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Martha, I think I've got electro-music.com!
Streaming audio information:
electro-music.com is proud announce that we are providing live audio streaming over the internet to our community. Now it is possible for
electro-musicians all over the planet to broadcast live audio of concerts or electro-jams to a global audience. We hope this will greatly enhance the strength of our community and increase our collective audience. The web page for the
electro-music.com radio service is
radio.electro-music.com.
We are using the
Shoutcast technology. Shoutcast is usable on Mac, Windows and Linux. On Mac,
iTunes will play the streams. On Windows, we suggest
Winamp, but you may use
iTunes and even
Windows Media Player. On Linux,
XMMS is suggested.
Whenever possible, we will stream at two rates - one for good fidelity and one to enable people with slower internet connections. Try the server with the highest bit rate first and fall back to the slower one if you are having trouble.
When live events are being streamed be sure to check onto the
electro-music.com chat room. Usually, someone at the source will be able to share what is going on.
All you need to originate an internet radio broadcast is a moderately capable PC with a sound card, a
broadband internet link (Cable Modem, ADSL, etc), and some free software. It is also possible to originate live music broadcasts from OSX, but you must get some commercial software that costs about $40 US - free eval. See:
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/nicecast/ )
If you would like to source a live audio SHOUTcast steam on
electro-music.com from your studio or other remote location, these are the steps:
1) Let us know you want to participate. Send a PM to MOSC. Tell us know who you are, something about the music, when you'd like to broadcast, and other details. At some point you will need some promotional "copy' to help promote your broadcast. This would include pictures, descriptions and any links to your website and/or mp3s. If you have CDs for sale, provide a link to those too. This information should be posted as a forum topic on the News -> Concerts and Fesitvals forum.
2) If all is agreeable and appropriate, the we'll give you a couple of URLs and passwords to our test server. This will enable you to experiment with your setup and to practice broadcasting your live streams. When we are comfortable you can get the technology to work, we'll set up an exact time and you'll get different URLs and passwords to access our public servers. We will post announcements on
electro-music.com and you can promote the event in other ways as well. This service will be free unless we outgrow our infastructure.
The best time for a stream would be at about 3 PM EST (Eastern USA time) to correspond with mid evening in Europe. Other times are possible, but maybe not as desirable.
During the broadcast, listeners can get together on the
electro-music.com chat room. It's possible to interact with the audience this way. We have the option of rebroadcasting these live events as well, so the music will be heard by a larger audience.
Please note, we aren't offering free streaming servers for streaming stations. This is for infrequent single event concerts and such. Also, the type of music must be appropriate.
We'd love to hear any suggestions for improving this new service. Please let us know what you think.
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