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076 – An Anniversary, a CD and a Contest

Recorded 6 November 2008

This is the first anniversary show of With A Voice Like This, it’s been a full year since I started this show and this show comes full circle. Back to where I started with the Christmas EP With A Voice Like This Christmas.The topics on this episode include:

  • What’s happening with the CD Baby listing of my CD both physical and digital download
  • The pricing structure for the CD
  • CD Baby’s e-mail about how to improve your CD sales for the holidays
  • Update of the digital distribution of my Christmas CD
  • All about the Contest running through December 15
  • A nod to the Podsafe Music Network for making my music available
  • A brief look at what’s up for this show going forward

I play We Three Kings from my CD

And the return of the I have list as well.
I Have:

  • A Holiday CD available on CD Baby in both CD and Digital Download
  • The CD sent out to 10 digital retailers
  • My first Sale through CD Baby
  • Good ideas for the future shows

Links from the show

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075 – Have you ever had one of Those Days?

Recorded 30 October 2008

This  episode is a quick recap of just a few things that happened today and a little earlier in the week. It was a head-spinning day, so here’s what I talked about:

  • I was asked to write and Artist’s Story for The Chicago Artist Resource website
  • I found out that episodes 070 and 071 were used to help write an article that came out in the Chicago Reader today (I’m briefly mentioned in the fifth paragraph of the story)
  • My Christmas CD is now available on CD Baby.com, though I’m still waiting for the digital distribution process to get to the next level.
  • People  that I haven’t spoken to in years were getting in touch with me. It just seemed that yesterday was the day to talk to me.

Comments from the Podcast Gallery
Fellow show host Lynn from Lynn in the PM has some nice things to say in the show

I renewed my call for all you Podcast Gallery members to be on the lookout for the digital downloads of my Christmas music, since there’s no notification of when my music is available. You can do that by leaving your comments here, calling in to the show live or calling the Podcast Gallery voicemail line at 630.492.0487.

And one last thing, yes, it’s early, but I played Deck the Halls for you too.  I hope you enjoy it.

Links
The Chicago Artist Resource website
The Chicago Reader article
My With A Voice Like This Christmas CD on CD Baby

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074 – CD Baby is your digital friend

Recorded 23 October 2008

Well, it’s that time to be thinking about getting the Christmas CD out there for public consumption and I needed a new home for it. imagine my surprise when looking at CD Baby again and finding that they’re really into digital distribution. Maybe I didn’t look closely enough or maybe they’re doing more than they used to, but it’s there and the full range of offerings is the topic of this episode.

Topics included:

  • Why I went with CD Baby instead of a pre-order through my own site
  • What CD Baby offers with Digital Distribution and its payout
  • The comparison of selling the physical CD
  • The list of the digital partners with CD Baby
  • Turnaround for the digital partners
  • Bar codes and ISRC codes for digital distribution
  • Great customer service turnaround

Comments From The Podcast Gallery
instead of comments, this is an assignment for you, the Podcast Gallery. Since the digital partners don’t notify CD Baby when they have released my music, I’m asking the Podcast Gallery to let me know if they see my music on a download site. Write me here or call me on the Podcast Gallery voicemail line at 630.492.0487.

And while you’re checking out iTunes for my music, go ahead and subscribe to the show and leave a review.

Links
CD Baby.com – the website to sell your indie music CD the buyer’s side
CD Baby.net – Musician member site

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073 – Christmas in October?

recorded 16 October 2008

While it seems early, especially for me to start talking about Christmas, it’s a necessity from a singer’s point of view. The Holidays are traditionally the biggest time of the performance year and now comes the scheduling rush.  But also, there’s a bit more promotion going on recently and here’s how some of what 4-AM does is being marketed now. With more music and video which has been recently recorded as part of getting the word out.

4-AM in ‘A White Christmas Holiday Revue’ on:

Merry Maskers on:

Plus, a little bit of talk about the 1 year anniversary of With A Voice Like This coming up and talk of  a new release of the Christmas EP With A Voice Like This Christmas. Now is the time to talk if you want to work during the holidays.

Comments From the Podcast Gallery
This show we heard from Andrea from the Geek Is Chic podcast and Matt from The Plug Show.

Question For You
When you go to a band’s website, do you prefer to see their gigs in a chronological list or in a calendar format?

Join the Podcast Gallery by leaving your answer in the comments section or calling the Podcast Gallery voicemail at 630.492.0487. I’d love to hear from you.

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071 – Interview with Paul Natkin Part 2

recorded 25 September 2008

This episode is Part 2 of the interview with the Interim Executive Director of Chicago Music Commission, Paul Natkin and the the commission’s stance on the proposed Event Promoter ordinance being drafted for the City of Chicago. Topics discussed are:

  • Progress on the commission’s three points sent to the committee about the proposed ordinance in May 2008
  • 18 or 21? What’s the proposed ordinance say?
  • Licensing isn’t an issue
  • Insurance costs overly prohibitive
  • Alternate recommendations to the ordinance as it stands
  • Promoter Registry
  • Standard contract between Venues and Independent Promoters
  • Licensed/Certified Security for all Venues
  • Promoter’s Survey on the CMC website
  • Good changes made since May
  • The next Musician’s at Work Forum on October 6

Music in this episode
The music in this episode is by one of the Chicago Music Commission Board Members Rachel Barton Pine, Medley of Scots Tunes w/ Alasdair Fraser from the album Scottish Fantasies for Violin and Orchestra. You can also find Rachel Barton Pine on  MySpace. Music provided courtesy of Ariel Publicity and Cyber PR.

Check out special Podcastathon benefiting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research fund being put on by the Geek is Chic Podcast, hosted by Andrea Zuniga.

Links from the Episode
Chicago Music Commission Website
Current Proposed Event Promoter Ordinance in PDF format
Event Promoter Survey on the CMC website [Update: Survey no longer open]

If you’d like to become a member of the Podcast Gallery, you can call and leave comments, question and thoughts on the Comments from the Podcast Gallery hotline at 630.492.0487. Come be a part of the show.

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070 – Interview with Paul Natkin Part 1

recorded 25 September 2008

This episode’s guest is Paul Natkin, the Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Music Commission, a not for profit organization representing all aspects of music in Chicago.  The focus of the interview is an explanation and update on the proposed event promoter ordinance in the City of Chicago. Topics in this episode include:

  • Background on the Chicago Music Commission
  • History of the Proposed Ordinance to May 2008
  • Breakdown of changes to the July 2007 ordinance
  • The disconnect – Two issues
  • Licensed PPA and Independent Promoters – does the one cancel the other?
  • Economic and Cultural impact
  • When the ordinance is passed

Links from the show

This interview will conclude next episode.

Questions? Comments? Thoughts? Call the Comments From the Podcast Gallery voicemail line at 630.492.0487 and let me know what you think. Also, you can subscribe to the show via iTunes and if you do, please review the show too, I’d appreciate it.

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069 – Photoshoots, Concerts and Websites

recorded 18 September 2008

Discussed in this episode of With A Voice Like This:

If you’re free and in the Schaumburg, IL area this Sunday, September 21, you can check out  AcappellaFest 2008. It’s a concert featuring four Chicago area a cappella groups with special guest Scott Leonard of Rockapella (you may remember them as the singing group on the TV show “Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?”). Check out the link for more information.

4-AM
We’re doing a photoshoot this Sunday, so if you follow me on Twitter or Plurk, you’ll see some updates and even a few poor quality pictures of the shoot as it’s happening. Also coming up in the week ahead, we’ll be doing a gig at the Palmer House in Downtown Chicago as The Garden Club once again, so you’ll be getting some tweets and plurks around that too.

At Any Rate
This was all about websites that offer new services and communities. The first one is ReviewYou.com [Edit: Link removed as site is shut down and redirects to CyberPR] from Ariel Hyatt and it’s about getting a review from a professional Music reviewer within a guaranteed 15 business day turnaround time.

The second site is MixMatchMusic.com [Edit: Link removed as Site shut down in 2015], which is taking a new approach to the musician community which allows for collaboration with other musicians, get new listeners and allow for anyone to remix all while making sure the musicians are paid for their work. Check it out and let me know what you think of it too.

Looking Ahead
Next week will be a special show since I’ll have Paul Natkin the Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Music Commission as a guest. We will be discussing the Event Promoter Ordinance I first talked about in Episode 054 – The City of Chicago vs. Live Music. The Chicago Music Commission is a charitable organization (501(c)3) that first discovered the proposed ordinance and brought it to the attention of the music community and public at large and is now working with the city on this ordinance. We’ll have a lot to talk about in this show.

Comments From the Podcast Gallery
Fellow podcaster Andrea from Geek is Chic commented in the show. Check out the information for her Podcastathon coming up October 11 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Music from the show
All That She Needs is by Della Valle featuring Jay Della Valle. You can also find out more information about Della Valle on MySpace.

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068 – Interview with Ariel Hyatt – Part 2

Recorded 4 September 2008

This Episode is the conclusion of the interview with Ariel Hyatt, President of Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR and Author of the book, Music Success in Nine Weeks. Topics discussed in the conclusion were:

  • Info Marketing
  • The paradigm shift in the Music Industry
  • Experiential Souvenirs
  • It takes time
  • How to get Music Success in Nine Weeks
  • Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR and how they work with New and Social Media
  • Connecting with your fan base

Comments from the Podcast Gallery
Podcasters Chef Mark Tafoya, founder of the Culinary Media Network and host of ReMARKable Palate and Andrea of Geek is Chic contributed comments in this show.

Links from this show

Music from this show
The music in the show is Should I Love Him or Walk Away by Wendy St. Kitts [Update: link removed, web address no longer valid]. In addition to her website, you can find her on MySpace and CD Baby. Thank you to Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR for the music.

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067 – Interview with Ariel Hyatt – Part 1

recorded 4 September 2008

This episode of With A Voice Like This is the first part of my interview with Ariel Hyatt, President of Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR and author of the new book Music Success in Nine Weeks.

The topics discussed in this first half of the interview include:

  • Ariel’s background and what lead to the writing of the book
  • The purpose of the book and how to use it
  • Giving a context to who you are as a musician
  • Networking – the art of influence
  • Newsletters and New Media
  • Connecting with your audience
  • ‘What’s in it for me?’
  • USP – Unique Selling Point

Links from this show

The conclusion of this interview will be Episode 068 of the show.

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066 – What do You do when You’re Branded?

recorded  28 August 2008

4-AM
This episode of With A Voice Like This is about Branding on two levels. From the perspective of 4-AM, as we performed over Labor Day Weekend and will continue to do in period costumes as The Garden Club and personal branding in working with both With A Voice Like This podcast and as a member of 4-AM.  Decision points from which brand has the largest audience, which is best for the needs of what you’re dealing with to transition issues. A lot of thought about those things.

What you won’t hear in the show
I’ve decided that I’m going to go with my JimGoodrich account both on Twitter and Plurk. I’ll be transitioning as much as I possibly can, but feel free to follow me at there, in case I miss you.

I also talk about a blog entry that teaches you how to adapt an USB wireless dongle with Windows drivers for use with a Mac. It’s a blog entry you can find at How I got my wireless G adapter working with a Mac on torley.com.

Comments from the Podcast Gallery
Podcaster SuperMom7000 from TV Talk contributed this episode.

Big News, Special Time
Next episode will be an interview with Ariel Hyatt President of Ariel Publicity and Cyber PR and Author of the new book Music Success in Nine Weeks. This show will be recorded live Thursday, September 4th at 1:00PM CT, so please make note of the time and I hope to see you there. More detailed information can be found at the public invite.

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065 – Press Releases and MP3s

recorded 21 August 2008

4-AM
I’ve been practicing writing press releases after reading a section of the book Promoting Your Podcast by Jason Van Orden and run through the standard format of a press release, what needs to go into a good press release, how to structure the writing and where and when it should be sent. I used the blog entry How to Write a Press Release to help illustrate the points.

At Any Rate
This episode’s At Any Rate was a lot of fun for me, since I got to play some of the new Demo clips that are going up on the 4-AM website. Those include Rhumba Girl, Too Late Now and I Remember You. I also played a snippet from an arrangement I’m working on of Follow Me, by Uncle Kracker.

Comments From the Podcast Gallery
Fellow Podcaster Andrea of the Geek Is Chic podcast gave feedback in the show AND an iTunes review for the show. Thank you again Andrea.

If you’d like to give your Comments from the Podcast Gallery and have them heard on the show, you can call 630.492.0487 and leave your thoughts on the voicemail line or send an e-mail to [email protected].

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064 – Storms and Vacations

recorded 14 August 2008

Before I got into the topics at hand on this episode of With A Voice Like This, I talked briefly about the why the last show being cancelled because of a tornado that went through NW Indiana and a picture some of the podcast gallery had seen and I put the link in the show, here’s a link to the picture I took:

Lake Michigan Tries to Eat Chicago

4-AM
With one of the group being out of town for a bit, it gives us a chance to look at both legacy media and new media with 4-AM. Taking a look at BlogCatalog and its submission and approval practices. Working to get more clips out on the blog/website and looking to schedule a photoshoot as soon as possible and working on more arrangements for the group with rehearsal cuts.

Talking about the upcoming gigs for 4-AM, the Podcast Gallery asked if all the gigs were paid and that lead to a discussion about the value of doing free gigs and how we decide as a group to do something for free. Then a discussion about motivations for doing what I do specifically with my music and is it happening fast enough for me. I may be using a Mac? Yes, I could possibly be  getting back to a being a cross-platform person with the addition of a MAC G4 Cube  as a gigging computer.

Building relationships with venues by having press available for them and then linking to them through the gigs page to include pricing, location info and build audience. We want to get invited back to the venue. Building that good reputation for both the group and the venue by combining all the information into easy to access clicks. And build a little by having a different performance the night before, you can’t beat it when you’ve got a quality performance at a quality venue.

Comments From the Podcast Gallery
Fellow Podcaster SuperMom7000 from TVTalk had some feedback in this episode.

Don’t Forget
You can subscribe to the show via iTunes and leave a review if you do, Andrea of GeekisChic did and I appreciate it. You can call and leave your feedback on the Comments From the Podcast Gallery voicemail at 630.492.0487 as well and be heard on the show.

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063 – A Closing and 8 More Songs

recorded 31 July 2008

This episode of With A Voice Like This includes

At Any Rate (00:00:51)
An announcement regarding the August 1st closing of BuyMusicDirect.com and its sister site SellMusicDirect.com. This is the site where my Christmas EP With A Voice Like This Christmas was being offered as a Disc on Demand and the ideas of how to offer the EP for the upcoming Christmas season, so stay tuned on that one. as long as there is an interest, I’ll make sure that The EP will be available.

4-AM (00:04:49)
The two day, twelve hours recording sessions in which we recorded 9 (I could only remember 8 of the titles) songs for our demos and woodshedding purposes. The majority will end up with 30 second excerpts on the site to give site visitors an idea of our repertoire and style. Also discussed was how we decide on the songs we do, what media players are available for the websites (see the links below) and how to know when and where we’ll be performing.

Comments From The Podcast Gallery
Podcasters who gave feedback included Andrea from the Geek is Chic Podcast, TVSeriesFinaleFan from The Plug Show and SuperMom7000 from TV Talk.

Here’s a link to the Microsoft Silverlight player as an alternate to the Adobe Player as part of the 1 Pixel Out Audio Player WordPress plugin used here on both this site and the 4-AM.net site.

Don’t forget, you can always call in your Comments From The Podcast Gallery to 630.492.0487, write to me at [email protected] and get your thoughts aired.

And if you listen via iTunes, please feel free to leave a review of the show, it would be greatly appreciated.

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062 – A Tool and A Launch

recorded 24 July 2008

At Any Rate (00:00:32)
This episode takes a look at a tool I had seen trumpeted as a “copyright infringement assessment tool” PDTool, why I think it’s not a good tool and some much better alternatives for dealing with copyright infringement assessment as a new media person, Public Domain Music and the Podcasting Legal Guide.

4-AM (00:11:37)
This episode was also the official launch announcement of for http://4-AM.net [edit: neither the site nor group exists any longer], the official website for our a cappella group. A quick trip through the site, which took until the last minute before the show to get loaded (Ah the joys of downloading program patches when an app fails and conversion times) and it was ready to go by show time. Take a look, see what you think and let us know. Yay for it being launched!

Comments From the Podcast Gallery
Fellow Podcaster Kim Fenolio of the Girls Night In Podcast shared comments in the show among the rest of the Podcast Gallery.

If you’d like to share your Comments from the Podcast Gallery, you can leave a voicemail at 630.492.0487 or send an e-mail to [email protected] and it will be shared on the show. Your viewpoint is always appreciated.

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Head to Head to…Head?

I didn’t record a show last night for a few reasons, not the least of which was preparing for the GNI Meetup this weekend, but largely in part due to testing of online video services. This started out as a test of video recorded live to the service (which will still happen), but grew into placing video on the site with higher production values. Hence, this post. The three I chose are below: Google Video, Vimeo and YouTube (Yes, I realize Google owns YouTube, but they interact with the web differently). I quickly put together a test video and so all things would be as equal as I could make them, uploaded that video to each service and embedded them, no WordPress plugins were used (or harmed) in the making of this test.

Here’s where you come in, if you’re willing to help. I have my front runner based on my experience and quality checks, but I admit I don’t know everything there is to know about these services. So if you could watch the three, take the quick poll afterwards and leave me any additional thoughts,knowledge or experience you have in the comments of this post, that would be great. So without much further ado, here it is, me times three:

Google Video Test

Vimeo Video Test

YouTube Video Test

And yes, this does mean that something is coming, very, very soon… perhaps even by the next episode of the show, but I’ll say no more for now.