It took a little longer than expected but I have just finished one of my
favorite projects of the year, my SXSW mixes. If you aren't familiar,
what I do is download a torrent file (www.sxswtorrent.com) which has one
mp3 for (almost) every artist playing at SXSW. This comes to about
1300 songs. I then go through all of those songs and pick out 100 or so
that I really like and organize them into mixes based on genre. Now to
be fair, it really isn't possible to give every track the multiple deep
listenings necessary to truly figure out if it is great or not. This
is much more of a first impression thing so if you think I missed
someone good, by all means, please tell me. I like to think of this
project as my annual Myers-Briggs musical personality test.
The main reason for the delay this year is that I have upgraded the podcasts. They now have chapters for each song so you can skip around easily. (If you're listening in Itunes you'll need the "Now Playing" window showing) And, each chapter has the track title, artist, a picture, and a link to the SXSW artist webpage. That webpage will have a short bio / press release for the artist, where they are playing, and a link to their homepage. The last is of course the most important because that is where you are going to go to join mailing lists, find shows, and buy their stuff. It was a lot of extra work to add these features but as any long time listener I'm all about supporting the artists and I think this goes a long way toward that end.
A couple technical notes. First, if the link takes you to some website that isn't the SXSW page, that means the artist was originally scheduled to perform but then for whatever reason isn't playing at SXSW. I didn't bother taking those tracks out. Second for the sake of time, I am crowd sourcing the double checking of links, chapter marker locations, etc... If you find any problems. Shoot me an email activelistenerpodcast@gmail.com or a message on facebook http://www.facebook.com/ActiveListener.
Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,
Aaron
A2: Folkish Rock
The main reason for the delay this year is that I have upgraded the podcasts. They now have chapters for each song so you can skip around easily. (If you're listening in Itunes you'll need the "Now Playing" window showing) And, each chapter has the track title, artist, a picture, and a link to the SXSW artist webpage. That webpage will have a short bio / press release for the artist, where they are playing, and a link to their homepage. The last is of course the most important because that is where you are going to go to join mailing lists, find shows, and buy their stuff. It was a lot of extra work to add these features but as any long time listener I'm all about supporting the artists and I think this goes a long way toward that end.
A couple technical notes. First, if the link takes you to some website that isn't the SXSW page, that means the artist was originally scheduled to perform but then for whatever reason isn't playing at SXSW. I didn't bother taking those tracks out. Second for the sake of time, I am crowd sourcing the double checking of links, chapter marker locations, etc... If you find any problems. Shoot me an email activelistenerpodcast@gmail.com or a message on facebook http://www.facebook.com/ActiveListener.
Thanks for listening and don't forget to support the artists,
Aaron
A2: Folkish Rock
Folk certainly does not cover all of these songs. Bluegrassish sound is
in here. Think Travis. And some more traditional bluegrass. Some
David Gray "Bablyon" sounding tracks. Think of this as the more uptempo
version of the A1 mix.
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Tracklist
1. Inside My Head by Parkington Sisters
2. She's Got A Boyfriend by Jack Carty
3. Polish The Broken Glass by Matt Pryor
4. Coming For You by von Grey
5. Full Circle by Half Moon Run
6. Friend Of The Animals by Miracles of Modern Science
7. Dark Eyes by Lost and Nameless Orchestra
8. A Silent Film by A Silent Film
9. We want it all by Ravenna Woods
10. Born To by Jesca Hoop
11. Holy Moly by Dame
Direct Download
Tracklist
1. Inside My Head by Parkington Sisters
2. She's Got A Boyfriend by Jack Carty
3. Polish The Broken Glass by Matt Pryor
4. Coming For You by von Grey
5. Full Circle by Half Moon Run
6. Friend Of The Animals by Miracles of Modern Science
7. Dark Eyes by Lost and Nameless Orchestra
8. A Silent Film by A Silent Film
9. We want it all by Ravenna Woods
10. Born To by Jesca Hoop
11. Holy Moly by Dame
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- Open your favorite podcast program (Itunes, Downcast, etc...)
- Search for Active Listener
- Select the Active Listener podcast
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2. To get older episodes (that don't show up in Itunes)
- Head to the podcast website http://
- Use the Blog Archive file tree on the right hand side of the page to locate the episode you want and click the link
- To stream the episode just click the name Podcast xx - ...
- To download, right click (open apple click on a mac) on the name and from the menu that pops up select “Save link as…”
- Choose location and file name and then download
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