Sunday, May 29, 2005

Podcast NYC: Musicians and Podcasting Part II [41:39] Podcast NYC: Musicians and Podcasting Part II. This is part two of (what will now be) a three part series encouraging musicians to start their own podcasts. Part I covered the many reasons why musicians should be involved in podcasting as a 21st century music promotion tool. Part II covers podcast content and the steps to take to get a podcast started. Part III will focus on musicians creating awareness and gaining listeners for their podcasts. The run time on this podcast is 41:39. A musician's podcast can include a variety of content in order to make fans feel more connected to the musician or group. This content may include a combination of: Music - rough demo tracks, alternate mixes, throw away tracks that didn't make the album or lower bit rate versions of album tracks Artist News - a personal audio weblog, coming events or a view into the creative process Experiences - live music recordings from shows, audio blog recordings just before or just after being onstage, audio recap of live shows or recording sessions Musicians can use a variety of tools to record/edit their podcast content as necessary, including: Portable Recording -iRiver H320, iRiver iFP-799 and others Production / Editing - Audacity, Garage Band, Magix Music Studio, BlogMatrix Sparks and others ID3 Tagging and Conversion - dB Power Amp, ID3 Tag It, iTunes, Windows Media Player and others A number of free or low cost services are available to facilitate the creation of blogs and RSS feeds for podcast content, including: Blog / RSS Feed Creation - Blogger, TypePad, Big Contact and others RSS Feed Management- FeedBurner Podcast Recording / Publishing - Audioblog, Slapcast File Hosting / Blog / Podcast Publishing - LibSyn, Blog Matrix, Garage Band Podcast Studio and others Part III coming very soon. Feel free to send comments or questions to MediaMaster[at]podcastnyc.net. By (PodcastNYC.net). [Podcast NYC - Front Page Podcast] 9:11:11 AM

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs King Tut: The Pharaoh Returns!. The Smithsonian Magazine have an article on the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition which opens soon at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. An exhibition featuring the first CT scans of the boy king's mummy tells us more about Tutankhamun than ever before. "The problem with Tutankhamun is that you have an embarrassment of riches of objects, but when you get down to the historical documents and what we actually know, there is very little," says Kathlyn Cooney, a Stanford University Egyptologist and one of the curators of the first Tutankhamun exhibition to visit the United States in more than a quarter-century... [More]   Smithsonian Magazine, Sminthsonian Institute, District of Columbia, USA, June 2005. Official exhibition website: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs By Mark Morgan. [Egyptology Blog] 9:02:53 AM

Podcast NYC: Musicians and Podcasting Part I [28:26] Podcast NYC: Musicians and Podcasting Part I. This is a special podcast where I talk to directly to musicians about the importance of musicians utilizing podcasting for their benefit. The podcast will be separated into two parts. Part I (this podcast) explains why it's important for musicians to get involved and start their own podcasts. I talk about my experiences as a young musician over a decade ago. I talk about the opportunities provided by this new technology, and I also give a frank speech about the economics of the music industry. Run time on the podcast is 28:26. Samantha Murphy's Podcast: Link Courtney Love Article: Link Steve Albini Article: Link In Part II I will talk about how musicians can utilize podcasting (and associated technologies) to their benefit. I will follow that with a step by step explanation of how a musician can easily get their podcasts published to the internet. I will conclude with a short discussion on how to get the word out about the podcast to current fans and other podcasters. My hope is that after listening to these podcasts, musicians will: Have a better understanding of the importance of podcasting as it relates to their careers. Understand how they can use podcasting to their benefit. Have the knowledge to be able to start an artist promotion podcast right away. Understand how to create awareness for their podcast withing their existing fan base and the podcasting community. Comments are welcome here on the web page and at mediamaster[at]podcastnyc.net. By (PodcastNYC.net). [Podcast NYC - Front Page Podcast] 8:26:48 AM