The Bass Geek

We’re getting close to the deadline of the podcast book, and there are few things that need to be taken care of before we move on the final production. The material has already been edited and vetted for accuracy, but there’s the little matter of the accompanying CD. This is the first project I’ve worked on that will have digital media included with the book (the bass book had audio examples, but they’re stored on the web), and the task of creating screencasts has fallen to me.

It’s easy enough to show somebody how to use a program in person (go there, click that, please get up, what did you do to this poor machine?!), but recording the video for posterity is a different thing. Even with a script and decent prep time for the “shoot,” I’d find myself reaching for the “abort” button on the iShowU software purchased just for this occasion (I’d tried a freeware version of another program, and it blew. Seriously blew. So much so that I won’t dishonor the scientist it was named after by including it here) more often than not and starting over again. I managed to get through two Tuesday evening, and there’s three more to go. Once those are done, I think the book will be ready. Maybe. We’ll see.