Last night James and I Skyped up and recorded a promo for the podcast. We had a loose script from which to work. We did three takes running completely through each time, after taking a few minutes to edit the text for flow and terminology. I think we have good flow. The last take was the one we chose to edit and publish. I had a small flub in it but decided to let it go as-is.
I think we both need some better microphones; there are some audible artifacts from our “s” sounds and some minor popping. Good hardware will come later. For now, I’m happy we’ve got some topics queued up to discuss, we’re on the same page on nearly every topic and on nearly every idea of how we want things to proceed.
The things about which one of us doesn’t feel so strongly, the other does and has chosen to take the lead. I’ve been concentrating on site and RSS feed setup, graphics and verbiage, while James has taken on sound editing, setting up a Twitter account, general show-prep documents and has gotten us organized with a Google Docs library.
We’ve also started picking out “official” graphics. A modified version of the page header’s sign saying “The Pace” will appear as a key element in (likely) all of our graphics. The road in the header graphic is Tracy Road, near Lake Placid, NY. That road embodies many of the ideals of riding for fun that James and I share; a fun road, bereft of traffic and crowds, in a far-away place, thus making it all the sweeter when riding it.
The master copy of the sign:
What flub? That take was practicaly flub free.
I didn’t really notice it during recording, but in playback I don’t really like the way I pronounced “perspective”. No biggie…
Perpective? Whatever, sounded fine. Thumbs up – what’s topic one?
- Dan
Dan, the show notes will be up over the weekend after James does the editing and mixing, but in the mean time, I pasted up the pre-show discussion topics in the forums, in the show topics section. I went back and listened to the show later in the evening after recording. I’m pretty happy with it! There was some dead air for a bit in the middle when my daughter came down to the basement to talk to me (she’s 7) and I muted, which messed up the flow a little, but I think all the dead air can be edited out without too much trouble. I think it turned into some decent discussion.
James, I’m going to re-work the theme a bit. I’m definitely going to make it less “busy” and make it more loop friendly. I think we can duck it behind our talking when we re-record the promo – which I’d like to do at some point. I think each time we talk on skype and record, especially, we get a little more polished.