INDECISION

Today (well, yesterday now -- it's after midnight as I write this) I 
finished up Episode 010 of "Palaver".  It's a bit surprising that I ever 
got to ten episodes, but I guess that's not much in the scheme of 
things.  
For me, though, it's pretty good.

Anyway, one of the more important personal things about this episode is 
that I partially edited it in Ardour.  That's also no big deal when 
you're looking at the big picture, but it's an important first step for 
me, since I've been trying to make the transition to this audio 
recording/editing app for some time.  I've found the learning curve to 
be intimidating, to say the least, as Ardour is a professional-grade 
audio solution, and I'm anything but professional.  

I certainly don't need it for a simple audiocast like "Palaver", but I 
will for my audio dramas.  Audacity just can't cut the mustard on 
projects with a lot of tracks -- when I get up to ten or more, it gets 
crashy and lose-y of my data-y. I'm not shy about starting small and 
simple in order to make any start at all.  I'm telling you, I've been 
TRYING to get into this application for months.  The barrier to entry 
here is mighty high.  Finally, though, after a bunch of online 
tutorials, I was able to make a start -- only the barest understanding 
of this amazing tool (suite of tools?), perhaps, but I can only get 
better from here.

So, all I did was mix in the music track of this episode with Ardour, 
but edited the voice track with Audacity, as is my usual.  Editing the 
voice track in Ardour requires a level of understanding I don't yet 
possess, so it's a hybrid system for now.  Gotta walk before you run.

Anyway, that went fairly well, and I was able to publish it today 
(yesterday), leaving me with exactly no new projects to tackle beyond 
"Eddie K".  That is to say, I have no distractions from the writing 
problems of that show, and I can (and now need to) focus on them.  I'm 
at a loss, though. The current script I'm working on is going no where.  
Although there's some good stuff in it, I need to do a major re-write.  
That's not so bad, but I don't know what direction to go in.  Honestly, 
I'm tempted to shelve this script entirely, and start on another one, 
completely distinct from it.  Actually, the more I think about it, the 
more that seems like the right idea, I can pick the good bits out and 
use them in something else, or just let the whole thing ripen a bit 
before coming back to it.

Okay, command decision: a new script concept gets put together tomorrow 
(today, whatever).  This'll be Episode 04, as 03 is already written, and 
I hope to record it this coming weekend.

There now, see?  That wasn't so bad.  Back on track.  Mind like a laser 
beam!  Passion for the project!  Man of action!  I just wanna finish my 
coffee...  

Monday, July 11, 2011
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