# BONUS: Your Cat's Not Part of the Band

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2021-06-18
- Length: 20m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-18-bonus-your-cats-not-part-of-the-band
- Listen: https://embedded.fm/episodes/bonus-summer-2021

## Summary

Elecia White and Christopher White discuss recent personal and professional projects, including Christopher's band 12AX7's Kickstarter campaign for their new album and Elecia's upcoming conference talks on memory maps and origami. They reflect on the challenges of self-promotion for creative works and the difficulty of breaking through digital noise without a live performance component. The episode also serves as a call for community contributions, specifically asking listeners to submit cat videos for a music video.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-18-bonus-your-cats-not-part-of-the-band#t=3) Introduction and Kickstarter Announcement
- [1:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-18-bonus-your-cats-not-part-of-the-band#t=69) Promoting 12AX7's Album and Vinyl
- [4:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-18-bonus-your-cats-not-part-of-the-band#t=287) Challenges of Self-Promotion and Marketing
- [7:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-18-bonus-your-cats-not-part-of-the-band#t=422) Elecia's Conference Talks: Map Files and Origami
- [9:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-18-bonus-your-cats-not-part-of-the-band#t=594) Merchandise, Patreon, and Community Updates
- [14:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2021-06-18-bonus-your-cats-not-part-of-the-band#t=847) Call for Cat Videos for Music Video

## Topics

- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)
- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- 12AX7 (other)
- Kickstarter (other)
- Embedded Online Conference (other)
- Zazzle (other)
- Society 6 (other)
- Patreon (other)

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