Hi Treks In Sci-Fi friends. Rico has given us permission to post a link to our very first sci-fi and fantasy podcast...We are still working on theme music, logo and web site so its a quite a ways away from being ready for the masses. Our goal is to make a sci-fi/fantasy podcast from the female prospective, but we plan on making it entertaining to both guys and gals. We chose to name our podcast "Anomaly" because its not only a popular Treknobabble term, but also because it defines sci-fi fan girls.
We would love any constructive criticism that you all might offer; we really do value the opinions of our fellow Treks In Sci-Fi listeners. Our file is currently very rough, but if there is anything at ALL that you feel should be edited, please let us know. Our podcast will be rated "G" but I'm very sarcastic; I don't want anything we say to be insulting to you guys. I know its impossible to make everyone happy, but at least we can try not to step on our friends toes (that's you all). It may be a little slow to play...The file is currently fairly large, but you can listen to it on Angela's husband's web site...no need to actually download it.
Let us know what you think, but be nice 'cause we are girls and we can be quite emotional....kidding... be honest, but try not to use the words "it sucks". :D
Thanks everyone. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! :D
http://www.jimscomputerfix.com/epi4.mp3 (http://www.jimscomputerfix.com/epi4.mp3)
Very well done! You two have a great rapport and come across as very comfortable with eachother and that really makes listening to a podcast much more enjoyable and natural. Great flow to the show. Only criticism's, keep the distractions around you while recording to a minimum as they aren't interesting for a listener as they can't see what's going on and often don't hear the things you are refrencing. Also, no giggling! ;).
Hey Jen,
I love it so far! Very interesting and a nice listen. I'd be interested to know if you get yourself on a feed I can get iTunes to download as I'll def subscribe!
If you ever need any geeky guys to chat to on the show about RPs and/or Farscape, trek, etc I'm always a Skype call away, he he he.
Anyway, great cast & I love the name!
Great job Jen and Angela. Just got done listening to it. It's obvious you two get along well and make a good team for doing this type of thing. Even though I have been podcasting awhile, take everything I will say with a grain of salt. It's up to the two of you to make the show your own and decide what you want it to be like. These are just ideas/suggestions/thoughts....
First - LOVE the show name! I'm assuming you got the domain in either .com or .net hopefully already.
Next, I love the ideas you have for various shows. I would keep the emphasis on the Geek Girl thing. You two sound both intelligent on the geek stuff - but also like women and not guys and the way they approach a topic. Not sure if that makes sense, but I think you get my meaning.
I would focus on just a couple of things per show and stay focused on it. For me personally, those are the kinds of shows I like to hear. It's ok to tangent off (I certainly do) but eventually bring it back. I know this was your intro show so you hit on a lot of things. This is more a future suggestion.
Toss a break or breather into the show once in awhile. It helps the listener and you too. Again, being your first recording not really needed - more for the future.
Find a day & time that fits the schedule for both of you to record and get the podcast out. Once a week on a certain day or maybe every other week, etc. But find a schedule and hold to it as much as you can. This becomes hard sometimes, but I think the listeners like to have a set pattern to the podcasts and when they come out.
On the technical side - it sounded pretty good. I'm not sure - were you using one or two mics? Better to use two mics of the same type - if you can. And you might want to bump up the volume on Jen's mic or drop Angela's just a bit (Angela is a bit louder - but not overly so, but it's best if you can match volumes pretty closely). Also, get a wind screen or pop filter for the mics. I still need something better for my show too. This will help cut down on the "puff" sounds when you say words like "podcast."
I hope this wasn't too much. Just a few thoughts and ideas. Again - GREAT JOB! Much better than my first time!
OH - and last - don't listen to Bryan above --- Keep the giggling (I like it)! It sounds like you're having fun - and you should! :biggrin
P.S. Make a promo or two for your show soon. 30 sec to about 1 min. long. And pass it out to other Geek/Sci-Fi, etc. Podcasts. I'd love to play it on my show and I'm sure others would too.
Hi Jen,
Ok, I listened to your cast. Very fun. I will be a regular listener.
The only thing that I can add to Rico's comments are the whole organizational end.
Back in the day, when I was in radio, the prepared announcer was the best announcer. We always did things off the cuff, and that was great, but we had good notes and a path to follow. That seemed to make us easier to listen to.
Great job, and I can't wait for the next one!
Have fun!
You guys rock... I really enjoy it, this is great for a first podcast. I love the banter between you too, you sound like you guys just kickback and chat in front of a mic.. so much fun. I know several people say to have an organized plan of what you are going to do.. but I really like the banter back and forth. I like the husbands in the background too. Sounds like you guys enjoy the same TV and movies as I do. Can't wait to hear the next one.
I'm just trying to be helpful :innocent Sometimes when you are so close to someone you can almost read eachothers minds and know what the other is about to say. Constructive comments only.
One thing I've learned is everyone will have different opinions on these types of things. My best advice - Make the show the way you want it! I know I'll be listening!
Thanks so much for ALL the comments. They are all very helpful and we value your opinions. After we finished our first show we discussed what we thought might make the show better. We all agreed that breaks would be helpful..Good point Rico. Angela cut a lot of conversation because we got tired and lost some energy...it was late and we got lamer the longer the podcast went on. We both like the conversational tone, which we're going to keep, but we both know we need a set topic (also a good point guys). It was harder than I thought it would be, to follow the notes. I didn't want to read them because it sounded stiff and rehersed, but I lost my train of thought sometimes. I said "ummm" alot. I don't normally do that...it annoyed me to hear myself say it over and over when I played it back again. Yikes.
We have two mics. I did not have a pop filter on my mine, but Angela has one on hers. I noticed the puffs and breathing sounds coming from my end when I played it back. Jim, Angela's husband, is a musican and the equipment belongs to him...I think he said he had a filter for my mic, but he couldn't find it. I'll pick one up so that it doesn't sound so "puffy".
No worries, Bryan...I asked for comments and yours counts too. Its hard to know what people are like in person, when we just read and reply to comments on forums....I understand. The laughing/giggling is just who Angela is. She's very jovial, which is one reason why she's my friend; her humor and laugh are infectious. I think I heard some nervous laughter mixed in there too, so we were more giggly than normal ( I agree). But I can't promise that we won't be giggly on all our podcasts, its they way we are most of the time. ;)
I know our show won't be for everyone, and that's ok. :)
Quote from: keozen on February 05, 2007, 12:43:42 PM
Hey Jen,
I love it so far! Very interesting and a nice listen. I'd be interested to know if you get yourself on a feed I can get iTunes to download as I'll def subscribe!
If you ever need any geeky guys to chat to on the show about RPs and/or Farscape, trek, etc I'm always a Skype call away, he he he.
Anyway, great cast & I love the name!
Thanks Matt. Yeah we definately want to always have a guy's perspective too. Either from one of our dudes, a friend or a friend from the Treks In Sci-Fi Forums. We'll let you all know when the podcast is on iTunes. We'll also post a link to the site that will host our show.
I checked and Anomalypodcast is available Rico, but Anomaly.com, and .net are both long gone. We're probably going to go with Anomalypodcast.com
Thanks for the offer to play/spread our promo...we definately appreciate that. And if you want to send us a promo, we'd be happy to play it on our podcast. That goes for any of you guys who have a sci-fi/fantasy podcast.
I managed to listen to a little bit of it this morning. Good call on the name of the show!
One thing I'd add that you might have considered: It sounds like you're seperating out the voices into Right and Left stereo channels. You might consider, once you've done your mastering/ editing, putting both of those into a mono channel. For one, the file size for a mono file is smaller than a stero, but more importantly, some listeners don't like having the voices so seperated out in the car or, in the case of one, in their long haul rig.
I was over in the taverncast forum, and they were just talking about this over there, and IRC they had gotten an email from a long haul trucker asking them to go back to having all the voices in the middle channel (mono) because he couldn't hear the right speaker as well in his rig.
The show sounds like fun though! I'll talk to my wife about putting your 30 sec promo into our show as well. Prehaps a round robin of podcast addverts? Rico?
Mr. O
EDIT to Add:
Just finished and I think you two have a good banter and some good potential for a fun show. For what I like to listen to I think you'll have something fun to come back to every week, a fresh persepective or some new ideas. Doing a generalist Fantasy Sci/Fi show gives you lots of room to do different things each week, so you should have some good ideas.
One piece of advice to add on content wise is to not waste all your good material at the start while you're learning your show. Mrs. O and I tackled "getting your wife to play" as our 3rd show, and frankly it sucked. We were just making "newb" mistakes (got rambly, audio issues etc) and I think "wasted" some good content on a bad show. However our last outting I think more than made up for it, so it's all a matter of learning the ropes and making the most of it.
And having fun. It sounds like you two are legitimately having a good time and that's what it's really about. It's easy to get caught up in "pleasing the listeners" but in the end it has to be fun for you. :)
Can't wait to hear Episode V... I presume the file name was a reference to "A New Hope"?
Mr. O
Hi Mr. O. Thanks for the advice! I'd be happy to plug your show too, if you and your wife want to trade promos. Yeah, Angela likes split channel. I think she heard it on the GeeksOn podcast. You made a good point about the possibility of listeners with one bad speaker. I'll pass it along.
One of our friends suggested including a very brief interview with a non-geek woman on every podcast. He said he thought that was a funny idea. He also suggested we gripe about Kara Thrace on every podcast... although I dispise the character (as of now), I think that would get old after a while. I hear you on the "don't use up your good material" suggestion. We've made a long list of show topics so hopefully we won't do that. Thanks for all the advice! I like the "A New Hope" title...hummm...maybe we'll use that.
I'll also toss my comment in about splitting the channels. I think there is only one reason people do this to start - limited audio equipment or software. For listening - I find it kind of distracting (especially if you listen ever with a headset or earbuds). Again, just my 2 cents but I think most people would prefer a blended/stereo format.
Oh, I agree greatly with Mr. O. It's a natural tendency to want to break out the "bug guns" and cover your favorite topics and ideas at first, but try and hold back a little. For example I covered my favorite TREK episode ever very early on (City on the Edge of Forever) and I should of waited. I could do a much better job on it now. I may revisit a few of those early podcast subjects someday - for the Enhanced Trek in Sci-Fi remastering! hehe :metallica:
You should Rico. That would be awesome! Yeah, the same friend (mentioned above) asked us to revisit the "boozing Galactica" topic. He liked the subject and wanted to hear more. Maybe we should wait to do that until after we iron out the wrinkles. Thanks everyone for the great suggestions! They'll be put to good use. Anyone else have a comment?
Not meaning to get off-topic too much Jen, but I agree with you on the booze in Galactica thing. I mean where are they getting this stuff? Doesn't most booze basically come from plants/grains you could eat? Don't they have a food problem?
No kidding! And everyone is a drinker, there's nothing wrong with having some characters that deal that way, but you'd think there'd be a couple of folks who would do something else to wind down... like, I don't know...Ti Chi or Yoga or something? :D
I kid...I kid. ;)
Yeah, where are they getting the ingredients for their brew?
Quote from: Jen on February 06, 2007, 05:51:54 PM
No kidding! And everyone is a drinker, there's nothing wrong with having some characters that deal that way, but you'd think there'd be a couple of folks who would do something else to wind down... like, I don't know...Ti Chi or Yoga or something? :D
I kid...I kid. ;)
Yeah, where are they getting the ingredients for their brew?
Well they tried a boxing ring.. look how that turned out....
Also I think that alcohol is rather ingredient effiecent... as in the grain allowed to fermet goes a lot further when it's watered down and such...
*shrug*
I think this has GOTTA be coming up as a future issue though... the fact that the fleet is getting stir crazy again...
Mr. O
Yeah, they just need to go kick some Cylon backside...that'll make them all feel better.
I just finished listening to your show and I liked it a lot. You two are having fun and that matters a lot to me as a listener because it's kinda' contagious. If you're having fun then you must be talking about something that I will most likely enjoy.
I agree with Rico that the name for the podcast is really good. :metallica:
The little distractions with your husbands actually works nicely; again, you're having fun and that's good. It wouldn't have worked if the distractions had happened every 2 or 3 minutes.
About the booze situation in Galactica: I haven't done research but if you think about it, most societies in the world--no matter how poor--always find some way to produce obtainable amounts of mind altering substances whether it's alcohol or some other narcotic. I suppose the same phenomenon happens in space. . . :-\
The difference in space is you can't grow things easily or have plentiful water - I would think. Maybe the water would even be more of an issue than the grain. Again - sorry for the digression.
Jen & Angela - do you know when you might be doing your next podcast yet?
Quote from: Rico on February 07, 2007, 04:29:30 AM
The difference in space is you can't grow things easily or have plentiful water - I would think. Maybe the water would even be more of an issue than the grain. Again - sorry for the digression.
Jen & Angela - do you know when you might be doing your next podcast yet?
Well... the human body really only "uses" a small amount of water. A lot of that can be recycled down to "distilled" water, though minerals will be in short supply soon....
Oh, did I miss the feed for this? I got the MP3 fine, but I was curious if you had a feed set up yet.
Mr. O
Quote from: Rico on February 07, 2007, 04:29:30 AM
The difference in space is you can't grow things easily or have plentiful water - I would think. Maybe the water would even be more of an issue than the grain. Again - sorry for the digression.
Jen & Angela - do you know when you might be doing your next podcast yet?
No problem Rico. Good question...eventually we would like to do one once a week, but right now we'll have to stick with one every other week. Mostly because Angela is directing a play so she's been very busy with rehersals. She usually pops on the forums a few minutes before she turns in for the night...but other than that she eats, sleeps and dreams the play she's working on.
We don't have a feed yet. In between my full-time job and my freelance work, I'm working on our logo and our web site design. Shoosh...Didn't know podcasting was going to be soooo much work (but its also fun). Apparently those two things are needed to be apart of the Star Wars Fanworks network. I think we're just going to keep plugging them on Angela's husband's site until everything's ready to go. Feeds are the best way to go...and we're hoping to submit our podcast to iTunes soon. Do you guys now how long it usually takes iTunes to accept a podcast?
our podcast was accepted within a day and we were up and running in a matter of three days. It was cool.
Quote from: moyer777 on February 08, 2007, 12:02:57 AM
our podcast was accepted within a day and we were up and running in a matter of three days. It was cool.
Same here.. I'd say 3 days and now "warcraft" will bring us up as the Dead Last Podcast on the list.
I guess that's good.....
Mr. O
Good to know guys. Thanks.
Finally, the temporary web site is up and our second podcast is available for download. Its old...The Battlestar Comments are three shows ago. But the rest might be of interest. Let us know what you think...we took alot of your advice. Were still waiting on our theme music. Our web site is still in the "build out" phase...but as soon as its up we'll be setting up an iTunes feed. :wacko
http://www.anomalypodcast.com/ (http://www.anomalypodcast.com/)
I like the logo Jen, downloading the show now.
Quote from: Rico on March 11, 2007, 01:16:17 PM
I like the logo Jen, downloading the show now.
Thanks, I as trying to come up with an image that illustrated the term "Anomaly" by focusing on the merging of sci-fi and female fans...I hope my design makes sense.
you on I-tunes Jen if not go to Gcast free service :)
We're working on finishing our web site so we can incorporate a iTunes feed...but I'll check out Gcast too Captain Cavity ;) :D
Thanks for the suggestion Darkmolerman. :)
Great second podcast. Battlestar, funny. Nice review on the Star Trek Experience... great podcast review....
hide your geek. Oh, man, I laughed and laughed. That was awesome!
Great interaction, smart, intelligent and very good use of my time.
Congrats, can't wait for more!
Oh, and great music on this cast.
Hi I'm Rick and I'm a geek.
(they all answer-- Hi Rick!)
Rick M
man just listen to both of your podcast I thought the were great keep them coming I need good podcast I have run out of ricos podcasts.
Thanks guys! I apprecate your comments. If you have any suggestions, let us know. We're tweaking the format as we go. We're actually finishing up our third on Weds. (maybe it will be on our web site this weekend)..Hopefully Angela will have a little more free time, since she's not directing right now. She's acting insteadâ€"apparently that takes less of her podcast editing time.
Hey Geeky Girls .. I really enjoyed your latest podcast. You guys have such great chemistry. My only issue, which I think was brought up already, is that it's in stereo and I hear Jen on the right headphone and Angela on the left.. it's kind of weird... But I can deal with it. Can't wait to hear the third one.. I'm a huge Fantasy lover.
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on March 12, 2007, 04:43:47 PM
Hey Geeky Girls .. I really enjoyed your latest podcast. You guys have such great chemistry. My only issue, which I think was brought up already, is that it's in stereo and I hear Jen on the right headphone and Angela on the left.. it's kind of weird... But I can deal with it. Can't wait to hear the third one.. I'm a huge Fantasy lover.
I noticed that too. We got feedback about it last time we asked for comments, and I thought we were going to do away with the two different channels. The GeeksOn Podcast uses that technique and I think Angela really likes it. I'm indifferent. If it bothers you guys, let us know and I'll talk to Angela about coverting our casts sterio in the future.
Thanks for the feedback Kenny.
I listened to your latest show too - loved it. I think you two continue to make a great team! Loved the variety of segments you did. Especially the one about hiding your geek or letting it out. I've had that situation too during my life, some people are pretty surprised when they come over and see my "geek stuff." The geek girl of the moment was fun too. Looking forward to hearing your next one on Ren Faires (which I'm a big fan of). Keep it up! And definitely once you get up and rolling make a promo for your show and I'll be happy to play it on my show.
P.S. I'm kind of with Kenny on the audio channel splitting. I prefer it all mixed evenly myself - but it's up to you. I'll listen in any case.
Thanks Rico. We're actually looking for Trek episodes where the word "Anomaly" is used. The plan is to record a bunch of different characters saying the word and then pasting them together for our promo intro. Yeah, our geek girl of the week next podcast will be our guest host and the subject of our "Renfest" segement. She and Angela are veterans...
Thank you so much for the comments guys.
Didn't they say anomaly like in every episode of TNG and Voyager too!?! Hehe...
P.S. Tell Angela I so WANT to go to the Hilton to the TREK Experience now. Even to get the inkjet printed pic of me on the bridge! Maybe this summer - hopefully!
Yeah Angela's ST the experience story brought back such great memories for me. I've gone about six times and it never gets old. And if it's closing then I'm going to have to get back there soon so I can get another few times before it closes. Rico if you go let me know, we can met up.
I've never been! Ahg...I've lost some geek cred by admitting that fact.
Not to derail, but I'm very seriously considering going this summer. Maybe in August when the big TREK con is there. I'll keep you all posted on that.
Jen, I finally got a chance to listen to both of your Podcasts, and I must say they are fantastic. You and Angela are a good team, and work off of each other very well. I enjoyed the topics you discussed, and was very easy to listen to. I was impressed that you were not rushed in what you said, and as well you two did not ramble on either. You definitely hit a good format right from the start, and produced a very quality podcast. For me, you really do not need to change anything, as it all was really good. I guess the only comment I could make is similar to what Bryan said at the top of this thread about off Mic Audience people, and not hearing them, I guess if they are going to say something, should say it into the Mic. Great Job and looking to hearing your Future Podcasts.
Quote from: Rico on March 12, 2007, 05:45:15 PM
Not to derail, but I'm very seriously considering going this summer. Maybe in August when the big TREK con is there. I'll keep you all posted on that.
I would be interested in going to Vegas again as well if others are planning on heading out there. So if there is going to be a Treks in SciFi meetup in Vegas, I am really interested. So please keep everyone posted.
Sorry to derail as well.
I really liked listening to Angelas experiences at the Star Trek experience, reminded me of my own there, except for the expensive Inkjet Picture, passed on that :), though had a interesting conversation with a Klingon the First time I was there. He was completely in Character, and was spot on with everything he said.
Quote from: jedijeff on March 13, 2007, 06:39:23 PM
Jen, I finally got a chance to listen to both of your Podcasts, and I must say they are fantastic. You and Angela are a good team, and work off of each other very well. I enjoyed the topics you discussed, and was very easy to listen to. I was impressed that you were not rushed in what you said, and as well you two did not ramble on either. You definitely hit a good format right from the start, and produced a very quality podcast. For me, you really do not need to change anything, as it all was really good. I guess the only comment I could make is similar to what Bryan said at the top of this thread about off Mic Audience people, and not hearing them, I guess if they are going to say something, should say it into the Mic. Great Job and looking to hearing your Future Podcasts.
Thanks Jeff. I appreciate your suggestions and I'm very glad that you liked the podcast. Yeah, I think we're going to phase out the husbands...I've listened to our podcasts several times and I have to say, after listening a million times for issues to work on, the background folks
are hard to hear. :D
I can see why you guys made the point about people off mic. I agree. Done and done. ;)
yeah on your second podcast and i am an anomaly (i haven't noticed) no other kids are geeks :jawdrop well not as much as me :) I :metallica: i am the only one who addmits it tooo also If Angela needs help on KOTOR i beat it and i am re-beating it
She does need help. ;D I've tried to help her myself (I've also beaten it several times), but its hard to explain it to someone if you aren't sitting right next to them while they're playing the game. She's great gamer though...I know she can do it. Besides, its more fun when you can accomplish something without someone helping you the first time around. :D
FYI, I haven't told her who her character is in the game...I want her to be surprised, so don't say anything to her about it...OK? ;)
Hehe ok I am playing good (evil is fun as well) so since we are almost just posting the same things on differnt threads wanna go to the chat?
I'd love to buddy, but where I live (Texas) its 10 pm and past my bedtime. I'll catch you laters OK? Aloha!
OK have fun sleep tight :) hehe
Hi guys. I'm about finished with our web site's design; scripting Flash elements is taking me a little more time than I wanted. I'd say I have another few days on that, then its getting passed to our programmer for build out. Our feeds will be set up when that's done...Its coming together, albeit slowly. Thanks again Rico for allowing us to post here until its done.
The third installment of our podcast is finished, if you're still interested in listening check it out on our web site. In this episode, we interview our first 'in studio Geek Girl of the Week'. Be warned there's a bit of loud giggling and our guest had to share a mic with Angela. It gets loud at times, and quiet at other times. Angela just ordered two more "guests mics" to help this issue.
The Renfest Segment is PG 13 (in my opinion). If you have some kids in the room, while you're listening, it may not be appropriate at times. The rest of the podcast is benign.
Our Battlestar Segment covers up to "The Son Also Rises". We plan to cover Part I and II of the season finale next Week. Please send us your opinions regarding
Part I, we'd love to read/address your comments on the podcast. Thanks for listening. :)
http://www.anomalypodcast.com/ (http://www.anomalypodcast.com/)
Woot btw Jen on my Blogger your podcast is on the links :)
coolness. :)
Heh yeah...by the way my Glog is darkmolerman.blogspot.com
Do you have an XML feed yet? Would love to subscribe to you via iTunes or Zencast.
Oh, and what's with the funky numbering scheme?
Mr. O
Cool another Jen/Angela show to listen to.
Hey Rico you are also on my Blogger :)
Quote from: MrOsterman on March 23, 2007, 05:38:00 AM
Do you have an XML feed yet? Would love to subscribe to you via iTunes or Zencast.
Oh, and what's with the funky numbering scheme?
Mr. O
Oh that's an Angela thingâ€"she's implementing the Star Wars Episode naming scheme. That will go away once we've got our feed up. We're building our own site from scratch. The content is currently being written for our subsequent pages. I hope to have the site finished sometime very soon. The site is designed, it just has to be built out and I want that to be finished before I set up a feed. Angela and I both work in advertising...we've been brainwashed to do things from a sales standpoint. We want people to see a polished product if they hear a promo or download our podcast on iTunes and decide to check out our web site to find out who we are.
We're lucky in that I used to be an art director at a web firm...I have programmer friends who are programming the site in trade (my Flash skills for their hosting/programming services). I'm finding out that free stuff takes a little longer.
I'll definitely let you know when our feed is up. Thanks for your willingness to subscribe. I'm glad you like the show. Did you get my email about The Elf And Dwarf promo? We love to play one that uses your intro clips and music. We've got several friends listen to us, who play WOW. I'm sure they'd love to listen to your podcast too.
Angela said she wants to talk to you about your voiceover request (for your teacher's podcast). She said she can do that, no problem, but has a few questions for you.
Looking forward to seeing your site Jen, Sounds like it is going to be great. The flash has me really intrigued, and I see where you would want it finished before posting the feed, to complete the whole package. A friend and I have been working on a non sci-fi podcast, between that and the setup site, it is a lot of work . Fortuntely for us, he is good at graphics and is a video editor, so all the podcast stuff he handles, and my strengths are in website setup and maintenance, setting up the podcast feed, etc etc..., so works out good for us.
Quote from: jedijeff on March 23, 2007, 06:55:47 PM
Looking forward to seeing your site Jen, Sounds like it is going to be great. The flash has me really intrigued, and I see where you would want it finished before posting the feed, to complete the whole package. A friend and I have been working on a non sci-fi podcast, between that and the setup site, it is a lot of work . Fortuntely for us, he is good at graphics and is a video editor, so all the podcast stuff he handles, and my strengths are in website setup and maintenance, setting up the podcast feed, etc etc..., so works out good for us.
Ah, you'll have to tell us what you're podcast is about. I'd love to hear it. I subscribe to alot of non-sci-fi podcasts.
Our site is a hybrid site (flash/html). We're using Flash components like a XML MP3 player, animated buttons, as well as flash photo galleries. The over all design looks nothing like what we currently have up right now...the logo is the same but that's it.
What's your podcast called Jeff?
I just like the podcast...I also hope the Website ROCKS!
Quote from: Jen on March 23, 2007, 07:01:00 PM
Quote from: jedijeff on March 23, 2007, 06:55:47 PM
Looking forward to seeing your site Jen, Sounds like it is going to be great. The flash has me really intrigued, and I see where you would want it finished before posting the feed, to complete the whole package. A friend and I have been working on a non sci-fi podcast, between that and the setup site, it is a lot of work . Fortuntely for us, he is good at graphics and is a video editor, so all the podcast stuff he handles, and my strengths are in website setup and maintenance, setting up the podcast feed, etc etc..., so works out good for us.
Ah, you'll have to tell us what you're podcast is about. I'd love to hear it. I subscribe to alot of non-sci-fi podcasts.
Our site is a hybrid site (flash/html). We're using Flash components like a XML MP3 player, animated buttons, as well as flash photo galleries. The over all design looks nothing like what we currently have up right now...the logo is the same but that's it.
What's your podcast called Jeff?
Hi Jen
A friend and I are doing a podcast on auto racing series we both follow called Champ car. They race in our home town of Edmonton here in Canada, as well different areas in the US/Mexico/Canada/Australia and Europe.
The URL to my site is www.champodcast.com. We felt since there was many Podcasts on Nascar and Formula One, that we should do one on Champ car. Any suggestion/comments on the site or our podcast would be appreciated. We got our first one up, though listening to it, not as polished as yours. Plus I need to work on my speaking/pronunciation, as I sound very Canadian, more then I realized.
Quote from: jedijeff on March 24, 2007, 06:59:40 AM
Plus I need to work on my speaking/pronunciation, as I sound very Canadian, more then I realized.
Oh, don't do that. That's one of the things that makes listening to podcast so much fun. Its nice to hear something different than what you're used to.
You may think we don't have accents, but if you listen to Angela and I closely, you'll notice we drop our "t's" a "d's". I never really noticed it until I began scrutinizing our podcast for mistakes. I think only another Texan could pick up on those inflections I mentioned. Although its slight, my drawl comes out when I'm surprised/exicted or when I'm at home with my family. In our first podcast, when Angela was say that someone gave her a vintage, in package, Princess Leia as a wedding giftâ€"BUT she couldn't find it. I was so surpised and dismayed that my drawl came out. I said "Wah? Ya cain finer?!"
I also kept saying "Peanuh gallery". Ug... :D
I'll download your cast to listen. ;)
LOL, Thanks Jen. When I listened to it after I recorded, I said "eh" more times the I realized, sounded like I was on the Bob and Doug McKenzie show (Canadian Comedy reference, as they made "eh" famous)
I guess like you said, might take a person from the region to really recognize, as I never really noticed your Texas accents.
ah yes, but were you eating back bacon?
"Take off, to the Great White North! Take off, it's a beauty way to go!"
Don't be such a hoser.
eh.
"Give all cops donuts"
I wore out my cassette of those guys.. they were very funny.
I wasnt eating Back Bacon, but thinking about it at the time ;)
I just finished listening to your third podcast. I really enjoyed your comments on BSG.. not that I agree with all of them but it was fun. I liked the segment on Renfes, I found it very eye opening. I have never been to one but always wanted to go and they sound more like a rave. Not sure I would enjoy the night life but it sounded just as I imagined during the day with all the activities.
I noticed that you guys didn't split your audio this time.. much better.
Let me know when you get a feed on itunes I'd be happy to subscribe.
Yeah...in hawaii we have a flat accent as in no accent i wish i did accents rock
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on March 24, 2007, 11:16:08 AM
I just finished listening to your third podcast. I really enjoyed your comments on BSG.. not that I agree with all of them but it was fun. I liked the segment on Renfes, I found it very eye opening. I have never been to one but always wanted to go and they sound more like a rave. Not sure I would enjoy the night life but it sounded just as I imagined during the day with all the activities.
I noticed that you guys didn't split your audio this time.. much better.
Let me know when you get a feed on itunes I'd be happy to subscribe.
Dave and I were like alien observers on our first trip to Renfest. It was all about experiencing the festival for me, dressing up and enjoying seeing other great costumes. :)
The Hippie camp is more like Woodstock...not ravish...Although, the only thing I know about raves is from what I've seen on CSI. The people in the camp were friendly, willing to just come chat with you. The family camp is nice and quietâ€"very safe. Renfest is so fun...I would definitely recommend visiting during the day if your not into camping.
so what was so Adult about the Adult camp? was it body parts showing? swearing? out in the open where a guy on mushrooms could come?
Quote from: Darkmolerman on March 25, 2007, 05:30:10 PM
so what was so Adult about the Adult camp? was it body parts showing? swearing? out in the open where a guy on mushrooms could come?
Its very loud at night (you can't sleep)â€"there are also some weirdos hanging out around there. Just a lot of stuff you have to watch out for.
I HAVE been to a rave and it is nothing like a rave. A little closer to Woodstock however, not because you really can segregate yourself from the other camps. Like we said in the 'cast...it is like you have your own tribe and if you want to cross over into another one or commune together like at the bonfire you can just do it. But people pretty much leave you alone unless you put yourself out there.
And as far as the "adult" stuff. It is all the things at 12 that you think you understand and can handle, but really you can't and when someone my age says that you want to experience more but really it is better than you don't until you are a little older....trust me. Think of it like a virtual online game. It is basically PG BUT CONTENT CAN CHANGE ANYTIME!!! And that is the best I can do there. Thanks for listening. We hope to be on Itunes soon.
So it is like World of warcraft...there are Massive jerks and Nightelf Chicks dancing...The Kid stuff seemed..kiddie where it is 7 and younger...
You've got a cool perspective. You just need a format. Like any great show, it just needs time to take shape. I like the fact that you're as open with your opinions on things. I'm like Carlos Mencia, not always accepting of too much political correctness. It will be interesting to see the community that springs up around your show.
All the best.
Quote from: Poodyglitz on March 28, 2007, 10:25:52 AM
You've got a cool perspective. You just need a format. Like any great show, it just needs time to take shape. I like the fact that you're as open with your opinions on things. I'm like Carlos Mencia, not always accepting of too much political correctness. It will be interesting to see the community that springs up around your show.
All the best.
Thanks!
Jen/Angela -
I listened to your 3rd show today. Really liked it. I used to go to Ren Faire's almost every year but haven't in the last couple of years much. I did go one year to help with the world largest juggling gathering for a world record. I can juggle pretty well and anyone that could, got in free. I don't think we ended up with enough for a record though.
I liked the mixed sound better, easier to listen to I thought. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to the next show!
Hey Angela where are you in KOTOR?
Quote from: Rico on March 28, 2007, 07:11:29 PM
Jen/Angela -
I listened to your 3rd show today. Really liked it. I used to go to Ren Faire's almost every year but haven't in the last couple of years much. I did go one year to help with the world largest juggling gathering for a world record. I can juggle pretty well and anyone that could, got in free. I don't think we ended up with enough for a record though.
I liked the mixed sound better, easier to listen to I thought. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to the next show!
Wow! You juggle? I can only juggle two objects at a time. How many can you juggle?
Thanks Rico. Yeah, I've been listening to the Podholes podcast. They critique shows that send them mp3's and give podcasters tips on the technical and recording aspects of podcasts. Lots of good info for beginners and pros. Steve Eley from "Escape Pod" and Mike Mennenga from "Wingin' It" are the gurus. They had a show on bed music (music that lays under your voice)...They said if you have a particularly long podcast bed music helps wake up the listener if they're nodding off and helps to keep them interested if they're not. I thought it added some spice to our stories, especially the part about the lightsaber duel. I picked the music but Angela put it all together...she's in charge of where all that stuff gets placed and has been learning a lot about post production.
Mike and Steve's podcast has good info. but its sometimes a little crude (the've named their critiques after a particular tests we women have to endure once a year...not sure what I think of that but hey the podcasting info is good)
Yes, great job at adding the music - definitely spiced things up.
I started juggling in college as stress relief during breaks from studying. I can do 3, sometimes 4 when I'm on the ball! I also can do a few different patterns, circle, in and out, etc. It's a lot of fun, and not as hard as it looks once you get the knack of it.
Lol Rico you are truly a geek the most i can do is tell you things about the computer!...i can't get "IM A TELEVISON JUNKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" out of my head lol
Quote from: Darkmolerman on April 04, 2007, 05:27:50 PM
Lol Rico you are truly a geek the most i can do is tell you things about the computer!...i can't get "IM A TELEVISON JUNKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" out of my head lol
Do you like that song? Angela's husband wrote it...his band is the group that is playing our theme song and that particular song "Television Junkie". If you want, I can ask him I send it to you. We've been thinking about putting a link up on our new site so people can download it.
Sweet! yeah that song is AWSOME also i am re-doing all the KOTOR games as the light side (so in KOTOR II i can get the Bounty hunter insted of a huge evil and dumb WOKKIE(no offence to wookie lovers)
Okay I will be getting back on KOTOR soon. I played through chaos bleeds in two days and now feel prepared for that type of gaming. I usually play "god" games like sims and civilization. I will let you know when I need help. Thanks. Angela
I need to load KOTOR soon too....
Tis fun :)
Hey Jen I just listened to your show. I really really liked it. It's refreshing to have a show like that.
Audio quality is really really good. Are you guys using two mikes?
I liked the laughs. You can tell you guys are having fun.
I would just try to add a little music or sound effects here and there to try to create segments, but other than that you now have a listener from Mexico City.
Looking forward for your next episode.
yeah for me it was SO good that i did not notice the audio probs...
Quote from: Chief on April 17, 2007, 02:53:00 PM
Hey Jen I just listened to your show. I really really liked it. It's refreshing to have a show like that.
Audio quality is really really good. Are you guys using two mikes?
I liked the laughs. You can tell you guys are having fun.
I would just try to add a little music or sound effects here and there to try to create segments, but other than that you now have a listener from Mexico City.
Looking forward for your next episode.
Awesome! I'm so glad you liked it Chief. Yep we use two mics. We're lucky in that Angela's husband is both a computer tech and a musician (he already had the nice equipment). He actually wrote all our theme music. Thanks so much for your suggestion btw. Our last podcast was full of music in the background. Did you catch the renfest ep?
Any idea when we might get your next episode..also are you guys on Itunes yet?
Thanks for asking Kenny...
Well we've been unable to get together because of Angela's crazy rehearsals. Instead of directing, this time she's playing a main character in "The Best Little Whore House In Texas". So we've had to go on a break while she balances her 9-5 (and sometimes a lot more) P.R. job with her theater work.
As of this evening, we are still planning to finish our latest podcast tomorrow night. Its a philosophical/academic Star Wars A New Hope episode. We hope to have that ready, along with our finished web site ASAP. I can't give an estimate because every time I do something goes wrong. I think the fates are conspiring against us.
We're not up on iTunes yet because of the hiatus but we will be as soon as we can. Rico has graciously offered to help Angela with the Feed Generator he suggested we purchase. So hopefully that will be done sometime this month.
Quote from: Jen on May 10, 2007, 06:23:18 PM
Thanks for asking Kenny...
Well we've been unable to get together because of Angela's crazy rehearsals. Instead of directing, this time she's playing a main character in "The Best Little Whore House In Texas". So we've had to go on a break while she balances her 9-5 (and sometimes a lot more) P.R. job with her theater work.
WOW.. two Dolly Parton references in one sentence.. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and 9 to 5.. love both of those movies. :)
Ha! That's great! I can't take credit for that...it was totally unintentional. :D
Hey just listened to your first podcast and I think it is pretty good. Only thing I could tell you to do is maybe add somemore news and rumors into the show and talk about those. Also your engineer composer guy there who chimed in a couple times, give that guy a mic and let him do that i liked the dynamic when he was talking but i could barely here him. Other than that sounds good and good luck.
Oh yeah and another thing and this really needs to be corrected right away. What is with this whole Anakin vs Han Solo hottest thing everone knows that HAN SOLO IS THE PIMP and Anakin is just a sad little boy. A sad sad little boy lol.
Hi Hancider.
Thanks for the suggestions. ;)
Our show has evolved a lot since the first episode. Our first show was horrible, check out the other three. We've made a lot of the changes folks suggested here in the forum. I think we get better with each show. We just finished recording our fourth podcast this past Friday night. Angela is editing it this weekend, but it should be up soon. Its a Star Wars A New Hope analysis.
To make sure we don't sound the same as other geek casts, we've made our show more conversational. We know our listeners have probably already heard the news by the time our podcast is released anyway. We won't be adding news...but we'll often comment on something news worthy in references to other sci-fi podcasts.
Angela's goal was to create the feeling that you're apart of a geeky conversation and for the most part our last three shows seemed to have accomplished that. :cheering
Oh and I agree with you big time: Han is WAY Hotter...I just like to play devil's advocate. ;D
It wouldn't be interesting if I just agreed with Angela all the time. :D
Thanks again for giving us a listen. Please check out our other episodes. Our first show STUNK and the second one was only a little better. The fourth is probably our best one so far. It should be up soon. :D
I just saw a guest looking at this old thread and popped in to check it out again. I can't believe that our first, experimental episode is still on Angela's husbands site, LOL. Feb. 2007 seems like so long ago! Our first episode was sooooooo horrible! Or rather...I was horrible...I can't believe you guys liked our first attempt—maybe you were just being nice. :D
Anyway, I think we took the best suggestions offered in this thread and incorporated them into our show to make it better. Thanks for giving us a listen back then and for being so nice. Your feedback was invaluable to us.
For those who stumble across this dusty old thread you can find Anomaly at http://www.anomalypodcast.com (http://www.anomalypodcast.com)