Podcast Editing.

During my year with Northwestern’s SAI program, I worked for Headquarters Records outside of class, a new operation that had been recently founded by Ryan Brady, former VP of Marketing at Atlantic Records and an NU alumnus. Through my work for Ryan, I was introduced to his friend and collaborator Paul Kaminski, with whom he hosted a podcast called “Now Hear This.” Simple premise: each of the hosts would take turns presenting an album and explaining why it is worth checking out to the other host. Paul also runs a podcast with his brother about Jack White called “The Third Men Podcast.” As of now, I have done editing work for both of these shows.

For “The Third Men Podcast,” check out “Dodge and Burn: Analysis & Review Vol. 1” and “Sound and Color feat. Coppersound Pedals” to hear examples of my work.

After Ryan passed away, Paul continued “Now Hear This” in his memory, sifting through Ryan’s list of favorite albums and seeking to learn why Ryan wanted the world to hear them. Paul asked me to come on the show to discuss Peter Gabriel’s third self-titled album, to which I quickly agreed, and in the end I edited it as well. Check it out here: “Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt).”

I also edited an episode of “Yesterday and Today,” a show about The Beatles hosted by Wayne Kaminski, Paul’s father. You can find that episode here: “McCartney: Anatomy of a Trilogy feat. Luther Russell.”

My own podcast episode…

For the final project of my “The Art of the Podcast” class, I made a short podcast episode of my own, intended to be a proof-of-concept instead of a fully-fleshed hour-long piece. I wanted to explore personal concepts of introversion and loneliness and along the way I composed the music myself (except for the wonderful David Sylvian clip at the beginning), went on long walks, and interviewed a couple of my friends.

Listen to this project using the link on the right.