New Age and Ambient Music

Just a quick update on what's going on up north here. The CD is essentially done. I'm going to try selling it first through my website before I send it to Amazon and iTunes etc....It sounds really good..at least I think so...:+) Very thick sounding. Sort of analog sounding, but very digital ...there's no begining or ending to the music..it's one 59:00 minute track. It's sweet sounding, but not too sweet. I think everyone will like it ....I'm planning some bonus audio along with the download. I hope to have all of that done by the weekend.....

As the title of the post implies, I have an iPhone App!!! It has it's own page on the website right here. It was a really interesting experience in putting it together. Definitely some highs and lows in this process. Very frustrating at times, because when it was first released it wasn't working right and people were buying it and someone posted a review on iTunes and I don't blame them for a second. So the full description is at iTunes or on my own page. It's 2.99 and I think with all of the extra music that you get above and beyond just being able to stream all of the podcasts at any time ..it's a good value.....

Talk to you soon.

Jim

Hey Everyone,

Just having a cup of coffee before heading into work(at Brewbakers in Keene, NH), for a half day. I'm diligently working on the Deep Energy podcast and enjoying some time off. I changed the pages for the CD's so each CD has it's own page, and I'll be adding descriptions and reviews to the pages in a few days. Besides that I think the website is enjoying a nice healthy evolution into something that I can keep for a long, long time.

I want to thank everyone for a great year. The music and the podcasts have really come into their own. As this year and decade winds down, I'm truly grateful to all of the people I have met and had relationships with, in person and online. Ten years ago I was a very struggling folk singer and thinking about giving up the music thing altogether, just because I wasn't getting anywhere and wasn't feeling very fulfilled with where it was going. Today I have two pretty successful podcasts that have been downloaded almost 700,000 times. It's sometimes overwhelming and daunting, but always challenging and rewarding, which I think is pretty much all you can ask for when you create music.

This upcoming year will be an interesting one to say the least. The podcasts will end up being download over a million times probably by March or April, I have a company (www.ambientmusicgarden.com) that is selling my music to spa's and massage places, advertisers that want me to promote them, and a surprise that I can reveal in a few weeks. The podcast has gone from a hobby to real profitable (albeit extremely small, but still!!)business in about 3 years. Something that I never could have imagined when I started. So for all of that I say thanks. 

In making a podcast, it's a given that people will listen for awhile then leave and be replaced by others, and hopefully they find thier way back. To everyone that has left and come back I say thanks. To everyone that has hung around and keeps listening, I say thanks.

If you are celebrating a holiday, I hope it is a great one. If not I hope you are doing something you are passionate about and love, like I have with my music. Thanks for including me on your journey..

Peace Always,

Jim

Hi All..

I've added some of the pre-rolls for the upcoming advertising campaign for the podcasts on the Free Dowlods page. You can hear me try to sound professional...Also I've updated the Privacy notice page with some information about a disclaimer. And last but not least there will be a new page soon about Licensing my music through Ambient Music Garden. The Dark Ambient POdcast is done and should be up Jan 1.

Stay Warm

Jim

Having Thanksgiving at my house this year with Tim and my parents who are in twon for a few days....

On the blog page I started writing about making my next CD 'Deep Energy 3'

Besides that ...that's it..:+)