Christopher narrated this episode of Not About Lumberjacks (NALStories) himself, but since it was his first sci-fi story, and it was a bit more involved sound-wise, I helped with… not really characters, but more vocal effects.
One voice is obviously me (just a bit higher pitched). Another uses effects, but is still mostly recognizable as me. The one in the middle, you probably wouldn’t know unless you read the credits (and is the result from the day I recorded – see the photo to the top right of this entry).
We had a great time working on this – I’d say “together,” but that’s giving myself too much credit. Christopher obviously put the MOST time and effort into this episode. But I went from originally not wanting to even know any hints about the story, to helping him with the three extra vocal parts, selecting sounds and effects (seriously, who knew there were so many options for pings or “chimes”… you could get lost for so long picking things).
You can listen to Rockbiters here, or on your favorite podcasting app (be sure to add Not About Lumberjacks to your listening queue!).
The biggest exciting thing for us is we have finally set up a semi-permanent recording booth space. But, I’ll go into that more in another post soon!
I must say though… I really, REALLY enjoyed throwing myself into this part. Hope we can share a bit more about it in the future (only so many bits make it to the final cut – this is a story narration podcast, so there’s a fine line between focusing on the story, and adding so much sound that those take over).
I’ll leave you with this photo of me, surprised I didn’t pass out, because I pushed through the “voice” I was doing to the point of running out of air and holding it for a clean take. OOF!
