I'm adapting this from a comment I saw on YouTube...
to all the plastic manufactured "pop stars" of today...
Here's a lesson for you. Go pick up an instrument, turn off the auto tune, learn how to truly perform. Go to a seedy bar, entertain the few that are there, repeat that for a few years. Do it like the talented musicians you will hear on this show. Real musicians, with real instruments and real talent.
This is my new motto for the show.
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Show notes;
Tomorrow night I'll be joined on the show by our good friend Rob Mazurek, Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show, and possibly Kyle Marney for a round table discussion about the music industry as well as the recent goings on with the now tabled so called anti piracy laws as well as recent developments regarding copyright infringement online. You won't want to miss this one!
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Indie Spotlight, Still on Schedule
I'm happy to report that outside of one show back in September, I didn't miss any shows this Halloween season (I usually miss more than a couple this time of year due to my work schedule).
Looking forward to seeing everyone this week and thanks for all the support.
Indie Spotlight Live airs on blogtv every Sunday night at 9 pm (eastern)
Hope to see ya there!
Looking forward to seeing everyone this week and thanks for all the support.
Indie Spotlight Live airs on blogtv every Sunday night at 9 pm (eastern)
Hope to see ya there!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Upcoming Shows
Hey everyone, it's been a while since I posted a real blog or update, now would be a good a time as any to let ya know whats going on.
I have some new music for the show this week, I really hope you'll come by and check it out. We will be featuring the music of two new musicians this week.
The following week we'll be paying tribute to our good friend J.D. Steagall from Buster Chopz and JD and the Cherokee Boys who passed away on June 16th of last year. He was a great guy, a huge supporter of the show and other indie musicians, and one hell of a musician in his own right. We'll be replaying some of our favorite moments of him being on the show, and pay tribute to a gone, but not forgotten friend.
I have some new music for the show this week, I really hope you'll come by and check it out. We will be featuring the music of two new musicians this week.
The following week we'll be paying tribute to our good friend J.D. Steagall from Buster Chopz and JD and the Cherokee Boys who passed away on June 16th of last year. He was a great guy, a huge supporter of the show and other indie musicians, and one hell of a musician in his own right. We'll be replaying some of our favorite moments of him being on the show, and pay tribute to a gone, but not forgotten friend.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Now Accepting Interview/Play Requests
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. I would also like to get back to co-hosting musicians and having live music during the show. Message me if you are interested (I have another channel set up just to do test shows to make sure everything works) and we'll get ya set up.
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, and I've mentioned it in this blog once or twice, 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!
The show airs every Sunday night at 9 pm (eastern time) on blogtv.com! Again, drop me a line at riskybusiness04@gmail.com and let me know if you're interested.
Thanks and have a great weekend!
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, and I've mentioned it in this blog once or twice, 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!
The show airs every Sunday night at 9 pm (eastern time) on blogtv.com! Again, drop me a line at riskybusiness04@gmail.com and let me know if you're interested.
Thanks and have a great weekend!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Show Recap, and Other Stuff
Wow a recap? Yeah haven't done one of these in a while. Coming off the lull that typically happens at the show (and pretty much everywhere online) during the holidays now seems as good a time as any to get back into blogging about the show a little more.
I had originally planned last nights show to be primarily music, but over the course of the conversation in the chat Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show and myself decided to take some time to talk about some of the he said/she said bs that goes on behind the scenes on blogtv sometimes. It had come up in the chat that there was someone who had hung out with our regular crowd on blogtv that was found out to be not as they presented themselves to be and rather than do a bunch of typing in the chat about it I decided that it would be better to just cut the music for a bit and bring Deb on so we could talk about some of the things this person had said about us, herself (or himself...lol) and how she/he had destroyed some friendships as well as tried to kill our viewer stats at our respective shows because we didn't fall for her "whoa is me" line.
It was a lot of fun, we really had a great conversation with the folks in the chat. After we were done talking about that particular situation Deb gave everyone a how-to on how to figure out if someone was a "tranny" by looking at a picture of them.
Yeah it was one of those nights....lol Deb was even kind enough to do her "Fresh and Easy" voice for the folks who had never heard it. From reading this blog you might not be able to tell it but we really had a fun chat!
Hey maybe it's another reason to drop by the show sometime, we're on every Sunday night at 9 pm (eastern time). If you're looking for a link, just click the logo at the upper right hand corner of this blog!
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Show notes;
Deb will be making another guest appearance within the next couple of weeks as we do another show about how the music industry REALLY works. It's come to my attention that some of the folks that have recently started coming to the show don't know how the politics of the music industry really play out, and why we don't get to hear more of these awesome independent musicians on regular radio. This show would be a bit of a refresher for the regular listeners that have been coming to the show for a while but I'm willing to bet that it'll be an eye opener for folks who haven't been previously exposed to this information.
Deb and I are also planning another music event show. The only big difference between this one and the last couple that we've done is that instead of billing and planning it as a 12 or 24 hour event, we're just going to plan an event style show without time constraints. What this means is that if we are only able to book enough musicians to cover 10 live hours then it'll be a 10 hour event. The opposite is also true, if we find enough folks to do longer then it'll be a longer show. The idea behind this change is to take away some of the stress of planning the show. Trying to find enough musicians to cover a set amount of hours is challenging. While Deb and I are more than up to such a challenge, we've always had the concern that we might compromise the quality of the show by trying to fill time in between live music with mp3's which isn't what people come out to these shows for, they come for live music. This way we can just book the musicians and let the show flow where it may and give the listeners more of what you guys want as opposed to trying to spread out the live music to fill a time block. If anything it's worth a shot we'll see how it goes. No, we haven't set a date for this yet.
It's come to my attention that some of the musicians that have come on to the show for interviews in the past would like to come back. I'll be reaching out to these folks over the course of the next couple of weeks and get back (finally!) into booking musicians interviews (although I'd rather think of them as chats, it's more fun that way) so stay tuned for that.
Said quite a mouthful here, guess it makes up for my lack of blogging over the last couple of weeks...lol
Catcha folks later!
I had originally planned last nights show to be primarily music, but over the course of the conversation in the chat Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show and myself decided to take some time to talk about some of the he said/she said bs that goes on behind the scenes on blogtv sometimes. It had come up in the chat that there was someone who had hung out with our regular crowd on blogtv that was found out to be not as they presented themselves to be and rather than do a bunch of typing in the chat about it I decided that it would be better to just cut the music for a bit and bring Deb on so we could talk about some of the things this person had said about us, herself (or himself...lol) and how she/he had destroyed some friendships as well as tried to kill our viewer stats at our respective shows because we didn't fall for her "whoa is me" line.
It was a lot of fun, we really had a great conversation with the folks in the chat. After we were done talking about that particular situation Deb gave everyone a how-to on how to figure out if someone was a "tranny" by looking at a picture of them.
Yeah it was one of those nights....lol Deb was even kind enough to do her "Fresh and Easy" voice for the folks who had never heard it. From reading this blog you might not be able to tell it but we really had a fun chat!
Hey maybe it's another reason to drop by the show sometime, we're on every Sunday night at 9 pm (eastern time). If you're looking for a link, just click the logo at the upper right hand corner of this blog!
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Show notes;
Deb will be making another guest appearance within the next couple of weeks as we do another show about how the music industry REALLY works. It's come to my attention that some of the folks that have recently started coming to the show don't know how the politics of the music industry really play out, and why we don't get to hear more of these awesome independent musicians on regular radio. This show would be a bit of a refresher for the regular listeners that have been coming to the show for a while but I'm willing to bet that it'll be an eye opener for folks who haven't been previously exposed to this information.
Deb and I are also planning another music event show. The only big difference between this one and the last couple that we've done is that instead of billing and planning it as a 12 or 24 hour event, we're just going to plan an event style show without time constraints. What this means is that if we are only able to book enough musicians to cover 10 live hours then it'll be a 10 hour event. The opposite is also true, if we find enough folks to do longer then it'll be a longer show. The idea behind this change is to take away some of the stress of planning the show. Trying to find enough musicians to cover a set amount of hours is challenging. While Deb and I are more than up to such a challenge, we've always had the concern that we might compromise the quality of the show by trying to fill time in between live music with mp3's which isn't what people come out to these shows for, they come for live music. This way we can just book the musicians and let the show flow where it may and give the listeners more of what you guys want as opposed to trying to spread out the live music to fill a time block. If anything it's worth a shot we'll see how it goes. No, we haven't set a date for this yet.
It's come to my attention that some of the musicians that have come on to the show for interviews in the past would like to come back. I'll be reaching out to these folks over the course of the next couple of weeks and get back (finally!) into booking musicians interviews (although I'd rather think of them as chats, it's more fun that way) so stay tuned for that.
Said quite a mouthful here, guess it makes up for my lack of blogging over the last couple of weeks...lol
Catcha folks later!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Other Shows on Blogtv....
Just about every week during my show on blogtv I record a video, calling it the "weekly update". I've also called it the weekly ramble in the past, because sometimes that is how it ends up coming out...lol
What I decided this week for the video was to talk about some of the other shows on blogtv that I generally hang out at (see previous post) so I think it would be handy to have a blog post with the links as well.
All times posted are Eastern U.S.
Tonight, and every Wednesday night at 9 pm my good friend Deb hosts her show Unsigned Musicians featuring the music of some of the best of the best of the Indie Artists. If you like my show you'll love hers, in fact many parts of my show were modeled after hers including the slideshow and playing mp3's. I haven't seen many shows on blogtv doing this sort of format.
A great show to hang out at on Friday nights after a stressful week is Didgerods. As I've mentioned in past blogs he plays the Native American flute and didgeridoo. His show is a great place to unwind and relax, I'll be honest and say I don't always log in to the chat. There are many weeks I'd much rather sit back, relax and unwind. I gotta be flat out honest and tell ya, words can't describe what this show will do for you, your best bet is to check it out for yourself.
Every other Monday night at 9 pm (the next show is this coming Monday September 20th) my bud Shovelheadkevin hosts his show called appropriately enough "Just Another Show" on his channel on blogtv. He talks about everything from racing, politics, (or politricks as he likes to say) cooking tips, and everything in between. One thing I can say about Kev's show is that you never know whats going to happen next. It's never a dull moment and always a good time at Kevins show.
There are other great shows on blogtv that I didn't mention during the video. These are shows that I haven't have a chance to check out myself lately, but when I was a regular at these shows I have to say they were pretty awesome.
Tuesday nights at 10:15 Jody Parker hosts his show Jody's House. Great musician and a brilliant songwriter.
Thursday nights starting at around 10 (ish) Acoustic Brew with Jamie Gray
Friday nights generally after Didgerods broadcast the other Jack in our group hosts his show Fridaylive. He has a pretty awesome house party with really great music and broadcasts it live on blogtv.
There ya go, have a great week!
What I decided this week for the video was to talk about some of the other shows on blogtv that I generally hang out at (see previous post) so I think it would be handy to have a blog post with the links as well.
All times posted are Eastern U.S.
Tonight, and every Wednesday night at 9 pm my good friend Deb hosts her show Unsigned Musicians featuring the music of some of the best of the best of the Indie Artists. If you like my show you'll love hers, in fact many parts of my show were modeled after hers including the slideshow and playing mp3's. I haven't seen many shows on blogtv doing this sort of format.
A great show to hang out at on Friday nights after a stressful week is Didgerods. As I've mentioned in past blogs he plays the Native American flute and didgeridoo. His show is a great place to unwind and relax, I'll be honest and say I don't always log in to the chat. There are many weeks I'd much rather sit back, relax and unwind. I gotta be flat out honest and tell ya, words can't describe what this show will do for you, your best bet is to check it out for yourself.
Every other Monday night at 9 pm (the next show is this coming Monday September 20th) my bud Shovelheadkevin hosts his show called appropriately enough "Just Another Show" on his channel on blogtv. He talks about everything from racing, politics, (or politricks as he likes to say) cooking tips, and everything in between. One thing I can say about Kev's show is that you never know whats going to happen next. It's never a dull moment and always a good time at Kevins show.
There are other great shows on blogtv that I didn't mention during the video. These are shows that I haven't have a chance to check out myself lately, but when I was a regular at these shows I have to say they were pretty awesome.
Tuesday nights at 10:15 Jody Parker hosts his show Jody's House. Great musician and a brilliant songwriter.
Thursday nights starting at around 10 (ish) Acoustic Brew with Jamie Gray
Friday nights generally after Didgerods broadcast the other Jack in our group hosts his show Fridaylive. He has a pretty awesome house party with really great music and broadcasts it live on blogtv.
There ya go, have a great week!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
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!
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!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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!
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!
Friday, March 26, 2010
Show Notes and Updates
Haven't done one of these in a while, guess we're overdue for an update.
Hmm, where to start?
First I have pulled the plug on my recently restarted blogtalkradio show. While BTR has fixed all the issues that had driven me away from there, the listener stats weren't there. While I might consider launching a new channel over there sometime in the future to get a fresh start with them right now that idea isn't only on the back burner, it's not even on the stove but I thought that I would mention it since I haven't as of yet totally abandoned it. The other reason I decided to scuttle the show is because to be quite honest I really don't have the time to put into planning two shows a week right now, instead having just the Sunday show on blogtv and focusing my energy on that. Things on blogtv are going really well right now (had almost one hundred hits according to my stat tracker during last Sunday's show). One thing I am going to do is keep the most recent blogtalkradio show's player here on the blog, I figure it gives you folks something nice to listen to while you read my miscellaneous ramblings over here....lol
If I decide to launch a totally new show over there I'll be sure to blog about it here. As I mentioned before, it's just an idea that I haven't completely put out of my mind.
So with all that being said, what is going on with the show, what is coming up, what kind of programming can you guys expect?
Well all I can say is that while it is still in the planning stages I do believe that my awesome friend Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show will be back on to help out with a few interviews that we might have lined up. I can't wait, those shows are always loads of fun.
Call it a teaser if you will, but stay tuned, and have a great weekend everyone!
Don't forget that we are on every Sunday night at 9 pm (eastern time) on blogtv.
Click here for a direct link to the show
Hmm, where to start?
First I have pulled the plug on my recently restarted blogtalkradio show. While BTR has fixed all the issues that had driven me away from there, the listener stats weren't there. While I might consider launching a new channel over there sometime in the future to get a fresh start with them right now that idea isn't only on the back burner, it's not even on the stove but I thought that I would mention it since I haven't as of yet totally abandoned it. The other reason I decided to scuttle the show is because to be quite honest I really don't have the time to put into planning two shows a week right now, instead having just the Sunday show on blogtv and focusing my energy on that. Things on blogtv are going really well right now (had almost one hundred hits according to my stat tracker during last Sunday's show). One thing I am going to do is keep the most recent blogtalkradio show's player here on the blog, I figure it gives you folks something nice to listen to while you read my miscellaneous ramblings over here....lol
If I decide to launch a totally new show over there I'll be sure to blog about it here. As I mentioned before, it's just an idea that I haven't completely put out of my mind.
So with all that being said, what is going on with the show, what is coming up, what kind of programming can you guys expect?
Well all I can say is that while it is still in the planning stages I do believe that my awesome friend Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show will be back on to help out with a few interviews that we might have lined up. I can't wait, those shows are always loads of fun.
Call it a teaser if you will, but stay tuned, and have a great weekend everyone!
Don't forget that we are on every Sunday night at 9 pm (eastern time) on blogtv.
Click here for a direct link to the show
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Booking Interviews for 2010!
I've planned out my final shows for 2009 and am looking forward to 2010. 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 over the course of the last year, 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.
Over the next couple of weeks I will be doing what might be called a "best of" format. This coming Sunday I'll be replaying my interview with Rob Mazurek, who is known on blogtv as Desperminator.
We've had a phenomenal year doing Indie Spotlight Live and I'd like to take the time to thank the musicians, my listeners/viewers, and Deb from Unsigned Musicians (if it wasn't for you the show wouldn't even exist) I've had a ton of fun doing the show, and I'm really looking forward to what the next year brings.
Take care everyone, and if I don't get a chance to talk to ya beforehand, happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, happy non-denominational holiday and Happy New Year!
Also, anyone who was on the show over the course of the last year, 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.
Over the next couple of weeks I will be doing what might be called a "best of" format. This coming Sunday I'll be replaying my interview with Rob Mazurek, who is known on blogtv as Desperminator.
We've had a phenomenal year doing Indie Spotlight Live and I'd like to take the time to thank the musicians, my listeners/viewers, and Deb from Unsigned Musicians (if it wasn't for you the show wouldn't even exist) I've had a ton of fun doing the show, and I'm really looking forward to what the next year brings.
Take care everyone, and if I don't get a chance to talk to ya beforehand, happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, happy non-denominational holiday and Happy New Year!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Jim Jeffrey's New CD is Out and Other Stuff
First, if you missed the show last Sunday, answer this question in the comments section....
For the guys, would you prefer a woman who burns her bra, or never shaves her pits?
For the ladies, would you rather arm wrestle, or mud wrestle?
In a nutshell, on top of playing some fresh music from Big Bad Sun, that was the gist of Sunday's show, more goofing off than anything. Not a bad thing I guess, with that being said I guess I should try and find some time to do some show planning. Stay tuned.
Ok, on to more important things...
After my goof-fest on my show Sunday night I headed over to Jim Jeffrey's show which is usually on after mine on Sunday nights on blogtv.
While I was there he let everyone know that his new website is up (jimjeffreymusic.com), and his new CD is out. You can just follow the link from his website to order and download it.
Jim is typical of many of the indie artists that I've gotten to know over the past year. He has nothing to do with any labels, ect. instead utilizing the internet to promote his music. He did all the work on the album, all the editing, the vocals, and the guitarwork, himself.
The music is phenomenal, I don't think I've heard anything quite like it. From the honesty in the title track "So Cold", through the raw emotion in "My Friend", the heart touching tribute to his daughter in "Sky" the talent of Jim Jeffery is obvious to anyone listening.
The CD is available at Digstation (link here)
Jim Jeffery's website
Jim Jeffery's youtube channel
Also, Jim does do free guitar lessons on Blogtv, from 7-8 (eastern time) on Sundays, you can check them out on his blogtv page as well as his regular show at midnight (right after mine) on blogtv.
For the guys, would you prefer a woman who burns her bra, or never shaves her pits?
For the ladies, would you rather arm wrestle, or mud wrestle?
In a nutshell, on top of playing some fresh music from Big Bad Sun, that was the gist of Sunday's show, more goofing off than anything. Not a bad thing I guess, with that being said I guess I should try and find some time to do some show planning. Stay tuned.
Ok, on to more important things...
After my goof-fest on my show Sunday night I headed over to Jim Jeffrey's show which is usually on after mine on Sunday nights on blogtv.
While I was there he let everyone know that his new website is up (jimjeffreymusic.com), and his new CD is out. You can just follow the link from his website to order and download it.
Jim is typical of many of the indie artists that I've gotten to know over the past year. He has nothing to do with any labels, ect. instead utilizing the internet to promote his music. He did all the work on the album, all the editing, the vocals, and the guitarwork, himself.
The music is phenomenal, I don't think I've heard anything quite like it. From the honesty in the title track "So Cold", through the raw emotion in "My Friend", the heart touching tribute to his daughter in "Sky" the talent of Jim Jeffery is obvious to anyone listening.
The CD is available at Digstation (link here)
Jim Jeffery's website
Jim Jeffery's youtube channel
Also, Jim does do free guitar lessons on Blogtv, from 7-8 (eastern time) on Sundays, you can check them out on his blogtv page as well as his regular show at midnight (right after mine) on blogtv.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Great music I found on Magnatune.com!
Check out the site, alot of great music over there. I actually had the Founder/CEO on my blogtalkradio show back in March, really cool guy!
Prospects by Chris Juergensen
Prospects by Chris Juergensen
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Some Awesome Callers Last Sunday!
Really had a great time on the show last Sunday.
Deb and I started discussing the Performance Rights Act that is currently in committee in the United States Congress. As we discussed it seems that some very rich musicians like Sheryl Crow, and Dionne Warwick need more money and think that terrestrial radio stations should have to pay the same outrageous royalties that internet radio now pays, which is close to $20,000 a year, per station. So think of all the radio stations in the country, nice welfare for the music industry.
(holy shit, Dionne Warwick, who even listens to her anymore? I guess the psychic friends thing isn't working out for her anymore...)
Over the course of the conversation, we did have a couple of awesome guests in the chatroom one of which was kind enough to call in.
First and foremost, I have to give Be Heard, who was kind enough to call into the show. He's starting a website for Indie Artists, and people who support them. It's a really nicely done website, independentartistworld.com go there and check it out. Like I said it's still just getting started, but you won't be disappointed. Be Heard is a really great guy. He feels the same way that Deb and I do about the industry, and like us, wants to help out the indie artists, hence his site.
Coincidentally, he's also starting a show over on blogtalkradio, it's on at the same time as Debs show on Saturday unfortunately, but I will be checking out the archive, I think it's going to be awesome, he's a really cool guy.
Also hanging out in the chatroom, was Iradiomagazine. Their website is http://www.internetradiomagazine.com/, alot of great info there to. I was honored that they were in the chatroom, it was really unfortunate that they weren't able to call in, but hopefully they will be able to next time they drop in.
One of the things we were talking about is starting an online petition, for the Obama administration in regards to the Performance Rights Act. We should have this up very soon, in fact it's on my to do list for this week. I'll post another blog update when I have it up.
I think it would be very interesting to see how the man who said he was going to change the way things are done in Washington reacts. Will he bend the way of his buddies in the music industry who contributed a Quarter of a Million dollars to his presidential campaign, or will he be the candidate for change that he promised to be?
Are the independent artists out there about to get even more screwed over by our politicians, and the industry?
Stay tuned.........
Deb and I started discussing the Performance Rights Act that is currently in committee in the United States Congress. As we discussed it seems that some very rich musicians like Sheryl Crow, and Dionne Warwick need more money and think that terrestrial radio stations should have to pay the same outrageous royalties that internet radio now pays, which is close to $20,000 a year, per station. So think of all the radio stations in the country, nice welfare for the music industry.
(holy shit, Dionne Warwick, who even listens to her anymore? I guess the psychic friends thing isn't working out for her anymore...)
Over the course of the conversation, we did have a couple of awesome guests in the chatroom one of which was kind enough to call in.
First and foremost, I have to give Be Heard, who was kind enough to call into the show. He's starting a website for Indie Artists, and people who support them. It's a really nicely done website, independentartistworld.com go there and check it out. Like I said it's still just getting started, but you won't be disappointed. Be Heard is a really great guy. He feels the same way that Deb and I do about the industry, and like us, wants to help out the indie artists, hence his site.
Coincidentally, he's also starting a show over on blogtalkradio, it's on at the same time as Debs show on Saturday unfortunately, but I will be checking out the archive, I think it's going to be awesome, he's a really cool guy.
Also hanging out in the chatroom, was Iradiomagazine. Their website is http://www.internetradiomagazine.com/, alot of great info there to. I was honored that they were in the chatroom, it was really unfortunate that they weren't able to call in, but hopefully they will be able to next time they drop in.
One of the things we were talking about is starting an online petition, for the Obama administration in regards to the Performance Rights Act. We should have this up very soon, in fact it's on my to do list for this week. I'll post another blog update when I have it up.
I think it would be very interesting to see how the man who said he was going to change the way things are done in Washington reacts. Will he bend the way of his buddies in the music industry who contributed a Quarter of a Million dollars to his presidential campaign, or will he be the candidate for change that he promised to be?
Are the independent artists out there about to get even more screwed over by our politicians, and the industry?
Stay tuned.........
Monday, March 2, 2009
Troy Castellano on Indie Music Spotlight last Sunday!
This was a really good show. It simply amazes me how we keep getting awesome guests and Troy was no exception. Amazing guest, amazing musician, we really had fun on this one.
First let me toss out some web links....
Troy's website is www.troycastellano.com/. While you are there be sure to sign up for his newsletter.
Here's his Myspace here, and he also has a ton of music on his youtube page.
We talked about his songwriting process, some of the things he's been up to lately and played some of his songs. It literally took my breath away, this music is totally amazing.
I don't remember ever seeing the chat room so packed. Deb and I thought it was amazing the amount of support he is getting, especially from his family. We almost had a riot at one point while I was waiting for some songs Troy sent me to upload and process. Thankfully the files processed pretty quickly (which surprised me considering some of the issues we've been having on blogtalk lately) and we were able to get the songs played before the live portion of the show ended.
Especially listen to the story behind the song Angelene after we played it, names changed to protect the guilty of course, and one of many light hearted moments we had during the show.
We did continue the show after the live stream ended, in fact we ran close to 3 hours, so the best way to enjoy this one would be to go to the actual showpage (click here) and listen from here. Blogtalkradio does have a "pop out" player that does seem to work, well most of the time anyway.
Having said how long the show was, I also have to say that 3 hours wasn't long enough to talk about the stuff we wanted to talk about.
Guess that means we'll have to have him on again, I'm looking forward to it!
First let me toss out some web links....
Troy's website is www.troycastellano.com/. While you are there be sure to sign up for his newsletter.
Here's his Myspace here, and he also has a ton of music on his youtube page.
We talked about his songwriting process, some of the things he's been up to lately and played some of his songs. It literally took my breath away, this music is totally amazing.
I don't remember ever seeing the chat room so packed. Deb and I thought it was amazing the amount of support he is getting, especially from his family. We almost had a riot at one point while I was waiting for some songs Troy sent me to upload and process. Thankfully the files processed pretty quickly (which surprised me considering some of the issues we've been having on blogtalk lately) and we were able to get the songs played before the live portion of the show ended.
Especially listen to the story behind the song Angelene after we played it, names changed to protect the guilty of course, and one of many light hearted moments we had during the show.
We did continue the show after the live stream ended, in fact we ran close to 3 hours, so the best way to enjoy this one would be to go to the actual showpage (click here) and listen from here. Blogtalkradio does have a "pop out" player that does seem to work, well most of the time anyway.
Having said how long the show was, I also have to say that 3 hours wasn't long enough to talk about the stuff we wanted to talk about.
Guess that means we'll have to have him on again, I'm looking forward to it!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Notes and Thoughts on our upcoming shows (and other ramblings)
Hey everyone, Happy New Year.
For those who have been following my shows on blogtalkradio, we have a very special series coming up. Deb from "Unsigned Musicians" will be joining me on some upcoming shows about the music industry. We'll be talking about some of the things the music industry "thugs" (or M.O.B.)(Muthas of broadcasting) do to shake down internet broadcasters, and the effect it has on the Independent artists.
Think about this for a second, when was the last time you heard something not just decent, but really, really good on the radio? Outside of a random song here or there, it's probably been a while. It's really hard for new artists, no matter how good the music is (and you can check out the "Unsigned Musicians" on this page if you doubt me about the quality of the music) to break into the mainstream. Many of these musicians rely heavily on the internet to promote their music, with some success, but also with many roadblocks.
Now, I know what you are thinking.......
"Dude, it's the internet, how hard can it be?"
Well, harder than you would imagine. Right now, because Sony/BMG have their hands on Myspace (which is a website that is used by many of these artists to network, and get their music out there) they control the content on that particular website.
The details are still being worked out, but on one of the upcoming shows (hopefully this Sunday) we are going to feature an artist, who wasn't allowed to upload his own music that he had written himself because Sony/BMG decided that somehow they had a copyright to one of the songs. He eventually was able to get it straightened out (kinda) but this is just one example of the kind of crap that goes on.
We started discussing this on my show on the 28th of December, right now it's the show thats at the top of the player. Some of this stuff is just totally unreal.
Join us this Sunday, just click the link to my homepage, or just do a search for my username (riskybusiness04) on blogtalkradio.com.
For those who have been following my shows on blogtalkradio, we have a very special series coming up. Deb from "Unsigned Musicians" will be joining me on some upcoming shows about the music industry. We'll be talking about some of the things the music industry "thugs" (or M.O.B.)(Muthas of broadcasting) do to shake down internet broadcasters, and the effect it has on the Independent artists.
Think about this for a second, when was the last time you heard something not just decent, but really, really good on the radio? Outside of a random song here or there, it's probably been a while. It's really hard for new artists, no matter how good the music is (and you can check out the "Unsigned Musicians" on this page if you doubt me about the quality of the music) to break into the mainstream. Many of these musicians rely heavily on the internet to promote their music, with some success, but also with many roadblocks.
Now, I know what you are thinking.......
"Dude, it's the internet, how hard can it be?"
Well, harder than you would imagine. Right now, because Sony/BMG have their hands on Myspace (which is a website that is used by many of these artists to network, and get their music out there) they control the content on that particular website.
The details are still being worked out, but on one of the upcoming shows (hopefully this Sunday) we are going to feature an artist, who wasn't allowed to upload his own music that he had written himself because Sony/BMG decided that somehow they had a copyright to one of the songs. He eventually was able to get it straightened out (kinda) but this is just one example of the kind of crap that goes on.
We started discussing this on my show on the 28th of December, right now it's the show thats at the top of the player. Some of this stuff is just totally unreal.
Join us this Sunday, just click the link to my homepage, or just do a search for my username (riskybusiness04) on blogtalkradio.com.
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