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
“Many podcasts have some element of music in it, whether it's in the intros or the outros or even during the voiceover. And sometimes this can cause a few issues where it's hard to hear the voice over the music. So in this lesson, we're going to learn some really simple ways to blend music into our episode. Let's check it out. All right, now that our podcast is like this. Getting really close to being done We're going to 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 ...”
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Course summary for: Intro to Technical Podcast Production
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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.
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