Radio Crystal Blue 6/24/12 news

Posted on June 22, 2012 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue is sponsored in part by:

Ariel Publicity: http://www.arielpublicity.com
Miles High Productions http://www.mileshighproductions.com
Serge Entertainment Public Relations http://www.sergepr.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:

Feed Player at my home page of http://www.radiocrystalblue.net It is active as a popup window. Within the page you can stream/share/download the audio. You
can put the player up on your site or blog too.

If you cannot access the Feed Player or do not have Shockwave/Flash in your
browser, try a different browser or go to http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu

This page contains a bona fide workable version of the Feed Player.
RSS: http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss

This is the magic link to the popup player. It’s also at the home and
archive tabs of my website

http://fp.bigcontact.com/fp/flash/fp/fp.swf?xmlurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbigcontact.com%2Fradiocrystalblu%2Frss&r=1&t=1001

Listen on Spotify at http://spoti.fi/LOwfZ9

CONTACT:

EMAIL: cblue456@comcast.net
personal FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/radiocblue

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RCB DISCUSSION FACEBOOK group
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LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/danherman0

REVERBNATION: http://www.reverbnation.com/radiocrystalblue

VIDEO content: http://www.youtube.com/user/cblue456

TWITTER @radiocblue

STAT BLOG: http://www.cblue456.tumblr.com

FANDALISM http://www.fandalism.com/radiocblue

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NEXT SHOW will be published on or about June 27 and will be available for
the rest of the year.
Owing to schedule demands, I usually publish on noon 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 will also air separately. On this show I spin one song from
as many as 8 songs in one sitting and give you background info of each
artist.

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My quarterly CHART page will be updated in the first week of July, as I reveal who the most popular artists on my show are. I base stats on progressive amounts of airplay and recent exposure via the show. What’s the chart like at this moment? Read up at the chart tab of http://www.radiocrystalblue.net

Reminding you all that any compelling compilation/concept CDs can be sent
here directly. I’m seeking material that can be featured, song-for-song, in
my CD FOCUS segments. It’s been a while since the last feature.

I composed a short essay re the matter of album sales and the stances of several DJs and artists. I aimed to take an outsider perspective on the huge debate that took place on the Web this week. By now you know about what two DJs at NPR did, for the sake of honesty and space-saving (digital footprint if you will). One prominent artist spoke out against them on his blog. I give you my take in the latest post to my website: Mythical Album Dollars At Stake: Beyond Lowery vs. White. Read on at https://radiocrystalblue.net/2012/06/21/mythical-album-dollars-at-stake-beyond-lowery-v-white/

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TWITTER FIVE TO FOLLOW: These are the last 5 folks that I’m following who follow back: @SpiderRockets @TAWNYELLIS @wisdomalive @BrettGleason @ChangSucks

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COVERAGE:

I do audio interviews, photos, video, and audio of live events. You can see and hear evidence across my Facebook and YouTube channels, plus the field recording FeedPlayer.Time, location and expense will be taken into account
before taking on a job.

Right now here’s what I’ve planned to see:

Voltheque is a local electronica band, performing at The Legendary Dobbs, 6/30.
http://www.facebook.com/Voltheque

Greta Gertler presents her band The Universal Thump at the Green Line Cafe, 7/19. http://www.theuniversalthump.com

One of the great Canadian bands ever, The Trews, play at The Grape Room on 7/25. http://www.thetrewsmusic.com

I’m seeking another show to check out before 6/30, and at least one more in early July.

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RCB REVIEW: The annotated version of the shows.

RCB Novus Ordo: Jo Wymer presents an album of hard-hitting rock n’ roll. Fire On McGinnis bring a thoroughly modern rock touch to traditional and Celtic tunes (the song I spun, “Nancy Whiskey” mixes the sounds of bagpipes and guitars very well). Chantilly (Waryck) from Brooklyn has resurfaced musically with a new dreamy EP. A long call-response tune from the heartfelt songwriter Devirose rounds out this edition.

RCB proper: With a busy schedule and overall tiredness I got this show out to all of you on Thursday. I got my first Spotify signup in the process! Marina V and Manda Mosher perform at Molly Malone’s in Los Angeles on 6/24. Started with sunshiny pop in the beginning of segment 1, and then the clouds came in. Is there such thing as cloudy pop? Maybe so. Segment 2 presented another new song by Changing Modes, and a 2009 song from Brett Gleason, who makes his airplay debut for my show here. Segment 3 relies a lot on good harmonies. In particular is the change in harmony and mood from Ryan Tennis’ “Wicky-I-oh” and Emily Pinkerton’s “Negra”. The latter song stems from Emily’s study of Peruvian huaynos, mixed with a WV traditional song. Segment 4 starts with a brand new album by Anna Dagmar. Lucy Kaplansky is heard on backing vocals. Anna opens for Lucy at Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry NH, 6/23.

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AIRPLAY SUBMISSION:

Send CDs to
Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
1701 Snyder Avenue, #4
Philadelphia, PA 19145

CDs MUST have a 2012 release date or have been released no earlier than October 2011. No exceptions.
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.
Search for the words Radio Crystal Blue to find my pages there.
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namaste

Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
http://www.radiocrystalblue.net
http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
cblue456@comcast.net
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/LOwfZ9
@radiocblue on twitter
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Mythical album dollars at stake: Beyond Lowery v. White

Posted on June 21, 2012 | 2 comments

This month,two NPR DJs, Bob Boilen and Emily White professed online their choices on exactly how they want to access & hear their music. Bob, a life-long musician, and the creator of NPR’s All Songs Considered, deleted thousands of songs from his laptop, trusting in the cloud computing experience to safeguard his collection. He made a choice to give up physical CDs and cassettes and such, mainly due to laptop hard drive space.
In this self-proclaimed experiment, posted to his blog for NPR on June 1, Bob declares “I’ll miss the physical, the tangible, but that’s been feeling like a thing of the past anyway” He ideally would like more liner notes in the digital experience. Bob’s experiment is in play, awaiting the initial results.
Bob appears strongly influenced by what the current and future music culture is dictating: allowing technology in preserving both high-quality music and preserving as much physical space as possible. What to do with that space he saves, who the heck knows?

Emily White is all of 21 and already the general manager of Washington DC’s WVAU, on the grounds of American University. She had read Bob’s post, which came early into her NPR internship working for him at All Songs Considered. She was moved to write an honest opinion of her music habits both on the job and off. Her quote “I honestly don’t think my peers and I will ever pay for albums. I do think we will pay for convenience..” kicked off hundreds of comments online and notably from major-label musician/producer/music economist David Lowery via The Trichordist. David’s open letter to Emily harps on her unwillingness to pay for albums in light of technological convenience. He addresses her position saying that “Fairly compensating musicians is not a problem that is up to governments and large corporations to solve.” This certainly a dig on the state of business in America and perhaps at NPR itself.

 From the looks of the discussion online, David Lowery is made by the greater media to be the large dissenting voice, thanks to name recognition. Meanwhile, there are many other voices that should be heard just as loud. The voice of indie, underground and DIY artists. The voices who can spell out the struggle to earn dollars from physical product, the digital realm notwithstanding. Voices of Emily’s perspective and digital generation who have not acheived (and often, eschewed) major-label fame and fortune.
In an April 2012 interview for music/media publicist Imagine PR, Emily states that she wants CDs that catch her eye (read: style over substance), but insists on having digital downloads to access.  Emily claims to being able to build playlists on Spotify if she were to lose her collection of songs from her laptop. So, she has also made a choice in this regard: she lets her job, a job from NPR, a public station funded by the federal government among parties, to fuel her already music-filled life and acquire downloads for the most part. She seems entitled to music, but only on her own terms, both Utopian and Plutonic ideas that suggests she wants music how and when she wants.

Emily would appear motivated by singles suggested by NPR or her friends along with being in a position where she listen to a ton of music. Of course she doesn’t have to buy CDs when downloads are the norm and practically a requirement to save space.

It is this podcaster’s opinion that Emily abused her privilege in having access to thousands of songs, and she should not have such access on the job to those same songs and CD while she has a job. I dare say she has been spoiled by her job and she might never turn back from her choices. Is Emily aware that some musicians won’t put up their music on Spotify or other websites like archive.org ?

I am not accusing Emily of stealing, though she may, for all we know, may have received stolen property. Within the framework of the music business, music is not free. There must be exchange on some level.
Hopefully, Emily will not be lost on the concept of what an artist presents on stage and really understand what goes into making an album and what motivates an artist with each album. Does she not care about lyrics? Has she never set foot in a recording studio? Eyeballed an instrument or prop on stage and wonder to herself “What gives? What’s that sound? Why is this important?”

Further, I’d refuse to give NPR any more attention than they deserve, as they represent how America really is, largely unwilling to pay for physical product unless the mousetrap is set just right.

The argument is fairly about money and technology and the fairness in accessing it, but what’s deeply buried is the motivation behind making an album, whether a concept in principle or deliberate.

 Ultimately I’m against Emily’s decision for not paying for albums, though in turn I applaud her honesty. Along these lines, more artists below the name recognition level of David Lowery must be heard by greater ears to provide proper perspective.

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Radio Crystal Blue/RCB Novus Ordo 6/17/12

Posted on June 21, 2012 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue: Novus Ordo spotlights CDs that are debuting on my
standard freeform radio program, Radio Crystal Blue. The show exists as a
weekly podcast.

Listen here:
(1) The FeedPlayer on my home page (visible with Flash-supported browsers)
www.radiocrystalblue.net and available to stream/download/share. Click the
pop-up linlk at the ‘home’ tab.
(2) If you cannot view the FeedPlayer, try a different browser, or get
Flash, or try my podcast provider at www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
(3) mp3: https://radiocrystalblue.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rcbnew0617121.mp3

(4) RSS: www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss

This show was distributed on 6/21

Jo Wymer “This Ain’t Love” – Living With Scars CD www.jowymer.com
Zac Mac Band “Hellhole, MA” – Hope & Consequences CD www.zacmacband.com
Countless Thousands “the Scientist Applies for a Grant but is Denied” – We’re Just Really Excited To Be Here CD www.countlessthousands.com
Fire On McGinnis “Nancy Whiskey” – s/t CD www.fireonmcginnis.com
Peyton Trochterman “Need Me Or Not” – a new world CD www.peytontrochterman.com
Chantilly “Just The Way You Are” – Up To The Moon EP www.chantillysongs.com
Devirose “You Fill My Heart” – Awake To Love CD www.devirose.com
Running time: 57 minutos
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All content of Radio Crystal Blue’s programming is free to listen and share
to via a Creative Commons License, version 3.0, full attribution,
non-derivative. For more info: www.creativecommons.org
Here’s RCB proper:

Radio Crystal Blue is my long-running standard freeform radio program. The
show exists as a weekly podcast.
Listen here:
(1) The FeedPlayer on my home page (visible with Flash-supported browsers)
www.radiocrystalblue.net and available to stream/download/share. Click the
pop-up link at the ‘home’ tab.
(2) If you cannot view the FeedPlayer, try a different browser, or get
Flash, or try my podcast provider at www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
(3) .mp3: https://radiocrystalblue.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rcblive061712.mp3
(4) RSS: www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss

This show was distributed on 6/21/12
Artists with shared gigs in the near future are noted with * & **

Opening music: Nigel Hayes “Raise The Bridge” – northern lights EP www.intelligentaudio.net
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*Marina V “Stand” – single www.marinav.com
*Manda Mosher “One True Love” – City Of Clowns EP www.mandamosher.com
Giana Nguyen “More” – for now EP www.giananguyen.com
Sugar Lime Blue “I Don’t Have To Explain Myself” – Far From The Tree CD www.sugarlimeblue.com
Sirsy “Again” (live at Revolution Hall, Troy NY) – BYOB compilation CD www.sirsy.com
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Changing Modes “Life Drawing” – In Flight CD www.changingmodes.com
Antigone Rising “Pink Sunglasses” – 23 red CD www.antigonerising.com
the happy problem “The Prettiest Girl” – Head Case CD www.thehappyproblem.com
Brett Gleason “The Worst Part” – The dissonance CD www.brettgleason.com
Bound By Substance “Act III” – Dead Wrong CD www.boundbysubstance.com
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Shane Cooley “College Town” – West Land CD www.shanecooleymusic.com
Justin Roth “Forgiveness” – Now You Know CD www.justinroth.com
Ryan Tennis “Wicky-I-oh” – goodbye to the ground EP www.ryantennismusic.com
Emily Pinkerton “Negra” – Ends of the Earth CD www.emilypinkerton.com
Renee Wahl “Love Won’t Be Denied” – Cumberland Moonshine CD www.reneewahl.com
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Anna Dagmar “Almost Touching” – Satellite CD www.annadagmar.com
Kellylee Evans “Is It Love?” – The Good Girl CD www.kellyleeevans.com
Alan Barrington “You Believed In Me” – Looking For A Novel CD www.alanbarrington.com
Daniel Levi Goans “My Mind Became My Home” – BrotherStranger CD www.daniellevigoans.com
Jean Mann “the moon said so” – dream of goats CD www.jeanmann.net
Patti DeRosa “Paris” – Packing My Bags: Patti D Live CD www.pattiderosa.com
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Closing music: Chicha Libre “Mi Plato de Barro” – Sonido Amazonico! CD www.chichalibre.com
Running time: 2 hours, 49 minutes

All content of Radio Crystal Blue’s programming is free to listen and share
to via a Creative Commons License, version 3.0, full attribution,
non-derivative. For more info: www.creativecommons.org

Next show will be recorded and distributed in the week of 6/24/12

Dan Herman/Radio Crystal Blue:
cblue456@comcast.net
2159952234
www.radiocrystalblue.net
www.facebook.com/radiocblue
www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
Spotify: http://t.co/pDR0xhyi
twitter: @radiocblue


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Radio Crystal Blue 6/17/12 news

Posted on June 15, 2012 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue is sponsored in part by:

Ariel Publicity: http://www.arielpublicity.com

Miles High Productions http://www.mileshighproductions.com

Serge Entertainment Public Relations http://www.sergepr.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:

Feed Player at my home page of http://www.radiocrystalblue.net It is active as a

popup window. Within the page you can stream/share/download the audio. You

can put the player up on your site or blog too.

If you cannot access the Feed Player or do not have Shockwave/Flash in your

browser, try a different browser or go to http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu

This page contains a bona fide workable version of the Feed Player.

RSS: http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss

This is the magic link to the popup player. It’s also at the home and

archive tabs of my website

http://fp.bigcontact.com/fp/flash/fp/fp.swf?xmlurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbigcontact.com%2Fradiocrystalblu%2Frss&r=1&t=1001

Listen on Spotify at http://spoti.fi/LOwfZ9

CONTACT:

EMAIL: cblue456@comcast.net

personal FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/radiocblue

RCB FACEBOOK:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=20805478312

RCB DISCUSSION FACEBOOK group

http://www.facebook.com/groups/273953255983866/

LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/danherman0

REVERBNATION: http://www.reverbnation.com/radiocrystalblue

VIDEO content: http://www.youtube.com/user/cblue456

TWITTER @radiocblue

STAT BLOG: (my handicapping blog. Watch for a Belmont Stakes update on

Friday) http://www.cblue456.tumblr.com

FANDALISM http://www.fandalism.com/radiocblue

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NEXT SHOW will be published on or about June 13 and will be available for the rest of the year.

Owing to schedule demands, I usually aim for noon 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 will also air separately. On this show I spin one song from as many as 8 songs in one sitting and give you background info of each artist.

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Reminding you all that any compelling compilation/concept CDs can be sent here directly. I’m seeking material that can be featured, song-for-song, in my CD FOCUS segments. It’s been a while since the last feature.

Another reminder for artists: Please be sure to mention your favorite music-related podcast in your news and/on your website. More than an ego-stroke, it’s a show of support for those who spin music that are not the traditional 3- and 4-letter commercial/college stations. It’s easy to support radio. Too easy. But give some love to podcasts, please. Especially mine!

Every week or two I take in more and more of Philly’s local culture, between food, music and other elements. This past week was no exception. Earlier this week I was at LOVE (Fairmount) Park, in the heart of Center City, to see local soul/rock artist M’Balia. She performed solo acoustic on a small raised stage maybe 100 feet from the iconic LOVE sculpture, and in earshot of the fountain in the middle of the park. Two artisanal food companies were in my sights also: Little Baby’s Ice Cream set up at LOVE Park that day with such flavors as Earl Grey Sriracha (my fave). And, near South Street, a sweet shop called Cookie Confidential now features beer-fueled cupcakes.

Photo evidence of the above here:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151821788990725.869017.684570724&type=3&l=63929d311a

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151821810615725.869018.684570724&type=3&l=aa68642c0d

I was in attendance also to see Ryan Tennis in the latest installment of his Clubhouse Concert series in South Philly.  Full review of the jam at  http://wp.me/p1FKJJ-bX

Photos from this event at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151805432060725.866634.684570724&type=3&l=d615ef8d25

VIDEO of Ryan Tennis: http://youtu.be/FA8HVoew2DM

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TWITTER FIVE TO FOLLOW: These are the last 5 folks that I’m following who

follow back: @shadesofsolveig @Teeccino (yes, they are following me!! I bought their Maya chocolate version the other day. Anyways…) @UniversalThump (Greta Gertler) @JohnnySolinger @citypaper (alternative news source in Philly)

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COVERAGE:

I do audio interviews, photos, video, and audio of live events. You can see and hear evidence across my Facebook and YouTube channels, plus the field recording FeedPlayer.Time, location and expense will be taken into account before taking on a job.

No local shows on my docket right now. Wanna suggest one? I will definitely attend at least one more show this month, likely two.

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RCB REVIEW: The annotated version of the shows.

RCB Novus Ordo: Policitial-socially conscious punk band from Chicago, Voice Of Addiction, strs in this truncated (6 song) show. NJ’s The Successful Failures return to my airwaves with more good indie pop. Scizzorman checks in with serious funk from down under.

RCB proper: Los Angeles’ Marina V has a new single “Stand” which was released this week, this in advance of a new album to be released later this summer. Most songs in Segment 1 were thoughtful, full of memories and struggle, and eventually leaving one’s ground. Segment 2: Spun brand new album by the Jamie McLean Band, recorded at Gibson Showroom (NYC) last year. Joan Ov Arc from UK are releasing another song for the XBOX 360, the only all-female rock band from the UK to have a song in the game. Segment 3: The Steel Wheels, Jonny Hirsch and others were at the Riverbend Festival in Chattanooga TN yesterday. Out of vigorous folk and funk (welcome back Self Tort to the rotation), some older sweet pop music from Peter Buzzelle, and brand new music from the exciting Jennings. Both artists are part of tomorrow’s Make Music Harvard Square event in Boston. The song from Jennings was recorded at Acoustic Long Island 2011. Final segment: Started with some reggae. It’s summer, so why not? Older tune from the recent collection of songs by Aztec Two-Step, who have just celebrated 40 years as a performing duo….and a Black Uhuru cover by Devon Sproule. The YaYas with a danceable tune with a slight reggae beat to it. Red Molly follows with a Tim O’Brien/Darrell Scott composition, then a pair of summer tunes by Lynn Hollyfield and Michael Jerling to round out this show.

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AIRPLAY SUBMISSION:

Send CDs to

Dan Herman

Radio Crystal Blue

1701 Snyder Avenue, #4

Philadelphia, PA 19145

CDs MUST have a 2012 release date or have been released no earlier than October 2011. No exceptions.

Artists are also advised to add my email address to their general (not

local/regional) 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.

Search for the words Radio Crystal Blue to find my pages there.

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namaste

Dan Herman

Radio Crystal Blue

http://www.radiocrystalblue.net

http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu

cblue456@comcast.net

Spotify: http://spoti.fi/LOwfZ9

@radiocblue on twitter

215 995 2234

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