New year, new project!
Partially as a public benefit, partially out of intellectual curiosity, and partially for my own joy, I’ve started a podcast! (wait for groans to subside)
No, it’s not another opinion or news or murder podcast. It’s purely a technological convenience for myself and it costs me nothing to share with the world, so why not?
Background: I listen to a lot of mixes, sets, concerts, and compilations of music, and these days, a lot of them get posted to YouTube. Usually, there is an accompanying post to SoundCloud or Spotify, but not always. YouTube is not always convenient for listening to music – for example, it’s not natively supported in Android Auto or Apple CarPlay – so I’ve often found myself wishing that just the audio was available somewhere.
This is where a podcast becomes quite useful: I can easily write a new entry, upload the audio, and voila! Now I have a convenient, more portable version without the hassle of video or YouTube.
My new podcast is called Just The Music Please and it should already be available on Apple Podcasts and Pocket Casts (and hopefully other directories soon). I tried to add it to Google Podcasts too, but they seem to be in the middle of transitioning all their podcasts to YouTube (sigh).
I had considered SoundCloud as a solution here too, but their free account sharply limits how much you can upload (only 3 hours of music). Since I already have a website and hosting service, starting my own podcast is basically free, plus I have more control over it.
My intention for now is that I’ll dig through my favorite YouTube videos and upload only the ones that don’t have an audio-only version available somewhere. If I post every two weeks or so, I should have a steady stream of content for a while before I really have to start digging into the archives.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the convenience, but more importantly, the music!