Changes coming to Iowa Music Showcase

You're going to be seeing some new additions to Iowa Music Showcase.

Besides my (Dan OlderMusicGeek's) podcast episodes, playlists, and posts on other sources to hear and find Iowa music, we have added 3 new features!

JAZZMAN JOE VIDEOS - Jazzman Joe has a YouTube channel with literally hundreds of performances from Iowa's classical and jazz artists, as well as some from other genres. We will be featuring one of those performances every week on Friday on the website.

FESTER RAGE VIDEOS - Fester Rage is an amateur videographer who recorded various live performances from Iowa's punk and alternative music artists, as well as some other genres.We will feature one of those performances on or near the 15th of every month.

YOUR OWN PRIVATE IOWA - YOPI is an interview show hosted by Richard Sutton on KURE 88.5 Ames Alternative every Thursday from 7-9pm. He has an Iowa music artist talk about their work and what inspires them. The interview will appear on our website the following Wednesdays.

So stick with us as we expand our horizons to present more music and information on the music from Iowa!

Episode 45 running late

Sorry. Personal matters and allergies have gotten the better of me. Episide 45 should be out a Monday. Tuesday at the latest. 

Iowa Music Showcase Live poster

This is the poster by Matt Smith for our live show at Lefty's Live Music in Des Moines on Sat, Feb 4.

You can read about it here - https://www.facebook.com/events/756507931165093/

Please share this promotional video anywhere and everywhere!

Hey all!

I made this promotional video to help the word out on my website and podcast!

So if you could share this anywhere and everywhere with anyone and everyone, I will be eternally in your debt!

Here's the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiHQL76k4jU

Iowa Music Showcase is now on Itunes

You can now subscribe to Iowa Music Showcase on Itunes!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/iowa-music-showcase/id1173339660?mt=2

So please subscribe! And if you could rate us and write a review, that would help a lot!

Thanks

I assure I'm not getting rich

I just want to let all the musicians who let use their work for free that I am not trying to make any money off their hard work.

This website and podcast is still a money LOSING enterprise!

But I am trying to get some extra money to use for promoting this website.

It does no good for me to scream and yell about how great Iowa music is if I'm talking to an almost empty room!

I want everybody to know how great our - and your - music is. To do, I need to promote this website more. And to do that, I need money.

So I will be monetizing my YouTube page, starting a Patreon account, among other things. But I assure that any money I make will go back into the website and not into my pockets!

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Be on The Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC)'s Music Directory!

The Des Moines Music Coalition is starting a directory on their website. So if you're in a band, have a music venue, or do anything musically related, go put yourself on there! We're already there!

http://www.desmoinesmc.com/directory/

Latest episode not on Soundcloud, but can be heard here...

For some reason, the latest episode of Iowa Music Showcase is not uploading on SoundCloud!

But you can STILL hear it and download it on the following sites:

Home -

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/06/episode-30-iowa-hip-hop-and-rap.html

BandCamp - 

https://iowamusicshowcase.bandcamp.com/track/iowa-music-showcase-episode-30-iowa-hip-hop-and-rap

YouTube - 

https://youtu.be/dOpKAWDKuoY

Archive.org - 

https://exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FIowaMusicShowcaseEpisode30

Download link (right click and hit "Save as....") - 

https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode30/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2030_.mp3

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/06/episode-30-iowa-hip-hop-and-rap.html

Looking for Iowa soul, RnB, and funk music!

Hello all,

I’m working on an podcasts episode on Iowa’s soul, RnB, and funk music.

If you are such an artist or in that type of band, or know anyone like that, please have them contact me at iowamusicshowcase@gmail.com.

You can check out the website and podcasts at http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/.

Hope to hear from you soon! And please share with anyone who might be interested!

Thanks!

Dan OlderMusicGeek

Some boring legal stuff you should know: Iowa Music Showcase is done on a zero budget. I don't make any money from it, and give it away for free. So I can't afford to pay any rights or fees.

Some episodes, though, are played on Code Zero Radio, and they do pay licensing fees for the songs they play. 

Links to follow and/or subscribe to Iowa Music Showcase

Just to let you know, you can subscribe and/or follow Iowa Music Showcase at the following sites.

And if you could tell anyone who might be interested, that'd be awesome too!

Home page:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase

Receive by email:

https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=IowaMusicShowcase&loc=en_US

SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/iowa-music-showcase

YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMPcIaIvvs0Aj4zk2JbXdQ?sub_confirmation=1

BandCamp:

https://iowamusicshowcase.bandcamp.com/

Running behind - Computer issues

Sorry there hasn't been a blog or podcast this week. Having some computer issues. Should be fixed by this weekend!

Doing a slow down

Well, my few regulars will have noticed that not as many podcasts are coming out as quickly as before.

This is due to my day job. I'm putting a lot of extra hours. Sometimes 50+ a week.

And being an unfit, middle age family man. I can only do so much. So podcast is getting the raw end of the deal.

I'll try to put out at least one a month while this is going on. And continue to put out one of my Other Sources or a playlist or something on weeks without a podcast.

I'm not giving up and stopping. Just doing a temporary and necessary slowdown. When my work hours return to normal, the podcast will come out biweekly again.

Sorry for any inconvenience!

Apology for taking so long with part 2 of the Peace, Love, and Stuff retrospective

I promise you. I have been working on it, but 50-plus hour work weeks mixed, with a busy family life, has left me with little time to work on my podcast.

But part 2 of the Peace, Love, and Stuff retrospective is recorded. I just haven't had time to work on the blogs for the songs and extras.

But if you want a sneak peak you can have a listen here on  here on SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/iowa-music-showcase/iowa-music-showcase-episode-27-the-peace-love-and-stuff-retrospective-part-2-of-2/s-DJ8E1 - or here on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHaBq7P1Mrs.

We are now on Stitcher!!!

You can now subscribe and listen to Iowa Music Showcase on Stitcher!!!

http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=81014&refid=stpr

If you use Stitcher, please review and rate Iowa Music Showcase so others will learn about our show!

A partial list of public domain Holiday/Christmas songs

Angels from the Realms of Glory
Angels We Have Heard On High
Auld Lang Syne
Ave Maria
Away In A Manger
Boar's Head Carol
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isobella
Carol of the Bells
Cherry Tree Carol
Children, Go Where I Send Thee
Coventry Carol
Deck The Halls
Ding Dong Merrily on High
First Noel
For Unto Us
Gabriel's Message (The Angel Gabriel)
Go Tell It On The Mountain
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Hallelujah Chorus
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Here We Come A-Caroling (Wassail Song)
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
I Saw Three Ships
In The Bleak Midwinter
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Jingle Bells
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Joy To The World
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Come O Come Emmanuel
O Christmas Tree
O Holy Night
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
O Tannenbaum
Once In Royal David’s City
Silent Night
Sussex Carol
Twelve Days of Christmas
Up On The Housetop
We Three Kings
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Wexford Carol
What Child Is This
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

New Halloween version of theme song

Just because I'm so excited by how well it turned out! Ross Kendall redid Dylan Boyle's theme song as if it were heard in a haunted church for our TWO upcoming Halloween episodes!

https://soundcloud.com/iowa-music-showcase/iowa-music-showcase-halloween-theme

Woo hoo! Facebook two likes away from 200!

Need only 2 more folks to like us on Facebook, and we reach 200 likes!

https://www.facebook.com/IowaMusicShowcase

Podcast running a day or two late

Ran into a snag with one of the songs on the podcast and had to change it at the last minute. So the new episode may be a day or two late.

IMSC isn't dead! Just kinda comatose...

Sorry, people, but things are going be bit slower for a while.

Been working 50+ hour weeks on the day job.

And being a man in early fifties who could be in better shape, I can't handle a long work week, a family with wife, 2 kids, 3 cats, and a dog, and check out the local scene, plus do a podcast.

This middle age man doesn't have stamina. I can't give up work, and not giving up time with the family or local live music! So the podcast has to suffer.

But when my work gets back to a regular schedule, so will the podcast!