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Calling poets and musicians here

FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
edited October 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Does anybody fancy recording their original poems or songs, and sending them to me as an mp3, and then I could make a little hobby radio station to share our work? I went and got a free broadcast program and I've been testing out the kit, but it would be cool for us to hear each other perform our work on the air, no? There'd only be a limited number of streams for people to hear it, but it could be fun. We could make the occasional show and I'll broadcast it on a little rotation.

Let me know. Hope that doesn't sound like spam, because it's only you and your work I'm talking about, and it would be totally free.


Edit: It needn't be an mp3. It could be a FLAC, OGG or WMA file. (No shns though; there's no shn plugin for my JetCast program as of yet.)
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  • burtschipsburtschips Posts: 734
    that is a good idea Fins! i have no songs but could muster something.... my bro has songs, count? nothing spamish about it to me.
    Salut baloo
  • eddies grrleddies grrl Posts: 509
    Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Can I play?? I have poems.
    Life is the riddle
    Of which we're caught in the middle.
    A couple of lucky ones
    Tangled up in too much love
    ~cowboy junkies
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    I have every faith in Fins with this venture... i dont know if the stuff I write would be good enough though :(

    sounds like a lot of fun though...

    if it gets up and running i'd be interested to participate.... only with knees-a-tremblin and fingers-a-bitin
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • trappedinmyradiotrappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    sounds like a good idea -
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Does anybody fancy recording their original poems or songs, and sending them to me as an mp3, and then I could make a little hobby radio station to share our work? I went and got a free broadcast program and I've been testing out the kit, but it would be cool for us to hear each other perform our work on the air, no? There'd only be a limited number of streams for people to hear it, but it could be fun. We could make the occasional show and I'll broadcast it on a little rotation.

    Let me know. Hope that doesn't sound like spam, because it's only you and your work I'm talking about, and it would be totally free.
    I'll dig a tunnel
    from my window to yours
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Cool. I'll keep bumping this. PM me if you've something, and I'll put together a playlist.

    I'm experimenting with JetCast at the moment. It's temperamental, though. I might try Shoutcast. I'm only using a free program. This is just a hobby thingy, for us. :)
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    i'm up for this mr Fins.

    i'll be purchasing a new computer soon. what would i need to record my self besides a microphone? any advice would be appreciated.
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    A good mic and a free recording program such as Audio Recorder For Free (see Download.com) should be okay. I'm only going to broadcast at 32kbps so as long as we're reasonably clear and audible we should be okay. And we'll only broadcast to a max of about 8 streams at any one time.

    I know cassia's up for this too! (Remember cassia? :))
  • Bluekey MaaloxBluekey Maalox Posts: 19
    i don't know how to make an mp3.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/98705/102-6933453-3568951
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    count me in Fins.....I'll download the program.....and I've got a microphone.....I'm just watching the first part of the Bob Dylan documentary right now.....and I really think we have a hotbed of creativity here......a little corner of the internet......and we should make something of it.......I just love the poetry forum......that's a great idea!!!!
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • NoLongerOverwhelmedNoLongerOverwhelmed Posts: 82
    Super idea!!! I'll see what I can do. I've got scads of stuff somewhere...
    Rock over London... Rock on Chicago... I love what you do for me Toyota - Wesley Willis
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Count me in Finns.Pm me if you need help with it on the States side.
    I promise I'll make em longer and more precise along with a cool recording of going to Califonia by your boys in Led Zep.


    :D:D:D
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Gotta be all original stuff, Ali. . :)
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Gotta be all original stuff, Ali. . :)
    You got it finns.I'll go into the studio for the occasion.
    I'll write cha an epic-play.Something new and on the beat.

    Pm me if you need me.I'm there for you and support your efforts;)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • depopulationINCdepopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    sounds like a good idea. If you dont mind, I'll try to submit something in musical format. Its not the best recording quality, but what can a lad do
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I think I can handle most formats actually, including FLAC and WAV. I'll broadcast as soon as I have enough material to do a show of a couple of hours. PM me, people, about sending me material. You could email me small files but for the larger files they'd be better sent some other way. We'll work it out.
  • depopulationINCdepopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    all you need to do is a peep-peer transfer...ie limewire...pretty fast. Also, messenger transfers files pretty fast.
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    depopulationINC wrote:
    all you need to do is a peep-peer transfer...ie limewire...pretty fast. Also, messenger transfers files pretty fast.

    Limewire's fooked right now, I thought? Or is that just for copyrighted material?

    I was thinking of Messenger. I have Trillian, which supports MSN, Yahoo and AIM. Whatever program anyone has, I can get the files from them that way. Also, on Jetcast there's a chat facility. People can send me files while I'm actually on the air.
  • depopulationINCdepopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    I use limewire
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Fins

    can we submit stand-up stuff... or is it poetry based your looking for?

    I was thinking of doing like 2 minutes spouts of comic fury on various incendiary topics...

    would this be of any use???

    Dunky :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    No potentially libellous references to the peccadilloes of politicians, celebrities or royal family members,though. Much though I enjoy that sort of thing. ;)
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    nothing litigious old boy... just stuff about buses and the wrappers on Babybel's... light relief stuff.... but I was also gonna do some historical stuff along the lines of, the conversation between JFK and Jackie O prior to getting shot... or the last 3 minutes of Hitlers life... :) just rants about everyday things on an observational level

    I'll need to get started but it was mainly to check that you would be open to this kinda thing.

    Cheers :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Anything you like, really. I suppose I have to keep it kind of before the watershed but we can bend those old rules as far as we can get away with.
  • sevensinssevensins Posts: 887
    u intrested in mine perhaps? I could send u a song and/or poem. if u'd like
    http://www.myspace.com/pleasetryagain

    http://www.myspace.com/alotalotbetweenus
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I'd love that.

    When everyone has stuff ready, start PMing me and I'll get everything in and make up a playlist.
  • Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    This sounds like it's going to be great! Hope you all have fun with it! :)
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Okay, sevensins has sent me some songs. Anyone else ready to submit anything?
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    I would love to do this, but how do I record something for you? Is there such a thing as an MP3 whatever for me to talk into? I'm really not well-versed in this MP3 business. Little help?
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Sure. There are several free recording programs available. The one I'm using at the moment is part of the JetAudio player. For me, Jet's as good as any media player, including Winamp. It has a built-in CD Burner, CD Ripper, and File Converter, as well as the recorder.

    Here's a link to it, via Download.com:

    http://www.download.com/3000-2167-10013740.html


    Once you have it downloaded, installed and running, you'll see a "R" for recording option on the face of the player. Click it. A screen will appear, headed "Recording". In the top left window, tick the box saying "Microphone." (Let's presume you have a good mic plugged into the soundcard in your pc.) Then, choose the format you want to save your file to (WAV is usually default, but it takes up a lot of disk space; you could choose WMA 7 format instead), decide where on your pc you want it to be stored, and when you're ready, hit the Start button. When you're done, click Stop.

    Hope that helps, Bella.
  • Eddie_Vedder_83Eddie_Vedder_83 Posts: 281
    that's pretty cool, i think im in!
    ~It is better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not - ?~

    ~You laugh because I am different, I laugh because you are all the fucking same -?~

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