This is the show for digital creators by Digital Creators, hosted by me, Dylan Schmidt, a Los Angeles based content creator who loves to blend marketing, creativity, and business. Join in as we explore online entrepreneurship, creator best practices, and more. Each week, I'll bring you interviews with successful creators, tips and tricks for growing your online presence and simple insights into the latest trends and strategies I'm seeing and using in the space. Welcome to Digital Podcaster. Alright. In this episode, I'm gonna share with you some gift ideas for content creators. Now these will be around podcasting, creating videos for YouTube, Basically, any type of digital content that you could create. When I was, you know, making this list, I was like, you know, how many gift ideas could there be? And I'll be honest, I did not think it would be as many as it is, but it's really easy to breeze through these. And I'll be also honest. I haven't heard of the gift ideas being said in a podcast before. So number 1, this is Possibly just gift ideas for yourself that you could put on lists to give to other people. Number 2, these could be gift ideas that you're giving to someone else, but It's not lost on me that the people listening to Digital Podcaster are content creators. So I doubt anyone would be listening to this and then, You know, getting it for somebody else, but you might, you know, be a content creator, and it could be a gift idea for somebody else. So whether you're treating yourself or you're treating somebody else, hey, it's all good either way, because almost all of Most of the items I'm gonna be sharing in this episode are things that I bought for myself. I bought a lot of gear and, you know, none none of the stuff in this is sponsored, but I did include a Amazon list in the episode description that has links, where you can see The items that I'm mentioning and even more items, that I do earn some type of commission on, it's not really much. But if you use the link, that would be appreciated, because, you know, I I keep this stuff sponsor free. I don't really like, having to say one thing or another or having to, like, I don't know, form my opinion. I just like the freedom that comes with Being able to use gear and not having it attached to, oh, I really like this thing because this company gave it to me. You know? So How we're gonna dive into this is I'll give you my top 3 picks for different sections of types of gear. And then, like I said, if you wanna visit the episode description for even more recommendations, I'll include that link in the episode description. And, yeah, it's categorized in there. So first up, we'll hop right into microphones. I'll include different budget levels here. These prices could change with Holiday season, you know, Black Friday deals, but they probably I don't see microphones changing that much in terms of price. I don't see any, like, drastic cuts. 1st one up, I'm always recommending it at least a couple times a month, is the Samsung q two u. It's 59.99 on Amazon right now, And it's a USB and XLR microphone. I just posted a video about it the other day on Instagram just because I'm like, it's that time of month. I gotta talk about the Samsung Q two u. It's such a great budget microphone and really could take you far. I know it's like a controversial figure right now, but Even Elon Musk, like, not that long ago, like, maybe a year ago, was doing some type of press conference, and and he even had a Samsung q two u on his desk. So if it's good enough for a billionaire with access to infinite resources, I'd say it's pretty much good enough for all of us. But some of us wanna get a little fancier, and so I also recommend, the second one gift idea is the Shure MV 7 USB microphone, it's got a closer sound profile to the Shure SM seven b, which you're hearing me talking to right now. The Shure MV 7 USB microphone, there's 2 versions. There's one that's XLR only, and then there's the one that's USB and XLR. And that's a similar, you know, to the Samsung q two u that you can use at USB or XLR. I really like that because if you're a solo podcaster, USB is pretty typically fine. And it's just easy to plug in, and it's easy to travel with. If you're using XLR, then you would need an audio interface, which I'll be talking about in this as well, Some recommendations there. But the Shure MV 7, is it just a nice step up? It looks cooler, in my opinion. It looks more like a a Podcast microphone? You know? Feels controversial to say that because there's sound profiles that are made more so for podcasting. But At the end of the day, like, any microphone is podcast microphone if you're, you know, podcasting. But it looks more like what someone would think of as like a cast microphone. And the Samsung q two u looks more like a regular microphone. Nothing wrong with that whatsoever. It's just the aesthetic. And then a step up from the Shure m v seven is the Shure SM seven b, which I'm talking to you right now with. And It's my favorite microphone. I have a colored one. The company that colored mine is called ColorWare, and, You know, they won't return my DMs about doing any type of partnership there. Thanks, ColorWare. No. No hard feelings. Maybe they will someday. But the Shure SM seven b is, like you know, I think, in my opinion, it's it's a great value if you're Using it a lot. I use my microphone, practically, I think, every single day. So, you know, the the Shure I don't think it's at the price for the m v seven is $249 right now. The Shure SM seven b is $399, and it is not XLR or USB, it is only XLR, so you would need an audio interface, and, we'll talk about that more. But the Shure SM seven b, my favorite microphone. You can't go wrong. One honorable mention is the RODE PodMic USB. There's a lot of microphones out there, but that's a newer one from Rhode that is kinda cool. It's $199, but to be honest, you know, hey. This is where Not having brands influence what I say comes into play. If it were me and I was looking at the $200 RODE PodMic USB, based on, like, sound profile alone, I would go for the Shure MV 7, just because I think it sounds better. And then moving onwards to microphone tripods. Another thing I'm commonly asked about is my, Tribesk stand that I have on mine. This this microphone stand, I think, was more Then my microphone. That's how much it was. And the Shure SM seven B was$400. The colored version, I think, is $500. And I'm using the Ultima OC white, which is not on this list, because they don't sell it on Amazon, and it's not realistic for me to ever recommend this. But it is, like, this limited edition. It was, like, 500, $600, I think, because you have to buy all the things. But it's built like a tank, and I use it every day. So, you know, that type of investment makes sense. But what I would recommend here is if you just need, like, a simple weighted, and you'd you know, you want it weighted because you don't want the microphone to fall over. The Gator Frameworks short weighted bass microphone stand is really cool and versatile. I've got a couple of these. I like using them, and this is something you would place on the desk, and then you would, be able to, you know, moving around with you, especially if you have, like, a mobile podcast setup. It's a little heavier, so it's probably not one you would wanna put in your Backpack? But maybe, if you're not traveling too far. Because some of these desk clamp, swivel studio arms, like The RODE PSA one, which is the next one that I would recommend, is one that you'd clamp onto a desk, but that's not ideal for traveling because You don't know what the desk situation will be like most of the time, and it's you know, gives you less options, because you can only clamp it to a desk. So those desk lamp options, like the one I have, attached to my desk right now, I wouldn't travel with this thing. I wouldn't, You know, put this on a desk anywhere else, because it's it kinda just lives on the desk, really. You either drill it into the desk, or you clamp it on. And I've got this one clamped on, and I go from there. The other one I would recommend, and I did these kind of out of orders. Let me say the price Real quick. The Gator frameworks, short one that you would put on the desk, that one's 4174 right now.$41 $42. The Rode PSA 1 swivel mount studio microphone boom arm, that one's $98. And then I should've said this one second, but the Gator Frameworks Tripod mic stand with a soft grip twist is one that is taller, so you could have it on the floor. These are good if you're doing, like, desk Style or not. Sorry. Chair style interviews, where you're sitting across from somebody and you want the microphone close. These are great for that, and that's $56. That's a great option there. And then, yeah. And then there's some other options in there, on the list. So audio interfaces, these have changed also since I Last created this list, the Focusrite Vocaster 1 podcasting interface. This is for Just solo podcasters that need an XLR input. So if you wanna use an XLR microphone, It's just you on the podcast, and, say, you're primarily doing virtual interviews or, you know, you're just recording content using your computer, live streams, that type of thing. The Vocaster one is awesome, at that price point. It's $99, and it's lightweight. And why I recommend this over What other people usually look at, like the scarlet, is the buttons. This is an underrated Part of these things is, like, how easy can you manipulate the buttons on the control thing? So the Focusrite Vocaster one is made for Podcasters and content creators. The Scarlett is made more so for musicians, so it's a little bit more confusing. You know, it's it's not bad by any means. It's it's a great interface, and it's the one that other people will look at. It's from Scarlett as well or Focusrite. But I don't know. The way the cables come out, it's not totally designed for just podcasters, and it's similar enough, and it's cheaper. That that's why I recommend the Vocaster one because it's easy to see. It's easy to use. Just got 2 big old buttons on there, 3 little buttons that You won't use as much. It has, like, an auto gain feature, which is cool, and it's $99. And it's, you know, a big step up. Next would be the RODE RODEcaster Duo, which is what I'm speaking into right now. So I have my Shure SM seven b plugged into my RODEcaster Duo. I love this thing. I had the regular RodeCaster Pro 2, which is just a bigger version of the duo, But it always felt like overkill because I only would use, like, 1 at most 2 XLR inputs, which the duo has 2 XLR inputs, And it just made sense. I felt silly having the RODECaster Pro 2, because I'm like, I'm never gonna use 3 more XLR mics in my setup. And so I got the RODECaster Duo, which it's not cheap. It's $499 right now on Amazon, but I love the Sound of it. I love how easy it is, like, to use the interface, the sliders. It has these sound effects that I could do. For some reason, the screen just got deeper. So it has these types of Sound effects that I could do. That sound you know, Who is this guy? Hello. And I can make it sound like a megaphone. Here's a high voice, and yeah. Or I Could I could censor myself like, what the I guess I have to hold it down. That was that was let me try that again. These deals are so low, it's gonna blow your mind. I guess that wasn't very good either. Anyways, yeah, that has stuff like that. You can you know, it's USB, so I'm running it to my computer right now, and it's awesome. It's also mobile. I could record straight to the device. It's $499. What what you know, it's not cheap. But, Again, if if you're using it regularly, especially at your computer, or it's in the budget, I'd say go for it. And then the next one I would recommend after that is the step up from this. So this is for more, You know, people that are gonna be using more than just 2 needing 2 XLR inputs, the RODEcaster Pro 2, which if you think you're going to I mean, let's see. The RodeCaster Duo is 499. The RodeCaster Pro 2 is 6.99. You know? If you think you're gonna need 4 mic inputs, like, go for it. But, You know? If you if you're realistically, like I mean, I never use that many, And I don't worry about my decision for needing more. But if you know you're going to at some point, then just go for that one. But it's $699. You know? So there's always, like, cheaper options out there, and I'm not, like, going just based on the Cheapest option, I'm going off what I've used, what I think is high quality, what I would recommend here. And then honorable mention here, which is, the new Focusrite Scarlett, after I just said the Vocaster is better for, like, podcasters and stuff, but There's some cool features if I'll let you dive down that rabbit hole on the Focusrite Scarlett 4th generation USB audio interface. It's$200, but They got some, like, cool auto gain features. I I I forget off the top of my head all of the cool things. I guess we could take a look here. But the, yeah, the 4th gen, this came out not that long ago, and it's got Easy start? Well, I hope so. Hit maker expansion bundle. What? Auto gain and, let's see. Air mode lets you record with all character of a big studio console. Yeah. So, clip safe. Oh, that's That's maybe what I was thinking. So auto gain, clip safe, and a powerful 69 decibel of analog gain Make setting levels quick and easy. Okay. So that's what we have to talk about. The Focusrite, Vocaster 1, The RODECaster DUO, the RODECaster Pro 2, all of these, they also act as, a gain booster or preamp. They act as game booster. So if you're using, like, a Shure SM seven b like I'm using here and you wanna plug it in to your computer, you would need an audio interface. And the folks right at Vocastro 1 is or all of these are audio interfaces, but they all give enough boost of gain that you need, or else it's gonna be really quiet. So when I plugged in my s m seven b, for example, to my, o g, My original Scarlet that I had, it was so quiet, and I had to basically turn it all of the way up on the Scarlet, on the older Scarlett. And it just doesn't give you much room. Now if you're recording into something like Logic or GarageBand or whatever, You can change that, and it's not always bad to record low, but I didn't really like that. I wanted more Headroom. Right? I wanted to be able to, set my level without it being, like, really, all the way up. It doesn't sound all the way up. It's just that the microphone is so hungry for gain that you have to have a lot of room to boost the gain. And, you know, the original Scarlet, it can do it. It's just not it's just like a preference. Right? So the Vocaster one has a lot of gain that you can use to boost the s m seven b with. The road casters have a bunch of, you know, clean game that you can use to boost the s m seven b. And the newest, 4th generation Scarlett audio interface has a bunch of, you know, gain that you can use to boost it. So on the 4th generation Scarlett, I wouldn't have to turn the gain up to, like, 90%, whereas, if I was using the s m seven b on it versus the older I think it's the 2nd or 3rd generation I had, Scarlet, where I would have to boost it up. Right? Because it has 69 dB of analog gain, which is, you know, preference. It's like minor tweaks. Right? You start getting just like anything, you get to the higher price ranges, and, like, The little things are slightly different. And are they better? Well, depends on what you're doing, and it depends how frequently you're using it. Right? I use this stuff all the time. It's my full time job. So It's gotta sound good, and it's gotta be easy. And I just need it to work, and, also, I gotta be able to report to you, like, what's working, what's not. But, yeah, if you need more than 2 microphone inputs and you were looking at the Vocaster one, don't forget that there's the Vocaster 2, which looking at the prices right now, the Vocaster one is$99. The Vocaster 2 is a $149. I mean, when these things launched, I think the Vocaster 2 was 253100, and I feel like the Vocaster one was At least 1 50, 200, if not more. They've come down in price a lot, so I would check out the Vocaster too. Same basic thing, except has 2 inputs and then, you know, 2 buttons instead of 1 for controlling, let's see. It says what's this? The picture is so small. I can't tell. For controlling the headphones. So if you had to guess there. But those are audio interfaces. That's a rabbit hole. Check out the, link for more on that. Now when we're looking at headphones, another frequently ass thing, the Popular headphones over the ear are the Sennheiser Pro Audio 280 Pro. I said pro twice. They're $79. It looks like they're 39% off at the time of this recording for some type of Black Friday deal. They're okay. I think they're really big on my head. I think I already have kind of a big head. Not, Hopefully, not ego wise, just, like, physically. The Sennheiser Pro Audio, they're cool. That's what I think, like, Joe Rogan uses. They're they're great they're great headphones. I don't think they're that comfortable. I'm not the biggest fan of them, but they're so well liked that I had to include them in here. But there's a couple that I like more. I'm really, really liking, and I use them every week. Typically, when I'm doing podcast editing is the RODE n t h one hundred Professional over the ear headphones, they're$149, and I just find them so comfortable. Something about, like, putting them on. They're like I don't let's see. The Sennheiser Pro Audio, normally, it says their list price is 129, if that's accurate. And the RODE n t h one hundreds are 149, I would get the RODE n t h one hundreds again in a heartbeat. I sold my Sennheiser Pro Audio 2 80 Pros or whatever, just because I I didn't how many headphones? I got 1 head. I don't need that many headphones. And I just love the n t h one hundreds from Rhodes Rhodes Road. So I wear those, and I use them a lot. And I honestly, every time I put them on, I'm like, these are really comfortable. Now I think they might have a version that has, like, a microphone or something on it, but I don't ever need a microphone on them. Let's see. Yeah. It has, like, a oh, no. It has a interface, not a microphone. One version has a microphone. I don't know. I don't trust a microphone on that size at that price, but I think they're really comfortable for editing editing videos. They help me stay focused. They're not noise canceling, but they are so comfortable and over the ears That I use them like their noise canceling, and I I'm happy with them. Then the other ones, which is The ones I'm really asked about is what I'm wearing right now, and they're the Shure SE 425 pro wired earbuds. These are the clear wired In ear earbuds, if you've ever seen a video of me wearing those, that's $242, and it says 10% off Black Friday deal. Says list price 269. But these, I've been really happy with. When they break, I'll probably get them again. I might get maybe some other, like, weirder you know, maybe not sure, but, like, I don't know. I'd probably probably get them just again. They're comfortable. They're easy. They take a little bit of getting used to. They're not, like, something I would wanna wear for, like, 8 hours, but they're discreet, And they don't look like big headphones, and I'm not trying to wear, like, big headphones on video. It's just not my style. It's not the visual aesthetic I'm going for. So that's why I like the Shure SE 4 20 fives. But some people find them uncomfortable. They're a little weird. They take some getting used to, And they're not gonna sound as good, as, like, the RODE n t h one hundreds even though they're, like,$100 more. Just because you know, think about it like the sound is coming out of this, like, little earbud versus completely covering your ear with this cloud cushion that Rode magically put on those headphones. You know? So they're gonna sound great. I guess they might have, like you know, If you're an audio file, you might be able to pick apart the little details. Sure. Yeah. They might be they might be technically better. I don't know. But The roads are comfortable. The Shure s c 420 fives are look cooler, in my opinion, especially, like, when it comes to video. But if it's not recording, then I'm not worried about it or messing up my hair. Sometimes, you know, you got the Rode. You got I did my hair. Can't be putting the headphones over that because then I gotta fix it afterwards. Let's look next. We got some miscellaneous gear because who wants to, who wants to keep it fun? I do. Looking at this list, Keyboard. This is not a quiet keyboard, but it's really commented a lot on my videos. The brand is called Noovie, and the keyboard is the Halo 65 mechanical gaming keyboard. It's white. They have different color versions, different options. It's not the quietest, like I said. So, I'll do a typing comparison. So I'm a, you know, big fan of keyboards. I have a lot of them. On my desk, I have my quiet one right now. I have a couple keyboards right here. So I'm going to type while I'm recording here. This would be the Logitech MX Keys, and I'm typing as I write this. You might not be able to hear it, And it's it's not allowed. All those smacking the keys. And then here's the Noovie, Halo 65. You know, You can hear it a lot more. It looks cool. It's really satisfying to type on. I love that. It doesn't have any crazy features. Yeah. There might be some, like, LED thing, but it's, you know, it's nothing it's nothing, that's gonna Blow Your Mind. It's just kind of, like, aesthetically cool, aesthetically nice. And that's a$111, and that looks like a Black Friday deal. It says list price, a $139. I'm doing these kind of out of order. I'm sorry. I was gonna do, like, the lowest to the highest, and now I'm kind of out of out of sorts. The next one I wanna mention is the is a USB dock, but this isn't just your average Run of the mail USB dock. It's the CalDigit t s three plus Thunderbolt 3 dock, and I've been using this for about a 2 years now, maybe, a year and a half, maybe, and I've been really happy with it. Maybe, yeah, maybe a year and a half. So this is different than other USB docks because it is powered, and you can put a lot in there. So it has a lot of USB ports. You could plug in Your speakers to it, you could plug in, a memory card, USB c, the other USB. It's got everything on there, and it just works. And I'm never worried about, like, oh, I have to plug this into a certain port because that port is the powered one. No. It handles everything. So I could plug my Rode into it. Whereas, if I was using, like, a cheaper non powered USB, dock. I wouldn't be able to plug my RODEcaster into the dock because it wouldn't be enough power, because the USB docks have to have a certain amount of power to relate to the computer. Right? So it wouldn't work. But with this CalDigit one, I can plug in anything I want to it, and it just works. And that's a $179. It says a Black Friday deal. It says list price 2.39. I don't again, I don't know how accurate these are. Sometimes I think they say list price, and the list price is actually, like, they charged it once or what they are suggested to ask. And then another, like, miscellaneous item is XLR cables. Always having a backup of XLR cables is, you know, number 1. Having good XLR cables is number 2. And, to put it, the easiest way I can use is, like, how much should you spend on an XLR cable is it depends. You know? There's videos out there that compare the different XLR cables to a high high degree. The XLR cable I'm using right now is from a brand Mogami, and this is, like, A $50 XLR cable or something really expensive. But what's interesting is I was using a cheaper XLR cable, which I still Used sometimes for other things like the Lix Pro. It's a colored XLR cable, which is what I have in my List is a 10 foot XLR cable. It's you can get all sorts of different colors, blue, pink, white, yellow, you name it. But the Mogami one is because I was having a issue with the there was, like, a buzzing noise, And I was like, I can't figure out what it is. And so I put my RodeCaster on, like, a box for my iPad. That seemed to work a little bit, but I'm like, This is something else. It's not right here. What's going on? Well, I changed my cable to the Mogami, and what do you know, it all went away. And I had used other XLR cables. But the way the Mogami is built, I guess, just canceled that out because the LIXPRO I I use different XLR cables. It wasn't all just LIXPRO or different brands, but any of the cheaper brands that had a buzzing noise, the Mogami got rid of that. Now I wouldn't just jump into the Mogami if, you know, you didn't have those issues or, you know, you didn't test Other cheaper XLR microphone cables because the difference is so minute that just jumping into a Mogami cable, unless money is not An issue? Yeah. Sure. Hop into the Mogami. But, like, if it's, you know, if it's if it is, like, a consideration, then you're better off just working with a cheaper XLR microphone, unless, you know, it's worth it and if you're similar to my position. That was I let's see. Did we do 3? I don't know if we even did 3. We did oh, yeah. The keyboard. Oh, yeah. The dock and the cable. There's more in there too, like some lights, some lenses. I got and they're kinda pricey. You know, some of them I got a mouse that I love in there, the master m m seven one two. I got my own computer in there, some video lights, the cameras. We could really spend a lot of time on here. But I wanted to talk Lastly, about books. So there's 3 books that I'll recommend that I think would be fantastic for content creators. Number 1 is from Nick Redman on the mic. I had her as a guest on Digital Podcaster, so you can, go back and listen to that if you're interested in learning more, or you could just pick up her book on the mic. And it's voice training for voice over artists. Let's see. Voice over artist, podcasters, speakers, and presenters. But it's fantastic. Like, it's actual, Like, ways you can get in your body, you can feel more comfortable, the alignment that you have. As I'm saying that, I'm, like, Sitting up because I realized I'm kind of out of alignment there, but she has really practical Examples of how you can improve your voice and sound better, and It's all integrated. Right? It's not just your voice. It's your body. And so how to use your body to sound better? Who doesn't want that? And you can, like, download that into your brain reading the book or listening to the book. Is it does she have a voice? I don't see an audible version. Nick, what's going on there? I feel like there's gotta be. If not, it's come. It's gotta be. Either way, paperback says 1603 right now. Kindle is 9.99. Highly worth it. Highly, highly worth it. Next, I would recommend when it comes to books, especially for content creators, is deep work by Cal Newport. If you haven't read it, This book, I think about every week, and I read it years ago. The sub Headline the subtitle of this book is, Deep Work Rules for Focus Success in a Distracted World, came out hardcover in 2016, and I must have read it around that time. It's an incredible book because you could, yeah, like, Ask Chat GbT what it's about. You could read a summary or whatever. Something about reading the book and just really taking away the examples and, like, the why behind it and spending a little bit Time with it, like, actually reading it, I think makes the, impact bigger on you as a creator and why deep work is important and how to utilize it and how to approach it. I mean, the book has 30,000 ratings on Amazon. 4.6, I think, should be higher. But I this should be recommended reading for every content creator, in my opinion, because deep work is crucial to doing your best work, And we all wanna do our best work. Right? The there's so many books I could recommend, and I'm looking at this list, and they're all in there. But I'm gonna have to go with just 1, which is gonna be it's gonna be Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller. Looks like this one came out in 2017. This is another one that I think about a lot. And when I forget it, usually, something's off in my own Branding my own marketing. So everything is about clarification. Right? If you're trying to create something for an audience to consume, Your goal as a creator should be connecting. Right? Connecting with your audience. And Donald Miller breaks it down in building a story brand and uses examples, and and it's really actionable. There's, you know, exercises like writing a brand script and things like that, which I think are beneficial to go through. When I first started Digital Podcaster, I hired I paid, like, $500, and I met a guy at a coffee shop to write my brand script because I just you know, it was harder. Unfortunately, that's probably one of those things that Chat GbT could help you with. But having an understanding of, You know, a store his story brand, you know, branding, a brand script of those things in a book. This is one of those books that I have near me and I would just reference regularly because I need to be reminded of it, and I've, you know, been in the world for a minute. So Building a story brand, I highly recommend. Now there's so many other things I could recommend, And maybe there should be, like, a part 2 or something because I didn't even really get into cameras. I didn't even get into, like, lights Like, I I could've or in person recording. So if this is something that you want me to talk more about, I'd be happy to, but I didn't wanna just go on for an hour. Well, I kinda did. But, also, I gotta hop into some work, so I don't wanna just, just totally spin here going over every piece of gear. There's a lot of gear. There's a lot of gear to go over. Last thing I'll mention is because it's been, like, at my mind is a little bonus tip, a little stocking stuff for for yourself or someone else. If you have an iPhone that has MagSafe, a MagSafe, phone tripod adapter is one of my favorite items because you just pop it on the tripod. You just put your phone on there. There's no fiddling. Like, oh, the phone's loose or any of that. Those things are godsend. Alright. That's all I got for you today. 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The reality is, like, yeah, you do it, but then, like, getting a feedback or knowing how you can improve certain things, that comes through community. That comes through people you can trust. If you wanna join a group of people that you can trust, and that's up to you to decide if you can trust it or not. I'm not saying, you know, You can trust those. I'm just saying, like, you know, you gotta you gotta do that side. If you you know, you gotta show up to you gotta be trustworthy yourself, but, you You know, check out the creator club, the creator club