Last Weekends Event Recap

Posting this much much later than I usually do but I would like to take some time this evening while listening to Didgerod and post my recap of the 12 hour MusicFest that Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show and I hosted last Saturday.

First of all let me say once again how much I appreciate all the musicians that came out as well as the audience. You guys (and gals) rock!

We started off the event with the promo video and our good friend Rob Mazurek's version of the Star Spangled Banner. Deb and I kicked off the show with a little commentary and music before we brought on our first musician of the day. One of the things we touched on is that while preordering for Rob's new CD is closed, his music will be available in late October on I-Tunes. Rob's website is http://www.robmazurekmusic.com go check it out!

At 12:30 we handed it off to musician Kelly Hoyle Fuller. She's played on our regular shows over the last couple of weeks, and has become a huge fan favorite as well as part of our regular group on blogtv. She's really a phenomenal musician and a great person as well. Kelly always puts together a first class performance and last Saturday was no exception.

Kelly's link;

http://www.youtube.com/user/khjavy8

I have a couple of clips of her performance on my show recorded and it's available on my blogtv page as well.

Our next musician was Ciarán Brennan from Ireland (ronb15). When we did our last event in June we had connection issues with him and it didn't go so well. I'm happy to report that it went much much better this time, his set was totally awesome and I was really happy we were able to get him on again.

Ciarán's link;

http://www.youtube.com/user/ronb15

The next musician to play was Jesse Stutsman. He played during one of our events last year, and we thought he was awesome then. Some things only get better with time and Jesse's music is one of them. Incredible talent, awesome music. When you check out his youtube link pay special attention to the lyrics of some of his songs.

Jesse's link;

http://www.youtube.com/user/stealurface1976

After Jesse we took a bit of a break from the live music and played some of the music that Deb and I usually play during our shows. Shortly thereafter we had our good friend Jim Cook come on and share some really awesome Native American music. Jim never fails to amaze and inspire.

Jim's links;

http://jimtzu.com/
http://nativeprogress.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/jimtzu
http://www.myspace.com/homecookinstudios

John Daly came on shortly thereafter. He kept saying he was a "little rusty" but you would never have known it. He put on a really great performance (as always) and was a huge hit with the audience. I'd forgotten about his quirky sense of humor and what fun he is to have on a show!

John's link;

http://www.youtube.com/user/johndalymusic

After John we had our first (and only) newcomer to the event. Tom Meny came on and played some of the most heartfelt music I've heard in a while. Really great guy he really put on a great set. I look forward to seeing him more at future events! Right now he's recording his first CD at Wonderland Studios in Austin, TX.

Tom's links;

http://www.youtube.com/user/bobostonepony
www.tommeny.com
www.myspace.com/tommeny
www.twitter.com/tommeny

We closed out the event with our good friend (and blogtv favorite) Didgerod. Despite the technical difficulties (which had plagued us off and on all day) he put together a masterful performance. It was a great way to close out the show, leaving refreshed and relaxed. Be sure to check out his regular show every Friday night at 9 pm (eastern) you won't be disappointed!

Didgerods links;

http://www.youtube.com/user/didgerod
http://www.blogtv.com/People/didgerod

Again my special thanks to everyone for coming out!

Booking Musician Interviews Now!

I would love to get back to doing musician interviews so if you (or someone you know) is an independent musician, who would love the exposure, please shoot me an email. Please keep in mind that this interview would have to be done over Skype, or I would need a number to call via Skype to bring you on. If I need to call you, I have no problem footing the bill, as it only costs me something like 2 cents a minute and for a great musician interview, it's well worth it to me.

Also, anyone who was on the show for an interview over the last couple of years, is also invited back to the show, we had some awesome interviews with you guys and would love to see what you've been up to since we last talked and introduce you to our larger audience on blogtv (as opposed to the old blogtalkradio channel)

I would also like to extend a special invite to all the musicians who have come by and played at our music events, I think it would be really great for our viewers/listeners to get to know you folks better as well!

Also, I know I mention it during the show, but I don't think I've ever mentioned it in a blog, but I do have a standing invitation for musicians who have been at our events, or have played live on the show before to come on and play a set. I don't always remember to ask, invite or offer so if there is a night that you guys and gals are feeling musical just ask, I would love to bring you on and entertain us!

Another 12 Hour Event This Weekend!

Join us this Saturday as Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show and I host another Indie Music Fest starting at 12 noon (eastern) over on blogtv.

As always it will be hosted on the UnleashedAgain channel. We have some really awesome Indie talent lined up and I hope you'll join us!

Again, starts at noon and goes all day!

http://www.blogtv.com/People/UnleashedAgain

Last Weekend's Shows

Hey everyone,

Ok time for a real blog. I ended up doing two shows last weekend. How it happened was Deb and I were doing a test show with one of the musicians that will be playing at the event on August 21st. The musician pointed out that we had put in a music playing mood so we figured what the hell.

So we did a surprise show Saturday, along with the regular show on Sunday and our musical guest both nights was Kelly Hoyle Fuller (here's her youtube link) and she is awesome. My thanks for all the folks who came out this weekend to both shows, it was a blast.

I recorded some of her playing on the Sunday show as well, you can go to my blogtv channel and check out some of her music there as well. We had a great time hanging out with her, she's a lot of fun and a really talented musician. Like I mentioned before she's also going to be at the Indie Music Fest that Deb and I are hosting on the 21st of August.

Also during the show I recorded a video where I think I've figured out why sometimes people don't get the email notifications when shows start on blogtv.


Subscription Fix - Broadcast your self LIVE

If you aren't getting your email notifications when shows you've subscribed to on blogtv you might see why in this video.

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Show notes;

Sunday's show is going well, we're on every Sunday night at 9 (eastern) and I hope ya'll join us.

Don't forget we'll be hosting another 12 hour music event on the UnleashedAgain channel on blogtv on August 21st starting at noon (eastern). We have a great line up of musicians coming on to play and hope you join us.

Weekly Update

First I addressed some of the things that took place during and after the previous show. I could type it all out here but I'm a lazy little bitch so here's the video...lol



Fucking haters....lol

Anyway hop on to the youtube channel for the show and check out some of the other videos I recorded last Sunday.

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Show notes;

May or may not be a show this Sunday. Haven't scheduled one and haven't decided. I think I might take a week off.

Deb and I are putting together another event. Starts at 12 noon August 21st on the UnleashedAgain channel. If you are a musician who has gotten an invite please get in touch with us, the time slots are filling up REALLY FAST.

Thats it for now have a great weekend!

Indie MusicFest 2010 this Saturday June 12th

Hey everyone.

As I've mentioned in previous blogs Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show and I will be hosting another event this coming Saturday. This time instead of rallying behind a cause we'll be focusing on just the music.

The idea of this event is that it will be an extension of our shows, which is to find some awesome musicians, and give them some exposure. To that end we have invited musicians that generally haven't been a part of our previous events with a few encore performances from past guests thrown in. Right now the way it is shaping up it's going to be totally awesome.

Join us this Saturday June 12th starting at noon (eastern US time) for 12 hours of music and fun. I promise you won't be disappointed.

Here is the page the event will be broadcasted on...

http://www.blogtv.com/People/UnleashedAgain


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Show notes;

My show will be at it's regular time tomorrow, although we might get a late start.

Why Guest Chat Stays Off During the Show

Sometime in the last month or so I made the decision to turn off guest chat for the show. The reason why is simply because I hate having to deal with (and kick or have someone else with operator privileges kick) haters, wierdos, stalkers, drama queens, link droppers (also known as the hit and run), people that I've banned from the show trying to sneak back in and trolls out of my chat every week. It had gotten really bad so I said screw it, if someone wants to chat it only takes a minute to make an account and be a registered user. Blogtv really isn't that hard to sign up and it's totally free.

Besides there are other benefits to being a registered user on blogtv. One of them is that if we know ya, we can also grant you operator privileges. Another one is the ability to subscribe to shows you like (such as mine) so that you'll get an email reminder when a particular show starts.

The way I see it, there is no real reason why anyone would need to chat as a guest when creating an account is really so easy. So unless I know for sure who someone is that is logged as a guest the guest chat feature at my show generally stays off.

I have to say it's been real nice the last couple of weeks not having to deal with any bullshit. Sorry, just being honest.

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Show notes;

Deb from Unsigned Musicians and I are putting together another event, this one will kick off at noon (eastern US time) on June 12th. Going to be tons of great new music from awesome musicians and we really hope to see ya there!

Sunday's show is also going well. We air every Sunday night at 9 pm (eastern) on blogtv. Stop by and check it out sometime!

Weekly Update, and Some Other Stuff

Hey everyone.

Late blog post I know, what I think I'll do first is recap last Sundays show, then I'll go into some other stuff.

We had our first taste of live music in a long while last week, DarwinTomorrow came onto the broadcast and played for a while. He did a show on blogtv for a while, we met him back during one of the Free the Weed 24 hour events last summer, and man-o-man is this guy good. He plays some of the best slide blues I have ever heard, right now I'm kinda kicking myself for not recording at least a portion of the show when he was on. I'm sure he'll be back on the show, I'll have to remember to nag him JUST A BIT to bring him on.

If you missed it, he does have a youtube, here's a video, you'll have to mute the blogtalkradio player to listen to it. Check it out, you'll love it



Next item, Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show and I are planning another event, this one will simply be about the music, we won't be promoting a cause this time out. It'll be called, appropriately enough "MusicFest 2010". We decided that it was time to have an event and just focus on the music. Another one of our goals is to bring musicians to this event that at least our regular crowd might not have seen or heard. In the past we've had musicians that we, as well as the regular crowd knew (and loved) be a part of these events, and these folks did a great job bringing people in and helping out. We've really had alot of fun, as well as some awesome music at the previous events, and there are a few that we are going to ask for an encore performance but what we're really trying to do is bring some of the lesser known musicians of blogtv, as well as some folks on youtube that we've gotten to know over the last year, a musician that Deb and I interviewed on the old blogtalkradio show,(stop by Sunday if ya would like to know who) basically some new faces that we haven't had at the previous events. We already know this one is going to be awesome, and it kicks off at 12 noon (eastern US time)on June 12th and we hope you'll join us.

That is it for now, join me this Sunday at 9 pm (eastern time) and I look forward to seeing ya!

Have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend everyone!!