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http://www.accidenthash.com
http://www.myspace.com/accidenthash
Boston based Accident Hash is the premiere independent music podcast to find the best mix in podsafe music. If you’ve never listened to a podcast it’s simple an MP3 file that you can listen to anytime you want. Accident Hash is usually a half hour of talk and music.
Q: Boston music listeners have been known to be a little finicky when it comes to their music – backtrack to the Run DMC remix of “Walk This Way” scandal which was originally by Aerosmith. What do you think Boston listeners want to hear and why?
A: I don’t see this as just a Boston thing. Music fans are passionate about what they listen to and love and are not afraid to tell anyone about it. Most music fans want to hear the latest track by the favorite band and to discover new tunes that fit into that which they love. A fan in one area of the country is not that different then another in my mind. It is all about the love of music.
Q: Why do you podcast? And do you think it’s a good idea for artists to invest energy in promoting their music via podcasting networks?
A: I always liked being the guy who found a new song and had to tell everyone about it. Podcasting gave me an outlet where I could do that on a global scale and that excited me. From the first one up to today, every time an artist or fan drops me an e-mail excited over a track I played I get a renewed energy to keep doing what I’ve been doing for almost 4 years.
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Artists should certainly invest energy into promoting their music on any channel that allows them more exposure and podcasting is a great tool for this. By making a track(s) available on sites such as the PodSafe Music Network, IODA or others it opens up the possibility of being heard by people that might not find them in any other way. This doesn’t mean that they can just upload a track and then do nothing. They still have to actively promote themselves either on their own or through a company or individual working on their behalf. Sure, luck plays a little bit into it, but hard work is not replaceable.
Q: What, personally, is your favorite genre to play?
A: I LOVE it when a hard rocking band strips it down and plays a loud track acousticly. I always loved MTV Unplugged when it was on beause you could instantly tell the real artists from the people who only sounded good in a studio. I’m a sucker for a solid acoustic track. If not that, then anything that I can put the top down and crank as I fly down the high way gets me going.
Q: What other social media ventures do you have besides podcasting?
A: I co-founded a digital marketing agency called The Advance Guard in 2007 that focuses on building marketing programs using emerging technologies so it is crucial that I at least have a foot in whatever the cool new pool at the moment is so that I can understand it for my clients. I’ve also been blogger for just over 6 years now and I’m an avid photographer and lover of Flickr.
Q: Your pretty big on twittering. How do you feel Twitter has helped your podcast?
A: Twitter allows me to stay connected to fans, bands and to meet new people that I can introduce my podcasts to. Besides Accident Hash I also do a new media focused one called Managing the Gray and a lot of my target audience for that show uses Twitter as well.
One of the main reasons I went to L.A. was to see a band that is very near and dear to my heart – The Dave Matthews Band who I began to follow back in 1993 when I was working in my first job in the music business at What Are Records? representing The Samples. Back then The Dave Matthews used to open for The Samples and I watched his meteoric rise up through the ranks of the music scene from the front row of dozens of shows.
I have gotten a lot of flack for loving this band and people really have a visceral reaction to them but that is not what I want to talk about in this post. So, for those of you who are judging me for my music taste please stop now.
As I was standing in the Staples Center on the first night of shows Dave Matthews came out on the stage and after playing one song seemed overly talkative and the band looked weary and tired on the big screens. Then he announced the sad news that LeRoi Moore – a founding member of the band who played Saxophone, pennywhistle and has passed away that very day.
There was a collective gasp from the audience and I stood there with many stunned people, and they and played the most bittersweet set that I have ever seen them play (and I have seen them many many times). Dave played all of Rois favorites.
What’s The Lesson?
Do what you love with passion – this life we have is short and sweet and you never know what a day will bring.
I was in the Fox Theatre in Boulder the night Dave Matthews found out that his sister had passed away and when I see them play I am reminded of my personal experience as a young person who moved to Colorado because I was totally inspired by the music scene there and because the only thing I wanted in my life was to live in that community of talented musicians.
Watching one of the most successful bands on the touring scene today move through their own shock and grief was moving and inspiring and sad and incredible and I am so happy I was there to cheer and to cry and to support them. And Dave spoke many times throughout that night and the next about how thankful the band was to have fans and how blessed they were to share a stage with LeRoi and I was again reminded that no musician can succeed without a community no matter how huge they get, how commercial their music is , no matter how much money they make and no matter where life takes them.
I’ll leave you with a moving story Dave told about Roi’s pennywhistles:
On a trip to South Africa, a South African musician the band was friends with gave Roi 2 of his old penny whistles to play (I imagine they must have played together) and Roi returned the favor by sending this musician a full beautiful set of brand new Pennywhistles to play.
That musician passed on last year but Dave received a note from their mutual friend saying that another band was using the penny whistles and the sentiment is the people who make the music may pass on but the music lives on in some form or fashion So Rest In Peace LeRoi Moore and thank you for being a square on the quilt that makes up my life. You brought me joy at the Fox Theatre, at Red Rocks, at Madison Square Garden and at dozens of places in between. Thank you for making your music.
- Ariel Hyatt
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http://weheartmusic.vox.com
http://www.myspace.com/weheartmusik
WeHeartMusic.com is a music blog composed of 30 music fans. They feature artists’ songs to stream to their readers, and include artists’ bios.
Q: How do you keep up with all the news in the music industry to put in your blog?
A: We actually get a ton of music-related news (mostly tour announcements), that I actually started a ‘news’ sister website – site.weheartmusic.com – that compiles press material. What’s interesting is that it’s indexed and searchable as soon as it appears on the front page.
If you’re a news junkie, you can usually find all the latest information about bands and touring information, directly from the source. This website is also the place to find out which bands we’re going to cover under “albums” and “assignments” page.
Q: How much work goes into producing and maintaining a successful blog?
A: I always tell people that you must produce content everyday, so you will need to at least spend 3-4 hours to write one long-form article. If you’re a music blog, I also recommend writing about music outside your normal genre, try not to pigeonhole yourself. Our most successful articles are usually not entirely about music (although it’s usually grounded in music).
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Q: What are you looking forward to seeing/hearing at the Pitchfork Music Festival this year?
A: So, this came and went, and looks to be pretty successful. I did mention about Pitchfork’s Festival prior to the event, but not for the bands that were playing. I just really admire how all this came together by a company that’s not the traditional media. Yet somehow, they have enough readers and followers that they are able to pull in the crowd to create this event every year.
In an article last May, Rolling Stone editor Nathan Brackett dismissed Stereogum and Pitchfork… say what they do aren’t writing. Sure, Rolling Stone is still a media gorilla, but let me ask you, if you talk to any young person today, what is the chance that they read Rolling Stone? They are most likely to get their news from a music blog, such as Pitchfork. Plus, when was the last time you heard Rolling Stone putting together a music festival?
Q: What musical change are you hoping to see in the industry this year?
A: Right now, you still can’t ignore traditional media, but I think you’re starting to see influences heading more online. Personally, I would love to see MP3s used as marketing/promotional devices to help drive sales of concert tickets and merchandises. I still very much prefer to have a physical CD or vinyl.
Q: How many artists do you review weekly?
A: I personally write about an artist seven days a week, at the very least. Combined that with my other writers, we produce about 50 articles a month, usually spotlighting very different music genres since everyone brings in their music taste.
http://pool88.typepad.com/my_weblog
Pool 88 is a Vancouver-based blog, named after a tranquil river pool in North Vancouver where the author grew up.
Q: Besides music what are some of your favorite pastimes and hobbies?
A: In addition to music, my main pastime is running. I’m currently training for my fourth marathon. I also enjoy the outdoors: swimming in the river or the ocean, cycling, hiking and trail running, and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. I enjoy TV, movies, reading, and hockey, and am currently trying to master Guitar Hero on my Wii — I’ve almost completed the ‘medium’ level!
Q: What made you want to become a critic of music?
A: I have been passionate about music since my high-school years and have seen so many great concerts: the first one was Queen! When I started my blog, I simply wanted to create a record of the shows that I saw with my impressions — so I can remember and so I can spread the word when I see something special. I comment occasionally on records, but it’s mostly live performances — and awards shows: I really enjoy critiquing awards shows!
Q: In your personal opinion, what do you think makes a good artist a great artist?
A: I’d say the biggest thing that makes a good artist a great artist is authenticity. Having a true commitment to your music and your message is something that shines through, no matter what the genre. In live settings, I think the artists who are most successful are the ones who can find a way to connect with their audience on any given night and avoid the trap of playing every gig exactly the same.
For example, last summer, I was so impressed when Stephen Stills talked about what he’d read in the local newspaper that day, and was able to connect some of those stories to his old protest songs from the 60s: it gave extraordinary relevance to a show by a veteran artist and reminded us that those struggles are far from over.
Q: From your site we can see that you are interested in various genres, from Country to Pop. But what is your favorite genre of music to listen to and review?
A: I really do like all genres of music: I am such a ‘consumer’ of music that I always like to hear things that are fresh, no matter what the style. I prefer live instruments over synths and samples, which is one reason that I’ve been listening to a lot of country lately. In the past, I have been more of a rocker — Bon Jovi is still a favorite — but I have lots of guilty pleasures in pop music, especially up-tempo songs that are powerful for running. When I’m relaxing, my taste runs towards folk, jazz, and classical.
Q: What do you absolutely hate to hear on an artist’s CD?
A: These days, Timbaland (booo, Madonna!) I’m not a fan of his production style, and to me all his material sounds essentially the same. I also have a hard time with the misogyny and glorification of violence in a lot of hip-hop…and some rock. Women tend to be treated very well in country songs, and I appreciate that!
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http://www.radiodos84.com
http://www.eixordador.com
L’eixordador Internet Radio plays the best in new releases of pop, rock, indie and electro music.
Q: Do you have a bigger Spanish based audience or English?
A: L’eixordador has two different audiences. Audiences can listen through the Live365 network, these people come basically from the United States (about 35%) followed by Spain (about 20-22%) and the rest come to the music channel from UK and Germany equally (we can’t forget other countries with some listeners like Mexico, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands or Australia). On the other hand we can find the people that are subscribed to the podcast and radio listeners. Here you can find the difference. The feed subscribers are basically Spanish (70%) followed by American subscribers (about 14-15%), Austrian (2%) and British (2%). The rest (11-12%) comes basically from other countries of Europe).
Q. How long have you been playing music?
A. Since 1997. The radio show started as a local hard rock show but after some changes over the years the show has finished being a mixture of pop, indie and electronic.
Q: What type of music, genre, do you enjoy playing?
A: Lately, and the subscribers of the podcast can confirm that, I love to play artists and DJ’s defined in the latest edition of the Sonar festival as bastardism: all those bands that play indie mixed with electro under house or funky beats but you can’t put them on the genre of “indie” or “alt rock” or “electronica” or something else. Good, but different… The music channel in its rotation is a bit different, it’s open to general audience, playing better known artists for the general masses and well known genres.
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Q: Why do you play music?
A: I’m playing music for the pleasure to discover new sounds, through unsigned artists to independent labels or netlabels. There are thousands of artists ready to being discovered, knowing one artist is the best way to know another one which can share his/her music with the rest of the world. Look at MySpace or Last.fm for example, this is a great way to discover a lot of amazing music. Feeling the vibe is the reason to play music.
Q: What is your goal for L’Eixordador.com?
A: The goal for L’eixordador.com is promoting new music, from the major label artists to unsigned artists, only with one condition: good quality work. We appreciate the compositions a lot that give us a good feeling, a well structured composition showing us something fresh and new. Trying to get a comfortable environment for the listeners who loves the music and the new tendencies.
The Indie Maximum Exposure List is Ariel Hyatt’s manifesto on how indie musicians can realistically profit from Web 2.0 & social media. 
