The Imaging Hangout: Recent Episodes
Imaging Blueprint & Voodoo Sound
Part 2 of our chat with Nick Karkazis from the Spin Network in Ireland. A really fun and inspiring conversation with Nick including Spin Power Intros & the creative challenges of incorporating Jingle sings. Voice cloning and the surrounding ethics. AI characters on air in Breakfast and the use of AI as day to day tool. Sound Design & Foley creativity in Halloween imaging and of course Plugins...including Nick's faves Primal Tap & VocalSynth! We hope you enjoy this episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent. If you have any suggestions for future guests please let us know, email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
Nick Karkazis from the Spin Network in Ireland joins us on the pod. In part 1 of this great chat, we talk his move from a Station Producer to the Program Director, how he manages a team of Imaging Producers and whether he still has time to deep dive in a Power Intro ProTools session. We hope you enjoy this episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent. If you have any suggestions for future guests please let us know, email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
We're back with part 2 of our conversation with the brilliant Brad Leask from Nova Entertainment. We cover the impact of new Jingles to a radio station The evolution of radio and music Plugins & their role in production & imaging Maximising efficiency with Soundflow and AI Tha balance of new and old techniques We hope you enjoy this fun episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent. If you have any suggestions for future guests please let us know, email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
Nova's Brad Leask returns to the show updating on his amazing imaging for the Nova Network in Australia. We deep dive into his awesome Dua Lipa Live Launch and discuss how he finds working from his home studio rather than from the radio station. We hope you enjoy this episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent. If you have any suggestions for future guests please let us know, email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
We're back with the 2nd part of our conversation with the brilliant James Lawson. We cover working late nights, producing imaging for BBC Radio 1Xtra & the legendary Galaxy Radio...which James is still obsessed with! We hope you enjoy this episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent. If you have any suggestions for future guests please let us know, email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
Get ready for Episode 16 of The Imaging Hangout! James Lawson joins us to talk Imaging from the freelancer perspective! James has worked for Hits Radio UK & Orion Radio plus Reelworld and now he showcases his skills at On The Sly. James' imaging crosses formats from CHR to Urban to ALT! In this 2 part special we dive deep into his DAW, end of year Mashups and the plugins he uses to create his sound.
We're back after the Christmas & New Year break with Part 2 of our chat with Today FM's Paul Duffy. In Part 2 we obvisouly talk about our favourite subject Plugins, Paul's time at Today FM & iRadio plus loads of Paul's imaging and promos. We hope you enjoy this episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent. If you have any suggestions for future guests please let us know, email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
After a longer break than intended, the Imaging Hangout is back with Episode 14.
Today FM's Paul Duffy was our guest in a 2 part special! We recorded for so long we've had to split this chat. Paul takes gives us the lowdown on Irish Radio and the pressures of imaging a national brand. Plus the creative tactics Today FM used in their 'Listener Survey' Promos and why he's no longer onair! We hope you enjoy this episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent. If you have any suggestions for future guests please let us know, email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
The Imaging Hangout is back with a new episode for 2023. We had the pleasure of chatting with the 2 Jeff's! Jeff Schmidt aka 'Schmiddy' former Alien Imaging big dogg & now Podcast Producer extrodinaire and Jeff Nielson aka 'Aussie Jeff' a creative writing genius from WSFM in Sydney. Schmiddy took us inside the fascinating world of binaural audio in podcasting. Recording true crime podcasts with Stranger Things actor David Harbour. Aussie Jeff showcased his humour and comic timing for Classic Hits imaging on 80s Weekend promos and big station tactics. We hope you enjoy this episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent. If you have any suggestions for future guests please let us know, email theimaginghangout@gmail.com This episode is dedicated to our friend Forrest Martin who we sadly lost. He'll be sorely missed.
The Imaging Hangout is back once again with episode 12, and we’ve gone big!
Join us as we chat with Global Radio’s Group Head of Brand Sound Design, Ashley Bard. Along with brand VO extraordinaire, Mr Howard Ritchie.
We play a game of Secret Sound inside Ash’s new apartment and hear how he & his team create imaging for Capital’s iconic…Jingle Bell Balls at Wembley Stadium and the O2 Arena!
Howard divulges what it was like for a Voice Over during lockdown. Not being able to record in the Capital studios with the Producers and the difficulties trying to replicate the microphone processing sound from home. He also takes us through his day to day of voicing for radio stations in Australia, Dubai & South Africa.
We also discuss new ways for talent to enter radio imaging and how Ash whittled down 211 applicants for a new position in his team!
We hope you enjoy this episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent. If you have any suggestions for future guests please let us know, email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
The Imaging Hangout has arrived with episode 11 This time we’re joined by one of Canada’s finest Imaging Producers, ‘Wade Taylor’ from Chum FM/Bell Media. Alongside Wade we chat with Dom Evans from Fox FM Melbourne, he heads up the imaging for one of the best sounding stations in Australia.
Wade takes us back to his Hot 97 days, we reminisce about the time he met Janet Jackson and how he had to explain to her he’d won an award using her interview outtakes...not awkward at all!
We go inside the mind of Dom Evans; breaking down his truly exceptional 10K listener testimonial winner promo. Emotive imaging at its best!
Plus, Robbo hypothesizes which plugin we’d want if you were stuck...on a desert island of all places!
This episode is dedicated to our friend Sean Sarille who we sadly lost to covid in August.
Sean was one of the kindest and most humble people you could hope to meet. He will be sorely missed.
The Imaging Hangout is back, after a mini Summer hiatus. I think we got distracted with Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics. Joining us for episode 10 is Voice Talent & Imaging Producer Steve Stone as well as National Imaging Producer for iHeartRadio, Gavan Bruderer.
Stoney, as Robbo affectionately calls him, tells us about his days imaging K-Rock New York, voicing TV spots for CNN and how his encyclopedic knowledge of microphones comes in super handy for choosing which mic to use for projects.
Gav fills us in on his day to day, where he can cut upto 60 pieces of production for a variety of iHeart formats, plus, of course an ‘Imaging Hangout’ favourite...Plugins!
We hope you enjoy this episode, it’s always such a pleasure to converse with such great talent.
Episode 9! Here. We. Go!
Rock 100.5 super producer Adam Schneider joins us (again). This time on clean line that doesn't sound like two cups and a piece of string! He's joined by Michael 'Sidey' Andersen. Triple M / SCA Imaging producer and comedy genius! We chat about the evolution of Rock Imaging and how it compares to CHR.
If you were to start a Rock band, what would you call it?
oh and.....err, what's the last song you'd want to listen to before you die?
As always, thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the mayhem and off the cuff spontaneity of these podcasts. It’s always a joy to converse with such talented producers.
If there is anyone you’d like us to get on, please let us know email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
Episode 8 is finally here. This is our socially distanced ‘Kiss Off’!
Oli Pengilly & Jared Lucas from Kiss FM UK & Daniel Hunt from KIIS Australia are our talented guests!
We dissect a few radio myths.
Why do promos have to be 30/40 seconds?
Do we always have to end with the station name?
Are there alternative options?
We chat calendar dates as Kiss’ take on Halloween imaging with thrilling movie-esque results. We also discuss the use of VOs outside your normal station voices, for e.g. how children and foreign accents can make your imaging pop out the speakers!
Oli P showcases his rapping pedigree, and Daniel takes Post Malone back to the 80s!
Thanks again for listening. We hope you enjoy the mayhem and off the cuff spontaneity of these podcasts. It’s always a joy to converse with such talented producers.
If there is anyone you’d like us to get on, please let us know email theimaginghangout@gmail.com
Welcome to Episode 7, our guests this time are Miles Hlivko, 102.7 KIIS FM Imaging Director for iHeart Media and joining him we have the 2020 Audio Production Awards UK Gold Winner; Gordon Lundy from Absolute Radio. We discuss pathways into the industry for new producers & creatives.
We hear how Gordy directs Bafta winning comedian and voice over Matt Berry, for Absolute Radio and he tells us why he has to produce Imaging that will never make it to air!
We showcase some dodgy accents and put our friends to the test to see who can do the best Arnie impression. We also talk about Miles' love for comedy songs, highlighted in his clever Twenty One Pirates parody for The Woody Show.
As always, we thank you for listening. We hope you have a laugh with us and learn from these incredible producers who specialize in hilarious and creative imaging!
(Psst) After the podcast closer we’ve included a few bonus cuts from Gordy’s Gold winning entry for Absolute Radio 40s.
Welcome to Episode 6, our guests this time are Brad Leask, Network Imaging Producer for Nova Entertainment in Australia! Joining him we have Andrew 'DJ Smooth' Berger from Power 106 Los Angeles. Brad tells us how long it takes him to make a Beatmix Promo. The answer seems to keep changing :P Is DJ Smooth swapping Soundcloud for OnlyFans and why does G-Eazy think pulling his pants down is appropriate? lol
Oh, of course we chat plug-ins too! Thanks for listening, it’s a lot of fun putting these podcasts together and we hope laugh with/at us and in this great episode full of fantastic imaging!
Welcome to Episode 5, our guests this time are Liam Hadley, Imaging Producer, BBC Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James. Joining him is Pricey aka P.A.T aka Patrick Rice, Audio Producer for Kyle & Jackie O on KIIS 106.5! We chat about 'Up Yours' Corona the recent huge stunt Greg James has started, this time with the entire world getting involved! We cover our biggest 'F Ups' on air or in the Prod studio. Of course we cover our favourite plugins and recent additions to our DAWs plus Pricey let us in on, what it's like to have your imaging scrutinised live on air! We hope you laugh with/at us and enjoy this fantastic episode!
Welcome to Episode 4. Joining us is Mr Matthew Fisher, Lead Producer (Imaging & Programme Prod) for Station Sound on BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, 6 Music & Asian Network. Joining him is super jingle producer, George Taylor. One of the best in the bizz! We also managed to coax Imaging Blueprint's Music Director, Small Paul in front of the mic. He was promised a free curry and a 6 pack of beers. We chat about dressing up as station mascots, BIG competitions (with some very funny scripting), a huge number 1 single spear headed by the BBC, character in imaging, the usually geek off about plugins, plus sooo much more, oh, and a creepy chair! True story. We hope you laugh with/at us and enjoy this fantastic episode!
Episode 03 stars VO royalty Mr Jeff Berlin and super-producer Adam Schneider. As always we chat creativity and what makes us tick. We touch on Jingle mixing, VO setups, Plug-Ins such a TrackSpacer, Gullfoss and Waves De-Breath. Jeff plays us some Kiss 108 production staring his daughters VO, (spot the Blueprint Logos woven in), who makes a very funny but unexpected guest in this episode. Speaking of unexpected guests. We get podcast crashed from Robbo’s guys on ‘The Pro Audio Suite’, another podcast worth checking out if you have the time! They say laughing is contagious, well, we laughed a lot during this episode and we hope it rubs off. If you’d like to appear on a future episode or would like us to interview (and we use the term interview, lightly) someone specific then please email or DM one of the team. Happy listening! :) You can also find our Facebook page here, info on Imaging Blueprint here, and Voodoo Radio Imaging here, plus Andrew Peters (Our Voiceover guy) here.
If you'd like to be part of the conversation just email one of the guys or use theimaginghangout@gmail.com
Not only that, but we might also be able to pair you with a Producer you've always admired and wanted to chat with.
Thanks for listening, it’s a joy to put these together and we hope that comes across in the audio.
Please stay safe!
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We’re back for Episode 2 this time with Brendan ‘BT’ Tacey from Southern Cross Austereo (Australia) and Trevor Stern from 104.7 KISS FM/MIX 96.9 in Phoenix, Arizona.
The 'Imaging Hangout' is a non-scripted chat between friends and fellow Imaging Producers. The world is in a pretty crazy place right now and talking is great for our mental health. We wanted to continue conversing with some of the industries finest. See how they're scheduling their days, share ideas, chat about anything and everything.
In this episode, we chat about well-known YouTuber Rick Beato, how networks are adapting their programming and what REALLY happened to BT in Amsterdam during the Imaging Days a few years ago. ;-)
You can also find our Facebook page here, info on Imaging Blueprint here, and Voodoo Radio Imaging here, plus Andrew Peters (Our Voiceover guy) here.
If you'd like to be part of the conversation just email one of the guys or use theimaginghangout@gmail.com
Not only that, but we might also be able to pair you with a Producer you've always admired and wanted to chat with.
Thanks for listening, it’s a joy to put these together and we hope that comes across in the audio.
Please stay safe!
https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/imaginghang
Welcome to our podcast. As the opener says, business on the top, party on the bottom. Hosted by Adam Burgess and Tom Cross from Imaging Blueprint, and Darren (Robbo) Robertson from Voodoo Sound Radio Imaging. This is a non-scripted get together of like-minded radio producers sharing stories, tips, tricks and just generally just shooting the s**t.
Talking is important! It's good for your mental health. We wanted to create a conversation with some of the industries finest. See how they're scheduling their days, what they're getting up to and in the case of Staxx, what he's eating....it's Tacos btw.
We kick off Episode 1 with our friends Staxx (Z100) and Chris Nicoll (Wizz FX). We touch on Lego, computer games, working from home, YouTube, the creative process, inspiration and plugins.
(Let's face it, it wouldn't be an Imaging podcast if we didn't talk plugins).
Here are a few links from this weeks show...
The Audio Suite Podcast Robbo mentions regarding Game Sound..
You can also find our Facebook page here, info on Imaging Blueprint here, and Voodoo Radio Imaging here, and Andrew Peters (Our Voiceover guy) here.
If you'd like to be part of the conversation just email one of the guys. We might even be able to put you on with a producer you've always wanted to chat too!
Lastly, a big thanks for listening, we had a lot of laughs putting this together and we hope you did listening.
Stay safe!