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Vox pop wrap

23/05/2011
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Two weeks back I set myself the task of recording a vox pop a day for a week, to deal with my greatest fear in radio. The daily vox pops are elsewhere on ye blog, and this wrap up looks …Read the Rest

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Ronan Kelly Showcase

25/04/2011
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“Did ya?!” is a trade-mark question of Ronan Kelly‘s work. What a lovely man. He makes programmes talking to people. He makes people very comfortable to talk with him. I know, because my “15 minute chat” with him for In …Read the Rest

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Correspondence

19/03/2011
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Ten weeks ago, Martin WIlliams proposed collaborating on a spare-time project. It turned into Correspondence, and was an absolute blast! The rules: Martin spends a week making one minute of audio, and sends it to me. One week later I …Read the Rest

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“confusing the listeners”

14/03/2011
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It’s a key warning from editors and reference books: don’t confuse the listener. Montages are “notoriously difficult to follow”. In creative or features circles, we tend to groan at it. How can a listener be confused? 1) if they’ve drifted …Read the Rest

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My First Hydrophone

30/01/2011
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Just stumbled across this – my first recording with a hydrophone. It’s a DolphinEar Pro, into the left channel of my then brand-new Fostex FR-2le, with the Beyer M58 into the right channel. Down on docks (more or less) in …Read the Rest

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Putting mics in a funnel and recording my heart

20/11/2010
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I was supposed to be packing. But in a cheap household things shop in Electric Avenue today, I spotted a funnel for the princely sum of £2. The dishrack I was after was already accounted for. And something said to …Read the Rest

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Turn off that phone!

06/11/2010
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This would have been a nice field recording of Brugges at night. But it was rushed, and I certainly hadn’t time to put on headphones. Or to turn off my phone. And it buzzed. And Buzzed. And Ruined :( I’m …Read the Rest

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Inez Tan Interview

18/10/2010
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Slow Radio

10/09/2010
Appreciation

Just listened to the Saltcast – Rob Rosenthal and Jay Allison talking about slow radio. Reiterating the points made by Rick Moody in the forward to Reality Radio: “patience is it’s own reward”, Moody writes, “and in the old days …Read the Rest

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Proteins and Short Science

08/09/2010
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Did ya hear me on this morning’s Short Science? Did ya? Did ya? Yeah I missed it too, but thank heavens for podcasts. This ep has me introducing proteins. The night before submitting my script I had an idea of …Read the Rest

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