Daffy Duck on Chastity
or Why people should go through speech therapy before making their podcasts available to the whole damn world!
I told Kyle to make a blog entry with this title (taken from a discussion he and I had) but I really need to make a new post, so, yah... it's mine now!!
I have been doing something a bit unusual for me lately: listening to podcasts. I used to only have a few from Alan, Kyle, Rob Bell, and Karen Ward but now I've got a ton more! The great thing about all of these speakers is just that; they can speak. Now, I know many of us take speach for granted in that we don't really know how our voices sound. I don't think I would make a good podcaster. My voice is fine, I guess, but I have very little that I would like to talk about that others would care to hear and I seriously doubt I could present the information in a way that is delightful to the ear and informative for the mind. I am not bad but I am not good.
Others may have wonderful amounts of information that would be great to hear but their voices are so raw and grinding (or perhaps they have poor sound editing/hardware) that it is an unusually unpleasant experience hearing them speak. Perhaps their presentation could even change your life but the annoyance of having to decipher their speaking proves to be too much.
Sometimes people with fine enough voices don't even realize that that they are engaging in poor speaking habits. For example, some will "spit" into the microphone. Maybe it's accidental, maybe it's for emphasis... either way, it is annoying and I hate it very much. As Kyle said, "I absolutely refuse to listen to Daffy Duck teach on celibacy!"
Anyways, podcasters, please speak clearly and well for those of us who listen to you. If you don't next time I'll mention you by name.
:P
I have been doing something a bit unusual for me lately: listening to podcasts. I used to only have a few from Alan, Kyle, Rob Bell, and Karen Ward but now I've got a ton more! The great thing about all of these speakers is just that; they can speak. Now, I know many of us take speach for granted in that we don't really know how our voices sound. I don't think I would make a good podcaster. My voice is fine, I guess, but I have very little that I would like to talk about that others would care to hear and I seriously doubt I could present the information in a way that is delightful to the ear and informative for the mind. I am not bad but I am not good.
Others may have wonderful amounts of information that would be great to hear but their voices are so raw and grinding (or perhaps they have poor sound editing/hardware) that it is an unusually unpleasant experience hearing them speak. Perhaps their presentation could even change your life but the annoyance of having to decipher their speaking proves to be too much.
Sometimes people with fine enough voices don't even realize that that they are engaging in poor speaking habits. For example, some will "spit" into the microphone. Maybe it's accidental, maybe it's for emphasis... either way, it is annoying and I hate it very much. As Kyle said, "I absolutely refuse to listen to Daffy Duck teach on celibacy!"
Anyways, podcasters, please speak clearly and well for those of us who listen to you. If you don't next time I'll mention you by name.
:P
posted by -mike- at 10:35 AM
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