This post was drafted during PodCamp Boston 2. My plan was to collect some funny remarks I heard people say and then put them out as a package. I only collected this one quote and I believe it stands quite nicely on its own because it can paint any number of images in your mind.
“I usually don’t snore!“
PodCamp Boston 2 Through My Eyes is a collage of photos and videos I took at PodCamp Boston 2 (October 26-28, 2007) set to the song Join the Conversation from Matthew Ebel’s latest CD, Goodbye Planet Earth (released at PodCamp Boston 2).Thanks to everyone who made it a great weekend, and to Chris Penn and Chris Brogan for making PodCamp a reality.
What I knew about Matthew Ebel before yesterday was only that CC Chapman would do backflips to hear his music. While I had heard some of Matthew’s music, I didn’t really connect with it — although, Lost My Way (his new a capella song), did catch my attention.
Last night I saw Matthew perform at the Bullfinch Yacht Club as part of the PodCamp Boston 2 entertainment. That’s when I made the connection. Matthew is more than a singer/songwriter; he’s a performer. Seeing him work the crowd and effortlessly bounce and twist his hands in a staccato frenzy while belting out upbeat songs –mostly with his eyes closed– was one-part demoralizing and three-parts exciting.
This Sound Connection is with Matthew Ebel’s live performance talents and his new song, Everybody Needs a Robot. His new CD, Goodbye Planet Earth, will be released later this evening.
Photo: Nicolas Pin
If you’ve been in audio for a while, chances are you have a lot of stories about lost audio. I have a few. Perhaps one of the most painful, certainly the most current, is the phantom recording I did last evening from the back seat of a taxi I was sharing with Bill Deys, Neil Gorman and Bob Goyetche.
The brilliance of the recording was that it captured a fight that took place between CC Chapman and our Russian cab driver as we were preparing to leave. CC’s directions were a bit confusing and the cabbie was a very direct communicator. The argument that ensued between them was both hilarious and stressful. It was tough to fight the laughter knowing that I had my trusty Zoom H2 recorder capturing the exchange - for Bill (who was in the front seat) more than me.
I plugged my H2 in to my laptop a few minutes ago and smiled knowing that all of the recordings I made yesterday were waiting for me. All, as it turns out, except for the exchange in the cab.
Like my Edirol R1, the Zoom H2 requires you to double-clutch the record button to begin the recording. The first press gets you into record-ready state and the second press starts the recording.
Trust me, the record-ready-recording of the fight between CC and the cabbie was a classic recording that never happened.
Epilogue: During last year’s PodCamp Boston, I shared a cab back to my hotel with Julien Smith. After a while of driving around aimlessly, Julien, in a sarcastic way that only Julien can deliver, leaned forward and said to our very aggressive and impatient cabbie, “Dude! You do know where you’re going, right?”
Off to PodCamp Boston 2, day 1.
It was a great day for a drive. The sun was out, the temperature was great and the roads were clear. It was the first time since PAB that Bob Goyetche and I had hung out - a full seven hours worth in the car, alone. We recorded some discussions which will likely find themselves in upcoming episodes of the Canadian Podcast Buffet.
We’ve checked in to our hotel and we’ve already run in to some PodCampers including Beth and Greg Gary of Grow See This.
See you tonight.
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PAB2008, the third annual international podcasting extravaganza, took place in Kingston, Ontario (Canada) on June 20-22, 2008. Audio of the conference sessions is available at the Canadian Podcast Buffet.
I served as bass player for various, early, incarnations of the Robert Farrell Band, last performing with Robert in 1997. After a long hiaitus from music to focus on family and a career, I started working on my first CD, real, in 2004 — before I discovered Podcasting.
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