Podfic! Bandom Podfic, even! OMG!

[the24thkey]

Remember how I mentioned a few times that I was working on a podfic? Because OH MY GOD I ACTUALLY FINISHED IT. I started working on this half a year ago. Six. Months. Ago. Dear god. I'm so happy that I actually did it and I'm actually quite satisfied with how it turned out. So here it is, my first ever podfic:

Awesome cover is awesome and gorgeous and was made by the lovely reena_jenkins. <3 The story is one of my all-time favourites from my years in bandom, Just Can't Get Enough by passe_simple. Featuring my favourite band (MCR), my favourite pairings (Frank/Gerard and a side of Bob/Brian), too many hilarious lines of dialouge to count and also a bunny. And it's a college AU. College AUs are always awesome. :D

The music I used is, obviously, Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode because I'm not very creative. I didn't know this song before I started looking for music to use as scene breaks (a bit before my time), but it reminds me of Westerland by Die Ärzte, so I like it. Also those trumpets in the instrumental part are awesome.

When I first decided that I was going to finally record a podfic, I wanted to look for a story that wasn't too long, and yeah, great planning skills self, this is an hour and 9 minutes long. *facepalm* I seriously underestimated the amount of time it would take me to record 9000 words (several times) and then edit it. Editing, you guys. Editing is hard. I now have even more respect for people who put out podfics that are several hours long. 

My point is, it might have taken me forever, but I still loved working on this podfic because Just Can't Get Enough is an amazing and funny and extremely memorable story that I never get tired of. So much fun to read out loud and also weirdly fun to talk along to myself reading it while editing (and while listening to the final version on the train, which hopefully didn't make me look like too much of a crazy person).

My accent (and inability to pronounce some words) kind of annoyed me at times, but people like accents, right? Also I noticed the way I tend to EMPHASIZE every SECOND or sometimes THIRD word. Huh.

Anyway, thanks to passe_simple for writing this story and allowing me to record it and thanks to reena_jenkinsfor the above cover (ugh, would you look at Frank's mouth? Gorgeous.), for encouraging me to start doing this in the first place and for offering to listen to it before I unleashed it onto the Internet at large. (She also told me how the rest of the world pronounces Brian's last name. It sounds so weird that way, you guys. So weird.)

Here's the download link, I hope you enjoy. <3

Comments

[reena_jenkins]

Eeee! Hooray for posting! I'm so thrilled to see the final podfic :-D (Oh, and don't forget to crosspost it to amplificathon, so that you get added to the audiofic archive....)

[denija.livejournal.com]

First of all I love the story, it's one of my bandom favorites and I've always wanted to see (that is hear) it recorded, so when I saw your entry over amplificathon I made happy noises. I mean, you couldn't choose any better than this! :D

And second - I would never ever be able to tell this is your first podfic if not for reader's notes. I mean it was perfect technically, your accent didn't give me any problems (none at all, I swear, you're worried about nothing!) and you really made me feel the fic. The part were Frank was apologizing to Gerard had me close to tears, because your sad!Frank voice was heartbreaking! All your voices were amazing! I am a huge podfic addict, and this was the best I could get. Thanks for making my train ride! :D

P.S. I hope you will make more! ♥

[the24thkey.livejournal.com]

Eeee, thank you! <3 I'm so glad that it worked for you. It's especially nice to hear that you liked my sad voice, because while I was pretty confident in my comedic reading, I wasn't sure how well I'd be able to convey FEELINGS. (Yes, all caps was necessary there. ;D)

I DEFINITELY plan to make more! :D There are a lot of fics that I always wanted to listen to, and well, if no one else is going to record them, I might as well do it. ;D And maybe the next time it won't take me half a year to finish a podfic.

I've been thinking of recording some stories in my favourite smaller fandoms first, but I'm sure I'll record some more bandom stuff, as well.

Thanks again for your super nice comment. <3

[crazybutsound]

This? Is amazing! And your first podfic too! I am a little bit in awe. Your pacing is perfect, your voices had me smiling so hard, and the sound quality is pretty much flawless. <3 Well done! And I sure hope you'll be making more soon! :-)

[the24thkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you! <3 I'm really happy to hear that it made you smile. Working on this was lots of fun, so I'm definitely going to record more stories in the future. :D

[anotherslashfan (from livejournal.com)]

Wow! You did an incredible job with this :) You really do sound like an experienced reader, stressing just the right parts, nailing all the emotions. It's so nice to listen to you, I hope you'll continue with podficcing *hearts*.

(I'm also slightly envious of your nearly accent-free pronunciation. I wish I was that good.)

[the24thkey.livejournal.com]

Thanks! <3 I rely heavily on my favourite online dictionary for pronounciation - it includes soundbites of the words, so whenever I'm unsure I just listen to the word over and over. Which can be really surprising, honestly. I listened to 'sherbet' and then just kind of stared at my laptop for a minute or two, going "SHERbet? Really? Really?".

Then again, listening to a lot of podfic over the years also helped me to improve - I still think fandom is the reason I got good grades in English. ^.~

[rubytuesday5681]

Ooooh! I really enjoyed this so much! I listened to it yesterday and was just mesmerized! You have a very calming quality in the way that you read, I found it quite relaxing. I love this story to begin with and think you've done an excllent job with it! Thank you so much! <3

[the24thkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you for listening! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it. <3