I recently started a podcast. It's called The J-Promo Podcast, and you can find it on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and Stitcher. If you recall, I used to do a weekly Spotify playlist and post it on the boards. Since I talk about the new music that comes out each week, I started updating the playlist again as a companion piece to the podcast. The playlist is called The J-Promo Podcast Weekly. It's got all of the songs I discuss plus choice cuts from the albums I talk about, along with some other treats. It updates weekly along with the podcast.

Some backstory about how I got started (if you care):

I had really been struggling with some crushing depression especially as it related to my job. It was so bad that I was feeling physically ill when I went to work...to the point that I found myself outside of my office building with tears in my eye calling my best friends like "what can I do? i gotta get outta this shit."

With some good advice from those friends, and a lot of self examination where I even had to admit some hard truths about myself (aka owning my shit), I realized that part of the problem was that somewhere along the way of having a "career" and building a family that I stopped pursuing my passions.

So...this podcast comes from that. I've been a big fan of podcasts for years if you ever paid any attention to any podcast related post on the boars, and I've thought many times about starting one. So, I downloaded Audacity, bought a USB mic off Amazon, and did it. It was as much about just doing it - following through - as anything. I'm only two episodes in but I'm really enjoying it. It's helping me with the things I was dealing with (I also left that job and found a new job that I think will be a better fit for me).

Along with the podcast, I started working out and lifting again and as soon as I cop a new laptop (in a month probably) I'm going to bust out my MPK and start making beats again.

It feels good to feel like myself again.

Links:

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6DnN807UMSK83h61qvewEW?si=NqgQo9ABRKqGXiyGBbByKA

iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-j-promo-podcast/id1478594130

Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=460592&refid=stpr

Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/jason-norcross/the-j-promo-podcast-ep-2

I'll give it a listen

i have zero expectation of being the next Joe Budden or anything like that. if that happens? that'd be ill.

but nah, just doing it for me and hoping some people like it.

Props on pursuing your passions. Us podcasters gotta stick together.

For this:

>I had really been struggling with some crushing depression
>especially as it related to my job. It was so bad that I was
>feeling physically ill when I went to work...to the point that
>I found myself outside of my office building with tears in my
>eye calling my best friends like "what can I do? i gotta get
>outta this shit."

https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=13346919&mesg_id=13346919&page=


Come through. Link-up some of those beats too when you're ready.

I just subscribed in the Apple Podcast app!