Return of the Birds was recognized at the 2019 World Domination Summit , a gathering of creative people living remarkable lives in a conventional world. The WDS Foundation awarded us with a Scholarship For Real Life to help with the production of Return of the Birds. It was amazing. The Foundation’s Board – Jolie, Jessica, …
There are 44 sounds in the English language, made from 26 letters (most often A to Z). 44 from 26. Years of slow, but steady, progress has paid off. 44from26 is our family owned and operated media experiment. Our first project is Return of the Birds, a serialized audiobook podcast of Wake-Robin, by John Burroughs. …
A fun project with my daughter and son. A book trailer for Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card shown at the Pickford Film Center.
In between projects, I’m in production on an audiobook, Wake-Robin, by John Burroughs. First published in 1871, Wake-Robin is a surprisingly entertaining nature study of various birds northern migration in the spring seasons between 1853 and 1869. I stumbled across it eight years ago and Mr. Burroughs’ voice and tone captured me. The detailed descriptions …
Turns out I had one more thing to do. I built a sound booth. On the occasions I wasn’t in a studio, I’d had been using (intermittently) a janky set up in a spare bedroom clothes closet. Not ideal – the sound was OK, but the setting was uninspiring. Preparing to read Wake-Robin I wrestled …
Hey Kids, Not a hard trap to fall into: That little inspiration That tip or tool That program language, software package That scrap of insight That book, white paper, article or post That perpetuating cycle of seeking rather than doing Corollary: The perpetuating cycle of mistaking seeking for doing These are all distractions (insecurities) to …
Sounds a bit dimwitted, but I feel certain I’m not the first fool to start the show with an empty auditorium. Setting a baseline So what’s the point of documenting zero? To get the most accurate detail of success or failure for the projects. Let’s take a look at the social distribution channels I’ll be …
Welcome to the Grand Experiment: To test what I’ve earned making a living producing digital media. Don’t worry: I’m no expert. And I have no opinion waiting to be ignored. The internet is littered with both. My goal is to build something from scratch. Starting at zero: no established social network, no audience, no outside …