2015Original SoundCloud recording collection
Journal entries 2015
These are some of my earliest recordings. I wasn’t necessarily thinking that I would want to return to them ten years later. Which, I think, is what makes them interesting.
Silasbeats · Original recordings from 2015
I was recording
all of this.
I found old SoundCloud recordings going all the way back to 2015. Journal entries, random thoughts, Leverage, the 1M Podcast, Mindset Sessions. There's probably more than 30 hours of audio here, although I haven't actually measured the whole thing. It's quite interesting hearing some of the ideas from back then, before I knew where things were going.
What I like about this is that it's not me trying to remember what I was thinking in 2015 or 2017. These are the recordings I made while I was actually going through everything. I think if I eventually got all of this transcribed, we'd have a fairly interesting record of how my thinking and my work developed. For now, you can just listen.
The original material
Eight playlists. Years of thinking out loud.
The dated recordings go from 2015 onwards, with Mindset Sessions and the 1M Podcast together at the end. Open a collection to play it here, or go directly to the SoundCloud playlist. I've kept these as the actual original recordings.
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2016Original SoundCloud recording collection
Journal entries 2016
More thoughts from the following year. You can hear what I was working through at that particular time, rather than what I remember about it now.
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2017Original SoundCloud recording collection
Leverage podcast — 2017
This is an early Leverage collection. I’d already been talking about work, business and the decisions I was making long before the more recent episodes.
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2018Original SoundCloud recording collection
Ramblings — 2018
Random thoughts from 2018. I want to preserve the uncertainty in some of these recordings, because that was part of the process.
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2019Original SoundCloud recording collection
Ramblings: random thoughts from 2019
Another year's worth of thinking out loud. It would be interesting to put some of these conversations next to the decisions I actually went on to make.
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2020Original SoundCloud recording collection
Lockdown diary 2020
A very particular period to have recorded. These are the journal entries from lockdown in 2020, as I was living through it.
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CollectionOriginal SoundCloud recording collection
Mindset Sessions
Mindset Sessions deserves a place of its own. The relationship between my thinking, what I was trying to do and what I actually managed to do has been a recurring subject for me.
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CollectionOriginal SoundCloud recording collection
1M Podcast
This is the 1M Podcast. Thinking about work, income, building something for myself and what happens when you start treating creative work as a business.
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A future archive project
One day, I want to search the thoughts themselves.
Imagine being able to find an idea I spoke about in 2016, listen to the original recording and then compare it to what I was doing in 2026. I think there could be something in that. It'll require transcribing and indexing the recordings properly.
That isn't done yet. The playlists above are the real archive for now, and the selected episode-title index below is just another way to browse. It's not a transcript search.
Listening guide
Topics, ideas and
older recordings.
A selected index of more recent episode titles, kept below the original SoundCloud playlist players. These are topic references, not complete transcripts.
2025
Newer reflections
Back yourself (rant)
Original recording · 2025
Suno AI and my thoughts
Original recording · 2025
2024
Work, income and sync
How I made half a million Rand in one year
Original recording · 2024
Sync 2028
Original recording · 2024
Work is picking up
Original recording · 2024
Freelance, tough clients, video work
Original recording · 2024
Leverage Podcast, Season 6 Episode 5
Original recording · 2024
2023
The year of the leap
I quit my job
Original recording · 2023
This is why I'm so apprehensive
Original recording · 2023
Clean your plate
Original recording · 2023
Post journal update, early mornings, ups and downs
Original recording · 2023
Pareto principle
Original recording · 2023
Self doubt, imposter syndrome
Original recording · 2023
We're doing it backwards, action beats inaction
Original recording · 2023
If you think you need a record label, listen to this
Original recording · 2023
Why I'm tired, good fortune
Original recording · 2023
Habits
Original recording · 2023
2022
Building systems
Lead generation
Original recording · 2022
Lead generation update. It worked!
Original recording · 2022
Fiverr
Original recording · 2022
Content calendar, masterminds and planning
Original recording · 2022
What I learned from the first M
Original recording · 2022
Facebook ads and running specials
Original recording · 2022
Diversifying my income streams
Original recording · 2022
Drug Lord analogy
Original recording · 2022
2020–2021
Music business & lockdown
Episode 21: Music Publishing Company
Original recording · 2020–2021
Episode 22: Library Music
Original recording · 2020–2021
Episode 40: Registration
Original recording · 2020–2021
Episode 41: Airbit Vs Beatstars
Original recording · 2020–2021
Episode 44: Pivot
Original recording · 2020–2021
Lockdown Diaries (multiple instalments)
Original recording · 2020–2021
1M Podcast (ongoing episodes)
Original recording · 2020–2021
2019
Early Ramblings
Fumbling through my publishing company
Original recording · 2019
Mindset
Original recording · 2019
Busyness
Original recording · 2019
The slow grind
Original recording · 2019
Looking for information when you already have the answers
Original recording · 2019
1M Podcast Episode 1
Original recording · 2019
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The listening guide is the map. SoundCloud is where the whole collection lives, including all the additional episodes and music uploads I haven't catalogued on this page yet.