Achieving Reality: The Podcast!

Larry's up on the pickle bucket again.  This time he has a bone to pick with his local stores.  Lend him your ear.

My friend James said he liked the binaural rain file I did a while back.  And, since it rained tonight, I went out and captured a larger file.  This one is a gentle rain with the sound of tree frogs off to your left.  There is the sound of the occasional plane overhead.  It doesn't do much for one's relaxation, but it is a good demo of the technology.  Enjoy!

We proudly present another installment in our continuing education series.  Larry expands your mind with not one, but two new words from the PCA Lexicon.  Enjoy!

Sometimes when working with the MADPlayer, it generates music that is not really right for our background music.  Today, I had that happen.  But, instead of locking it away in the archives for use on another project, I decided to have a little fun with it.  So, I split it up into it's four basic tracks.  I used a bit of our binaural technology to spatially arrange them around the listener.  I added sound effects of the surf and seagulls.  Then, I gave it a really pretentious New Age-y sounding name.  This is a binaural piece; so, you'd best use your headphones.  You can listen to it without, but it just won't sound quite right.  Enjoy!

- Chris

Larry and Chris continue their chat with Austin Wimberly and Scott Davis and actually get to the topic - the 80s.  They discuss the music, foods and fads as well as a story or two about growing up in the decade of me.  Enjoy!

Being a full service podcast, we try to present as diverse a product as possible.  In that spirit, we present the second entry in Larry Rants.  This time Larry tells you about a commercial that made him smile.  That's right, this is a positive rant (more of a rave, actually).  Enjoy!

- Chris

In honor of my birthday (and yes it is my birthday), we are presenting yet another new feature - Vocabu-Larry!  These short lessons will introduce you to a new part of the PCA Lexicon and broaden your vocabulary, entertainment and education going hand in hand.  What could be better?  Enjoy!

- Chris

Larry's starting a side project, an Achieving Reality Extra, if you will.  It's edgy, vulgar, honest, and entertaining.  It's called "Larry Rants."   Larry gets out the old pickle bucket (we don't have a soap box) and lets you know exactly what he thinks, whether he's pissed or delighted.  So, we offer you our new feature.  It's not for the kiddies.

I've been asked by some listeners about two things:  who does our music and what is this 48 Hour Film thing you guys keep going on about.  To answer the second question first, the 48 Hour Film Project is an international short film competition/festival that I and the other Architects take part in each year.  We compete in the Atlanta leg of the festival and are gearing up again for this year.  The competition involves filmmakers assembling teams and on the kickoff day, the teams are given a line of dialogue, a prop and a character name/occupation that they have to incorporate into a short film that they will make over the course of the next forty-eight hours.  Each group is then given, at random, a genre in which to work.  A week later, the films are screened at a local theater and prizes are awarded for various things such as best use of prop, best actor, etc.  The Best Film of the festival goes on to compete nationally and, maybe, internationally.  If you would like to learn more about it, go to www.48hourfilm.com.  If you are in the Atlanta area and would be interested in taking part in such a thing and meet some of the people you've been listening to, contact me here at Podbean and leave me an e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, etc address with which to contact you.

As  for the first question, who does our background music, that's a simple answer - nobody.  Our title music was composed and performed by a very talented musician whose name I have totally neglected to get permission to give out.  I'll follow through with that and, if permission is granted, give you details on how you can enjoy more of his music.  The background music comes from a different source.  We use a generative music device called the MADPlayer.  Many podcasts have used it for much the same purpose.  It came out in the early part of this century and it generates music by using a series of loops, algorithms and the like.  Once the music is generated, you can edit the loops and instrument voices to a degree to "make it your own."  It works very well, but failed to catch on as it was marketed half to serious musicians and DJs and half as a toy.  Nevertheless, it caught on with a few people.  Enough so that I was able to get my hands on one and use it for our show.  For the sake of the curious, I have posted one of the tracks we have used in the music bed for demonstration purposes.  If you like it, I'll post more.

Enjoy!

- Chris

Larry and Chris welcome their guests, Über-Producer, Austin "Bam" Wimberly and Independent film actor, Scott Davis.  Together, they will attempt to discuss the 80's.