We Recorded! It's harder than it sounds!

by Jessica

We did it! We recorded an episode this last Saturday. *crickets* I know it doesn't sound like a milestone but it really was for us. Since we haven't edited the episode it's hard to say how successful it was but each step forward feels big. Just two weeks ago we attempted to record our first remote episode and boy, did things go sideways fast. At the end of that night I really felt that we might not be able to pull this off. After a night of googling (rather than sleeping) and mining audacity's many question and answer threads we went back to the beginning, started over and figured it out.

We've all been here

On Saturday we started over with only a minor setback that might've gotten me to tear just a little bit of hair out. But we made it through. One episode down! Now comes the editing and fingers crossed you'll be able hear us clearly. Just like when we recorded our very first episodes there will be a learning curve to getting this Zoom thing down.

Let's just say we are cautiously optimistic this will work and we'll have episodes out to you soon. I'll be even happier when this episode is edited and we have, on our computers and ready to load up, a full episode with the three of us talking about things we care about, in this case a cold case that we know you'll be interested in and want to help get attention. That day we'll have a party! Hey, we should do it on a platform where we can do it together. You are, after all, a big reason we are doing this. Thank you for being the best listeners out there!

Of course, this small thing which feels so big to us, isn't as important as a lot of what's happening around the world. However, pieces of normalcy keep us all sane and talking with Sean and Charles, finding these two people who are interested in similar things while still challenging my own ideas and beliefs, well its become one of the most "normal" parts of my life this past two years. I guess I'm saying that I'm lucky, both to have them and all of you.

We hope that you are all staying safe and we're excited to be very close to starting our second season. Hopefully, you'll enjoy it as much as we've enjoyed putting it together. We can't wait to be able to talk to you about these cases and find out what you think. Thank you for being patient and being a part of the CaliTrueCrime community!