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131 – Sell, Save and is this Oasis?

Recorded 06 April 2010

On this episode of With A Voice Like This I talk about:

At Any Rate

  • The WordPress eStore plugin a plugin that allows you to sell digital downloads of your music safely and securely. I even show you what I did in a fairly short time with my own Music, etc. page using the plugin.

News You Can Use

  • A quick update on the Chicago Event Promoters Ordinance and what Alderman Eugene Schulter had to say about it as reported by Center Square Journal.

 

Portrait of Alderman Eugene Schulter from 50 Alderman/50 artists (photo credit to "TLC, the most awesome chick in Chicago"
Portrait of Alderman Eugene Schulter (photo credit to "TLC, the most awesome chick in Chicago")

One More Thing

  • I got some snail mail from Oasis Disc Manufacturing and I don’t know anything about them. Anyone care to give me an opinion?

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120 – The Chicago Music Commission on the Web

Recorded 1 December 2009

This episode of With A Voice Like This is all about the Internet presence of the Chicago Music Commission. I talk about all the offerings for the Musicians and music lover alike (In an effort for full disclosure, I am on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Music Commission). Here are the links talked about in the show:

  • The Economic Impact Study commissioned by the CMC
  • The Musicians At Work Forums page
  • The Airport Music Program page, including the link to FlyChicago.com‘s Terminal Tunes [Edit:  site no longer exists] and the latest CD submission e-mail [Edit:  form no longer exists] sent to the CMC e-mail list
  • The Chicago Event Promoter Ordinance updates page
  • The CMC’s Blog page
  • ChicagoFestivals.net [Edit: site no longer has a schedule on it] showing all the Free music festivals put on by the City of Chicago in one place
  • The Chicago Area Music Business Database  [Edit: site no longer displays] with maps and the ability to submit a business for inclusion in the database
  • The Contact Us page where you can also sign up for the CMC’s e-mail list.
  • The Chicago Music Commission on Facebook

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119 – Moderation, of all things

Recorded 24 November 2009

In this episode of With A Voice Like This:

At Any Rate
I talk a bit about the November Musicians At Work Forum Stand Out in a Digital World that I had the honor to moderate and had on the panel Matt Ryd, Miriam Brosseau and Alan Jay Sufrin of Stereo Sinai, Jeffrey David Goldford and Tim Toomey of Assualt, Inc. Just a quick wrap up of the forum and the link to go and listen, which you should really do, it’s got a lot of really good info in there.

4-AM
We had our first Holiday gig of the year for the Grand Opening of the Elysian Hotel and the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival and we also got a picture taken, so here it is:

4-AM at the Elysian Hotel

And I talk about the upcoming gigs which can be found on the calendar page at 4-AM.net.  And just to let you know about the caroling group that I sing with, you can find us here at CarolingConnection.com.

During the next month or so, the show may be live on Tuesdays or it may appear in the feed as a prerecorded show based on my gigging schedule, so you never quite know what’s going to happen.

I also let you know how to get a WAVLT button (you know you want one, you know you do).

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118 – Is Music becoming a Service Industry?

Recorded 10 November 2009

This episode of With A voice Like This a quote, and interview and a news item that don’t seem too connected got me thinking…And hey, you get to listen to all my thoughts. Here are the links to the articles I talk about in the show:

And in celebration of my second anniverary of With A Voice Like This, I’d like to introduce to you WAVLT (pronounced Wavelight) buttons:


WAVLT button
(click to view in a new window)

 

Thank you to Kim Fenolio for original WAVLT design

All you have to do to get your WAVLT button is ask me when you see me. And when will that be? Well, that’s in the

News You Can Use

  • Friday, November 13 at the Rock For Reading Signature Concert at the House Blues. There are still some tickets available and it’s for a good cause.
  • Monday, November 16 at the Chicago Music Commission’s Musicians At Work Forum. I’ll be moderating the panel Stand Out in a Digital World.

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Moderator for the Musicians At Work Forum – Stand Out in a Digital World

Monday,  November 16,  2009
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Blvd.

5:30 – 6:00 pm      Networking session
6:00 – 7:30 pm      Panel program

We will discuss using Social Media to build fan relationships. Developing a strategy that helps you choose how to use the available services and networks. Getting the most for your effort in growing and maintaining your fan base. Setting expectations and converting those relationships into real-time results.

Moderator:
Jim Goodrich – Chicago Music Commission

Panelists:
Jeffrey David Goldford – The Everyday People
Miriam Brosseau – Stereo Sinai
Alan Jay Sufrin – Stereo Sinai
Matt Ryd – Singer/Songwriter
Tim Toomey – Assault, Inc.

109 – Chicago Resources, eJAMMING AUDiiO and Indie is Dead?

Recorded 11 August 2009

In this episode of With A Voice Like This I have an exclusive release and discuss:

News You Can Use
This is my exclusive for this episode, something no one else has but me and I’m sharing it with you!

  • The Chicago Music Commission has quietly launched a new Resources page on their website. It includes links to their blog, the Musicians at Work Forum, ChicagoFestivals.net and the newest offering, a searchable database of Chicago area music businesses [Edit:  site no longer exists]. Something no one else has in the city of Chicago and I’m the first to bring it to you.

At Any Rate

  • There was a bit of an assignment with this one. eJAMMING AUDiiO is a website that offers a real time collaborative network for musicians who want to jam and record with musicians in other locations with near zero latency over the internet. I take a look at the site and read a little feedback from the Podcast Gallery on this one.
  • I discuss a post by Richard Eoin Nash titled The End of Indie. Since I had only just read it, I’m open to hearing your take on the post and talked about how my thoughts differed from those of Mr. Nash and where they were the same. Feel free to give me your thoughts on the issue.

You can give me your feedback  in any number of ways. You can write me at [email protected] and even attach an audio file (.wav or .mp3 format preferably), or call the Comments from the Podcast Gallery voicemail line at 630.492.0487 and leave your thoughts (standard calling rates apply).  Then listen to hear your thoughts on the next show.

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100 – The Big 100th Episode Show

Recorded 12 May 2009

With A Voice Like This hits 100 episodes! And so I do a brief retrospective of the first 100 shows and open up the show to Comments from the Podcast Gallery. so you’ll hear from Mike and Kim, Andrea and even Matt. Some of what we talked about:

I just wanted to say a special thank you to everyone who listens and/or attends my live show. I’m glad to put out this show and information as I can. Thank you all.

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099 – Good, Tough Gigs and then DTV?

Recorded 5 May 2009

4-AM

  • Gigs – a good one on all fronts that was a struggle, accoustically. I talk about different things I do to make it work as a bass.

News You Can use

  • March Musicians at Work Forum for which I was a panelist is now available for download on Blogging and Podcasting
  • Clean Casts [UPDATE: This website no longer exists] – a new podcast directory of podcasts that are family safe and safe for work
  • A Quick preview to the 100th episode of With A Voice Like This

At Any Rate

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093 – Chicago Event Promoter Ordinance update with Members of the Chicago Music Commission Board of Directors

Recorded 3 March 2009

This episode’s guests were Paul Natkin, Interim Executive Director and Dan Lurie, Member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Music Commission and is about the latest version of the proposed Event Promoter Ordinance as discussed in their March 3 Press Release and blog post. As stated in the show itself, this is not necessarily the final version of the Ordinance to be taken to the City Council for a vote, nor has there been a date set for the vote. The topics covered in this show include:

  • A brief overview of the Ordinance itself
  • A brief overview of the changes from the last version in July of 2008

The following topics were covered based on the CMC’s Position Statement also made public today:

  • The CMC’s 3 objections to the ordinance as currently drafted
  • The 3 Fundamental concerns shared by the City and CMC
  • The CMC’s 5 Proposed solutions
  • Next steps

And lastly an overview of all the programs and offerings currently available through the Chicago Music Commission.

Additional links discussed in the show

In the way of full disclosure, it should be said that I am a member of the Chicago Music Commission’s Board of Advisors.

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions about this or any other episode of With a Voice Like This, you can e-mail me at [email protected], leave a comment here or call the Comments from the Podcast Gallery voicemail line at 630.492.0487 and leave your thoughts there.

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089 – Interview with Dave Kusek

Recorded 30 January 2009
Dave Kusek - co-author of The Future of Music
Dave Kusek

This episode of With A Voice Like This I’m speaking with Dave Kusek, co-author of the book The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution.

It’s been four years since the book came out and this show starts with what has changed and what has stayed the same since the book was published. But there’s a twist. At the beginning of the show I asked that we not focus on the technology itself for the entire interview, since the book had so much more to offer than just a discussion of technology. Among other thing we talk about what’s going on in China currently, the Universal Mobile Device (UMD) and of course, the Music like Water concept.

News You can Use
Monday 9 February at 5:30pm cst, the Musicians at Work Forum is going to be Licensing Your Music for Commercial Use. The Forum will be in the Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center and is put on by Chicago Music Commission and the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

For more information about Dave Kusek or how to purchase the book The Future of Music, you can visit his Blog Future of Music or follow him on Twitter.

Want to be a part of the show? All you have to do is send an e-mail to [email protected] or call the Comments from the Podcast Gallery voicemail line at 630.492.0487 and leave your questions, comments or suggestions and they’ll be on the show.

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088 – I’m on the Run

Recorded 27 January 2009

This is a quick show, recorded early because I’m on my way to my first meeting as a member of the Chicago Music Commission’s Advisory Board.

If you can’t tell that I’m excited to see what awaits music in Chicago and how we can help shape it, well, just follow me on Twitter or Plurk, because I’m going to be throwing out some updates and pictures along the way tonight, you can be sure.

We’ll be meeting at Pressure Point Recording Studios on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, a place I’ve wanted to check out for awhile now, I hear it’s phenomenal.  We’ll be talking about what recent changes have happened and where we’re heading, so I’m sure I’ll have a lot of information I’ll want to share.

News You can Use

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087 – News and Upcoming Stuff

Recorded 20 January 2009

On this episode of  With A Voice Like This:

4-AM

  • We’re preparing for the show Way Off Broadway, to be performed on March 10
  • See the details at 4-AM.net

[Update from the recorded show: Originally the dates were March 10 & 11, but the 11th was canceled since the show was recorded.]

News You Can Use

At Any Rate

  • I got my first payment notification from CD Baby
  • Differences between US iTunes and Australia iTunes
  • More sales reports to come, just not sure when

One Other Thing

  • I talk a little about the arranging I’m working on for 4-AM and myself
  • Bobby McFerrin is at Wheaton College on Saturday, January 24

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085 – How do I Track Thee, SocNets?

Recorded 06 January 2009

4-AM
Just a few thoughts about the week off from caroling, posted production stills of the film Bound With Love at 4-AM.net. If you would like to see the preview version of Bound With Love in which we appear, just drop an e-mail to [email protected] and I’ll send the info out so you can view it.

News You can Use
A new way to track and an announcement:

Next Episode
Will be a live  interview with Derek Sivers, best known as the Founder of CD Baby, he’s moved on to other projects helping musicians including his latest project MuckWork. Come and join the live show at 7:00pm CT [01:00 UTC] on Tuesday, January 13. If you can’t make it live and would like to ask a question of Derek, you can send an e-mail to me at [email protected] or call your question or comment in to the Comments from the Podcast Gallery voicemail line at 630.492.0487 and you can be a part of the show.

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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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