![]() ![]() “I had created a certain video,” he recalls, “Someone saw it that was familiar with ASMR. Paul hadn’t heard of ASMR until he was approached by a viewer. Finding his niche in ASMR Image courtesy: Ephemeral Rift It became a great creative outlet for Paul, and he continued to post videos for six months until he came across ASMR. He found he enjoyed posting videos to YouTube and stuck with it. “I thought it was just a dumping ground for all kinds of crazy videos and random stuff,” Paul says. He simply wanted to create videos as a way to express himself creatively. He didn’t make a business plan, post a schedule or design a brand. Paul didn’t see YouTube as a career path for him either. ![]() He decided to give YouTube a try: “I just opened a channel in 2011.” Eventually, he found his niche.Īt the time, the concept of making YouTube a full-time career was unheard of. And drawing … but that was never my thing.” “I tried to teach myself how to play guitar … but music was never my thing. He tried several creative outlets over the years, all seemingly promising at the time, but ultimately came up short. Eventually, he decided that he needed to find balance, so he began exploring his options. There were no opportunities for him to explore this creative side. “I had a desire to do something creative throughout my life, I just never knew what, you know?” he tells us. Before Paul started Ephemeral Rift, he found himself in one of those desk jobs. While desk jobs can be great for some, they can often leave creative itches unscratched. We also discuss his philosophy on YouTube’s algorithm and why he chooses not to engage with YouTube’s numbers game. So I’m like a modern-day Beethoven, except I suck at composing music.We had the opportunity to speak with Paul about his creative process, how he comes up with new ideas for Ephemeral Rift and what sets his channel apart from other ASMRists. Oh, and I was diagnosed in 2010 with having an Acoustic Neuroma in my left ear which led to permanent hearing loss and tinnitus in that ear. I’m also an ex-Roman Catholic turned non-believer, critical thinker, freethinker, cynical optimist, skeptic, artist, actor, comedian, unpublished amateur writer/lyricist/poet, photographer, videographer, director, producer, video editor, sound designer, Foley artist, audio engineer, costume designer, set designer, prop designer, makeup artist, foodie, gamer, and even a hybrid stoic-nihilist-humanist-naturalist-anarchist who belongs to no group nor ideology. I am in independent, D.I.Y., jack-of-all-trades master-of-none with a variety of interests just like anyone else. Except the podcast is currently on hiatus so the channel is now mainly ASMR. I enjoy creating a wide variety of videos ranging from whisper-quiet, relaxing, traditional & avant-garde ASMR videos to unfiltered, freeform podcasts covering every topic under the sun and beyond. ![]() My YouTube channel and channel name were created in September 2011 prior to the whole ASMR thing. That’s when I realized the thing I experienced all my life had a name, and the rest is history. My name is Paul McNelis and this is my 3rd home, the 2nd being my YouTube channel (where I dump the majority of my creative energy), and the 1st being the actual house where I live with my wife and son in Southeastern Pennsylvania where we were all born, raised, and still reside.Īfter spending most of my 20’s, 30’s and 40’s trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life creatively, beyond simply being a husband and father, I stumbled onto the ASMR niche on YouTube in the spring of 2012. Good Now! I hope you’re doing splentastic! ![]()
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