All That's Sacred: Podcast #7 now up!

bigeye21

http://allthatssacred.blogspot.com/

It wouldn’t be nearly as fun to do this podcast each week, were it not for all of you tuning in and contacting me with all your great feedback and input. So episode #7 is comprised almost entirely of awesome listener requests! Additionally, I had a number of fans asking about my experience at the Eddie Vedder Atlanta shows last week so I included some commentary on that as well. Thanks for listening and thanks to everyone for their contributions to the podcast!

Cheers! Donny

hitman

as always, nice work Donny... probably my favorite "set list" so far.... i am a sucker for the older shows, and the rock songs over eddie's solo shows. (though i do of course enjoy those as well)


anyway... keep it up!

pjten77

Donny you have no idea how much I look forward to listening to your podcasts weekly. I'm sitting here on a cloudy Canada Day with a cup of joe just listening. Thanks for all your work and keep it up!!!.....luc.

bigeye21

Thanks y'all! It's very satisfying to know that people are tuning in and enjoying the podcast. I'm having a lot fun doing them and I'm still learning new stuff every day. Thanks for taking the time to listen and thanks for the encouraging comments.

hitman

bigeye21 wrote:

Thanks y'all! It's very satisfying to know that people are tuning in and enjoying the podcast. I'm having a lot fun doing them and I'm still learning new stuff every day. Thanks for taking the time to listen and thanks for the encouraging comments.

I JUST BOUGHT A NEW IPHONE AND I AM DEFINITELY GONNA SUBSCRIBE TO THIS IN ITUNES....

mfc2006

nice! will check it out today, Donny.

bigeye21

BH71937 wrote:

bigeye21 wrote:

Thanks y'all! It's very satisfying to know that people are tuning in and enjoying the podcast. I'm having a lot fun doing them and I'm still learning new stuff every day. Thanks for taking the time to listen and thanks for the encouraging comments.

I JUST BOUGHT A NEW IPHONE AND I AM DEFINITELY GONNA SUBSCRIBE TO THIS IN ITUNES....

Sweet! You'll want to manually subscribe from the site page by clicking the iTunes button. I submitted the feed to the iTunes store but it was rejected and now won't allow me to resubmit. :?: Let me know how it works out for you or if you have any trouble subscribing. Thanks! :geek:

mfc2006 wrote:

nice! will check it out today, Donny.

Thanks, Matt!

mfc2006

sounds great, man. love hearing "throw your hatred down". good, good stuff. your atl reviews were solid as well.
how about some "self-pollution"? maybe immortality? hope they bust that one out at ACL.

joerg

every week i am looking forward to a new episode. keep on doing that awesome podcast, all the best from austria! :P

cheers
joerg

PJTEXAS

great podcast. Keep it up

hitman

I JUST BOUGHT A NEW IPHONE AND I AM DEFINITELY GONNA SUBSCRIBE TO THIS IN ITUNES....[/quote]
Sweet! You'll want to manually subscribe from the site page by clicking the iTunes button. I submitted the feed to the iTunes store but it was rejected and now won't allow me to resubmit. :?: Let me know how it works out for you or if you have any trouble subscribing. Thanks! :geek:

being that i just got it, i am defintiley a noob in the iphone category.... can i subscribe right from my iphone? or do i have to click on the link from my computer, subscribe in itunes there, then sync my iphone? when i try to click your itunes link while on my iphone, it says the address is invalid....

bigeye21

BH71937 wrote:

being that i just got it, i am defintiley a noob in the iphone category.... can i subscribe right from my iphone? or do i have to click on the link from my computer, subscribe in itunes there, then sync my iphone? when i try to click your itunes link while on my iphone, it says the address is invalid....

I don't have an iPhone but I believe it's the same rules as with an iPod. So you're going to have to visit the site on your normal computer that has iTunes. Click that "Subscribe" button and it'll automatically subscribe to iTunes on your computer. It'll probably just download the most current episode but you can tell it to "Get All" and then set up how you want iTunes to download future podcasts in the Settings. Again assuming it's the same rules for an iPod, you will then have to plug in your iPhone into your computer and sync it to iTunes. There will be a number of different tabs for each media type where you can tell iTunes how you want it to sync with your iPhone. Click on the Podcast tab and make the appropriate selections. You should now be good to go and iTunes will update the podcast automatically to your iPhone each time you sync. Try that and let me know how it works for you. Thanks!

dimitrispearljam

nice dude

bigeye21

mfc2006 wrote:

sounds great, man. love hearing "throw your hatred down". good, good stuff. your atl reviews were solid as well.
how about some "self-pollution"? maybe immortality? hope they bust that one out at ACL.

I played Immortality on the last podcast and I played Not For You from Self Pollution on an earlier podcast. I'd prefer to not duplicate songs just yet. Anything else you wanna hear?

GD124635

BIG UPS to you Donny!! Just stumbled across this thread today and downloaded all the podcasts. I'm through #4 now and have to say you kick serious ass in your selections. Songs I'm worn out with seem to have new life; hearing a lot of these boots for the first time! Thanks man, keep up the good work.


Bumpity Bump for you!!

mfc2006

bigeye21 wrote:

mfc2006 wrote:

sounds great, man. love hearing "throw your hatred down". good, good stuff. your atl reviews were solid as well.
how about some "self-pollution"? maybe immortality? hope they bust that one out at ACL.

I played Immortality on the last podcast and I played Not For You from Self Pollution on an earlier podcast. I'd prefer to not duplicate songs just yet. Anything else you wanna hear?

ahh, that's right. now i remember. sorry, man. hmm...have you played insignificance yet?

bigeye21

GD124635 wrote:

BIG UPS to you Donny!! Just stumbled across this thread today and downloaded all the podcasts. I'm through #4 now and have to say you kick serious ass in your selections. Songs I'm worn out with seem to have new life; hearing a lot of these boots for the first time! Thanks man, keep up the good work.


Bumpity Bump for you!!

Thanks for listening and thanks for the Bump!

Dead Man Walking

I just subscribed to the podcast yesterday. The mix of songs is great. I do have a little criticism though. please don't get offended or anything but the "radio voice" is a little much. I would enjoy this much much more if you were just speaking in a normal conversation tone. The speaking seems a little forced. Again, great podcast, i just think it needs to be a little less radio and a little more podcast...

bigeye21

mfc2006 wrote:

bigeye21 wrote:

mfc2006 wrote:

sounds great, man. love hearing "throw your hatred down". good, good stuff. your atl reviews were solid as well.
how about some "self-pollution"? maybe immortality? hope they bust that one out at ACL.

I played Immortality on the last podcast and I played Not For You from Self Pollution on an earlier podcast. I'd prefer to not duplicate songs just yet. Anything else you wanna hear?

ahh, that's right. now i remember. sorry, man. hmm...have you played insignificance yet?

Nope and I got one in mind too (unless you have a performance you're thinking of). Good selection!

mfc2006

i've always been partial to one version i heard live in Houston on 4/6/03. i can send it to you if you don't have it. but if you'd rather play another version, that's cool too! love that song.

bigeye21

Dead Man Walking wrote:

I just subscribed to the podcast yesterday. The mix of songs is great. I do have a little criticism though. please don't get offended or anything but the "radio voice" is a little much. I would enjoy this much much more if you were just speaking in a normal conversation tone. The speaking seems a little forced. Again, great podcast, i just think it needs to be a little less radio and a little more podcast...

Appreciate the feedback. I'm not attempting a "radio voice" per se but I am admittedly working off a rough script -- especially when I'm rambling on for more than just a few minutes. I've never done this kind of thing before and have no background in radio or podcasting before this little experiment. I tried on #2 to record the commentary without any notes and the end result was ok; the only problem was I had to do about 500 takes before I was satisfied with each recording. So at this point, I think I'm still finding my voice and I'm not good enough to work that loose and still have it listenable to my ear. I don't want people tuning out cause I'm stumbling over all my words and have a lot of "ums" and "ahs". I think over time and as I do more episodes, I'll get better and it'll get easier and it will sound more conversational and not as forced. Thanks for listening!

Dead Man Walking

One way to help with the natural sounding voicing is to speak to someone in the room. Have a friend sit in with you while you record your VO's and tell them your story. They can reply to you with simple nod's so you get the feeling of having a real conversation or if you have someone who shares the same passion, they can talk with you on the podcast (wingman). Reading always seems forced (on television and radio) so unless you're going for that style it is best to improvise. No doubt it's hard at the start but stick with it and it will become much easier in the coming episodes. I also understand what you're saying about the non-words (umms & ahhs) but sometimes they seem much more natural than a cookie cutter script.

Just my 2 cents...Again, great stuff. I've been listening to these all day at work. Love the selection.

Lizard

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!


I had to come into work today for no good reason!! the only one here!!! SO THIS IS A LIFE SAVER!!

This is great, Donny!!!

bigeye21

Dead Man Walking wrote:

One way to help with the natural sounding voicing is to speak to someone in the room. Have a friend sit in with you while you record your VO's and tell them your story. They can reply to you with simple nod's so you get the feeling of having a real conversation or if you have someone who shares the same passion, they can talk with you on the podcast (wingman). Reading always seems forced (on television and radio) so unless you're going for that style it is best to improvise. No doubt it's hard at the start but stick with it and it will become much easier in the coming episodes. I also understand what you're saying about the non-words (umms & ahhs) but sometimes they seem much more natural than a cookie cutter script.

Just my 2 cents...Again, great stuff. I've been listening to these all day at work. Love the selection.

Thanks for the 2 cents. Just curious, do you work in media or a related industry? Your advice and criticism seems to be a bit more thought out than the standard, "You suck. Your voice sounds stupid."

bigeye21

Lizard wrote:

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!


I had to come into work today for no good reason!! the only one here!!! SO THIS IS A LIFE SAVER!!

This is great, Donny!!!

bigeye21

* Shameless, self-promotional Sunday bump! * :ugeek:

Dead Man Walking

bigeye21 wrote:

Dead Man Walking wrote:

One way to help with the natural sounding voicing is to speak to someone in the room. Have a friend sit in with you while you record your VO's and tell them your story. They can reply to you with simple nod's so you get the feeling of having a real conversation or if you have someone who shares the same passion, they can talk with you on the podcast (wingman). Reading always seems forced (on television and radio) so unless you're going for that style it is best to improvise. No doubt it's hard at the start but stick with it and it will become much easier in the coming episodes. I also understand what you're saying about the non-words (umms & ahhs) but sometimes they seem much more natural than a cookie cutter script.

Just my 2 cents...Again, great stuff. I've been listening to these all day at work. Love the selection.

Thanks for the 2 cents. Just curious, do you work in media or a related industry? Your advice and criticism seems to be a bit more thought out than the standard, "You suck. Your voice sounds stupid."

I work at a television station. I was working on the tv side for 2 years and now I'm on the web side (3 years)...yes, we do podcasts

bigeye21

Dead Man Walking wrote:

bigeye21 wrote:

Dead Man Walking wrote:

One way to help with the natural sounding voicing is to speak to someone in the room. Have a friend sit in with you while you record your VO's and tell them your story. They can reply to you with simple nod's so you get the feeling of having a real conversation or if you have someone who shares the same passion, they can talk with you on the podcast (wingman). Reading always seems forced (on television and radio) so unless you're going for that style it is best to improvise. No doubt it's hard at the start but stick with it and it will become much easier in the coming episodes. I also understand what you're saying about the non-words (umms & ahhs) but sometimes they seem much more natural than a cookie cutter script.

Just my 2 cents...Again, great stuff. I've been listening to these all day at work. Love the selection.

Thanks for the 2 cents. Just curious, do you work in media or a related industry? Your advice and criticism seems to be a bit more thought out than the standard, "You suck. Your voice sounds stupid."

I work at a television station. I was working on the tv side for 2 years and now I'm on the web side (3 years)...yes, we do podcasts

Well, you'll have to give #8 a listen when I post it Wednesday. I took your advice and only worked off a rough outline instead of a comprehensive script. It wasn't too painful but I kept the commentary intentionally short to make it easier for now. I think it's still listenable but it'll definitely take some getting used to doing these without my safety net. And I'm sure it'll get easier and better with time. Thanks for the professional constructive criticism and the challenge to push myself to be a better podcaster.