 Freedom today. I wanted to talk to you about this one thing that this other guy that looks like me has to say so Uh, you know take it away me. I mean not me to totally totally not me Freedom today. I wanted to talk to you about a freedom partner who hasn't done a face reveal But I met up with him here in Wisconsin actually And uh, he and I are want to talk to you but since he's not done a face reveal I figured I would help him keep his identity a secret And I brought him something from asia that I think might help say hello to roman apples Go ahead. He's gonna put that on and we're going to talk to a freedom partner who has done podcasts And uh and other miscellaneous media. So come on over here rom I've got you didn't expect me on this channel. No, no not at all. Let's go. He's done the mgn podcast we've Spoken once or twice about maybe doing a freedom podcast Uh, I don't think it's possible. It may not be possible. They want me they want me Doing things outside of the castle rather than doing them on the castle Rum runs a very adult show not that it's not that it's overly bad or anything like that It's just you know, it's it's not necessarily always family friendly So we're trying to see if we can find some middle ground there All right. Well anyways, are you seriously trying to find middle ground? Yes Okay, we'll we'll go back. Um, so for those of you who can't see my breath right now It's as cold as it could be we're in wisconsin I don't know why we're in wisconsin and we just are we're lost by the way So we're there's no jokes here We're actually gonna go see if we can find something else to do And see if we can find a new location and talk to you because it's cold. It's very cold All right next clip freedom So we are actually sitting here I'm sitting here with roman apples We're sitting here with me Anthony. So I'm actually going to go ahead. You can you can sit right in your chair there There we go So we've been sitting here. We've been talking about everything out of the sun Roman apples has a video game coming out. I do have a game coming out now. You're not the developer of this game Absolutely not. I cannot even develop a chair what I what I am what I did do Is I provided voice work for a video game. It's called perdition wakes you can find it on youtube We have some developmental videos out right now And there's even a video out right now of my own audio Being what the voiceovers I did it was being edited and altered a little bit So if you want to look at that I I'd very much appreciate it. I I've been working on it for I think a year and I just now finally got the lay down the audio I'm really excited about it personally. It's my it's the first time I've been in a game that's been you know Really major to me and guys I talk about video games all day and now I'm in one I hope my game doesn't suck I really do Anthony like what am I going to do so you're going to give me a link for the description I'll absolutely give you a link for the description. All right to the to the channel and everything now Rum you have about a thousand subscribers. I have a I have a little over a thousand subscribers now Yes, I do. How many how many people now you've been doing this podcast for how long I've been doing the part the rum and apple show I've been doing for Three years an uncivilized banter. I've been doing for a little over a year and not real quickly that just came from I renamed across the pond to uncivilized banter because fans wanted it that way. So I let them vote And across the pond was a different company that I was working with so once that company and I parted ways That show part of ways that we created uncivilized banter. I know that was long But it is what it is. So you've got on your show. You've got you've got uncivilized banter, which is one series Uncivilized banter is one series and then you've got the rum and apple show and you've got rummatorials Yes, I got rummatorials, um, which we won't spoil for you. It's it's an interesting listen Be sure to let check the link in the description. It's visual to check that out. It's it's yeah So a lot of what you do is is audio is mainly audio Sometimes there's an audio visual aspect. Yeah, but rummatorials are really the thing that has the most visual aspect to it It absolutely has the most visual aspect. It's it's it's what I do. It allows me to work different creative muscles when it comes to scripting when it comes to Me being able to actually do live action segments that I previously was unable to do And now that I'm able to do that I want to kind of I want to expand what what the rummatorials were they used to be just Descripted thoughts that I had That when I read them out loud, well, they were kind of funny and some of it wasn't insightful at least to my imagination It was and so now that I put a visual element on it I I now have my own narrative running throughout the own rummatorials So and I won't spoil too much on that but I have a I have a narrative running through the rummatorial as the rummatorials proceeding on So for people who kind of like psychological stuff that in that is a little bit of intrigue You know, you should definitely check it out Okay, you know, um, okay. So now you've done stuff for other companies. Like you said, yeah You did the mgn podcast for a little while. Yes, I did do the mgn podcast Um, you do two of your own. Yes, I do. I do. I've done I did uh, I've done voiceover work for you and some of your own skits I've worked with uh, I've worked with different members in the freedom community and various projects And uh, honestly, I I would love to do more with freedom to be truthful with you Because honestly, I and and forgive me for being I guess up front with this but man freedom needs a podcast Ever since I joined freedom and Due to circumstance. I saw other podcasts not be successful I just felt that maybe not me But at the very least I could promote an idea a pitch an idea to you guys that you guys Would find digestible and it's plausible. Yeah I just I'm just saying right now. I would I would love to do the podcast We're not adverse to the idea, but there is a certain level of um, absolutely You know nuance that has to be uh, observed there, but um So now you also did a podcast for blackout media Yeah, I did I did the hour of blackout podcast of blackout media now blackout media is gone now That was when subnetworks were allowed Yeah, back when youtube allowed those when youtube allowed subnetworks I was doing a podcast called now or blackout It's where we provided network updates and it was literally just a podcast For the partners specifically for them talking directly with them about the network and Updates and different things. I remember we had minecraft servers. We had we had audience members who came out to the podcast We did uh partner questions and this was every podcast Yeah, and I would break be about an anime addiction that I will not go into You know, I can't go into that But no, that's what that's what I did and I know I I know I have the experience for this I know I could do it It's just you know wild card maverick type situation. You look so odd with your with with the mask on. I'm sorry See, here's the thing Anthony has seen me and he understands that I am a handsome handsome man Unfortunately, this is the reason I don't have a face reveal because if I if I if I took this off not now all the girls would be All the all the girls all the men everybody All genders would flock I would flock I'd hit you with a blue steel and It doesn't translate with the man All right, all right, so um keeping this back on track now you um You do a podcast you syndicate that to itunes. I syndicate the rum and apple show an uncivilized banter onto itunes Yes, so now You said that you have that set up through your wordpress website to automatically feed content to itunes, right? Yes, it is it is available in that direct method. Hmm mysterious. How you knew that pivotal information, sir Now the reason I bring that up is because a lot of people You know may have the impression that that's a complicated task that it's hard to do um Would you say that it's equally as easy for somebody who does like youtube commentaries to just submit the audio? Well, like just the audio portion because that is essentially kind of like a podcast, right? Like if they're doing commentaries with gameplay It is comparable to a podcast. However, I think there's a different element. Um podcast well, okay I'm not I'm definitely not the guy to Determine what a podcast actually is a podcast by definition is audio format Right and you listen to it and it's usually an hour or whatever however the link this But if you want to do that, it's easily accomplishable. I mean the method I use is through wordpress, okay? So and and that's how you get your xml feed and how you put it into the podcast application That allows you to connect it then you have to wait for the approval process take up to two weeks There's a litany of there's a litany of other things that we could we could probably do a separate video on or something If people really had an interest they can comment somewhere there Maybe not in there. Why are you pointing to my crotch when you do that? That's just creepy Don't look You and I did a podcast we did we actually did two hours worth of material Which you'll probably release the whole thing on itunes and then splice that up in videos Yeah, now. Why do you do that? Why yeah? Why do you like why do you do the full form over on itunes and then miniature versions on youtube? Well, it's um It's kind of a simple boring answer The rum and apple show is predominantly an itunes podcast because I wanted something exclusive to the website and exclusive to itunes Now uncivilized banter It came across in a different way its creation was different It started as a youtube podcast and I wanted to remain loyal to my co-host and I kept it on youtube But he now wants it on itunes So we now transition that to itunes as well But it always remains a youtube first podcast like when we're done It automatically goes up and then it goes to itunes later Okay, like so there's just different I guess What's it called um priority is taken on certain podcasts So now my my assumption was that you broke it up into topics and smaller bits I know you know so that you could get more traffic via search and related videos Well, some people don't have the time or some people don't have the want To listen to a full hour to a full two hours because some people just don't have that ability to for whatever reason Yeah, so if I cut it up and I cut up good segments that I like or I have a new segment coming out Best of uncivilized banter best of the roman apple show We just grabbed really funny moments or some moments that really made sense and whatever and put it into one clip or That like I have been doing we take clips about talking me talking about various topics or my co-host or whatever I have on like you've been featured in plenty of them been on the podcast a lot Check it out on youtube, but That's really what it is and the reason we do I do it is because I think I think it's easier for people because attention spans are different and people Have a harder time watching longer content So if you cut up the the video clips they can find exactly what they want If they want if they're interested they can go finish the full podcast later Yeah, so it's just it's just an option for people It makes sense So it's easier and then you know they don't have they don't they really don't have to think too much about it Now you're a dog owner. I am a dog owner. Yes Um, tell me a little bit about your dog. My dog is her name is brie She looks like brian griffin from family guy Anthony can confirm it. She looks like brian griffin. There's no way around it I'm unaware of what her exact breed is what I was told that she is a boxer pit mix But I think she's a run because she's really tiny But she's 40 pounds. She's cute. She's she's a little cutie. She's a Oh, yeah, but she she is she is a A handful from time to time if I say it politely No, I love my dog. I I love my dog. I've always owned dogs I think it's um, I think I think animals have a drastic effect on people In a very positive way, but yeah, no, I have a dog. Definitely. Yeah, uh, let's see. What what else? Uh, oh Uh, so we were talking earlier about spread shirt. Oh, yeah Spread shirt. Yeah, we're we're running like at the top of the the counter here So we got to wrap this clip up. Yes, sir But uh, you're gonna have some merch up on spread shirt that you found through the freedom dashboard here Yes, I did. I went through the freedom dashboard and I'm working with spread shirt The reason we don't have anything up right now is because we have three custom designs We have a rum and apples t-shirt an uncivilized banter t-shirt And we have an immortality not mourn t-shirt, which is a video game skit comedy series I do with my co-writer and the co-founder John nova aka mr. Hello diction But we will have those designs up and we will absolutely absolutely use the spread shirt And it actually is kind of really useful the freedom dashboard has a lot more to offer than I originally thought Because for the first year, I didn't really even use it and then like through a little bit of prodding through partners They're kind of like hey This is spread shirt and I go Oh pray tell what is a shirt spread they go no wrong wrong spread shirt It's like when people told me told me about vine and I said I said, what's a vine? What do you what are you climbing things like your weirdos? What's going on here? Just um, man, but no spread shirts though. I like it. All right, so we're gonna go ahead and let you go And uh, and we'll see you in the next clip Oh god, it's cold. It's cold. It's cold. It's cold Oh Freedom uh, so I uh am still uh hanging out with ramen apples We're still lost Link in the description down below. We got back. You don't know where we are. We got back out of the car We got back out of the car. We are at another little stop here and we can't gas station We can't get back hold anybody. We can't get back to illinois somebody freedom help us Uh, we are getting a lot done in the way of just kind of interacting and talking about things. So Um, if we see any more developments, we'll let you know absolute developments Yeah, develop am I an assignment? No, it's like photographs. You got to develop them. Oh, yeah, okay Let's develop things So we're a buff. So we're a buffalo wild wings buffalo wild wings. Um, I had a thought You had thought yeah, that's the first I know right What if buffalos actually had wings because hear me out? I would not trust Like 400 500 pound bison running around with the ability to fly Could you imagine hunting could you imagine hunting that it would become 50 times more dangerous There'd be people aiming in the air shooting in the sky And then you'd have 500 pound dead bison Falling to the ground. Hmm. I see him trending doom. Yeah, why don't we go? Why do we come here? I don't know I don't know either food food All right food. That's why we came and we're hungry. So, um, so we uh wanted to also Uh talk to you about a couple other things Um, just basically how important it is to do collaborations Um rum has pretty much been he's based his entire Um, you know podcasting spiel around collaborations finding co-host finding people to talk to finding people with interesting viewpoints things like that Um, it's it's vitally important. Uh, and it is something you can do no matter what kind of content you create So, you know, we we were talking and you know about youtube and and social media and other things and we felt the need to point that out because Rum being someone who does it all the time Um has an interesting viewpoint on that collaboration is important now I I will fully say that sometimes you have to do things on your own. You have to commit to certain projects on your own however Even in doing that you're still collaborating with people So if you make a short film or you do a gaming collaboration of some type You're still working together in some respect So collaboration is important because you get different looks and you get different mentalities and ideology on aspects on templates or takes or Just formulas that work and other that have worked before that you might not have thought of So collaboration is really good. It also benefits. It also benefits Anthony and I like we do podcasts together and it clearly benefits him his audience and my audience You're able to put more eyeballs On who on your content and that's at the end of the day. That's kind of what you want You want to put yourself out there on as many forms as possible With as many eyeballs and his ears and and eyes you can get on it eyeballs and eyes You see that could you imagine if human beings had like two pairs of eyes? Like one on the front one in the back I thought they always got their eye on you. I think moms already have that Yeah, but that's like an invisible kind of mythic mystical power Yeah, that's true Like my mom used to sneak up behind me when I was doing suspicious things as a teenager and she would like ninja me But she could she like she could surprise me and be silent Well, she did tell you if you kept playing with it that you would go deaf Is that why I got a hearing problem? What? Oh, sorry, um So hopefully that that joke went over the head of many people. Um, anyway, so They're slightly perplexed on the The um the overarching concept that we want to talk about collaboration is important It is and it's for the most part, it's super simple It's super easy once you get it figured out when you once you get figured out what kind of people you can easily work with Which is I think it's important chemistry is very important the biggest ones You know if you force collaborations if you force working together with people You're gonna hate it and it's gonna show through So work with you'll find people in the community freedom forums Uh freedom discord, but that's probably one of the easiest places Seriously the freedom forums. It's when I first started personal story about using the freedom forums for real when I first started I got a majority of those first 10 15 interviews all from those freedom forums I put it on to the collab to collab a little tab that they got. I don't know what it's called really I'm an old guy leave me alone But I put it out there and said I wanted people to come on who are youtubers and give get different looks and What their thoughts and their ideology was about video games and sure enough I got a good amount of responses and You can have those results because I was pretty clear and concise about what I wanted That's a thing that I see in the community. Sometimes people Don't know how to get to the meat of what it is. They're asking for what they need Well, okay, uh, the best way I can go about it is look It's it's almost as if you're just Keep it like it's like a wanted add Yeah, the the quick who what when where why and how that's all you need You don't need like a four and a half page dissertation of why you need this to happen You just said you could just say let's say for example You're doing a machinima based series and you're utilizing grant that's out of five All you need to say in that ad is help wanted gta 5 body actors Right and in that description you say I need help with gta 5. There's some people over there and they're looking real suspicious Hey, pretty lady. How are you there? They're looking at the guy in the anime mask Hey, it's it's not my fault that handsome men are looked at and endeared upon throughout the galaxy Collaboration is important. So for example, let's say you're working on something It's gta 5 and when you fill that out you put in the title gta 5 body actors wanted in the description I'm working on a machinima. I require body actors this many body actors These are the days I need you and and we can up we can work out scheduling Disclose very importantly disclose if you're gonna pay them or not If you're not gonna pay them be sure to to promote and credit their channels and descriptions and annotations and links and Recommended channels. There's all sorts of ways to Work together and it always benefits everybody and and once again, I will I go back to chemistry because If you don't have chemistry if you're cladding with someone you don't like It is very reflective in the final product So be kind of be kind of screen your people so to speak Now if it's body acting that's one thing But if you're if you're doing a youtube video and you don't like the person that's reflective Yeah, and that doesn't help anybody So there is a little bit of filtering you got to do but overall I I don't know if we went through specific guidelines But I mean there's some there's some tips in there that can assist you Yeah, and and don't be afraid to put it out there That's the number one thing, you know, you're never gonna get anything done if you don't post it if you don't ask That's that's I don't know if anybody might have that issue But if anybody's unsure and and you're having trouble and you don't know if people might care about your project Well, how do you know just put it out there and see if you get any bites I I made a whole I made a whole podcast Of the fact that I like talking about video games If you guys have collaborative effort you want to put out there you have dreams and passions that you have It's accomplishable You just have to be willing to have the dedication to understand that this could be a longer process that you once anticipated But to expedite it a little bit Collaborations and over time you can build your own network You can build your own network of within your friends. That's what I've done essentially Anthony's my friend. I work. He comes on the podcast. We have a good time I've worked with the new a numerous amounts of other people like rose shoot gaming I've worked with uh my boy jacob, you know people know cobra tv You work you worked with a couple of people over there at tube buddy Yeah, I worked with andrew can from tube buddy actually andrew can from tube buddy shout out to our boy I he was just on a podcast on civilized banter not too long ago. He was there taking listener calls having a good old time So and and and it all comes back from the time that we've known each other just a long time now We were just friends and we talk and we we all have our own separate entities and aspirations of what we want to do And in doing that we've collaborated together and they all come on the podcast I'm working with can on a film right now on a short film. It's a motivational film I'm not going to reveal much more, but that's a little teaser Right. It's just like the video game thing. It didn't fall into my lap. It came the passing because I kept in contact with people who were business minded and they saw me And I just happened to be the person in the role of dex that they wanted and you can build that too It just takes time and it takes effort and you got to be patient And that's probably something hard to do too. This is beyond collaboration now This is more just things you got to remember when you're doing this stuff. Yeah, you know, and I don't know I mean, it's probably one of the more important aspects about you know Uploading schedule to probably yeah, probably uploading schedule. We talked about that a lot That's important. But one thing that I see people doing a lot with that is they will They will put out non content in a way to keep a schedule filler content Filler content that's obviously filler just to keep up with the schedule that they arbitrarily created Which you know, I think it's a problem I think that can negatively impact a small channel doing it early Yeah, like if you're a huge channel, if you got like two million subscribers always like it no matter what Right, but I think if you're a small channel, you want to set The biggest thing about running a youtube channel or doing anything creative is that you have to put Who you are Inside that product, right? I do a podcast I put who I who I am deep down inside in that podcast, you know what I'm saying? I just think overall it's something you have to do in order to make it successful But it is what it is, right? So, uh, we're gonna go ahead and let you go Thank you so much for watching this video I think we're probably gonna cut off for now because we've we've talked about a lot in this video We're about 20 minutes or so easily. Um, so, uh till next time No If you want to see more of rum, uh, uh, like we said, I just filmed a podcast with him It'll probably be over on his channel link in the description down below to that Uh, and we'll also talk, uh, probably more because I probably do his show What like twice three four times a year or something like that easily easily. Um, it's not a little more. Yeah Anyway, till next time, don't forget to like subscribe. Oh, wait, you know what? I'm gonna shoot it back over to myself. Julius, send it back over to me Till next time, don't forget to like subscribe and do all those things that make us love our jobs Also be awesome to yourself and amazing to each other. Bye freedom family Thank you for watching another freedom video. 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