Welcome!
Thanks so much for being a guest on my YouTube channel!
Please watch this 8-minute welcome video. It’ll tell you what to expect, clarify our intention, and provide helpful tips before we record.
Riverside (Not Zoom)
To record our conversation, we’ll use Riverside. It works just like Zoom, but you don’t need to download anything. You’ll connect with me in a private video chat room (called a “studio”) on their website. Simply click the invitation link I send you.
If you’re not super tech-savvy, this webpage walks you through everything step-by-step:
https://support.riverside.fm/hc/en-us/articles/5252042203037-Join-a-Studio-as-a-Guest
But here’s a quick overview on how to use Riverside:
Riverside will record and upload each of our video files separately and at a higher quality/resolution than Zoom does. This allows me to edit our conversation more easily and share a better-looking video in the end.
Important: After we finish recording, make sure your video file has completely uploaded to Riverside before you close the window. You’ll see a checkmark confirming your side of the conversation has been fully uploaded.
Podcast Guest Release
Before we record, I’ll need you to digitally sign a podcast guest release. It gives me legal permission to record, edit, and publicly upload our conversation — and gives you certain rights and protections too, including the right to confidentiality and that I can’t use this video to train AI, for example. If you have a website you’d like to promote, please be sure to add your URL in this form, too.
Click here to digitally sign it now.
Thank you!
It takes time to edit these videos. And I want to evenly space out the different guests — usually one new video every 2-4 weeks. Our conversation will most likely be uploaded within the next few months, possibly sooner. I’ll let you know once it’s available! 🙂
If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected] and I’ll be happy to help!
And again, thanks so much for being my guest! I’m really looking forward to connecting with you soon!
Your friend,
David Michaels