The Curious Tourist is a podcast that provides the latest travel news, reviews, and suggestions. The podcast would focus on places that I have visited or would like to visit in the future. The first episode is all about cruising since the most recent travel that I have done was aboard Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas. I would also invite guests on the podcast who have travelled to places that I am interested in visiting and would discuss their experiences and suggestions. Overall, I want the podcast to be fun and light-hearted and very easy to listen to.
I chose to use multiple sound files in my podcast. The podcast includes voice, sound effects, and music. The voice was recoded by me with a microphone in Audacity. The sound effects include plane, boat, train, and ocean sounds. Finally, the podcast includes background music to start and end the podcast recording.
After deciding on the theme of my Podcast, I knew I wanted to include a catchy music tune and several travel/transportation sounds to start the podcast off before I started speaking. It took quite a while to find all of the sounds that worked together, but I think the end result is playful and fun.
Audio Credits:
“Old Plane in the Distance” by Fresco is licensed under CC BY 4.0
“Red Bull Air Race – Plane Take-off” by Granizo is licensed under CC BY 3.0
“Train Horn Fades” by C-V is licensed under CC0 1.0
“Sailboat-Water_rushing_by_leeward-Force_3” by 4billboards is licensed under CC0 1.0
“Tropical” by Sonically_Sound is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
“Train and Warning Bell” by MicroBudgetProject is licensed under CC0 1.0
Image Credits:
“VACATION” by Ronald Douglas Frazier is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Hello John,
I think that you picked out great choices for the audio. It pairs rather well with the theme. I wish that your voice could be heard a little better over the background music. Maybe using the features in audacity to lower the background sound would be helpful. I think the image that you picked is spot-on for the podcast. Overall great job with the podcast.
Hello John,
I love the topic and theme for your podcast. Your artwork fits perfectly to the theme and you get a sense for what the podcast will be about just by looking at it. Your intro was engaging and flowed nicely into your voice. The airplane noises did remind me a little bit of older planes – like a vintage/old recording of a plane which I’m not sure was the purpose since the topic seems to be about modern traveling adventures. I also think your voice could have been a little louder, but your tone and speaking was clear and well rehearsed! Thank you for sharing!