Whether you like it or not -- whether you care or not -- podcasting is here to stay. I hope you care because podcasting can inspire you to do things you might not otherwise do. The very first podcast I heard was a low quality recording of some guy in a Wal-Mart describing items he saw on the shelves. Despite all the hiss on the recording, the podcast inspired me to try one of my own. Other podcasts I've listened to have inspired me to put Montreal on my "must do" travel list, to be bold enough to interview British visitors at Graceland for one of my own podcasts, and helped me overcome my fear of a recent surgery (I'm happy to say the surgery came and went without incident thanks to a podcast by a British hypnotist).
Podcasts can be meaningless or meaningful, depending on the podcaster. I've heard a lot of podcasts out there that I have never downloaded again. There are hundreds of them -- perhaps thousands. But then there are the jewels! I'm talking about the podcasts where you can't wait for the next show to come out. P.W. Fenton's Digital Flotsom comes to mind. If you haven't heard one of his podcasts, go to http://digitalflotsam.org/ right now and listen. You'll love him! Then there's Ted Riecken's Island Podcasting at http://www.islandpodcasting.com. Ted, a Canadian, has a soothing voice and his easygoing approach to life is inspiring. Ted inspired me to record my own elevator scene in one of my podcasts after listening to one of his shows where he talked about an elevator button in a Montreal hotel that sounded like it could shock the the living daylights out of you.
I've been so inspired by podcasting's success -- and by "success" I mean acceptance into society -- that all of the production music I create now in our Audiobag production music library (http://audiobag.com) has podcasters in mind. Before creating any new music track, I ask myself, "What would a podcaster want?" So the more recent music tracks are a bit more quirky (I even named one "Quirky Day") and less mainstream. And that's my point, podcasting is not mainstream! It's edgy. It's quirky. It's us. It's you and me trying -- often times awkwardly -- to connect with each other. If you're a podcaster and you have a music idea you haven't heard in the Audiobag music library (http://audiobag.com), please feel free to drop me a line. I'd love to hear what inspires you.
About Me
- Jack Josey
- I live in Georgetown, a suburb of Austin, Texas. I'm married and have a grown daughter (although, I still give her unsolicited advice -- and I'm not talking about audio advice). My first memory of audio goes back to me sitting in front of this monster of a radio/record player in my Houston living room, learning how to carefully (scraaatch) put a record on the turntable, and listening to "Canadian Sunset" -- at age three! Little did I know that one day I'd enjoy Canadian sunsets with my Canadian wife. Whoa! Is that weird or what? As a young kid, I'd pretend like I was a DJ in front of my bright yellow Bing Crosby record player (okay, it was my brother's but he never used it). I'd play such hits as "How much is that Doggie in the Window" and "Hot Diggity, Dog Diggity, Boom I'm a Circus Clown." I eventually moved on to black records (those early ones were yellow -- remember?) and became a real DJ at an Austin radio station. After college, I became the manager/owner of a small market radio station in Georgetown, Texas. I sold the station in 1986. That's when I opened an ad agency, then later a multimedia company, and finally -- Audiobag.com!
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