What are you looking for in a host? What exactly do you want me to do?

What are you looking for in a host? What exactly do you want me to do?

Fair questions. We’ll take the second one first.

To enter the first round of the Talent Quest, which starts on Monday April 16th, 2007, upload two minutes or less of audio that reflects your personality and uses your voice. That’s it.

We want to hear who you are. Show the judges and the public the elements of your personality that make people look forward to spending time with you. It’s what we’re calling "hostiness," and it includes people who are:

Engaging, smart, curious, surprising, honest, intriguing, have sense of humor, clever, authentic, human, real, trustworthy, knowledgeable, maybe even someone you'd have dinner with.

In short – it’s a lot like dating. You gotta make a great first impression to get past Round 1.

We don’t want to say much more than that because we want to hear where you’re going to take this. We will suggest that you focus on you and your own voice when you enter. We’re looking for great hosts more than someone with classy audio editing chops.

Don’t let that word “production” scare you. Learn about production techniques, tools and ideas in our forums. Good luck.

You can also read the FAQ here.

And more background on the Talent Quest here.

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