Welcome to the first episode of my new podcast, available in both video and audio format. In this episode, I talk about why another podcast and how my home studio is setup. The transcript and images are included below the media

Does the world need another podcast or blog? This was something Tim Albright and I have been talking about for a couple years at AVNation.tv. Due to nondisclosure agreements with my previous employer I was not able to create the show that I wanted. Now that my employer is me, I can do it. Tim told me to go and have fun and do a show that I want to do. So this is what I’m doing. It’s called Project Bradford, the AVNation editorial staff had a vote and I lost. I wanted to call it Bradford’s Variety Hour or Bradford’s Variety Show, the reason is, is not every show is going to be the same.

We’re going to categorize them as we do them. Some are going to be exposition, like this episode and post is, some are going to be long form interviews. That is what drove me to start this project. In the 1980s, there was Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow show that came on after Late Night with David Letterman. It was a long form interview. The show was cancelled and then Bob Costas had the Later show, people have said that David Letterman is now doing this on his Netflix show.

I’m still going to appear on other AVNation shows, I’m still going to do other shows. But this is my chance to talk with people and get to learn more. It’s not solely about AV people. They will all be AV adjacent or technology related. The idea being is let’s learn, let’s talk. It’s not just going to be about what’s the next technology.

A lot of the stuff we do on AVNation is live to recording. There are times I want to be able to talk with people and not worry about the time. There will be editing, there’ll be retakes.

I don’t know what we’re in for. Tim doesn’t know what we’re in for. Matt Scott already decided he needs to come and take over my show so I can see what it’s like. I am just going to see what happens. It’ll be an adventure together. The goal is to provide a show that is entertaining and not just technology talk. It is about getting to know people and learn new things.

Project Bradford is going to post every Thursday. The show will be posted both here at Advisist.com as well as at AVNation.tv. For this episode, I didn’t book a guest. I am going talk a little bit about my studio, how I do things, because people have asked on Twitter. I think it’s worth sharing some of the tips and tricks.

When I have linked to an item on Amazon, I get a little money, for being an Amazon affiliate.

I’m going to go through my studio, go through the basic components of it, I’m not going to go into every single detail, because I think it can get a little overwhelming. There will be additional information shared in the future. The video might be the most informative way to learn but fear not I have created a simple flow diagram, an audio only version, and this text version. I want to provide you content in the way you want to consume it. If I am missing something, let me know.

Diagram of the studio equipment (Click to Embiggern)

At the heart of my system is an ATEM Mini. It is from Blackmagic,