Between Two Farmers

"The Backyard." April 15th, 2024. Graham, NC. Before the recording of "Like a Farmer."

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    The upcoming video podcast with myself and Don Armon has been in the works for years.  It was strange circumstances that had us in the same city at the same time, but we were there and we answered the call to finally record a conversation between the two of us--totally unscripted.

    Our project team met at City Park in Burlington, North Carolina to smooth out the details of the recording.  We ate Biscuitville (please go if you ever find yourself in Burlington) and shared our ideas with one another.  In the true spirit of collaboration, everyone's ideas were heard.  

    The idea was brought up to improv the conversation, so that it would be as organic as possible.  The next idea that was approved was at least having a beginning topic and then letting the ideas flow from there.  Since we are both creative people, we decided to begin the conversation talking about art and creative processes.  

    The idea of treating this conversation like how jazz musicians would treat recording sessions was brought to the table and accepted. No cues, no scripts.  We prepped the space, set up our equipment, turned the mics on and began recording. We ended up talking for about 1 hour and 21 minutes straight.  

    After recording, we talked about editing the video, but ultimately decided to leave it largely unedited, so that the flow of the conversation could be captured, the different sounds and distractions, the slips of the tongues--all of it was recorded.  Mistakes were made and captured on film in real time.  We were even fighting bugs!  What could be more cool than that?  We didn't want to hide any of those things.  We wanted it to be as authentic of a production as possible. 

    Right now, we are planning to release the interview in two parts.  Ultimately, we plan to have the full-length conversation available at ltisite.com. 

    The name of the recording is "Like a Farmer." The name is not arbitrary, nor is it as random as it seems.  In fact, the meaning will be made clear after you watch the the entire video.

    Can't wait for you to see it!

Best,

James