Last week, I posted my first podcast (“Michael Gaither – Songs and Stories”) both here on my web site and up in Itunes. I was immediately greeted by two questions from a bunch of people: 1) What’s a podcast? and 2) Can I hear it if I don’t have an Ipod? Both questions have simple answers:
1) A podcast is just an MP3 audio file, like a little radio show, that you can download from the web and listen to at any time. If you have software that allows you to subscribe to a podcast, such as the free Itunes music player from Apple, new episodes of that podcast are automatically downloaded to your computer.
2) Short answer: Yes. You can download a podcast and dump it to your Ipod if you have one, but the gadget isn’t necessary. Since a podcast is just a big MP3 file, you can listen to it with any music player (again, or your computer.)
In “Songs and Stories”, I’ll be picking apart some of my songs, taking audio tours behind-the-scenes of places we play, and eventually interviewing other musicians. You’ll find new episodes here on my site. If you’d like to subscribe through Itunes and automatically receive new episodes just click on the photo below:
Under my podcast photo, click Subscribe (it’s free). The latest show will download, and you’ll get the new episodes as soon as I post them. Stay tuned. Or stay subscribed. Or stay downloaded. Or…well, whatever the proper venacular is for this stuff. I’m still figuring it out.
Note: The show notes for episode #1 are in the entry above. Click on the red podcast icon to hear the show.