Lex Noteboom of The Deca Tapes (Part 1)

05/24/19 • 16 min

Lex Noteboom is an independent podcast creator from Amsterdam. He’s the creator of an audio drama called The Deca Tapes. It’s a sci-fi-ish dystopian-future mystery show. In March of 2018, Lex quit his job in advertising and spent a year writing, directing and producing the podcast. And then leading up to its March 2019 release, Lex started to promote the show.

The Question

How do you build an audience for a creative work?

This is part one of a two-part audio documentary about Lex’s process of finding (or creating) an audience for The Deca Tapes. We interviewed Lex before, during and after the release of all eight episodes, following his process for about 10 weeks. This episode centers around a conversation we had in the week leading up to the show's debut.

Links and Notes:

Listen to the Deca Tapes: https://fanlink.to/TDT
The Deca Tapes website: https://www.thedecatapes.com/
TDT Social Pages: Twitter & Instagram
The One Thing Real Quick website: http://onethingrealquick.com/
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One Thing Real Quick is created and produced by Evan MacDonald. John M. Craig is our Associate Producer. Music by Evan MacDonald.

The Question

How do you build an audience for a creative work?

Links and Notes:

Listen to the Deca Tapes: https://fanlink.to/TDT
The Deca Tapes website: https://www.thedecatapes.com/
TDT Social Pages: Twitter & Instagram
The One Thing Real Quick website: http://onethingrealquick.com/
Find @OTRQpodcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
Write a review or leave a rating for OTRQ at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-thing-real-quick/id1448979948

One Thing Real Quick is created and produced by Evan MacDonald. John M. Craig is our Associate Producer. Music by Evan MacDonald.

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The Question

What role has mentorship played in your development as a professional creative?

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Notes and Links:

Visit Rachel Alina's website here: http://www.rachelalina.com/
Preorder her book of poetry, Locals here: http://smarturl.it/locals-ifyouswim
Follow Rachel Alina on Twitter: @rachalina : https://twitter.com/rachalina
And on Instagram: @rach.alina http://instagram.com/rach.alina
Learn about Berklee College of Music at: https://www.berklee.edu/ and https://online.berklee.edu/
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Lex Noteboom of The Deca Tapes (Part 2)

We’re picking up part two of an audio documentary about an audio drama. Lex Noteboom is an independent podcast creator from Amsterdam. He’s the creator of an audio drama called The Deca Tapes. It’s a sci-fi-ish dystopian-future mystery show. In March of 2018, Lex quit his job and spent a year writing, directing and producing the podcast.

In this second part of the story, we follow Lex’s process week by week as he works to build an audience for The Deca Tapes. Evan interviewed Lex before, during and after the release of all eight episodes, following his process for about 10 weeks. Listen for a break down of six things that Lex did to promote the show and hear the result of his work.

The Question

Same as the first part: How do you build an audience for a creative work?

We talked with some other podcasters to tell this story. Indie podcast supporter, Zach Auld of a show called Podcast Junkie and podcasting veteran, Evo Terra. While we’re talking with a lot of podcasters, these principles can be applied to just about any other kind of creative endeavor.

This episode was created and produced by Evan MacDonald. Edited by Evan with some help from John M. Craig, our associate producer. Sound design, music, and scoring by Evan MacDonald.