This is the last regular episode of the Colorado Sound for 2013. Next week’s show will be the year end “best of.” And, because I’m slammed putting that together, I don’t have time to really do much with this one this week. Please go check out the Fan Favorite Videos of 2013 . Also, major kudos to the ladies who topped our first ever fan favorite poll for Female Vocal Performance of the Year (song). Ladies have skillz … LOL.
I’m not a recording artist. I prefer the stage. But – here’s the one and only song I’ve ever had the joy to record – it was written by my wife Pattie and our grand daughter Deryn. Pattie also sings the harmonies. John McVey (Coupe Studio) was gracious enough to produce. Have a great celebration with your family and friends this week – and thank you so much for supporting Colorado music. Happy Holidays. ~ Chris K. & Pattie aka Goatz!
Once Upon A Snowflake
PLAYLIST S7 EP47 DEC 2013
Dan Fogelberg “At Christmas Time” from The First Christmas Morning (1999) SHEL “Sleigh Ride” from Sleigh Ride (2013) (D) Walker Shellist “Dream” from Readyset (2013) Kristina Murray “The Year Georgia Ran Dry” from Unravelin’ (2014) Dennis Wanebo “Rock My Tear Drops” from Running On Gravity (2013) a. Tom Collins “Dragon” from Stick & Poke (2013) Chimney Choir “ace of spades” from (ladder) (2012) Rob Roper “The Man In the Movies” from The Other Side of Nowhere (2013) Chris Daniels & the Kings “Santa’s Dog House Blues” from A Rocky Mountain Christmas Collection (2000) the Jekylls “First Song About Santa” from A Very Jekylls Christmas EP (2013) (D) Wasteland Hop “Cold World” from Spokesbuzz Volume 4 (2013) Robert Marcey & Familyman Barrett “Dread Lion” from Wailin for Justice (2010) Dianne Reeves “Christmas Time Is Here” from Christmas Time is Here (2004) Voices on High “Share the Magic” from Share the Magic (2012) (D) Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore “Love Runner” from Love Runner (2014) Whiskey Blanket “Dinner with Ghouls” from From the Dead of Dark (2014) Head for The Hills “Take Me Back” from Blue Ruin (2013) (N) Katey Laurel “All The Way Home” from Periscope (2014) Goatz! “Once Upon A Snowflake” from Once Upon A Snowflake (2012) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Colorado Christmas” from The Christmas Album (1997) Jeff Brinkman “Halo” from Strange (2012) The Knew “What’s Hip (Long Walk)” from What’s Hip (Long Walk) (2013) Calder’s Revolvers “See To Believe” from See To Believe (2013) (N) Soul School “Touch My Body” from Chapter One (2014) Danny Oertli “Holy, Holy, Holy” from A Rocky Mountain Christmas Collection (2000)
WOW … I’m freaking blown away now … seriously. Sunday – Dec 15, 2013 – unique page views for the month = over 6000 and counting. Until now, the best month ever (launched March 2009) was 2227, this past May …the entire year 2012 = 15,473. The Colorado Live365 has also been enjoying the best listener metrics of the past several months … already we’re at 424 streams launched and 232 total listening hours logged. In November we only did 320 streams launched /76 TLH (total listener hours). HUGE improvement. Funds raised so far = $665 / $1200 goal by March 1.
Lots to cover in this week’s post – and a rare two video pick Sunday. Also, something new in the playlist section I hope will be entertaining.
The Denver Public Library is seeking local music for a flagship program it’s preparing to launch this spring called Volume Denver. “We were talking about how we really wanted to do something to get some content that you can’t find at Walmart or the other big box stores,” says Joan Hansen of the library’s Collection Development team. “There’s a great music scene in Denver, and we thought we could probably find a lot of bands who were interested in having the exposure and supporting the library, so that’s what we’re trying to do.”
Ideally, the library would like to launch the site next spring with a healthy selection of local music for cardholders to have access to. The site will be browsable by artist or album, with detailed information about each act and links to the individual websites. With 647,078 CDs checked out from the Denver Public Library system last year, an estimated 400,000 cardholders and over nine million visits to the library’s website alone in 2012, the potential for exposure for the scene to new listeners is obviously immense.
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FAN FAVORITE/BEST OF 2013
Best of show airs Dec 28-Jan 3. Best of post will be published Dec 29. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite artist, record, and video. Polls close on Dec 20th. All links take you straight to the appropriate poll. Only those records/videos released/published between Nov 1 2012 and Oct 31 2013 were considered for “fan favorite/best of” consideration.
Xiren enters 2014 with a new song and new video that will no doubt, as this past year, emerge at year’s end as one of the “best of.” In the almost 13 years since I first heard Bullets & Rainbows, Xiren has managed to stay current with contemporary music and video, and he’s definitely emerged as one of the best (if not the best) music video artist/producers in Colorado right now. This really is his strongest work to date, and with it he makes a pretty powerful statement that he’s ready for a much bigger stage to showcase his work on.
In a rare treat — just as I was getting ready to publish today, Jeremy Lawton posted a couple of new videos of BHTM at Red Rocks, that he mixed the audio on… just too damned tasty not to get one in this week. 🙂
PLAYLIST S7 EP46 DEC 2013
IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY…(D) the Jekylls “Mele Kalikimaka” from A Very Jekylls Christmas EP (2013) Opie Gone Bad “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas (w/Jim Dalton)” from Opie Gone Christmas (2011) Rob Drabkin “Down to Fate” from Little Steps EP (2013) Wendy Woo “Hold On” from Live (2013) Toad In the Hole “FireGirl” from APT 203 (2013) Dave Preston “Shine” from Come Alive (2013) Halle Tomlinson “Falling Snow” from Falling Snow (2013) String Cheese Incident “Walk This Way” from The String Cheese Incident (1997) Fox Street Allstars “Baby Don’t Fight It” from Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’ (2011) Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds “Good Love” from Round and Round (2013) (D) AdrienneO “Take It In” from Take It In (2014) Star Jaguar feat. Erin McKeown “The Jailer: Part 2” from The Jailer: Part 2 (2013) Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra “Beauty and the Beast” from Sharks And Manatees (2012) Dianne Reeves “Let It Snow” from Christmas Time is Here (2004) Chris Daniels & the Kings “Cool Yule” from Stealing the Covers (2008) Bad Brad & the Fat Cats “I’d Like to Stay (f/Larea Edwards)” from Eyes on the Prize (2013) OneRepublic “Counting Stars” from Native (2013) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Matter of Time” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013) (N) Matt Skinner Band “I’ll Keep Loving” from Native Stranger (2013) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Colorado Christmas” from The Christmas Album (1997) Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Please Don’t Tell Her” from Beautiful World (1997) Cassie Taylor “No Ring Blues” from Out Of My Mind (2013) (D) Yawpers “Sister Mary” from SpokesBuzz Compilation IV (2014) Signal Path “Wolf Cry (feat Relic Secure)” from Habitats (2013) Brad Goode “All Fall Down” from Chicago Red (2013)
WOW 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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Make a donation to keep The Colorado Sound Live365 streaming the Best in Colorado Music 1960-today. The goal to keep it on the air from now til March 31 is $1200. Donations can be made by sending to thecoloradosound@gmail.com (PayPal) or by using Fundrzr. Advertising/underwriting opportunities do exist across all my platforms.
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)
I’m not a recording artist. I prefer the stage. But – here’s the one and only song I’ve ever had the joy to record – it was written by my wife Pattie and our grand daughter Deryn. Pattie also sings the harmonies. John McVey (Coupe Studio) was gracious enough to produce. Have a great celebration with your family and friends this week – and thank you so much for supporting Colorado music. Happy Holidays. ~ Chris K. & Pattie aka Goatz!
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