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You can do what you want. The web is the greatest tool ever for allowing you to follow your bliss and make a living at it. Here is the perfect example. Check out this musical artist: Jonathan Coulton, and see how he has built his career using the web and a determination to make a living doing what he wanted instead of feeling like he had to do something just for money. Remember what Joseph Campbell said:

"Working a Career just for Money is a Slave Mentality"

Remember you are going to get good at any craft that you work at. And you are going to work at it if you love doing it. Ask yourself this question: "What do I love doing?" Take some time to open your soul and find out what you really, really, really want to do. And then do it. Don't let anyone or thing stop you from following this path of what you want to do. Doing what you want to do creates more value in society and raises the standard of living for the whole society.

If you want to research this subject further, and especially about Jonathan, listen Twit Espisode 133, that Jonathan is featured on.

Los minutos finales son el resultado de la última batida por Podsafe Music Network:

• Stereomovers: Waiting, If there's god
• Holworks: Feel it blow
• Uncle Dirty: Surf Nazi 666

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If you like what you hear, and don't pick it up from the many many times it's mentioned during the concert, you can download more of Matthew's life stuff at Virtual Hot Wings.  It's a collection of songs he's performed in Second Life, including a few concerts.  Something like 7 hours of music, for US$20.  I'd buy it myself but they only take paypal and my issues with that are more than well documented :(

There are plenty of cover songs in the concert, which would normally be illegal; the whole thing is podcasted thanks to the Financial Aid Podcast who recently acquired ASCAP/BMI licenses to play cover music.  The first episode of their Student Loan Radio editions using the license was hosted by CC Chapman - that is also a very cool show.  With 3 episodes of what they're calling the "Covercast" out so far it looks like the licenses will get good use which I'm looking forward to.  Unfortunately there's no radio-only subscription feed, I may have to create one using yahoo pipes or something.  I'm not interested in the main FA podcast but cover songs from podsafe artists are right up my alley.

I've been trying to get my hands on their music for about 18 months.  I first heard they were going to record an album in Feb 2006, then early this year there was news they'd finally released it - but no mention of where to buy it.  Turns out, I should've checked their myspace page more often because they announced such things over a month ago!

After digging up links for my previous post, I noticed an entry on My Little Radio's myspace blog titled "Updates on the album".  This made me very happy :D

Unfortunately, out of the options currently available I can only access iTunes and eMusic (it doesn't seem to be available on CDBaby yet).  That would've been good to know at the start of July - my eMusic quota doesn't roll over again until the beginning of August, so I'm stuck waiting a week for it :(

Oh well.  I'll just have to keep myself occupied listening to Paramore (the album finished downloading btw, it rocks!) and listening to MLR tracks on the PMN.

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Now normally I would've left that as a small comment on Scoble's blog and not given it much thought.  I've all but given up on convincing people that I'm as right about this as I was about podcasts^[1].

Today though, I heard some interesting talk on the recent Fubar Friday DSC episode.  If you enjoy music I recommend taking an hour of your life and listen to what's been happening in the podsafe industry as well as their upcoming plans.  Aside from some awesome music, you'll hear Adam explaining that Podshow hasn't been sitting back watching their Podsafe Music Network baby grow - they've been actively seeking out artists and labels who "get it".  They've been doing this for a while, but with the Internet Radio changes there are some bigger independent labels who are looking for new ways to promote their music.

I'm probably not explaining it well enough, as usual.  If my past record is any indication, anyone reading this who isn't already into podsafe music will just ignore what Adam's saying and keep on listening to the same old stuff.  I don't expect you to trust me on this, but I'll see ya in a year or two when the world wakes up to the independant music revolution.

Artists are starting to realise that they don't need a record contract.  You can have real and meaninful connections to fans while making as much, if not more money than you would on a label contract - by going independent and using internet marketing to it's full potential.  I have been watching this happen for 2 years, and I'm as confident in this becoming a revolution as I was about podcasting and the Nintendo DS.  Will you be ready for the new music world when the big labels die?

[1] Oh great, now I've started using footnotes too hehe :D
There are a few decent radio stations in Australia so very few people listened to me 3 years ago when I tried to tell them about this amazing new thing called podcasting.  I've told everyone I know that independent music is the future - very few mainstream artists can beat the podsafe music I'm hearing on podcasts and slowly but surely those that can are becoming podsafe too.  It's already happening, but just like when podcasts first started it hasn't yet cracked the mainstream audience.

I've known this was coming for a while, and I've been preparing.  My 3.5 years in support + development for our ActiveX product before switching to full-time dev on the Java Product taught me all too well that to survive, I need about 4-6hrs a day of music to listen to depending on the load.

As a result, I haven't listened to much (if any) of my podsafe music podcasts in 3 weeks.  They've been sitting on my iPod, staring at me every time I search for something to listen to.  Staving off the cravings has been difficult, to the point where last week I actually stopped the podcast I was listening to and started playing regular music from my iPod - something I've never had to resort to at work since I discovered podcasting.  But it was all worth it, my "music podcasts" playlist is now close to 18hrs :D

With an emphasis on pair programming for big bugfixes I'm going to say I'll only need 4hrs/day during my time in support, and accounting for new material produced as I'm catching up this stash should last me at least 2-3 weeks.  By that time there will be new episodes of my trance podcasts to see me through and if for some reason I manage to catch up completely there is a list of music podcasts longer than my arm to choose from.

And yes, this is supposed to sound like an addiction.  If you've read my previous posts on the topic, that shouldn't come as a surprise :P

I meant to post this on the weekend, so unfortunately you won't have much time after reading this.  March 22nd is the day I'm asking you to buy a song on iTunes for a worthwhile cause.

Bum Rush The Charts is an initiative to show the recording industry that we're taking back control of our music.  Word is spreading via Podcasts, Blogs, MySpace, etc that we're going to get an independent artist, a band who was dropped from their recording contract, to #1 on iTunes.  50% of all revenue the band receives will go to college scholarships, and if you use the link below the Apple's 5% affiliate fee will be donated too.

The song is called Mine Again by Black Lab from their most recent CD release (link is NSFW, the album cover has a topless female figure drawn on it).  If the name sounds familiar, it's because they are one of the bands I raved about in my eMusic post.  They've become very popular on podcasts, because they're a damn good band.

It doesn't matter what country you are in - the idea is to get the song, the band, and the bum rush as much exposure as possible.  Even if you don't like the music, this is about the message.

Please click here on Thursday and buy the song.  I'm going to be buying the entire album on eMusic, but I don't mind having 2 copies of this track.

The subscription is cheap. If you use this Coverville link you get 25 free downloads to start with, and after that it's US$10, $15 or $20 a month for 30/60/75 downloads respectively, 20% discount if you sign up for a year. I must apologise for not posting this earlier - 4 weeks ago ago they announced that their monthly download limits for each plan were dropping - it used to be 40/65/90 and the yearly discount was 25%. Luckily existing customers aren't affected, so I still get 40 for $10 ;)

I thought about posting at the time, but I didn't even find time to use my 40 downloads in November so that should give you some idea of how busy I've been :(

I've had a lot of fun with this and found some nice surprises. I've not only made a dent in songs that I wanted from podsafe artists, I've found a few mainstream albums that I wouldn't have picked up normally except they're so damn cheap on here!

Here's my collection, in order of purchase with eMusic links and a little explanation.

• Rodrigo y Gabriela - Self Titled and a live album. If you haven't heard this pair, you are seriously missing out - the music they can produce with nothing but two guitars is insane.
  (edit: my apologies, it seems they've been removed from eMusic. Such a shame!)
• Danko Jones - Sleep is the Enemy. These guys are next up on my list of artists to feature, DAMN this is a good solid rock album. "First Date" is the song they conquered the podosphere with, it and many others are on the Podsafe Music Network.
• Supersuckers (NSFW album title). I only wanted 2 tracks that have been popular on the PMN, #1 and 6 from that link. The rest of the album is a bit meh.
• The Shakes - Liberty Jones (single track from the EP). Fantastic, fantastic song that I've featured and is (quite rightly) immensely popular on podcasts. You can see my review on eMusic, and the iTunes review mentions
  podcasts too :P
• Beau Hall - Unh!. "Super Hot Lady Cop" has been played on many many podcasts along with "Oh Face", and will be on my featured artist list sometime in the future. Full tracks on the PMN.
• Coldplay - Brothers and Sisters. Coldplay's debut 3-track EP that I didn't know existed, it's interesting to hear where it all started.
• Lamb - What Sound and Between Darkness and Wonder. I've loved Lamb for a very long time, never got around to buying their third album and couldn't help but pick up their fourth at the same time.
• The White Stripes - Elephant. Fairly self explanatory popular mainstream artist, I'll probably pick up one of their other albums next month too.
• Black Lab - See the Sun. Simply an amazing album, the title track along with "Ecstasy" are the popular ones on the PMN.

My only problem with this service is at 25-33c a song they can't be giving much to the artists. For this reason the only independant music I'm buying is stuff that I wouldn't buy normally (because I'm not totally sure if I will like it), as well as singles and CDs that I can't order easily online.

It's a damn good deal if you can find songs you want, and you can cancel at any time (even during the free trial). I highly recommend heading over and checking it out - even if you only sign up for the free trial to give Brian (Coverville host) a $6 kickback ;)

Take one company manifesto, and one awesome podsafe artist (who I gain more and more respect for every time I hear what he's up to), and you end up with a song. Go ahead, flick through the manifesto and then listen to it. Interesting, yes?

I heard the advance play of the song before I heard about any of this, and mentioned it a couple of posts back thinking it was a great song but as usual, I hadn't listened closely to the lyrics. Listening to it the second time, I was floored by how well he came up with a theme song for the company while still producing a song that stands on its own.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing when, on the latest Accident Hash, CC explained why this new Matthew Ebel track was so special to him and how even he was surprised at the result. Shameless plug - he then followed it up with some of my favourite tracks and no talking at all, so there's another reason to listen to it.

If this is the sort of new idea that Crayon can come up with, they're going to blow everybody else out of the water. I'm looking forward to it :D

One of the cool things I didn't know is that they put this track on the PMN before doing any other promotion. Podsafe music is slowly evolving into the promotional tool that it deserves to be, and it's a hell of a lot of fun to listen to along the way.

I've heard it a few times since they released it a little over a month ago, and it gets stuck in my head every time. Their CD is on my list, and hopefully it'll end up on yours too.

Anji Bee is the lead vocalist for the Lovespirals, who have a relaxing, smooth, downtempo sound that took a while to grow on me but I'm totally hooked. They do have a page on the PMN but only one of the tracks from their 2005 album Free & Easy is available; it is however a very good example of their style and they have other tracks up as well. If you want more, there are 2-minute samples on the CDBaby page for the album - in particular tracks 1 and 4 are worth checking out.

There is a Lovespirals podcast that I haven't listened to, but I'm a very faithful subscriber to Anji's Chillcast (and you can see where I got the post tagline from ;)). The Chillcast is a perfect way to relax, just find somewhere comfortable and enjoy a smooth laid back selection of music in between Anji purring in your ear for half an hour.

I regularly use it to help me doze off after a long day, speaking of which I've had one of those so I'm going to go do that right now ;)

EDIT: To get the chillcast feed you need to visit the archives. I really hope podshow fix that soon.

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But I didn't, and in fact I'm not even going to link to them because I decided instead I want to start promoting podsafe artists more. Those three along with previous names like James Brown are good examples of how well-known, popular artists are waking up to how good this network is for promotion. That's great, but I'm using them as a blatant attempt at adding more weight to my words when I say please go check out artists I link to, and encourage any bands you know to upload their tracks to the PMN ;)

The artist I'm linking today is Jenny Dalton who I first heard on a recent episode of Accident Hash. Beautiful voice, more than a little Tori Amos influence and is described thus:

She's a twist of Tori with a splash of the Cranberries chased with a chilled glass of Kate Bush and with a tenderness and honesty all her own... Fans are taking notice, and this Minneapolis artist has prompted an outpouring of support nationally and internationally.

Not only that, but there's a very obvious theme behind her debut CD, Fleur de Lily:

Many songs on Fleur de Lily were inspired by her relationship with a soldier through his year-long deployment to Iraq in 2005. The song "At Ease" was written after his two-week visit home in the summer of '05, and "Iraqi Sky" was based on a dream he had during the separation.

Highly recommended, especially if you're a Tori Amos fan. You can stream around 30sec of each track from the CD on her website, or 3 complete tracks from her PMN page. Actually I recommend going to the PMN page first, because I find complete tracks better than 30-sec snippets.

Go search for the mainstream artists on the PMN if you want. Me, I just added Jenny's CD to my wishlist - which is starting to grow to a reasonable size again :D

Back in January I posted about the band bill doing what they called a "podcast payback" which in the end was the only way I could get a copy of their Birthday Suit album.

Well I got a note in my comments the other day from one of the band members, turns out those crazy kids are doing it again with "Podcast Payback 2"! I promised to post about it last week, but I forgot. Sorry guys :(

Luckily I remembered because it starts today. Head on over to the download page and grab your copy of the Blue Roof Session! It finishes on the 20th of August, so if you miss out it's your own damn fault :P

Details about the download:

Entitled “Blue Roof Session (6.25.06)", the bundle consists of five new songs recorded live 6.25.06 at Blue Roof Studios in San Diego, CA.

To download a free copy of the recording all you have to do is go to www.billmusic.net/podcastpayback from Aug. 14th - 20th, enter your email address, and you will be sent a link for the download. Don’t worry. We won’t spam you and only plan to use your email to let you know about future downloads -- some of which are already in the works.

Along with the music giveaway, bill will randomly select 10 downloaders to receive one of their newly printed shirts (pictures coming soon).

5 tracks of good music for free. What more can you ask for? If you like it, check out their album (you can stream it completely for free on their website) which is a whole US$5 for digital download. Fantastic value.

I would like to extend my special thanks to Dick Hardt for joining us. Dick is the founder and CEO of SXIP Identity and he joined us for a very interesting interview for GGP number 14.

I really enjoyed doing the podcast this week, not like I don’t enjoy it every week, but this week really seemed to flow well. There were a couple of points where we had to cover for each other on the show when various unexpected things happened.

I have you enjoy listening to the show; here is a direct link to the podcast on our site. Make sure you stick around for the song at the end of the show!

Podshow has been doing this for a while, they've had MP3s for podcasters to play since the site went live a year ago and slowly they're opening up the purchasing beta so listeners can download the same DRM free files for 99c. The number of times I've heard a band thank a podcast via audio feedback is insane, lots of small indie artists are doing well because of promotion on podcasts and that should only increase once anyone can make their music available for sale.

Plenty of small record labels are uploading tracks to the PMN, recognising the value of it for promotional purposes rather than getting bogged down worried about piracy.
There are some big names joining the fun too, the latest being James Brown last week.

The revolution is on, indeed.