Open Signal (Formerly Portland Community Media)

Once you've finished editing the first episode of your podcast, what's next? In this class, Aaron Parecki will teach you how to go from a finished audio file to a published podcast that people can find and subscribe to in their favorite podcast apps. You'll learn how to prepare the podcast feed for publishing, how to add episodes to the feed, how to create your podcast artwork, and what it takes to prepare the media files for publishing.

Darius Kazemi, host of JoJo's Bizarre Explainer, will walk you through a primer on editing and exporting podcast-quality audio using the free Audacity software.

Brock Dittus of the Sprocket Podcast will cover an introduction to recording conversational or formal interviews for episodic media, covering personal style, crafting effective questions, and creating a comfortable atmosphere.

Darius Kazemi, host of JoJo's Bizarre Explainer, will walk you through a primer on editing and exporting podcast-quality audio using the free Audacity software.

Once you've finished editing the first episode of your podcast, what's next? In this class, Aaron Parecki will teach you how to go from a finished audio file to a published podcast that people can find and subscribe to in their favorite podcast apps. You'll learn how to prepare the podcast feed for publishing, how to add episodes to the feed, how to create your podcast artwork, and what it takes to prepare the media files for publishing.

There are many digital tools out there to help you tackle your projects and "get 'er done"—from full-blown project management platforms to communication and file-sharing tools. Get an idea of the digital project management tools out there with advice and opinions from the pros.

COME BE IN OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE!!! Taping starts at 2 sharp.

Karaoke Research Council is a medium-silly TV show devoted to showing off Portlanders who are using the arts and/or technology to increase human connection in cool ways. And, of course, Karaoke research.

Karl Anderson and Elijah St. Clair of Futel join Ross live in Studio A to discuss and demonstrate their DIY telephone company Futel. Futel's been putting up free pay phones around town that are more than they appear. Check 'em out at http://futel.net/

Musical guest is The Occupant. With a sound that is simultaneously engrossing, abstract, and playful, The Occupant promises to confuse and delight. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/shane-mcdonell

PLUS: -We'll continue our research into next-generation Karaoke with a new online demo of singalong.js that you can play at home with your friends

-E minor drone yoga

Come join the studio audience for the third episode of Ross Brackett's insane TV show at Portland Community Media

Special guest is Portland tape loop maestro The Occupant (https://soundcloud.com/shane-mcdonell). Expect: crazy tape loops and DIY VHS visuals!

Clip from the previous episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygrq1OeDdDM

We'll talk about recent developments in the development of singalong.js, play along to a new song, marvel at the Occupant, and show the at-home audience how they can experience singalong from the comfort of their living room. Laugh, dance, learn about Javascript.

Come join the studio audience for the second episode of Ross Brackett's insane TV show at Portland Community Media. We use Javascript to create music! Audience members use their Chrome or Safari-equipped phones to create music along with the band!

Special guest is Portland tape loop maestro The Occupant (https://soundcloud.com/shane-mcdonell). Expect: two musical performances with crazy DIY VHS visuals!

Clip from the previous episode: http://youtu.be/p7gvDRCnw7s

Subject matter will include Javascript, Amazon's Mechanical Turk, the holodeck, the Web Audio API