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October 30, 2004
Podcast Review: Coverville
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4 stars
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Format: radio show
Content: ASCAP Music, legally
Rating: 
What I'm going to do: subscribe
Typical Length: 30 - 35 minutes
Here's some great news for music lovers, especially those of covers. Brian at Coverville has signed an arrangement with ASCAP to legally play music by their members. As far as I know this is the only podcast that has a legal arrangement with a member of the mainstream recording industry.
Brian comments in one of his later 'casts that he's had some problems with volume leveling between different music tracks. In this 'cast (#9) he seems to have worked most of that out, but he's still got a little work to do on the balance between his vocals and the music; his sound is often a little muffled and too soft when compared with the musical tracks. On this particular 'cast he also had some problems with skipping in the musical tracks.
Brian plays mostly (but not exclusively) cover version, and he knows a lot about the music he's playing, or he does a lot of good research. The information he talks about is interesting. He's also got a fair amount of music that you wouldn't normally hear - in fact, the mix of music between stuff I'd heard and stuff that I hadn't was quite fine.
Brian's style for this 'cast is very close to radio. He often plays songs back-to-back and does a good job of cross-fading between tracks. His intro/outro are also nicely handled. His discussion is mostly limited to the music. Given that this is the case, it would be a little disruptive for him to give the track lengths, although he does so in some cases, when he has reason to believe that the listener may want to forward past a number.
One last thing to note; Brian has committed to keeping Coverville free, even though the ASCAP deal is costing him. If you like what he's doing, please consider a donation - I'm sure even a couple of bucks would help.
Thanks to Scott Brenner for the suggestion.
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Posted by cori at October 30, 2004 05:33 AM