Podcast NYC: Musicians and Podcasting Part II

This is part two of (what will now be) a three part series encouraging musicians to start their own podcasts. Part I covered the many reasons why musicians should be involved in podcasting as a 21st century music promotion tool. Part II covers podcast content and the steps to take to get a podcast started. Part III will focus on musicians creating awareness and gaining listeners for their podcasts. The run time on this podcast is 41:39.

A musician's podcast can include a variety of content in order to make fans feel more connected to the musician or group. This content may include a combination of:

• Music - rough demo tracks, alternate mixes, throw away tracks that didn't make the album or lower bit rate versions of album tracks
• Artist News - a personal audio weblog, coming events or a view into the creative process
• Experiences - live music recordings from shows, audio blog recordings just before or just after being onstage, audio recap of live shows or recording sessions

Musicians can use a variety of tools to record/edit their podcast content as necessary, including:

• Portable Recording -iRiver H320, iRiver iFP-799 and others
  
• Production / Editing - Audacity, Garage Band, Magix Music Studio, BlogMatrix Sparks and others
• ID3 Tagging and Conversion - dB Power Amp, ID3 Tag It, iTunes, Windows Media Player and others

A number of free or low cost services are available to facilitate the creation of blogs and RSS feeds for podcast content, including:

• Blog / RSS Feed Creation - Blogger, TypePad, Big Contact and others
• RSS Feed Management- FeedBurner
• Podcast Recording / Publishing - Audioblog, Slapcast
  
• File Hosting / Blog / Podcast Publishing - LibSyn, Blog Matrix, Garage Band Podcast Studio and others

Part III coming very soon. Feel free to send comments or questions to MediaMaster@podcastnyc.net.