More Lovespirals madness including our camping recap, writing and recording new songs, our concert-filled weekend with the Outernational Tour and Melodyguild at Violaine, our Lovespiralsgasms radio show and live chat, the Lovely Ladies of Ryan Lum podcast, Lovespirals on Coverville #474 podcast, playing World of Warcraft, running into Jamie of Closedown, Anji collaborating with The Grooveblaster, and more!
The band return after a month’s hiatus to catch you up with all the latest news! Ryan uses the MAudio Virtual String Machine on Lovespirals’ latest songs, Anji contributes to the CC Asia Band project headed up by MoShang, Soul Whirling Somewhere completes a gorgeous remix of “This Truth,” emails from Kambronn and Pomatic (check out his new Paul Van Dyk remix), free Lovespirals song streams on Muxtape and LastFM, planning a camping getaway, and more. The show closes with a clip of “Crossing the Pond” by Snoblind and Anji Bee plus other CABACA guest musicians.
At long last the band have settled on the winner and runner-up of the PLP Remix Contest for This Truth! We know that 60 some producers have been anxiously awaiting our decision since April 1st, and we’re sorry to have kept them on pins and needles, but we needed time to sort through and really listen to all of the entries. There were quite a few really good mixes — more than we even dreamed we’d get! We decided the best, most fun way to announce our faves would be with a podcast, sharing the music and our thoughts on the tracks. We hope that both the contest entrants and our podcast listeners will enjoy it.
The remixes are presented in no particular order, except for the winner and runner-up; the runner-up is presented first and the winner is presented last. The grand prize is an 8 gig iPod Touch, a year’s subscription to the PLP Producers’ Vault, and all 3 Lovespirals CDs autographed by the band, plus inclusion on an upcoming remix EP and promotion via the Podsafe Music Network and other online music services. Thanks so much to all of the producers for their hard work and especially to DJ Puzzle of Peace Love Productions and SynthVox for throwing the contest for us!
Continue reading Chillin' with Lovespirals #51: Remix Contest Top 10!The band get a lil bit political for a change of pace on our 50th episode. Topics include taxes and the need for a good accountant, Anji being interviewed by Wired, using the Apgoee Duet for podcasting, a new interview in iProng Magazine, supporting TibetAid, the PLP Lovespirals remix contest ending, our new Neumann mic, building thechillcast.com in WordPress 2.5, and Hungry Lucy on Chillcast Video. We close with a clip of a new unreleased song, “Shine.” You can still vote for Anji on Pod 5 Idol today!
Ryan and Anji return with stories about their new Logic Studio setup vs their old Pro Tools 24 setup, writing and recording new music, entries to Lovespirals PLP Remix Contest, watching Dig! on DVD, Ariel PR takes on our Motherless Child EP, joining thesixtyone.com, Anji competing in the Pod 5 Idol competition, Lovespirals on Pod 5, seeing Robert Rich live at the Goethe Institute, and two recent Chillcast specials. The show ends with “This Truth (donOesterby Mix)” — the full song, not just a clip. Enjoy!
CALLING ALL PRODUCERS: Remix Lovespirals’ song “This Truth” for a chance to win an iPod Touch and other prizes from PLP — as well as a spot on a new EP!
Ryan and Anji are back with more band news including switching from ProTools to Logic and other changes to their recording studio, “This Truth” Remix Contest, launch of a new Lovespirals/The Chillcast Beach Cottage created by Kirsty Hawkshaw in SecondLife, Lovespirals Feature on SolipsisticNATION, and 2 touching listener emails; one from fellow indie musician Tony Pucci, and the other from a NIU Grad Student. Please feel free to send your own listener email or audio comments into the band at info[at]lovespirals.com or just leave a comment on our blog at lovespirals.com!
Ryan and Anji are back with lots of personal and band news including the extended celebration of Anji’s birthday, the band’s harrowing winter storm incident, new recording gear, broken mixer update, a Lovespirals feature on Solipsistic Nation podcast, Long Way From Home on Pandora, Lovespirals guest DJing Yourgasms radio show, audio feedback from War-n of Hungry Lucy, and a clip of the new Chandeen song, “Tomorrow” featuring Anji’s vocals and lyrics.
The band usher in the new year with news of their expanded studio, Lovespirals’ most popular episode, the official release of the Motherless Child EP, recent webtool and shareware discoveries, online and terrestrial radio airplay of the new Long Way From Home album, Anji’s big Chillcast Video announcement, and more — including a recent collaboration with Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff musical podcast with a soundtrack available on eMusic.
Please write a review of Long Way From Home on Amazon, iTunes, CDBaby, or Bandcamp — and we may read it on the podcast!
UPDATE: Lovespirals ‘Motherless Child EP’ is now on Bandcamp with one extra bonus track.
In this extended podcast episode, Anji and Ryan play each song from their new album Long Way From Home as they discuss how the album was created. In this special behind-the-scenes podcast, the duo talk about the album’s influences, song writing, production secrets, and personal anecdotes. This feature gives you great peek into the album!
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Lovespirals back from the 3 day podcast expo with plenty of tales to share about fellow podcasters such as Dawn and Drew, the Extreme Pods crew, Adam Curry, CC Chapman, Julien Smith, Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff, the RumorGirls, Britney Mason, and Geoff Smith. Also, Lovespirals news including our site relaunch, the first batch of Long Way From Home CDs going out, and a sweet fan email from Julie. Plus personal stories including Lovespirals’ environmental tips, listening to Tea with Hungry Lucy, attending an Air concert, and seeing Jimmy Bratcher live. We close out the show with a clip of The Black Channel Citizen remix of “Motherless Child” from the Motherless Child EP.
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Buy Long Way From Home on CD & Digital and get an immediate digital download as well from Bandcamp
Get the Motherless Child EP in your choice of digital download from Bandcamp
A few photos from Lovespirals trip to PME 2007:
After a trip ton eventful trip Starbucks where Anji was recognized, the band are super amped to share the latest news and stories including Anji’s iMac pooping out amidst the flurry of promotion for Long Way From Home, the necomancer who made the first order of our CD, updating our various websites, getting our first CD review from CC Chapman, Anji being the 6th most recognizable voice in podcasting, plus the entire Lovespirals remix of “Motherless Child” from the brand new Motherless Child EP.
Links:
Buy Long Way From Home on CD & Digital and get an immediate digital download as well from Bandcamp
Get the Motherless Child EP in your choice of digital download from Bandcamp
Ryan and I talk about his upgrade to a Mac Mini running Parallels, the mysterious stink of his old iBook (aka StinkTop), PodShow forgetting to renew their domain, my launch of anjibee.com, plus I read a touching fan email from MySpace, share my own fan story of Robert Cray and more. Be excellent!
