Creating the Ideal Recording Environment

Okay, you are going to love me after watching this segment because I'm going to share
just a couple of simple, easy, inexpensive ways you can enhance the quality of your
shows.

Interested? Okay, there's the hook. Okay, the first thing we’re going to start with is
lighting. Here, right now as we’re recording, I'm looking at two painter’s lights you know
the kinds that are bright yellow with the halogen bulbs on top. Yes, those kinds. They are
only $30.00 to $35.00 a piece, yes. We have one of them facing away from me. We have
one of them facing directly at me. That helps take the shadows away and make it looks
very professional. Yes. Okay, so that’s lighting.

The second thing I want to talk about is distractions and noise. We want you to be in a
place where you don’t have people running behind you. You have kind of a nice
background. You don’t have cell phones going off, fax machines, air conditioners turning
on, for audio, something we've learned are really nice secrets and it will give you a
couple of minutes of quite time as well as is to find a walk-in closet. The clothes actually
help absorb the sound, so it has a double bonus there. You get to be alone and the
acoustics are enhanced actually. It makes you sound like you're in a recording studio.

Now if you're doing video, do not record from the walk-in closet. Find a quiet place. Get
a babysitter to take the kids outside. Send the dog out. Just do simple little things that will
help you get some alone time, it will help you focus and it will help your viewers really
be able to focus what you're saying. So lighting and background noise and distractions,
those two things will really help enhance the quality of your show.