File Sharing

I have been downloading mp3s from the internet for days now...looking for obscure stuff, trying new things, discovering arists that I have never heard of and learning that I am curious for more.
I will be playing some of these gems on my radio show Christmas Eve 7am EST (featuring some bonus blogger music too!)

Anyway, here's why I like file sharing:
I have found a few artists whose work I really like, but I don't trust the songtitles and such on the downloads, so I google the artist.
If the artist has a working web page, I use the media contact links to say hello, I'm with this station, I like your music and would like to promote it on my show. Can you send promos? Thanks, etc, yers truly.

If I was an indie artist, I would check the veracity of such requests and then send whatever I had- if someone asks for stuff, they are more likely to actually play it, one would think.

If I get responses, I'll play the songs and plug the artists on the web. I may have to make a new blog...awww....

Hopefully, I'll eventually have a steady flow of fresh, quality music coming in- catered to the shows I produce. This will save me endless hours of sifting unsolicited overload and help me find material for my show-which is taking a turn for the Celtic, btw.

Playing unheard music really thrills me; it's a great, albeit small way to help get the word out about worthy unknowns; sometimes someone will call and ask for more info- I live for those calls! It means I picked a winner- Pleasing the Audience is job #1, barely ahead of #2, Not Playing Crap.

Indy media, blogs, community radio- this is the future of human communication- or it should be anyway.
We are working on it, trust me.
Help us by avoiding corporate media whenever possible and supporting community programming in all forms-volunteer for something that you might be good at.
Look around. The opportunities are there.

As mentioned elsewhere and previously, Sunday's show will be sort of mixing blogland with radio a little, so perhaps you'll take a break from the same ole' X-mas songs and get your Druid Groove goin' for a couple hours. I gotta admit I like the idea of a small group of distant strangers all linked by various blogs, all listening at the same time.
Groovy, ya know?

Peace.