Heads up guys. I've renamed this thread to help improve the clarity of the project. When the word 'podcast' was first invented, it was used to describe a publishing method; the format of the published content had nothing to do with whether it was a podcast. Doing a quick survey of a few folks, and it seems that word has changed meaning in the internet zeitgeist. For reference, the archaic definition I know is the one in the dictionary, namely:
However, in the intervening years the word appears to have come to mean "a talking heads-style show". Examples of this new meaning would include things like This Week in Tech, or the Bombcast. While this is admittedly the most popular kind of podcast, it isn't the type that this project is intended to be. As such, I needed to choose a wording that more accurately communicated what I had intended for this show to be. The end result is that I will be calling this a bi-weekly DJ mix, rather than a podcast. I'm still going to be publishing a podcast (in the dictionary sense) but I won't refer to it as such from here on.
If you're unfamiliar with the a DJ mix-style show, I would strongly suggest you check out the show that is my inspiration for this at http://thisweekinchiptune.com/
With that out of the way, let's move on to answering a few comments.
Agreed. Getting the information about that is part of the data collection process that will be involved with the collection of music for the show. The demo was about showing the format and auditioning a bit as a DJ, so that research hadn't been done yet (I still need to build a music acquisition pipeline,) and as such, I spoke only to what I had: the music was offered for use in the demo.
This misinterpretation is why the name is changing. It is supposed to be a pre-recorded session of streaming audio. In the olden days of variety radio, this would be a once a week aired show called something like "New Music Showcase with Jazzy Stevens" or something similar. To quote myself in the opening thread:
Rest assured though that you weren't alone in this interpretation of my archaic use of the word podcast. Hopefully that is a bit clearer with the new notation.
My intention for intro/outro/liners is to write a single melody line and do some theme and variation to produce a few different forms; a strong and then falling intro, an ambient talkover, and a weak but rising outro. This is part of the process of developing the 'voice' of the show. You should hear that melody and think 'Oh, that's from XXXX'
That's a more complicated subject. Regardless it's definitely worth thinking about and seeing if there's a right way to do it.