Krewe du Vieux parade

My attempts at recording live shows this weekend in New Orleans didn't work out too well. I guess I still need to work out my microphone and levels issues. But I did get a good recording of the Krewe du Vieux mardi gras parade on Saturday. This is a picture of the parade as we first caught it, but to avoid the crowd we ran up a couple blocks and got to see the whole parade pass. The following recording should give you an idea how much fun we had. Check out my Flickr slideshow while you listen.
The Krewe du Vieux parade begins

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DevanWanders_04_01-22-05.mp3 [13.9mb (30:24) 64kbps]

First Day in New Orleans

Fresh off the plane, figured we'd take a quick stroll through the French Quarter. I'm still having issues with my external mic so we're trying the internal one for now. Hopefully we can figure out the external for some live music tonight. I also definitely plan on doing the French Quater again with some narration, but this afternoon was kind of spur of the moment. Take a listen and keep an eye out for more.

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DevanWanders_03_01-20-05.mp3 [11.4mb (25:01) 64kbps]

Working out the bugs

So I'm starting to get the bugs worked out of recording podcasts on my Gmini. Listen for the full story. Once I get this set I'll start thinking about show notes and gps coordinates. It'll be interesting to see where this goes.

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My New G-mini

I just got my new Archos G-mini for Christmas this year. Its a pretty sweet device as you may already know. Its got a 20 Gig HD, and a color screen capable of running video. Its not quie one of the portable media center devices Archos also makes, but its an mp3 player with just a taste of video capability. Its also got some games, which I enjoy playing while commuting. I just haven't figured out how to listen to an mp3 and play a game at the same time...it may not be a multitasking os.

So the other cool thing is that its got a built in mic and onboard audio editing program. I also got an external stereo mic for recording live music, and voice. I've been getting pretty hooked on the podcasting outbreak and thought I'd do a little something now that I've got a recording device (other than my computer).

I enjoy observing. Wandering around and watching the world around me. I enjoy live music. Unfortunately I don't get out to as much as I used to, but I still try as much as I can. I also like to travel. These are the things that I want to share with the blogosphere and whoever else finds it. I want to share my wanderings. I'm probably more likely to post them as audio recordings than type them out too often, so that's what I'm going to do. Here is my first...

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DevanWanders_01_01-10-05.mp3 [2.1mb (4:32) 64kbps]