u/Stuckin73

Hi folks.

I'm really not a technical guy. I'm a super solid Cam Op, I am good with intuitively feeling my way into good shots, things like that, but honestly I am never going to be an EIC. You guys really understand, deep down, all these aspect ratios and frame rates and I just start to disassociate when I hear those terms. (I've been a Cam Op, in one form or another, since I was 14 years-old, so this stuff comes very naturally to me.)

HOWEVER ... I just had my first taste of being a TD/Camera Switcher, and I liked it. A lot. I want to do more of it. It has been suggested to me that that role often is coupled with Shading, and I think Shading is something I can handle. So: any reccos for where to take a Shading class? Evolve Media doesn't offer it anymore. The last time AV Educate gave it was in April of 2025. Can anyone point me to a good class where I can learn the craft of shading? Thanks! (Could be anywhere in the "lower 48" states of the US. Not looking to travel internationally for this.)

We hear all these anecdotes about how they thought they might last two or three years if they were lucky. How even in the beginning they were writing songs for other people because they didn't expect the band to last that long. And, as was the case in those days, a lot of bands DID NOT last long.

Is there a point where the group understood that, "Hang on, we're not fading away. We're doing songs that are different than what we did two years ago and no one seems to be minding." Was there a moment we can pinpoint where they realized they were more than just "another group on Top of the Pops" or the like? Thanks!

Hi folks. Is there any compelling reason NOT to vote for bi-weekly STRC distributions, as opposed to monthly?