Molly LewisInterview
Songwriter, ukulelist, podcaster
Adapted from Molly Lewis's interview on Uses This, published 24 October 2018. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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Overall I use a 15" 2013 MacBook Pro for most of my production, and am generationally bought into the Apple walled garden of products (starting with a hand-me-down Newton from my dad all the way back in the 1990s).
I occasionally use an Osmo Mobile gimbal for stabilization, but usually I can't be arsed to pack it – it feels like a selfie stick with something to prove.
Those almost exclusively live on a Vanguard VEO AM-264TR monopod.
It's maybe the most excited I've ever been about a camera, except maybe the Game Boy Camera.
My main music microphones are a stereo pair of Ear Trumpet Edwina condensers - their names are Gred and Forge.
My podcast microphone of choice is an Audio Technica 2035, which I found through Tested's breakdown of their podcast kit.
For both podcast/live music recordings I use a Zoom H6.
My main performing ukulele these days is a Blackbird Clara tenor ukulele.
Magic Fluke™ Flea soprano (w/ pickup)
RISA TE tenor electric ukulele (newest)
Notes
For songwriting I have always used Evernote, because Evernote lets you record voice memos in line with the text, and tag notes.
Media
No one has ever put a hat on my head and said "this is your job" so I just keep trying on hats: I'm a songwriter / ukulelist (if that's a word) / YouTuber / illustrator / podcaster / Twitch streamer / hyphenate.