The Meltdown Podcast

Changes

Phil Coyne — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:59:01 +0000

It’s been a few weeks since a Midsweep show and in that time I’ve been making a few changes to not only the way I’m going to approach and produce the show, but also how I separate personal musings and show related stuff.

Personal stuff will now be on philcee.com whilst this site will concerntrate fully on the show. There’s a big announcement coming in the next week or so which will change not only the reach of the show, but also how you can listen and consume it.

All being well I’m hoping to announce these changes when I get another live show underway sometime this week. At the moment that’s going to be Thursday, but I may shoot for a lunchtime slot and as always release as a separate podcast a few hours later.

Exciting times are ahead for Midsweep and I’m looking forward to sharing it with you all. In the meantime, why not become a fan of the show over on Facebook and help spread the word.

Midsweep #3 – We are all Henry's Children

Phil Coyne — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:10:33 +0000

Back again with another Live Midsweep. This one was full of technical issues which meant that even though I thought I’d recorded 30 minutes, I hadn’t (woops!) You can still watch the whole show by clicking the player included below, or simply hit download for the MP3 version.

Midsweep #2 – The Interview

Phil Coyne — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:47:06 +0000

My first live streaming show and, despite a few technical difficulties, I think it went well. This one includes an interview with Nigel from The Foxes as well as an exclusive first play of their new single, Lover Killer.

BFM #186 – Back to the Old Skool

Phil Coyne — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:00:50 +0000

Back with a new show for you this week. As always, featuring the very best music from around the world.

I go on about it enough on the show, but I would really like some comments from you people. I can see there are definitely people downloading the shows, but it would be nice to have some feedback to share with the rest of you.

Easiest way to do that is to leave a comment below, it only takes a couple of clicks

Be sure to subscribe to the feed (copy the link in to iTunes or your favourite media player) and you’ll get every new show as it’s released.

Music is Not Pollution

Phil Coyne — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:47:29 +0000

I love live music and there are so many great venues in Birmingham that are currently under threat of closure due to a few complaints from local residences about noise pollution.

The guys over at Project X have produced a documentary to highlight some of the issues which will hopefully find the right eyes;

[youtube 4YRV3IOKTdI link]

Thanks to long suffering landlord of Digbeth’s wonderful Spotted Dog (best pub in Brum?), Kent Davies at the Rainbow, Keith Marsden at the Prince of Wales and just one of the many Digbeth residents who moved to the area in order to appreciate (not complain about) the vibrant atmosphere, Adam Crossley.

Superb editing and graphics on this film by Anthony Davies.

So there you go. If you have a blog, please post about this video or head over to the Project X site, or even leave some comments here. I’ll make sure they get back to the rest of the team

New Show – Midsweep #1

Phil Coyne — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:00:59 +0000

Sort of a new show from me, although this one will be syndicated online at http://nervecastradio.com – I present to you episode one of NerveCast Midsweep. A bi-weekly show, I’ll be concentrating on bands from the Midlands, all the way up to the “North” of the UK while John does the South and Dick is let loose up North.

A new bitjobs is on it’s way, even easier now my host has pulled it’s finger out and got the site up and running again. Let me know what you think, if you like

13amp – How Do I Fix This (Manchester) http://www.myspace.com/13amp
Mexicolas – Easy Smile (Birmingham) http://www.myspace.com/mexicolas
A Band in Ur Head – Heaven’s Fool(Leeds) http://www.garageband.com/artist/abandinurhead
Cats in the Alley – Pulling the Wool (Stoke) http://www.catsinthealley.com/
Academy Morticians – It’s Not a Small World (Birmingham) http://www.ironmanrecords.co.uk/

Live blog testing

Phil Coyne — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:58:28 +0000

12:51:14 PM: Great find by @jangles. A Wordpress plugin for live blogging on Twitter http://bit.ly/43AyE

12:56:50 PM: Lots of scope for this to be used for quite a few things. Very cool

Very easy to use with the plugin looking for a simple //NLB// to start and //ELB// to finish live blogging.

New Project – NerveCast Midsweep

Phil Coyne — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:04:41 +0000

Earlier this year I announced I would be getting back in to podcasting again. After a few problems (lack of time etc) I’ve managed to get back in to a fairly regular routine, whether releasing new shows, or digging out some of my favourites from the archives and serving them up for you again.

A few weeks ago I approached John over at NerveCast Radio about producing a regular show for him. He must have liked what he heard, because a within a few days he’d offered me a regular slot on the station.

Starting May 8th, I’ll be producing a bi-weekly show for NerveCast, Midsweep, covering bands from the Midlands (Watford, up to the North of England). This is a massive opportunity for me, as John’s show hits a few hundred thousand listeners.

The rebrand of the show site to Hyprmedia isn’t just a temporary thing, as I go on producing content, it will appear here under the one umbrella.Very much looking forward to this, and I’m sure the bands who get featured will be too.

BFM Gold – Jay Moonah of Uncle Seth

Phil Coyne — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:40:03 +0000

While I’m getting domain names transferred and hosts to sort themselves out, have a bit of a nostalgiafest again with an interview from 2007. This time it’s Jay Moonah of Canadian band, Uncle Seth.

I’ve not heard much from the band for a couple of years, but Jay is still around at his website or follow him on twitter.

With any luck, everything will be sorted out for next weeks show, if not I’m sure I have a few other interviews and old shows that a lof of you haven’t heard for a while/at all.

As always, I appreciate you listening, even when there’s not new content. So it would be great if you could spread the word over on Twitter or Facebook and help get the listenership back up to the dizzy heights of 2007

Back Soon

Phil Coyne — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:07:16 +0000

I’m nursing a bad voice at the moment, so will be back with the next show sometime early next week. In the meantime, please tell everyone you can about the show and let’s get these independent musicians heard.

Have a great weekend everyone.