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F E AT U R E S P10 // AARON SPRINKLE Something Worth Chasing

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P6 // BRYAN FRANCISCO Creator Spotlight

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CO-FOUNDER | Travis Terrell

CONTENT P3 / LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

VP MARKETING | Chris Small CREATIVE MANAGER / DESIGNER | Phil Earnest DESIGNER / WRITER / EDITOR | Joel Porter

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EDITOR | Hai Anh Dinh

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WRITER / EDITOR | Jack McCann WRITER | Julian Vaca

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A Letter From The Team

What the h*ck is this all about? lot has changed over the past few years.

Practically everything.

But there’s something that has always remained true despite all effort to combat its reality… Making a living from art is HARD. Remaining creatively fulfilled while cranking through corporate gigs to pay the bills, remaining inspired when sometimes all you want to do is wake up and see your vision just EXIST ALREADY, being awesome at running your business in addition to being an expert in your craft — jeeze. Why do we do this to ourselves again?

Because we have to.

It’s our blood. It’s what we love.

And we’d be damned to suffer a life of misery as accountants when we could be making awesome art.

Unless you’re a strange, superhero-esque, unicorn of a person like Soundstripe’s finance manager, Joey Rotella, who somehow is a master at finance and also an incredible bass player for an award-winning artist.

In fact, this community is filled with insanely talented people. It literally blows my mind every day. You’re all a part of that and we couldn’t be more grateful. A digital magazine is our way of showcasing that talent and sharing the stories that inspire us all wake up and DO something awesome.

Chris is the VP of Marketing and has over a decade of experience in the music business. His passion for helping creatives succeed led him to Soundstripe in 2016. Since then, he’s worked alongside a talented team of marketers to grow Soundstripe and help filmmakers and musicians “keep creating.”

So why a magazine? It’s simple.

We want to take the next step in providing value to our community of creatives: filmmakers, musicians, storytellers, and panda bears. Each issue will include features, editorials, product reviews, tutorials, community interviews, spotlights and so much more. The main goal is to equip you with inspiration, education, and resources that make your job just a little easier.

What you do is bigger than yourself.

We need your stories and we need each other. Hopefully, something in the next 20 pages inspires you to #keepcreating.

Cheers!

Chris Small Chris Small VP of Marketing

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A FEW WORDS

IMPOSTOR SYNDROME

By Travis Terrell

Founder and Co-CEO of Soundstripe

he weekend is over. Whatever carefree thoughts (which may have been present on Saturday night), are a distant memory. The alarm on my phone sounds off. Half of my brain is telling me to turn it off and close my eyes again, while the other half urges me to get the wheels in motion. On any given Monday, there is a sense of “new” that pulsates through my body.

New ideas. New people.

I start the coffee, get in the shower, and have some breakfast; all the

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while, thinking of how the day is going to play out. Is it too warm for a light jacket? Do I go out for lunch or bring a meal from home? Can we pay our employees’ mortgages this month?

“It’s only a matter of time before they figure me out...”

On the short drive to the office, I let the noises coming out of my speakers shut out the thoughts that are shuffling around in my head. The smoothtalking voice on public radio is interviewing a

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luminary that has answered the same questions from a hundred different faces. They are brimming with confidence in who they are and what they do. But what about when they aren’t on air?

Do they stay awake at night wondering if what they said was going to be picked apart and interpreted in ways in which they couldn’t imagine by their fans?

As I walk up the steps to the front door of the company I co-founded, I have a moment where I am paralyzed by the fear that I don’t always know what I am doing. It’s only a matter of time before they figure me out, I think, before opening the door.

I put my best face on and enter.

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I’m waiting for the day when they realize that I’m not capable of running anything, much less a high-growth music tech company.

You see, I have what is called: “Imposter Syndrome”. According to the website Psychology Today, Imposter Syndrome is defined as “A psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments.” In essence, being exposed as a fraud.

I used to think that a person who had accomplished success in their given profession didn’t have these thoughts.

That somehow their fears simply melted away when their big break happened.

I thought that these fears were for people who actually didn’t know what they were doing, like amateurs, students, and even a younger version of myself.

I often dreamt about the day when I would have the confidence in my abilities to strut around the office without a care in the world: A self-assured man brimming with bravado and charisma.

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That day never came…and I don’t think it ever will.

So, what do we do about this?

Although this epiphany was hard to cope with, I then came to understand that I am not alone in this, in fact; you may have it too.

We need to understand that like fear, Imposter Syndrome has no cure.

There’s no magic pill we can take to make it go away: It’s the devil you have to dance with. Once you understand that you have Imposter Syndrome, you must realize that you are not alone. You give it as much power over you as you allow it.

“There’s no magic pill we can take to make it go away: It’s the devil you have to dance with.”

Your boss probably has it too. Your mom and dad aren’t exempt. Pastors, counselors, your fellow employees: Check. Check.

Check. What about Elon Musk? He’s certainly had this thought pulling into his parking spot at Tesla.

In fact, there have been studies to show that the more professionally successful a person becomes, the more likely that the internalized fear grows inside them.

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It begs repeating: You are not alone. It’s okay. In some ways, it’s exactly where you need to be. There is a reason the word “pain” is often coupled with “growing.” To become successful takes bending and stretching.

Just like a new fitness routine, it’s going to hurt.

Here’s my challenge to you: Let’s turn Imposter Syndrome upside down.

Let’s embrace Imposter Syndrome as a tool for recognizing when we are indeed growing into who we are supposed to be.

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ryan Francisco is making

was making music videos.

a career out of digital

I reached out to them and

age tools to carve out his

made a connection with the

territory as a videographer,

videographer. He was very

and he’s just getting started.

creative in the shots he was

Intertwining cinematic

using and how he put it all

visuals with contemporary

together. I was intrigued

music, Bryan crafts a style

by his way of telling a story

that is fresh and lively.

through visuals. From there, I

Working out of Toronto,

started filming weddings and

he has posted well over a

it grew from there.”

hundred videos to make his YouTube channel a must-see

What are your

for any aspiring filmmaker.

influences?

How did you get started?

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have modeled my style after.

in sales, I began following

He’s a guy that seems to be

a local hip-hop group that

on a different continent every

month. I love how he tells a story

what I do: It’s a huge part of my life.

with his visuals. I’ve patterned my “Run and Gun” style after his. The

Where do you see your career

idea is to load up my backpack with

going?

everything I need so that I can capture the

BF: I’m really happy

spontaneous things

with how things are

that I couldn’t plan

progressing. I would

out.

like to direct a feature film someday. It’s not

What has been

something I’ve looked

your favorite

into, but it would be a

location to shoot?

big move into a totally different environment.

It would be a good

most inspirational

challenge for me.”

place for me because it’s somewhere I’ve always wanted to go.

The scenery tells a story by just pointing a camera at it. I love how it’s so laid-back and casual compared to a major city. I just felt like I had to capture it.”

How has social media affected your creative journey?

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had the biggest impact on my career.

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Something Worth Chasing How the best and worst of Aaron’s past has fueled his search to make deeper connections, and made him more useful in the battle against loneliness.

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he spring sun peers through recalling a rather significant the storefront windows on childhood memory. a sunny day in the heart of East Nashville. Finally, a new When Aaron was in the third grade, he season and a reprieve from rain and his family lived on a sixteen-mileand gloom of winter. I sit in a newly opened long island in Washington State. His home coffee shop with abstract, multi-colored was almost a mile walk to the nearest paintings of shapes, figures, and legs on designated parking place. He describes the surrounding walls. Aaron Sprinkle, a the neighborhood as being comprised of Pacific Northwest born producer, engineer, “mostly summer rental homes” with a and songwriter arrives wearing sunglasses, shoreline that seemed to stretch ever long. a black jacket, and a black T-shirt with a colorful, illustrated character on the front.

“One day I saw this older kid, who bullied His clothes are worn, but not tattered. His me when I was young. He had a Walkman nails are painted black, but peeling. The on. It was the first time I had ever seen light eye make-up around his eyes is fading. something like that. I was super interested Overall, he sits in stark contrast to the light, in it. I decided I needed to know what this sunlit coffee shop. was. I knew this kid After a few moments “I was transported and couldn’t was staying with his believe what I was hearing... of pleasantries and grandparents, and opening remarks, decided to hide near the everything was different” Aaron intones, boy’s home until the boy “We’re all chasing something.” left, hoping he would leave the Walkman.”

To Aaron’s luck, or to his fate, the Walkman stayed behind. “I ran as fast as I could to the LOVELY RITA door and asked his grandmother if I could see it,” he says, lightly chuckling. She sat That reality is at the heart of Aaron’s story.

Aaron down at the dining room table and Aaron has been in the music business for played him a cassette of The Beatles’ “Sgt. over two decades. He’s produced numerous Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” which records for the likes of Anberlin, Pedro The she had grabbed by chance from a pile of Lion, and Acceptance. For years, he was a other cassette tapes. For Aaron, it was prominent producer and engineer at Tooth transformative and defining moment. & Nail Records – a successful label nestled in the heart of downtown Seattle – and the “It was a mystical experience for me,” he albums he’s produced have cumulatively breathes. “I literally remember it so vividly. sold millions of copies.

I was transported and couldn’t believe what I was hearing. As soon as “Lovely “I was really interested in music at a young Rita” came on, everything was different.” age,” he continues, gazing out the window Aaron rushed home excitedly to share his at the busy street, “Both of my parents are discovery with his parents. However, Aaron musical, they both played guitar. Music was would later learn that his parents had a really important to my family.” He says this complicated relationship with The Beatles both proudly and confessionally, before

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and their universally-adored music. Before Aaron was born, his mother was a heroin addict. She would often listen to The Beatles while she was using and, while his mother had gotten clean before marrying Aaron’s father, neither of them had listened to that music since. “My dad was a huge Beatles fan, but out of respect to my mom’s recovery he had sort of repressed that fandom. That day, when I ran home and told my dad that I’d heard Sgt. Pepper’s, he was kind of teary eyed. I could tell it was a big deal for him that I had this interest in something he enjoyed… and something we could bond over. I remember he ran and grabbed all his Beatles records to show me.”

Digging deeper into his discovery of “Lovely Rita,” Aaron relays that it wasn’t so much the music that arrested his attention. Even at that young age, he had a grasp on what a guitar was and what it sounded like. What intrigued and fascinated him was how a song could be created and recorded. “Ever since the moment with the Walkman, I’ve been chasing that feeling. I’m still chasing that feeling. Every time I’m making a song, what I’m chasing is for the song to make me feel like another song I enjoy makes me feel. For me, it’s less about being right or wrong, and more about whether or not it feels right. That’s always guided my creative decision making.”

Aaron is a self-identifying outcast. He explains that his childhood island was incredibly diverse, and was made up of hippy musicians, artists, and quite literally everyone in between. He found himself gravitating toward “goth, alternative” music, and fondly remembers a mixtape his sister made him that consisted of both Elvis Costello and The Clash.

It wasn’t long before Aaron and a group of his off island friends – Nick and Jeremy Enigk of Sunny Day Real Estate – developed a love for songwriting.

“So naturally, of course, I wanted to learn how to record these songs. That was always the focus, way more than performing those songs. I used an old, crappy Yamaha keyboard; a guitar; a Peavey amp; and a cheap microphone to make music. Soon, my relatives and my parents’ friends started lending me gear. In fact, my parents even went into debt buying me gear because the only way I can describe my mindset at that time was, ‘I couldn’t not do it.’ ” From a young age, Aaron could take things apart and successfully put them back together. He educated himself about the inner workings of basic, everyday electronics and signal flow. Where some adolescents might collect baseball cards, Aaron collected audio equipment and cables. And it all set him up to be able to dabble in recording. Every small, modest

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amount of money Aaron could scrounge together was immediately spent on music. Early on in this season, he didn’t even have a CD player because those were too expensive to purchase. Yet Aaron bought CDs in spite of that so he would “have a collection when he could afford one.” Music quickly became Aaron’s identity, and what he describes as “the source of pretty much the only positive attention” he received. It was his sole connection to social culture. It gave him meaning, drive, and purpose. Aaron landed his first record deal when he was in high school after he recorded a demo of his first band, Poor Old Lu. Yet it wasn’t until a certain chance encounter that Aaron recognized a new path in music that could actually pay the bills.

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SEARCH AND ESCAPE “When I was 19, I met the guys of MxPx at a show we were playing. They were there on account of one of the bands cancelling because their car had broken down. Afterwards, I was like, this is crazy.

This is insane. You have to let me record you guys, at least three of four songs, for free. That’s how I discovered MxPx.” In his agreement to produce them for free, Aaron intentionally gave a caveat: that MxPx give Aaron the permission to pass along the finished recordings to his friend Brandon Ebel at Tooth & Nail Records. The rest, of course, is pop punk history.

The transition from playing shows to recording and producing records made a great deal of sense to Aaron. He suffered from anxiety anytime he’d perform, and anyone who’s experienced anxiety to some degree in their life knows that at best it’s crippling, and at worst it’s suffocating. “There is something about the “time capsule” aspect of recording. You are preserving this moment that can be reproduced whenever you want. You can get that feeling from that song whenever you want. It’s the most reliable thing in my life...to play a record that I know how it’s going to make me feel. It’s a stimulant. I literally USE music to make myself feel a certain way.”

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And while transitioning into recording and producing music bore a lot of fruit in Aaron’s young adult life, it also paved the way for a lot of hurt – a lot of ups and downs. At one point, Aaron and Brandon parted ways over differences on how artists should be treated by the label. To make matters doubly difficult, Aaron and his wife were struggling to pay rent and support their first child.

All of this weight and frustration lead Aaron to the realization that he was burnt out. “Because I’m an extremist, it was around this time that I literally made a declaration that I would never produce another record,” he says with a cheeky grin.

When Aaron stepped away from music, he started working for a software development company, a brief season that actually helped shape him as an individual. “My department head was old

“The only way I can describe my mindset at the time was ‘I couldn’t not do it.’”

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military, and his work ethic was second to none.

He was efficient, super OCD, very direct. I was terrified of him at first, but now I’m so thankful for it. It turned me into an entirely different person. I got on the other side of the fear and anxiety of this type of work and started to warm up to the idea that ‘this is my life now.’ I can be the guy who gets up, goes to work, brings home a paycheck, and has a secure career with an obvious path for growth and promotion.

“One day my wife called me after going to a show the night before and told me that Brandon built a studio in the basement of the Tooth & Nail offices, and was looking for someone to run it, and that I should be the one to do it. It was really upsetting for me to hear that, because I had totally surrendered to this new life and career, and it had taken so much to do so! But within a week of that call, I got in touch with Brandon went over to the studio.

“At that time, I had a solo record deal with this little label, with a puny budget to record at home, and I was having trouble finishing it. I saw Brandon’s studio, and I don’t think he had any idea I was interested in running it. Later on, I called back and asked, ‘Would you want to hire me to do this?’ He pushed me away for two reasons: not wanting to be responsible for the well-being of my family, and not knowing what I was up to, or even more importantly, if I could still make music. But I started getting this feeling and this divine thought that I needed to do this…that I was going to do this.

So a week later, I called up Brandon and told him I just quit my job and I’m going to run this studio. I’m going to come in on Monday, and what I’m going do is I’m going to finish this solo record and you can hear what I’m up to. If you don’t like it you can fire me, but I’m doing this.”

The first week Aaron was back in the studio, he got a call from a colleague at the software company.

Aaron recounts, “They told me that every employee had been fired because the company was moving to California. Literally a week after I left, every person in the company got fired. The bosses, the employees, everyone.”

Aaron’s timing, his instinct, had been spot-on. But, where in one sense Aaron and his family had been spared, another sense of destruction and pain was just around the bend.

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“I didn’t start drinking until I was 21, and didn’t get drunk until I was 23.” His eyes, barely blinking, dart back and forth between mine. “The first time I got drunk, it was the best thing ever. It was another moment of ‘what is this and how do I get back to it?’ It made it so that I could be creative. I was so insecure, and so afraid of being vulnerable to people. It was my super power. Every other time I was chasing that feeling again. Every. Single. Time. I was trying to feel okay about myself, and the world… and all the ‘you’re different, you’re outside, you’re messed up, you’re wrong’ just went away when I was drinking. But as time went on, it strangled and killed my creativity and the physical me. I was simply too drunk to function. Seriously. I was worried that my entire life was going to end and maybe I could die.”

As Aaron confesses this, he’s not overly dramatic or hyperbolic. He means it. I can hear the pain and hurt in his words.

“I was at the studio all the time. Bands would cycle through to record. It was super fun, and a great time of my life. But we drank a lot. We would drink while we were working, and we went to the bars when we were done. One day, everyone else realized I was not drinking how everyone else was. Once I started, I couldn’t stop. It took me years to realize that...I had the full on intervention where my friends asked me to go to treatment. But it took me years, and relapse after relapse. Alcoholics nature is to drink. I love being drunk. If I could I’d be drunk right now, but I can’t anymore.”

Through treatment, help, and support, Aaron righted the ship. What’s more: he doesn’t let shame or guilt rule his life. He recognizes that pain is the catalyst for growth, and that growth is a continuing narrative in his life. “It gave me a lot of really great, painful stuff to write about. I went from being afraid to being vulnerable in the hopes that I can help someone. When I’m making a song, and I’m being truly honest to the song, I’m able to see that what I’m doing has value, and I see myself as beautiful… which is super hard for me to say that way...but when I’m there I can truly be useful, and I can tap Feature Article

into something deeper that can carry something important… a message of hope and community.”

SOMETHING WORTH CHASING With a slight squint in his eyes, Aaron sits up in his chair. I can tell he’s contemplating how to balance the divinity in his previous statement with something human. Balance has been a running

Seeing who you actually are instead of who you wish you were. If you can be ok with not being ok, you have somewhere to start from. Everyone goes through some form of this. I went from having a very rigid view of what God, heaven, and hell was… and what was spiritually expected of me to the understanding that something doesn’t have to be literal to be important, and I don’t have to know what the literal truth is, nothing requires me to know that. Instead I can focus on to seeking a real connection with other people and my creator.

He sits back in his chair, emanating a sense of peace, calm, and purpose.

theme in our conversation.

“I have this weird paradox between thinking I’m the biggest piece of shit in the world, and the most important person in the world. I have a hard time living in the middle, being a normal person. I either think I’m the greatest person to do what I’m doing, or I’m a joke and I’ve never been good at this.

Recently, I’ve been able to accept it. Acceptance is what I’m focusing on. I recently wrote a song called “Begin to Begin” and it says:

I’ll get used to this sting of the salt and the broken skin Feeling everything so I can begin to begin again You could say that’s one of the things Aaron is chasing today: new beginnings...both professionally and spiritually.

“I feel fortunate because my self destruction was very outward and tangible. Some people might deal with their struggles for years because it’s all internal and there is no push to finding a solution. I was forced to take a look at myself and fast-track solutions to my problems. For a long time, I was powerless.

Powerlessness, for me, was literally losing the choice, and not being able to manage the wreckage that comes with it. The solution to powerlessness is surrender and admitting total defeat, and surrendering to a power greater to yourself. It’s a divine concept, but it takes the burden off of fixing it off of you. It’s apart of acceptance. This is, what is.

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“Now I feel like I’m in the golden era of creativity. I feel more creative and capable to recognize creativity than I have ever been able to before. Working with Soundstripe is the most creatively liberating venue that I’ve ever lived in. As a producer, I’m tasked to realize the vision and be a part of the vision of someone else’s art. I’m also getting paid to be a solo artist, to unearth all the dusty corners I’ve always been interested in doing.

And I get to get really good at them! The amount of growth and confidence I’ve had is staggering to me.”

Aaron has been able to fully accept that on the other side of the worst things of his life are the most growth he’s ever experienced. He no longer looks at his pain as negative. His addictions, his struggles, and his demons have been so outwardly destructive that they have sparked an urgency to address them. Aaron’s also begun to fully accept himself, which – for any creative – is one of the single most empowering things in the world.

“My journey is the dark and the light. And the worst things that I’ve ever done and have ever happened to me are as equally important to making me who I am today as the best thing I’ve ever done. They are equally as powerful. The pain, the poor decisions, the enslavement makes me more useful as a human being across the board. Makes me more useful to connect to a fellow human being, to make a song.

It’s just as important. I was recently asked what I want my musical legacy to be, and my answer was, ‘I want to make people feel less alone.’ Because for me it’s the only thing that has consistently been able to make me feel less alone, It’s a way that I can give myself some therapy, and dream that what I’m making is going to connect with someone.”

A pursuit, without a doubt, worth chasing.

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HOW MUSIC LICENSING WORKS the artists – we could not afford to cut any corners.

When I was in film

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school, any undergraduate who worked on a film project – which is to say, every undergraduate – faced the dreaded L word at some point in post production.

Licensing. Specifically, music licensing. Nearly every single one of us rejected the wisdom and insight of our professors and we simply left our temp tracks in our films. We didn’t have time to try and navigate the complicated waters of music licensing.

And besides: those hyper slow motion chase sequences only worked if they were set to The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter”!

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music. Temp tracks had to actually be temporary. If we wanted our videos done right – to protect ourselves, our clients, and

Suddenly, understanding the nuances of music licensing mattered a whole lot.

But, where do you start? How exactly does music licensing work?

Well, you’re in luck!

We’ve partnered with Indie Film Hustle to produce a series of educational videos that tackle all of your musicin-film questions. We view this as a massive opportunity to empower creatives with the knowledge they need to navigate the many nuances and intersections of video and music.

Look, we get how demanding your weeks are – how quickly your projects can stack up.

So we’ve simplified it.

Watch as our very own Chris Small builds out the fundamentals of music licensing, and why it’s so important to the success of your projects.

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Essential “Carry-On� Gear for Travel Vloggers Paraphrased and updated from an article written

By Kelsey Brannan (aka Premiere Gal) Click here to read entire article on our website

The Inrigo Smart waterproof backpack has up to 30 liters of space and will notify you with an app if your backpack is too hot or humid for your equipment. $299 Inrigo Smart Waterproof Backpack

Manfrotto recently released a new, ultra compact aluminum tripod designed specifically for travel videography that weighs less than 1lb! $199 Manfrotto Befree Live Video Ultra Compact Video Tripod

Mirrorless cameras have become more popular recently because they are less bulky (1.1lbs!) and easy to travel with. I use my Canon Mirrorless for all my video production, studio, and travel photography needs. $579 Canon EOS M6 (1080p) $629 Canon EOS M50 (4k option)

If you are primarily vlogging, I recommend bringing one solid wide angle lense for most of your filming. You will need to get an adaptor to use EF mount Canon lenses with a Canon Mirrorless $59.95 Canon M-EF Lense Adaptor $269 Canon EF 10-18mm Lense

Today, drone videography is easily accessible. The Yuneec Breeze is a budget friendly drone that comes with a selfie mode, orbit mode, and journey mode. I recommend buying a few batteries (12 minute lifespans). $379 Yuneec Breeze (4k video & 720p streaming)

For more active photography, I recommend the Removu K1. The K1 is an all-in-one self stabilizing gimbal camera that shoots 4k video, slow motion and timelapse.

The LaCie DJI Copilot is a 2TB portable drive that can read footage and charge your devices without a computer. You can also view, playback, delete, or rename files by connecting the Copilot to your phone.

$399 Removu K1 Action Camera

$349 LaCie DJI Copilot

The Canon M3 takes SD cards, so I travel with at least four 32gb SD cards. I also take at least four mirco SD cards for the action cameras I travel with.

You’ll need microphones to capture the sound from your vlogs, ambient noise, or audio from interviews. I recommend the following shotgun and lav microphones

$13.99 SanDisk Extreme Pro SD $7.99 SanDisk micro SD

$299 Rode VideoMic Pro Plus On-Camera Shotgun Mic $399 Saramonic 2 Lav Mic Kit

Other Essentials 1. Powerbank Charger 2. Universal Adaptors, Chargers and Rechargable AA Batteries 3. Acessory Pouch 4. Joby Gorilla Pod 5. Laptop (for editing)

Total Weight: 19lbs (8.6 kg)

Final Travel Tips

1. Check airline weight restrictions 2. Place less expensive items in checked-bag 3. Wear your backpack at the check-in counter If you have any questions about this equipment or travel feel free to email me at contact@premieregal.com and I’ll be sure to help out! Be sure to also check out my YouTube channel and happy traveling!

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