked from my mouth so I obviously agreed there and I told him to just pull it out as it will be one less tooth to worry about down the road and no more problems.
As you have read this has been quite an interesting experience and I wasn't expecting to have nothing done but least my dentist was apologetic for having me go there for no time and wasting my time. He's a really good dentist and I have had him for 20 years now and had been a good dentist all these years and I do not plan on changing dentists at this point of time. I hope you all this little Friday story time as I enjoyed writing this post for you guys.
Chris
Thursday, October 11, 2018
I Think I Am Getting Better At Handling Stress!
It has been a whir wind of a last 2 years since coming off of YouTube and into the podcasting world, I admit I have shown my level of stress between then and towards the end of last year but recently I have seen change in my life, the way I deal with stress. I have been utilizing a lot of the tools that I have learned and I think things are starting to sink in now that I need to get things done and stop feeling down and sorry for myself and have to get down to the nitty gritty and I have been as you can see I have been quite busy lately and very much active on this here blog and also on social media not as much but getting into posting more often. Instagram goes up and down in the numbers but that's OK tho and I am use to it. Eventually I will have my break on Instagram to get more followers down the road. The fact now I don't let it bother me even if I lose followers as it re builds up and there are people who are so dedicated to supporting me and the blog & podcast, I am ever forever grateful for having the fans.
I really am using a list of things I need to do, I just wrote down what needs to be printed off in the way of items for my board or to remind myself to record a podcast which mind you I am pretty good at remembering and I know my schedule a lot. I always write down what has to be done for events or whether its content related, I sure as heck know how to actually get things done on time. I know right now the scheduling is a tad off due to my very hectic schedule with events this fall as I have said many times in the past, this is my busy time of the year but it will be settling down in December and when things get quiet. I got a couple of things planned for my alumni and I getting back together for a possible Christmas get together to celebrate Christmas together. I will explain more next week in the mid week after the Autism Celebration event has concluded and things start to settle down a bit for me around the studio.
Finally, I like to go by a timetable, it gives me a bit more structure to my days or nights as I am writing this very, very late. Sometimes I do things off the cuff as I got nothing else to do and decide to write or just work on things and get a head start on things before they are due to be finished or ready for events for an example. Some of the content I can do off the cuff for example, these blog post ideas just come to my mined when I wake up in the morning and I just write. Sometimes my titles do not come till after I am done with the post so that is what I mean by off the cuff. I think I am getting better at the stress thing as I explained, I am just getting better at it and able to handle my work load a lot more and I always persevere through the thick and thin of things as well.
Chris
I really am using a list of things I need to do, I just wrote down what needs to be printed off in the way of items for my board or to remind myself to record a podcast which mind you I am pretty good at remembering and I know my schedule a lot. I always write down what has to be done for events or whether its content related, I sure as heck know how to actually get things done on time. I know right now the scheduling is a tad off due to my very hectic schedule with events this fall as I have said many times in the past, this is my busy time of the year but it will be settling down in December and when things get quiet. I got a couple of things planned for my alumni and I getting back together for a possible Christmas get together to celebrate Christmas together. I will explain more next week in the mid week after the Autism Celebration event has concluded and things start to settle down a bit for me around the studio.
Finally, I like to go by a timetable, it gives me a bit more structure to my days or nights as I am writing this very, very late. Sometimes I do things off the cuff as I got nothing else to do and decide to write or just work on things and get a head start on things before they are due to be finished or ready for events for an example. Some of the content I can do off the cuff for example, these blog post ideas just come to my mined when I wake up in the morning and I just write. Sometimes my titles do not come till after I am done with the post so that is what I mean by off the cuff. I think I am getting better at the stress thing as I explained, I am just getting better at it and able to handle my work load a lot more and I always persevere through the thick and thin of things as well.
Chris
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Autism Celebration 2018 Event Set!
So I know you have been wondering and I will set all rumors to the side as it is true, I am planning to attend the autism celebration this year with Kerry's Place and I have known about this event date for the past week now and I just felt it wasn't the right time to talk about it and mention it but I am attending this year and I am excited to be returning again this year as I have been a regular to the event since the start minus 2015 and 2017 and yes I realize it is the odd years I didn't attend there. I have been planning and putting together my booth since end of June, early July and it has taken me major thinking and putting the ideas together. I have been working away for months on this project as as of last year I destroyed the board and the old board was falling apart after a while so I had to do it over from scratch again which is fine and it gives me the opportunity to actually re do it all and make it even better then it was. I am ecstatic to be going into this event knowing that I have news to bring to everyone that I am going to be bringing a certain podcast live again down the road which I will talk about at a later time probably by the weekend at the most and it is thrilling news indefinitely!
The Autism Celebration will take place on Monday, October 15th, 2018 between 6 and 8 pm EST and I will be definitely on Instagram taking pictures of my booth and show you guys what I have been doing over the last 3 - 4 months now. Of course I will be also doing a blog post on here about it and will talk about my experience now that I have had time to re build the brand and fix up things and get what I wanna promote out there. One thing I can say is since CBOTW has rapidly growing on a regular basis and unfortunately I had to take the CICE Program off of the board and I know I will get some sort of hate for it as I have been promoting the program since the year I graduated from the program but I needed to make more room for my content but the program will always be near and dear to my heart as it is an experience I will never forget and I learned so much about media and also radio side of things especially as I was a part of Riot Radio for a couple of months and i learned so much and I am still connected with the former Program Director who taught me so much and I got so much better in front of the microphone and on camera. So anyways I am getting way off track right now. It is unfortunate I am not promoting it but as I got further into the event, it was starting to not be as popular as I promoted it but I may just incorporated it in my bio side of things in the nearby future, for next year's event as the bio is already done but I nowhere mentioned school. I may or could just re do the bio and re do the main flyer. Again, I am rambling. This is the week for final touches to the event and I staying up late tonight so I can get this done this week and filled up so I can add the Velcro to it, so it would stick to it. But Oct 15th is the date and looking forward to it and hearing people's feedback on the new and improved booth!
Chris
The Autism Celebration will take place on Monday, October 15th, 2018 between 6 and 8 pm EST and I will be definitely on Instagram taking pictures of my booth and show you guys what I have been doing over the last 3 - 4 months now. Of course I will be also doing a blog post on here about it and will talk about my experience now that I have had time to re build the brand and fix up things and get what I wanna promote out there. One thing I can say is since CBOTW has rapidly growing on a regular basis and unfortunately I had to take the CICE Program off of the board and I know I will get some sort of hate for it as I have been promoting the program since the year I graduated from the program but I needed to make more room for my content but the program will always be near and dear to my heart as it is an experience I will never forget and I learned so much about media and also radio side of things especially as I was a part of Riot Radio for a couple of months and i learned so much and I am still connected with the former Program Director who taught me so much and I got so much better in front of the microphone and on camera. So anyways I am getting way off track right now. It is unfortunate I am not promoting it but as I got further into the event, it was starting to not be as popular as I promoted it but I may just incorporated it in my bio side of things in the nearby future, for next year's event as the bio is already done but I nowhere mentioned school. I may or could just re do the bio and re do the main flyer. Again, I am rambling. This is the week for final touches to the event and I staying up late tonight so I can get this done this week and filled up so I can add the Velcro to it, so it would stick to it. But Oct 15th is the date and looking forward to it and hearing people's feedback on the new and improved booth!
Chris
Monday, October 8, 2018
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
First of all I have to wish all you Canadians a very Happy Thanksgiving. I have been home all weekend myself and I am very thankful for my family and friends of course especially at this time of year. I am a family man outside of the Online Media gig and I am very much spending time with the family and also my friends hence why I gave up on YouTube as I felt I spent too much time on projects and planning out videos as well but that is not what this blog post is about. Friends are my other priority in life. Anyways this weekend I was home most of the weekend, I never got a chance to get out but minus a walk here and there but I had to focus on getting the podcast out and getting it back on track. I spent an hour with my mom watching Hell's Kitchen which was great and I will do a post end of the week talking about it but either then that I was busy catching up the podcast and blogging as well. Today is a day of rest for me finally and I will be slaving over the hot stove all day cooking up a storm for the family Thanksgiving dinner with my aunts Catherine, Francine, Uncles Claude, Uncle Chuck, my grandma, my parents and I are getting together for dinner here at the house and I am more then likely will not be active during the time but will get some pictures of me cooking onto Instagram so be sure to check that out.
Finally I hope you all are having a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and you are traveling safe to and from visiting family and be sure to think about what you are thankful for at this time of the year. I am very thankful for family and friends but also I am thankful for meeting all of you 3500 + and 91 followers on both Twitter and Instagram and non of this would be possible without you guys the fans that make CBOTW Possible.Without you guys I probably end up leaving CBOTW all together but cause of you guys this is all possible and it is still a huge success to this day. It has been quite the adventure but stressful but you guys make this stress worth it in the end. So have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and I will speak to you guys tomorrow on another blog post.
Chris
Finally I hope you all are having a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and you are traveling safe to and from visiting family and be sure to think about what you are thankful for at this time of the year. I am very thankful for family and friends but also I am thankful for meeting all of you 3500 + and 91 followers on both Twitter and Instagram and non of this would be possible without you guys the fans that make CBOTW Possible.Without you guys I probably end up leaving CBOTW all together but cause of you guys this is all possible and it is still a huge success to this day. It has been quite the adventure but stressful but you guys make this stress worth it in the end. So have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and I will speak to you guys tomorrow on another blog post.
Chris
Sunday, October 7, 2018
I Was Going Bat Crazy At The End of September.
I admit I went a bit crazy at the end of September but that is what happens when you end up with tons of things on your plate. If you know I have a blog to write everyday and on top of that a podcast record weekly as well which sure as heck makes me one busy person. Also it is that time of the year where I am preparing for The Autism Celebration which is a week tomorrow and I will talk more about and I have been busy prepping and no time to actually talk about it at the moment but it is coming in less then 2 days and I will talk more about the details about the event. But I admit it, I am not even done with the board for the Autism Celebration as there has been other projects on the go for me so it has been quite hard and I admit I am having doubts how the heck to do the actual board and I am questioning it all together as it doesn't look right but it will look great regardless what I think about it in the end. I have a week to finish this up or I will not get any of this done if I just let it sit there and not do a darn thing but tomorrow will be working it.
I think I found it hard with the work load but I didn't really feel the motivation before I left for Minnesota but now since I have been back I have been working extra hard. I hope tonight to work on the Autism Celebration booth I have planned. I know I am not having it tonight as last night was once again really tough in the sleep department but I think I will sleep fine tonight for once. However, I struggle the next night still so I am not sure what is the problem. I think all of this has to do with the two things I said above at the end of September, sleep which I have gone back to my old ways with my dang sleep. The second part is the work load and how I handle it but I am getting defintiely better at handling my stress and there will be a post about that soon how I am able to handle my stress and how I am able to handle things much better. That is my post for today, it is not as long as the last couple of days but yea I was going a bit bat crazy towards the end of the month but we all do from time to time when we got a lot on our plate!
Chris
I think I found it hard with the work load but I didn't really feel the motivation before I left for Minnesota but now since I have been back I have been working extra hard. I hope tonight to work on the Autism Celebration booth I have planned. I know I am not having it tonight as last night was once again really tough in the sleep department but I think I will sleep fine tonight for once. However, I struggle the next night still so I am not sure what is the problem. I think all of this has to do with the two things I said above at the end of September, sleep which I have gone back to my old ways with my dang sleep. The second part is the work load and how I handle it but I am getting defintiely better at handling my stress and there will be a post about that soon how I am able to handle my stress and how I am able to handle things much better. That is my post for today, it is not as long as the last couple of days but yea I was going a bit bat crazy towards the end of the month but we all do from time to time when we got a lot on our plate!
Chris
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