Almost Viral with Simon The Magpie

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Jorb talk about attention to appearance in videos, Patreon, Florian (AudioPilz), methods for shooting and editing, repairing synths, streaming, beginnings, synthtuber union, LMNC’s MS-10, April Fools ideas, Cook Like a Normal Person, old videos, pianos, recording at concerts, origin of Analog Weapon and Jorb monikers, weird promotion inquiries, video for the po...

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon and Vola Noisy Stuff (Olascary) talk about the Moog Circuit Bending Challenge, the vanity module, cartridge based video games, vintage VHS drawing machine, running out of space, the spider toy tremolo, the Tape Four, The Cloudy, doing commissions, unfinished projects and jumping from one to another, getting stuff done and solving problems, Tomorrow Never Knows, the...

Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon talk with Roey of Synthux Academy about the Synth Design podcast, his interactive art course, teaching professionally, face filters, TikTok, the door synthesizer, Roey’s musical background, Patreon, idea for a teaching live stream, working with Teensy boards, valuing a product in context, tools vs art, product design, methods for teaching, inspiration, teaching h...

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Knobs talk about the philosophy of sarcasm, Simon and Analog’s combined IQ, idea behind Knobs demos, balance between complexity and intuitiveness in a pedal design, Simon finds out his simple mode/hard mode idea isn’t unique, avoiding feedback, art vs content, strategies for communicating in videos, reasons for creating (aka pleasing one’s self), the algorithm,...

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Dumb Data talk about skateboarding histories, art and skateboarding, the evolution of skate videos, competition in skating, objectifying skate tricks, Battle at the Berrics (BatB) conspiracy theories, BatB signup process, technical skill vs enjoyment, pre-internet life, origins of Dumb Data channel, The Nine Club and Gary Vaynerchuk, NFT’s, the comment section,...

Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon chat with Accurate Beats about Super sayings like “peppar peppar ta i trä‎”, our biggest fan, preparing for guests, drunk neighbor EP, listening to podcasts, not reading the podcast description (like this text right here. lol), podcast stats, setting up a new studio space and rearranging a room, mixers/interfaces/interconnections, producing music with just one ea...

Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon talk with Tolgahan Çoğulu about designing microtonal instruments, viral content, the “rules” of YouTube, working alone, TikTok, Instagram, short-form content, comparing different platforms, Lego guitar, X-fret guitar, robotic automatic microtonal guitar, live streaming (comparing platforms), subscriptions vs notifications on YouTube, transcribing and arranging Ki...

Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon have a nice chat with artist and musician Elle Terese about the vulnerability inherent in live streaming, the benefit of raids on Twitch, split of art and music categories on Twitch, using Discord for the community, the obligation of being present as a live streaming viewer, getting a visit from deadmau5, viewing streams as a known streamer, the joy of connecting...

Managing YouTube with irl schedule, Roland SP-404, Kaola Sampler, GAS Therapy, free software options, DAW’s and dropping support for 32-bit VST’s, free alternatives for the OP-1, Teenage Engineering (and other companies) marketing, pricing, and manufacturing, working in the guitar industry, working in IT software design and applying that knowledge to music gear, product as an identity, making musi...

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Samurai Guitarist talk about the mystery of the missing pine nuts, the mystery of the water under the house, the mystery of phantom sound, telling stories, thinking about working when living and vice versa, playing hockey, industry (record labels and other) understanding of social media, meeting Justin Bieber, getting a check mark on social media, hitting 1 mil...

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Dakato chat with Robin of Molten Modular about SuperBooth & NAMM, what Molten does, the modular glory hole, computer vs hardware, electronic vs acoustic instruments, mansplaining standing waves to Dakato, Robin’s shed and physical creative space in general, building computers, online behavior, talking about gear on YouTube, the approaches to doing a gear re...

Simon the Magpie, Analog Weapon, and Bengt talk with Nicolas Bras about TEDx, YouTube origins, Facebook page, creating DIY instruments, playing live and touring, making a living, forming a new business, working with plugins (Soundpaint), the work space, Spotify not loving short tracks, content vs art, making videos about a process, getting help with videos, getting commission, ice flute?, pseudo-m...

In this episode we talk with Sohlberg. Professional animal guy and very metal music maker. Along with guest Dan Fignerman, we talk about Simon and Sohlberg meeting as children, re-meeting years later, vacuum organ, zookeeping, training animals, social experiments, metal (as in the genre(s)), navigating the political stuff, co-opted artwork, inherent ideology in art, looping performance, and other...

Regrouping with Dan Fingerman after a video he posted went viral just after we talked last time. We’re also joined by Simon’s friend Malte and talk about talk about starting from the end, how to say Malte, the source of the "Thrift store-found VHS tape with weird music on it” video, perceived links to Boards of Canada, attempts and accusations of alternate reality games, what to “do” with newfound...

In which Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon chat with Carl-Mikael Björk (CabCurio) about not being on YouTube, work with a product, money in art, the concept of reviewing art, feedback vs criticism, critical friends, photography, sponsored content, going to school for influencing, conceptual art, making frames, fake scarcity and NFT’s, and much more. Carl-Mikael Björk: https://carlmikaelbjork.se W...

In which Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon chat with Andrew Huang about, getting into modular, modular closet idea, found sound videos and not doing them as much, basis for deciding on new content, forms of and engagement, help with social media and managing time with it, Minecraft multitasking, 4 producers 1 sample, getting sent weird stuff, packaging, customs, working in DAW vs hardware, instal...

Simon the Magpie chats with Bagel Rabbit about snail husbandry, sponsorships, violin and orchestra life, community, twitter nude posting, violin streamers, not-for-kids content, long vs short form content, earlier days of youtube, IRL and sleep streams, anthropology and language, appropriation in music, Simon’s rich history of choral singing, reasons for creating, and more. Bagel Rabbit: Twitch: ...

Hanging out chatting with Drunk Neighbor (Dakato) about the creative process, art movements, sentimentality and throwing stuff away, the divergence of drunkness and neighborness, origin stories, not remembering what vaporwave is called but still remembering what it is, how the internet has affected society, thinking about death, god stuff, etc. Dakato:  https://fredrikdakato.weebly.com We apprecia...

Simon the Magpie has a chat with Emily Hopkins and Russ along with co-host Analog Weapon. We talk about the best way to demo a pedal (balancing honesty), the experience of owning and playing a harp, working with pedal makers, audience interactions, playing weddings (and maybe someday divorces and funerals), and much more. Emily: Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/EmilyHopkins Instagram:  https://...

In which Simon the Magpie slowly realizes he has an infamous disease while talking with Analog Weapon and Dan Fingerman about all sorts of Magpie Pirates stuff, Dan Fingerman the lawyer, name origins and pseudonyms, contracts, what is enjoyable about making music, details and getting stuck, limitations, inventing workflows, self promotion, if people need artists, finding music, lawyer radio, activ...

In which Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon talk with Aimee Nolte about curating old videos, recreating old videos, what interests the audience, the algorithm, thumbnail, nebula.app, collabs, your mom, NAMM 2020, getting copied, teaching, making music, jazz standards, virtuosity vs fun, listening to great musicians, singing with Bobby McFerrin, post-production, DAWs, mastering, sponsorships by mun...

Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon have a chat with Eppu about his new project: Unfeatured Films. The Youtube channel explores non-traditional short films. Each installment takes a deep dive into a specific concept and cites various examples. We love Eppu forever. Support our podcast thank you: https://www.patreon.com/almostviral And join the Magpie Pirates:  https://discord.com/invite/9dFAy6z Unf...

In which Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon talk with AllMyFriendsAreSynths about forgetting to record, OP-1, noise pedals, synths, ASMR podcasts, taking a break and coming back, documenting failure, being called an influencer, Americans being offended, YouTube recommending people that look the same them, attention vs. ideas, documenting the process, record contracts, drinking with heckseven, cour...

Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon chat with Audio Pilz of Bad Gear about his Friday release schedule, purposefully soliciting correction in comments, bishu, what makes bad gear, Roland, streaming and theater, parental feedback, the algorithm, youtube shorts, developing a ritual, the production process, copyright strikes, memes and subliminal messaging, blaming deepfakes, guitar and pro-audio seri...

Simon the Magpie and Analog Weapon chat with Hainbach about mutual success in the synth youtuber community, staying healthy and taking breaks, destruction loops and the progression from casual play to significant meaning, telling a story, soviet synths, patreon,  working with family, magpie pirates community, theft and translation, the Gaz Williams experience, the general usefulness of the interne...