I don't remember if I've shared the 10th anniversary video on here, but if I hadn't.....
Friday, December 6, 2019
December Update
Hey friends, sorry I haven't updated in a while, sometimes life just kinda happens......
So, here's the latest all that is Indie Spotlight;
First of all I would like to apologize for the abrupt end to the live streaming broadcast. I had a near tragedy with my external hard drive, long story made short it got knocked over while it was spinning and was rendered inoperative. I took it to two different shops, one told me it was "possible to save the data" for $500 -$1500 while the second told me it wasn't salvageable at all and offered to recycle it for me. This is where I stored all the music as well as the video files for the show. The good news is that while I have indeed lost everything else that I had on there, fortunately I had all the music on a thumb drive.
So, while I still have all the music files, I don't have the slideshows, so I would have to redo them which honestly is more work than something that I was in the process of winding down is worth anyway.
Even though I have ended the live streaming broadcast I do plan on resuming the daily video posts on the Indie Spotlight Facebook page very soon so watch for that, and I hope everyone has an amazing holiday season!
Thanks for sticking around!
~ Jack
So, here's the latest all that is Indie Spotlight;
First of all I would like to apologize for the abrupt end to the live streaming broadcast. I had a near tragedy with my external hard drive, long story made short it got knocked over while it was spinning and was rendered inoperative. I took it to two different shops, one told me it was "possible to save the data" for $500 -$1500 while the second told me it wasn't salvageable at all and offered to recycle it for me. This is where I stored all the music as well as the video files for the show. The good news is that while I have indeed lost everything else that I had on there, fortunately I had all the music on a thumb drive.
So, while I still have all the music files, I don't have the slideshows, so I would have to redo them which honestly is more work than something that I was in the process of winding down is worth anyway.
Even though I have ended the live streaming broadcast I do plan on resuming the daily video posts on the Indie Spotlight Facebook page very soon so watch for that, and I hope everyone has an amazing holiday season!
Thanks for sticking around!
~ Jack
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
End of July Update
Hey everyone, sorry I haven't posted in a while but I wanted to take a second and give an update.
I haven't been able to do my weekly live broadcast the last couple of weeks because of my work schedule. As I'm sure everyone knows I'm in the process of winding down the live broadcast and I still want to finish the playlist and do a "grand finale" show so over the next couple of week's I'll be concluding the "One More Time" series, then starting the "Last Call" series favorite songs and stories from days gone by.
Dates and times to be determined at this point, stay tuned because it's not over just yet.
I haven't been able to do my weekly live broadcast the last couple of weeks because of my work schedule. As I'm sure everyone knows I'm in the process of winding down the live broadcast and I still want to finish the playlist and do a "grand finale" show so over the next couple of week's I'll be concluding the "One More Time" series, then starting the "Last Call" series favorite songs and stories from days gone by.
Dates and times to be determined at this point, stay tuned because it's not over just yet.
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Live Stream Broadcast Ending Soon
As I announced during this evening's broadcast (and just shared from YouTube) I will be ending the live streaming broadcast soon.
When I restarted the show, I called this particular series "One More Time" because it was always my intention to finally finish what I had started, take some time to celebrate all that we've been able to accomplish, have my victory lap, and try to tie up any loose ends that I could, knowing all the while that I wouldn't be able to tie them all.
But still, even with the diminished presence in chat, I call this a successful reboot, because I've gotten to do this one more time and I've enjoyed it, it has always been a special honor to do what few others have done, which is to share amazing music composed by incredible people, and as Pete Berwick said the first time I had him on, to celebrate music, and enjoy music.
Have you watched the 10th anniversary video yet? It really highlights some of the highest points of Indie Spotlight Live, I know I had a ton of fun putting it together and during the live premier on Facebook I was lucky to have someone that was there that remembered all the fun times as well and it was a ton of fun taking that walk down memory lane.
It was then that I realized that doing that video, I had indeed "put the period at the end of the sentence" and had finally positioned Indie Spotlight for a proper sendoff.
So, over the next couple of week's I will continue to use the computer generated playlist that I've been using since January, while putting one final one together that will be sort of a greatest hits song list consisting of fan favorites as well as ones that I've become fond of as well.
While the "One More Time" series will be coming to an end, this isn't the end of Indie Spotlight. I will continue to maintain the social media presence featuring videos that I find on YouTube as well sharing anything else that I relevant that people who follow the Facebook page, Facebook group, or Twitter page might be interested in. I'll be sure to remember the blogger followers as well since you folks have been here since the beginning.
Will I ever bring the live stream back? I'm not gonna lie, I might do a random show here or there, this has been a part of my life for so long that I'm having a hard time saying goodbye to it but to be honest about it, my passion for this isn't anything near what it once was, and hasn't been for a long time and as amazing as it's been doing Indie Spotlight there isn't anything new to do here, and nothing to get really get excited about. What I can say is that I've accomplished at least most of what I wanted to when I started this show. I'm really proud of the run we've had here, it's almost a seductive question to wonder what has changed on the internet over the past 10 years?
We live in an era where pretty much anyone can live stream anything, at any time. Back in the time that Indie Spotlight started on blogtv it was a unique thing, you had to be on a site that hosted it, and now, well you can stream live on Facebook and YouTube on demand at any time. You might ask why I don't just do that, well, while I do go live on Facebook I don't play music, and the same with YouTube because of the same reasons I was picky about a site to broadcast on to begin with, which is the Terms of Service which hardly anyone reads, but if you did, you might realize what rights you give away when you sign up for these sites and I'll leave it at that. Camup understands this kind of thing and has it in their terms of service in a way that respects their broadcasters which can't be said for either of the main players that I mentioned above.
So, you might be wondering what future plans I have if any? Right now I'm not sure, I'd like to get back into doing a newsy/political kind of show either in a podcast format, or similar to what I was doing on blogtalkradio before I started Indie Spotlight. Right now I'm really not sure.
Meanwhile, I'll be spending the next couple of weeks winding down the live broadcast so if you've been wanting to stop by and check it out, I'll be enabling "guest chat" on the page on camup.tv so that everyone can check it out before it all "goes back into the vault". I hope to see ya there and always, thank you all so much for the support over the years, it means a lot.
When I restarted the show, I called this particular series "One More Time" because it was always my intention to finally finish what I had started, take some time to celebrate all that we've been able to accomplish, have my victory lap, and try to tie up any loose ends that I could, knowing all the while that I wouldn't be able to tie them all.
But still, even with the diminished presence in chat, I call this a successful reboot, because I've gotten to do this one more time and I've enjoyed it, it has always been a special honor to do what few others have done, which is to share amazing music composed by incredible people, and as Pete Berwick said the first time I had him on, to celebrate music, and enjoy music.
Have you watched the 10th anniversary video yet? It really highlights some of the highest points of Indie Spotlight Live, I know I had a ton of fun putting it together and during the live premier on Facebook I was lucky to have someone that was there that remembered all the fun times as well and it was a ton of fun taking that walk down memory lane.
It was then that I realized that doing that video, I had indeed "put the period at the end of the sentence" and had finally positioned Indie Spotlight for a proper sendoff.
So, over the next couple of week's I will continue to use the computer generated playlist that I've been using since January, while putting one final one together that will be sort of a greatest hits song list consisting of fan favorites as well as ones that I've become fond of as well.
While the "One More Time" series will be coming to an end, this isn't the end of Indie Spotlight. I will continue to maintain the social media presence featuring videos that I find on YouTube as well sharing anything else that I relevant that people who follow the Facebook page, Facebook group, or Twitter page might be interested in. I'll be sure to remember the blogger followers as well since you folks have been here since the beginning.
Will I ever bring the live stream back? I'm not gonna lie, I might do a random show here or there, this has been a part of my life for so long that I'm having a hard time saying goodbye to it but to be honest about it, my passion for this isn't anything near what it once was, and hasn't been for a long time and as amazing as it's been doing Indie Spotlight there isn't anything new to do here, and nothing to get really get excited about. What I can say is that I've accomplished at least most of what I wanted to when I started this show. I'm really proud of the run we've had here, it's almost a seductive question to wonder what has changed on the internet over the past 10 years?
We live in an era where pretty much anyone can live stream anything, at any time. Back in the time that Indie Spotlight started on blogtv it was a unique thing, you had to be on a site that hosted it, and now, well you can stream live on Facebook and YouTube on demand at any time. You might ask why I don't just do that, well, while I do go live on Facebook I don't play music, and the same with YouTube because of the same reasons I was picky about a site to broadcast on to begin with, which is the Terms of Service which hardly anyone reads, but if you did, you might realize what rights you give away when you sign up for these sites and I'll leave it at that. Camup understands this kind of thing and has it in their terms of service in a way that respects their broadcasters which can't be said for either of the main players that I mentioned above.
So, you might be wondering what future plans I have if any? Right now I'm not sure, I'd like to get back into doing a newsy/political kind of show either in a podcast format, or similar to what I was doing on blogtalkradio before I started Indie Spotlight. Right now I'm really not sure.
Meanwhile, I'll be spending the next couple of weeks winding down the live broadcast so if you've been wanting to stop by and check it out, I'll be enabling "guest chat" on the page on camup.tv so that everyone can check it out before it all "goes back into the vault". I hope to see ya there and always, thank you all so much for the support over the years, it means a lot.
Friday, May 10, 2019
10 Years Ago Tonight...
... was our final official show on BlogTalkRadio.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/riskybusiness04/2009/05/11/indie-music-spotlight-btr-finale
Wow, what a flashback.
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Show notes, haven't done this in a long while;
1) Most Tuesday nights live on camup from 7 to 10 (eastern), the "One More Time" series continues until further notice.
2) I've been working on a 10th year anniversary tribute video, in fact it's pretty much done, I just need to record a live intro for it. It will premier on the Indie Spotlight page on Facebook.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/riskybusiness04/2009/05/11/indie-music-spotlight-btr-finale
Wow, what a flashback.
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Show notes, haven't done this in a long while;
1) Most Tuesday nights live on camup from 7 to 10 (eastern), the "One More Time" series continues until further notice.
2) I've been working on a 10th year anniversary tribute video, in fact it's pretty much done, I just need to record a live intro for it. It will premier on the Indie Spotlight page on Facebook.
Friday, April 26, 2019
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
Quick Update
Ok, two things, first I will not be able to broadcast Sunday night during the Super Bowl as originally promised as I'll be stuck at work.
Second, due to limited funds I will be hitting the local thrift stores tomorrow to see if I can find a working secondhand computer to run the continuous stream so you folks can listen to parts of the show you missed during the live broadcast. If I can't find one then unfortunately this will have to wait until next payday. Have a great night everyone!
Second, due to limited funds I will be hitting the local thrift stores tomorrow to see if I can find a working secondhand computer to run the continuous stream so you folks can listen to parts of the show you missed during the live broadcast. If I can't find one then unfortunately this will have to wait until next payday. Have a great night everyone!
Friday, January 4, 2019
Jeff Givens and The Mugshot Saints - Bleeding Ink
I've always known that my good friend Pete Berwick would never steer wrong me when he refers other musicians to me, and stayed true to that when he introduced me to Jeff Givens last spring.
Jeff's latest, Bleeding Ink, has been out for a while, and is a journey that begins with Love Brings You Home, which is an honest tale about love, and afterwards takes you to Seven Hot Memphis nights, where you almost feel the summer heat, you really feel like you're out there partying with him right in Memphis.
The journey that you find yourself taking while listening to Bleeding Ink might take you to a strip club, or finding that love isn't easy, no matter what you might have or might not have in life, and still might fall in love again.
This album really runs the gauntlet of the human experience, and through it all you can even taste the whiskey and the bourbon. On the biography on his website Jeff is described as " road-seasoned troubadour. As a contemporary musical gypsy, Jeff travels the country, meeting folks from every aspect of life and listens to their stories. He lives this life, documenting it all in his songs".
When you listen to Bleeding Ink you also vicariously live these songs as well. I highly recommend that you stop reading this, and grab your copy right now.
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jeffgivensandthemugshots2
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
New Day and Time for the Live Streaming Broadcast
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