June 20, 2006

My Promo for the Podcast Awards  Comments 

Filed under: Rants — SFEley @ 12:38 am — Viewed 59381 times

Hey look, kids! I made a file with reverb and cheesy sound effects!

2006 Podcast Awards Promo

If you want an uncompressed version for your podcast, you can find the AIFF file here.

Listen to it. If you agree with me, then play it in your podcast.

The reasons in this promo are just part of why Todd Cochrane’s “People’s Choice Podcast Awards” piss me off. My problem isn’t with Todd,1 it’s with the categories that don’t really represent podcasting and the nomination/voting system that’s absolutely guaranteed to to wear down the patience of every participant. So what if it drives traffic to look at the ads? Are you celebrating advertisers or podcasts?

The concept of a “popular vote” award is inherently flawed. It’s not flawed because of technical issues; it’s flawed because merit is not decided by popularity contests. There’s a reason why everyone goes nuts over the Oscars and not the Golden Globes. There are other awards gearing up now with juried systems which look much better to me — the Podcast Peer Awards for general podcasting and the Parsec Awards for science fiction — and I wish them better luck.

I just hope no one’s getting emotionally invested in this whole awards thing. Podcasting with the intention of winning an award is even sillier than podcasting with the intention of making money.


  1. If you’re reading this, Todd, I honestly do think you’re a swell guy who does a lot for podcasting. You have got to get a copyeditor before you ever say anything in public, but that’s not a mortal sin, it’s a venial sin. ↩

4 Comments

  1. Gee wiz uncle Steve. You sure have a strong command of that reverb knob. That was funny. And you know what, some people might actually play it. And you know what what? People will go to the site because of it. Strange world we live in.

    Comment by Paul Puri — June 20, 2006 @ 2:43 am

  2. Hey, Steve! Great promo.

    Played it on my podcast today :)

    Say, what do you think of http://talkshoe.com ?

    It’s not podcasting, but it may be a mutant little brother…

    Comment by Sam Chupp — June 20, 2006 @ 1:35 pm

  3. As was evident last year the shows with the biggest audiences did not win and those that won major awards are not elgible this year.

    Comment by Todd — June 21, 2006 @ 1:37 am

  4. The reverb setting you used makes you sound like you’re in a bathroom. The voice is promoting to podcasters not listeners. Shouldn’t it be talking directly to the listener? Something like “The podcast awards are coming, you can vote now for this pocast by going to…” Lastly if you want a decent bang and a glass crash let me know.

    Comment by Ezra — June 23, 2006 @ 9:27 am

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