Podcast Test Pilot
Yep, I popped my podcast cherry:
http://gareth53.co.uk/podcast/
It was fun and funny. Download it and laugh along. And subscribe if you're that way inclined - you never know there may be more.
I got to swear, drink beer, listen to music and chat about forgotten indie bands: Spacemen 3, Dr.Phibes & The House Of Wax Equations, New Electrics, Birdland, Levitation, The Darkside, The Telescopes... and tell the funny story about Neville Neville.
We recorded it quickly and easily using the MacBook's external mic and Audio Hijack allowed us to record the tunes as we played them - which allowed for much easier stitching together in Garage Band. It annoyed me a tad that the laptop has a line-in input as opposed to just plugging an external mic (or two) into it. But the built-in microphone was better than I expected.
The cover "art" is a pastiche of a Pet Shop Boys album sleeve BTW.
We'll (hopefully) do another one (and hopefully more after that) but let's see...
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