Without fail, every single podcast and radio interviewer has complimented me on my voice. When you hear something enough times, you begin to believe it… and to believe you have the raw talent to create your own podcast. Skill will come with experience. I decided to see if I liked podcasting—and see if the Husband liked doing the post production work. Our test is Five Minute Stories.
First came the research. How do you create a podcast? Where do you host it? How do all the bits and pieces work together. Once I started getting a good idea of how that all worked; even got the recording equipment, I talked with an experienced Podcaster, Alasdair Stuart, owner and operator of Escape Artists. He told me the biggest problem he saw with new podcasters was a lack of content. Thus, my first podcast is based on something I do well: flash fiction. This program is going to run for 13 weeks, from today until 14 December. Content isn’t a problem.
Next came the recording. I understand why people record in sound booths. I recorded in my office. It is small, the walls are covered with things, it was quiet. (Hah. Experienced podcasters laugh at this last bit.) Things I discovered about recording in my office:
- Yes, you can hear the hum of my computer. (Fixed in post.)
- Yes, the fan and AC have to be off. (During 90 degree weather.)
- Is that me breathing, my tummy rumbling, or burping? Yep. (Fixed in post.)
- Wait, is that my cat, Pharaoh, snoring throughout my recording? Yes. (Re-record.)
- Why is there only silence? Crap, my mic wasn’t on. (Note: always check the mic light.)
- Weekends are the worst. Someone is always mowing their lawn. (Fixed in post.)
- Cats meow for attention at the worst times.
- Cold liquid is bad for the recording voice.
There’s more but I don’t remember it off the top of my head. If I do this again, I’m going to do a make shift sound studio in the cat room. Or… now that I think of it, maybe the sauna with it turned off. Hmmm. That’s an idea!
Finally came the practical side. Mostly post production. How would that all work. Fortunately, that’s what the Husband is in charge of. After he did the post production work on the first couple, he knew he liked it. I think he makes me sound fabulous.
The end result is that we both liked the experience of me recording the podcast series and the Husband doing to the post production. It’s a project that we can work on together. If Five Minute Stories receives accolades, we both will receive them because this is our project. I suspect there will be another podcast in our future. This next one will be a serialized story. I’ve been inspired by Limetown Stories, Gone, The Black Tapes, and Alice Isn’t Dead. I just need to find time to write it.
Five Minute Stories
A little bit of story to last you all day…
This podcast show is a reading of selected stories from Five Minute Stories, Volumes 1 – 5, written and read by Jennifer Brozek. Some of the stories are old favorites, some are brand new, all were inspired by real life events that have been twisted into something dark and supernatural. There will be 26 episodes of this program, released twice a week starting September 19th. Each story will average about five minutes, some a bit longer, some a touch shorter, and every single one of them will be a little bit of story to last you all day.
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- iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/five-minute-stories/id1281350244
- Googleplay: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iwjpxhcbktm4w37xpj6icwmeabu
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I hope you enjoy listening to this podcast as much as we did recording it.
