Surfing the Inner N8

It seems I’m constantly finding out not only how much I don’t know, but how little I knew there was so much I didn’t know.

Make sense?  Welcome to my world.

Yesterday when I prepared the latest CrossWay podcast, I learned how important it is to wear the right shirt when I preach.  The recording gear we use for the podcast produces a great sound, especially for the price, but on Sunday I didn’t wear the right kind of shirt.

As I worked on the podcast, I kept hearing a swishing noise.  Sometimes my voice would boom, then fade away.  I realized why: the shirt I wore didn’t have buttons or a collar, so I had to clip the mic on my neckline, just under the shirt.  The mic kept rubbing against it and pressing into my throat, giving it a weird and homemade quality.

Who knew that my wardrobe selection would affect our podcast quality?  From now on, I’ve got to remember: Sunday mornings need a collar or buttons.  Just when you thought you’d thunk o’ everything….