It's easy to have a great idea. Seeing the idea to fruition is another thing entirely. I couldn't tell you how many podcasts and similar visions have been pitched at The Syncopated Times this year. Meanwhile, plugging away in the background has been Dan Zeilinger, a traditional jazz musician with 40 years of experience who not only had a great idea, he made it happen beyond all reasonable expectations.
At the beginning of July he announced a new video interview series on YouTube. His plan was to reach out to the scores of musicians and others he's known in the jazz world. As he put it; "Some are touring musicians, some are theme park warriors, and some are casual musicians who play on the weekends with friends, I think they all have stories worthy of a movie script, and through these interviews I'll be sharing them with you."
This sort of project tends to whimper out quickly; maybe you pin down the two close friends you first had in mind, produce a great interview or two and move on. Zeilinger on the other hand has been releasing more than two new video interviews a week, over 60 in six months, and if anything he's speeding up not slowing down. Each interview is between 40 minutes and an hour long. Set up over livestream, you can enjoy physically watching the subjects chat, or set it in the background like a radio show.
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