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if anyone in the group wants to submit a short audio clip of some of
their families oral history for my podcast please send it to. I'm not
wanting just conversations but right to the point accounts of what
happened:
Joseph Puentes
PO Box 12123
Durham, NC 27709
the submissions should be in digital format but if they must I can
handle an audio cassette and no more than about 20-30 minutes long. the
following is for interviews if you are doing it over the phone, but
some would apply to a live recording:
hints---
1) if you are using a tape recorder you will get a better recording if
you use batteries rather than plug into the electricity which creates
additional background noise. But if you can find someone with a digital
recorder even if its just as a loan for a day that would be great. Let
me know about which type you will use because you will then need to
take it to your local electronics store: Frys, Radio Shack, other to
find the best way of hooking into your phone line for a recording.
2) try to set things up for success and pick a spot that will give you
privacy and as much background quiet as possible
3) give a copy of your ahead of
time so they can be reviewed. You don't have to stick slavishly to the
questions but at least the general direction will be known. Also ask
the question or make the statement: "These is the list of questions I
had in mind, but if you would like to add to or take from the questions
please modify. Your comfort level is my first goal in getting a good
interview."
4) When interviewing or if he is just reading or talking into
the microphone be relaxed but follow this procedure. If a mistake is
made or if he or you feel a certain part could have been better then
just stop and be absolutely silent for
"A FULL 3 SECONDS"
this will appear on the recording and will be easy for me to find
during editing. In that time get your thoughts together and start right
in at the beginning of the part you felt needed to be redone, no need
to start from the very beginning. Explain that to your interviewee so
they know that it will be easy to fix if he thinks a certain part could
have been said better or if he misspeaks to a significant degree. When
I
do "My Magic" it will be so so easy to edit out the bad part if you
really give me the most important "FULL 3 SECONDS."
5) Since you will most likely be doing a book review or combination
book review/general history of the area then he might want to do a
reading or two from his book. okay great, but what I don't want is for
the whole interview to be nothing but one long reading. If he really
wants and you also have to decide he could take the table of contents
of this book or others on this topic and go over them one by one giving
an overview of what is inside giving selected reading. But all that is
just an idea, the actual interview will have to be negotiated between
the two of you
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