Aiko's JamBand Podcast

Hi Everyone: I learned quite a bit about Audacity the last two weeks, yikes! I started seeing those little wavy lines in my sleep. It was kinda creepy. It's been really fun and trying at the same time. I am thankful that Dr. Hall allowed me to use this concept of "classroom" and "learner" to this particular project.

This particular podcast has been in my head for a couple of years. I really do have thousands of concerts on over 4tb. I wanted to share the collection, and what better way than podcast. It can introduce new listeners to different styles and genres. The exposure through sound far exceeds reading about the band in a magazine. Hearing what that new band sounds like or what those old concerts sounded like can't be expressed adequately words, only through live concert footage can you get a true feel. This is a project that I fully intend to continue; I have mapped out the next six episodes.

But I really wanted to experience the full idea of podcasting. I got an account at PodBean, a great podcast posting service. There, I created a whole profile page, complete with logo and helpful widgets that were completely customizable. A plus is that I can keep track of statistics. Monitoring traffic is key to whole thing. Do people want to hear it? A great feature with PodBean is its direct link to iTunes. After creating your PodBean Podcast, you use the RSS feed directly to iTunes and all the information transfers smoothly. Pretty Cool.

Now, if you're not into my style of music, I apologize up front. Here are pertinent links:

Aiko's JamBand Podcast - The Official PodBean Page

EdTech 513 - Project Justification Page

Here's the big thing, my friends have already shared it on their Facebook pages today, and there are already positive responses, so this whole instantaneous access really is tremendously effective. This has been pretty exciting in a way because it allows me to express myself in a way some may not expect. And talk about authentic, my wife and friends have posted it to Facebook, every friend I know, and every family member, anybody on the planet can hear this, etc will see this... holy cow....