Tao of Cao

Critiques, feedback, friends and more…

Over the past month or two Renee and I have been doing a lot of work to get our podcast sounding as good as possible. I have to thank a lot of people for helping us. The list is long and one of the things that we really really appreciated is the honesty and support of the community. The community that we are in is so supportive and encouraging in a community where there are a lot of people doing podcast. The thing I’ve learned is that this community loves to see other people succeed as well, there is room for everyone.

I know one of the things that’s hard for some people is to be quite honest and upfront about something that can be wrong in a project that you see someone is so excited about. They don’t want to kill the excitement but they also want to steer them in the right way. Even though I had to push a couple of people to critique our podcast it was well-worth it! Last night we recorded episode 19 and it sounds simply amazing…so AMAZING!

After getting our new equipment and everything we submitted our video to the “How it’s Casted” website. It’s been an amazing two months and I love doing the podcast with Renee it gives us a time to sit down and have a conversation of stuff that we love to talk about! We talk through out the week but it just gives us a moment to share that conversation with our friends.  I’m going to attempt to thank some folks for helping us. I know I probably shouldn’t try to list them because I know I’ll forget someone…so here we go!

Darrell a.k.a Bearbutt: Thank you for being one of the first for your honest critique you don’t know how much we appreciate that tweet when you spoke about our sound when we first started out. That was the catalyst for a lot of changes that we appreciate.

Deci: Dude, thanks for being in the trenches with us and the competition for who was the “ghettoest” podcaster. Thank you so much for putting our album art together, you have a gift dude and I can’t wait to celebrate with you as well.

J.A.V.A (Jeppy, Aprillian, Vrishna and Ashayo)- Jeppy and Aprillian Thank you for having us on Ctrl Alt Geek and talking with us on how to podcast and inspiring us. Vrishna and Ashayo thank you guys as well for being part of a great crew that inspires people not to be afraid to be themselves on the mic you all are a classy act.

Nick McKinney (20Q guy!) – Thank you for having us on 20 Questions and being one of the first folks I talked to about equipment and when we spoke…my mind was blown and I was quite overwhelmed. I can’t wait to sit on the other side of the mic with you.

Scott Johnson: Just have to say aside from just being awesome for the great content you put out, I can say you’re a good friend as well. You respond to emails and I remember a boohoo email I sent you a while back and you were so kind man. You’re an all around good guy and your love to see other people succeed.

Daniel J. Lewis: This was a stumbled upon jewel! I was doing research on what I need to fix in Audacity and found this podcast. I can’t wait to cover it on the Podcast of the Week segment of our show.

Dave from Maphook: Thank you so much for supporting a little ole couple from Louisville, KY. You’re an upstanding guy and do so much for the community.

Listeners: Thank you all for listening and being so supportive it’s amazing that we have folks that listen to us every week and we appreciate you all so much. We love hearing from you all and love your feedback, emails and submissions on what we should try. We are so glad to be doing this not only for ourselves but for you to give an hour of some Valentine love and conversations!

I really hope I didn’t forget anyone if so leave a comment and let me apologize. It’s been a great year so far and so excited for what’s ahead! Love you all and take it easy!

July 19, 2011 Posted by J | General, Reflections | 1 Comment