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Radio Crystal Blue/RCB Novus Ordo 12/1/13

Posted on December 4, 2013 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue Novus Ordo is a weekly podcast that spotlights brand new music from songwriters and bands. Most of the new music from these artists eventually get heard on my companion radio program, Radio Crystal Blue.

HOW TO LISTEN
There are a number of options on the page and in the player to stream and download, as well as to embed the player on your site or blog.
Via Internet Archive:
Stream:

You can share the audio player with the HTML code on the page.

All shows are archived for a year.
This show was published 12/4/13
The Cold Start “Safe And Sound” – Grateful Eyes EP www.thecoldstartband.com
Poor Old Shine “Country Pocket” – s/t CD www.pooroldshine.com
Django Voris “Wannabe” – Constantopolis CD www.djangovoris.com
Lou Dominguez “Weight Of The World” – We The People CD www.loudominguez.com
Dan Miraldi “Girl, You Made Your Mark” – Devil At Our Heels EP www.danmiraldi.com
John McCutcheon “Adagio in A minor” – 22 Days CD www.folkmusic.com
Running time: 50 minutos
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All content on Radio Crystal Blue is free to listen and share via Creative Commons License version 4.0, non-derivative, non-commercial, full attribution. More info: www.creativecommons.org
Please consider contributing to Radio Crystal Blue, which cannot truly exist without your support and suggestions for musical content. There is a Paypal button at the homepage at www.radiocrystalblue.net
 
Here’s RCB proper:

Radio Crystal Blue is my 13-year-old freeform radio program, usually publishing Wednesdays or Thursdays in podcast format.
HOW TO LISTEN
Via Big Contact:
There are a number of options on the page and in the player to stream and download, as well as to embed the player on your site or blog.
Ogg Vorbis format also available.
You can share the audio player with the HTML code on the page.
All shows are archived for a year.
Artists who are sharing gigs are denoted with *
This show was published on 12/4/13.
 
Opening music: TJ Rehmi “You Are We Am I (Blue Mix)” – The Warm Chill
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Jack Grace Band “It Was A Really Bad Year” – Drinking Songs For Lovers CD www.jackgrace.com
Herbie D & The Dangermen “Franklin County Shine” – Dangerous With Blues CD www.herbiedandthedangermen.com
*Song Dogs “Law of the Land” – Wild Country CD www.wearesongdogs.com
*Ali Wadsworth “Biding My Time” – Ali Live CD www.aliwadsworth.com
Marina V “Say Hello” – Inner Superhero CD www.marinav.com
Lisa Bianco “Breakin” – Momentum CD www.lisabianco.com
Sirsy “Cannonball” – Goner (and other sordid delights) EP www.sirsy.com
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*Sylvia Platypus “Holler” – single www.sylviaplatypus.com
*Meghan Cary “Lost You In The Light” – Building This House CD www.meghancary.com
*Prima Donna “Madness” – Restored CD www.primadonnamusic.com
Spanking Charlene “Where Are The Freaks?” – Where Are The Freaks? CD www.spankingcharlene.com
The Elizabeth Kill “Freakshow” – s/t CD www.theelizabethkill.com
Voodoo Swing “Tell Her Hi For Me” – Fast Cars, Guitars, Tattoos & Scars CD www.voodooswing.net
Jack + Jill “Home Again” – Coloradio CD www.jackplusjill.com
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Roosevelt Dime “Long Long Time” – Steamboat Soul CD www.rooseveltdimemusic.com
Tall Tall Trees “Alaska” – Moment CD www.talltalltrees.com
Switchback “Connemara Man” – American Roots and Celtic Soul: Live – Volume One CD www.waygoodmusic.com
Emily Pinkerton “Cinco Veces” – Ends Of The Earth CD www.emilypinkerton.com
Miss Tess & The Talkbalks “Night Life” – The Love I Have For You CD www.misstessmusic.com
Julie Lamb “Cold Rainy Nights” – Trippin’ The Light CD www.julielamb.co.nz
Jann Klose “Make It Better” – Mosaic CD www.jannklose.com

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Kirsten Thien “Nobody’s Ever Loved Me Like You Do” – Solo Live From the Meisenfrei Blues Club, Bremen, Germany CD www.kirstenthien.com
Brooks Williams “Teach Me” – New Everything CD www.brookswilliams.com
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem “Little Johnny Brown” – Some Bright Morning CD www.raniarbo.com
Craig Sonnenfeld “Don’t Mind If I Do” – Redemption CD www.craigsonnenfeld.com
Sloan Wainwright “I Wear The Ring” – Upside Down & Under My Heart CD www.sloanwainwright.com
Childsplay “Starry Lullaby/Maybe I Might” – As The Crow Flies CD www.childsplay.org
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Closing music: Chicha Libre “Indian Summer” – Sonido Amazonico CD www.barbesrecords.com
Running time: 3 horas, 23 minutos
Atmosphere: chilly chill
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All content on Radio Crystal Blue is free to listen and share via Creative Commons License version 4.0, non-derivative, non-commercial, full attribution. More info: http://www.creativecommons.org
Please consider contributing to Radio Crystal Blue, which cannot truly exist without your support and suggestions for musical content. There is a Paypal button at the homepage at http://www.radiocrystalblue.net

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Radio Crystal Blue permanent archive: April 11, 2004

Posted on November 30, 2013 | Leave a comment

This 2nd show of my permanent archive sure seems a departure from the shows I do nowadays in 2013. Back in 2004, almost no one did any podcasting, I was beginning to pay royalties through the Web radio network I was a member of, and I certainly spun more major-label artists. It would be in late 2005 that I sharply moved away from shows like this one, and gave indie artits proper exposure ..

The opening segments for several years were a freeform exercise in music: taking music from a song, or an artist in particular in focus, and creating a simple segue, running 6 songs in length. On this show I recalled that Stuart Adamson of Big Country had a birthday that day and so I started with a Big Country tune. Yes, sometimes I would honor artists on the occasion of birthdays or passings (death of one of The Zombies, in the case of this show’s example). .
Airplay Vote 2004 was in focus as well, plus the New Music Sampler, the forerunner of RCB Novus Ordo, debuting brand new material in the rotation.
My TJ Rehmi CD eventually cracked, which is why you don’t hear the opening or closing theme on my show these days (and I haven’t asked for a replacement). The ‘chill’ sound of the music was perfect to set the tone.
A number of artists I gave airplay to have long vanished.
Some of the real finds: Music from the first recordings by Tina Vero, Jodelle, Elisa Peimer, Emily Zuzik can be heard. You can hear me do a commercial read for The C-Note, a music venue I used to help book in NYC’s East Village section. In what became something of an RCB tradition, I did spin some music relevant in some way to Holy Week and Easter.

Here’s how to listen:

Via Internet Archive:
Podcast page: https://archive.org/details/RCB041104
VBR M3U: https://archive.org/download/RCB041104/RCB041104_vbr.m3u
MP3 via M3U: https://archive.org/stream/RCB041104

Play/download: https://archive.org/download/RCB041104/RCB041104.mp3
Zipped file: https://archive.org/download/RCB041104/RCB041104_vbr_mp3.zip
Ogg Vorbis format also available.
You can share the audio player with the HTML code on the page.
This show is archived in perpetuity.

Opening segment:
Big Country “Chance” – The Crossing
The Jam “Town Called Malice” – Snap!
Jools Holland & his R&B Orchestra “Will It Go ‘Round In Circles” (feat. Paul Weller)- Small World Big Band
Squeeze “Cool For Cats’ – Cool for Cats
’til tuesday – “The Other End Of The Telescope” – Everything’s Different Now

Lisa Stansfield “Down In The Depths” – Biography
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Opening music: T.J. Rehmi “You Are We Am I (Blue Mix)” – The Warm Chill CD
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Zombies “She’s Not There” – Begin Here Plus
Searchers “Needles & Pins” – It’s The Searchers
Hollies “Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)” – Distant Light
Apples In Stereo “Stream Running Over” – The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone
JP Jones “Tiger Woods” – Salvation Street CD http://www.jpjones.net
Mark Berube “Grandpa’s Seder” – Shut Up So I Can Play CD
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Courtney C. Patty “April Shower” – Silhouette Of Me CD
Jennifer Yax “Crocodile Tears” – My Turn CD www.jenniferyax.com
John Taglieri “How Will I Know” – Half & Half CD
http://j94868.wix.com/johntaglieri
Super Furry Animals “Liberty Belle” – Phantom Power
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Dani Linnetz “Love Song” – the milk CD
Jodelle “By The Wayside” – Find Me If You Can CD http://www.jodelle.net
Allison Tartalia “let it go” – Ready CD www.allisonsinvention.com
Barbara Morillo & Shrine “Happiness” – s/t EP
Matthew Sweet “Wait” – Kimi Ga Suki Raifu
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Annual Airplay Vote review:
echofission “Monsooned in Guam” – like, sza, love CD www.gebzurburg.com/Echofission.html‎
Charles Soule Band “El Tropico” – Get On CD
Teresa Cowles “Hazy” – Bitter/Lite CD
Brendan Dwyer “Chelsea (Even In The Rain)” – Rendez-vous CD
Kate Newcomer “etruscan boy” – Can you pin it down? CD
Andrea Bunch “colorloc” – Numinous CD
Tim Reynolds “Mobile” – s/t EP
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Waybacks “JNPT” – Way Live CD http://www.waybacks.com
Black Diamond “Friends” – s/t CD
Seeking Homer “the man in the subway station” – Not so far away CD www.seekinghomer.com
Kings Of Leon “Spiral Staircase” – Youth And Young Manhood
Elisa Peimer “Previous Engagement” – transparent CD www.elisapeimer.com
Exhibit F “Back To Me” – Blue In The Background CD
Emily Zuzik “The Extra Mile – The Way It’s Got To Be CD www.emilyzuzik.com
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” – Fever To Tell

New Music Sampler:
Nadine Ellman “Let It Go” – Obsession EP
Dan Politano “New Zealand” – Back Where I Started CD www.danpolitano.com
Alison Block “The One” – s/t EP
Giles “Blood from a stone” – Blood from a stone CD
Rudolph Llanes “The Tragic Mile” – Custom Tex CD
Caroline Doctorow “Saved” – Carmel Valley Ride CD
http://www.carolinedoctorow.com
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*Special holiday music segment
Peter Gabriel “Troubled” – ‘Passion’ movie soundtrack
Velvet Underground & Nico – “All Tomorrow’s Parties” – s/t
Patti Smith “Easter” – Easter
Replacements “Date To Church”- All Or Nothing/Nothing At All
Bob Dylan “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” – Highway 61 Revisited
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Annual Airplay Vote Review continues:
Hypertonics “Punctuation Marks” – Eight car train six car station CD www.thehypertonics.com
Raven “Going Home” – Rites Of Passage CD
Kevin So “Average Asian American” – Leaving The Lights On 2-CD set www.kevinso.com
Josh Weinstein “Heart On The Line” – Petty Alchemy CD www.joshweinstein.com
KJ Denhert “The Silence Was Deafening” – …Girl like me CD www.kjdenhert.com
Bill Grady “yours, truly” – s/t CD http://www.billgrady.net
Rachel Harrington “That’s How Strong My Love Is” – Halloween Leaves EP http://www.rachelharrington.net
Axiom Addicts “No Matter” – s/t EP http://www.axiomaddicts.com
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Alysson Light “Never know” – Looking-Glass Conversations CD
Pamela Wyn Shannon “I was made to love magic” – Nature’s Bride CD www.girlhenge.com
Too Human “Reality Check” – True CD http://www.toohumanonline.com
Cracker “Reasons To Quit” – Countrysides
Chris Smither “Desolation Row” – Train home CD http://www.smither.com
Tina Vero “Do You Wanna Go Home?” – In the waiting CD www.tinavero.com
Jenn Lindsay “Sidewalk Song” – The story of what works CD
Natalie Merchant “Crazy Man Michael” – House Carpenter’s Daughter
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Closing music: TJ Rehmi “You Are We Am I (Red Mix)” – The Warm Chill CD

Original webcast from April 11, 2004
Running time: 5 hours, 43 minutes.

All content on Radio Crystal Blue is free to listen and share via Creative Commons License version 4.0, non-derivative, non-commercial, full attribution. More info: http://www.creativecommons.org

Please consider contributing to Radio Crystal Blue, which cannot truly exist without your support and suggestions for musical content. There is a Paypal button at the homepage at http://www.radiocrystalblue.net

Dan Herman/Radio Crystal Blue:
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2159952234
http://www.radiocrystalblue.net
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Radio Crystal Blue/RCB Novus Ordo 11/24/13

Posted on November 28, 2013 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue Novus Ordo is a weekly podcast that spotlights brand new music from songwriters and bands. Most of the new music from these artists eventually get heard on my companion radio program, Radio Crystal Blue.
HOW TO LISTEN
There are a number of options on the page and in the player to stream and download, as well as to embed the player on your site or blog.
Via Internet Archive:
Stream:
You can share the audio player with the HTML code on the page.
All shows are archived for a year.
This show was published 11/28/13
Alec Stewart “Gasoline” – Ipso Facto CD
Ali Wadsworth “I Ran Away” – Ali Live! CD www.aliwadsworth.com
The Oak Creek Band “Electricity” – XI CD www.oakcreekband.com
Gatsby’s Green Light “Juggo Vivo” – The Forever Smile CD www.gatsbygreenlight.com
Steven Graves “The Eagle” – Time Will Tell CD www.stevengravesmusic.com
Eric Lambert & Friends “Won’t Fight Alone Again” – Maiden Voyage CD www.ericlambert.com
Running time: 55 minutos
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All content on Radio Crystal Blue is free to listen and share via Creative Commons License version 4.0, non-derivative, non-commercial, full attribution. More info: www.creativecommons.org
Please consider contributing to Radio Crystal Blue, which cannot truly exist without your support and suggestions for musical content. There is a Paypal button at the homepage at www.radiocrystalblue.net
Here’s RCB proper:

Radio Crystal Blue is my 13-year-old freeform radio program, usually publishing Wednesdays or Thursdays in podcast format.
HOW TO LISTEN
Via Big Contact:
There are a number of options on the page and in the player to stream and download, as well as to embed the player on your site or blog.
Via Internet Archive:
Podcast page:
VBR M3U: https://archive.org/download/RCBlive112413/RCBlive112413_vbr.m3u
Ogg Vorbis format also available.
You can share the audio player with the HTML code on the page.
All shows are archived for a year.
Artists who are sharing gigs are denoted with *
This show was published on 11/28/13.
 
Opening music: Lara Herscovitch “Tequila Over Turkey” – There CD www.laraherscovitch.com
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Tommy Z “Livin’ In A Blue State” – Sometimes CD www.tommyzband.com
Olio “Comeback Kings” – Comeback Kings EP www.oliomusic.com
Sugar Lime Blue “Far From The Tree” – Far From The Tree CD www.sugarlimeblue.com
Greg Smith & The Broken English “Trading The Trees” – Times Like These CD www.gregsmithandthebrokenenglish.com
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band “She Dreams” – No Yodeling On The Radio CD www.karencollins.net
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Schwervon! “Daydream Ration” – Courage CD www.schwervon.com
Flashbulb Fires “Dark Ghost (I’ve Got Arms)” – Gasconader CD www.flashbulbfires.com
Black Vendetta “No Chance” – Draconian Backlash CD
V-Device “This City” – Calling Europe CD www.v-device.com
Voice Of Addiction “Same Old Song” – Modern Day Meltdown CD www.voiceofaddiction.com
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 *Gregory Douglass “Lifeline” – Battler CD www.gregorydouglass.com
*Patrick Fitzsimmons “The Waltz” – Hope Is CD www.patrickfitzsimmons.net
Owen Danoff “On & On & On” – Never Trust A Man CD www.owendanoff.com
Troy Petty “Blindside” – Fairy Tale Pen CD www.troypettymusic.com
Jon Shain “Luckier Than Most”- Ordinary Cats CD www.jonshain.com
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Mare Wakefield “Small Town, Oklahoma” – Meant To Be CD www.marewakefield.com
Jessi Robertson “Small Town Girls” – Small Town Girls CD www.jessirobertson.com
Craig Bickhardt “Donald And June” – Live At Sellersville Theater CD www.craigbickhardt.com
DK & The Joy Machine “These Four Walls”- Love (yourself) Harder EP
Kevin So “Forever Friend” – Best Foot Forward CD www.kevinso.com

Closing music: Chicha Libre “Indian Summer” – Sonido Amazonico CD www.barbesrecords.com
Running time: 2 horas, 45 minutos
Atmosphere: thankful
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All content on Radio Crystal Blue is free to listen and share via Creative Commons License version 4.0, non-derivative, non-commercial, full attribution. More info: http://www.creativecommons.org
Please consider contributing to Radio Crystal Blue, which cannot truly exist without your support and suggestions for musical content. There is a Paypal button at the homepage at http://www.radiocrystalblue.net

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Radio Crystal Blue 11/24/13 news

Posted on November 23, 2013 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue is sponsored in part by:
Cyber PR: http://www.cyberpr.com
Miles High Productions http://www.mileshighproductions.com
Wampus Multimedia http://www.wampus.com
Radio Crystal Blue is free to share and listen, in accordance with Creative Commons License 3.0, full attribution, non-derivative, non-commercial.
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HOW TO LISTEN:
Each show is usually published by Wednesday or Thursday weekly. There are now two main hubs where to hear Radio Crystal Blue
(1) via Big Contact, my podcast provider: There is a Feed Player at http://www.radiocrystalblue.net Just click the link to open it, and select from the tabs to download and stream the audio from the particular show. You can also embed the player on your site or blog.
The FeedPlayer is generated with Flash. If you don’t have Flash, you can get this at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

These players are also available at http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu which renders the player as a Web page.

(2) via Internet Archive: Each podcast includes a dedicated podcast page on http://www.archive.org with similar download, stream and embed links.
CONTACT:
EMAIL: cblue456@comcast.net
personal FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/radiocblue
RCB FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=20805478312
LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/danherman0
VIDEO content: http://www.youtube.com/user/cblue456
TWITTER @radiocblue
EMPIRE AVENUE http://www.empireavenue.com/radiocblue
STAT BLOG http://www.idealisticstats.wordpress.com
DONATIONS to Radio Crystal Blue can be made via the Paypal button at the homepage.
THE VISION: https://radiocrystalblue.net/2013/07/28/my-personal-and-radio-vision/
PROGRAMMING:
NEXT SHOW will be published on or about November 20 and will be available for about 1 year. I usually publish on Wednesdays or as soon as possible thereafter. You will hear music in several segments of top indie/DIY/underground songwriters and bands. RCB Novus Ordo is a separate podcast with 6 songs, one each from a brand new recording. I spin the music and give you the backstory of each artist.
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The long-term ARCHIVE PROJECT has begun successfully, as I cleaned up and republished a show I first aired back on April 9, 2006. I was still on Live365, and was doing my annual Airplay Vote, and some of the artists receiving airplay are still active and on my radar. It’s a great example of the purely indie shows I was beginning to do at that time. Also this was pre-Novus Ordo, as I included a ‘new music sampler’ within the show itself…one reason why the original shows were above 5 hours in length!
To access this particular show, head to its podcast page at https://archive.org/details/RCB040906
I’ll make time in the next few weeks to find another show to share.
 
The job I had reported receiving never got off the ground. In fact, it was placed on hold. I have many irons in many fires nowadays in terms of finding work, but I am not any closer to interviewing at this time. Also, there is now the very real threat of the eviction process after already bargaining with the landlord. I have to admit I’m scared but I am definitely armed with info and am still planning to stay here as long as I can.

I don’t quite have a place in mind to relocate to and I don’t know if I can reasonably do so with little to no finances (along with the means of transporting what little stuff I have here). If any of you reading this has insight into this situation, please contact me via email: cblue456@comcast.net

HOLIDAY music: My last show for the year will be the week of December 15. This is the annual show focusing on seasonal music for this time of the year. If you know of artists who have music for Christmas or similar end-of-year holidays, or even simply for December, have them send it along.
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RCB REWIND:
RCB Novus Ordo: The library here is running thin so I went with a 6-song show instead of my usual 8. Leah Jee and Shauna Burns, both clients of RCB supporter Miles High Productions, are heard first. Leah, from SoCal, has a bracing rockstar stance with elements of punk (a bit like Pink in that regard). Shauna continues her conceptual Celtic-tinged music. Tori Roze & The Hot Mess come highly regarded, and we’ll likely hear much more of this band over tme. Deborah Crooks first received airplay from me back in 2003, and the trend continues with her new album, debuting here as well.

RCB proper: Segment 1 gives us music from TX-area touring songwriters Slaid Cleaves and Mary Gauthier back to back. Both happen to share the same radio promoter; that’s how I got the music. The theme with the first segment seems to be about journeying, and Amanda Pearcy winds up that journey, putting the listener in New Orleans. Segment 2 gives us more new music from Baltimore’s The Last Year, and Pittsburghs’s Carla Bianco. Segment 3: Brand new music from Seattle songwriter Jean Mann in the mix. I noticed after the fact that both she and Rani Arbo cover Springsteen on their recordings. Tony Halchak with a seasonal song here too. Segment 4: Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin continue to double bill across the US. We hear Judy Insley once again from her new album.

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HOW TO SEND MUSIC:
Send CDs to
Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
1701 Snyder Avenue, #4
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Keep physical packages of reasonable size and weight, as this is a residence.
Please indicate release date. No material from before 2013 accepted.
Material released before then will be added to RCB’s loose rotation instead.
Digital is acceptable if media is not available in other formats.
Artists are also advised to add my email address to their general email list.
I also accept EPKs through these companies. For EPK submissions I select artists on their body of work and the completeness of the press kit.
SONICBIDS: http://www.sonicbids.com/radiocrystalblue
MusicSUBMIT: http://www.musicsubmit.com
MusicClout http://www.musicclout.com
Search for the words Radio Crystal Blue to find my pages there.
I continue to seek outstanding concept/compilation albums for future shows, ones I can feature track-for-track (such as “Esperanza”). Do you know of one? Send it along!
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Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
http://www.radiocrystalblue.net
http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
cblue456@comcast.net
twitter: @radiocblue
215 995 2234

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