I Started a Video Podcast and Spotify Made It Way Easier Than I Expected
At 26 years old, Eli has been going to concerts since he was old enough to talk his parents into taking him, and somewhere along the way, the live music experience became a lifestyle.
From knowing exactly which section to stand in to having an opinion on every venue’s sound quality, Eli has spent years accumulating the kind of concert knowledge that only comes from actually being there, over and over again.
So when he finally decided to channel all of that into a video podcast, it felt less like starting something new and more like he’d been preparing for it all along.
From the Audience to the Mic
I’m 26, I’ve been going to concerts my whole life, and I’ve been wanting to start a podcast for probably two years now. I kept putting it off because I assumed it would be complicated, expensive, or both.
This year I finally just did it, and honestly the hardest part was convincing myself to press record.
It Starts With an Idea
The concept came naturally.
Anyone who knows me knows I live for the live music experience, and I had so much to say about it. In fact, I know all the do’s and dont’s of concert going such as:
- How to actually get good spots on the floor
- What to wear
- How early to arrive
- Setlist etiquette
- All the unwritten rules that nobody tells you before your first show
There’s genuinely so much content in that space and I felt like nobody was really talking about it the way I wanted to hear it talked about.
Getting Started
The setup was nothing fancy. My laptop, a decent mic, and my bedroom.
That’s it.
I’d seen so many professional podcast setups online that made me feel like I needed a whole studio situation before I could even start, but that’s just not true.
Some of the most engaging content I watch is recorded in someone’s closet or at their desk, and there’s something about that realness that actually pulls you in more than a polished production would.
The Spotify Experience
What surprised me the most was how seamless the upload process was on Spotify. I genuinely expected it to be a whole thing, but getting my video podcast onto the platform was straightforward in a way I didn’t anticipate.
Within a short amount of time, my episode was live and accessible to the 350 million plus people already watching video content on Spotify.
That number still kind of blows my mind.
The video format also changed how I thought about the content itself. When people can see you, the conversation feels more real.
There’s an accountability to it that audio alone doesn’t have, and I think it makes the connection with your audience so much stronger.
For a topic like concert going where the whole point is the experience, being able to show that energy on camera just makes sense.
Start On Spotify
If you’ve been sitting on a podcast idea the way I was, I genuinely can’t recommend just starting enough. The barrier is lower than you think, and Spotify makes the distribution side of it the least of your worries.