Linked.Thanks very much for the great review, Onion Girl.
As a New Zealander, an introvert and a hypnotherapist I do tend to talk quietly (also, I was trying to avoid clipping by overloading my mic).
";}s:7:"summary";s:193:"Thanks very much for the great review, Onion Girl. As a New Zealander, an introvert and a hypnotherapist I do tend to talk quietly (also, I was trying to avoid clipping by overloading my mic).";s:12:"atom_content";s:207:"Thanks very much for the great review, Onion Girl.
As a New Zealander, an introvert and a hypnotherapist I do tend to talk quietly (also, I was trying to avoid clipping by overloading my mic).
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215981307;}i:1;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:14:"By: Onion Girl";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-195600";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Onion Girl";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:15:15 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-195600";s:11:"description";s:1264:"I really liked this story. It's written in a perfectly executed old world style that is not difficult for the reader/listener to understand and is a testament to the author's literary skill. The story is excellent. The characters blossom subtly as the story progresses making each more interesting from one chapter to the next. I love the idea of a society of people living as the face they portray and following the rules set out for their chosen character. There was a wonderful [ironically] poetic nature to this story and hints of the influence of Shakespeare. I always listen to my podcasts via headphones so I had no issues with the sound quality. No odd hums or echoes. When I began listening I was a bit disheartened by the lack of impact the narrators voice had on me but I try to give every podcast a few episodes before giving up on it. I find that if the story is good the narration is usually something I can get past. Sometimes it just takes a while to get used to a person?s voice. For example, before listening to City of Masks I had been listening to a podcast with much louder, sometimes brash narration. Switching from that to Mike?s softer, gravely voice was almost a shock to the system. I?m so glad I gave this podcast a chance.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1290:"I really liked this story. It’s written in a perfectly executed old world style that is not difficult for the reader/listener to understand and is a testament to the author’s literary skill. The story is excellent. The characters blossom subtly as the story progresses making each more interesting from one chapter to the next. I love the idea of a society of people living as the face they portray and following the rules set out for their chosen character. There was a wonderful [ironically] poetic nature to this story and hints of the influence of Shakespeare.
I always listen to my podcasts via headphones so I had no issues with the sound quality. No odd hums or echoes. When I began listening I was a bit disheartened by the lack of impact the narrators voice had on me but I try to give every podcast a few episodes before giving up on it. I find that if the story is good the narration is usually something I can get past. Sometimes it just takes a while to get used to a person?s voice. For example, before listening to City of Masks I had been listening to a podcast with much louder, sometimes brash narration. Switching from that to Mike?s softer, gravely voice was almost a shock to the system. I?m so glad I gave this podcast a chance.
";}s:7:"summary";s:1264:"I really liked this story. It's written in a perfectly executed old world style that is not difficult for the reader/listener to understand and is a testament to the author's literary skill. The story is excellent. The characters blossom subtly as the story progresses making each more interesting from one chapter to the next. I love the idea of a society of people living as the face they portray and following the rules set out for their chosen character. There was a wonderful [ironically] poetic nature to this story and hints of the influence of Shakespeare. I always listen to my podcasts via headphones so I had no issues with the sound quality. No odd hums or echoes. When I began listening I was a bit disheartened by the lack of impact the narrators voice had on me but I try to give every podcast a few episodes before giving up on it. I find that if the story is good the narration is usually something I can get past. Sometimes it just takes a while to get used to a person?s voice. For example, before listening to City of Masks I had been listening to a podcast with much louder, sometimes brash narration. Switching from that to Mike?s softer, gravely voice was almost a shock to the system. I?m so glad I gave this podcast a chance.";s:12:"atom_content";s:1290:"I really liked this story. It’s written in a perfectly executed old world style that is not difficult for the reader/listener to understand and is a testament to the author’s literary skill. The story is excellent. The characters blossom subtly as the story progresses making each more interesting from one chapter to the next. I love the idea of a society of people living as the face they portray and following the rules set out for their chosen character. There was a wonderful [ironically] poetic nature to this story and hints of the influence of Shakespeare.
I always listen to my podcasts via headphones so I had no issues with the sound quality. No odd hums or echoes. When I began listening I was a bit disheartened by the lack of impact the narrators voice had on me but I try to give every podcast a few episodes before giving up on it. I find that if the story is good the narration is usually something I can get past. Sometimes it just takes a while to get used to a person?s voice. For example, before listening to City of Masks I had been listening to a podcast with much louder, sometimes brash narration. Switching from that to Mike?s softer, gravely voice was almost a shock to the system. I?m so glad I gave this podcast a chance.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215728115;}i:2;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:24:"By: Mike Reeves-McMillan";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-188487";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:20:"Mike Reeves-McMillan";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:42:07 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-188487";s:11:"description";s:264:"Thanks, Chris. By the way, folks, I don't know if there's a lot I can do about the sound at this point - it sounds OK when I listen to it through headphones rather than speakers, if that's any use to you. If I figure it out in the future I'll reload the episodes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:302:"Thanks, Chris.
By the way, folks, I don’t know if there’s a lot I can do about the sound at this point - it sounds OK when I listen to it through headphones rather than speakers, if that’s any use to you. If I figure it out in the future I’ll reload the episodes.
";}s:7:"summary";s:264:"Thanks, Chris. By the way, folks, I don't know if there's a lot I can do about the sound at this point - it sounds OK when I listen to it through headphones rather than speakers, if that's any use to you. If I figure it out in the future I'll reload the episodes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:302:"Thanks, Chris.
By the way, folks, I don’t know if there’s a lot I can do about the sound at this point - it sounds OK when I listen to it through headphones rather than speakers, if that’s any use to you. If I figure it out in the future I’ll reload the episodes.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1214167327;}i:3;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:9:"By: Chris";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-187152";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Chris";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:47:47 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-187152";s:11:"description";s:87:"A truly interesting book. I loved the idea of the city of masks, so unique and quirky.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:95:"A truly interesting book. I loved the idea of the city of masks, so unique and quirky.
";}s:7:"summary";s:87:"A truly interesting book. I loved the idea of the city of masks, so unique and quirky.";s:12:"atom_content";s:95:"A truly interesting book. I loved the idea of the city of masks, so unique and quirky.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213840067;}i:4;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:24:"By: Mike Reeves-McMillan";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-183788";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:20:"Mike Reeves-McMillan";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:27:44 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-183788";s:11:"description";s:239:"I'm sorry about that. It must be coming in during the transition to MP3 or one of the subsequent transformations, because it's clear as a bell when I'm editing it. I'm not sure what I can do about that but I'll see if I can find anything.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:283:"I’m sorry about that. It must be coming in during the transition to MP3 or one of the subsequent transformations, because it’s clear as a bell when I’m editing it.
I’m not sure what I can do about that but I’ll see if I can find anything.
";}s:7:"summary";s:239:"I'm sorry about that. It must be coming in during the transition to MP3 or one of the subsequent transformations, because it's clear as a bell when I'm editing it. I'm not sure what I can do about that but I'll see if I can find anything.";s:12:"atom_content";s:283:"I’m sorry about that. It must be coming in during the transition to MP3 or one of the subsequent transformations, because it’s clear as a bell when I’m editing it.
I’m not sure what I can do about that but I’ll see if I can find anything.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213043264;}i:5;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:12:"By: Samantha";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-183100";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:8:"Samantha";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:02:37 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-183100";s:11:"description";s:82:"Actually to correct myself, it might be more like there is an ever so slight echo.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:90:"Actually to correct myself, it might be more like there is an ever so slight echo.
";}s:7:"summary";s:82:"Actually to correct myself, it might be more like there is an ever so slight echo.";s:12:"atom_content";s:90:"Actually to correct myself, it might be more like there is an ever so slight echo.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212890557;}i:6;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:12:"By: Samantha";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-183040";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:8:"Samantha";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:09:56 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-183040";s:11:"description";s:398:"Mike, I know what he's talking about. It's not the accent or the volume (though that is pretty soft), there seems to be a faint fuzziness and/or distant sound to the quality, sort of a muted sound. It doesn't make it hard to hear really, it's just fairly noticeable. So yeah, a problem with the recording, or perhaps whatever microphone you are using (my first thought was that it was a mic issue).";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:430:"Mike, I know what he’s talking about. It’s not the accent or the volume (though that is pretty soft), there seems to be a faint fuzziness and/or distant sound to the quality, sort of a muted sound. It doesn’t make it hard to hear really, it’s just fairly noticeable. So yeah, a problem with the recording, or perhaps whatever microphone you are using (my first thought was that it was a mic issue).
";}s:7:"summary";s:398:"Mike, I know what he's talking about. It's not the accent or the volume (though that is pretty soft), there seems to be a faint fuzziness and/or distant sound to the quality, sort of a muted sound. It doesn't make it hard to hear really, it's just fairly noticeable. So yeah, a problem with the recording, or perhaps whatever microphone you are using (my first thought was that it was a mic issue).";s:12:"atom_content";s:430:"Mike, I know what he’s talking about. It’s not the accent or the volume (though that is pretty soft), there seems to be a faint fuzziness and/or distant sound to the quality, sort of a muted sound. It doesn’t make it hard to hear really, it’s just fairly noticeable. So yeah, a problem with the recording, or perhaps whatever microphone you are using (my first thought was that it was a mic issue).
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212862196;}i:7;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:24:"By: Mike Reeves-McMillan";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-161762";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:20:"Mike Reeves-McMillan";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:35:01 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-161762";s:11:"description";s:160:"Thanks, Metahari, I'll see what I can do to improve it. Am I talking too quietly? Is it my accent? Or does it seem to be a technical problem with the recording?";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:174:"Thanks, Metahari, I’ll see what I can do to improve it. Am I talking too quietly? Is it my accent? Or does it seem to be a technical problem with the recording?
";}s:7:"summary";s:160:"Thanks, Metahari, I'll see what I can do to improve it. Am I talking too quietly? Is it my accent? Or does it seem to be a technical problem with the recording?";s:12:"atom_content";s:174:"Thanks, Metahari, I’ll see what I can do to improve it. Am I talking too quietly? Is it my accent? Or does it seem to be a technical problem with the recording?
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1208385301;}i:8;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:12:"By: Metahari";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-161668";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:8:"Metahari";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:49:28 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-161668";s:11:"description";s:115:"I'm really enjoying this, I find the concept to be very interesting. I do wish the audio quality was a bit clearer.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:129:"I’m really enjoying this, I find the concept to be very interesting. I do wish the audio quality was a bit clearer.
";}s:7:"summary";s:115:"I'm really enjoying this, I find the concept to be very interesting. I do wish the audio quality was a bit clearer.";s:12:"atom_content";s:129:"I’m really enjoying this, I find the concept to be very interesting. I do wish the audio quality was a bit clearer.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1208371768;}i:9;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:24:"By: Mike Reeves-McMillan";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-161344";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:20:"Mike Reeves-McMillan";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:46:04 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-161344";s:11:"description";s:298:"Thanks, Samantha, it's encouraging to know that my slowly-but-steadily-growing audience at Podiobooks enjoys what they're hearing. We're halfway through the story now and the plot will thicken rapidly from here on. You'll also start to get more of the promised swashbuckling and Shakespeareousness.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:330:"Thanks, Samantha, it’s encouraging to know that my slowly-but-steadily-growing audience at Podiobooks enjoys what they’re hearing. We’re halfway through the story now and the plot will thicken rapidly from here on. You’ll also start to get more of the promised swashbuckling and Shakespeareousness.
";}s:7:"summary";s:298:"Thanks, Samantha, it's encouraging to know that my slowly-but-steadily-growing audience at Podiobooks enjoys what they're hearing. We're halfway through the story now and the plot will thicken rapidly from here on. You'll also start to get more of the promised swashbuckling and Shakespeareousness.";s:12:"atom_content";s:330:"Thanks, Samantha, it’s encouraging to know that my slowly-but-steadily-growing audience at Podiobooks enjoys what they’re hearing. We’re halfway through the story now and the plot will thicken rapidly from here on. You’ll also start to get more of the promised swashbuckling and Shakespeareousness.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1208292364;}i:10;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:12:"By: Samantha";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-159836";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:8:"Samantha";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:16:27 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-159836";s:11:"description";s:184:"Great story so far. Very engaging, a most intriguing world Mr. Reeves-McMillan has created! He also has a wonderful reading voice it's a pleasure to listen to. Looking forward to more!";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:198:"Great story so far. Very engaging, a most intriguing world Mr. Reeves-McMillan has created! He also has a wonderful reading voice it’s a pleasure to listen to. Looking forward to more!
";}s:7:"summary";s:184:"Great story so far. Very engaging, a most intriguing world Mr. Reeves-McMillan has created! He also has a wonderful reading voice it's a pleasure to listen to. Looking forward to more!";s:12:"atom_content";s:198:"Great story so far. Very engaging, a most intriguing world Mr. Reeves-McMillan has created! He also has a wonderful reading voice it’s a pleasure to listen to. Looking forward to more!
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1207890987;}i:11;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:15:"By: Comicartist";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-151876";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Comicartist";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:30:44 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-151876";s:11:"description";s:30:"Oh I love a good Swashbuckler.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:38:"Oh I love a good Swashbuckler.
";}s:7:"summary";s:30:"Oh I love a good Swashbuckler.";s:12:"atom_content";s:38:"Oh I love a good Swashbuckler.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1205451044;}i:12;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:9:"By: Duane";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-151775";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:5:"Duane";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:26:52 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/03/13/city-of-masks/#comment-151775";s:11:"description";s:154:">reminiscent of Shakespeare?s Italy (complete with twins). Well you know I'm gonna be all over that! :) Linked. Duane http://www.shakespearegeek.com";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:360:">reminiscent of Shakespeare?s Italy (complete with twins).
Well you know I’m gonna be all over that! Linked.
Duane
http://www.shakespearegeek.com
>reminiscent of Shakespeare?s Italy (complete with twins).
Well you know I’m gonna be all over that! Linked.