Indie Music

KatsuCadence · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: New & In Need of Advice

Waz up everyone? I think I just found my new home away from home!
I have to admit I was weary of this site when I first checked it out, but I think I'll be a Gold Member soon, as this seems like the real deal!

Anyway, this is my first post and my first (admittedly) time I've ever been lost on the internet: I don't know how to Podcast. I have one particular tune I have in mind to podcast, but I know nothing about it, so I have a few questions:

1. Is it worth podcasting just one song?
2. Why would anyone just randomly listen to my podcast anyway (why podcast?).
3. Most importantly, can someone give me a quick overview of how to podcast?

I appreciate your help and I'm excited to be a part of this community.

-Chris, Katsu Cadence

songbirdgp · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: New & In Need of Advice

SkidMarkJohnson · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:23 am Post subject:

Hey Chris, to your question, "Would anyone just randomly listen to my Podcast?" The answer is a definitive maybe!
What you need to do is make your presence known. Get active in the forums; critique other people’s songs, e-mail people whose music you like. In the beginning nobody knows you're here. Just like in the real world you've got to go out and make friends. Nice typing to you.

KatsuCadence · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:06 am Post subject: Hmm...

Okay I build PC's for a hobby and I AM internet savy...usually...but I don't get it.

When I click on "Podcast it" it takes me to a page (on musicforte.com) that says "The page you are trying to view does not exist".

Am I supposed to copy that url anyway (http://www.musicforte.com/ez.php) and put that in @ feedburner?

I also clicked on the media:rss & the itunes:rss links and they take me to error pages that also include a url (although its HUGE and most of the "error" message goes off the screen)

I guess I'm not really clear: why would I want someone to "podcast" my music instead of just downloading it or listening on my site?

Is there really a difference?

Is it kind of the difference from "blog" and "forum" (which to me are pretty much different sides of the same coin Smile

)

KatsuCadence · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:12 am Post subject: ok....

I tried all three urls:

http://www.musicforte.com/ez.php

http://www.musicforte.com//mrss.php?userid=KatsuCadence

http://www.musicforte.com//itunes.php?userid=KatsuCadence

Feedburner doesn't like any of them.

Just FYI, when I click "podcast it" I don't think its working right.

Also, when I click the RSS links, I get a message like this:

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: http://www.musicforte.com//mrss.php?userid=KatsuCadence
Line Number 19, Column 49:

below which appears my description that I entered when I uploaded the song

Reconsiderate · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:27 am Post subject:

Hm. These are good questions. Think

Think I'll jump on the wagon of asking them too, since I myself don't have the answers.

Greg · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:45 am Post subject:

Hi KatsuCadence,

Your descriptive comments had an ampersand character, which was being rejected. I've temporarily corrected it by changing it to the word "and".

I'll get into the script later, so that the ampersand character won't cause the parse errors.

Anyhow, it works now. Please try it again.

KatsuCadence · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject:

Greg · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject:

I'm interested to hear about your moral issue with iTunes Wink

You might try Juice - http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ which I think might be the same as iPodder http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/download/index.php

I've never tried those, so I can't testify to how well they do or don't work. But they are listed as freeware.

KatsuCadence · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:37 pm Post subject:

Reconsiderate · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:34 am Post subject:

KatsuCadence · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:46 am Post subject:

ChicagoMusicPromotions · Guest More posts by Anonymous 0.000 Music Forte Dollars

To answer all your questions in a nutt shell, non advanced talk

1. podcasting has its advantages for music talent and or people you are promoting in your area or demographics you live at.

2. When you say 1 song thats not really a podcast thats just a song, you need to do a lineup of music in your podcast and a introduction to each artist you are playing so people know who they are.

3. their is podcast software available i think i seen a posting in the music forte forums about the program i do remember it had a error with something when you installed it to the computer but i belive i sent a FIX for it apart of that forum post so people can download it and install it properly.

4. you must be consistant on your podcast shows, make sure when you release a podcast and if you say its a weekly podcast show make sure you release it every week as expected. also as well dont bite off more then you can chew with the music lineup most podcast shows range from 30 minutes to 2 hours long (from what i have gotten from people) and well they varie in music genres and styles depending on the podcast creator and or genre they are trying to push to the general public.

5. be sure to submit your podcast show direct link (mp3 link) to the show on your webserver or whereever eles to internet radio stations, and websites who deal with online music streaming and content so your show gets plugged to a much wider market.

thats some helpfull tips to advance your podcasting adventure.

Dlivahh · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: Podcast IT link problem

Greg, I too, had a prob with the podcast IT link, it comes up as an
error still. So, I don't see how to get started if that's where I have
to start. I have a template for the .xml file to use for my podcast,
and I can download whatever software, but where do I go from
there?? Crying or Very sad

Greg · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Yours seemed to come up fine, when I logged in and checked your account.
http://www.musicforte.com/mrss.php?userid=Dlivahh

The best way to use this is to first plug it into feedburner.com. It will create a URL that is accepted by every major podcasting site.

Please feel free to give me a call, so that I can help get you started.