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#16 on Livestream.com instead of Ustream.tv

Andy Roberts — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:14:19 +0000

The final straw for Ustream came when I couldn’t get the broadcasting service to begin recording anything for podcast episode 16 last night. I was logged in and broadcasting live, but when I pressed the record button after a few seconds it came u with a ‘failed recording’ message repeatedly. Clearly there was no choice, the time had come to switch over to an alternative service and the one I had lined up as most promising to try next is Livestream.com

andyroberts - live streaming video powered by Livestream

So here’s the new bookmark for the Andy Roberts Podcast Live Show every Tuesday at 7.00pm :

http://www.livestream.com/andyroberts

The multiple interfaces for broadcasting are a little more complicated than I had been used to ( but anyway, Ustream made it more difficult recently) so I’m not up to speed yet and was definitely a little thrown out last night, but it won’t take too long to get the hang of it.

If you only ever listen to the downloaded podcasts in your own time then you shouldn’t notice any difference at all really, but you may like to try turning up to the live event once in a while, to see what it’s like. Apparently you don’t even need to register an account in order to join in the text chat there.

On the performance itself, you will find a medley of Beatles songs and one Lennon solo sandwiched between a couple of original songs.
Here’s the links and shownotes for podcast episode 16 then:

Subscribe to the podcast RSS or get it from iTunes

Download MP3 to save – 25Mb in size, playtime 27 minutes 27 seconds :-

16 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 16.mp3

Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 16 Show Notes

Standing By – Andy Roberts original song
I feel Fine – Beatles
Every Little Thing – Beatles
Eleanor Rigby – Beatles
Working Class Hero – Lennon
Winter in Andalucia – Andy Roberts original

Bambuser Platform for Live Streaming

Andy Roberts — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:19:34 +0000

I just found out about the Bambuser platform for live streaming video and audio fro a mobile phone or webcam. As such it could be considered a possible alternative to Ustream that I’ve been using for the live show on Tuesdays over the past year or so. There is a facility to download saved broadcasts, so that would work for stripping out the audio for podcasts, and for editing out songs for uploading to youTube. There’s also a chat facility but I haven’t tested that yet. The sound quality seems acceptable, and there’s a much shorter lag between broadcast and feedback.

Andy Roberts Bambuser

Podcast 4th and Final Prototype

Andy Roberts — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:51:52 +0000

Well I’m surprised how quickly 4 weeks have passed, I even made a mistake during the recording and referred to it as prototype 3 but this is in fact the 4th and final podcast prototype in the series. Next week’s edition will be the official opening night of the Andy Roberts Podcast – episode 1. I ought to make an event out of that on the facebook page really, and invite people.

Anyway, here’s the podcast player for listening online to my Andy Roberts podcast prototype number 4:

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Subscribe to the podcast RSS feed using the url

http://andyroberts.me/?feed=podcast

Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/andy-roberts/id378470885

You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 25Mb in size and just under 29minutes in duration from this link

Andy Roberts Podcast Prototype 4.mp3

If you must, the full video file of the broadcast is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Podcast Prototype No 4 Video

Podcast Prototype 4 Show Notes

Show notes and information for prototype 4 broadcast and recorded on June 29th 2010.

There were 3 songs performed during this show, two using the plain 12string acoustic guitar and the others on the Chinese Lute or Ruan.

The Dream Is Over

Title: “The Dream is Over”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

Here’s the same song performed last week at Havering Folk Club

Mike Silver – Lady You’re On Fire

Title: Not really sure about this
Music and Lyrics by Mike Silver, badly remembered and interpreted by Andy Roberts

Yangtse Gorges

Title: “Yangtse Gorges”
Chinese Lute Music by Andy Roberts

Big Eyed Beans From Venus – Captain Beefheart

Title: “Big Eyed Beans From Venus”
Music and Lyrics by Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart), loosely interpreted by Andy Roberts on the Chinese Lute

Chinese Lute Picture

Chinese Lute or Ruan

Andy Roberts Podcast Prototype No 2

Andy Roberts — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:42:50 +0000

Subscribe in iTunes to the podcast feed using the url

http://andyroberts.me/?feed=podcast

Here’s the podcast player for listening online to my Andy Roberts podcast prototype number 2:

You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 26Mb in size and just under 30 minutes in duration from this link

AndyRobertsPodcastprototype2.mp3

The full video file of the show is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Podcast Prototype No 2 Video

Podcast Prototype 2 Show Notes

Show notes and information for prototype 2 broadcast and recorded on June 15th 2010.

There were five songs performed during this show, including one instrumental, all using the 12 string guitar.

Waiting

Title: “Waiting”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

The Nutmeg Tree

Title: “The Nutmeg Tree”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on Album 1

Mazet

Title: “Mazet”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

Instrumental

Title: “Intrumental”
Music by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

I Shall Be Released

Title: “I Shall Be Released”

Song and Lyrics by Bob Dylan 1967

Interpretation Andy Roberts