Open question...

[gallamor]

I've been thinking for a couple years as to whether or not I have the technical chops (not to mention TIME) to put together a series of podcasts highlighting the Pegasus finalists.

So, we have a handy-dandy poll. :)

[Poll #1440983]

What do you think?

EDIT: Yeah, I know I'm rather binary here- there is no Maybe. In this poll, however, I'm really interested only in the absolutes at this time. Shaded areas of grey come when there's actually data for a podcast... :)

Comments

[tarkrai.livejournal.com]

Just replying to the whole thread. :)

The format thought is much of what was done at ConClave (a con in Michigan generally 2 weeks before OVFF).

Format was as follows:
1. Introduce the composer. Mostly where they're from, without a lot of other information about them.

2. Play the nominated song in full.

3. lather, rinse, repeat for the whole category.

So, there would be six podcasts; focusing on each category of the award. :)

Currently you have to submit a full recording to be able to accept Nomination. OVFF helps with their catalog of recordings from the con where necessary, as well as doing everything possible to get a recording for the online balloting process. So, gathering copies of the songs is generally not a problem.

So, differences from the standard format- Performer and Composer Nominees:

I'm considering asking Composer and nominees to submit a live recording to me of a song they're proudest of, not necessarily the one that is used as a representative work. (Within the Official Online Category right now, if you are a Performer Nominee and you have a song in Best, Classic, or one of the Floats- that's your representative piece. If you're a Composer Nominee, the same applies.)

With the podcast, I'd be able to expand the Performer and Composer categories- preferably with only live recordings.

The other reason to do this thing is that the online official representative is a *sample* of the piece- not the complete song.

These would all be audio podcasts- no video. :)

There... all answered?

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

This sounds almost exactly like the process I imagined you'd be using, so have an extra thumbs-up from here.