I recently discovered the Tiny Desk Concert podcast produced by the good folks over at NPR (iTunes link). It is pretty impressive and certainly denotes the kind of production values we should all strive to achieve in producing podcasts, web content or whatever we work with.
Phoenix on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert
Each concert is just a few songs some are stripped down to their acoustic glory others partially amplified (Dr. Dog), performed in what I can only guess are some of the actual NPR offices at the side of someone’s desk.
I most recently watched the episode featuring the band Phoenix. I recently blipped the first Phoenix song I had heard years ago on blip.fm (http://blip.fm/invite/spikep). It was recorded on some sunny afternoon and really has the feeling of a coffee shop quartet doing their thing and trying to earn a few extra bucks.
I certainly encourage you to go check it out for a daily dose of concerts.
Yep, that’s our real office, and the desk is that of Bob Boilen, host of All Songs Considered.
Andy, thanks for the inside scoop. It really is a pretty cool podcast