Concert Blast's John Mayer Concert Podcast
sdr2010 — Wed, 10/01/2008 - 22:09
http://www.concertblast.com/Show_68-John_Mayer_Concert_Review.mp3
Purpose – This podcast gives John Mayer fans and potential Mayer concertgoers a feel for the happenings of one of his concerts.
Audience – John Mayer fans are targeted by this podcast, especially those who want to attend/have attended his live show.
Context – This podcast is located on the “Concert Blast” website, a site dedicated to podcasting about live concert experiences.
Medium – This podcast is an audio.mp3 file that can be played on the internet or downloaded to your desktop.
Strategies – The producers take the listener through audience interviews, live and recorded audio commentary, and live music from the event in order to bring the experience full circle.
Arrangement – This piece starts with some live music samples from a John Mayer concert, goes through a few fan and commentator interviews, and then traverses into the live concert. The cycle repeats a few times and studio recordings from some of John Mayer’s CDs filled the dead space.
I know how much I love to go to live concerts, but would this review format make or break your decision to potentially attend a live concert?
I think this pod-cast is
almost famous — Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:53I think this pod-cast is interesting. It really covers the music played which I think could influence whether or not it was worth the money to go to a particular concert. I really like John Mayer so I think that helped, but I hated the tone deaf and drunk singing that was happening during one part --however, their enthusiasm set the mood of how well the concert was going. I'm a fan of live concerts and I think this would promote the energy that happens at concerts.
There were certainly some
sdr2010 — Fri, 10/03/2008 - 09:09There were certainly some interesting interviews. What do you think about the length of the podcast? Forty minutes is a little long, could it have been condensed and still be effective?