I recently stumbled upon a podcast
that I found very interesting. It’s called Smodcast. It is done by two semi-famous
celebrities named Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier. The shows that they do are live
performances throughout the United States. They will hype their performance a
week or two before hand and then travel to your city and sit on a couch with
microphones and talk about random events and recollections of their movie days
or recent events.
Some people
might have heard of Kevin Smith. He directed and starred in movies such as: Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary,
Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob, Mallrats,
Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl, Clerks II,
Silent Bob, Zack and Miri Make a Porno,
Cop Out and coming soon Red State. Scott Mosier, who is Kevin’s
Co-host on Smodcast, is also a Canadian-American producer and director that
normally works with Kevin on his movies. As much as I enjoy there grass humor
and comedy, I find myself more intrigued with the technology that is underlying
in the show background and sometimes they discuss these on the show. For
example, a couple podcasts ago, someone asked if they could tell him what type of
microphone they use for the show. They started talking all about the Shure
SM58, which I found out was a great mic to start podcasting with for myself. This
mic is a professional cardioid dynamic microphone that is commonly used for
live vocal performances because it has a warm depth to it and is unidirectional,
meaning it has a focal projection point for sound. To be able to get
professional advice on a solid mic that isn’t thousands of dollars from two
professionals that know about these types of technologies is great.
Also it is
cool to listen to Kevin talk about movie lenses. I also shoot video for my own
personal gain; however my camera is nothing in comparison to their studio
quality. But Kevin talks about a size 50 lens to shoot Bruce Willis with and
how these changes of their lens can give off a different perception and view
for the scene. I love this podcast
because the amount of technology information that is given away is substation
and free. And don’t forget the show is really funny too!
Another
great podcast that has tons of information about podcasting and technology advice
is “The School of Podcasting”. This podcast is done by Dave Jackson who is a
professional that have been in the advertising and marketing industry for 20+
years. His podcasts really give you advanced insight and tips and tricks on how
to successfully launch and continue to produce good content through the means
of building a good computer, planning your podcast, producing, and how to
market your podcast. One particular technology that is very important for
podcasting is the software you will use to mix your audio from your show. Dave
gives a three part podcast series on audacity software and how to more effectively
present your content. Audacity helps reduce loud bursts of sounds and control
audio levels through the podcast. It also lets you put bumpers in to help
better transition in down times within the podcast.
So between
the two podcast that I regularly listen to, I can’t recommend enough these
great shows, because of their content and the wealth of information about
podcasting technologies that they give away for free. Check them out!
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