“To Know Them Is To Love ... the Trail of Dead”

Known for thunderous albums and furious live sets, the band ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead is set to release a new full-length album, "The Century of Self," out February 17th on Richter Scale/Justice Records.


Listen to an exclusive WNYC 93.9 performance and interview with Conrad Keely of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead as he chats with John Schaefer and plays “Insatiable” a new track off the band’s forethcoming LP

http://www. wnyc. org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2008/12/17/segments/118557

“To Know Them Is To Love ... the Trail of Dead”

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Holler, Wild Rose! on Amazon.com’s 25 Days of FREE Christmas

In celebration of the holiday season Holler, Wild Rose! offers their original Christmas song "Born In a Cave."

With one foot in the simplicity and earthy roots of the Christmas story and another in the tradition of holiday songs reaching beyond the world at hand, the band has composed their own small ode to the inspirations of Christmas and the joy of the season.

Right NOW and for a limited time, thanks to Amazon.com and their 25 Days of FREE Christmas, you can download the song for FREE!

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We hope you enjoy and the happiest of holidays to everyone!
holidays to everyone!

Down The Wire: DMM Interviews Dalecast

Steven Wheatley is Host/Programmer of Dalecast out of Frosterly, Weardale in the UK. Dalecast is a 90 minute show streamed, Monday through Saturday and available for Subscription through Feedburner and Get Juice. Steven is a member Podcast Nation and The Podsafe Music Network. To find out more, please visit the Dalecast website at: http://www.dalecast.co.uk

1.) Tell us about how you got interested in music and what's your favorite genre/style?

I got interested in music at a very early age, about 9 years old. The year… 1969! I was getting bombarded with Tamla Motown and Northern Soul music from my parents and Aunts/Uncles. Both these kinds of music have remained firm favourites throughout my lifetime. When my parents and Aunts etc were going out on the town on weekends they would "keep me quiet" by letting me use their mono record player and playing the old 45's. They soon regretted this decision! As I would constantly play 1 or 2 records to death AND attempting to sing along to them. Drove everyone mad! I became fascinated by records and various kinds of music and how it was reproduced.

I don't have a particular favourite genre of music although I do still enjoy Motown, Rock, Dance, Soul, Blues & Jazz. I have an open mind regarding music and try to give every kind a listen.

2) When and how did you discover Podcasting?

I started podcasting in July 2007 after becoming increasingly bored because I cannot work due to disabilities. I needed something to do to keep me occupied and stop me crawling up the walls! I have DJ'ed from the age of 14 and have spent most of my working life in the computer industry. I "retired" from the DJing scene in 1993 but since then have always wanted to get back into it, but not the humping of tons of gear everywhere and the very late nights. So one day last July I came across a podcast and thought "Why don't I give it a go?" After lots of encouragement and help from my partner and friends "Dalecast" evolved from a once a week show of 10 tunes to a daily show of 25 tracks and downloaded nearly 37,000 times in the last 17 months. Podcasting and music is now my "life" and I now encourage others to start and have helped 3 guys start their own shows. "The Billy Bourbon Show", "S-HITZ" & "Poddycast" All playing a wide variety of music.

DALECAST can also be now heard on Stream Radio Live as a special recorded show, an hour long.

3). Does your show follow a specific music format? What can a listener expect to hear if they download a Dalecast show?

"Dalecast Rocks!", "I Listen every day while I go jogging", "I can't work now without listening to Dalecast" etc etc …. These just a few of the comments I get back from Dalecast listeners. The show is nearly always fast paced, crammed with music from start to finish. No Interviews or boring introductions! Nearly all genres of music can heard on Dalecast except Metal and it's variants and Rap/Hip-Hop. Most of the music I play is from the Podsafe Music Network, IODA Promonet & Myspace. In the middle of the show you can have a laugh at some comedy tracks from new up and coming comedians as well as some firm favourites.

More Music & Less Chat!

4). Can you tell us what's involved in the production/pre-production of a Dalecast show?

My "Podcast Day" usually starts at around 3am and after emails etc are replied to and I've had at least 2 pots of tea, I start to listen to the days' new releases on the Podsafe Music Network and well as tracks that have been submitted to me. This can take anywhere between 1-2 hours. I then start to download selected tracks and get together the 25 tracks for the days' show. Each show will feature new material and previously played tracks and 3 comedy tracks. Some days it's easy and some days it takes forever to decide what to play. I then create a playlist/running order for the tracks and load them into the podcasting software (Podcast Station) I then record the show which last approx 90 minutes. Next it's editing time and time to remove glitches, gaps and my errr mistakes!! I have NEVER yet recorded a perfect show that did not need editing! My out-takes if I ever kept them would make XXX listening!! The show is then encoded to an mp3 ready for uploading to my website. While the show is uploading I then update the Episodes page on the Dalecast site and create a playlist page with web/myspace links.After everything is uploaded to the server I check the site to make sure everything is as it should be. Next reporting in done on the Podsafe Music Network and IODA Promonet and/or message sent directly to agents and artists.Each show takes approx 7 hours start to finish to complete, Then it's time for a lie down in a darkened room for a couple of hours!!

5). What kind of equipment set-up do you use?

I use a decent desktop PC, plenty of storage for music and plenty of processing power. Microphone is a RODE NT1-A with pop filter. Mixer is a Behringer XENYX 802. Sony headphones and Logitech 2.1 speakers. Software used is Podcast Station, MS Frontpage, Sony Soundforge, Winamp. Web Hosting is 1and1 and ADSL broadband provided by "The Post Office"

6). Beatles or Stones?

The Beatles

7). Top 3 desert island records?

Hard one this !! Only 3??

"Band of Gold by Freda Payne" the first record I danced to when I was 10 when I went to my first disco at the local church hall.

"Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen" possibly the greatest rock band ever!

"Autumn Song by The Manic Street Preachers" dunno why but it always makes me cry!! AND it's on the Podsafe Music Network!

8). Do you see Podcasting as an effective means to expose and break bands?

This is a definite YES! More and More bands and artists are looking at podcasting as a no-cost, no-hassle way of getting their music out to new listeners around the world. New up and coming bands/artists that would normally only heard in their hometowns can now be heard world-wide. Normal radio stations can only broadcast a limited distance whereas podcasts can be downloaded by anyone with a PC, anywhere is the world!

We maybe don't have the same amount of listeners , but then there are 10's of thousands of podcasters in world with more and more starting each day.

Even mainstream artists are releasing some of their material to podcasters. Just recently Boy George's new single was released to The Podsafe Music Network 3 weeks before the official release date. Podcasting and Streaming Internet Radio will eventually see the demise of conventional radio.

9). Who and where are your listeners?

My shows are geared to listeners between the ages of 16 to 80 purely because of the wide variety of music played. Top downloaders of Dalecast shows are USA, CHINA, CANADA, UK, BRAZIL, JAPAN, NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, GERMANY, AUSTRAILIA, POLAND & many others

10). The name of your show is taken from Weardale, which is where you are located. Can you tell us a bit about the home of Dalecast?

I live in a small village called Frosterley (which means .. a clearing in the forest) which is in the District of Weardale. Weardale is so-called because of the landscape here, a dale or valley in which the river Wear runs through. Weardale is a very historic area in the County of Durham in North East England. Frosterley dates back to around the year 800AD when there was a small settlement here. Frosterley and the surrounding area used to be a busy lead mining and quarrying area in the 1800's and early 1900's. Millions of tons of Limestone were quarried from here to feed the iron and steel industries. We are close to the North Penines hills, an area of outstanding beauty. These hills are littered with deserted lead mines and abandoned limestone quarries. The limestone extracted from here was Black and could be polished to be used as a decoration. It is called "Frosterley Marble" and examples can be found here at Frosterley church and at Durham City Cathedral

Thank you Steve!!