
S1EP4 - Creating original music for a podcast
02/19/24 • 14 min
Podcasts are now more complex than ever. We are used to listening to amazing documentaries or fictions that are possible thanks to the hard work of producers, sound designers, script writers... However, having a great soundtrack can be crucial when it comes to creating a unique podcast. To understand everything regarding this matter, Javi Caminero is joined by Luca Micheli, Sound Director and Head of Music at Chora Media, our Italian partner in the WePod project.
Listen to Luca’s recommendations:
- Chiedilo a Barbero: https://open.spotify.com/show/7JLDPffy6du4rAy8xW3hTT?si=f8187e55cada4637&nd=1&dlsi=49be5f669435449d
- Indagini: https://open.spotify.com/show/4I2H2YHJQnGO4Aynrw1ToZ
Visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome
Credits:
- Hosted and written by Javi Caminero
- Sound design by Manu Tomillo
- Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci
- Executive producer: Ana Ribera
This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme.
Podcasts are now more complex than ever. We are used to listening to amazing documentaries or fictions that are possible thanks to the hard work of producers, sound designers, script writers... However, having a great soundtrack can be crucial when it comes to creating a unique podcast. To understand everything regarding this matter, Javi Caminero is joined by Luca Micheli, Sound Director and Head of Music at Chora Media, our Italian partner in the WePod project.
Listen to Luca’s recommendations:
- Chiedilo a Barbero: https://open.spotify.com/show/7JLDPffy6du4rAy8xW3hTT?si=f8187e55cada4637&nd=1&dlsi=49be5f669435449d
- Indagini: https://open.spotify.com/show/4I2H2YHJQnGO4Aynrw1ToZ
Visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome
Credits:
- Hosted and written by Javi Caminero
- Sound design by Manu Tomillo
- Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci
- Executive producer: Ana Ribera
This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme.
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S1EP3 - How does Europe listen to podcasts?
Podcasts have become a global phenomenon. However, the success of a podcast is heavily conditioned by its social context. The formats that are huge hits in Spain could be less successful in Poland, or Ireland. On this episode, Javi Caminero is joined by Edu Alonso, Head of Podcast for Southern and Eastern Europe at Spotify, to understand how the European audience listens to podcasts.
Listen to Edu’s recommendations:
- XRey: https://open.spotify.com/show/43tAQjl2IVMzGoX3TcmQyL
- Estirando El Chicle: https://open.spotify.com/show/6V1DDzXVZg6wFXFo0SanY2
- Hoy en El País: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n2SYRzAXUKDFccZ993ZEh
Visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome
Credits:
- Hosted and written by Javi Caminero
- Sound design by Manu Tomillo
- Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci
- Executive producer: Ana Ribera
This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme
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S1EP5 - Podcasts for kids: your future audience is already listening
Podcasts can be a very useful tool to learn new things. They can also be funny, engaging, or exciting. Podcasts can talk to kids about things they know or introduce them to a wide range of unimaginable topics. To understand how a good podcast can impact a kid’s mind, Javi Caminero talks to Dan Simpson, host of one of the UK’s biggest kids and family podcasts: ‘Fun Kids Science Weekly’.
Listen to Dan’s recommendations:
- Everything under the sun: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZG4m8uOL5nqTGW4T0O53p?si=b1b6d0f5e7a94a4d
- Hamish and Andy: https://hamishandandy.com/podcasts/
- The rest is politics: https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/the-rest-is-politics
- Writer’s Routine: https://podfollow.com/writersroutine/view
Visit the WePod project website: https://www.wepodproject.eu/welcome
Credits:
- Hosted and written by Javi Caminero
- Sound design by Manu Tomillo
- Coordinator: Alexander Damiano Ricci
- Executive producer: Ana Ribera
This project has received funding from CROSS-Sectoral of the Creative Europe Programme.
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