Why COVID Is The Final Nail In The Coffin For Most Old-School Studios (And What That Means For Home Studios)

Brian Hood (0:29)

My head but skinny now, used to be kind of a little thick boy, but now you're real skinny and looking good.

Chris Graham (0:36)

Thank you.

Brian Hood (0:36)

J or H? I forgot your middle initial now, J.

Chris Graham (0:39)

It's a J. It's a J.

Brian Hood (0:42)

Cram.

I'm leaving it at, I'm maybe gonna edit it out. You were gone for too many episodes, dude.

Chris Graham (0:47)

I was, man, I was. Yeah, I'm doing good, man, doing a lot of yoga. How are you doing? What is new in your life? How's the bread game?

Brian Hood (0:54)

First of all, for those who don't follow this podcast, I don't really talk about it much because you've been gone, so I don't talk about myself if you don't ask me about it.

I've been strong on the sourdough game. I've got two two-month-old sourdough starters in the fridge now, and so it has been about once a week I'll bake two loaves, and I have become an expert at it. I've probably baked 15 loaves so far.

And so in the six-figure home studio. I see you trying to do a pun right now. I can look at it in your face and tell you you're about to do a pun. Go ahead.

Chris Graham (1:21)

Well, this is a podcast about how to make dough.

Brian Hood (1:26)

I'm so mad at you right now. But you know what, I kind of miss it. I want them back.

Chris Graham (1:31)

You need me, Brian.

Brian Hood (1:33)

Oh, I do, but I'm not gonna say it.

Any more? You wanna get any more out?

Chris Graham (1:37)

I would rate my previous joke a gluten out of 10

Brian Hood (1:42)

Fun fact, if you have a gluten intolerance, you can still eat homemade sourdough. It only has two ingredients in it, flour and water.

Chris Graham (1:48)

It's delicious.

Brian Hood (1:49)

Yeah, that's what I hear anyways. I don't have a gluten intolerance. Other update is wife's out of town this week for like a week. So, her and a lady friend of hers went to the beach because they just wanted to change the scenery, and I can't blame them because we've been stuck in the house for two months. So, I've been here alone and I've gone back to my old bachelor ways. So, like first night, she's gone. What do I do?

Up till 2:30 a.m. playing video games.

Next day, I get up at like 7 a.m. four hours of sleep. I'm hurting from it still. So, that's where I'm at right now.

Chris Graham (2:21)

Owie, that does not sound fun. I'm not a video gamer anymore.

Brian Hood (2:26)

Really?

Chris Graham (2:26)

I just, it's not my thing.

Brian Hood (2:28)

Well, I am, so I'm just gonna, I got back into it during the quarantine because it's the only way to keep me sane, so that's just where I am right now. Helps me escape. If I can't go on to trips, I'm just gonna go into my magical world of video games.

Chris Graham (2:41)

It's too stressful for me to be in a situation where it's like, solve this problem or die.

Brian Hood (2:46)

No, I play real chill games, man. I don't play first person shooters or anything.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, you ready to get into some value added topics here today, Chris, not your weak pun game. Actually, your puns were pretty decent today.

Chris Graham (2:57)

Hey, I appreciate it.

I wasn't loafing today. I've really put a lot of effort into it.

Brian Hood (3:03)

I didn't mean for you to get another pun opportunity. It's actually amazing you could just come up with these stupid puns out of thin air. Just so the audience is crystal clear, I in no way participate in sharing what I'm gonna talk about and help him prepare these puns ahead of time. This is all Chris Graham on the flow, on the mic, live, just like back to back to back, so.

Chris Graham (3:22)

I gotta do what I gotta do, man, gotta do.

Brian Hood (3:24)

There you go. I thought you were about to do another pun. All right, let's talk about the topic we're gonna talk about.

Chris Graham (3:27)

I'm trying, but I think they're done. If I go another one, it'll be awful, so I'm gonna hold back.

Brian Hood (3:32)

They've all been awful, so that's that.

Chris Graham (3:34)

I appreciate you toasting me for my excellent bread puns, though, just now.

Brian Hood (3:39)

And there's the awful one you were afraid of, Chris. Now the audience hates you.