Ad Infinitum S4E01 - Two Circles : Dallas Taylor on Podcasting, YouTube, and Creative Identity

About this episode

Dallas Taylor discusses the intersection of podcasting, YouTube, and creative identity in the first video episode of Ad Infinitum.

How does an audiophile thrive in the era of YouTube? How can two circles solve everything? Find out in the first video podcast of Ad Infinitum, featuring the legendary sonic sage Dallas Taylor! That’s right, the world’s only podcast solely dedicated to audio ads is back, now in video! Today, we present to you Ad Infinitum Season 4, Episode 1: "Two Circles: Dallas Taylor on Podcasting, YouTube, and Creative Identity." Host Stew Redwine (Executive Creative Director, Oxford Road ) welcomes award-winning sonic guide Dallas Taylor (Host, Twenty Thousand Hertz , and Founder, Defacto Sound ) to Headgum Studios for a creative masterclass about achieving great work time and time again. Stew and Dallas talk: Why the Audience Comes Last, Two Circles, Going Off the Rails, and more. Let’s dig in… “ I've always been a sound designer. I've been somebody who wanted to craft and create and celebrate sound, then I use the tools around me  to, to tell everybody about how cool this is. I don't really have any emotional or identity in the tools. That's why I don't say I'm a podcaster.” - Dallas Taylor (Host, Twenty Thousand Hertz , founder Defacto Sound ) See Privacy Policy at…

People in this episode

Host: Stew Redwine

Guest: Dallas Taylor

Topics covered

• podcasting
• YouTube
• creative identity
• audio ads
• sound design

Keywords

• podcasting
• YouTube
• audio ads
• Dallas Taylor
• creative identity
• sound design
• Two Circles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oxford Road, Defacto Sound, Twenty Thousand Hertz, Headgum Studios

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