some more ideas?

“sexyMixter”

“working out” (exercise music)

“ccM unplugged”

YES! great ideas man.

now do one. :)

Workout one is a good idea. Although there is already a very good podcast out there. - http://cadencerevolution.com/

thanks for that link, teru! Some days I just want to copy all of your bookmarks - you keep coming up with some great links here and at the ccMixter blog.

Curating could be the most important part of the future of music. I mean that. In a world that is no longer artificially segmented by invisible lines and any kid, anywhere, can get their hands on gigabytes of music at a time, it’s the taste-makers that will be “kings.”

Maybe you are royalty in this future, but to avoid any confusion I want to make this as clear as I can:

A “podcast” has two elements to it: 1) A big huge MP3 file that is the thing people download onto their iPods/players and 2) a “feed” that people subscribe to to let media software like iTunes and Amarok automatically download the big MP3 files.

To use broadcast analogies, some people call the big MP3 file an “episode” and the feed a “show.” So you subscribe to the show and your episodes will download automatically when released.

The current plan is that ccMixter.org will have ONE “official” feed. As of last week we developed the tools to a) turn any playlist into a Big Honkin MP3 episode, b) post that episode to archive.org, c) populate our official show feed with the information about the latest episode.

The decision as to which ccMixter playlist ends up in the ccMixter show feed as podcast episodes is a hand picking process by staff at ccMixter. This is akin to our home page, where the site staff decides what our public-facing side looks like.

Add to this, that curating and MC’ing a playlist/podcast is something anybody can do, but few are truly good at it. MC Jack in the Box is extremely good at it. He’s got style, taste and personality that works great for the medium. If you’ve never MC’d before I don’t want to discourage you, you may have a hidden talent for doing it, you may have other talents that indicate that you might be good at it - it’s worth a try either way.

But simply doing it, at this point in time, will not guarantee you that you will end up in the official ccMixter show as an episode. This is akin to folks who have submitted ccMixter logos, artwork and verbiage for the home page that we have considered, occasionally used, but mostly not.

As I said in the original post, this is how I’d like to start things off. All of this is flexible as we’ve never done any part of this before. Now that it’s possible to create episodes from playlists, maybe we help you make an episode for your own feed/show…

The possibilities are endless, the resources are not…

VS

Also to clarify, when you say “podcast” this can mean 1 episode right? Not every week/every month, etc..

My thinking right now is that the ccM official podcast show will have several episodes per week, maybe 3, maybe more. How often is the NPR Fresh Air podcast?

There might be several one-off episodes, but ideally, I’d love it if we could present a consistent stream of regular shows: weekly, monthly, quarterly, whatever. Something that an audience can latch on to, get used to and rely on.

Looks like MCJITB wants to continue the Cool Music show so that’s one that’s weekly.

btw, some episodes could (should?) be one bumper and 4 tunes. Think: commute time.

btw2 I want the monthly “Ed Pick” show.

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btw2 I want the monthly “Ed Pick” show.

yes! do it!

also, i like the idea of shortish (4 songs and a bumper) podcasts. easier on the back end, and easier to digest.

BTW…..to those unenlightened many….a “bumper” is the talk/voiceover part, which requires the use of the “bumper” tag.

Quote: fourstones I’d love it if we could present a consistent stream of regular shows: weekly, monthly, quarterly, whatever. Something that an audience can latch on to, get used to and rely on.


i can’t emphasize how important i think regularity is here. this is the reason i submit the cool music show every week on the same night (thursday nights). Nothing will achieve faithful and regular support like finding something in a consistent place at a consistent time. like a favorite TV show.

speaking from personal experience, weekly is a real time commitment. but doing the Cool Music show requires me to choose from new mixes each week. Other types of themed shows could be created with a backlog, and released or submitted on a regular schedule as well. For example, if I decided to do a “ccM Unplugged” show, I could in theory create 5 or 6 shows at one time, and submit them one at a time on a regular schedule (weekly, monthly, etc.)

Quote: fourstones How often is the NPR Fresh Air podcast?

Answer: it’s up to you. The current format for podcasting at NPR is a “build your own model”. They’ve given the curatorial duties over to the listeners.

I’m sure you just love that idea VS. Wanna write some more stuff??? Yea I didn’t think so. :-)

Anyway, there should at least be one damn thing curated by a woman from time to time. “Ladies Choice, Laddies Listen.” :-)

Quote: essesq “Ladies Choice, Laddies Listen.” :-)

ha, now there’s a title! all you need now is a theme song.

oh, and i agree by the way.

I’ll get on the theme song right away :-). I think picking the tunes is way harder.

I had another idea which might be interesting which is to do a technique oriented show where each episode would highlight a particular technical skill of remixing, play mixes that exemplify that technique and have narration (really short narration) discussing it.

I was just trying to think of ways to turn this place into a destination point and not just another source of endless possibilities.

As soon as I can decide what women would chose to listen to, I’ll try my hand at a playlist. I may be a while :-).

Yes!!!!! Ladies’ Choice/Laddies’ Listen — I love it!

I have some ideas poking around in my head as well…nothing like another opportunity to participate ‘round here!

Another suggestion — for a short podcast — featured artist — a few tracks either mixed by the same mixer or featuring the same vocalist …looks like there are really infinite possiblities here…

yes, thanks for tempering my unbridled enthusiasm. :)

victor’s right, there’s no guarantee that everyone who creates something for this will get chosen as a featured podcast on ccmixter. It’s alot of work on the back end, and we’ll want to put our collective best foot forward with this new idea, which will require some reviewing in and of itself (curating the curators!)

But it’s pretty easy to create a playlist to start. in fact, that part is simple. having a unique theme and tying it all together in a compelling way, that’s the hard part.

What i’m hoping for is to at least drum up some interest, toss out some ideas to get started, and hopefully get a few dedicated souls to step up to the plate and take a swing. whether you whiff or hit a home run, the effort is appreciated.

Just a quick thought.

Maybe if set up a sticky under Plugs, when podcasts are finished, the creator can let us know by plugging them. Regardless of whether they get featured or not it will make them easier for everyone to find. We can get community involvement by having people give it a thumbs up or a short “this should be featured” message.

here’s another idea i just thought of….soothing but cool and interesting music for the stressful drive to work. i have to drive over highway 17 twice a day, god knows i could use something like this.

call it Carma. :)

Quote: MC Jack in the Box
A “weirdbient” podcast


Lol wow my music might actually fit somewhere, and no Im still new here so who would be best for that one? Just curious.

try ccMixter’s magical tag search or Google :-)

it would be honor to include your mixes into the podcast feed.

On one hand by pre-assembling them and posting them at the archive yourself it saves me a bunch of steps. It just means I have to tweak the scripts to take that into account but that’s not a lot of work.

The trick with your older mixes is that the playlist creation date is what is going to go in the feed, so if we want to use one of the older ones, I will also have to hack the date to move it forward so it shows up at the top of the podcast feed (make sense?). This is not hard, I just have to think about what the side-affects might be.

I’ve just uploaded a new double-volume compilation. You are free to add it to the podcast if you think it is worth publishing. It has no bumpers, though.

that’s funny, I tripped over the archive post of the new chill and got inspired: I was just sitting here working on the scripts to post them into the feed.

yea, it’s a little strange to have no ids on it at all but I’m not terribly worried about it.

ok, I think I got it all working. I’ve started with the Dance Mixter Session Vol. 1 (they should show up in iTunes within the hour) and I’ll be posting those, then your chill ones over the next two weeks or so.

Great you got it, sorry for extra work! :S
I’m glad to collaborate with my mixes; post them as you wish. I may deliver some more over the next few months, and I’ll try to include some ccMixter watermark.

just found a list of promos! whew! thanks mcj

http://ccmixter.org/playlis...

no prob. but it would still be good to get more!

Correction:

To upload a promo:

- Click on ‘Submit Files’ on menu on the left
- Scroll down and click on ‘Submit a Promo’
- use that form to submit the file

that will automatically add the site_promo tag but you should manually a ‘bumper’ tag

yeah, i know i ask for these from time to time, and now with more podcasts happening, it would be good to sprinkle a few around outside the Cool Music shows. Anchor just hooked me up (heh…like that? anchor hooked me up….) with a nice NSFW promo, which I can always use more of.

Also, I think it would be cool to have something generic but specific to the podcast, which we i don’t think we have anything for yet. It could be really short and simple, like “This is ARTIST NAME and you’re listening to the ccmixter Music Channel podcast”.

but promos are good. check out the link Jason just linked to above to hear lots of different ones to give you ideas. funny is good too.