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Ordering the Amazon Echo Dot
Amazon just unveiled two new devices today which use the Alexa Voice Services. They are the Echo Dot and the Echo Tap and are both smaller than the original Amazon Echo and seem to be intended to be...
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Podcaster, Rusty Humphries, Features Binaural Audio Recordings in Tour of Israel
Have you ever wanted to visit Israel? How about a fully immersive audio tour of courtesy of podcast, The Rusty Humphries Rebellion? Rusty visited many sites throughout the Jerusalem and the surrounding...
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Using Music In Your Podcast - CCM007
This episode began as a blog post so instead of a transcript, here is a link to the post which contains all the applicable info and links. Send your feedback to show@jdsutter.me or post in the comments...
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How To Create A Short-Form Solo Podcast with AudioBoom - CCM8
UPDATE: audioBoom no longer offers a free plan but the rest of the information shared in this episode is still valid.Here is my workflow for using a mobile device to create a solo podcast. This is just...
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7th Gen Kindle Fire 7 Tablet with Alexa Unboxing and First Impressions
I decided to take advantage of some Prime Day discounts and pick up the 2017 edition of the Fire 7, Amazon's budget-friendly 7-inch tablet. This is the 8GB model with the Amazon "Special Offers" deals...
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How to commission custom podcast theme music - CCM009
What I do at the beginning of the theme music process is really give a lot of thought to the feel of the podcast.What style of music would be most appropriate for that specific topic?What sort of music...
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First Impressions & Audio Samples of the Purple Panda Lav Mic Kit
I heard about this inexpensive lavalier mic and decided to give it a try as I occasionally do on-location recordings and interviews for some of the podcasts on my network and I am always interested in...
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My cover of Beautiful City from Godspell
This is not usually the kind of post I publish on this website so if this doesn't interest you, feel free to just skip this one. :)I saw the musical, Godspell, a handful of months ago and loved it!...
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13 Lessons Learned in 13 Years of Podcasting
A few days ago marked the thirteenth anniversary of the launch of my first podcast. Back in August of 2007, I didn't know much about podcasting. In fact, I hadn't even listened to very many podcasts at...
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7 Christmas Albums from Artists You May Not Know - CCM10
 We're all familiar with the holiday music of Mannheim Steamroller, Mariah Carey, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and Pentatonix. But sometimes you want something a little bit different or new around this...
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Some Thoughts Prompted by the Passing of CCM Artist Carman
This is not the kind of stuff I normally post on this blog, but I don't have any other place to post about this and I figured it's my site so I can post it here if I want to. :)Â Carman at a concert in...
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Zoom ZDM-1 Mic Test and Comparison
Zoom North America, the electronics company not the video conferencing tool, has been making great audio equipment for ages. Many podcasters have used their digital audio recorders for a long time. But...
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My Latest Audiobook Project
In the fall of 2020 I was cast in a full-cast audiobook production of a novel. The post-production was recently completed and the audiobook is now available! I had a great time playing the supporting...
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"The Road Goes Ever On" by J.R.R. Tolkien, a #HobbitDay Celebration
September 22nd is Hobbit Day, a day to celebrate the masterful literary creations of J.R.R. Tolkien. I first read The Hobbit as a high schooler and loved the story from the very beginning. But for some...
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I Like It. And That's Good Enough for Me.
Released in 1992, Heart of the Young by Age of Faith is very dated in its sound now. But, I love it. It's not an album that I listen to very often but when I do it's one of a handful of records that...
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Thoughts on Transitions in Your Show
If you have an interview show, or a show in which you have a smaller segment or two that leads up to the main body of content, make sure that you are treating those introductory sections as an actual...
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The Pebble Effect | a 100-word story
I've long been fascinated by the art of the short story. A few years ago, I tried my hand at flash fiction and enjoyed the experience. But today, I was listening to the Grammar Girl podcast and host...
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Escape and Surrender | a 100-word Story
This 100-word story thing has not left me alone since I gave it a go the other day. So I decided to scratch the itch in my brain once again. This time, rather than trying to think of an idea on my own,...
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You won't always be in the same place.
As I was looking for some documents in my office yesterday, I stumbled across a sheet of notebook paper from my high school days in a folder of random papers. On it was a poem I'd written somewhere...
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Follow the Light | a flash fiction story
A few days ago, I was trying to do some reading, but my mind kept wandering from the book. Not because it wasn't any good, but because for some reason, there was a scene playing out in my mind that had...
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