Here’s a little roundup of my podcasting activity for 2007.

I have released 40 Episodes of For the Sake of the Song thus far and have about 9 ready to go in the upcoming weeks.

On the weekend of October 28, I was feeling sorry for myself that I wasn’t at Podcamp Boston 2 so I called several of my friends who were at Podcamp Boston and released about 4 Podcamp Boston Special Reports.

These reports evolved into a regular podcast for Podcamp Toronto with Connie Crosby. We have currently produced 6 Episodes of the Podcamp Toronto Podcast leading up to the event on February 23 and 24.

I produced a Podcamp Toronto audio promo to use on your podcast here.

2007 Also saw the release of my recording of my brother-in-law, Drew Beatty’s novel, White Trash Land, on Podiobooks.com . It has done fairly well for Andrew there.

I’ve continued to record audiobooks with Librivox.org and I continue to be a semi-regular host for the Librivox Community Podcast. Here is a list of the 15 podcasts I hosted for Librivox in 2007.

 Episode 40 with Mark Blevis [48:29m]: Play in Popup | Download (945)

In the podcasting community, Mark Blevis needs no introduction. He is co-host of the Canadian Podcast Buffet and Just One More Book!. His other podcasts include Electric Sky , Growing Enthusiasm , The Robert Farrell Podcast and Swimming In Literary Soup. He also maintains the Canadian Podcast Directory and organizes Podcasters Across Borders, along with Bob Goyetche. Mark is also a songwriter and musician, having played in the Robert Farrell Band. He has a sample song available as Mark Harold Band on the Podsafe Music Network.

Our discussion was wide ranging from music, to podcasting and beyond.

Name Dropping: (Links Discussed in this Episode)

Robert Farrell Band
Jowie Taylor and the Six String Nation
Podcasters Across Borders
Derek Miller and the Neurotics
Librivox
Canadian Podcast Buffet
Podcasters Across Borders
Jay Moonah: Online Music Marketing Podcast (Sadly discontinued but still a tremendous resource)
Baba’s Beach
Jonathan Coulton
Matthew Ebel
Uncle Seth

Mix Tapes

Downhill Battle: Home Taping is Killing the Music Industry… and It’s fun!

mechanical royalties

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Freedom for My Soul (© Mark Blevis and Robert Farrell) from the Podsafe Music Network.

Six String Nation(©2007 S. McGaughey)
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Both Mark and I will be at Podcamp Toronto,  a free 2 day conference February 23 and 24, 2008. Check it out at http://podcamptoronto.wordpress.com

Download a Podcamp Toronto audio promo to use on your podcast here or here.

In November I was asked to give a presentation on listening to and creating podcasts at the Penetanguishene Public Library. Here are my slides and notes.

I Have My Own Internet Radio Show … And You Can Too

Sean McGaughey

• Musician and Teacher

• CD: For the Sake of the Song

• Podcast: For the Sake of the Song– Conversations with Song http://ductapeguy.net

• Volunteer reader of Audio Books for http://librivox.com

• Organizer and Blogger for Podcamp Toronto http://podcamptoronto.wordpress.com

What is a Podcast?

• From: http://podcasts.culture.ca

• A podcast is an audio or video media file that is made available on the Internet; it is much like a radio show or a video that you can listen to or watch on demand, either on your computer or — if you transfer it — on a portable media player.

• Equipped with a microphone and recording software, just about anyone can make a podcast.

Examples of Podcasts

Dancing With Elephants http://dancingwithelephants.libsyn.com/

Radio Adventures of Doctor Floyd http://doctorfloyd.com

Librivox Free Audio Books http://librivox.org

For the Sake of the Song http://ductapeguy.net

Russ TV http://russmusic.net

How to Listen or Watch

On a computer

Loaded on to an Mp3 player, Ipod, phone, psp

Use Itunes, Juice, Winamp or other programs to download podcasts

Where to Find Podcasts

Canadian Podcast Directory http://canadapodcasts.ca

Culture Canada Podcasts http://podcasts.culture.ca

Podcast Alley http://podcastalley.com

Podcast Pickle http://podcastpickle.com

My Dreams

When I was 11 I had 2 dreams

To make my own record.

To have my own radio show.

I make them both in my own home with my computer.

… and you can too!

What you need

Making an Audio Podcast

A microphone: $1 from the dollar store, $10 from the computer store to lots of $$$

A computer

Free Software

Audacity is a good audio editing program and it’s Free!

http://audacity.sourceforge.net.

A place to put it.

http://archive.org

http://wordpress.com

Making a Video Podcast

A digital camera. They all take movies these days.

A computer

Free Software

Windows Movie Maker is free on all windows computers.

A place to put it.

http://youtube.com

Now Let’s Try it Out

Let’s break into groups and make an audio commercial for the Penetang Public Library.

Library Podcasting Presentation Slides

 Episode 37: 2007 in Review [64:22m]: Play in Popup | Download (776)

This Week, I thought I would do an End of year Round-up of For the Sake of the Song and replay some of the great music I’ve featured this year. It was tricky picking just 12 or 13 songs. Since March, I have recorded 45+ episodes of For the Sake of the Song. If each song had 3 or 4 songs, thats over 120 songs to choose from. This is episode 37, so you can see from above that I already have a number of shows ready for 2008. Upcoming guests include John Lunman, Peter Judd , The Undesirables, Trout Fishing in America, Mark Blevis, Manitoba Hal, Pork Belly Futures and Chris Yale.

I have also continued to be a regular contributor to the Librivox Community Podcast and have started a podcast for Podcamp Toronto. In 2007, I produced about 60 podcast episodes, and I’m not sure how many chapters and poems for Librivox.
Where I’ve Been

Podcamp Toronto 2008

PAB 2008

Podcamp Toronto Blog

Upcoming in 2008

Podcamp Toronto 2008

PAB 2008

Songs in this Episode

1. Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey) Alyssa Wright accompanied me on the spur of the moment and made me sound sooo good. Thanks.
2. Daffodils in the Rain ( © Olivia Duck)
3. I am an Island (© Aaron Howes)
4. Duct Tape Song (©1999 S. McGaughey) with Wendell Ferguson on lead guitar
5. Gonna Struggle (© Bryan Murdaugh)
6. Sunshine and Roses ( © Greg Hobbs)
7. Goodbye City ( © Scott Cooper )
8. Don’t Kill (© Hammel on Trial)
9. Mama Taught Me How To Pray © Nancy Dutra
10. Harvest Time ( © paul court and Don Bray)
11. Two Bit Suit © John Wort Hannam
12. When Hensley’s Had Enough ( © Steve Caston)
13. Angels (© 2007 Sean McGaughey).

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 Podcamp Boston Special Report #4 [10:10m]: Play in Popup | Download (619)

I called Bill Deys of the Deyscast, Country Music Cast, and host of the Podcamp Boston back chat room shortly after Podcamp wrapped up. We spoke of the announcement that Podcamp is lifting Rule #4 that all podcamps be free to participants. This may help reduce the number of people who register for Podcamps but do not show up. We also talked about how I am an Internet Visionary. Three weeks ago I posted LOLephants on my Catholic Canadian blog, with lolcat captions on pictures of me. It included this picture of me running? from a T-Rex.

As often happens at conferences like this, a bunch of people had a crazy idea about LOLCats with dinosaurs. Before the end of the conference, Nico Pin had developed a website design, they had registered the domain and lolsaur.com was born.
I think it’s so cool that I had a similar idea three weeks earlier. Way to go guys. Bill handed the phone to Nico at this point. Nico and I talked about the ongoing discussion around having wifi at conferences like this. On the one hand, it’s a boon to people like me who can’t physically be at the conference, but can still participate via the Internet. On the other hand, it can detract from the SOCIAL part of social media– actually meeting the people you have encountered on the internet.

I hope you enjoyed my remote coverage of Podcamp Boston as much as I enjoyed creating it. Thanks to Mark, Bob, Nico, Jay and Bill for taking the time to talk with me.

Oh and I WILL be at Podcamp Toronto on February 23 and 24.

 Podcamp Boston Special Report #3 [3:48m]: Play in Popup | Download (402)

I spoke with Bill Deys of the Deyscast, Country Music Cast, and host of the Podcamp Boston back chat room shortly after he woke this morning. Enjoy.

 Podcamp Boston Special Report #2 [4:16m]: Play in Popup | Download (597)

I spoke with Mark Blevis in Boston about his impressions of Podcamp Boston.  Jay Moonah was also on the line from Toronto, and you can hear Bob Goyetche in the background.