Hear Yourself on re/CALL Posted on April 07, 2008
I would like to add two new features to the re/CALL podcast.
First, I'd like to give teens the opportunity to be heard in the intro to the program. Thus, where you currently hear me say "re/CALL is a production of the Department of Youth Ministry and Ancient Faith Radio," you could hear something like, "I'm Jason Barker from Denison, Texas, and this is re/CALL" (I'd like to include parish names, but the limited time in the intro bumper music probably makes that impossible).
If you would like to hear yourself on re/CALL, send me an audio file of yourself saying, "I'm [name] from [city and state], and this is re/CALL." I actually don't mind if there's background noise, like sounds from a school or city street; that would add authenticity to the intro. The important thing is that your voice be clearly heard; if your voice is drowned out by the noise around you, then you'll need to find somewhere more quiet in order to make a clear recording. What I do need is a file - preferably WAV or AIFF, but MP3 would also do - that has a bitrate of at least 128 kbps (for example, songs you purchase from iTunes are usually 128k). This will enable me to compress your recording into the 64 kbps MP3s that I create for the podcast, but would also sound adequate in the 320 kbps version that plays on Ancient Faith Talk.
The other feature I would like to add is a "What's Happening Now" segment near the end of the program, where I give news of events in parishes across North America (and even around the world). I'm not looking for things like upcoming Church school lessons, nor am I looking for things like announcements for a pizza party. However, if your parish youth group is doing something like volunteering at a nursing home, or helping out with Habitat for Humanity, or hosting an outreach event at your parish, I think that other youth groups would be excited to hear about it; it may inspire them to do something similar in their parish. If you'd like your youth group event to be featured on re/CALL, you can email me info by clicking the "Send Jason Email" button in the menu in the left sidebar of this page.
