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"I think Lakers fans have a bad reputation of only caring about taking selfies at the games and showing up late... and only caring about seeing and being seen and not caring about the game...(but)... the vast majority are very knowledgeable, proud of their organization, loyal, and fanatic.
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One year ago today, I released my first podcast episode ("Podcasts are the new garage band": http://bit.ly/1u0Z3bw). It has been a really fun year of recording rewarding conversations with friends, people I look up to, and experts in their fields. Here are the top 10
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Logged on to Amazon today and saw that the Triton Audio Fethead Microphone Preamp is available there now. Previously, you had been able to purchase only the Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1. The fethead plugs right into your microphone and is a good deal cheaper; with the Cloudlifter you will need
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What's up everyone? Wanted to shoot out a quick note about podcast equipment. You can get into the game cheaply. The Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone is a fantastic lower cost mic. On occasion, it can get down towards the $40 level, if you wait out
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Longtime WFAN radio host, Mike Francesa, kicked off his new Fox Sports 1/2 simulcast today. Francesa had for a decade done the video end of the simulcast with YES Network. After a 1.5 month hiatus, a time when he only appeared on the radio, he appeared in his
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I have swung for the fences many times early on in my podcasting journey. It is tough as a reserved person putting yourself out there, putting together pitches to guests who you feel have no business saying yes, the ups-and-downs of the constant self-criticism, self-doubt, and self-analysis. But when you
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I'm not sure if my title represents the correct allusion I was trying to make. But the gist of my thought is that this (golden?) age of unlimited digital streaming of music for $10/month may not be long for this world. My small amount of research on
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We are living in an amazing time for media, as it relates to consumers and creators. There are so many platforms, so many niches, and every which way to jump into any conversation you can think of. The price of infrastructure is no longer a barrier to your voice. You
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A surprise happened yesterday - November 20th - for sports radio enthusiasts, particularly in the New York Metropolitan area. All the sudden, Alex Rodriguez - the great, and undoubtedly tainted, baseball immortal - showed up in studio on the "Mike's On" Mike Francesa WFAN radio show.
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The Triton Audio Fethead and Cloudlifter are two preamp devices that come up a lot for podcasters searching for the best sound. One reason is that many podcasters looking for a high-end microphone at a lower budget opt for the Shure SM7B, like me! This is a great microphone, but
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Excited to announce that the podcast is on two of the major directories for podcasts and podcast discovery: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mix-minus/id717801975 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=39376&refid=stpr
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It's amazing when a major event comes to your backyard. Living around New York City, that can happen a lot. But being from Northern New Jersey, seeing the Barclays 2010 taking place at the idyllic Ridgewood Country Club in Ridgewood, NJ is quite cool. This is a course