Listened to the first program on Sound Cloud yesterday and thought that the program was really excellent. Loved listening to Ken Schramm and to Oskaar. I learnt a great deal from both. But I wonder... each program is 2 hours (plus) but given the nature of the material I wonder if it might not make some sense to cut the programs in half and produce them as 60 minute blocks.
Scheduling 60 minutes to listen attentively to material seems to me to be far easier than scheduling 120 minutes. If the content was merely "entertainment" then 2 hours may be wonderful but when the content requires active listening - for example, Oskaar's discussion on a better way to backsweeten by blending a sweeter and a less sweet mead of the same kind (or blending a less sweet mead with a sweeter mead of the same kind) was something I had never considered or his point about how some yeasts prefer greater and others less turbidity in the must and mead was yet another idea that struck me like a thunderbolt - While Ken Schramm's point about three fundamental wine flavors - raspberry, black-current and and cherry was also something I had not really considered before -and finding time to concentrate for two hours is not easy in most people's lives. Just a thought...
Scheduling 60 minutes to listen attentively to material seems to me to be far easier than scheduling 120 minutes. If the content was merely "entertainment" then 2 hours may be wonderful but when the content requires active listening - for example, Oskaar's discussion on a better way to backsweeten by blending a sweeter and a less sweet mead of the same kind (or blending a less sweet mead with a sweeter mead of the same kind) was something I had never considered or his point about how some yeasts prefer greater and others less turbidity in the must and mead was yet another idea that struck me like a thunderbolt - While Ken Schramm's point about three fundamental wine flavors - raspberry, black-current and and cherry was also something I had not really considered before -and finding time to concentrate for two hours is not easy in most people's lives. Just a thought...
