This is a header post that describes the philosophy behind the Rambling Podcast and links all the released shows. I will update this post with the consecutive releases.
General Approach: The Rambling Podcast is a way for me to share with my readers the music that I love and hopefully motivate them to go and purchase records or tracks by the artists featured. When I first got the idea about doing this podcast, I started wondering about the rights of artists issue. I've never been very keen on illegal music downloads. I understand why people do it, and I dispute the idea that it's killing the industry (I think the industry is killing itself brilliantly with no need for outside help) but I've never been a fan myself, I like my CDs too much. I know that many podcasts out there don't give a damn about music rights and just use the music, but I wanted to avoid that as much as possible, even though I have no illusions on the limited ditribution of the Rambling Podcast.
The compromise I've found is as follows : all music featured on the Rambling Podcast will either be sourced from unreleased non-commercial bootlegs or be included with the express authorisation of the artists or their management. It's probably still a step on the wrong side of the law, but at least I'm not infringing on the major label's copyrights. As for the artists, as much as humanly feasible, I will promote their commercial work and hope that if you enjoy what you hear you will go and purchase their records.
Access to the podcast: The podcast can be downloaded using the links provided in the post announcing each podcast, in the side banners for each show, and in this summary post. The shows are all upwards of 40M in size, so be sure you have some time before you download. Don't expect it to be over in three minutes. It may, but there's no guarantee.
Released shows:
- RP #1 : The Original Show [Oct' 06 - Detailed Playlist - Summary Playlist]
- RP #2 : The Acoustic Show [Nov' 06 - Detailed Playlist - Summary Playlist]
- RP #3 : The Groove Show [Dec' 06 - Detailed Playlist - Summary Playlist]
- RP #4 : The Slide Show [Jan '07 - Detailed Playlist - Summary Playlist]
- RP #5 : The Progressive Show [Mar '07 - Detailed Playlist]
- RP #6 : The Upright Bass Show [Aug '07 - Detailed Playlist]
- RP #7 : The Free Reed Show [Oct'07 - Detailed Playlist]
- RP #8 : The Covers Show [Dec'07 - Detailed Playlist]
And what about an iTunes podcast ?
Posted by: Sanji | April 12, 2007 at 06:10 AM
Hey Sanji !
As far as I know, iTunes referencing should now be automatic, although that may only work for the latest podcast release. I'm using a feed service called feedburner that's supposed to take care of that. I can't check since I don't use iTunes myself.
Incidentally, even if that doesn't work, there's an easy function in iTunes to enter an RSS feed, or so I'm told. Just copy the feed link from the feed icon on the top left of the screen and copy it in the appropriate section on your iTunes software, et voilà.
Or so I'm told !
I'll thank you for the unspoken interest. I imagine if you want it in iTunes it's because you like it !
Posted by: Ben Felten | April 12, 2007 at 08:33 AM