Comments on: Backbeat

By: Eddie Dickey

Eddie Dickey — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:51:03 +0000

Pretty cool Dave,
This is a step in the right direction for advertising – away from stupid copy toward a human voice! Away from ‘acting’ in voice overs to a natural voice. Very cool.

By: Ken Nelson

Ken Nelson — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:04:59 +0000

Congrats, Dave!

More here: http://www.quietvoice.org/index.php/2005/11/30/dont-beat-up-the-backbeat/

-k-

By: Dave Hamilton / Dave The Nerd » Blog Archive » A Natural Step In The Right Direction (of Podcasting)

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:40:54 +0000

[...] The BackBeat Media Podcast Network includes 2 of my favorite Podcasts, and one of, well, my own. That’s right, the 3 (current) Podcasts we represent are Brian Ibbott’s Coverville, Dave Slusher’s Evil Genius Chronicles, and The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab. Dave Slusher has both podcasted and blogged about this, and Brian podcasted about it a couple of weeks back. [...]

By: Nick Coster

Nick Coster — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:28:30 +0000

To me the problem that Podshow is facing is that it is trying to attract great podcasts and then shoehorn them back into a radio format. This, in addition to the advertising, is what has led me to unsubscribe from every show that I have previously enjoyed. Specifically – Daily Source Code, Dawn and Drew, and the Rock And Roll Geek.

I lived their shows when they were buzzed about the doing of their show. Then they suddenly HAD to produce a show, and advertise, and fill a time slot.

Contrast that to ReelReviewsRadio (who I was listening to before they started supporting the EGC). Michael G was commercial from the getgo but doesn’t fill a format does his show when he has something to say.

As long as a podcast has something to say then I what to hear it, but if it just has to say something to fulfill a contract then they may not really have anything to say at all. [reminds me of the theme music for Mister ED]

–nick coster

By: Andrew Herron

Andrew Herron — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:40:51 +0000

First up, congratulations on what looks like a reliable source of sponsorship income. I do have a question however. Is this really any different to signing up with PodShow?

Looking at what has happened so far with PodShow and the reactions to playing regurgitated radio advertising on podcasting, they seem to be heading down the same path of “let the podcaster write the ad”.

Letting the network find sponsors for you appears to be PodShow’s entire business premise – so if one day you find yourself on what amounts to the same thing as PodShow, will you still want to be there?

By: Brooklyn Bluesman

Brooklyn Bluesman — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:12:45 +0000

Cool-congratulations! When do you start dressing like Madge? LOL. Like my favorite podcaster said, “there’s no such thing as selling out, only selling too cheaply!”