Evening ladies and gentleman and all other sorts of genetic mutations out there in the Blog O' sphere
As you have read in the part of one of these entries, We attended PODCAMP TORONTO 2007 and it's was very cool and so I shall continue with the Breakdown of the rest of the conference....
So here we go.....PUNCH IT!
Mike "Birdman" Dodd and his interpid co host and personal savior Steve "Snowball" Saylor headed back to thier lair, which was temporarily in the hotel @ the Comfort Inn Suites and getting to check in was a mess and a half to say the very least....easily a boot to the skull to those of you that know me personally it was restraint and not anything else holding me back there...
So we arrived and got into a room which was ALOT larger then we expected but lacked one vital component that we needed.....internet access without wires....of course we did not have any RJ-45 cable on us so...we had to mosey down to the lobby and begin the geek process there.
Down in the lobby we ran into a few more fellow podcasters and there is where we began our plan of attack for the evening which was to include a round table show....which is now AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD via Itunes or at our website www.thisweekingeek.net
and of course, party it up and schmooze @ C'est What in Toronto which is a local bar/pub/cool place to go.
We had dinner with Andy Walker from www.labrats.tv and Gary Marriot from www.littlegeeks.org and Steve whose last name escapes me but he was a wicked funny guy. I'd also like to mention that Andy is a RIOT! He was poking jokes left right and centre and joked about clan XBOX and made up some other really funny one liners. It was a blast to be had before the real show really began.
Earlier in the day, Snowball and I had joked with one of the organizers if we could MC the evening and figured they would have already asked one of the more established audio podcast guys to do so but in the end....we got a surprise vist from our friend Brent from
http://closetgeekshow.com/
We got offically asked to do the MC'ing for the night and Snowball and I excited looks of "WTF" and then argeed to do so....and did we mention we had about 20 minutes to prepare for something like this and all we had was a set list and some names to go from. We sat down at our table and of course, logged what we could from our lap tops and went promptly into updating and while doing that planning as well
Eventually the time came and The Birdman and Snowball made thier TRUE Podcamp 2007 Debt, which did I mention was LIVE streaming to the Internet....to COUNTLESS people listening at home. As the song goes....we stepped on stage.....
and then there was.....
So we started out our set and I should mention that within a day or two, we will have clips of our MC audio which we were able to capture thanks to Doc Wu from http://wnypodcast.com/
Actually moments before I stepped on stage, I had to call someone and tell them what I was about to do and when I had to do something important, I immediately thought of them and that person knows who they are.
So we hit the stage and run some of our usual witty banter back and forth and of course, play it up as if we're actually recording our orginal show
We opened up for Sean McGaughey whose music can be found @
http://www.ezfolk.com/audio/bands/600/
His duct tape song was amazing :)
It had the whole bar going there for a little bit and it was a bit of a tough act to follow up.
However, his music was great and he was an awesome and friendly guy and I hope we're able to play some of his music on our podcast or perhaps do what Brent does and offer a mix tape every so often
So we returned to stage and then it clicked in that WE were being broadcast LIVE to the Internet and it was time to step things up a bit and of course, that meant hamming it up like you have come to expect from Snowball and I. This time we were setting up for the Band Uncle Seth from http://musicface.com/uncleseth/
They set up and just BLEW away the audience with thier set, I loved the singer Tara's voice and the guitars behind her were absolutely AWESOME
These pics were taken by Myself of course
Suffice to say, it was awesome and I really enjoyed it and my throat was hoarse from screaming that loud during that concert. I just realized, this was my first concert where I did not sustain any real serious injuries...woo for me!
Podsafe music from now on.....
After a huge round of applause and cheers, we returned to the stage and immediately asked ourselves, how in the hell are we going to follow that up? However fortune favors the unprepared and we had 20 minutes of time to kill before
Nurse came on stage from http://www.myspace.com/nurseband
TWiG basically went into what was more or less an impromptu show with no show notes or anything else, just us on stage while they set up. This was unexpectedly long set and we just had to keep adlibbing and so we talked about our show, Niagara College, our change from TV to Radio likely and all sorts of other things and eventually Nurse got involved and joked around with us but it was awesome in the end. It was like speaking to the world when you were in front of that mic and just letting it roll and not once did I become nervous or really stumble for words. It was that moment that I realized how much I love being in with an audience.
Nurse came on stage and literally shook the place with the power contained within thier instruments and it was more my speed of music which is loud and rawking :)
I went upstairs to get a coffee to power my body which was only running on 6 hours of sleep in 48 hours and I could feel the music from the building next door in the coffee shop.
It was awesome :)
Anyway, TWiG came back and finished our set with the club and we thanked everyone who showed up and we bit everyone a good night for a few minutes....
THERE IS STILL MORE TO TELL!!!!
So stay tuned for PART THREE and our regular episode which will be made available for download tommorow afternoon and maybe some new content also available :)
This is
Mike "Birdman" Dodd signing off for now!
