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RPM Edition of the IBSG Podcast #3: Podcasting
Most musicians, when they think about where to get their music heard, immediately think of trying to get played on the radio. Unfortunately, commercial radio is essentially off limits unless you have a bankroll of tens of thousands of dollars, and college radio isn’t easy either. But podcasting has emerged to become the radio of the internet, and is wide open. In fact, podcasters are hungry for music to use because the major labels have made their own music nearly impossible to use.
In short, podcasting is a perfect match for independent bands.
In this episode, we talk with Mur Lafferty who is a podcaster, fiction author, and co-writer of the book Tricks of the Podcasting Masters. Just a few examples of her work include I Should Be Writing, Geek Fu Morning Show, and numerous podiobooks such as Playing for Keeps, Heaven, Hell, and Earth.
A few of the links covered in this episode include the following:
- Creative Commons: Free and easy to use licenses that makes it easy for podcasters to play your music. We recommend the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license, but there are also licenses that allow sampling or music sharing, so explore the site to find the license for you.
- The Podsafe Music Network: A website where musicians can post their music to make it easy for Podcasters to pick it up and use it. If you decide to use this site, read the license carefully.
- Podsafe Audio: A site similar to the Podsafe Music Network that uses creative commons licenses.
- CCMixter: Video makers, podcasters, net labels can search CCMixter for creative commons-licensed music. As a musician, you can post your music there to get exposure.
- Podcast Pickle and Podcast Alley are both podcast directories that you can use to find podcasts to get played on.
- Also mentioned in the podcast were Magnatune and Comfort Stand which are sites that podcasters use for music, but aren’t necessarily open to all bands to post their music. Read those sites to see how they choose their music.
- A few podcasts that use RPM Music include Joshua Wentz’s Downcast and Jim Davies’ JD’s Musical Alchemy.
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[...] we go into much greater detail in the book, as we believe that podcasts are, as you know from our prior posts, the new radio of the internet. We think that it’s one of the best places for musicians to [...]