When Your Client Saves Money by Producing Some Episodes Themselves

This has happened to me in the past and I totally understand if a client wants to save some money this way.

If you review the quality of their audio production you may spot some audio mistakes and issues including:

• Different voices being different volumes
• Voices not being EQ’d well, if at all
• Editing out sections of a voice which already had music underneath it so the music “skips” whenever there’s an edit
• Music fades being abrupt, jarring and/or misplaced
• Edits that sound very unnatural because they weren’t cleanly made

These sound like small issues but they add up to creating a listening experience which is sometimes not good.

I offered to help one client improve her skills and she seemed open to it but never took me up on my offer.

Do any of your clients do this type of thing?

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