// April 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Downloads, Life (and the living of it), Strange Nervous Laughter, Time
I’m spending the day recording podcasts of the Prelude and the first six chapters of Strange Nervous Laughter (which just so happen to be character introductions for the six main characters).
It’s a fascinating experience, because I’ve never recorded a podcast before, or done any kind of voice recording except playplay voice-over stuff when I was younger. And the main thing I keep noticing is that you have to be really focussed. The podcasts are between eight and a half and twelve minutes long (which is a loooong time to be reading in a hyper-focused way) and because I am not tech-savvy and I’m doing it on GarageBand on my MacBook (which is working out just fine and dandy), I have to do it in one take. So if I stumble over my words, I have to start again (and again, and again, for the first chapter!)
It’s so interesting, because it’s made me realise how rarely I do something with 100% focus. I have to read every single word, and make sure I pronounce it right, and add in some expression, and be careful not to swallow my words, and all of this combines into a meditation of sorts, a meditation of focus.
That said, I’m glad there are only seven to do! Focus is a little tiring…
I’ll be posting them online (one a week) in the next couple of days. Watch this space!
