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The 2007 Third Coast International Audio Festival (TCIAF) officially kicked off this evening with an opening meet-and-greet schmooze of the 400 or so attendees. This is my first time at this event and I have to say it’s been a tad bit intimidating. Don’t get me wrong, the people are all easy going and very friendly but I feel like I’m invading their territory. I keep asking myself, “Do I belong here?” Answer, “If you want to work in radio production you do!”

Tomorrow the sessions start and I am excited. What I have lined up are the following: “Making a Scene: The Use of Verite to Show, Not Tell, Your Story,” “When and How to Sell Out” [a pod casting seminar], and “Stand Tall” [field work seminar]. That takes me up to about 6 p.m. and then at 9:30 begins a party put on by PRX (www.prx.org) and Vocalo (www.vocalo.org) which sounds like crazy fun. Vocalo will be web casting live from the party and will be featuring some of the works of attending audio producers like myself. So on Friday November 2, be sure to be listening to www.vocalo.org between 10 p.m. and 12 a.m. (Central Time) and you will hear some of my work as well as a live interview with me. You can also listen to and comment on my SisterLove project any time at http://vocalo.org/node/9055 .

…btw, it’s not hyperbole, the festival truly is international as I chatted it up with one producer from Ireland and another from New Zealand…nice!…