August 3, 2025 • 17 mins
Ever felt that burning desire to start your own podcast or livestream but found yourself paralyzed by questions about where to begin? You're not alone. In this candid, no-frills guide, we break down exactly what you need to start broadcasting your voice to the world—and spoiler alert: you probably already have the most important tool in your pocket.
Starting with a heartfelt email from Keisha in Kansas City who dreams of sharing her thoughts but doesn't know how to begin, we walk through the entire process from absolute beginner to confident creator. The beauty of modern content creation lies in its accessibility: your smartphone is all you need to take that first step. When you're ready to level up, we detail the affordable equipment that can transform your setup—from external cameras costing as little as $30 to microphones in the $50-80 range that dramatically improve your audio quality.
We demystify the difference between livestreaming (think live theater where anything can happen) and pre-recorded content (like film, where editing creates a polished final product), while sharing our own origin stories in the content creation world. The most valuable takeaway isn't about gear or technical setup—it's about overcoming that initial fear. As we emphasize throughout: if you're curious about something but hesitant to try, take the leap anyway. The only guaranteed way to fail is by never taking the shot.
Ready to share your unique perspective with the world? We believe in you. Remember, people don't expect perfection—they connect with authenticity. Your voice matters, and somebody out there needs to hear exactly what you have to say. Subscribe to our channel for more practical advice, and let us know in the comments what topic you'd love us to cover in our next how-to episode!
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Carmen Lezeth (00:02):
Hi everyone, welcome to All About the Joy,
the private lounge.
I'm Carmen Lee Set.
Your host, rick, will beshowing up a little bit later,
but I want to first start bysaying this is our first how-to.
We've gotten a lot of emailrequests regarding this over the
past couple of years and I'vekind of just never thought it
(00:23):
was something that we could do.
But now I want to read an emailfrom one of our viewers and
we'll get started.
Hey, carmen and All About theJoy hosts.
My name's Keisha.
I live in Kansas City, missouri.
I work retail mostly and I helptake care of my niece, but
lately I've been thinking aboutstarting a podcast or going live
(00:45):
.
Sometimes I've got thoughts,you know, on music,
relationships, just life ingeneral.
I keep seeing people do it andsomething in me keeps saying why
not you?
I've been listening to yourshow for a minute now and I love
how it feels like I'm sittingin the room with y'all.
It's funny, it's real and itdon't sound scripted.
(01:06):
That's what I want, but I don'teven know where to start.
Like, what do you need?
How do you even plan it?
How do you not get nervousgoing live?
If you could talk about howy'all started and maybe share a
few tips.
That'd be amazing.
I think there's a lot of us outhere who've got something to
say, but we just don't know howto say it out loud yet.
(01:26):
Appreciate y'all.
Keisha.
First, I want to say thank youto Keisha for sending us that
email.
There were a few other peoplewho had asked the same thing, so
we're going to do our best toat least explain it on the basic
level that I think I'm at.
Rick has been doing it a lotlonger.
Level that I think I'm at.
(01:47):
Rick has been doing it a lotlonger.
So we're going to chime in andtry to do what we can to help
people who want to startpodcasting and live streaming.
And here's the thing If youwant to do it, you can do it.
Trust me, you know how youalways hear people say if I can
do it, you can do it.
I'm not even kidding at all.
So let's answer the firstquestion what do you need?
Rick Costa (02:08):
But yeah, phone, just put it in front of me.
I didn't have nothing fancy.
That's what they always saywhen you want to start, just
start.
You don't have to have likemulti-thousand dollar equipment,
just start.
Carmen Lezeth (02:20):
Yeah, using your phone is a great place to start,
because here's the thing youcan use your phone and go on
certain social media likeInstagram or TikTok or even
Facebook, and just start playingaround and it's free, right?
You already have your phone,you can already access these
(02:42):
social apps and you can actuallyjust start recording yourself
and then posting it and seeinghow it goes.
And here's the best part aboutit If you don't like it, you can
delete it.
It's really easy.
So you can first start there ifyou're nervous about just
trying to see if you want to doit or like to do it.
(03:02):
Okay, so let's say you havetried using your phone, you kind
of like the vibe, and now youwant to upgrade just a little
bit so that you can startactually doing things like this,
like recording an actual showand then posting it maybe on
your YouTube space.
So the next step is basicallyinvesting a little bit into
(03:27):
actual equipment that will helpyou look more professional.
Now, as I say this, I'm kind oflaughing because if you watch
us regularly, which I know,those of you who are emailing us
know we have so many gaffes allthe time with technical
stuffage.
But let's just start with thebasics.
You're going to need a computer, because it'll be easier to do
(03:49):
on a computer, so you can useyour laptop, or I have a huge
monitor, which is what I use andyou're going to want an
external camera.
It's not that the camera onyour laptop or your computer
isn't great, but if we're justtalking about upgrading to a
little bit more professional,you can get a really good, cheap
camera that will work.
(04:10):
And when I say cheap, I'mtalking you can get one for like
30 to 50 bucks.
I know that's not cheap toeveryone, but let's just say
you've decided you're going toinvest and do something a little
bit different.
Now, rick had mentioned thathe's had the same camera for
years, and it's kind of truewhen you invest in the equipment
you don't have to replace itall the time.
(04:32):
So I've had this.
This is a newer camera for me,but the camera I had before, the
only reason why I had toreplace it was because I dropped
it and the lens cracked.
So I had had that one for yearsas well.
So my camera that I have, I'mgoing to put what I actually use
in the show notes.
I'm not promoting any of them,because they don't sponsor us
(04:55):
and you don't have to buy whatwe have.
But just so that you have kindof an idea what we're using to
be as quote unquote professionalas possible.
So that camera is an externalcamera, it sits on top of my
monitor, it can sit on top of mylaptop, and that is what I'm
looking into right now when I'mtalking to you, and that's what
gives you kind of that crisp,good look kind of thing.
(05:18):
Okay, the other thing that'sreally important that Rick is a
huge fan of is making sure youhave great lighting.
Now I have to tell you ifyou've seen our live streams.
My live streaming is kind ofdark all the time, but when I'm
doing these recordings, I fix itin post right.
I do it in editing.
I am trying to figure out a wayin which to get the best
(05:41):
lighting possible for my space,but I kind of have my office in
a little cave, so it's a littleharder, but I'm working on it.
But see, even though you guysthink we're kind of professional
, we're still working through ittoo.
So lighting is extremelyimportant as well.
The next thing and all three ofthese are really important, by
(06:01):
the way, but it's your mic.
You want people to be able tohear you clearly, you don't have
to spend a lot of money on amic.
I'm actually using right now amic that costs about $79, $80.
Rick will tell you he spent alot less money on his mic, but
he also uses a mixer.
(06:22):
So I think it's important tounderstand that when you choose
a mic, you can buy a cheaper mic, but you might need a mixer in
order to help elevate thatreally warm kind of voice and
some of this might sound kind offoreign and stuff.
Don't worry about a mixer, youdon't need one.
But if you want to buy a decentmic, you can get one for about
(06:43):
50 bucks, 79 bucks, the onethat's the most common.
It's not the one that I use,but I just want you to know.
The most common podcast mic inthis level, like medium level or
whatever is a Blue Yeti, so youcan Google that.
And again, I'm not endorsinganything, I'm just giving you
(07:03):
guys some flavor.
So again, we'll put those inthe show notes.
So, basically, to start doinglive streaming and podcasting
and setting yourself up onYouTube, all you need is a
computer, an external camera,good lighting and a mic.
So now you're all set up.
Right, you're ready to do this,but now you're trying to figure
(07:26):
out what's the differencebetween live streaming and
podcasting.
Rick Costa (07:31):
Oh, it's a big difference, for sure, because
live, you literally just go onthe button and you're on,
there's, there's no editing,because you're literally live
streaming.
People are watching you andyou're just on from there, like
it's not like.
Oh, I mean rewind, you canrewind, You're on.
Everybody's looking at youright now.
It's like watching the livenews.
If they make a mistake, oh well, the whole world just told me
(07:53):
to make a mistake.
But you know, but people that'sanother thing too.
That was encouraging.
People are like you're fine,you're fine, don't worry about
it.
Like if you goof, they're notgonna generally don't make fun
of you.
Carmen Lezeth (08:08):
They're like think it's cute, you know, so I
wouldn't be worried about youknow like what if I goof?
So what?
You're human.
You can also think about livestreaming and podcasting in this
way the recorded aspect of it.
Podcasting tends to be what weuse.
We used to just say that it wassomething you'd use for audio,
but now that podcasting is partof a visual medium too, I think
that's what's confusing people.
(08:28):
But let's talk about livestreaming.
Live streaming is like going tothe theater.
You're going to the theater,you're watching someone on stage
and anything can happen.
Right, an actor can forgettheir lines, somebody's phone in
the audience could go off.
Please, please, turn off yourphones when you go to the
theater.
It's very disturbing when youdo that, but the whole point is
(08:50):
theater is live.
It's happening right then, andthere you may stumble, you may
get messed up I'll stutter amillion times or whatever and
you just have to go with itbecause you're on live.
When you do a recorded type ofthing, which is what you're
watching right now, this ispre-recorded.
(09:10):
This is a not live streaming.
What this is is we go in, wehave this conversation and do
what we have to do, and then weedit it and then we present it
to everyone and we send it outto all of our social media
accounts and platforms thatallow us to show it.
(09:31):
So that's kind of thedifference, and that, to me,
would be more like film, right?
So you have your theater, whichwould be live streaming, and
then you have your recordedcontent, which is like film and
television, right.
That is all pre-recorded andyou're watching it.
It's not live, it's beenheavily edited, and that's the
difference.
Oh, here's a great question howdid we start?
Rick Costa (09:55):
So Periscope was all the rage back in the day.
I know some people todayprobably haven't heard of it,
but back then it was like at theyear that I started.
It became the number one app onAndroid and iPhone.
It was like super hot,everybody wanted to check it out
, blah, blah, blah.
So I started watching that.
The first thing I ever recordedwas it was supposed to be an
(10:16):
eclipse and my phone was notvery good quality to be able to
capture that.
I was like, oh well, I triedand I was like goodbye, see ya.
Carmen Lezeth (10:25):
I started live streaming because a friend of
mine who was on Twitter hadinvited me to their account on
an old app that no longer exists.
And that's how I started andthat's actually how I met Rick,
because it was a live streamingprogram, software, I'm not even
(10:47):
sure what to call it an app, Iguess an app and you would go on
there and there would be peopletalking, having different
conversations in different areas, and then people would have you
come up and you would also talkwith them and it's kind of like
what we're structuring here onFriday nights here at All About
the Joy.
But this was a kind ofdifferent thing.
(11:07):
But that's how I started.
I was really comfortable infront of the camera because many
of you know that I'm actually aperformer at heart, but also I
had been doing so many Zoomcalls for so long, just
business-wise, so it wasn'tsomething that was foreign to me
.
It just became more kind ofintense with meeting new people,
(11:27):
because when we were doing Zoomcalls from you know, with
people in other countries orwhatever, it was kind of the
same thing.
But this was like meeting newpeople, people you didn't know,
and it wasn't business-related.
So it was kind of cool andthat's how I met Rick.
That's how I started.
Great question how do you planit?
Rick will tell you that his show, that he does every single day
(11:50):
and he does, he has a show everysingle day.
It's a religious type of show.
He's been doing it for so long,and I mean years.
He's been doing it for, like Ithink, eight or nine years now.
It's very formatted and it'svery rhythmic for him because
it's just him talking straightto camera.
He knows what he wants to doand it's structured.
(12:16):
And so you can do that too, ifyou want to have a show which is
just you, straight to cameraand there are tons of shows on
YouTube where people are doingthat because if you have
something to share, people aregoing to want to know about it,
right?
So in that case his show isvery structured, it's very
familiar and it's pretty easyfor him to do it.
Now All About the Joy is alittle bit different, because we
have more than one host.
(12:38):
Right, I'm the host, but then Ihave my co-hosts on the show,
then I have guests on the show.
We also have a live on Fridaynights.
I think I've said that 17 timesnow during this whole thing for
those of you who don't know.
But we have very differentstructures for all of those
different shows and we have anew show starting in September.
So because of that, it's alittle bit harder for me.
(13:02):
When I eventually hire aproducer, that'll make it easier
.
But one of the things that Ihave to do on a regular basis is
make sure we have content or asubject matter or something to
talk about.
And when we interview peoples,we all do all this investigation
on who they are.
When I say investigation, Imean we try to find out who they
are, learn their bio and thenhave appropriate questions so
(13:24):
that we can have a niceinteraction.
But you don't have to worryabout all that.
When you're first starting,you're going to figure out how
to plan your show as you goalong.
I promise you, as you go alongdoing it, it's all going to make
such sense and it's going tofilter into however it is.
You want to do it.
You may do a very, verystructured show, or you may turn
(13:46):
around and just wing it, whichis what we do sometimes Never.
I'm very much a control freak,so as much as some things seem
like we're winging it, we're not.
Do you have any last tips Do?
Rick Costa (14:02):
you have any last tips?
I mean just really the basics.
Don't be afraid to make amistake, don't be afraid that
people are going to throwtomatoes at you.
They ain't going to throwtomatoes at you, you're home
anyway.
But you know what I mean, youknow just, yeah, you're going to
goof.
Sometimes it's fine, like nobodyexpects, and actually it
becomes endearing becausethey're like, oh, they're being
(14:24):
real, they're trying to fake orbe like.
You know, I'm so professional,you know they find it endearing
that you're, you know you're yougoofed a little bit or whatever
.
And I laugh about.
I'm like, oh, one for theblooper reel.
I always joke, you know, if Imake a mistake.
But, um, yeah, it is nervewracking, but the more you do it
, the more comfortable you'll be, the better you'll get at it.
(14:45):
Yeah, and if you like we'redoing it to people here, if you
want to do it with somebody,even better, because then you,
then you're not feeling like thefocus is only on you.
You know, if that's how youhave to start.
And nobody likes the sound oftheir voice, just get that
straight.
Nobody likes the sound of theirvoice.
Just get that straight.
Nobody likes the sound of theirvoice.
But another thing, too, is, ifyou're starting to do it, I
(15:07):
always say watch yourself back,cause you're going to learn a
lot about the things you do thatyou're like, ooh, maybe we
could have did that better.
So, yeah, watch yourself backtoo, cause that's very helpful.
The thing that people said tome that was encouraging to them,
that I would say, is go onlinebecause you know something I
(15:30):
don't know, something that'scommon sense to you, that used
to be in your mind thinking well, everybody knows that.
Trust me, I don't know a lot ofstuff that maybe I should know.
You know stuff that I don'tknow and I would like to know,
I'd like to learn from you.
Carmen Lezeth (15:40):
I think the only tip that I would give isn't just
about whether or not you shouldstart doing your own YouTube
channel or podcast or livestream.
This is just in general.
If you're curious about doinganything in your life, anything
that possibly gives you a littlebit of fear to do a little bit,
(16:02):
that you don't know how to doit, but you're still intrigued
by it and you think about it allthe time, I say do it, jump in
with both feet and try it and doit.
You just never know whereyou'll land.
You know what I mean, and itmight be a fantastic, wonderful
journey and you'll always learnfrom it.
If you take that step and justtry and do it, I think the
(16:26):
biggest regret you'll have isnever knowing because you never
took the shot.
Like, if you never take theshot and try to do something,
you are absolutely for surenever going to know what
happened.
Right, that is the absoluteoutcome of never jumping and
doing it full.
On Keisha.
(16:47):
We hope we answered yourquestions, along with all the
other people who have sent usquestions about this same topic
over the past couple of years.
So anyways, that's it.
If you have any other questions, please go to allaboutthejoycom
.
Go to the contact area and youcan see how you can reach out to
me.
Specifically, the email doescome to me and I try to read all
(17:11):
of them.
We've made some changes on howyou can contact me because we
also get a lot of spam and bots,but if you want to reach out to
me and you have a question andyou want us to talk about it in
one of our how to's, we'reabsolutely happy to do it.
And, yeah, I hope you're havinga great day, a great evening,
whenever you're watching this.
(17:32):
Thank you for your support andremember, at the end of the day,
it really is all about the joy.
Goodbye everyone.
Thanks for stopping by.
All About the Joy.
Be better and stay beautiful.
Folks, have a sweet day.
Hi everyone, welcome to All About the Joy,
the private lounge.
I'm Carmen Lee Set.
Your host, rick, will beshowing up a little bit later,
but I want to first start bysaying this is our first how-to.
We've gotten a lot of emailrequests regarding this over the
past couple of years and I'vekind of just never thought it
(00:23):
was something that we could do.
But now I want to read an emailfrom one of our viewers and
we'll get started.
Hey, carmen and All About theJoy hosts.
My name's Keisha.
I live in Kansas City, missouri.
I work retail mostly and I helptake care of my niece, but
lately I've been thinking aboutstarting a podcast or going live
(00:45):
.
Sometimes I've got thoughts,you know, on music,
relationships, just life ingeneral.
I keep seeing people do it andsomething in me keeps saying why
not you?
I've been listening to yourshow for a minute now and I love
how it feels like I'm sittingin the room with y'all.
It's funny, it's real and itdon't sound scripted.
(01:06):
That's what I want, but I don'teven know where to start.
Like, what do you need?
How do you even plan it?
How do you not get nervousgoing live?
If you could talk about howy'all started and maybe share a
few tips.
That'd be amazing.
I think there's a lot of us outhere who've got something to
say, but we just don't know howto say it out loud yet.
(01:26):
Appreciate y'all.
Keisha.
First, I want to say thank youto Keisha for sending us that
email.
There were a few other peoplewho had asked the same thing, so
we're going to do our best toat least explain it on the basic
level that I think I'm at.
Rick has been doing it a lotlonger.
Level that I think I'm at.
(01:47):
Rick has been doing it a lotlonger.
So we're going to chime in andtry to do what we can to help
people who want to startpodcasting and live streaming.
And here's the thing If youwant to do it, you can do it.
Trust me, you know how youalways hear people say if I can
do it, you can do it.
I'm not even kidding at all.
So let's answer the firstquestion what do you need?
Rick Costa (02:08):
But yeah, phone, just put it in front of me.
I didn't have nothing fancy.
That's what they always saywhen you want to start, just
start.
You don't have to have likemulti-thousand dollar equipment,
just start.
Carmen Lezeth (02:20):
Yeah, using your phone is a great place to start,
because here's the thing youcan use your phone and go on
certain social media likeInstagram or TikTok or even
Facebook, and just start playingaround and it's free, right?
You already have your phone,you can already access these
(02:42):
social apps and you can actuallyjust start recording yourself
and then posting it and seeinghow it goes.
And here's the best part aboutit If you don't like it, you can
delete it.
It's really easy.
So you can first start there ifyou're nervous about just
trying to see if you want to doit or like to do it.
(03:02):
Okay, so let's say you havetried using your phone, you kind
of like the vibe, and now youwant to upgrade just a little
bit so that you can startactually doing things like this,
like recording an actual showand then posting it maybe on
your YouTube space.
So the next step is basicallyinvesting a little bit into
(03:27):
actual equipment that will helpyou look more professional.
Now, as I say this, I'm kind oflaughing because if you watch
us regularly, which I know,those of you who are emailing us
know we have so many gaffes allthe time with technical
stuffage.
But let's just start with thebasics.
You're going to need a computer, because it'll be easier to do
(03:49):
on a computer, so you can useyour laptop, or I have a huge
monitor, which is what I use andyou're going to want an
external camera.
It's not that the camera onyour laptop or your computer
isn't great, but if we're justtalking about upgrading to a
little bit more professional,you can get a really good, cheap
camera that will work.
(04:10):
And when I say cheap, I'mtalking you can get one for like
30 to 50 bucks.
I know that's not cheap toeveryone, but let's just say
you've decided you're going toinvest and do something a little
bit different.
Now, rick had mentioned thathe's had the same camera for
years, and it's kind of truewhen you invest in the equipment
you don't have to replace itall the time.
(04:32):
So I've had this.
This is a newer camera for me,but the camera I had before, the
only reason why I had toreplace it was because I dropped
it and the lens cracked.
So I had had that one for yearsas well.
So my camera that I have, I'mgoing to put what I actually use
in the show notes.
I'm not promoting any of them,because they don't sponsor us
(04:55):
and you don't have to buy whatwe have.
But just so that you have kindof an idea what we're using to
be as quote unquote professionalas possible.
So that camera is an externalcamera, it sits on top of my
monitor, it can sit on top of mylaptop, and that is what I'm
looking into right now when I'mtalking to you, and that's what
gives you kind of that crisp,good look kind of thing.
(05:18):
Okay, the other thing that'sreally important that Rick is a
huge fan of is making sure youhave great lighting.
Now I have to tell you ifyou've seen our live streams.
My live streaming is kind ofdark all the time, but when I'm
doing these recordings, I fix itin post right.
I do it in editing.
I am trying to figure out a wayin which to get the best
(05:41):
lighting possible for my space,but I kind of have my office in
a little cave, so it's a littleharder, but I'm working on it.
But see, even though you guysthink we're kind of professional
, we're still working through ittoo.
So lighting is extremelyimportant as well.
The next thing and all three ofthese are really important, by
(06:01):
the way, but it's your mic.
You want people to be able tohear you clearly, you don't have
to spend a lot of money on amic.
I'm actually using right now amic that costs about $79, $80.
Rick will tell you he spent alot less money on his mic, but
he also uses a mixer.
(06:22):
So I think it's important tounderstand that when you choose
a mic, you can buy a cheaper mic, but you might need a mixer in
order to help elevate thatreally warm kind of voice and
some of this might sound kind offoreign and stuff.
Don't worry about a mixer, youdon't need one.
But if you want to buy a decentmic, you can get one for about
(06:43):
50 bucks, 79 bucks, the onethat's the most common.
It's not the one that I use,but I just want you to know.
The most common podcast mic inthis level, like medium level or
whatever is a Blue Yeti, so youcan Google that.
And again, I'm not endorsinganything, I'm just giving you
(07:03):
guys some flavor.
So again, we'll put those inthe show notes.
So, basically, to start doinglive streaming and podcasting
and setting yourself up onYouTube, all you need is a
computer, an external camera,good lighting and a mic.
So now you're all set up.
Right, you're ready to do this,but now you're trying to figure
(07:26):
out what's the differencebetween live streaming and
podcasting.
Rick Costa (07:31):
Oh, it's a big difference, for sure, because
live, you literally just go onthe button and you're on,
there's, there's no editing,because you're literally live
streaming.
People are watching you andyou're just on from there, like
it's not like.
Oh, I mean rewind, you canrewind, You're on.
Everybody's looking at youright now.
It's like watching the livenews.
If they make a mistake, oh well, the whole world just told me
(07:53):
to make a mistake.
But you know, but people that'sanother thing too.
That was encouraging.
People are like you're fine,you're fine, don't worry about
it.
Like if you goof, they're notgonna generally don't make fun
of you.
Carmen Lezeth (08:08):
They're like think it's cute, you know, so I
wouldn't be worried about youknow like what if I goof?
So what?
You're human.
You can also think about livestreaming and podcasting in this
way the recorded aspect of it.
Podcasting tends to be what weuse.
We used to just say that it wassomething you'd use for audio,
but now that podcasting is partof a visual medium too, I think
that's what's confusing people.
(08:28):
But let's talk about livestreaming.
Live streaming is like going tothe theater.
You're going to the theater,you're watching someone on stage
and anything can happen.
Right, an actor can forgettheir lines, somebody's phone in
the audience could go off.
Please, please, turn off yourphones when you go to the
theater.
It's very disturbing when youdo that, but the whole point is
(08:50):
theater is live.
It's happening right then, andthere you may stumble, you may
get messed up I'll stutter amillion times or whatever and
you just have to go with itbecause you're on live.
When you do a recorded type ofthing, which is what you're
watching right now, this ispre-recorded.
(09:10):
This is a not live streaming.
What this is is we go in, wehave this conversation and do
what we have to do, and then weedit it and then we present it
to everyone and we send it outto all of our social media
accounts and platforms thatallow us to show it.
(09:31):
So that's kind of thedifference, and that, to me,
would be more like film, right?
So you have your theater, whichwould be live streaming, and
then you have your recordedcontent, which is like film and
television, right.
That is all pre-recorded andyou're watching it.
It's not live, it's beenheavily edited, and that's the
difference.
Oh, here's a great question howdid we start?
Rick Costa (09:55):
So Periscope was all the rage back in the day.
I know some people todayprobably haven't heard of it,
but back then it was like at theyear that I started.
It became the number one app onAndroid and iPhone.
It was like super hot,everybody wanted to check it out
, blah, blah, blah.
So I started watching that.
The first thing I ever recordedwas it was supposed to be an
(10:16):
eclipse and my phone was notvery good quality to be able to
capture that.
I was like, oh well, I triedand I was like goodbye, see ya.
Carmen Lezeth (10:25):
I started live streaming because a friend of
mine who was on Twitter hadinvited me to their account on
an old app that no longer exists.
And that's how I started andthat's actually how I met Rick,
because it was a live streamingprogram, software, I'm not even
(10:47):
sure what to call it an app, Iguess an app and you would go on
there and there would be peopletalking, having different
conversations in different areas, and then people would have you
come up and you would also talkwith them and it's kind of like
what we're structuring here onFriday nights here at All About
the Joy.
But this was a kind ofdifferent thing.
(11:07):
But that's how I started.
I was really comfortable infront of the camera because many
of you know that I'm actually aperformer at heart, but also I
had been doing so many Zoomcalls for so long, just
business-wise, so it wasn'tsomething that was foreign to me
.
It just became more kind ofintense with meeting new people,
(11:27):
because when we were doing Zoomcalls from you know, with
people in other countries orwhatever, it was kind of the
same thing.
But this was like meeting newpeople, people you didn't know,
and it wasn't business-related.
So it was kind of cool andthat's how I met Rick.
That's how I started.
Great question how do you planit?
Rick will tell you that his show, that he does every single day
(11:50):
and he does, he has a show everysingle day.
It's a religious type of show.
He's been doing it for so long,and I mean years.
He's been doing it for, like Ithink, eight or nine years now.
It's very formatted and it'svery rhythmic for him because
it's just him talking straightto camera.
He knows what he wants to doand it's structured.
(12:16):
And so you can do that too, ifyou want to have a show which is
just you, straight to cameraand there are tons of shows on
YouTube where people are doingthat because if you have
something to share, people aregoing to want to know about it,
right?
So in that case his show isvery structured, it's very
familiar and it's pretty easyfor him to do it.
Now All About the Joy is alittle bit different, because we
have more than one host.
(12:38):
Right, I'm the host, but then Ihave my co-hosts on the show,
then I have guests on the show.
We also have a live on Fridaynights.
I think I've said that 17 timesnow during this whole thing for
those of you who don't know.
But we have very differentstructures for all of those
different shows and we have anew show starting in September.
So because of that, it's alittle bit harder for me.
(13:02):
When I eventually hire aproducer, that'll make it easier
.
But one of the things that Ihave to do on a regular basis is
make sure we have content or asubject matter or something to
talk about.
And when we interview peoples,we all do all this investigation
on who they are.
When I say investigation, Imean we try to find out who they
are, learn their bio and thenhave appropriate questions so
(13:24):
that we can have a niceinteraction.
But you don't have to worryabout all that.
When you're first starting,you're going to figure out how
to plan your show as you goalong.
I promise you, as you go alongdoing it, it's all going to make
such sense and it's going tofilter into however it is.
You want to do it.
You may do a very, verystructured show, or you may turn
(13:46):
around and just wing it, whichis what we do sometimes Never.
I'm very much a control freak,so as much as some things seem
like we're winging it, we're not.
Do you have any last tips Do?
Rick Costa (14:02):
you have any last tips?
I mean just really the basics.
Don't be afraid to make amistake, don't be afraid that
people are going to throwtomatoes at you.
They ain't going to throwtomatoes at you, you're home
anyway.
But you know what I mean, youknow just, yeah, you're going to
goof.
Sometimes it's fine, like nobodyexpects, and actually it
becomes endearing becausethey're like, oh, they're being
(14:24):
real, they're trying to fake orbe like.
You know, I'm so professional,you know they find it endearing
that you're, you know you're yougoofed a little bit or whatever
.
And I laugh about.
I'm like, oh, one for theblooper reel.
I always joke, you know, if Imake a mistake.
But, um, yeah, it is nervewracking, but the more you do it
, the more comfortable you'll be, the better you'll get at it.
(14:45):
Yeah, and if you like we'redoing it to people here, if you
want to do it with somebody,even better, because then you,
then you're not feeling like thefocus is only on you.
You know, if that's how youhave to start.
And nobody likes the sound oftheir voice, just get that
straight.
Nobody likes the sound of theirvoice.
Just get that straight.
Nobody likes the sound of theirvoice.
But another thing, too, is, ifyou're starting to do it, I
(15:07):
always say watch yourself back,cause you're going to learn a
lot about the things you do thatyou're like, ooh, maybe we
could have did that better.
So, yeah, watch yourself backtoo, cause that's very helpful.
The thing that people said tome that was encouraging to them,
that I would say, is go onlinebecause you know something I
(15:30):
don't know, something that'scommon sense to you, that used
to be in your mind thinking well, everybody knows that.
Trust me, I don't know a lot ofstuff that maybe I should know.
You know stuff that I don'tknow and I would like to know,
I'd like to learn from you.
Carmen Lezeth (15:40):
I think the only tip that I would give isn't just
about whether or not you shouldstart doing your own YouTube
channel or podcast or livestream.
This is just in general.
If you're curious about doinganything in your life, anything
that possibly gives you a littlebit of fear to do a little bit,
(16:02):
that you don't know how to doit, but you're still intrigued
by it and you think about it allthe time, I say do it, jump in
with both feet and try it and doit.
You just never know whereyou'll land.
You know what I mean, and itmight be a fantastic, wonderful
journey and you'll always learnfrom it.
If you take that step and justtry and do it, I think the
(16:26):
biggest regret you'll have isnever knowing because you never
took the shot.
Like, if you never take theshot and try to do something,
you are absolutely for surenever going to know what
happened.
Right, that is the absoluteoutcome of never jumping and
doing it full.
On Keisha.
(16:47):
We hope we answered yourquestions, along with all the
other people who have sent usquestions about this same topic
over the past couple of years.
So anyways, that's it.
If you have any other questions, please go to allaboutthejoycom
.
Go to the contact area and youcan see how you can reach out to
me.
Specifically, the email doescome to me and I try to read all
(17:11):
of them.
We've made some changes on howyou can contact me because we
also get a lot of spam and bots,but if you want to reach out to
me and you have a question andyou want us to talk about it in
one of our how to's, we'reabsolutely happy to do it.
And, yeah, I hope you're havinga great day, a great evening,
whenever you're watching this.
(17:32):
Thank you for your support andremember, at the end of the day,
it really is all about the joy.
Goodbye everyone.
Thanks for stopping by.
All About the Joy.
Be better and stay beautiful.
Folks, have a sweet day.
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