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The Busy Times

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Hello everyone, hope it’s a great morning/day/night wherever you are.

 

It’s been a whirlwind of a week, plenty of things to report on. First, got to call my first soccer game–I caught wind of an app called ColorCast, and apparently, you can call the game of your choice from the comfort of your home on your Apple device. I have exactly 1 Apple product that I use, which is an Ipad, and that got me through it. Went well, and due to how well that went, I now have a show on the app on Monday afternoons at 1pmCST. It’s called “Kickin’ It”, and it’ll be about what happened over the weekend in the world of soccer. Looking forward to it! Show begins on October 25, then every following monday.  Follow the link (and currently, only available for Apple products)

https://app.colorca.st/bMSz/TSGen

 

Also have been working out my audio editing skills, there’s been a ton of opportunity out there for getting editing work, what with all the podcasts that are in need of someone qualified. Seeing as Izotope’s RX9 released this past week, it’s going to give me all sorts of fun things to try out and make better audio for anyone who needs it.  Really hoping I have time to work on some old cassettes of mine, there’s plenty of idiotic gold to be mined there.

Also, I’ve been saying for ages that I’m going to work on a podcast someday. Well, I’m currently working on it. Expect my take on Presidential history and why it matters, coming to your headphones soon. Or stereo. Or whatever. Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve had a borderline obsessive thing about Presidential history forever, so, hopefully, I can bring a touch of that passion to the podcast.

Finally starting to cool down in this neck of the woods, bringing me to my favorite time of the year, fall, or as I prefer to call it, Cardigan Season. Broke one out today, and promptly was rained on while walking my daughter to school. It’s all good, I have plenty of spares.

 

 

 

 

 

The History

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It’s a wonderful Tuesday here in Eau Claire, the fall here is always excellent–when we get to enjoy it. The past few years, we’ve had summer, 2 weeks of fall weather, then winter. Prefer a longer fall and a shorter winter, but alas, things are what they are.

Funny thing was, I was a huge fan of summer. Was. After spending 2 years in Tempe, AZ, I learned that there’s only so much warm weather I could take, and I had enough. When it hit triple digits in October, I was learning the hard way that hot weather isn’t really my thing at all.  The Mrs. and I moved back to WI in 2012, and from that point forward, I was forever grateful for the Midwestern weather. Be careful what you wish for, I suppose.

Finished with a few projects last week, now looking forward to what the 4th quarter of the year will bring. Audiobooks have been pretty interesting this year, with the variety of titles I’ve been lucky enough to narrate. Still waiting on a call from Stephen King or Walter Isaacson, but nothing on my voicemail yet.

For the audio production nerd in me, RX9 is coming out shortly–what this means in layman’s terms is I have more digital toys to play with. It essentially makes everything sound awesome after I record it. You don’t think I sound this great on my own, do you? But, in all seriousness, it’s a brilliant piece of software, and I’m looking forward to playing with it. Might actually get to work on those old cassettes from when I was a young producer at heart.

Been reaching out to various Presidential museums and libraries to see if they’re in need of my services. They’re all interesting characters (in my opinion, there isn’t a single BORING prez, including Millard Fillmore), and anyone who knows me knows how passionate I am about American Presidents and everything about them. The sad thing I’ve found out is there are a few that don’t really have an online or brick and mortar footprint. I know there’s not a ton of people screaming for a Franklin Pierce museum or Zachary Taylor Library, but there are so many stories to tell about how these (for now) guys got here, and how they still affect today’s news.

On that note, time for me to stick my nose into one of my Presidential history books.

 

Audiobooks and The Endurance Factor

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Hi everyone, it’s me with another blog.

Finished an #audiobook a little while back, and have been editing a special project, and it got me thinking about all that goes into putting these things together.

The first one I worked on was an Elon Musk biography. Starting out, I had a Blue Snowball mic. For those not in the know, these things are more for fun than they are for actual work. Next, I recorded in my work office. Not an audiobook work office, but the office where Amanda and I did our day jobs. No sound treatment, other than a blanket over the desk where I had my laptop. No voiceover training, and no acting lessons. Just a pretty straight read. The only thing I had going for me was my audio production skills, but, alas, it’s hard to polish a turd. It sounds exactly like I said it did, like it was recorded in an untreated room.

 

Flash ahead to this past year, where I got the go-ahead from a PenguinRandomHouse engineer to record from my own studio for Seth Rogen’s Yearbook audiobook. I didn’t master that book, obviously, but I am responsible for how I sounded, and I thought I sounded pretty damn good.

The big difference between 2018 and 2021 is immense; I’ve upgraded equipment, had my own studio built (and rebuilt), got some training (from the esteemed Johnny Heller), went to a few online conventions and learned a few new tricks. Everything has built off of everything else.

But you can’t stop.

I still plan on taking more acting classes, visiting more conventions, upgrading equipment as needed (although, unless a U87 is dropped into my lap, I’m more than happy with my Sennheiser 416).  And getting new software is always a blast.

Anyhow, this was just a little insight as to how I got here, and what it took. Going to keep doing what it takes to make sure I can give Johnny Heller and Scott Brick a little competition. Gotta dream big.

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