How do I Learn To do Korean Podcasts?
Types of Korean podcasts vary widely, and with the ease and availability of distributors like iTunes each niche concept for a podcast is bound to find an audience somewhere. Regardless of your passion: Korean ownership of Dokdo island, the perfect recipe for kimchi chigae, or the latest musical release by the Wonder Girls or Super Junior, learning how to do Korean podcasts can help you share it with the world. Getting started is simply a matter of knowing where to look.
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Learn the basics. There are plenty of excellent blogs and websites dedicated to teaching people how to podcast. These, by-and-large, will explain the technical aspects of recording, editing, and uploading your podcast so that other people can find it. Macworld has a great page on the technical aspects of podcasting. Use Google's site translator to see this information in Korean.
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Practice your technique. There is some finesse required in having the proper vocal "stage presence." Try a couple of sample podcasts out on friends and family members. Do they have a hard time hearing because of background noise? Do your jokes fall flat? With some feedback you can improve the quality of your podcast very quickly. This is also a great place to make sure that you are not offending your listeners. For instance, if your podcast is geared toward older listeners, you had best use the "formal politeness level" (imnika/ imnida) so that they will not be turned off by brash "standard politeness level" speech.
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Listen to the masters. A good way to learn some of the basics is to listen to other successful podcasts or radio broadcasts and imitate their style until you find your own. An excellent example of a website built on high-quality Korean podcasts is Koreanclass101. You could also listen to Radio Free Asia's Korean podcast for an example of news reporting, or popcast88's bilingual music and culture podcast to understand how to reach a bilingual audience.
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Set up a website. Most blog-hosting sites (Wordpress, Typepad, etc.) are very friendly toward podcasters. You can upload your content quickly and easily alongside a short blogpost. Be sure to encourage your listeners to post comments (in Korean!) on your blog posts and podcasts so that you can get feed back on your progress.
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Submit your content to iTunes. Once you have built up enough of an audience to justify wider distribution, go to the iTunes directory and submit your RSS feed. Be sure to tag your podcasts in both English and Korean to ensure that it will be seen by the widest audience available.
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Tips & Warnings
Be sure to podcast often, and have good website posts to backup your audio content. The more you post, and the better quality of your posts, the larger your audience will grow.
Be careful about using music you use in your podcasts, because using someone else's original music might violate a copyright.
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