Category: Playlists

The Colorado Sound S7EP45 DEC 2013

chrisk w new hatWOW what an incredible week!  You managed to blast away more long standing records than I could have imagined.  For that I am very grateful.  I believe it was about a week ago I posted “Sad News,” where I bemoaned that I was going to have to shut down The Colorado Sound Live365 for lack of funds.  A few hours later I had to retract my statements, when I learned I was under contract until March 31, 2014.

You responded by contributing $600 in two days, and in the process boosting the listenership to new highs.  Two days later I began posting FAN FAVORITE POLLS for our BEST OF 2013 coming out on Dec 28, and the blog metrics blew up.

The Colorado Sound Live365 listener metrics Dec 1 – Dec 7 = 286 streams launched x 35.5 mins avg listening time = TLH (Total listening hours) 169.

IN the entire month of NOVEMBER, The Colorado Sound Live365 listener metrics = 321 streams launched x 14.2 mins avg listening time = TLH 76.

TheColoradoSound.com unique page views Dec 1 – Dec 7 = 3252.

The previous monthly unique pg views record -> May 2013 = 2227.

4 of the past 6 days could have easily been new single day pg view records, which was originally 386, set on Jan 2, 2011.  I thought the 457 views on Monday Dec 2 would last at least a year .. or more.  Until that was broken on Wednesday, when we logged 1300 unique pg views straight up.   WOW.

At this point I have no idea where you’re taking me …but I sure am enjoying the ride.

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And don’t forget to vote for your favorites of the year in the following Genre/Program Format breakouts (more to come)

Americana / Alt-country / Bluegrass
Blues / Rhythm & Blues
Folk / folk-rock / singer-songwriter
Indie / New Alternative
Jazz / Instrumental
Pop / Adult Contemporary / Crossover
Rock / AAA / ALT / AOR
Urban Contemporary / EDM / Hip Hop / Soul

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK:

No doubt one of the most popular bands to ever emerge from Colorado … Five Iron Frenzy … displaying the kind of political angst that gave rise to punk music to begin with.    

PLAYLIST S7EP45 DEC 2013

Fourth Estate “Joy” from Finesse And Fury (1992)
Dan Fogelberg “At Christmas Time” from The First Christmas Morning (1999)
(D) Papa Juke “When Flood Waters Came” [single] (2013) ***100 % of the proceeds from the sales of this song will be donated to support Boulder County musicians who suffered loses as the result of the 2013 Boulder County Flood. Donations will go to the Conscious Alliance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, committed to supporting communities in crisis. (www.consciousalliance.org)*** Ryan Chrys “The Road Never Ends” from A Lick & A Promise (2013)
Beki Hemingway “Northbound Traffic” from I Have Big Plans for the World (2013)
Dave Tamkin “Drift” from Cedar (2013)
(D) the Jekylls “First Song About Santa” from A Very Jekylls Christmas EP (2013)
Poco “Call It Love” from The Essential Poco (2005)
Acoustic Junction “Every Heart” from Strange Days (2000)
(D) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Do You Want Me Now?” [single] (2014) Achille Lauro “Lightning” from Flight or Flight (2012)
Post Paradise “Digging Secrets” from Digging Secrets (2013)
Joshua Trinidad “The Coast” from Maritime (2013)
Leftover Salmon “Baby Hold On” from Euphoria (1997)
Subdudes “Sarita” from Primitive Streak (1996)
(D) Matt Skinner Band “Ashes to Ashes” from Native Stranger (2013)
David Starr “Alive Again” from Alive Again (2013)
Katie Herzig “Little Bit of Love” from Secret Road – As Heard on TV (2014)
(D) Mama Lenny and the Remedy “In Danger” from Time (You’re Doing Fine) (2014)
(D) SHEL “Sleigh Ride” from Sleigh Ride
Danny Shafer “I Am” from Wherever You Are (2013)
Tommy Bolin “Shake the Devil” from Private Eyes (1976)
Andy Monley “Kites” from Triplight (2006)
(D) Brad Fitch “Around and Around” from Columbine Blue (2014)
Lissa Hanner “Colorado Cowgirl” from My Colorado (2014)
Haunted Windchimes “Wanderin’ Heart” from Out With The Crow (2012)
Raincheck “Right There” from Raincheck (2012)

The Colorado Sound S7EP44 Nov/Dec 2013

Not only is today Dec 1, but it is Sunday – the day I take every week to write up the weekly playlist and do the shares … not today.   I need to get News Notes and Spins done and published.  New shares and videos etc next week.

Here’s the Playlist for S7EP44 Nov/Dec 2013.

Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters “I Want to Dance, Dance, Dance” from Crown Princes of Funk: The Last Set (2010)
Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids “Hot Summer Girls” from Best of Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids (2010)
(N) Dr. Izzy Band “Old Black Crow” from Blind and Blues Bound (2014)
Cary Morin “Live A Little” from Streamline (2013)
Kenny Perkins “Tiny Distraction” from Kenny Perkins (2008)
(D) Katie Glassman “Sweet Lies” from Dream A Little Dream (2014)
Rachel James “My Favorite Time of Year” from My Favorite Time of Year (2011)
Earth, Wind & Fire “Fantasy” from All ‘n’ All (1977)
(D) H*Wood “One Love” from Doubt Kills (2013)
Elephant Revival “Birds and Stars” from These Changing Skies (2013)
Mosey West “Old Stone” from Bermuda (2013)
(D) Patrick Dune “Breckenridge Paradise” from Middle Ground (2012)
Ben Haugland “Lift” from The Point Of No Return (2012)
Dan Fogelberg “Rhythm of the Rain” from The Very Best of Dan Fogelberg (2001)
Firefall “Headed for a Fall” from Elan (1978)
(D) Bop Skizzum “Say Something” from Say Something (2014)
Full Belly “New Voice” from New Voice (2011)
(N) Megan Burtt & the Congress “Send Me Down the River” from In Good Company: The Colorado Sessions Vol. 1 (2014)
(D) Jesse Furay Lynch “I Wish It Would Rain” from I Wish It Would Rain (2014)
Opie Gone Bad “Blue Christmas (feat. John Common and Jessica DeNicola)” from Opie Gone Christmas (2011)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Runaway Train” from Riveria (1998)
Great American Taxi “Poor House” from Paradise Lost (2011)
(D) Soul School “Out of Your League” from Chapter One (2014)
Churchill “The War Within” from War Within EP (2013)
The Fray “Love Don’t Die” from Love Don’t Die (2013)
H2 Big Band “You’re It!” from You’re It! (2011)

The Colorado Sound S7 EP43 NOV 2013

chris pic Nov 9 2013The big take-a-ways from the Denver Music Summit – be REMARKABLE, build and control a substantial email list, and “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.”  You’d think these would be concepts ingrained in the psyche of every kid who has ever aspired to play the stage at Red Rocks … well, maybe not the measure and manage part LOL.  That’s more management 101, than guitar shredding 101.

We’re living in an era of more new music, put out more frequently, than at any time in history.  There are more bands (artists), more places to play, and more stations than ever broadcasting and talking about music from here in Colorado.

As I get ready to begin the final month of the 7th season of the show,  and this being the last week in November, I am terribly thankful for the stations that air the show, the musicians who make the music I play on the show, and you for listening and supporting Colorado music (and for reading my rants and ramblings here).  Thank you.

I still get folks asking if they can hear the show online, or download it as a podcast.  No, I don’t podcast – and yes, you can stream the show when the stations broadcast it (except KFVR Pueblo – they don’t stream).  If you’d like, you can also go to The Colorado Sound Live365 for a continuous stream of what I think is some of the best of what’s in my library.  Nights rock a little harder than days, and days go back in time a bit further than nights.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be busy culling data for the year end charts, and the Best of 2013 show which will get aired Dec 28-Jan 3.  Check local listings here for a time and station near you … if you’re one of the “loyals” and believe you’ve got a firm handle on what went on musically this past year, I’d like you to reach out to me directly at thecoloradosound@gmail.com.

Bumped into some friends at the Denver Music Summit this weekend … new music is one the way from AdrienneO, and I’ll have new tracks to share with you next week from Bop Skizzum and Katie Laurel – along with an exclusive debut by Katie Glassman and Snapshot – and I’m very very pleased to announce that I’ll have the exquisite pleasure of breaking new music from Jesse Furay Lynch …and I’ll introduce you to the music of an award winning Canadian artist who now makes Denver his home.  

As there wasn’t a lot of new music in the show this week, and what was new I couldn’t find on Soundcloud or Bandcamp (my preferred way to share btw) – so shares this week from a new records that came out earlier this year … enjoy … and welcome to the show 🙂

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK:  SuCh is an award winning actress, singer, and songwriter from Denver, by way of Chicago, by way of NYC, by way of Haitian immigrants.  Her story, as reported by Westword in Feb 2012, is worth the read.  

PLAYLIST S7 EP43 Nov 2013

The Monocles “The Spider & the Fly” from The Spider & the Fly (1966)
The Higher Elevation “The Diamond Mine” from The Diamond Mine (1967)
Lothar & the Hand People “Machines” from Presenting… (1968)
AdrienneO “Innocence” from Superchromatic (2013)
A Boy and His Kite “You Want It, You Got It” from A Boy and His Kite (2012)
Kinetix “Never Too Late” from Never too Late (2013)The Belle Jar “Union Station” from Union Station (2013)
Bare Bones “Come In/Stay Out” from Bare Bones (2011)
Esme Patterson “Jessica” from All Princes, I (2012)
You Me and Apollo “Oh My Molly” from You Me and Apollo (2012)
Instant Empire “Cadillac Road” from Keep Up! (2013)(D) Honey Don’t “Breaking Down” from Heart Like a Wheel (2013)
Drew Emmitt “Tangled Up In Blue” from Freedom Ride (2002)
Brad Goode “Reverse the Charges” from Tight Like This (2010)
Bob Lind “How Dare you Love Me” from Finding You Again (2013)
(N) Poco “Neil Young” from All Fired Up (2013)
The Apples in Stereo “Strawberryfire” from Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999)
Andy Palmer “Good Son” from Hazard of the Die (2013)
Elephant Revival “Grace of A Woman” from These Changing Skies (2013)
(N) Megan Burtt & SHEL “Sweet Mystery” from In Good Company: Megan Burtt & Friends – the Colorado Sessions Vol. 1 (2014)
Andy Hackbarth “My Baby Don’t Run” from Treadmill Horses (2013)Yo, Flaco! “American Music” from Goin’ At It (2002)
Flobots “The Rose and the Thistle” from The Circle in the Square (2012)
Railsplitters “Jackson Town” from The Railsplitters (2013)
Kevin Dooley “Silvery Moon” from Moonlight Highway (2011)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Viceroy Filter King” from Always Say Please and Thank You (2000)
Manuel Lopez Trio “Samba Grubinho” from Searching Out (2013)