[Coco] CoCoTALK! podcast all caught up!

[Steve Strowbridge]

Salvador thanks for your feedback, and very accurate synapses of what
CoCoTALK! is :)

It's a conversation/train wreck waiting to happen, it's very free form,
completely unscripted, with only a lose structure.  Some weeks we have a
planned topic or guest presenter, others we don't.
Despite the lack of consistent format, we are starting to gel with some
regular segments, we have the newbie question of the week, TechTALK! where
we can get more deep into nuts and bolts on hardware and software, and
Ron's Garage, where Ron Delvaux shows off some of his amazing TRS and Tandy
collection, trust me, it's quite impressive.

And agreeing with your suggestion, I have no plans to change/modify the
show, the show will continue to run/flow/evolve as it has, but I have been
adding "value added content" for listeners, and to do this has taken a
tremendous amount of time on my part to scan through each episode and find
logical times to insert "breaks" and during these breaks is where I add
"Filler" like retro commercials, plugs for a few local coco related sites
and communities, etc.

It has occurred to me, that listening to a show that's 2+ hours that the
ears need a minute to pause, and have the audio palette shifted.  A great
example of how this is being done very well is all of the additional
content that Mike Rowen has been producing for the CoCo Crew Podcast.

The fillers I'm creating aren't on that level, and probably will never be,
but I do want to put breaks about every 20-30 minutes, to run a vintage
commercial, play a bumper, etc.

What am I doing now to make the audio conversion and transition easier, is
to have these bumpers, commercials, musical clips, etc., cued up in my live
broadcasting software so future shows will have intentional breaks every
20-30 minutes, one of these spots will run, and we'll pick right back up,
but for me, little-to-no extra work will be required to edit future shows
to become audio shows, just some cleanup, silence removal, dead air
removal, etc.  So quite honestly, it's just improving how I do it the first
time, to reduce additional labor afterwards, some people call that "Working
smarter" I'm honest and just admit that I'm lazy.

Having the time to listen to the shows, has given me ideas on things to do
for future shows that will hopefully add more interesting content and clips
that will benefit both viewers and listeners, so I'm thinking on a few
different levels, but my focus and priority is that the show is really a
live video talk show, and it's best enjoyed when you're watching and
participating live.  The audio podcast is a fringe benefit of sorts.

What I am very happy about is that for 23 weeks straight now, we've
averaged about 200 views per week, so for a niche show of a highly special
interest, and one that runs 2-3 hours each week, to get the level of
viewership it does, its very flattering, and what motivates and inspires
myself and the rest of our crew to continue to come up with new ideas and
content.

Muchos Gracias,




Steve Strowbridge, aka
The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
ogStevieStrow at gmail.com

Website:  http://ogsteviestrow.com
Merchandise:  http://8bit256.com
All things CoCo:  http://imacoconut.com
CoCoTALK!  http://cocotalk.live



On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

> This is outstanding! Your efforts are worthy of Oscar level recognition!
>
> As I was typing this a concern entered my mind. Something I like about
> CoCoTALK! is its chaotic nature and candid presentation. It really does
> make me feel as though I walked in on a CoCo conversation and not a
> scripted show.
>
> Since the audio and audio-visual presentations are different (maybe
> "vastly" is appropriate here) I really hope that you do not tweak CoCoTALK!
> to make it more compatible with a podcast. I think that adding bonus
> material to the audio only podcast is a great idea. Regards, Salvador
>
>
> From: Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>To: CoCo Mailing List <
> coco at maltedmedia.com>Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎August‎ ‎25‎, ‎2017‎ ‎08‎:‎41‎:‎19‎
> ‎PM‎ ‎CDTSubject: [Coco] CoCoTALK! podcast all caught up!
> It's been 3 weeks in the making, with a total of 22 episodes, all that
> needed to be converted to audio format, cleaned up, and have value added
> content added, but, I'm finally done!
>
> All 22 episodes of CoCoTALK! as they originally aired on YouTube can now be
> listened to in Podcast format!
>
> There are also about 4 interviews with CoCo software developers available
> as podcasts, and more to come.
>
> Moving forward, CoCoTALK! will continue to air live every Saturday on
> YouTube with the audio podcast following shortly thereafter, audio and
> video replays of all episodes can be found at http://cocotalk.live
>
> Now that I'm caught up I can focus on the future, and I plan to create some
> original audio-only content for the podcast listeners, and continue to come
> up with more value added content to bring to both the video and audio
> versions of the show to keep things interesting.
>
> Thanks to everyone who has been both watching and listening to our show,
> and I'm always looking for input an feedback to get more ideas on what to
> bring to a future episode!
>
> CoCoTALK! forever!
>
>
> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> ogStevieStrow at gmail.com
>
> Website:  http://ogsteviestrow.com
> Merchandise:  http://8bit256.com
> All things CoCo:  http://imacoconut.com
> CoCoTALK!  http://cocotalk.live
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