Episode 32: Ti King: Podcasting for Connection

06/02/23 • 51 min

Ti King is the CEO of American Business Engine and the co-founder of the nonprofit Arkansas Podcast Collaborative. He shared his creative journey, how he discovered podcasts, and what's next for Arkast, the only Arkansas podcast convention.

“Anyone can get started with any type of equipment. Everybody has at least a cell phone. That’s how I started way back in the day. And people aren’t worried so much about audio quality more than they are about your content. We’ll help you refine your content, what it is that you’re trying to say, and get your episodes lined up in a way that you can record them and release them and get them out to the public.” - Ti King

Watch the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/GFBXubk81Vs

Learn more about Ti:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ambizengine/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/americanbusinessengine
Website - https://www.americanbusinessengine.com
Arkansas Podcast Collaborative / Arkast - https://www.arkansaspodcasters.org/arkast

Sustaining Craft provides storytelling resources and shares the tales of those pursuing their art or craft. Music provided by Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends).
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sustainingcraft/
Facebook - http://facebook.com/sustainingcraft
Website - https://www.sustainingcraft.com

Special Guest: Ti King.

Watch the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/GFBXubk81Vs

Special Guest: Ti King.

Previous Episode

Episode 31: Robert Bean, Part 3: Giving the Work Space

Robert Bean, a Little Rock visual storyteller, is back on the Sustaining Craft podcast for the third time to share what he's been up to, how to gain separation from your art in a healthy way and get feedback, along with how it's impossible to have expression without practice.

"Give the work space. I think part of the problem we have is that if you're stuck in a drawing; you're stuck in a piece you're making, you're often very involved in that peice and sometimes you're very emotionally invested in that piece, too. One of the things I think that helps is putting that piece away for awhile. That while may be a couple of days. That may be a couple of weeks. ... Put it away where you can't see it, so you stop thinking about it as much and it's not always there, consciously bothering you. After that, then pull it out, reasses it yourself, and then get someone to look at it. Because you've given yourself some space. There's a preciousness that comes with making. Right at the moment of making is when it's the most precious. ... If you can give it some space and distance, it doesn't have that kind of impact. It may not hit you as hard. The easiest thing is give it a little bit of breathing room and then come back to it." - Robert Bean

Robert Bean Episode 1: https://sustainingcraft.fireside.fm/15
Robert Bean Article 1: https://hewandweld.com/robert-bean/
Robert Bean Episode 2: https://sustainingcraft.fireside.fm/27
Robert Bean Article 2: https://hewandweld.com/robert-bean-parttwo/

Find out more about Robert:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rbfineart/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPBean
Classes - https://www.rbfineart.com/classes
Newsletter - https://www.rbfineart.com/contact-us

Brandy Mimm's Listen with Your Eyes Dance Troupe - Resurgence Tickets for April 22, 2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/listen-with-your-eyes-dance-troupe-resurgence-tickets-509749684027?mibextid=Zxz2cZ.

Sustaining Craft provides storytelling resources and shares the tales of those pursuing their art or craft. There are no fees for artists and craftspeople to participate. Music provided by Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends).
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sustainingcraft/
Facebook - http://facebook.com/sustainingcraft
Website - https://www.sustainingcraft.com

Special Guest: Robert Bean.

Next Episode

Episode 32: Katy Raines, Part 2: Relearning How To Love Art

Katy Raines, a Little Rock creative, joins Elizabeth again on the Sustaining Craft podcast for the second time since 2018 to reveal her work with the 2nd Friday Art Night After Hours Market, how she's relearned to love art, and why she joined an all-girls Dungeons and Dragons campaign.

"I don’t need to do an all-day eight hour event where I actually get up at 6 am to prep and then get there at 7 and the event starts at 9 and then I stay until 5 and tear down at 6. It’s hit or miss if I’m going to make fifty bucks or three hundred bucks. Is that worth my energy? At this point, not really. I do still have a full-time job so I’m grateful that I’m able to be more selective about my freelance and these vendor events. And with that, like I said, I’m not posting as much on instagram about my personal art because I’m relearning how to love art. I feel like I had to take that step back. Because it was, everything needed to be, how many likes did I get, or who is sharing it? I saw my friend share somebody else’s art but they didn’t share my art. And it was becoming a shitty comparison game that nobody wants. I love all of my friends’ art and I’m like, they should be sharing because they’re amazing. It was never a, ‘I feel in competition with them’, it was just a ‘I’m being behind’ feeling. With that, I think it was, I am putting too much pressure on myself. And I think it goes back to the pandemic. I took that two years to really relearn who I was. And part of that was, what did I like about being an artist as a kid? That was: sitting in my room, listening to music and figure drawing." - Katy Raines

Listen to her previous episode here: https://sustainingcraft.fireside.fm/13
Read here: https://hewandweld.com/katy-raines/

Join Katy and a group of talented artists this Friday, August 11, for the last Second Friday Art Night Afterhours of the year. To apply for next year’s events, email the Downtown Little Rock Partnership at [email protected] or Katy at [email protected].

Find out more about Katy:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/whatthekaty
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/whatthekaty
2nd Friday Art Night - https://www.facebook.com/2ndFridayArtNight
After Hours - https://www.facebook.com/events/740123451446905/740123454780238/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D%5D%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sustainingcraft/
Facebook - http://facebook.com/sustainingcraft
Website - https://www.sustainingcraft.com

Special Guest: Katy Raines.