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pheloniusfriarIn April 2021, I came up with an idea on how I could keep doing the "radio" I loved to do, but walked away from because of... well, many reasons. I started in May 2021 with the idea of doing a show a week like I used to, but life imploded on me pretty hard. In the end, I managed to finish a full "season" of 26 shows through 2021 and into early 2022. I had planned to do a second season starting in May 2022 (a little less focused on trying to do it weekly and just getting it done), but in March 2022, and despite my masking and being fully vaccinated, I still caught COVID-19 because governments at all levels in Canada completely gave up on public health measures and it tore through the population. A mask helps, but mostly if everyone is wearing them, and only up to a point if it's in high concentration in the air. I spent most of 2022 recovering from Long Covid, and I'm still not done but I continue to improve a little bit at a time. Definitely better than having to decide whether to shower or eat one meal in a day (but not both because it was too much). Anyhow, even though all the shows were basically up in early 2022, I decided to be more consistent and clear with the formatting and text in the episode and commentary segments, and I finally finished all of that editing today. I have some other stuff I need to do, but I do hope to start production on Season #2 over the next few days (while I'm on a much-needed vacation for two weeks). It's a huge job, but I'm looking forward to selecting the tracks and starting on the massive amounts of research needed (I'm just a one person production team).
The Passionate Friar on YouTube is a “radio show” you can watch! These 1 hour (-ish) shows take you on a curated audiovisual journey with a mix of the music and videos and thoughts of well known and lesser known bands, artists, creative performers, and visionaries with an emphasis on great sounding music and, where feasible, innovative visual productions. The core of the idea is to duplicate the live broadcast album-oriented FM radio experience as much as possible. It is written and produced, and then presented just as I used to do my live shows on CKCU (93.1 FM in Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada): with no safety net or do-overs. I present my bits between the music sets – recorded in real time, and unedited as I listen and watch just like you – but instead of spinning vinyl or CDs, I am “spinning” YouTube videos, and use YouTube playlists to present the finished show instead of sending it live to a broadcast tower.
Here are the links to the 26 episodes:
EP01 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8yi__EUq4eGpA16m6bqTwx
EP02 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8YlBewMJOxm5vq4qcG25e0
EP03 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe-AGQ6XSRExy_dFsv8Snt0L
EP04 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8t12W9EBf_YG7Xz3raWxIP
EP05 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_LyalRkDlA0xB7bFwIyCyf
EP06 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe-3snMJ_KvT4UZl5B-fjJEi
EP07 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_mnTOgM3DX1imQALtIhSlT
EP08 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_A38bXrcF0oomcvRXMll3y
EP09 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe97OIh1sHUH16iWGN799vOo
EP10 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8htaLhY-IsyaVqCY-a6fUs
EP11 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8VxRCRH74ZO8_mgsPOkGQx
EP12 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_iCZ-KCrbE6vZ7GIzhDQfb
EP13 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8N-KvXUWg91SUGaxx3vkEi
EP14 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8dPxPHxCQe9A4la67Mb5k3
EP15 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8AFTi4gFYqK4OHYPT9mjv0
EP16 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_Gorg0wXB2yrrxuTe5gGMh
EP17 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8VDB5P6x1TY7AR2XK2RIkj
EP18 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_PQoQVFijpiTbKzetZrPJc
EP19 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8IFbtTny6XdDdoHl1Z6Vea
EP20 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe93NLLlVluOR6ci9qX5xHr7
EP21 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_2__2epLwyaT1mZQ5v8i0K
EP22 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe-dnDfBQwU8lHV8cd4U-oLK
EP23 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe9agMVfSk-7BE76uvyGBOdX
EP24 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe-iOGABeQK_EUCf2uiYwuh6
EP25 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe84zWZxqNeDo00ClqwztrHI
EP26 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe9peM-rv4vEDZDEREv0K4la
Background:
I did a weekly show on CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa, Canada for over 7 years, but voluntarily hung up my headphones on Feb. 7, 2018. I dearly missed doing radio, and grew restless waiting for the opportunity to return to the FM airwaves under better conditions. I thought about podcasting, streaming, or even doing an underground production but the licensing aspect was always going to be a thorny issue – either trying to secure licenses for what I played, or dodging enforcement if I was going rogue. On Apr. 24, 2021 it occurred to me that as long as I didn’t include music with restrictive licensing terms in the segments with me in them, and only used the already-licensed content on YouTube as my media sources in a playlist on YouTube itself, I would have no need to deal with onerous licensing issues (or face liability for failing to do so)! As such, this idea for “Radio on YouTube” was born, and I set out to see if it would work. It is clear now the answer is a resounding “yes”! I’ve talked to a few people and they all seem to think this was a new idea, and since I hadn’t seen anyone doing anything like this before, it just might be. Regardless, I can say that I came up with it myself based on my time in broadcast radio, and do hope others start doing it themselves too – I love curated and contextualized music shows! Please help yourself to the format, it is freely shared... though crediting me for it would be appreciated if you could, not gonna lie.
Edit: I calculated it out (with the aid of an automated tools I wrote to do YouTube API queries and just modified earlier today to add functionality) and I did 125 scripted (and partially improvised) segments with me in them introducing and/or discussing the music in the episodes. When added up it came to 8 hours, 41 minutes, and 20 seconds of "live hosting" the show (with the music and other media, the shows add up to probably 30 hours or more of programming for one season). Each show probably takes about two hours to research and script, and then at least an hour or two of production work per episode (I don't edit the video, but I do have to upload and publish, and there's stuff I do on my end to archive the shows).
The Passionate Friar on YouTube is a “radio show” you can watch! These 1 hour (-ish) shows take you on a curated audiovisual journey with a mix of the music and videos and thoughts of well known and lesser known bands, artists, creative performers, and visionaries with an emphasis on great sounding music and, where feasible, innovative visual productions. The core of the idea is to duplicate the live broadcast album-oriented FM radio experience as much as possible. It is written and produced, and then presented just as I used to do my live shows on CKCU (93.1 FM in Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada): with no safety net or do-overs. I present my bits between the music sets – recorded in real time, and unedited as I listen and watch just like you – but instead of spinning vinyl or CDs, I am “spinning” YouTube videos, and use YouTube playlists to present the finished show instead of sending it live to a broadcast tower.
Here are the links to the 26 episodes:
EP01 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8yi__EUq4eGpA16m6bqTwx
EP02 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8YlBewMJOxm5vq4qcG25e0
EP03 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe-AGQ6XSRExy_dFsv8Snt0L
EP04 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8t12W9EBf_YG7Xz3raWxIP
EP05 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_LyalRkDlA0xB7bFwIyCyf
EP06 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe-3snMJ_KvT4UZl5B-fjJEi
EP07 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_mnTOgM3DX1imQALtIhSlT
EP08 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_A38bXrcF0oomcvRXMll3y
EP09 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe97OIh1sHUH16iWGN799vOo
EP10 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8htaLhY-IsyaVqCY-a6fUs
EP11 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8VxRCRH74ZO8_mgsPOkGQx
EP12 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_iCZ-KCrbE6vZ7GIzhDQfb
EP13 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8N-KvXUWg91SUGaxx3vkEi
EP14 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8dPxPHxCQe9A4la67Mb5k3
EP15 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8AFTi4gFYqK4OHYPT9mjv0
EP16 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_Gorg0wXB2yrrxuTe5gGMh
EP17 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8VDB5P6x1TY7AR2XK2RIkj
EP18 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_PQoQVFijpiTbKzetZrPJc
EP19 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe8IFbtTny6XdDdoHl1Z6Vea
EP20 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe93NLLlVluOR6ci9qX5xHr7
EP21 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe_2__2epLwyaT1mZQ5v8i0K
EP22 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe-dnDfBQwU8lHV8cd4U-oLK
EP23 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe9agMVfSk-7BE76uvyGBOdX
EP24 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe-iOGABeQK_EUCf2uiYwuh6
EP25 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe84zWZxqNeDo00ClqwztrHI
EP26 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbc6Su4uUe9peM-rv4vEDZDEREv0K4la
Background:
I did a weekly show on CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa, Canada for over 7 years, but voluntarily hung up my headphones on Feb. 7, 2018. I dearly missed doing radio, and grew restless waiting for the opportunity to return to the FM airwaves under better conditions. I thought about podcasting, streaming, or even doing an underground production but the licensing aspect was always going to be a thorny issue – either trying to secure licenses for what I played, or dodging enforcement if I was going rogue. On Apr. 24, 2021 it occurred to me that as long as I didn’t include music with restrictive licensing terms in the segments with me in them, and only used the already-licensed content on YouTube as my media sources in a playlist on YouTube itself, I would have no need to deal with onerous licensing issues (or face liability for failing to do so)! As such, this idea for “Radio on YouTube” was born, and I set out to see if it would work. It is clear now the answer is a resounding “yes”! I’ve talked to a few people and they all seem to think this was a new idea, and since I hadn’t seen anyone doing anything like this before, it just might be. Regardless, I can say that I came up with it myself based on my time in broadcast radio, and do hope others start doing it themselves too – I love curated and contextualized music shows! Please help yourself to the format, it is freely shared... though crediting me for it would be appreciated if you could, not gonna lie.
Edit: I calculated it out (with the aid of an automated tools I wrote to do YouTube API queries and just modified earlier today to add functionality) and I did 125 scripted (and partially improvised) segments with me in them introducing and/or discussing the music in the episodes. When added up it came to 8 hours, 41 minutes, and 20 seconds of "live hosting" the show (with the music and other media, the shows add up to probably 30 hours or more of programming for one season). Each show probably takes about two hours to research and script, and then at least an hour or two of production work per episode (I don't edit the video, but I do have to upload and publish, and there's stuff I do on my end to archive the shows).
