The Art of Interviewing

I'm sure at least some of you know that I'm currently running a podcast and am actually in the process of starting another. One of my favorite parts of podcasting is the interviews I do with people. 

My current pet project is called "The Infinite Playlist," and is a podcast that focuses on music. It only makes sense then that we interview people that are part of the music industry. I look forward to this every week, and is something that I absolutely enjoy doing.

When you're planning on interviewing someone, the first thing to do is, of course, get in touch with the person and schedule a time. We do all of our interview through Skype with a conference call, but there are many more options out there.

Now, probably the most important part of the interview, is planning the questions. I never like to plan specific questions; I like to plot out topics instead. For example, I may want to dive into how they started getting into music. With that topic, I can break it down into a few questions that I come up with as the interview is taking place. As long as the person I'm talking to has an idea of the topics I'm going to be asking, they'll be able to be prepared.

Then there's the actual interview. I'm normally a very conversational person, and I find it easy to talk with people whom I really don't know. However, some people may be the exact opposite, finding it next to impossible to talk openly with someone who is considered a complete stranger. Really, the only thing I can say about people having a problem with this is that it takes practice, and the more you do it the better you become.

But in reality, the point of this post is to tell everyone that we are currently working with some really cool musical artists that are well known on YouTube. I'm not giving out any specific names, but they're really cool people, and we plan on featuring them on the podcast over the course of the next few episodes. 

Be sure to keep an eye on http://infiniteplaylist.co.nr for the latest news.

Earlier I mentioned that I'm working on another podcast. You can find out what information we have available on that at http://2geeks1show.co.nr. I'm sure that show is going to appeal to this audience much, much more. :)

You can contact the author of this post, Kyle McFadden, by emailing ndmacgeek@gmail.com.

The Infinite Playlist #2: New Puppie!

The second episode of "The Infinite Playlist" is now available!

You can download it straight from our website at http://www.infiniteplaylist.co.nr under "The Infinite Playlist," or you can download the episode and subscribe in iTunes by clicking here.

Complete show notes are available at the website.

The Infinite Playlist: 001 All Alone

The first episode of The Infinite Playlist is now available! You can check it out at http://infiniteplaylist.co.nr under the "The Infinite Playlist" page, and soon (but not yet) in iTunes. Be sure to subscribe!

The show is a bit shorter than half an hour due to Jessa being gone (scheduling difficulties), but she'll be back next week and we plan to have a full half hour then!

Show notes are below:

Show 001 for March 2, 2010

Hosted by Kyle McFadden

Green Grass Media

No Jessa this week.

Intro

- Welcome

News

- Apple announces 10B songs downloaded

- NME Awards Results

- Ke$ha releases "Blah Blah Blah" music video

- Stars rock out for Tibet

Infinite Honors

- Jay Agee

- Tik Tok parody

- http://youtube.com/nreluctant

Song of the Week

- Kyle

    - "Follow Me Down" by 3OH!3

New Music

- "Write My Story" by Air 5

- Music provided by the Podsafe Music Network

- http://musicalley.com

Outro

- http://infiniteplaylist.co.nr

- infiniteplaylistpodcast@gmail.com

- youtube.com/kman101

- twitter.com/kman101

Reminder: The Infinite Playlist Premieres Tomorrow

The Infinite Playlist, a half-hour podcast relating to all things music, will premiere tomorrow at 8:00 AM. Make sure you head over to infiniteplaylist.co.nr and click subscribe!

For the first episode, my co-host and I had the opportunity to interview Jay Agee from youtube.com/nreluctant about his Tik Tok parody music video. We'll also be reviewing "Of June" by Owl City, and will present to you our songs of the week.

We both hope that you'll give the podcast a listen when it comes out, and we can't wait to release it!

You can contact The Infinite Playlist by emailing infiniteplaylistpodcast@gmail.com. Also, be sure to visit our website and subscribe at http://infiniteplaylist.co.nr.

Follow Kyle on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kman101

The Infinite Playlist: Teaser Episode

Officially, the first episode of The Infinite Playlist won't be released until March 2, but we decided to throw together a little teaser episode for everyone so that they can see exactly what they're getting into.

You can find the episode at our website, http://infiniteplaylist.co.nr under the "The Infinite Playlist" page. Also be sure to subscribe to the podcast so you can get the latest episode as soon as it comes out!