Boards.ie Christmas Podcast

namenotavailablE · 20-07-2019 4:17am

Confirmed participants so far:

* TRS30
* Deja Boo
* Rubberdungeon
* FluffyTowel
* Tomo75

namenotavailablE · 20-07-2019 4:22am

Confirmed participants to date:

* TRS30
* Deja Boo
* Rubberdungeon
* FluffyTowel
* Tomo75

freshpopcorn · 22-07-2019 6:49pm

If this is made will it be just available on sound cloud or somewhere else?

namenotavailablE · 22-07-2019 6:56pm

Hi Freshpopcorn,

Personally, I'd be inclined to keeping it 'as private as possible'. I imagine that some system of 'invitation only' would be what I foresee for participants and audience. I was previously assisting a little with another Boards forum's YouTube production which was hosted on a private channel rather than public. I think there was a link provided to forum members which enabled them to view the YouTube video. As I recall, it was also possible to remove the video entirely from Youtube although I don't think that was done with the specific video which was created.

However, I'll need Loughc to answer that as I understand that podcasting technical matters are his area of knowledge and he initiated the whole podcasting concept for the forum.

kitten_k · 22-07-2019 7:29pm

Count me in

namenotavailablE · 22-07-2019 9:17pm

Confirmed participants to date:

* TRS30
* Deja Boo
* Rubberdungeon
* FluffyTowel
* Tomo75
* Kitten_K

namenotavailablE · 22-07-2019 9:35pm

Confirmed participants to date:

* TRS30
* Deja Boo
* Rubberdungeon
* FluffyTowel
* Tomo75
* Kitten_K
* MirrorWall14

Jude13 · 23-07-2019 8:47am

Looking forward to listening in to this.

namenotavailablE · 23-07-2019 9:12am

Hi Jude13- are you also willing to be a participant? The current script has some lines spoken by you!

Toots · 24-07-2019 3:26pm

I'm in too! No clue what I'm doing, but happy to join in

namenotavailablE · 24-07-2019 4:00pm

Confirmed participants to date:

* TRS30
* Deja Boo
* Rubberdungeon
* FluffyTowel
* Tomo75
* Kitten_K
* MirrorWall14
* Toots

DvB · 24-07-2019 4:02pm

I'll be honest, I'm a bit wary of committing to participate for varying reasons, how soon do you need a definitive y/n?

namenotavailablE · 24-07-2019 4:09pm

Hi DvB- I understand if you would prefer not to personally get involved. If you'd rather not personally participate but are OK with 'AN Other' standing in your place that would be absolutely fine alternative.

Re a 'definitive Yes/ No': I've been liaising with Loughc and the arrangement at the moment is try to demonstrate that there is a sufficient level of engagement/ willingness to participate before moving to the next stage. If and when we get to that point, Loughc will start the process of liaising with the podcast contacts he has to see about the recording options. At the moment, we're about halfway there in terms of numbers of participants.

DvB · 24-07-2019 4:12pm

TBH I'd either be in fully or out completely, if you get to the stage where you're just 1 short of progressing to the next stage I'll likely fill the gap.

namenotavailablE · 24-07-2019 4:19pm

I'll put you down as a provisional 'Yes' ,subject to the event reaching the next stage. Many thanks.

Confirmed participants to date:

* TRS30
* Deja Boo
* Rubberdungeon
* FluffyTowel
* Tomo75
* Kitten_K
* MirrorWall14
* Toots
* DvB (provisional)

Loughc · 24-07-2019 7:47pm

Hi guys I just feel like jumping in here.

Many thanks to everyone who’s agreed to participate I just want to clarify it’ll be 2020 before this could realistically even take place.

There’s absolutely nothing in place for a generic podcast that I was planning let alone an extremely ambitious panto special. I think we can cool the conversation for now as it’ll be a long long time off if ever.

namenotavailablE · 24-07-2019 10:22pm

Loughc wrote: »

Hi guys I just feel like jumping in here.

Many thanks to everyone who’s agreed to participate I just want to clarify it’ll be 2020 before this could realistically even take place.

There’s absolutely nothing in place for a generic podcast that I was planning let alone an extremely ambitious panto special. I think we can cool the conversation for now as it’ll be a long long time off if ever.

I rather suspect that the prospect of a distant and indeterminate date for the project will have the effect of not so much cooling the momentum as completely halting it. That would be a pity as the podcast could offer the forum a wonderful opportunity to showcase itself to a wider audience.

There is plenty of goodwill evident in the forum so -given the right conditions- it's entirely conceivable that a dedicated few can get this delivered. If any form of podcast is to be realistically delivered, it will need to be championed and pushed by the forum team. It was gratifying to have garnered firm expressions of interest from 8 forum members and another leaning towards participation, so with the right conditions, it is possible that the project can be resurrected.

I think that I will step aside from the panto project at this time but I'll leave the script as it stands as an attachment to this post. If there's a champion for the panto podcast, please feel free to take the attached script and rework it as you see fit, if necessary- it would certainly have been redrafted as participants became known so that each person got to enjoy their 15 milliseconds of fame

FluffyTowel · 25-07-2019 8:30am

Hey all

Well, that’s a shame. Seemed like a really cool idea, and great script from namenotavailabl.

Would be happy to assist if it would move this forward. As a thought, I saw from a previous post from the Christmas FM guys (think it was an AMA actually) that they have their studio all year round, although they don’t use it most of the year. Maybe they could be approached to see if they could help with the Podcast.

Loughc · 25-07-2019 11:05am

FluffyTowel wrote: »

Hey all

Well, that’s a shame. Seemed like a really cool idea, and great script from namenotavailabl.

Would be happy to assist if it would move this forward. As a thought, I saw from a previous post from the Christmas FM guys (think it was an AMA actually) that they have their studio all year round, although they don’t use it most of the year. Maybe they could be approached to see if they could help with the Podcast.

Christmas FM charge €240 a hour for rent of studio and sound engineer rates, as a sound engineer needs to be at the studio when in use. I’ve approached that Avenue too.

FluffyTowel · 25-07-2019 4:33pm

Loughc wrote: »

Christmas FM charge €240 a hour for rent of studio and sound engineer rates, as a sound engineer needs to be at the studio when in use. I’ve approached that Avenue too.

Hey Loughc

Ok - that's fair enough! Fair play for checking out all of the avenues. Sure, let's not call this one dead yet. I have a bit of time in the next while where I could have a look - not promising anything of course(!), but your idea of a Boardsie podcast is really cool, and the script is a lot of fun. I have a background in journalism from a previous life, so let me do a bit of digging and see if I can help / find somebody who can help.

namenotavailablE · 25-07-2019 5:55pm

Didn't the staff of Boards itself do a few podcast type events -possibly a sort of 'overview of what we do' or an 'Ask-us-anything' type event? I wonder if there is merit in approaching one of the staff to see if they could assist.

Edit- I sent Mark a PM to see if he can advise if there's any facilities available

Deja Boo · 25-07-2019 8:49pm

*practices me party piece on the tin whistle..... jest in cases* :pac:

namenotavailablE · 25-07-2019 9:02pm

^^ that level of playing is too talented compared to what I had in mind for you

Deja Boo · 25-07-2019 9:04pm

ah but you havenae heard me screech play! (makes the neighbour dogs howl, I do!)

Deja Boo · 25-07-2019 9:07pm

would you prefer I get out the oul bagpipes ??? (cos aint no one want to hear dat!)

namenotavailablE · 25-07-2019 9:10pm

Has to be the tin whistle to fit with the script.

This is what I'm looking for. it's even quite good compared to the threshold

https://youtu.be/pVFYa-yRb8A?t=29

Are you able for it?

Deja Boo · 25-07-2019 9:17pm

I know, am just teasing

I dunno where me whistle is (packed away somewhere), but am sure I can properly mess up the scales (hopefully you will partially recognize a note or two.....

maybe*)

*one can only hope :eek:

TRS30 · 25-07-2019 10:04pm

namenotavailabl wrote: »

Has to be the tin whistle to fit with the script.

This is what I'm looking for. it's even quite good compared to the threshold

https://youtu.be/pVFYa-yRb8A?t=29

Are you able for it?

I’ve been practicing my robot dance just in case

namenotavailablE · 25-07-2019 10:05pm

Important for a radio style podcast to have all the right moves, TRS

TRS30 · 25-07-2019 10:10pm

namenotavailabl wrote: »

Important for a radio style podcast to have all the right moves, TRS

I like to fully submerge myself in a role :pac:

Deja Boo · 26-07-2019 12:27am

TRS30 wrote: »

I’ve been practicing my robot dance just in case

Cannae wait to hear the Robot dance sound effects... with a Cork accent

26-07-2019 1:31am

Loughc wrote: »

Christmas FM charge €240 a hour for rent of studio and sound engineer rates, as a sound engineer needs to be at the studio when in use. I’ve approached that Avenue too.

Sound engineer me Arabella. (That’s predictive text for me-arse)

:P

It’s not really just the costs or expertise- I could do a lot of what’s required-+so leave cost aside for a mo- It’s the panto script itself. It’s too complicated to work if you went the route of separate recordings then joined together. Keep it simple first is my advice- then expand.

26-07-2019 1:33am

A podcast won’t involve much cost- seriously, it’s an audio recording not toy story 5

26-07-2019 1:39am

Fk_it24 wrote: »

i luv PlentyOhToole

I know dear.

mirrorwall14 · 26-07-2019 9:11am

I know nothing about the technicalities but could you do a rough around the edges podcast by just doing a group call and recording it? Audio wouldn’t be great but it might work

namenotavailablE · 26-07-2019 9:25am

It might be useful to know where everyone who is interested in participating is based so that the logistics of any potential recording arrangement can be understood.
I'm not in the script but if there was a recording session I'd love to try be there. Am based in Tralee, can travel if work/ life permits.

Loughc · 26-07-2019 10:12am

namenotavailabl wrote: »

It might be useful to know where everyone who is interested in participating is based so that the logistics of any potential recording arrangement can be understood.
I'm not in the script but if there was a recording session I'd love to try be there. Am based in Tralee, can travel if work/ life permits.

Yea we will not be doing that. A request like that is borderline breaching GDPR....

Once again I feel like I'm repeating myself and will certainly be locking this thread if I have to repeat this once again, this Panto script is borderline an impossible task and is not what the original concept of the Podcast was intended for.

Any participation would have been done remotely online like mirrorwall suggested through a online call there's plenty of podcast recording apps for this purpose that can patch in several users.

Currently there is no podcast and at present to get a simple episode planned/sorted/recorded and then edited would be months off. To plan something of your Panto scale would literally be years off as we have no foundation to build on.

Loughc · 26-07-2019 10:54am

Deleted User wrote: »

It’s not really just the costs or expertise- I could do a lot of what’s required-+so leave cost aside for a mo- It’s the panto script itself. It’s too complicated to work if you went the route of separate recordings then joined together. Keep it simple first is my advice- then expand.

Agreed, the original plan is for a host and a co-host just to discuss a few christmassy topics in a lighthearted way. The Panto script is a very ambitious undertaking and not one we could jump into straight away, established podcasts don't even try similar special episodes until years down the line.

namenotavailablE · 26-07-2019 11:07am

My apologies if that constitutes a GDPR issue. It wasn't intended that any location data be so specific to an individual person to enable their identification, so me saying I'm from Tralee means I'm one of approx 25000 people in the town. My understanding is that you'd need to gather other individual pieces of data to enable an identification of me, but obviously if it's a possible concern for Boards it's best not to reveal locations.

Could I clarify with you Loughc:

* If there is a group of people willing to try and progress the project, are you OK with that? You personally wouldn't necessarily need to get actively involved in the logistics- essentially just let the group see if something can be arranged. It may well transpire that it can't be delivered given the constraints.
* If the logistics are sorted:
> would you be willing to try encourage participation by the forum members?
> would you yourself be willing to participate in the script as it is currently drafted (you've a reasonably prominent amount of dialogue)?

Loughc · 26-07-2019 12:07pm

namenotavailabl wrote: »

Could I clarify with you Loughc:

* If there is a group of people willing to try and progress the project, are you OK with that? You personally wouldn't necessarily need to get actively involved in the logistics- essentially just let the group see if something can be arranged. It may well transpire that it can't be delivered given the constraints.
* If the logistics are sorted:
> would you be willing to try encourage participation by the forum members?
> would you yourself be willing to participate in the script as it is currently drafted (you've a reasonably prominent amount of dialogue)?

I don't think we should pursuit any group participation project until the initial project can take off first.

DvB · 26-07-2019 12:22pm

Loughc wrote: »

I don't think we should pursuit any group participation project until the initial project can take off first.

To jump in on this, a more basic podcast along the lines of what LoughC was planning I feel would be more in keeping with the ethos of this forum, we all basically come in here to discuss christmas & our ideas of what that means to us all. A discussion podcast would definitely fit into that far more neatly & IMO would be a nice step to take, without being too ambitious from the outset which has been the death of many a well intentioned project.

I'd also personally feel far more comfortable participating in something of this scale & suspect the levels of ambition & indeed technical knowhow that the panto podcast would require to pull off successfully could may well be a case of running before we can crawl.

Not purposely trying to put a downer on the idea, I just feel its a massive leap & one that could potentially end and appetite for folk here & their future participation for less ambitious projects that stand a better chance of being successful.

namenotavailablE · 26-07-2019 1:24pm

OK. It is evident that the forum central command and control is in joint opposition and that is putting the kibosh on the whole idea, even in the scenario where a dedicated group tries to get the project over the line. Given this, it is evident to me that the panto will never happen- it's a shame given the apparent willingness of a number of regular forum members to get involved.

As for the 'generic podcast idea: it's worth noting that this thread was floated in October 2014 and then resurrected in January 2019. Absolutely nothing happened in between these dates to get the idea moving. It seems to be lacking a champion of the concept- announcements are floated and then die a death with no real follow through. At present, the "same old, same old" scenario is unfolding- as was noted in an earlier post on this thread, there is absolutely nothing in place for a generic podcast, some 6 months after the resurrection of the concept. I don't see any realistic prospect of any form of podcast happening but would be happy to be proven wrong.

As Einstein said "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." There is clearly little appetite for making mistakes here or even allowing mistakes to be made by others.

For myself, I may as well call it a day so I'm definitely out from the project and will unfollow both this thread and forum. I'll finish by thanking everyone who tried to constructively engage with the proposed panto, particularly those members who indicated a willingness to participate. FluffyTowel and Mark of Boards both have the definitive links to the current draft via PM (the earlier attachment I posted in this thread is not the definitive draft) should anyone be interested in working on it.

Loughc · 26-07-2019 1:31pm

namenotavailabl wrote: »

As for the 'generic podcast idea: it's worth noting that this thread was floated in October 2014 and then resurrected in January 2019. Absolutely nothing happened in between these dates to get the idea moving. It seems to be lacking a champion of the concept- announcements are floated and then die a death with no real follow through. At present, the "same old, same old" scenario is unfolding- as was noted in an earlier post on this thread, there is absolutely nothing in place for a generic podcast, some 6 months after the resurrection of the concept. I don't see any realistic prospect of any form of podcast happening but would be happy to be proven wrong.

Apologies for having a life

If you were a forum regular you would have learned work and personal commitments have tied up all of my free time lately, I don't have the time I once would have to sink into launching a podcast.

Also no one is in opposition to you or a project, it's as simple as DVB put it, you're trying to run before you can walk.

namenotavailablE · 26-07-2019 1:43pm

Loughc wrote: »

Apologies for having a life

If you were a forum regular you would have learned work and personal commitments have tied up all of my free time lately, I don't have the time I once would have to sink into launching a podcast.

All the more reason to try get others to engage in developing the concept. It doesn't need to be a one-person effort. There is goodwill there to get things progressed.

Loughc wrote: »

Also no one is in opposition to you or a project, it's as simple as DVB put it, you're trying to run before you can walk.

To my question "If there is a group of people willing to try and progress the project, are you OK with that" you replied "I don't think we should pursuit any group participation project until the initial project can take off first." Apart from not answering the direct question asked, it seems pretty negatively disposed towards the effort proposed. At least try.

Anyway- it's your show so I won't be interfering as I won't be around.

Loughc · 26-07-2019 2:09pm

namenotavailabl wrote: »

All the more reason to try get others to engage in developing the concept. It doesn't need to be a one-person effort. There is goodwill there to get things progressed.

To my question "If there is a group of people willing to try and progress the project, are you OK with that" you replied "I don't think we should pursuit any group participation project until the initial project can take off first." Apart from not answering the direct question asked, it seems pretty negatively disposed towards the effort proposed. At least try.

Anyway- it's your show so I won't be interfering as I won't be around.

Once again, if you wish to continue with a group project you may, I'll even split the thread for you into two separate projects. The panto style podcast is personally not for me and not one I would be participating in. But if you wish to pursuit it I'm happy to setup a separate thread for it.

28-07-2019 9:51am

@namenotavailable

Didn’t mean to knock ure idea- just providing advice- here are the challenges you’d need to work through:

1. If recording separately you’re going to get various levels of sound quality which will sound odd in the final version

2. Recording separately will mean that hundreds of sound files will need to be sliced and diced together in line with the script

3. Not everyone is an actor so the emotions included throughout may not come across well

4. Even if you got everyone together somehow, there would be retake after retake before getting it right

5. It’s a huge script - recording and editing would be big tasks for this work

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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens