May 19 2008

053 – Where’s That Website At?

This episode is about building the band’s website and some input form its’ intended audience…you, including the polls at the last blog entry titled Poll Dancing – Bleeding Edge Style and a discussion of the results to this point. Also discussed:

Some of the decisions about why the website incorporates a blog
Where that blog belongs
Some of the plugins used in the blog
Some that are still being sought
The tone of the website

And of course Comments from the Podcast Gallery. Podcasters giving feedback included Kim Fenolio, one of the hosts from Girls Night In.

This episode’s Listener’s Choice is one of my own, The Truth by an Austrian a cappella trio named Mauf via the Podsafe Music Network.

Links from this episode:

My Polls about the 4-AM website hosted by PollDaddy.com

The staging site for 4-AM [EDIT: 12-28-12 staging site no longer exists]

Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin

Live365 Internet Radio

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May 15 2008

Poll Dancing – Bleeding Edge Style

While working on the 4-AM website, I had a couple (okay, more than a couple, but I’ll start there) decisions to make about what goes on the website and what will work best for my target audience which is bleeding edge, New Media early adopter types like you. Yes, you are, you’re reading this, aren’t you? Anyway, that’s why I’m asking you. It’s always best to go straight to the source and there you are. Let me know what you think, I have no doubt that you will come up with some things I’ve never even thought of, you’re good like that. The other choice works even if you choose one of the choices in the list, so don’t hesitate to add it, if you think of something.

Thank you for letting me know what you think.

May 08 2008

052 – Can I Get A Little Help Here?

This Episode of With A Voice Like This:

Hey, I’m not too proud to ask for help. I’m a little stymied trying to help the rest of 4-AM understand what the Internet can do for the group. They seem to see a website as mainly a virtual brochure for the group. I know it’s much more than that but I find myself in the unenviable position of new information not having the same impact when a colleague shares it as it would if it were shared by an outside expert.

This is where you come in. Give a listen, you’ll hear a few of my ideas and I’d really like you to share yours. You can drop me a line at [email protected], call it into the Comments From the Podcast Gallery voicemail at 630.492.0487 or just leave a comment here. I look forward to your input.

By the way, does anyone know if PodCamp Chicago is still on for June 6-8? the information has run dry and I thought that would be a great venue to perform at and give the rest of the group a taste of what the Internet can do. Let me know.

Listener’s Choice

Well, this episode’s Listener’s choice is a bit of a do over. Kim Fenolio pointed out to me that there were different versions of Laura Clapp’s Not Responsible available and I managed to miss the one that Kim liked best. So to make up for it (since this is Listener’s Choice), I played a Laura Clapp twofer, The accoustic version of Not Responsible and Let It Rain. You can find Laura’s music on the Podsafe Music Network [Edit: Site no longer exists], at myspace.com/lauraclapp and www.lauraclapp.com.

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May 08 2008

051 – A ca What?

This episode of With A Voice Like This was prompted by the arranging I am doing for 4-AM and an announcement of a new contest for original a cappella pieces. There is a lot of confusion about a cappella music and what it is and so I thought I’d spend an episode exploring some good places to find out more information about it and give you access to a couple of podcasts featuring a cappella music. So here’s the list of links from this episode:

First, the A cappella originals songwriting contest submissions accepted through June 15 at:
[NOTE: page no longer exists]

The sponsors of the competition:

Vocality – A Colorado Vocal Ensemble

Virtual Voices [Edit: while the site still exists, it is not the same services as discussed in this podcast] – A company that helps sell your products on the Internet

Vocomotion – Recording studio and Labs producing products for A cappella singers

A cappella Organization

CASA.org – The Contemporary A cappella Society

A cappella Podcasts

A cappella Originals from casa.org

The Acapodcast with Chad Bergeron

And Finally, Listener’s Choice

This episode’s choice came from Kim Fenolio of Kimfenolio.com and the Girls Night In Podcast.

Kim sent in an introduction for Not Responsible by Podsafe Music Network artist Laura Clapp

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Apr 25 2008

050 – It’s 4-AM Do You Know Where Your Music Is?

Episode 50 of With A Voice Like This and in this episode:

An update on some upcoming blog entries
Choosing a logo

Here are all the choices we had for the 4-AM logo (click to enlarge in a new window), created by Kim Fenolio:

And here is the finished logo (click to enlarge in a new window):

Working on demos
Arranging Drift Away for a mixed a cappella quartet
Comments from the Podcast Gallery

And Introducing Listener’s Choice:
I’m always up for hearing new music and one way to do that is to have you give me your suggestions, so here’s all you have to do:

Pick your favorite podsafe song (if you don’t know what a podsafe song is, see the Podsafe Music Network [Edit: site no longer exists])
Send an e-mail to [email protected] with a subject line of Listener’s Choice and
Include the song title and artist’s name
Include an (optional) 10 – 20 second introduction in mp3 format or
Call the Comments From the Podcast Gallery voicemail (optional) at 630.492.0487 and leave your intro there

Remember, this is an all ages show and the final decision rests with me, so send in your songs and intros and I’ll play at least one a week and if there’s a big enough response, I’ll probably dedicate an entire show to your music. What a great way to support your favorite Podsafe musician.

This episode has two songs, one directly from a listener and one indirectly from the same listener. Lynn, the host of Living in a Chemical Soup sent three of her favorites, I took one of those and slipped in one of my favorites that I was introduced to by Lynn. The two songs were:

You Just Don’t Get It, Do You? by Paul and Storm (off of Lynn’s list)
The River Driver by Great Big Sea

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