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Malazan Podcast

#1 Jake

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 05:58 AM

First of all, I have no idea if this is the right place to post this; please pardon my ignorance if it in the wrong place.

Anyhooo, MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN PODCAST: Why is there not one? Podcasts are a great place for discussion, and easy to listen to on your daily commute or while winding down before bed. In this amazing book series there are so many topics to discuss, crazy theories to present, and chapters to recap.

I don't know much about hosting a downloading server, but the recording itself simply requires a microphone, a recording/editing program such as audacity (free), and some kind of communication system (Ventrilo, Skype, etc).

I think this would be very interesting to listen to if the right personalities were found to do the podcast, and I was just wondering the thoughts of the various Malazan experts here on the forum!

Sincerely, Jake

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 01:24 PM

Great idea, would like to hear some of these pros hold forth, also debates would be lovely.

Wonder if various accents would pose a problem?

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#3 Silencer

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 01:32 PM

Well now there's an idea - only problem would be rounding up guests, trying to be regular, so on and so forth, hehe.

As far as accents go, people all over the world make podcasts, so unless someone bears a particularly indecipherable dialect, it shouldn't be a huge problem, lol.

The site has a downloads application from IPB as far as I'm aware, so someone could really just use that if they asked nicely. :wub:

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 02:33 PM

I've thought of this before, and think it would be a great idea. There's so much material I'm not sure you could ever cover it all in depth.

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 03:29 PM

On top of the book discussion, you could also cover recent stuff on the forum as well (i.e. interesting discussions, new excerpts posted and all that kind of thing). I would definitely listen...

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#6 Jake

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 09:03 PM

Well it's settled! This must happen. Now all we need is 2 to 4 people who could try this out. A recap of DoD would be an obvious starting theme to prepare for the release of TCG. I pray this actually happens, and I would love to help with show notes or something similar. I am, however, aware that I don't have the knowledge available for this kind of undertaking. We need volunteers!

**Jake wants YOU to help make this idea a reality**

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 12:27 AM

It's because everyone is embarrassed to say how they pronounce all the Malazan words out loud.

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 12:42 AM

Well, they shouldn't be! For one, Erikson has said that there's no totally fixed pronunciation, and I'm sure that a small group could come up with a decent-sounding approximation for all of the major words. I know that when I listen to the Bungie podcast, I always get a laugh out of how they pronounce 'carbine' and 'melee' (they do 'melee' closer to what it should be, with the accent, but 'carbine' becomes 'carbeen/carbean', which is technically correct but sounds absolutely hilarious with the American accent, hehe...), so no harm done. :wub:

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 01:40 AM

well, the pronunciation would be funny especially with all the accents. Even malazan can be pronounced in more than one way, but it isn't something to be embarrassed about. I think that the best way would be to have 2-3 people who run it with 1-2 guests from around the forum each podcast. So the 2-3 people would have some idea about what to talk about from within the books, and the guests can each have a special topic about something of interest to them. Add group discussion about each aspect and you're in business.

#10 Jake

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 01:53 AM

Actually, dragonmount has the "4th age podcast" that covers Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Although poorly executed, the podcast is suprisingly interesting. I can say from personal experience, while listening to a few of the podcasts, even the hosts pronounced the various country names and races differently than eachother. It does absolutely nothing to remove immersion in the conversation, and doesn't make the hosts look unintelligent or whatnot. So no worries!

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 03:03 AM

worrywort, on 04 January 2011 - 12:27 AM, said:

It's because everyone is embarrassed to say how they pronounce all the Malazan words out loud.

Hahaha, touche'

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 03:05 AM

Well, I'd be interested in maybe helping to host it, but I'm going to drop off the grid in a week or so for half a month (annual holiday boat trip), which would put a spanner in the works. I can get online, but there is no way I can do voice on a mobile broadband connection (the price is horrendous). :wub:

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 03:08 AM

I don't think you want to hear these people live. I'll never recover....

By the by, you can generally puzzle out the characters and places people are talking about.

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#14 Jake

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 03:40 AM

Well, Silencer, there is no huge rush to start, and we certainly need to find more volunteers. Spread the word everyone! If we do happen to get enough people before you leave, recording a few test sessions for editors to play with and figure out how to format the show would be a good idea. Then while you're on your trip the editor can get things sorted out by the time you get back! (Optomistic thinking is fun)

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#15 EsotericForest

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 04:37 AM

Well I think it's an excellent idea, and I'd definitely listen in. Unfortunately I don't feel qualified to host it :wub:

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 05:14 AM

EsotericForest, on 04 January 2011 - 04:37 AM, said:

Well I think it's an excellent idea, and I'd definitely listen in. Unfortunately I don't feel qualified to host it :wub:

Waht he said! Hehe. I'd be a damn good listener though! Great idea, and although i've never been a big listener of podcasts in general (although Freakanomics is pretty cool, as well as those dudes that do "Drunk Tank".....at least i think that's what its called, only listened to a few on a roundtrip to Dallas for the World Series), i would subscribe to this in a heartbeat!

#17 Funkazilla

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 06:05 AM

I came out of my silent reading of this forum to say I like this idea. I love podcasts and think that this book series would make for a great topic.

It sounds like there could be themes and such to be organized for each show, as well as adding in extra sections such as what you are currently reading and other interesting things that could add to the content that would be offered. I wouldn't be all that great for the technical side of things but I certainly would enjoy participating or just listening in and contributing via email.

#18 Jake

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 10:22 PM

Well we certaintly have interest! Now all we need are hosts.

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 11:30 PM

Simplest solution is to start with what we've got, I guess. I can set up a podcast group and forum if you'd like - can discuss topics and themes and such in there, maybe have a public section with requests/guest offers etc too?

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