I’m going to get my head shaved for charity ..

I am participating in Bald is Beautiful on May 5, 2012. It raises funds for cancer patients being treated at CMC/DHK our local nonprofit community hospital and cancer center in Keene, NH. All proceeds go to the patient relief and cancer care funds.

Please consider any amount in support of cancer patients in treatment. This year the event will be held Walier Chevrolet on Winchester Street in Keene, NH.

If you want to cheer me on that day you are welcome to attend. Whether you attend or not, please take a moment now and make a gift online by credit card. Help me make a difference.

If you click the link below, you can make a donation to a good cause and I will post photos and a video of me and the clippers becoming one …..:+)

you can donate HERE

Thanks,
Jim

Hey everyone.. here are the links to the new podcasts…

Dark Ambient 2.0

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dark-ambient-2.0/id511264999

Deep Energy 2.0

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-energy-2.0-music-for/id511265415

Please subscribe !!

The old shows on iTunes will soon be gone…

Thanks,

Jim

Two new podcasts at my new podcasting home…Libsyn.com. I do not have a new home at iTunes just yet, but i’m hoping soon….

Here is the link to the new podcasts for right now:

http://deepenergyapp.libsyn.com/webpage

if you want to use your own RSS aggregator

Here are the feeds

http://feeds.feedburner.com/darkambient

http://feeds.feedburner.com/DeepEnergy-MusicForMeditationRelaxationMassageAndYoga

If you own the Deep Energy app, there is good news and bad news. The good news, the app has the new episodes along with new bonus material. the bad news is, when they moved my app over, all of the bonus material was lost….so i’ll re uploading it as fast as I can, with out my internet provider shutting me off.

Once i’m back up on iTunes, I’ll post the link here..

As always thanks for the support

Peace

Jim

A free download for you!!

Hey all…I’m going to go on a rant and adult words will be used ….

This will be on my Podcast page on Facebook and on my website and twitter, so if yo see this twice, I apologize in advance…

It really takes a lot to piss me off. I’m probably one of the most laid back human beings walking the face of the earth, maybe even too laid back to a fault, where things that should get under my skin, don’t…today was different.

The company that I use to host the podcasts is a company called Mevio. They used to be called Podshow, way back when I first started doing this in 2006. They were owned by Adam Curry, the VJ from MTV in the 80’s. There have been a lot of changes with Mevio in the last few years. Not a lot of them good, but I never had a problem with my shows, so I didn’t really pay much attention to them, but always kept an eye on the Mevio Producers Newsgroup, just to see what problems other people were having. Now just so you know, the Mevio service is free, they did not charge for the hosting, which is why I’m sure they had a huge amount of podcasters. Over the weekend different Podcasters were complaining that the feeds for their podcasts had just disappeared. Then more people started complaining, that besides their podcast feeds were gone, that the page for their shows at Mevio were gone. And no one from Mevio returned any E-mails. Not a good sign. So i went to check my feeds and pages at Mevio. The Dark Ambient and the Deep Energy VIDEO shows were both gone. I’ve had the Dark Ambient podcast for over 5 years and without warning they just shut it down. I am stunned and so fucking pissed, you cannot believe it. There were no emails, no notice, not a blessed f’in thing to let us know. My guess is that they got rid of all of the podcasts with low download numbers, since the Deep Energy AUDIO podcast is still alive. As of this evening, you can still go into iTunes and download all of the old shows, which I would suggest you do. It is probably going to be cost prohibitive for me move all of the old shows to a new hosting service ( if i moved all of the old shows to Libsyn it would cost me around .05 mb so probably around 500.00 give or take). They have probably shut off close to 90% of their shows…

So what does it all mean. To go to a new hosting company will cost money, so I’m checking out my options to make sure I pick the best one. It will probably be the people who made my app Libsyn. I was really happy when I wasn’t hawking ads on the podcasts, (I always thought asking people to pay for say Audible.com AND buy my downloads was a bit much, but that was part of Mevio platform for awhile).

If you own the app, I don’t know what is going to happen. I have some questions into Libsyn, but my heart and head tells me that the old episodes are eventually just going to be lost and I’ll have to start form scratch. I am so fucking mad…that is not how you run a business…

Here is a link from Techcrunch on what is sort of going on…Pivot my ass..!!

http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/01/pro-tip-dont-pivot-your-way-into-irrelevancy/

I will keep everyone updated..and sorry about rambling ….

An Ambient Piano track for Download from Soundcloud.

Hi All…Here is a song I’ve been working on for the holidays.

Just click on the arrow facing down on the Soundcloud player to download the song.

Here is a video I made of the flooding from Irene last weekend …Please consider making a donation to the Red Cross

Hey Everyone …A new CD!! Deep Energy 4

Deep Energy 4, the latest installment in Jim’s ongoing commitment to creating quality Ambient, New Age music for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation. Deep Energy 4 is a one track, 60 minute aural escape, a peaceful, slow paced journey that takes the listener by the hand to a place of reflection, a place that can’t be reached through everyday living.

From Jim:

‘This music is special and important to me. It’s been almost a year since the last Deep Energy CD and I have been searching for that perfect sound to build my new record around. This music reminds me of walking on the beaches of Maine at sunrise, when it felt to me like the whole world was being renewed, that everything around me is at peace. The music is peaceful and calming, perfect for lulling your brain to a quiet place to sleep, for personal reflection while meditating or to block out the rest of the world while working.

You can grab it at Amazon.com  or Bandcamp where you can get a physical Double CD

The CD version of Deep Energy 4 Contains:

CD 1: Audio Version Deep Energy 4 burned directly from the original WAV. file on a picture disc.
CD 2: A Picture Disc CD containing 320Kbs versions of Deep Energy 1, 2 and 3 and an exclusive 15 minute video made for Deep Energy 4 that can be played on Computers and Mobile Devices, that will not be offered anywhere else. This is not an Audio CD but a CD for computers.
Each CD was designed, and created by me. The Cardboard CD wallets are made from recyclable materials, as well as the paper used to print the front and back covers.
Each CD is signed and hand numbered (Deep Energy 4 in this version is limited to 25 Copies) on the inside of the CD Wallet.

Includes immediate download of 1-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

You can also stream the entire CD over at Bandcamp

Hey Everyone ….

Hope everyone is fine…

First up ..I’m working on the new ‘Deep Energy 4 CD’ ..I’ve been having a massive case of writers block, so I decided to do something different…..and

I have started a new Podcast and YouTube channel. ‘Deep Energy Videos’ are videos with images of either Space or images of landscapes etc… joined with my music. As of this moment there are 6 videos available to watch at Youtube or download through Mevio or iTunes. With many more on the way. And that’s where all of you come in. I’m looking for Photographers and Digital artists to work with, to put out some amazing videos. There is an intro and outro on each video, where you will receive credit for your work. The podcast already has over 2000 downloads in just a few days, so it is shaping up to do very well….so just send me an e-mail at jimbutlermusic@gmail.com if you would like to have your images considered for a future podcast.

If you subscribe to either the Deep Energy or Dark Ambient podcasts, you have a surprise as the next download. Two unique 10 minute videos just for the regular subscribers.

You can go to the Deep Energy Podcast page under the  podcast tab above.

Here is the iTunes link to subscribe and download.

Here is the link to the YouTube channel.

Please let me know what you think
As always Thanks for listening ..and watching
Peace
Jim