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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.
Shows on the FeedPlayers are kept for a year.
(2) via Internet Archive: Each podcast includes a dedicated podcast page on
http://www.archive.org with similar download, stream and embed links. Just look for
Radio Crystal Blue and the date of the week I published the show (I use the
Sunday date) The shows kept here will remain in perpetuity.
RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE ARCHIVE PROJECT also on http://www.archive.org Use the search
term Radio Crystal Blue to find older shows from 2004 and 2006, shows that
don’t quite sound like the ones I presently do!
CONTACT:
EMAIL: cblue456@comcast.net
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VIDEO content: http://www.youtube.com/user/cblue456
TWITTER @radiocblue
STAT BLOG http://www.idealisticstats.wordpress.com
STAT TWITTER: @idealisticstats
DONATIONS to Radio Crystal Blue can be made via the Paypal button at the
homepage.
THE VISION:
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PROGRAMMING:
NEXT SHOW will be published on or about February 6 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 8 songs, one each from a brand new
recording. I spin the music and give you the backstory of each artist
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I’m actually revising the posted version of my vision so that it’s current
with my
present line of thinking. That thought process has changed somewhat but the
core goals remain mostly the same.
I made some more progress with the work situation this week, and I intend
for it to lead to a job shortly. Financially I’m still hanging by a few
threads but some things must get done too…the usual things like food
shopping, new haircut, shoes, all those things. I’m thankful to have at
least the means to accomplish all this.
Back to radio: Here’s some Radio Crystal Blue mentions:
http://www.risingside.com/news/blog/radio-crystal-blue
http://blog.jivewired.com/2014/01/album-review-in-spite-of-everything-by.html
http://www.wearetheyayas.com/
http://www.carmenyatesmusic.com/news/
RCB REWIND: I love The Black Tongued Bells, a band that has some of the
elements of the Rolling Stones and 60’s blues and soul. It’s one trick, but
a darn good one. Paige Allbritton debuts here, a songwriter here in Philly
with a unique expression between high vocals and low-key electric guitar.
Risingside made their online radio debut with this program. Actor Tim Grimm
(Reasonable Doubts, Chicago, Code, Detroit 187) is also an award-winning
Americana songwriter, who has just released a new album. Shane Cooley is a
new resident of Austin TX, and releases an acoustic duo album with Virginia
songwriter Paulo Franco.
RCB proper: With the reporting of the deaths of Pete Seeger and TR Ritchie,
I had to scramble to change my programming at the last minute. I dug some
albums that songwriter James Durst had sent me. James truly carries the
torch for what Pete stood for. He is also a member of Work o’ The Weavers,
which faithfully cover the old Weavers tunes. We hear some of this music in
the beginning. Si Kahn, a songwriter and union worker in long standing,
also carries that same torch. I believe that Fred Gillen Jr does likewise,
and we hear something from the collective he’s part of called Hope Machine,
all Hudson Valley songwriters and musicians. TR Ritchie had several albums
under his belt, and I only knew of him via his contributions to Cosy
Sheridan’s albums. I attempted to find some inspirational and mainly folk
tunes during this show. Segment 2 gives us traditional tunes via Stephen Lee
Rich and Spuyten Duyvil. Segment 3 includes brand new music from Jamie Kent
& The Options. Segment 4 has music from James Houlahan (borrowing from
Yeats), Nerissa & Katryna Nields along with Dar Williams shared billing on
1/30 at Infinity Hall in Norfolk CT. Dar is heard with backing vox on the
Nields’ “The Creek’s Gonna Rise”. Final segment includes Beth DeSombre’s
“Resolution”, an ideal song to begin the year with.
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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 released before April 2013
accepted.
Compilations or great concept albums, ones I can feature track-for-track,
are highly encourage
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.
EPK submissions can be sent via one of these companies.
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
If I like the EPK, I will then ask for a CD
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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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