CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE PORTAL PODCAST!

welcome to the portal podcast>our guide to your ride!

here it is, episode 1.  you can tell it's our first effort, but considering the fact that none of us have any prior experience with this stuff, we're pleased with the result.  old fart and i had low levels with our mics [oops], so i ran them through a pre-amp to make them louder.  that has slightly messed with the sound-quality of our voices.  expect improvements in future episodes.  

please post your questions, comments and the answer to the trivia question in the portal podcast thread at the SV portal. 

click on the title of this post to hear the first episode of the portal podcast!

hope you enjoy it!

--mrgenius

tonight's the night!

tonight we are recording the first ever portal podcast!  i am sure we will have some technical snags and the like, but we are ready and rarring to go.  we are pleased to welcome joe s to the podcast.  joe is a heavy poster that speaks his mind on all issues and will be leading our rave on discussion.  we will also have chainsaw willie! and old fart with us this evening.

many thanks to the above gentlemen for persevering through last evening's conference call where we sorted through the technological issues that arise when trying to record a four-way conversation ranging from mid-eastern canada to the western united states.

and a personal note: i finally got a headset that works with my mac!  it is the fourth headset i have purchased [fourth time's the charm?], and i ended up having to spend about 10 times more than i had planned, but it works and it works well.  yay!

wish us luck tonight,

mrgenius

youtube sample. . .

pete rose's interview sample has now been made into a short video and can be found on youtube.



enjoy!

at long last. . .

i have finally interviewed pete rose!

Click to hear 'a sample of the interview'


at 4:30 in the morning i dragged my tired butt out of bed and stumbled into the kitchen for some much-needed coffee. pete was already waiting for my call when i rang him [he is, of course, 5 hours ahead of EST]. we had a very nice conversation, and i really enjoyed learning more about pete the perv. i also laughed a lot-->by 10:30 am [his time] he was already working on a whiskey to accompany his cigarette.  ah, the british lifestyle. . . 

at one point, i was trying to get pete to record a little promo for the podcast. i had in mind something like the promos on radio stations, where all of a sudden you hear something like, "hi, i'm alice cooper, and you're listening to WKRP in Cincinatti!" the only problem was that pete could not remember his line to save his life! i was trying to get him to say, "hi, this is pete rose, and you're listening to the portal-podcast." but he kept forgetting what to call the podcast, and we kept giggling like schoolgirls.   nonetheless, pete persevered and got it down.

unfortunately, chainsaw willie! couldn't join us for the interview as planned. he is away for a bit, but i think he will enjoy hearing the interview.

the full podcast is coming-->be patient!

thanks again, pete! :D

--mrgenius

some new samples. . .

here are some of the latest samples.

Click here to hear 'the opening interview music'
Click here to hear 'closing interview music'
Click here to hear 'tips n'tricks updated'

comments are welcome.

a successful test recording!

i just got off the phone [or should that be off the skype?] with chainsaw willie!.  we were able to hear each other well and i successfully recorded the conversation.  that means we're a 'go' for the pete rose interview in 8.5 hours!

the sound quality is far from perfect, but if you will be patient with us, over time we will improve our craft.  you will hear this interview [assuming it happens as planned] in the first portal-podcast.  i will likely post snippets of the interview here before the entire podcast is ready.

thanks to chainsaw willie! for his help tonight.

in your service i remain,

mrgenius

test interview and other things. . .

so, with any luck i may be conducting a test interview with pete rose tomorrow. pete will be using his neighbour's computer equipment to get the hang of skype. should be a great interview. when it happens for real i am hoping that chainsaw willie! will be a part of the interview because the topic will fit into a segment that is CW's baby.

please send me any questions that you would like to hear pete answer. i look forward to your submissions!

today i developed the music for both the beginning and the end of the interview segment of the podcast. i like it-->they sound good and have a touch of humour to them. i will post some samples up tomorrow because i am too tired to do so at the moment.

goodnight,
mrgenius