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This is the first MySpace blog by yours truly and is therefore a good time to subscribe. Beginning right now you won't miss a single blog entry! So get a jump and begin at the beginning with me, Ed Ovett, host of the Podcast that's out of this world, the Ed's Mixed Bag podcast. We're up to episode #77 so feel free to check some of the archived shows. To date we've had just 3 interviews, 2 of which are each on a separate episode and one of which is split into 3 separate episodes, with 15min segments each. I've interviewed Sophia Ramos on episode #45 and also played a bunch of her songs intro'd by her stories for each song on episode #44. The second artist interviewed was Matthew Ebel and is split into 3 episodes (#68, #69, and #70). Finally I had the pleasure of interviewing on her first Skype interview, singer/songwriter Whitney Steele (episode #73).
Although interviews are not my main-stay, I do enjoy doing them but mostly the show is about the indie artist. I've had artists from garageband.com and one or two other networks. Mostly I use the Podsafe Music Network (PMN) and also feature my family musicians. Some of the special segments I've had over the past one and a half years have been the following:
1] The Mystery Sound Contest
2] Know Your Podcaster's Voice Contest
3] Ed's Software Tip
4] Podcaster's Tid-Bit Audio Clip
5] Name the Diva Twin-Spin Contest
If you have any questions about these feature segments or about anything else, don't hesitate to email me at ed@edsmixedbag.com or use the MobaTalk Messaging System at either of the websites. Hook up your mic and say what you like! to borrow a phrase from Richard Vobes. You can also use your telephone and call (561) 210-7590 and record a voicemail. Speaking of phones, if you have free minutes, you can listen to the most recent episode of Ed's Mixed Bag by dialing (510) 495-6383.
As I am writing this there is a special un-episode in the can with me and Brent Bradley (www.podshowradio.com) discussing rock bands and generally tossin' the bull around! It'll be on-line on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 on the EMB feed and a few days later on Brent's feed. That'll be followed up with episode #78 on Saturday, April 7, 2007 containing a piece of audio I recorded live at Starbucks in Boynton Beach, Florida with Joe & Jesse Chisholm of the indie band The Chronicles from Toronto, Canada. The clip will be surrounded by two of the band's greatest tracks!
I've been "punching-in" every Friday night (except for one week while in Ontario, California for the 2nd annual PME back in Sept. 2006) and creating a podcast episode. I don't feel like others that since this is a creative process one should podcast whenever the spirit moves them or when they feel inspired. In my case, if I don't have a deadline, there would be none recorded. I believe if one is not feeling like podcasting, when the deadline approaches, you've got to find a way to get into the proper mood. After a while you expect the anxiety, like stage fright as the moment approaches. I find that that nervous energy can be channeled into the task at hand and wind up serving to help me be in more of a creative mood and gets me over the hurdle of the initial heebie-geebies!!
So, that's enough for now, the first blog at the Ed's Mixed Bag MySpace site! Thanks to all for coming here and reading this and please subscribe in order to follow along with the amazing adventures of an aging podcaster in a strange land, known as the podisphere!! Until next time, so long!