Now fret not, dear reader. You may be scratching your mellon, wondering what the hell a podcast is and how you, an indie music fan, will benefit from it's existance.
Essentially, a Podcast, is an audio blog or a single downloadable internet radio show. Podcasts have grown exponentially over the years and is now considered one of the many effective ways to reach the masses with a message and, for EWO, our music. You can listen to these pirate radio session on line or you can download them and drop them onto your mp3 player.
With that, may I present to you, the 1st Easy Way Out appearance on a podcast. The good folks at "The Next Big Thing", an indie music promoting and reporting organization, have been kind enough to include us on this week's cast.
http://nextbigthing.libsyn.com
Click on the POD icon and you'll be brought to a screen where you can listen or..Right click the POD icon and choose "Save Link As" (alt+click for Mac users) and the podcast will download to your desktop. Then drop onto your mp3 player using your choice of mp3 file management software.
A little bit about "The Next Big Thing":Martin Smit, a musician himself, along with NBT sincerely believe that "there are NO borders, no place in the world where Independent music cannot exist."
Podcasting from across the pond in Germany, Martin and his co-conspirators have set out to break the boundaries of how, you, the music fan is exposed to music. You won't always like every band they feature, but from my experience, there is always a gem or 2 that fits my personal taste. I know that you will find tunes that suit yours as well. "From Unsigned debut recordings in countries like Norway, Israel and Canada to Artists that have had million selling hits in the UK and Grammy Nominees in the USA, NBT is all about those who seek an alternative to the bloated boring mainstream and the companies dedicated to trying to implode the music biz." NBT also has another podcast focusing on the darker side of the music realm called Bullets From The Belfryhttp://nbtdarkelectric.podomatic.com/
I sincerely hope you enjoy this weeks The Next Big Thing Podcast and that you feel free to check out podcasts all over the web. Let us know if you find one that you think Easy Way Out should be on.Check out Martin and NBT on the web:
blog: www.nbtmusic.wordpress.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/martinnextbigthing
Official Website: www.nextbigthing.co.za
Here's a list of Podcast search sites so you can start finding new music in all the nooks and crannies of the free thinking world:
www.podcastpickle.com
www.podcastalley.com
www.odeo.com
www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html
http://podcasts.yahoo.com
No comments:
Post a Comment