Sonitotum with Matthew Wayne Selznick 018: A Voice in the Desert
Hello! It’s a new episode of Sonitotum… and thanks to a simpler, more streamlined, and more portable approach to recording (which I talk about in the episode), there will be more to come in the weeks ahead. I miss talking to all y’all!
In this episode, I talk about…
- What inspired my return to the mic
- My next fiction project, what it’s going to take, and what it’s going to give
- Solitude
- My ongoing experiment with Amazon Sponsored Product advertising
And I ask you: What are you doing to engage with your creativity in this pandemic era? (You can respond in the comments section of this post, if you like!)
Links and Topics Mentioned in This Episode
- Brave Men Run
- The Sovereign Era books and short stories
- Light of the Outsider, my latest novel
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Equipment and Software
For those who are interested (folks sometimes ask), here are the hardware and software tools I use to make Sonitotum. I have affiliate arrangements with some of these products and services. If you make a purchase when you click through using my links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It’s a great way to help support the podcast… so thank you!
- Audio-Technica ATR-3350IS omnidirectional condenser lavalier mic with smartphone adapter
- Aurycle a460 large diaphragm studio condenser microphone
- Akai Professional MPD218 (MIDI drum pad controller for performing drum parts of “Anastasia”)
- Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD (audio interface for directly connecting microphones and musical instruments to a computer)
- Sennheiser HD 202 headphones
- Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio (digital audio workstation / music creation software — used when recording and producing “Anastasia” and “Gwinton”)
- Adobe Audition CC (digital audio workstation for recording, editing, and producing audio — used to mix and produce the podcast)
- Zencast.fm (podcast media file hosting and distribution service)
- Dreamhost (Website hosting — I’ve been their client since January of 2007! Can you say that about your web hosting company?)
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Thanks, Harold! Hopefully I can keep it simple enough for myself that I get a good regular thing going here again…