Tuesday, 14 December 2004
PONYshow podcast #1 - And so it begins...
« Can comment spam work for you? | Main | "With my teeth locked down I can see the blood" »My first podcast can be found hm'yah. You can aggregate my podcasts here. Enjoy!
Things I learned recording my first podcast. YMMV.
- Don't be afraid to start over. I threw away 8-10 podcasts before I settled in. Mostly I edited "dead air" from the podcast after it was all said and done.
- Use a recording program that will show you levels. If you're midrange as far as volume is concerned, you're probably OK. Beware the red. Red is bad mmmkay. If you don't have GarageBand, maybe look at Audio Recorder for OS X.
- Write down a list of things you want to talk about. Open a bunch of interesting sites you want to discuss in tabs in your browser. Highlight passages in the pages you want to mention.
- After posting your podcast, update the enclosing entry with production notes or a timeline. Allow people to timeshift your ass. The production notes are your chance to throw out links to the sites you're talking about.
- Use a program to edit the MP3 ID3 tags. Most importantly, be sure to include your name in the artist field.
- Roundtrip the entire experience. After uploading your podcast to your site, fire up your podcast aggregator, let it grab the podcast, sync your iPod (or other portable music device), and listen to the podcast yourself. Can you hear me now? Levels? Dead air? Dad belching in the background?
- Commit yourself to doing at least one more podcast. Maybe the first podcast isn't going to be the Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times (first album, first track) you want it to be, but you gotta start somewhere.
- Have fun. Laugh at least once. Cry at least once. Chances are someone else out there that's listening to your podcast is doing the same.
Production notes
Recorded 12/14/2004 - 8:56 PM
:10 - GarageBand rocks for recording and editing podcasts
:16 - Only 16 seconds in and you already know I listen to Beck ... I'm a dork
:47 - Dawn and Drew - check it y'all ... they're good
1:49 - Good lord ... my second time check ... I need to be podslapped
2:52 - Big ass snowblower post
3:22 - PONYshow - Podcaster of NY
3:50 - NetNewsWire started up and caused a hiccup in the recording
4:37 - Rock and Roll Confidential - Daily Douchebag Archives
5:35 - 2 years down the road I'm going to hate this podcast 
6:45 - It's the iTalk not the iVoice
8:52 - Just call me PONYboy
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