Sales Skills: How Joe Gilder Turned A Sales Job Into A Thriving Audio Career

Brian Hood (0:00)

This is the Six Figure Home Studio Podcast, Episode 69

SPEAKER_2 (0:03)

You're listening to the Six Figure Home Studio Podcast. The number one resource for running a profitable home recording studio.

Brian Hood (0:19)

Welcome back to another episode of the 6 Figure Home Studio Podcast. I am here with my co-host, Chris, and we have a special guest for you today.

But first, Chris, let's chat a little bit, because we just got back from the winter wonderland that is Yosemite in February.

Chris (0:33)

Oh, yes.

Brian Hood (0:34)

And I don't know about you, but I had a hecking good time.

Chris (0:37)

I also had a heck of a good time. We didn't die, which don't tell your fiance or my wife, was somewhat of a feat of awesomeness, because we at one point, I was definitely up to my neck in snow on the side of a mountain.

Brian Hood (0:51)

Yeah.

Chris (0:51)

In like a full blizzard, feeling really manly. And it was great. I was the old, slow, chubby guy in our group.

Brian Hood (0:59)

You were last place in every physical part of that trip. But it was so much fun.

Chris (1:04)

Well, yes and no. I mean, my cardiovascular health needs some work. But once we got like more up to the switchbacks, I actually went, you guys had to catch up with me.

Brian Hood (1:13)

Well, it's because we put you in the front of the crowd, so we wouldn't have to wait on you.

Chris (1:16)

Yeah.

Brian Hood (1:16)

But I want to say one thing, and that is you missed the best part. When the trail ended, the snow was packed down enough to where like we could step on it without going up to our waists on the main trail.

Chris (1:25)

Most of the time.

Brian Hood (1:26)

Most of the time, yeah. But then there was the part where the trail ended, and we just forged ahead with, we borrowed some pink snowshoes from some girl who was out on the trail, and we just forged ahead in like five, six foot snow. And we got to the point where we were on the edge of a cliff of like a 3000 foot drop, and the trees were bending over the trail. So we actually had to go around these trees out over the ledge, not knowing if it's just snow that's packed up over the edge or if there's anything below us or anything. And eventually I stepped over the edge and my foot hit nothing and my other foot's up on the ledge.

And I was in these snow shoes and my ankles were like kind of twisted up and I was like, I'm going to kill myself. So I had a friend pull me back up with like this thousands of feet below us at Yosemite. And we just said, okay, we're done, we're done.

So if my fiance is listening to the story, she will hate me, she will yell at me, but we're getting married in like 10 days now. So I'm still alive and we made it back home safely.

Chris (2:18)

Yeah, it was really fun. I think maybe the mountain was humongous. It was very tall.

I would say the peak of the mountain was like negative three dB, negative four maybe.

Brian Hood (2:28)

Oh my God. I hate you so much, Chris. That was literally the worst dad joke I had that saved, man. that has ever come out of you. You literally prepared for that, and that's all you got. I prepared for that.

Chris (2:38)

I never prepare.

Brian Hood (2:39)

Well, let's bring on our guest here because I have nothing to say to you at this point, and I clearly don't want to talk about this anymore. So today's guest is a man by the name of Joe Gilder.

Chris, why don't you tell our audience a little bit about Joe Gilder, if they're not familiar with him and his work.

Chris (2:52)

Yeah, so Joe is a audio engineer, musician, YouTuber extraordinaire. He's well known. You probably know who he is. We met about a year and a half ago at Summer NAMM and ate Hattie B's at Fancy Recording Studios, and it was lovely.

And he's awesome. He's an incredible guy. So I'm super excited to have him on the show, and this is sort of selfish for me. Like I mentioned a few episodes back, I'm working on YouTube stuff myself. I'm terrified of making YouTube videos.

And I think the scariest thing about making content, making videos that are like about what you do for a living is to do a good job, you have to be yourself. And Joe is like the king at this. He just seems to effortlessly be himself. So ladies and gentlemen, Joe Gilder. Joe, how you doing, man?