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So whilst setting up my new website, and indeed setting up all social media for furthering this endeavour of mine; I wondered about general formats of communication, and whether I should be blogging, vlogging of recording a podcast of sorts.
As it is I’ve never really read anyone’s blog – in fact unless I was scrolling through to see a recipe or such I don’t think I’ve ever even been onto a bloggers page. That being said I know they were, and indeed still are incredibly popular with a lot of people… who aren’t me!
Obviously with a website the initial thought is that it has to be a blog, the written form because obviously for the world of vlogging – you are more likely to find that on Youtube; but for me my Youtube is for my singing videos and the occasional other odd rubbish I feel like making.
This is dare I say it, a lot more personal, or it certainly seems that way – it’s certainly a lot less polished. However all that doesn’t fit with what feels like a world where we are trying to assimilate as much information as possible and multitasking is now just an ingrained part of our psyche.
Personally I’m much more likely to listen to a vlog (or I suppose podcast?) whilst doing one of the many other jobs I should be doing – whether it’s eating my morning toast or folding the clothes.
And whilst I think of it – what is the difference between a vlog and a podcast? Especially as I see so many podcasts on Youtube – so they do, or at least can have video as well. Is a vlog more involved? Am I supposed to make it more flashy in the editing, soft focus shots of my morning coffee? (It wouldn’t be coffee as I don’t really drink coffee, I drink tea. I’m very British that way!)
I don’t know, and know this – I will go and google it at some point (other search engines are available of course but I tend to use the word google as a verb rather than a pointed advertisement of searching platform.)
Anyway, back to the very thin point of all of this. I came to the conclusion that I, of course want to reach as many people as possible, and so for me the most logical thing to do is to do both a blog and also some form of recorded audio/video. Especially from a language point of view as obviously people will be able to translate the written blog easier than the video, but also for people with hearing difficulties, they’ll be able to read the blog, and people with sight issues will be able to put the video on.
My initial plan was to record a full video, of me reading my blog to the camera. My acting/presenting jobs have meant I would be making good use of my autocue skills. However I realised quite quickly (after 2 messed up recordings several weeks apart) that it was quite time consuming. And whilst I know we all have quite alot of spare time on our hands right now, it meant I was making even less music.
So the new plan is to just record the audio; I guess it’s technically a podcast, but also not quite. So for now I’m calling it a “Blogcast” – something you can listen to if, like me, you’re a bit pressed for time and need to do two things at once!
Sometimes I’ll probably record first and then transcribe, sometimes the other way around, depending on how I feel. For now though, I think I want to keep the ‘Blogcasts‘ separate from my initial Youtube channel and so they will be only viewable via this blog or by direct link. I’m usually quite a messy person so I’m setting a precedent of being highly organised…..lets see how long I can keep that up! So thanks for listening or reading – this inaugural blog/blogcast either way it’s all good with me, and do please keep checking back as I will be hoping to upload fairly regular content now, alongside my singing videos.
If you want to be more involved with what I do – check out my singing videos on Youtube or for more personal stuff like general daily posts or practice videos come find me on Instagram @stefani_keogh.
Thanks very much and goodbye for now.
Stefani Keogh 
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