So I’m over the jet lag from the trip to the New Media Expo, and I think it’s time to get a new episode out there. If you haven’t seen some of my photos from the Expo, click here.
You still have time to enter the drawing for four copies of Natalie Walker’s new CD, With You. Just send your name and full mailing address to contest@daveslounge.com by Midnight GMT on August 30, 2008 to put your name in the jar. I plan to announce the winners next week, so get those entries in soon!
I’ve been meaning to get these photos posted here for a while, and here they are — just some of the many cool people I hung out with at the New Media Expo in Las Vegas last week. (Click on each image for a larger image.)
Hanging out with Roxanne and Shane (a/k/a Secret Cameraman) from Beachwalks with Rox.
Here’s a larger photo of me and Anji Bee from The Chillcast and Lovespirals.
So I got back last night from the New Media Expo in Las Vegas, where I had an absolute blast. It was tons of fun meeting and hanging out with so many great podcasters, including Anji Bee from The Chillcast, Brian Ibbott from Coverville, Roxanne and Shane from Beachwalks, Ariel Hyatt from Ariel PR, Dan Klass from The Bitterest Pill, Rob Walch from Podcast411 and Today in iPhone, CC Chapman from Accident Hash, Charles Stepczyk from Insomnia Radio, Elsie from Elsie’s Yoga Kula… the list could go on forever, really. Plus, the Coverville 500 party was spectacular, and we all had a ton of fun out on the strip. I’ll have photos from the New Media Expo up here very soon.
Unfortunately, I stayed out late and didn’t get much sleep while I was there, and I am heinously jet-lagged. So I’ve decided to release an encore performance of Dave’s Lounge #50, which includes a speech I gave at a conference at Duke University three years ago. A few things have changed since then, but a lot of it still applies today, and it’s kind of amazing how so few people, both musicians and podcasters, don’t know about this. Perhaps I need to publish this info somewhere else on the web…
Dave’s Lounge and Dorado Records are teaming up to give away four copies of Natalie Walker’s new CD, With You. If you would like a chance to enter the drawing to win one of these CDs, send an email to contest@daveslounge.com with your name and complete mailing address. (Don’t worry: I won’t give your address out to any 3rd parties.) Deadline is Midnight GMT on August 30, 2008. I will have a random drawing on August 31 to determine the winners, who will be announced on this web site and in the first episode in September.
This drawing is open to anyone on the planet who doesn’t live in a place where this sort of thing is prohibited by law. Only one entry per person, please, and if you live outside the continental U.S., do allow a few weeks for delivery. Good luck!
A few things worth nothing this week. First off, you’ll notice that I’ve redesigned the Dave’s Lounge web site, so hopefully it looks a bit cleaner and is easier to navigate. I plan on adding a few new features to the site soon, but in the meantime, stop by and let me know what you think of the new look.
Secondly, instead of doing a Natalie Walker feature this month, I’m going to play one new song from her new album, With You, in every new show released in the month of August. In addition, I’m teaming up with Dorado Records to give away free CD copies of With You to Dave’s Lounge listeners. I’ll announce the details of that giveaway next week.
Finally, if you’re going to the New Media Expo in Las Vegas next week, send me an email. I have a long list of things I want to do when I get there, and I’d love to have some company.