Ok, gang-o-mine!
As I sit down to scope out the way Shaman will run, I’m trying to think about ways to improve your listening pleasure.
Music
I’m looking for the music now. I’m leaning toward one called “Celtic Dance” that’s on http://www.archive.org. I was looking for something a little different from the sea shanties. Ironic since almost all the story is about life on the South Coast of St. Cloud’s Western Reaches. In my head I wanted something a little more “new agey” and perhaps a little mystical.
So? Got any candidates? Here are the criteria:
- The music has to be well underway by about 15 seconds in. A lot of really good choices don’t really get rolling until the 30 second mark and that’s too much “waiting for the theme music” for me.
- The music needs a good ending. When I get to that closing “For more information, visit www.durandus.org slash golden” I want to be able to have a nice little bump at the end of no more than another 15 seconds.
- It must be instrumental. I don’t wanna have to talk over somebody singing.
- It has to be offered under a Creative Commons license that allows for derivative works. Or you have to own it and grant me license. 
Because I don’t use the whole song … it’s a derivative work and some artists don’t like that.
Leave a link to your suggestions in my comments or email them to me using the Contact form.
Jibber Jab
There’s not going to be a lot of time for me to take listener comments and include them in a jibber-jab feed. Yes, I’m considering adding a second feed (here, rather than on Podiobooks) to do the kind of episode commentary several people have asked for. The problem is one of timing. I intend to start the voice recording tomorrow (Saturday, December 1) and there’ll be six episodes on Podiobooks as soon as I can get these other pesky details ironed out. Means it’s going to be difficult for you to get in between … so? Any suggestions on how to make that work? Or just save it up for the end?
My opinion on it is that, if i have to explain it outside the story, then the story isn’t strong enough — or you need to listen again.
I’m looking forward to your feedback.
