Stories
Watch, read, and listen to stories about creativity, creating stuff on the internet, technology, AI, and rock & roll.
You’ll find the latest stories and updates from Rock and Roll Reclaimed below. No time to read? You can listen! Starting in June, 2025, all content will be published as a blog post and an audio podcast.
Finding genius in the process: remembering Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson didn't just make great music—he showed what it means to refuse to settle. His creative process offers vital lessons for the AI age.
“Holy &#*@&!!!” moments with Google's NotebookLM
Discover the game-changing features of Google's NotebookLM, including AI-generated audio overviews and conference note summarization. Learn how this tool can revolutionize content creation, learning, and maximize the value of conference attendance.
AI, creativity, and copyright: legal implications of AI-supported content
Explore the complexities of copyright and generative AI. Understand who owns AI-generated content and learn about the legal considerations every creator should know.
Business blogging in 2024? Here’s why we think it’s still important
**Updated for 2024**
Why are blogs necessary? How has AI impacted blogging? Here are some reasons why you still need a blog for your business, and some tips on how to make it stand as a key pillar of your content marketing strategy.
Content project management lessons from The Beatles
**Updated for 2024**
There are a ton of great lessons and takeaways about content marketing and content project management that can be learned from the Disney+ documentary “The Beatles: Get Back!”. What about AI? Yep, we can learn something about that too.
Sampling the Future of Marketing AI
Explore the intersections of AI and marketing with insights from the MAICON conference, drawing parallels between the evolution of AI and the creativity in Hip Hop. Discover how AI can democratize creativity while navigating its ethical challenges.
Evolving Your Content with Led Zeppelin
Discover the impact of Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy" at 50! Learn about the band’s musical evolution and the content marketing lessons we can take from this iconic record.
Storytelling and Content Experiences with Thin Lizzy
Listen to this podcast to discover content creation lessons from Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott - blending storytelling, authenticity, and audience connection for a memorable experience.
The Dark Side of Making Great Content
Discover why Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon remains a cultural icon. Explore its themes and gain insights to elevate your content creation.
More Human Than Human…?
Listen to the podcast to find out about how generative AI tools like ChatGPT work, how pattern recognition in the human mind leads to the personification of AI tools, and the potentially negative implications of personifying digital tools like ChatGPT.
Creative Perspectives from Rick Rubin
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin is a must-read for anyone in the era of AI-generated content. Rubin gives insight into his own creative process, including how he finds inspiration and how to filter information from the world around us. This book will help you create unique, differentiating content and stories that will set you apart from AI.
This One Goes To Eleven
Listen to this "Greatest Hits" episode of the first 10 episodes of the podcast to find out how to use the creative process to tell better stories and make better content that will set you apart from artificial intelligence (AI). Learn some of the best ways to use AI to create better, faster, more efficient content. Get introduced to a new and very impressive text to voice AI tool called Eleven Labs.
Can Writer Make You a Better Writer?
Listen to the podcast to find out what Writer (writer.com) is and what it can do for writers and writing teams, as well as features of Writer that may set it apart from similar platforms like Grammarly and Jasper. We also pay tribute to David Crosby and remember him for his importance to creativity, songwriting, and rock and roll.
His Tone Came From His Fingers
Jeff Beck had the unique ability to connect with audiences on an emotional level. He pushed the boundaries of what was possible in music. Join us as we find out why Beck was able to be so inspirational, yet un-copyable - and how we can be too with our digital content creation.
The Long and Winding Road of Managing Content Marketing Projects
Listen to the podcast to find out how to lean on your roots (musical or otherwise) to create better content, why managing content projects is hard, how to revise your workflow to create more realistic expectations, why you should never be afraid to try new things in content marketing (hint: A.I.), and more!
AI: LET IT BE Your Content Creation Power Tool
Listen to the podcast to find out about the promise of content AI platforms like chatGPT and others. What are the problems with these platforms right now? How do we create a strategy and framework for digital content creation, and how do we use AI (and the Beatles) to help?
Created vs. Creative Content
Listen to the podcast to find out what it means to be a “creative” artist vs. a “created” artist in the mind of Lionel Richie and how we might start to apply that lesson to content creation.
Content A.I. and Humble Pie
Join Mark Dauner as he talks about a content marketing tool he’s been experimenting with called Jasper that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate content. What’s the verdict?
Listen to the podcast to find out:
1. What Jasper.ai does and how it works
2. Some common use cases for the platform
3. What I think about it
4. How you might be able to work it into your content marketing workflow
The Content Undead (Remix)
In this spooky episode of the Rock and Roll Content Show, we go back in time to Mark’s previous podcast and learn about content repurposing and managing old content from Super Space Robot.
Where Rock & Roll Meets Content A.I.
In this episode of the Rock and Roll Content Show, we talk about a social media feud that erupted regarding the use of laptops and digital tracks in live concert performances and why it should serve as inspiration for how content creators can use A.I. in support of digital content and content marketing.