my passion has always been music, not only making it, but discovering other’s music and sharing it. podcasting has been the perfect medium for me to do what i love best. my first podcast was created to help promote my band, lovespirals, but i quickly found that i could help other bands through our experiences.

starting my music podcast, the chillcast, opened up new avenues to get involved. there’s the obvious promotion of new releases, of course, but i’ve found that artist feature interviews and even just contests are making a big impact for the artists. plus, as my show reaches a wider audience, it draws in more recording artists to the concept of podcasting. not only have i been able to help small bedroom bands get their music onto the internet and heard on podcasts, but i’ve inspired major label artists, like lol tolhurt, to start their own podcasts.

i often wonder how many folks from outside the fishbowl are hearing about my podcasts, since most comments come from my peers, but i feel confident that as time goes on, more and more music fans will be discovering the joy of podcasts through the bands that are featured on the shows. some of the people that come to hear their favorite band are bound to stick around for future episodes. and when they do stick around, they’ll start learning about the wonderful world of “underground” music and “podsafe music” and everything that goes along with that.

ttys–
anji

You can’t STAY here. You have to visit, refresh, and go out.

Otherwise, the bad guys win.

“Go back to where your skills can be useful. ”

How often we forget that part..

“Next video blog event I put on will require all existing video bloggers to bring one non video blogger with them to attend.”

Genius.

http://www.ericrice.com/blog/2007/07/16/the-problem-with-podcamps/

Taking what we know and love about new media and sharing it with those who don’t understand it will be the tipping point. Start facing the crowd instead of each other will push the platform and technology to the next level.

On Thursday, I will be co-teaching a class on podcasting, blogs and wikis to public school teachers from rural Vermont. I’m going to focus on finding podcasts that match individual interests, and using Audacity to create new ones in a class setting. The focus can’t be on the technology, it must be on the content. Then the question becomes not, how do I do this, but how do I use the content available to tell an interesting and relevent story.

(btw, I’d love to hear from your readers what they think are your best posts getting the most out of attending conferences)

But yes, PodCamp Boston 2 should have a strong theme of – “Welcome! Now get out.”