Halftime! How I Make Music is now releasing periodically
How I Make Music will be going to half-time. Instead of one episode a week, I'll be releasing them periodically going forward. Why? Read the full post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50063994 The show must go on I want to still be doing this show in 5 years, so I've decided to set a pace that matches my availability to avoid a being forced to quit entirely. Each 15-minute episode takes around 8 hours to make. It's been 2 years of showing up every week. Nearly 50 audio drama musicians have been blessed with an episode! Now it's time move into the next dimension: quality. To make it better Producing episodes often feels way too rushed. I want the quality of the show to improve, and that takes more time. I want to be better at vetting (and even training) new contributors and screening their audio setups for maximum recording quality. I need more time during the mixing process to avoid the constant rush of "getting the audio in the podcast in the feed on time". Time will be spent revisiting and re-mixing past episodes to really polish the feed. W~e~i~r~d~e~r As an audio experience, the show must sound more unique. Specifically the contributor voiceovers. There are some awesome audio processing tools out there that I need time to research and implement (and perhaps even custom code my own ones!). I want the reaction to every episode the show to be 😮 Promo, admin, blah blah blah This show rocks. But I'm not doing nearly enough to communicate that to others. At least 50% of the job is creating promotional videos, audiograms, graphic design elements, transcriptions, blog and Patreon posts, behind-the-scenes videos, Insta-Face-Twits and Reddit posts. Then there's MP3 tags, embedded web players, YouTube playlists. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghh!!!! I'm a one-man show with a zero budget. I need more time. Been quite a thing. Love you all. Thanks for understanding and supporting. I promise to continue doing my best to provide #audiodrama with psychedelic behind-the-scenes composer chats. -- John