Episode 82

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29th Jul 2017

82: Shawnee Kilgore

I’m so excited to introduce you to Shawnee Kilgore in this episode! She is an Austin, TX based singer-songwriter living a crowd-funding fairy tale.

In 2014, Shawnee launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her fourth solo album, A Long and Precious Road. In her video message to potential backers, a tribute to Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues, she held up a card that said "I'm learning to ask for help." This vulnerable and honest phrase struck a chord for one particular music fan perusing Kickstarter projects on his rare off time Joss Whedon. Whedon, one of Hollywood's most prominent directors (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, The Avengers) loved Shawnee's music and her voice, and backed the project, taking the first step towards what would become the unlikeliest of creative partnerships.

Insights and Takeaways

Good things happen when you just “DO THE THING”

Crowdfunding a project v. ongoing fan support from Patreon

Creating a sustainable income with Patreon

Flexing our songwriting muscles

Why house concerts rock

Working on an EP with Joss Whedon

Links and Resources

Shawnee Kilgore and Joss Whedon Back to Eden

Shawnee Kilgore

Shawnee Kilgore is creating a song a week! | Patreon

Shawnee Kilgore (@ShawneeKilgore) | Twitter

https://www.instagram.com/shawneekilgore/

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The Brassy Broadcast with Jen Edds

The Brassy Broadcast is an exploration of ways we create, engage, and communicate more effectively using the technology, social media, and platforms available to us.

The Brassy Broadcast is an exploration of ways we create, engage, and communicate more effectively using the technology, social media, and platforms available to us.

We're living through a revolution in how content is created. AI tools can now help with every aspect of content creation - from ideation to research, copywriting, editing, creating graphics, and beyond. These tools can save you hours of work and help you produce more polished content than ever before, but there's a darkside to these magic tools.

The more we use them, the higher the risk we run of losing the very thing that makes our content ours - our unique perspective, our authentic voice, our human experience, and our heartbreak. AI can suck the heart and soul right out of our work.

I’m on a mission to find that sweet spot where technology enhances rather than replaces our humanity, where we can save time on the mechanical aspects of content creation so we can invest more energy in the parts that truly require our creativity, experience, expertise, and perspective.

We are navigating this new world together, along with our guests.

I’ll be interviewing business owners and content creators to learn how they are getting the most out of AI without sucking the soul out of their work. We'll learn about the pitfalls and perks of AI use in our business and creative endeavors.

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Jen Edds