That’s How We… Don’t?

EDIT: We have a production guy! It’s Clyde Rhoer from the Theory From the Closet podcast.

I’d love to get my podcast (shared with Chris Hanrahan), That’s How We Roll, back on the air. But the reality is that neither Chris nor I can handle the production side of things any more.

If you’ve got a track record for doing the podcast production side of things, and are willing to pick up the ball, and can commit to doing so for at least a full year, Chris and I are willing to commit to doing a recording session at least once per month during that time. We’ve got a lot yet to talk about, and will also be taking suggestions if we get back on the road.

Here’s what we’d need a production guy to do:

• Up front: Find Fred a best-of-breed Skype call recording software that runs on his windows machine
• Take the audio file from Fred after we’ve done a session (likely via dropbox)
• Gussy it up (levelator or what have you) so that it sounds more proper on the volume levels, etc
• Tack on the standard beginner/ender sound files (opening & closing credits)
• Listen through the recording to see if any skype glitches or “hang on, let’s re-start that” moments crop up. They’ll be few, but sometimes the technology fails us.
• When appropriate, split a longer recording session into smaller episodes
• Export as mp3 with appropriate ID tag info
• Upload to podcast site, scheduling the ‘cast for release
• Write and post show notes together with the upload

What we won’t be asking you to do a lot of is: edit the audio, beyond the minor splicery stuff that’s discussed above. We’re not the kind of show that wants you to shorten our vowels or address our um’s and uh’s.

If the audio recording efforts go pear-shaped, we might end up asking you to get in on the call and do some recording from your own home rig, but for scheduling purposes, my preference is to establish a one-click, no-fuss skype recording solution on my computer. (It’ll be easier for Chris & I to coordinate our difficult schedules than it’ll be to do it with a third person.) We can cross that bridge when we come to it.

What we can do for you: aside from producing “great” content on the show, not a ton, though I’d be happy to supply you with free PDFs of everything Evil Hat does, and the option to buy yourself some lower-cost physical copies of our games direct. Chris might be able to do something nice for you too from his position as a game-store owner, but don’t hold him to that, that’s just me speculating.

If you think you’ve got the chops to make this happen on a regular and timely basis, holler my way via the “contact” button on this site! We’d like to get rollin’ again.