Episode 31 | Rich Ducat and Matt Dudley
Podcasting is a very interesting prospect. In the beginning, it is terrifying and exciting. I was so unsure of my first publications but you have to almost pretend no one heard it until I began receiving good feedback from people. Over time I began to adjust to the idea of making a forever time capsule that anyone, at any time, can access and I am being held responsible for this content. That is a lot to process at first and every host has their story on how this experience went for them. In this episode we reach back to the beginnings of Drummers I Like podcast and Behind the Kit podcasts and we learn how Rich, of Drummers I Like and Matt from Behind the Kit, adapted to the pressure of hosting and how their first experiences as podcast hosts treated them.
We begin by really dig deep into Drummers I Like’s history. Rich has really turned it up with his podcasting obligations and as a result, he is a very sharp host/guest. With lots of practice, yields great results. He realizes that the Daily Fill is a training ground for the big picture. It is the hamster on the wheel. I was really impressed how he performed as a guest and it is a true result to his 50+ Daily Fill episodes in less than 3 months.
Rich Ducat, is a fucking beast ladies and gentlemen. It is hard to deny the work he puts in and his growth personally and as a brand. I have been a steady follower of Drummers I Like for several months now (roughly since Episode 29) and the show, the brand, the community, and the brand image has really focused and is attacking with everything Rich can throw at it. It is very inspiring and respectable, so the dude has my vote right there.
Echoing that question to Matt, his story is just as amazing. He just kept acting on his impulses and stuck with it to produce something to leave behind. We learn that Matt’s motivation was to be comfortable in his own skin and do what comes naturally to him. Give back to the community and keep the focus off of him. I always admire a person who is genuine about being this way. Matt is as transparent as they come.
He evolved into a podcast host, which is echoing how I began as well. I can really understand Matt’s approach to creating content. The objective is to explore your interests and create a time capsule for yourself. It’s a method of creative expression and the process of podcasting suits our personality. Learning about the forging process to a podcast is good story material it turns out.
There is always something I think about with Drummers I Like and it is how Rich manages the workload and maintains the scheduled behavior to their product. The quality seems to only improve in ALL areas. Rich opens up big time on this topic of time management and how he manages to keep this all running as smooth as possible. He goes into incredible detail about how imagines the future of Drummers I Like and what he plans to achieve with it. He also talks about his concept behind Drummers I Like PRO and what this platform is designed to accomplish. It is all very well thought out and it is quite obvious that Rich has got something here.
But sometimes good things must come to an end. Matt hosted a well-received podcast called “Behind the Kit” and it ran for over 50 episodes. So why he shut it down and if he plans to get it running again was a major question I had. His response to this reminded me of someone who gets injured at the gym and has to take time off to heal. Between scheduling conflicts, technical obstacles and fewer download figures than desired, Matt called his 54 episodes, Season One. Whether the show will return is not a priority but certainly not an impossibility. As a result of this section of the interview, we all speculate the idea of when our shows will end and if that our shows are even something we can give up.
To finish out the episode we all run through a questionnaire to get some opinions on common podcasting practice.
Music By: Matt Dudley
Album: Trial, Transition, Advance
Songs: Interlude, Trial
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