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I got an email an email a while back, too long and that’s my fault, from David Kraut. David is a songwriter and was interested in getting his music feature on the show. He put some songs on the Podsafe Music Network and well here they are! He is the songwriter for all three tracks and I think it’s kind of a neat thing to have that and three different singers. It really shows a diversity in the songwriting! Hope you like the show.

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A Day Job and A Dream – Missi Hale
Don’t Listen – Ken Johnson
Liquid Sunshine – Shiela Harrison

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Check out the Niagara Meetup if your going to be in the area! And thanks to the sponsors of that event, David Peralty of xfep.com, Wayne MacPahil of W8NC, CastRoller and Magnatune.

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Website: http://countrymusiccast.ca
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Over the last while I’ve stepped up my cross site content publishing. Tube Mogul is amazing for getting video to almost every video site that you can. The other place I’ve turned to to release content to is the often over looked Vuze network.
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Vuze is the network that has been set up to feed into the Azureus Bit Torrent Client. Go check out Bit Torrent on Wikipedia if your not familier but to quickly get you up to speed it’s a very efficient way to distribute large files using a distributed peer to peer structure.

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As a content network Vuze has amazing potential, and already has a pretty good audience as well as people feeding content into it. You can publish audio or video to the network, either way you have to agree to terms that state that you legally own the rights and whatnot. Can it be used to distribute copyrighted works, probably but I’d bet it would get taken down very soon after you upload. I’ve not had a probelm putting my Country Music Cast up there and I’ve actually gotten a good number of downloads to some. I’ve even been amazed at the numebr of video views I gotten! I don’t get a lot of traffic but I get as many there as I usually get on most other site combined.

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The huge advantage that Vuze has is they can easily handle very large files, such as HD video, and I think it’s almost easier to publish there then it is to get stuff up on something like Blip.tv and cross post to my blog. There is also money making options, one via an ad program and revenue share and the old fashioned pay per view model. As a viewer the interface can be a little confusing at first but I think it’s pretty good once you get used to it. You can search for publishers as well as keywords and to watch the video in Vuze’s included player it’s just a click away.

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Despite all the things I like in Vuze there are a few things I think need to be added. They need Publisher Channels for all a publishers media as well as the ability to add sub channels for separate shows. RSS in the client, there is on the website but not in the client, and the ability to subscribe to the media, at least bookmark publishers. These are not big things, it’s just a little easier to keep track of your favorite publishers.

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Have you played around with Vuze? How about publishing to Bit Torrent on other trackers? Any success, places I should check out?

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clipped from www.cleveland.com Sunday, I told you about Yours Truly, a Cleveland-area restaurant chain that now deducts a percentage of the processing fee from tips left on charge cards. Most customers, and I’ve heard from hundreds of them so far, don’t agree. They think it’s unfair to deduct a fee from the tips of servers who depend on gratuities to make minimum wage, and it’s unethical to hide this practice from the public. Then she explained that, not only does the restaurant deduct the charge card fee from her tips, but she must also contribute 3 percent of the net sale of every table she serves, regardless of how much she is tipped. “Half of that 3 percent goes to the bussers and the hostesses,” she said. “The other half goes to the house.” My turn to be stunned. “The house? You mean management keeps half of the money deducted from your tips?”

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clipped from www.facebook.com Event Info Host: Young Professionals Social Group – London Chapter Type: Party – Cocktail Party Time and Place Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008 Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm Location: The Barking Frog City/Town: London, ON Thank you to everyone who came out to the last event, we had one of our greatest showings! Our next event will be on July 17 back on the Barking Frog Patio. The event will start at 6:30pm and the Barking Frog will be supplying us with apps and drink specials! We moved this event earlier in the month because we have a mega event being planned for August which will include Emerging Leaders, the YPG, and London Creative Network. We will keep you posted with the details. Enjoy your hot summer nights! Hope to see everyone soon… PS> If we do experience rain we will be moved inside at the Barking Frog.

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The Country Song – Makar

Thirty Something - Kelly Brock

Call Me Baby – Rebacca Loebe

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A funny thing happens when you leave a lunch meeting, meetup, or conference with a bunch of podcasters. Normally, in non social media (read geek) circles, you’d say goodbye to all your friends and make plans to get together again sometime. But leaving a social media gathering it’s a different good bye. You don’t have to arrange anything, usually by the time you get home, sometimes even before, the conversation continues online, or via mobile.
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It happens on Twitter, Plurk, Identi.ca, Facebook, wherever but it continues. It happens before a particular meeting too, your chatting about things that you’d like to get more in depth about, or gadgets that someone has that you’d like to see. The nature of connection has changed, it’s much more fluid now.
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By the way, if you’d like to meet some cool people and your in the Niagara region, or would like to make a trip there, come out to the Niagara Meetup Aug 16th. I’ll be presenting a bit on video online and there is going to a bunch of other really great sessions. The area is full of other things to do. I’ll be up on the Friday before till Sunday, and I’m hoping to get to some of my favorite wineries with some of you cool people. Bring your whole family too, there is plenty to do. You can go to http://niagarameetup.org/ or follow @niagaraotl2008 on Twitter. Hope to see you there!

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