The Overcast #036 is out at last. Unique among all the episodes ever released, this is a sonic journey. Loaded with L.A. field recordings, Ricky shares with us the experience of traveling to and experiencing SIGGRAPH while he was reporting for Renderosity.com. Relive the journey with him, and enjoy the wonderful soundscape.

As I edited together Ricky’s recordings, I got inspired by the relaxed feel of his sojourn. So I composed and performed on the fly (no sequencer or drum loops) some music to stitch things together. It was a great experience to create, and I hope the little musical segues enhance the production for you. I really need to sit down and improvise like that more often, it taps into a part of myself that a busy and structured life tends to make little time for. The whole experience was very Zen.

Also over there, you’ll see the announcement about the show I’ve been talking about, I’ll reprint it here:

We’re going to be trying something a little different. Right now we’ve been shooting for bi-weekly shows, every other Friday. In October, we’re going to try augmenting that schedule by adding what we’re calling “Sideshows” (and that only because “Snacks” is already in use by The Awful Show, my inspiration for trying this out). Basically, the idea is that we want to try to provide content Monday, Wednesday, and Friday… every week. We’ll continue to do the longer, produced podcasts every other Friday, but in between those episodes you’ll start seeing some other material, generally of shorter duration and more focused in nature. Interviews, spotlights, and so on. We’ll kick off the overcast “sideshows” starting October 6th, 2008.