I had a vision when I created Dave’s Lounge. Consider this episode an opportunity to share and reaffirm that vision with all of you. Last September, I gave a presentation at the Duke Podcast Symposium here in Durham, NC. That’s what you hear in the show this week. For new listeners, it should give you a better idea of where I’m coming from. For longtime listeners who already get it… thank you for staying subscribed.
This wasn’t quite how I envisioned #50, and my decision to incorporate the presentation into this episode came very late, which is part of the reason for the delay. I hope you find it worth the wait.
Dave’s Lounge #50 is going to be a little bit later than I had planned, in part because I spent a good chunk of tonight here. North Carolina doesn’t win pro sports championships very often. In fact, up until last night, it had never won a pro sports championship. I would have felt bad not going to the party…
On top of that, I’ve been planning a trip to Virginia Beach this weekend, so the #50 might not be done until next week. It’s partially done, though, and still in the works, so don’t go anywhere. Dave’s Lounge is still open for you, and there’s some great music in the next show. As those placards on the Tonight Show used to say, more to come…
I have received emails from people saying that they cannot reach this site through daveslounge.com. As I understand it, Liberated Syndication had some DNS issues, but they appear to be fixed now. If you’re still unable to reach this site via daveslounge.com, then the DNS info has not propagated to your area yet. Give it time. It should sort itself out soon.
As far as I can tell, this does not affect people subscribed to the iTunes feed.
Also, I am fully aware of the mess that is Permanent4.com right now, as I made that mess myself. I will attempt to fix this later today, but it will probably be the weekend before the whole thing is sorted out…
This week’s show shines a spotlight on Groove Gravy Records, an independent downtempo label based in Los Angeles. Label owner Roy Shakked, who’s also the producer behind The Tao of Groove, was nice enough to grant me permission to play some tunes from the label’s Chill Pill compilation series. I picked out three artists from those compilations to feature on this show — and let me tell you, it wasn’t an easy choice.
This was also the first podcast I recorded on my brand new laptop, and everything seemed to go well. The only thing I miss, really, is having a monitor that swings into portrait mode for when I edit the show together. How does it sound to you?
I apologize for the delay on this one. My new laptop arrived over the weekend, and I’m still trying to get all my audio hardware and software set up on it.
As you can see in the background, I’ve also got a new audio interface, so if my voice sounds a little different on the next show, you’ll know why. Also, if you’ve emailed me in the last week — especially about the web design — and I haven’t gotten back to you yet, sit tight. I do intend to respond to everyone soon.
In the meantime, I’ve noticed that iTunes sales have jumped a bit since the last show. What songs are people picking up out there?
