Scottlo has totally disappeared now.  He’s not even posting to his Scottlo Radio Blog. Maybe he really has joined a guerilla sect in the Syrian civil war [EP27] and is arming rebel groups instead of arming us with his audio tips and tricks. How is it that Rockylou has become the “official” coordinator for the remainder of the LoDowns? CogDog has made some mention of Scottlo totally Tom Sawyering his way out of podcasting. Expect some smack-talk when Alan Levin takes the mic on Thursday’s episode 32 of the “Lou” Down. (Like the new thumbnail image?)

So…. Rockylou is hittin’ the road.  Yesterday  she was visiting with Scottlo over in Saudia Arabia [Ep28]. Today she’s chattin’ it up with John Johnston in Glasgow, Scotland.  And on Wednesday [Ep31], Christina Hendricks will be joining the LouDown from downunder in Melbourne, Australia.

A big thanks to DS106 open-onlinerJohn Johnston who was the first to respond to the call for volunteers to sign-up for a self-reflection chat with Rockylou.  You can listen to the 5 min highlights distilled from our conversation in his DS106 audio self-reflection.

Talk about serendipity…. John produces a regular podcast with his co-host David Noble on Edutalk (Educational Audio and the Home of Radio Edutalk) and shared some tips of the trade with this interviewing & podcasting newbie.

When all was said and done, we had a great “15 min” conversation.

• While I was sitting outside Skyping from my grandson’s backyard as he played with his water table. [Tip: Use music or recorded ambient background audio to help mask the empty spaces left during editing.]
• Our voice levels were surprisingly well balanced – NOT. [Tip: Use the Levelator software to adjust the audio levels when you have variations from one speaker to the next. John talks more about this on his blog post.]
  
• Recording our conversation with a Skype add-on called Call Recorder. [Tip: Turn ON your recording software.  You never know how you might be able to use the audio file in the future.]

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You’re also welcome to sit in on our entire 40 min unedited chat.