Sorry I been away from the podcast. I been doing some soul searching and finally made a decision. The podcast is changing a bit. I'm going to be more myself and not try to produce all trucking related content that is family friendly. I'm just not into censoring myself that much.
I have a new Instagram that is NSFW So dont follow me and then get pissed off I offend you.
https://www.instagram.com/unkle_frickin_bonehead/
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULcTeT7UwXU
Source:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/unklebonehead/tn-017-ready-for-the-blitz
I know its been nearly a month since a real show. But I have been extremely busy. I had to put Clifford out to pasture. Well, not him per say but the truck part of him. We are in a rental truck from Ryder till at least August or September when the new trucks start rolling in. The one I get may not be brand new because I am still kinda down on the totem pole in seniority but at least it will be a Peterbuilt. I was promised. I’ll just be glad to get out of this Volvo.
Goodbye ol'buddy. I already miss this truck!
I am trying a different way of recording this week. I just got a Zoom R16 mobile recorder/interface/control surface and have been playing with it all day. I got this so I can record in the truck during the week. It can act as an interface to your computer to get audio in and out of the computer and it can also record straight to an SD card. It will also work as a control surface for your DAW so you can control the faders, pan, start, stop, etc without having to use the mouse or memorize keyboard shortcuts. And just for my nerdy Linux friends it works 100% with the latest AV Linux 2018 straight out of the box. Nothing to install nothing to download no kernel to recompile. Its just frickin awesome. Oh its got a ton of effects built into it. I can go more in depth at a later time. Lets just say that my workflow just got a major improvement. I will be recording on the Zoom and then importing the files into Ardour, Reaper or Studio One to master and convert to mp3.
I’m also going to share a song with you at the end. It’s called “Hammer On Down”. It’s an original song from me and is a work in progress. It will eventually have lyrics. It’s kinda different than what I usually write being its somewhat countrified. I call it Hybrid Country. Its hard rock but still has that back woodsy, grab a beer and lets do something stupid feel to it.
Working lyrics for the chorus is as follows.
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95mgDdGDdu4
Ok I think I've found a home for my social media. You know I gave up on social media and went searching for something different. I tried Freindi.ca, Gab, and diaspora. Then I heard about Minds on Free Domain Radio. It's apparently been around awhile and I cant believe I'd never heard of it. As of this recording I've been on it for about 3 days and I cant seem to stop checking in on it. Its frickin cool as hell!
Its damn near like Facebook but way more cool! I can actually be me and nobody cares. I've even found a shit ton of people who think like I do. Not like on Facebook where I wonder who' going to be the one to tell me that my opinion is wrong. Somebody can disagree with me and we move on. So simple of a concept. Who knew! They have some crypto currency thing that pays you for being on the site and interacting with people. I havent figured out that whole crypto currency thing yet. Hell I still dont understand bit coin!
You can post videos (up to 15 min) Write blog posts, create and join groups, etc. It's just fricking awesome!
Incidently you can join me at [Minds](https://www.minds.com/RyanRide)
As of this recording I've already got 50 subscribers. So come on over, sign up and get to socializing with real people without having a bunch of tracking and shadow banning! Let freedom ring!
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfmTx5xG1K8