Comments on: Podcasting the Blues From Cameroon http://www.27months.com/2008/10/podcasting-the-blues-from-cameroon/ Cameroon from a technologist's point of view Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:10:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amber Lantz http://www.27months.com/2008/10/podcasting-the-blues-from-cameroon/comment-page-1/#comment-10603 Amber Lantz Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:14:26 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=314#comment-10603 bill, if you and roland succeed with the podcast, please, let me know. i loved taking in his selections at madison park and equally enjoyed discussing his musical tastes. thanks, amber bill,

if you and roland succeed with the podcast, please, let me know. i loved taking in his selections at madison park and equally enjoyed discussing his musical tastes.

thanks,
amber

]]> By: BamendaBabe http://www.27months.com/2008/10/podcasting-the-blues-from-cameroon/comment-page-1/#comment-4397 BamendaBabe Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:56:23 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=314#comment-4397 I worry that I am creating a reputation for being a blogger's worst nightmare. Yeah, I suspect OurManInBda would agree that I am like, uh, the Blog Police. What can I say? It must be the whole issue of my once aspiring (and failing woefully) to be a member of the Cameroonian educated elite--what some would have called the "intelligentsia" back in those heady nationalistic days.... :) All the same, I want to say that I am positively haunted by this sentence you wrote: "In addition to being an all-around nice guy, Roland is one of those rare individuals with the soul of an artist, the discerning eye of an engineer and the heart of a poet." This sentence made me think of my brother. My brother loves music and has a really incredible collection. My brother is also quite the engineer. (He happens to be an IT consultant, too, and I take tons of questions to him whenever I read your IT-related blog entries or when I read OurMan's IT ideas for volunteers.) I believe my brother has a little poetry in his soul, too, but he is definitely an artist. I really appreciate Roland's willingness to open up his world to us. I wonder what Roland would say if asked what it means to have "the heart of a poet." I'd be curious to know. That way, armed with Roland's definition, I can check if I, too, have the heart of a poet. I worry that I am creating a reputation for being a blogger’s worst nightmare. Yeah, I suspect OurManInBda would agree that I am like, uh, the Blog Police. What can I say? It must be the whole issue of my once aspiring (and failing woefully) to be a member of the Cameroonian educated elite–what some would have called the “intelligentsia” back in those heady nationalistic days…. :)

All the same, I want to say that I am positively haunted by this sentence you wrote: “In addition to being an all-around nice guy, Roland is one of those rare individuals with the soul of an artist, the discerning eye of an engineer and the heart of a poet.”

This sentence made me think of my brother. My brother loves music and has a really incredible collection. My brother is also quite the engineer. (He happens to be an IT consultant, too, and I take tons of questions to him whenever I read your IT-related blog entries or when I read OurMan’s IT ideas for volunteers.) I believe my brother has a little poetry in his soul, too, but he is definitely an artist.

I really appreciate Roland’s willingness to open up his world to us. I wonder what Roland would say if asked what it means to have “the heart of a poet.” I’d be curious to know. That way, armed with Roland’s definition, I can check if I, too, have the heart of a poet.

]]> By: Sameroon http://www.27months.com/2008/10/podcasting-the-blues-from-cameroon/comment-page-1/#comment-4308 Sameroon Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:50:09 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=314#comment-4308 Hey, Bill. Great post, as usual. I listen to a lot of podcasts and a friend and I even tried recording a few episodes of a movie review podcast (though we never got around to posting or publishing it). Anyways, a handful of the podcasts that I listen to are from mypodcast.com, a free podcast hosting site. The general quality of those podcasts don't strike me to differently than other, more professionally hosted podcasts. I should note, however, that the vast majority of podcasts I listen to are conversational or reporting. The quality might be different from what you want for a musically oriented podcast. I hope you were able to glean something helpful from all that. I'm looking forward to hearing Roland's show. Oh, also: I ran into Joe today on my way to UB. If you guys would like to get together this weekend, let me know, or stop by the guest house at the Presbyterian Synod Office Hey, Bill. Great post, as usual. I listen to a lot of podcasts and a friend and I even tried recording a few episodes of a movie review podcast (though we never got around to posting or publishing it). Anyways, a handful of the podcasts that I listen to are from mypodcast.com, a free podcast hosting site. The general quality of those podcasts don’t strike me to differently than other, more professionally hosted podcasts. I should note, however, that the vast majority of podcasts I listen to are conversational or reporting. The quality might be different from what you want for a musically oriented podcast. I hope you were able to glean something helpful from all that. I’m looking forward to hearing Roland’s show.

Oh, also: I ran into Joe today on my way to UB. If you guys would like to get together this weekend, let me know, or stop by the guest house at the Presbyterian Synod Office

]]> By: BamendaBabe http://www.27months.com/2008/10/podcasting-the-blues-from-cameroon/comment-page-1/#comment-4305 BamendaBabe Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:50:22 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=314#comment-4305 I had not read your "Blues Scholar" post, so it was nice to read both essays. Last time I was in Buea, I spent a long day with a friend wandering around Molyko and putting together a CD of Cameroonian rap. I think I nearly got a guy fired at one music shop because I was taking up so much of his time--his boss got quite upset. I enjoy the rap, even though I can't understand some of the lyrics in various dialects and in rapid-fire French. But I can catch some of the words, and it is quite expressive rap and is very politically and socially conscious in some of its messages. Maybe Roland will someday podcast his favorites, and if he is into rap, then perhaps we'll get a taste of this "Kamer" rap/hiphop. Is it just me or are his fans already making requests? OK, no pressure, Roland and Mola Evakise, take your time, small-small. :) I just did a search for videos of Cameroonian rap and found this one, which I liked immediately: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_1B9cbl37s I had not read your “Blues Scholar” post, so it was nice to read both essays. Last time I was in Buea, I spent a long day with a friend wandering around Molyko and putting together a CD of Cameroonian rap. I think I nearly got a guy fired at one music shop because I was taking up so much of his time–his boss got quite upset. I enjoy the rap, even though I can’t understand some of the lyrics in various dialects and in rapid-fire French. But I can catch some of the words, and it is quite expressive rap and is very politically and socially conscious in some of its messages. Maybe Roland will someday podcast his favorites, and if he is into rap, then perhaps we’ll get a taste of this “Kamer” rap/hiphop. Is it just me or are his fans already making requests? OK, no pressure, Roland and Mola Evakise, take your time, small-small. :)

I just did a search for videos of Cameroonian rap and found this one, which I liked immediately:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_1B9cbl37s

]]> By: James Stewart http://www.27months.com/2008/10/podcasting-the-blues-from-cameroon/comment-page-1/#comment-4304 James Stewart Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:04:08 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=314#comment-4304 There are quite a few free podcasting services out there. Just google "free podcast hosting" to get a sampling. Alternatively you can set up podcasting through a wordpress.com blog (though I think you may need to pay for a space upgrade to store all the files). The support forums are pretty good over there and it'd let you set up your own domain name and post blog entries as well as the audio. There are quite a few free podcasting services out there. Just google “free podcast hosting” to get a sampling.

Alternatively you can set up podcasting through a wordpress.com blog (though I think you may need to pay for a space upgrade to store all the files). The support forums are pretty good over there and it’d let you set up your own domain name and post blog entries as well as the audio.

]]> By: zk http://www.27months.com/2008/10/podcasting-the-blues-from-cameroon/comment-page-1/#comment-4302 zk Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:12:56 +0000 http://www.27months.com/?p=314#comment-4302 brilliant look forward to hearing it :) wish i knew more about podcasting to know the programmes you looking for but hopefully someone can help. Good Luck brilliant
look forward to hearing it :)
wish i knew more about podcasting to know the programmes you looking for but hopefully someone can help.
Good Luck

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