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Great Audio-Only Streaming Service

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pellmell

We just discovered a great new streaming service. The free account is 96K, and the paid account is 128K. Both are stereo. You might want to sign up now to claim your call letters or user name before someone else grabs it. (I'm not connected with them in any way.)

mixlr.com

If you try it out, I'd like to hear your comments. They're like an audio-only version of Ustream. A friend of mine did some testing yesterday, and it worked great. I did some testing last night, and there were a couple of interruptions in the stream.
 
You'd be better off using a service like Live365 as you can not only host your own show but you can also use whatever music you want because it's a FULLY LICENSED service with all the labels whereas Mixlr is not

In short, feel free to use Mixlr if you wanna be shackled in the type of music you can use in the intros, breaks & outros of your shows. But if you don't be shackled, GO ELSEWHERE

Just my opinion.....

Cheers :D
 
You are totally correct for a music streaming service that plays licensed music. I should have been clear that we use the service for voice-only podcasting with royalty free music. The idea of streaming music never crosses my mind. In fact, now that you mention it, I haven't listened to a radio station or an Internet site playing music in years.

This post is in the podcasting forum, and I've never considered a music streaming service to be podcasting where an RSS feed automates the delivery of the final product. Not everyone agrees on the definition of a podcast, but the RSS component seems to be a key element.
 
pellmell said:
You are totally correct for a music streaming service that plays licensed music. I should have been clear that we use the service for voice-only podcasting with royalty free music.
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Well in reality, there really is NO SUCH THING as "Royalty free music" as SOMEONE has to get paid somehow (Even sites that host music licensed under Creative Commons involve some sort of royalties). That's why Live365 ponied up the $$$ to become a legit music site (Although one can stream other non-music formats as well)

So the illusion that you're using "Royalty free" music is just that - AN ILLUSION

Take it from someone who's been in Internet Radio & podcasting since the 1990s (Which I have)

Just a little constructive criticism.....

Cheers :D
 
And when I play something by The Six Jumping Jacks from 1927, someone is really gonna get paid?

What about labels that don't exist anymore?
Many things are wrong with the model of licensing as the value of airplay is simply being argued down,
while the value is worth MORE today in the face of format stangulation.
 
Pat Cook said:
Well in reality, there really is NO SUCH THING as "Royalty free music" as SOMEONE has to get paid somehow (Even sites that host music licensed under Creative Commons involve some sort of royalties). That's why Live365 ponied up the $$$ to become a legit music site (Although one can stream other non-music formats as well)

So the illusion that you're using "Royalty free" music is just that - AN ILLUSION

Take it from someone who's been in Internet Radio & podcasting since the 1990s (Which I have)

Just a little constructive criticism.....
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We can agree to disagree. I've been a music and copyright attorney longer than you've been a broadcaster. Case in point: A very famous internationally known recording artist sent me two songs he wrote and recorded in his home studio and said that I could use them for free - no questions asked, no royalties, no attribution. If he knew you, he'd send them to you under the same terms. That's not an illusion. There are many sites where artists are writing, recording, and releasing their own material for free with no attribution required. You are correct that you have to differentiate those sites from the ones that want a one-time fee or attribution, but anyone who can read can accomplish that simple task.
 
Just signed up for an account and tested it...LOVE IT...thanks for sharing, it easily saves and then distributes my recorded "LIVE" program to my SoundCloud account...I also tested placing the widget in my FB page and it looks stellar! Really helpful discovery you led me too...thanks!

pellmell said:
We just discovered a great new streaming service. The free account is 96K, and the paid account is 128K. Both are stereo. You might want to sign up now to claim your call letters or user name before someone else grabs it. (I'm not connected with them in any way.)

mixlr.com

If you try it out, I'd like to hear your comments. They're like an audio-only version of Ustream. A friend of mine did some testing yesterday, and it worked great. I did some testing last night, and there were a couple of interruptions in the stream.
Click to expand...
 
Further praise for this service...which I have no affiliation with other than I subscribed to it for free...this week we have produced three on location shows. One in a bar, one in a pizza place and one in local shop...at the shop I had access to high speed internet direct connection but at the bar and the pizza shop I had to rely on my trusty hot-spot...WOW...I cannot believe how great this worked out.

Thanks again for the introduction.
 
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