Marcus dePaula
@meonlylouder.com
audio+video production nerd
🎤📷🎛️🤓
Jenn’s partner
Isaac’s dad
dog lover & Tina’s human
he/him
http://meonlylouder.com
http://jenndepaula.com
🎤📷🎛️🤓
Jenn’s partner
Isaac’s dad
dog lover & Tina’s human
he/him
http://meonlylouder.com
http://jenndepaula.com
"We'll figure it out as we go" with audio+video productions ALWAYS results in wasted time and unnecessary stress - mostly after the recording process.
The best gear in the world doesn't make up for the lack of a production plan and streamlined processes.
The best gear in the world doesn't make up for the lack of a production plan and streamlined processes.
July 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"We'll figure it out as we go" with audio+video productions ALWAYS results in wasted time and unnecessary stress - mostly after the recording process.
The best gear in the world doesn't make up for the lack of a production plan and streamlined processes.
The best gear in the world doesn't make up for the lack of a production plan and streamlined processes.
My robot lawnmower got stuck in the funniest way possible 🤣
July 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
My robot lawnmower got stuck in the funniest way possible 🤣
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Pat just shouted at me from downstairs that my book "The Grammar Daily" is on sale at Amazon, which is the traditional way authors learn their books are on sale.
If you want 365 days of writing tips, word puzzles, and language history, now is the time!
If you want 365 days of writing tips, word puzzles, and language history, now is the time!
Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl (Quick & Dirty Tips)
Amazon.com: Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl (Quick & Dirty Tips): 9781250899057: Fogarty, Mignon: Books
www.amazon.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Pat just shouted at me from downstairs that my book "The Grammar Daily" is on sale at Amazon, which is the traditional way authors learn their books are on sale.
If you want 365 days of writing tips, word puzzles, and language history, now is the time!
If you want 365 days of writing tips, word puzzles, and language history, now is the time!
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42 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 30, 1983, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
April 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
42 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 30, 1983, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Black women on TikTok reacting to the Blue Origin rediculousness are giving me life amidst all the craziness! 🙃
Find your joy.
Find your joy.
April 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Black women on TikTok reacting to the Blue Origin rediculousness are giving me life amidst all the craziness! 🙃
Find your joy.
Find your joy.
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If you need to explain to someone how tariffs hurt small businesses and why they can't just move manufacturing to the U.S., this is a well written example from a small business that sells specialty keyboards. shop.keyboard.io/blogs/news/a...
An open letter to U.S. customers
Updated 2025-04-09 10:02 PDT to reflect new tariff rates and add a note about de minimis rates for HK Post. Updated 2025-04-09 20:02 PDT to reflect the new 125% tariff rate. Updated 2025-04-10 08:22 P...
shop.keyboard.io
April 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you need to explain to someone how tariffs hurt small businesses and why they can't just move manufacturing to the U.S., this is a well written example from a small business that sells specialty keyboards. shop.keyboard.io/blogs/news/a...
I’ve always avoided sharing any of Adam Curry’s stuff due to the many many red flags he’s always given over the years. This is actually my 1st post ever about him. It’s finally getting to the point where non-podcasters are clearly seeing who he really is.
He always seemed chill but then Wham! he goes full Kajagoogoo like this.
Adam Curry, former MTV VJ turned podcaster turned Christian nationalist, says those who oppose Elon Musk and DOGE "are under dark spiritual spells and I think we need to pray for them."
March 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’ve always avoided sharing any of Adam Curry’s stuff due to the many many red flags he’s always given over the years. This is actually my 1st post ever about him. It’s finally getting to the point where non-podcasters are clearly seeing who he really is.
If you are a parent, I hope you find this helpful as I did. The insight this expert provides is especially helpful to me as we have been talking with our 16-year-old about what’s next for him after high school. I’m doing my best not to project my own fears onto him.
youtu.be/cn1_jhqqNQ0?...
youtu.be/cn1_jhqqNQ0?...
Daniel Markovits | Meritocracy Debate | Propositon (3/8) | Oxford Union
YouTube video by OxfordUnion
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you are a parent, I hope you find this helpful as I did. The insight this expert provides is especially helpful to me as we have been talking with our 16-year-old about what’s next for him after high school. I’m doing my best not to project my own fears onto him.
youtu.be/cn1_jhqqNQ0?...
youtu.be/cn1_jhqqNQ0?...
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Any Gen Z podcast fans here?
I'm doing a research project on younger podcast fans, and I'm trying to get 100 responses to this survey:
forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/podca...
(Feel free to pass it along to folks you know! 🙏)
I'm doing a research project on younger podcast fans, and I'm trying to get 100 responses to this survey:
forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/podca...
(Feel free to pass it along to folks you know! 🙏)
February 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Any Gen Z podcast fans here?
I'm doing a research project on younger podcast fans, and I'm trying to get 100 responses to this survey:
forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/podca...
(Feel free to pass it along to folks you know! 🙏)
I'm doing a research project on younger podcast fans, and I'm trying to get 100 responses to this survey:
forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/podca...
(Feel free to pass it along to folks you know! 🙏)
Woke up at 3:15am this morning to an AA notification that my flight to DC was cancelled. I was booked on the same type of plane that went down and would be landing in that same flight path at 9am today.
What a horrible tragedy! My work trip being disrupted is nothing compared to the loss suffered.
What a horrible tragedy! My work trip being disrupted is nothing compared to the loss suffered.
NEW: A passenger jet collided Wednesday with a military helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Passenger jet collides with military helicopter near Washington's Reagan Airport, search and rescue underway
Multiple helicopters, including those from the U.S. Park Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. military, were flying over the scene of the incident in the Potomac River.
www.pbs.org
January 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Woke up at 3:15am this morning to an AA notification that my flight to DC was cancelled. I was booked on the same type of plane that went down and would be landing in that same flight path at 9am today.
What a horrible tragedy! My work trip being disrupted is nothing compared to the loss suffered.
What a horrible tragedy! My work trip being disrupted is nothing compared to the loss suffered.
My latest setup for @mixtusmedia.bsky.social to record new videos for jenndepaula.com :
- Fujifilm X-S10
- Sirui T1.2 25mm w/ Tilta Nucleus Nano
- Atomos Ninja V
- Neewer FS150 w/ 33" Parabolic Softbox
- Sound Devices MixPre-6 II
- Earthworks ETHOS
- Manfrotto 231B w/ Neewer GM27
- Elgato Mic Arm LP
- Fujifilm X-S10
- Sirui T1.2 25mm w/ Tilta Nucleus Nano
- Atomos Ninja V
- Neewer FS150 w/ 33" Parabolic Softbox
- Sound Devices MixPre-6 II
- Earthworks ETHOS
- Manfrotto 231B w/ Neewer GM27
- Elgato Mic Arm LP
January 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My latest setup for @mixtusmedia.bsky.social to record new videos for jenndepaula.com :
- Fujifilm X-S10
- Sirui T1.2 25mm w/ Tilta Nucleus Nano
- Atomos Ninja V
- Neewer FS150 w/ 33" Parabolic Softbox
- Sound Devices MixPre-6 II
- Earthworks ETHOS
- Manfrotto 231B w/ Neewer GM27
- Elgato Mic Arm LP
- Fujifilm X-S10
- Sirui T1.2 25mm w/ Tilta Nucleus Nano
- Atomos Ninja V
- Neewer FS150 w/ 33" Parabolic Softbox
- Sound Devices MixPre-6 II
- Earthworks ETHOS
- Manfrotto 231B w/ Neewer GM27
- Elgato Mic Arm LP
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"The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power."
#MLKDay
#MLKDay
January 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power."
#MLKDay
#MLKDay
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I am tired of Dems and other liberals dancing around this issue. Trump won in two races against women. He lost the race against a man. A lot of people didn't vote, or went to Trump because they couldn't abide voting for a woman. They voted against their own interests rather than vote for a woman.
The Misogyny is Real
And I'm tired of it
carriekaufman.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I am tired of Dems and other liberals dancing around this issue. Trump won in two races against women. He lost the race against a man. A lot of people didn't vote, or went to Trump because they couldn't abide voting for a woman. They voted against their own interests rather than vote for a woman.
How to think critically and Google competently 🧵
If X statement I just read/heard is true, then Y must support this and Z must contradict this. Can I trust this one person that just said this thing? Never.
1/9
If X statement I just read/heard is true, then Y must support this and Z must contradict this. Can I trust this one person that just said this thing? Never.
1/9
December 13, 2024 at 2:19 AM
How to think critically and Google competently 🧵
If X statement I just read/heard is true, then Y must support this and Z must contradict this. Can I trust this one person that just said this thing? Never.
1/9
If X statement I just read/heard is true, then Y must support this and Z must contradict this. Can I trust this one person that just said this thing? Never.
1/9
Everyone needs someone who looks at them like Tina looks at an empty can of beer 👀
December 10, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Everyone needs someone who looks at them like Tina looks at an empty can of beer 👀
One of my favorite memories from when I toured with Michelle Branch back in ‘03 was when we were unloading the truck in Boulder and one of the local stage hands asked where the piano was. They were conflating her with Vanessa Carlton. I think about this every time I hear “A Thousand Miles.” 🎹🎶
December 7, 2024 at 2:26 AM
One of my favorite memories from when I toured with Michelle Branch back in ‘03 was when we were unloading the truck in Boulder and one of the local stage hands asked where the piano was. They were conflating her with Vanessa Carlton. I think about this every time I hear “A Thousand Miles.” 🎹🎶
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
Anyone get any fun new podcasting or video gear during this week’s sales?
I only got a softbox for my second light as we prepare for Jenn’s video production next year.
I only got a softbox for my second light as we prepare for Jenn’s video production next year.
December 3, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Anyone get any fun new podcasting or video gear during this week’s sales?
I only got a softbox for my second light as we prepare for Jenn’s video production next year.
I only got a softbox for my second light as we prepare for Jenn’s video production next year.
Our Tina Bean in her natural element.
December 2, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Our Tina Bean in her natural element.
A yearly reminder from your friendly neighborhood audio engineer:
If you want to buy a new mic this Black Friday do NOT buy a Blue Yeti!
The AT2100x will save you money while being easier to use and help you consistently get better recordings. This one comes with a windscreen: a.co/d/7ON8fAh
If you want to buy a new mic this Black Friday do NOT buy a Blue Yeti!
The AT2100x will save you money while being easier to use and help you consistently get better recordings. This one comes with a windscreen: a.co/d/7ON8fAh
Amazon.com: Audio-Technica ATR2100x-USB Cardioid Dynamic Microphone (ATR Series) & On-Stage Foam Ball-Type Microphone Windscreen, Black : Musical Instruments
Buy Audio-Technica ATR2100x-USB Cardioid Dynamic Microphone (ATR Series) & On-Stage Foam Ball-Type Microphone Windscreen, Black: Multipurpose - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchase...
a.co
November 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
A yearly reminder from your friendly neighborhood audio engineer:
If you want to buy a new mic this Black Friday do NOT buy a Blue Yeti!
The AT2100x will save you money while being easier to use and help you consistently get better recordings. This one comes with a windscreen: a.co/d/7ON8fAh
If you want to buy a new mic this Black Friday do NOT buy a Blue Yeti!
The AT2100x will save you money while being easier to use and help you consistently get better recordings. This one comes with a windscreen: a.co/d/7ON8fAh
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A few, small (bookish) acts of rebellion & fuckery
*prioritize books by marginalized authors (pre-order their books, it sends a message that this is what we want)
*shop indie bookstores
*celebrate the achievements of marginalized creators
*read banned books
*support library programming and services
*prioritize books by marginalized authors (pre-order their books, it sends a message that this is what we want)
*shop indie bookstores
*celebrate the achievements of marginalized creators
*read banned books
*support library programming and services
November 27, 2024 at 7:01 PM
A few, small (bookish) acts of rebellion & fuckery
*prioritize books by marginalized authors (pre-order their books, it sends a message that this is what we want)
*shop indie bookstores
*celebrate the achievements of marginalized creators
*read banned books
*support library programming and services
*prioritize books by marginalized authors (pre-order their books, it sends a message that this is what we want)
*shop indie bookstores
*celebrate the achievements of marginalized creators
*read banned books
*support library programming and services
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If you have your own domain, @bsky.app makes it super easy to set that as your username. All it takes is adding a TXT record.
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
How to verify your Bluesky account - Bluesky
Here's how to verify your Bluesky account by setting your website as your username.
bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 3:53 AM
If you have your own domain, @bsky.app makes it super easy to set that as your username. All it takes is adding a TXT record.
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
bsky.social/about/blog/4...
It baffles me the number of people on Threads who ask really basic Googleable questions, like “how do I get [this device] to work with [this system].” And then they get a TON of bad/snarky answers with a couple good ones.
November 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM
It baffles me the number of people on Threads who ask really basic Googleable questions, like “how do I get [this device] to work with [this system].” And then they get a TON of bad/snarky answers with a couple good ones.