Ya know that podcast project I keep bringing back, doing a few episodes of, and then suddenly not working on again? Well, we’re at that cycle where I’ve all but given up on it again. It’s been that way for a while, but I’m only now writing about it.
Watercress and I recorded a whole 3 episodes of a revised “XadaraCast” back in the Spring. It was a bit of a chore to produce and, when you combine the inevitable issues which happen in producing such content “live” along with the sheer time it takes to edit even just a podcast, it’s simple to say I wasn’t having the fun with it I thought I would. There were plenty of re-records due to a lack of energy with one, or both, of us, and whole sections that I felt went nowhere sometimes had to be sliced. To say he and I were amateurs at this would be apt, but I’d equally blame my drive for things to be as good as they can be, almost to a fault. I can’t just let things be what they are, and sometimes this means I feel the urge to basically over-produce the content which, in some ways, defeats the very spirit of podcasting.
All that, and the fact the project had no real direction. It’s weird, I love the idea of producing a podcast, but every time I actually work on one it doesn’t go so well. I guess that’s just not where my talents lie, and it’s all for the better since the time spent on recording and editing audio could equally be spent on writing entries here.
Only two podcasts got released – while the third was recorded, it had such an odd energy about it that I knew it would best stay in the archive, and that for as great as Watercress and I are at just having a fun chat, it doesn’t actually make for interesting material for public consumption at times. Best to just keep it fun chatting and not turn it into more work, I think.
That being said, I have eventual plans to possibly bring back a solo podcast, but time will tell on that. I’ll really need to step up my game on doing voice work and being concise yet informative. Some would call that an ultimate challenge for me, but hey, we’ll see what happens.
So yeah, no more XadaraCast, again, but it was fun. Gave me some ideas for what to and not to do in the future. The fact remains, regardless, that I’m a writer at heart. Always will be, I guess.
