Welcome to 'Transmitting to Earth'. I'm Charssun and I'll be your host. This blog and podcast is a byproduct of VoyagerRadio.com and is intended to provide the most timely information about this Internet radio station. It is also intended to be a fun and accessible electronic journal with commentary focusing on Internet radio, podcasting and webcasting issues and technologies, music, and some of my other interests. I also offer personal perspective about being an Internet radio broadcaster (and podcaster).
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I've been receiving promotional music at the rate of about 2 CDs a week the past few weeks. This is wonderful; I'm getting more music than I've bought in the past few years. Looks like VoyagerRadio is starting to get noticed--I started receiving the CDs after being contacted by a few independent promoters.
The music I've been receiving is beautiful, but much of it is a bit too new-agey for my webcast: soothing ambient music by artists Randy Armstrong, Kitaro, and Agatsuma; gorgeous harp music by local artist and Renaissance woman Lisa Lynne; and contemporary ambient compilations such as Music for the Spirit 4 and Journey to the Heart 2: Music for Meditation. I even received music by original Gong Show host Chuck Barris. I had no idea Mr. Barris was making music. Well, now I do, and I'm glad to hear it--it's just not appropriate for VoyagerRadio. Truth be told, some of the music I've received was perfect for the webcast. I found some great tracks on the Classic Chillout compilation that I immediately uploaded into the VoyagerRadio playlist. The Om Yoga Mix has some groovy tracks that are borderline electronica; I could probably sandwich them in next to some electronic lounge tracks by Thievery Corp. and hope no one notices--but that would be unfair to my listeners, and do I really want to fit a square peg, or even an oval peg, into a circular hole? My listeners have come to expect a particular listening experience, and that is downtempo electronica, rather than downtempo, uh, anything. So what do I do with all this free music? I've been thinking about showcasing the music in a special "Ambient Hour", which would also put my new and unused Broadcast Scheduler to use. I've also considered starting a whole new webcast, one that is dedicated to a pure ambient and new age experience--but that would cost money, something I don't have much of. More likely, I will contact these artists and ask them permission to use their music as background for my upcoming Joe Frank-inspired radio show, which I desperately need music for. So keep sending me that ambient music--maybe I'll still make you famous, if not today, then someday. (Although you may not want to be famous with the type of crowd I'm likely to attract.) For now, I'll keep enjoying your music, which has helped me in more ways than you'll ever know. (If you wish for me to elaborate on that, please contact me.)
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Harold J. JohnsonVoyagerRadio
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