Ricky hops on and gives y'all an update on what to expect in season 3. He hints that it will be very content focused,. He also has fun with recording his big block Camaro and using it as a bed. 'Audio production term. He is not sleeping on it. I hope everyone has a great summer and see you around August, give or take!

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Ricky is back for one more episode before summer hiatus. He starts of the show talking about saving your hearing and how those of us that are into sound, seem to love loud things. He then talks about a device that makes your social media production painless and fun. Ricky then plays a song he performed drums, bass and guitar on for a friend's podcast. He just had to record his new guitar. He talks about the influences. Check out All About The Experience. Ricky then talks about a simple repair he made to his car thanks to YouTube. Speaking of YouTube..

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He then shares a few stories of random people being super excited about their food. Ricky shares his latest experience of working on the film set with University of Georgia. Thank you all for listening and see you in the fall!

Ricky starts off the podcast talking about solutions for running a live stream or radio broadcast by yourself. Ways to monitor your signal going to your listeners visually is mentioned. He then dives into some of the technical reasons why internet connections will drop out in the field. He stops babbling and goes into the second part of the interview with play-by-play radio personality, JP Sweet. The guys talk about a real moment going out on the air. The differences between talent, the crowd and a random super fan of the local buffet is brought up. Ricky's geeky way of making a live baseball broadcast even more entertaining. Ricky talks about a moment on set where he didn't realize who was sitting next to him. It happens to us as well. The basic rule of mics is brought up. JP talks proper mic etiquette with his live interviews. JP goes inside the UFC. Ricky is reminded of another moment from the TV set on the subject of preventing unintended audio. The guys then discuss how intense covering lives sports is. JP talks about covering hockey, basketball and the personal connections that happen. Ricky talks about the recordings that can be kept and shared for generations to come. JP talks about the tape era vs. the hard drive/cloud era and the ability to play it back for future generations. The guys talk about taking advantage of this really big and expensive phone we call broadcasting and streaming. Thanks for listening everyone and thanks to our guest, JP Sweet. Seeya next week.

This week Ricky is joined by our guest, play-by-play sports announcer, broadcaster and podcaster, JP Sweet. The guys discuss how the test they did pre show went. Then Ricky shares a story of being caught in the middle of a tornado on his birthday. Sometimes the bad luck really is unbelievably hilarious. Being your own producer and the differences between radio then and now is discussed. Technical problems coming up and dealing with them live and ways to do it is brought up. Throwing to break in the middle of the action is tricky to say the least. How JP works through that is discussed. The guys go inside calling hockey. Ricky discovered a clever delay on a live broadcast of an NHRA US Nationals event. JP talks about an untimely technical glitch. Tape delays and clean feeds letting you peer inside the production unintentionally are discussed. Finally, profanity going out on the air and Ricky's take on it. FCC vs Pacifica is mentioned. What's your thoughts? Check out the youtube and leave a comment: http://youtube.com/@RickyHarrisMedia. Seeya next week.

Ricky talks about his recent trip to Savannah with his wife. He is on the road and demonstrating recording sound inside a moving car. Where is Ricky going? Well, to pick up some music on record store day of course. He talks more about turning your car into a recording booth and then plays a dub of a vinyl record of one of his favorite songs. After break, he talks about the full experience of music. He gets geeky with the sound differences of mixes. He then talks about restoring his 1979 record player and getting it playing at the right speed. Ricky talks about the last show he's seen and how much fun it was. The tom rolls? Oh man! Ricky talks about some public knowledge from one of his on-set experiences and his recent car show. He finally dives into some maintenance tips for your classic cars. Thanks for listening and tell a friend.

Ricky is back after overhauling the wiring of his studio. The purpose of this was to get back to recording acoustic drums. And he does. He talks about recording digitally with a similar workflow of tape. The studio is a laboratory for learning and communication. He then talks about the flexibility the patch bay gives you. Ricky then dives into the drums and plays some fast drums for you. Let's go. Ricky takes an annoying situation, and turns it into a test, naturally. He talks about a way to keep your internet up and running during a power failure using batteries. This will help with working from home. He then thinks about gigabit ethernet. Now we have gigabit internet now? Crazy! The 1965 truck video Ricky is referencing: https://youtu.be/Sny3B_T_BLI?si=WJbrFEoEMdkcPjno He shares a favorite movie of his and it might get you interested in amateur radio or RF in general. Ricky gets all 'Ron Burgundy' on us. Oh boy. Thanks for listening everyone!

Ricky is back talking about a tip for keeping a car that isn't driven a lot, up and running worry free. This reminds him of a hilarious commercial. He then plays the audio from a commercial he did sound for. He then talks about something he recently discovered while doing this podcast. Ricky dives into the basics of phantom power and ribbon mics, He talks more about how he got so interested in production, and it even predates his dealings with video. His wife found someone he can hire for Ricky Harris Media and body shop. Thanks for listening everyone and tell a friend.

Ricky is back this week talking about being realistic with your creative endeavors. Also he talks about how the media business changed dramatically. The consumer is in a good spot. with a la carte. Or are we? Ricky's stance on AI is brought up. Ricky then touches on CGI and chromakey and how the tech has changed for the better and things he's noticed. Putting out a quality product with your name on is discussed. Ricky is not in the studio for this episode and demonstrating techniques with mic selection, placement and acoustics in the room. Ricky talks about the proximity effect. Another homework assignment? Aw man! No it's fun homework again. He loves making and fixing things. Please rate this show. Seeya next week.