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October 27, 2004
Podcast Review: The Hitching Hours
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3 stars
, I do not subscribe
, Podcast Review
Format: Radio show
Content: tracks from unsigned bands
Rating: 
What I'm going to do: tune in again
Typical Length: 30 minutes
The first phrase that comes to mind when trying to describe The Hitching Hours is MLP (mindless link propogation). I think I could recite the couple of urls Hitch wants folks to visit in my sleep at this point, which is exactly what he wants. You see, Hitch wants to play only music from unsigned bands that have registered on his unsigned band site, Urban Decay, and unless he gets a lot of bands to sign up he'll have a hard time keeping his podcast going. At this point he seems to have about 50 bands signed up, so perhaps he'll be able to back off on the url quoting a little bit.
Hitch really seems to love music and had a lot to day about the band he played on his second podcast. I didn't care too much for that band personally; musically there were fine, but I'm not much for screaming metal; I think plenty of others will love it. The bands who have signed up at Urban Decay are of all sorts, so I think Hitch'll be able to cater to many different tastes.
The sound quality for the music is good, it all comes across clearly; however, Hitch's voice is too low for the level of the music he's playing, requiring the listener to adjust the volume before and after each music track. This seems to be a pretty common problem with music related podcasts, so I'm wondering if the levels between voice and music sound differently when being recorded (normal skull resonance aside). Hitch also does a nice job of handling fades around his vocals, but his intro and outro are each 1:30 or 2:00 long, which seems too long to me. He's also got about a 4-7 second silence at the beginning of his 'casts that he could trim and he could stand to trim his verbals down a bit - give us a little more music and a little less talk.
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Tagged: podcast podcasting review
Posted by cori at October 27, 2004 11:25 AM