Intro to Technical Podcast Production
Adding Music
A course by Tom Kelly , Audio Engineer and Podcaster
About the video: Adding Music
Overview
“Most podcasts have some element of music within them, usually for intros, outros, and for adding breaks if any. It's common to be speaking over the top of the music, which can cause some intelligibility issues, so in this brief lesson, you will learn what's causing those issues and how to solve them. ”
In this video lesson Tom Kelly addresses the topic: Adding Music, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to Technical Podcast Production. Learn the fundamentals of audio production to record, edit, mix, and publish podcasts like a professional.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Adding Music Many podcasts have some element of music in it, whether it's in the intros or the outros or even during the voice-over. Sometimes this can cause a few issues where it's hard to hear the voice over music. In this lesson, we'll learn some really simple ways to blend music into our episode. Let's check it out. Now that our podcast is getting really close to being done, we'll add some music into the intro and outro. Now, feel free to do this in any way you like. This is an area where you're definitely encouraged to explore your creativity. If you don't have any music... You can u...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Intro to Technical Podcast Production
-
Category
Music & Audio -
Areas
Audio, Music Production, Podcasting

Tom Kelly
A course by Tom Kelly
Tom Kelly is an audio engineer and podcaster based in North Carolina, USA. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in audio engineering, he worked a series of jobs in the industry until he discovered his calling in podcasts. He went on to found Clean Cut Audio and now specializes in producing shows from start to finish. He’s passionate about mastering the little technical details to create engaging audio experiences.
Tom has worked on some of the world’s most-listened-to podcasts, such as The Always Sunny Podcast, The Drive with Peter Attia and True Crime Obsessed. He’s also edited interviews with the likes of Hugh Jackman and Olympic gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno.
- 100% positive reviews (28)
- 2,482 students
- 20 lessons (4h 3m)
- 17 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever