And it’s still a porcupine on my back. Both of these surreal statements are just expressing the frustration of not enough time. Long ago I’ve realized that being good at one creative outlet wasn’t going to be my path. Instead I try to make a collage out of lots of things I’m ok at and put them in funny packages. I’ve started a few “serious” projects but the long stretches of time I need to clear my head for that sort of thing just haven’t been available. The good news is each of these small audio projects I do helps sharpen my skills for when I am ready for that “serious” project. Or maybe I’ll just get serous about bite size comedy content and make lots of it.
Big thanks to the folks at the Slice of Scifi, Obscure 80s and Megapodzilla podcasts for encouraging my esoteric audio bits. My Skiz-audio tab has some examples of these bits. Not only do they encourage me but their weekly podcasts give me lots of fuel for putting ideas together. For example on one podcast Tim Adamec puts the idea of Joss Whedon wanting to buy the Terminator franchise into the phrase “John-Connor’s Sing-a-Long blog” and I ask myself: “how might that go and how can I convey it in a minute or less?” And the result goes something like this:
Whether it works or not, I still get the experience of trying to tell a story or convey a joke using sound effects, music and editing.
Even when I have very little time, I can have fun with Garage Band (the software), my Kazoo, my voice and other face noises:
The good news is I’m working on a secret project (I always call them secret until their done) to do music for a new podcasts, no jokes or singing, just an original theme for a reboot of one of my favorite podcasts in recent years. I have such a big list of projects I want to do so hopefully this year I can trade my thimble for a coffee mug or (cross my fingers) a bucket and put more stuff out. I take lots of inspiration from the podcasters that find a way to create new content once a week on their own free time. Some of you guys really deserve to create that content for a living and not have “day jobs.”
Cheers podcasters, I look forward to what you’ll have going on 2010.
Skiznot