the electrical language podcast

podcast no. 3 - Happy New Year and avoid the plukes!

Well, I didn't get an Aston Martin. Maybe next year, but will I be good?

Today I play music from Scotland:

Exclusive to the electrical language podcast, The Electrical Language Singers. I'm their agent, so e-mail all offers to me!

The 4th Parallel - Wheels

Hollow Horse - Life is fine, but it could be wonderful

Twisted Melons - Panic

And my no 1 favourite track of 2005

Squander Pilots - Condiment

some music from the podsafe music network

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Happy New Year!

podcast no 2 - Jolly songs for Christmas

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In today's podcast, music by:

The Voyeurs - pretty young thing - e-mail the voyeurs

ehfactor - we are chameleons - e-mail ehfactor

Udora - the beautiful game

I also mention photoblog A Walk Through Durham Township

All today's tracks were sourced on the podsafe music network www.music.podshow.com

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Happy Christmas everybody. Next show New Year's Eve.

podcaster at work!

Richard took this photo of me yesterday, recording the electrical language podcast no 2. Here I am wearing my headphones - a free unexpected extra that came with my mp3 player bought on ebay - speaking into my brand new £4.99 (ebay again) microphone. Note the use of the desk lamp as a microphone stand.

The two photos below show my podcasting kit, kept in a biscuit tin. Apart from my mp3 player and the minidisc recorder that I have had for a long time and will use for recording away from home, the most expensive item is the i-mic. That's the round item at the bottom centre in the right hand photo, cost £8.50 (ebay again). My aim is not to spend more than £10 on any single piece of podcasting kit.

The two headsets are for talking to Richard and Jessica. The sound quality of the interview with Jessica in podcast no 1 was low because she kept on talking to me and not the mic. That podcast, by the way, was recorded using the thin curved mic above the tin, just to the right of the two headsets.

Why does blogger insert A before the pound sign - £?

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podcast no 1 - things can only get better

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Help. I've never done this before. So, after about 6 months of thinking about it - nothing as sophisticated as planning - I have taken the plunge and recorded a podcast. So, if anyone's out there, this is what you'll find, in addition to me talking.

The first piece of music is Never Never Land by Brown Bag Specia l from Tucson, Arizona. e-mail Corey from the band. And, by the way, his blog is An American Classic, and not An American Special as I said on the podcast.

The second track is You (Always on my Mind) by Brackenridge. e-mail Bill Matthews or visit his web sites http://www.billymatthews.com/ or http://www.m2m2.co.uk/

I also talk to Jessica about technology. Jessica is my daughter, aged 12.

Soundbed music is by Torchomatic and comes from the podsafe music network. The tracks played are Raining Colours and White Hotel.

Many thanks to Grant from three from leith for his advice and encouragement. And to the doyen of music podcasters, Mark from the tartanpodcast ("the almighty tartanpodcast") for inspiration.

Please leave comments on this page, or e-mail me with feedback.

Next show between Christmas and the New Year.

"Podcast" - word of the year

From the BBC news website, 7 December 2005 (click on title of this post for a link to the BBC story)

Wordsmiths hail podcast success

Podcasts can be listened to on music players such as the iPod. The term 'podcast' has been declared as Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.

The term is defined as "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio player".

The word is derived from a combination of "broadcasting" and "iPod".

It will be added to the online version of the dictionary during the next update early next year.

Saturday, December 31, 2005

podcast no. 3 - Happy New Year and avoid the plukes!

Saturday, December 24, 2005

podcast no 2 - Jolly songs for Christmas

podcaster at work!

Sunday, December 18, 2005

the feed

podcast no 1 - things can only get better

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

"Podcast" - word of the year