Episode 02 has been posted. Sorry.
I decided to go back and edit Episode 01 down. I chopped 12 minutes out, which is hugely embarrassing considering the fact that those 12 minutes really shouldn’t have been there anyway. The three of us agree that around 15 minutes is perfect.
Now I just need to get it uploaded. Our host is down now, so I’ll post it when that is resolved. Then it’s on to making something of the recording we did for Episode 02 (if possible). I’ve got all the time in the world, since we can’t record for awhile anywhay. I know. You’ll be okay; I heard there are websites out there that have cat videos you can watch.
Cheers, suckas.
We recorded material for a new episode last night, and the audio is WAY better thanks to your tips. Now it’s a matter of editing the hell out of it until it’s postable.
There’s funny stuff in here, sure, but we had a very small recording window, we were all exhausted, and still unscripted (we’ll ALWAYS be unscripted… I mean we hadn’t prepared at all). We’ll see what kind of magic I can work in the edit room. If someone could just send me an MP3 of them laughing their ass off, maybe I’ll use that to brighten this up. While you’re at it, an MP3 of you saying “luckyshirt is super hot” would make this better, too. I can’t promise it will make it out of my iPod Shuffle that I take to the gym and into the Episode, though.
Cheers.
In light on my last post, I’ve taken the old vaudevillian hook and pulled Episode 00 off the stage. Now it’s a collector’s item for those of you who have it.
Put it in that box with your ALF doll and Teddy Ruxpin.
Hey everyone, luckyshirt here.
The feedback from you guys has been great, and I want to sincerely thank everyone. More importantly: some of you have been brutally honest, and if we’re going to break things down into value, then these are the comments that are most needed as we flop out of the nest and plummet to our social media deaths (but keep the high fives coming, too).
I went into this planning on being as transparent as possible about the podcasting process, and in that spirit: let me say something about our content…
As I mentioned in the first post, this recording was entirely unscripted. The three of us started recording right after “meeting” on Skype. I was interested in finding out just how little preparation could go into makeing this thing, and wondered what would happen if the three of us just talked about whatever came to mind.
Episode 00 contains some of the discussion we had before, during, and after recording the material in Episode 01. It is not very well organized, and separated by music bumps that drive me nuts (even though I’m the one that put them there). I wanted to keep that Episode, because I wanted to get feedback on it when compared to a single-topic post like Episode 01.
While Episode 01 really only focuses on vampire food, there is still some serious wandering in the conversation. When this happens, you’re forced to make a decision about whether to cut the little isolated topics up and add the music bumps, or let the conversation play out in the recording. I’ve heard podcasts that do both, but in this case I left almost all of it in there. I did this because I was also interested in finding the balance between editing time and listener attention span. In all honesty: I should have editied it more. There are a few slow spots, and the recording would have had a better pace to it if I had shortened in and added the bumps.
Some of you have suggested using talking points or better organizing the discussion. Future posts will be like Episode 01, and will center around one or two problems that need solving. We didn’t prepare at all for the vampire question that Sween dropped on us, so the conversation was all over the place. I happen to like that in certain situations, since this whole thing is nonsense, BUT I’m sure that knowing our topic in advance and agreeing on a lightly sketched path of conversation would help. I’m still undecided on this.
Finally: Sween warned me not to post 00, because it’s not a good representation of what the future will hold for us and now I’m convinced he was right. Good looking out, Sween. We had already recorded HOURS of material (some of which was VERY funny by the way, but wrecked by sound problems), and I was in a salvage mode trying to use whatever we could. This is why none of you should hire me as an editor.
So thanks for all the comments, and PLEASE keep them coming to us on Twitter or to audiohandpuppet@gmail.com
Cheers, suckas!
We’ve gotten some great audio tips from you pros out there. @srslainey and @d_g_ shone some light on the issues that plague our recordings, and we’re going to make some serious changes. @sween will put himself and his mic inside a trash bag, @baileygenine will rest her chin on her cat while speaking, and @luckyshirt will eliminate his trademark punchline fade-out.
Thanks so much for the advice, guys.
Now to start solving the smaller issues: like being funny.
So, I was told to write something for this whole deal. A few thoughts, one, what’s a “wax cylinder” and another, can’t vampires turn into bats? I mean, jumping, leaps and bounds were covered, but come on, isn’t being a bat one of the best parts of being a vampire? Well, that and the number of times you would show up on Craigslist Missed Connections. Seriously, how easy would it be to know that they were talking about you?
Guy in I <3 Kayaking T-Shirt - CANADA - W4M
“You were hiding in the shadows in what looked like a really awkward hair cut. I was giving you that “are you looking at me or my neck?” face, and that’s when you did a weird flying squirrel leap and glide over to me and well, were going to kill me until I happened to mention that I think kayaking is lame, and that the only cool thing about it is that “kayak” is the same forwards as it is backwards. We then started talking about other palindromes such as “race car” and then you blew my mind with “was it a rat i saw?” Anyway, I’m single and just hanging out with geese in Canada, write back.”
On to bigger and better things, I wanted to say, “oh, hey” which I kind of already did, and by that I mean, “welcome” to the world, this tumblr, the podcast, you know, everything.
Take care, I miss you already.
Hey everyone.
The moment you never waited for has finally arrived. After recording about 39 hours of audio using microphones that sound like they’re made out of chopsticks and Kleenex, we were able to salvage an episode. We are starting off with a prologue (Episode 00) AND Episode 01.
We need new microphones. We need content (we went into this recording that resulted in these clips with NOTHING… just to see how that would go). We need a little vocal coaching. We need a lot more self-esteem. We need to figure out how to properly edit audio so it doesn’t sound like we mixed it on a wax cylinder. But we know the world needs us, and we’re willing to sacrifice our reputations as social media ninja velociraptors to get this stuff out to you.
So here they are in BETA form.
Please listen accordingly, and be patient as we learn how to talk to the internet.
Cheers.