OWN [SOUND] ART

Podcastingi. Or art by subscription.

Podcasting is the broadcast medium of the masses. It is possible for anyone to make and publish a podcasti about anything they please and to access a global audience with the click of a mouse. Throughout February 2007 folly, in partnership with SoundNetwork, is publishing a series of specially commissioned podcasts that explore the possibilties of the medium for artists and the distribution of their work in sound. Anyone can subscribe to the series and with each download (1 every week in February) the listener will add a new piece of art to their digitali collection. See instructions below on how to subscribe.

This series not only explores the practical delivery of sound art on the internet, but also the very nature of communication through broadcasting; from the transmissions of a cosmonaut beyond our own atmosphere, to communicating ideas about spirituality through frequency, and through inviting sounds from our computers to occupy our environment as a backdrop to our own lives. You will hear (and become the proud owners of) strange music, stories and electronic noises, and all of them have the potential to change your life.

You can also register as a member of SoundNetwork at http://soundnetwork.omweb.org and discover what is happening in the world of sound art in the North West and beyond.

You can listen direct from this page using the play buttons next to each track. You'll need to have Adobe Flashplayer installed.

Or...

You can subscribe to the podcast so that you know every time a new episode becomes available. You'll need some (free) software that can handle podcast subscriptions, such as Juice or iTunes. Whichever software you use there will be a menu item along the lines of 'subscribe to podcast'. Juice has a subscriptions tab for this and iTunes has it on the Advanced menu. You need to copy and paste the 'podcast' link below (right click - copy link location or copy shortcuti) into the podcast programme so it knows where to check for new episodes. The audio files will be played in your default media player such as Windows Media player, VLC or iTunes. For Linuxi users a range of audio players are available such as xine and mplayer.

You can also subscribe via iTunes by clicking here.

If you have the free open sourcei player VLC installed you can click on th 'm3u' link to load the podcast as a playlist.

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