Exploring Florida is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to travelers interested in exploring Florida nature trails, small towns, and other hidden gems. In the podcast series I discuss the attraction, atmosphere, and long history to the week’s lesser known destination. Come join me and be inspired to pack up your travel gear and explore Florida.
The hope of this podcast is to encourage listeners to set aside time to get out, travel, and explore historic Florida outside of the major cities. The podcast begins with intro music as I welcome listeners back to the podcast. The intro music then fades into the background with the ambient sounds I’ve recorded at each destination. During the Egans Creek Greenway podcast, you can hear the nature and wildlife present at Egans Creek Greenway as I’m speaking about Egans Creek and what makes it a great next visit for you.
The intro music was cut using Audacity with instrumental sections from the song, “Let Nature Be Nature” which I found via CC Mixster. The ambient nature sounds and wildlife sounds were also cut using Audacity and overlayed into the podcast audio. The podcast photo was edited using Apple Photos with a photo taken from my visit to Egans Creek Greenway. I used what I learned from our Typography media lab to custom make a unique podcast cover that features the actual location I went to visit; each podcast would feature a unique cover of the locale to further inspire listeners to go out and discover the new destination.
As an outdoor enthusiast myself, my hope for the podcast is to inform, entertain, and inspire others like me to get out and explore Florida.
Audio Credits:
“Let Nature Be Nature” by Speck is licensed under ATTRIBUTION 3.0 UNPORTED (CC BY 3.0). The podcast intro music is a cut of the instrumentals from this song.
The overall mood was nice and calm, I liked the different nature audio elements since it was about nature walks. The narration was soothing and there were bird sounds and calm music. I think everything tied together pretty well and I did notice the fade in and out of the podcast. I think it would appeal to people who like nature. The overall volume could be louder, since I had to put the volume pretty high on the computer to hear it. But overall, I was able to hear everything. The first part of the music was a bit low, maybe didn’t need the fade in as much. I like that you used the rule of thirds for the photo and pulled out similar colors from the photo for your font. The post has good formatting.
Hi Jason,
Wow, your podcast concept is really detailed! I love that you drew from a personal experience. The audio you cut together creates a very tranquil feeling, perfect for bird watching or relaxing in nature. I do think your master volume could have been louder. i have to turn my volume all the way up to hear all of the nuances in your audio. Overall all I would say your post is super cohesive. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank you for the feedback! Ah, my headphones likely got me on the volume level. It sounded normal to me as I edited, replayed, posted, then replayed.
Hi Jason! To me this sounded very professional! Your voiceover especially sounded very natural. The birds chirping in the background of the voiceover were also mixed so well, I was convinced I was just hearing them in real life. Lastly, I think your cover looks really well-made, something about the image and the colors used seems to mimic a nature or birding guide in print, though it seems like some of the quality may have gone down upon embedding the image as it appears blurry here.