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Bitesize podcasts between blog post meals

Martin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:44:57 +0000

It’s not often I write about the same subject two posts in a row but AudioBoo has got me excited enough to do that. You see, depending on what’s happening in my non-blogging life I’m either a frequent writer or a sporadic one. This week, unfortunately, is a sporadic week. This thing is, I still have thoughts I want to get out there about 14sandwiches-related subjects (so that’s media, technology and music as I’m sure you know).

With AudioBoo I finally have a way of getting those thoughts out there quickly and easily. Literally a couple of hours after I published my piece about AudioBoo last week they launched iTunes subscriptions for individual users’ recordings.

So, if you fancy a bitesize fix of 14sandwiches between the blog post meals you can subscribe using the iTunes link that you’ll find over on my AudioBoo account page. Let me know what you think!

14sandwiches Podcast episode 3: Inside Vodafone’s Live Guy Campaign

Martin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:14:21 +0000

Remember that video interview I posted the other day? The one with Vodafone Live Guy; the UK-touring, social media-advocating, Netbook-touting brand mascot?

Well, straight after that I interviewed Live Guy and his companion on the tour, Alastair Bowers from agency Dare Digital, about some of the thinking behind the campaign. It was interesting to hear a ‘behind the scenes’ perspective on it, rather than just the shiny ‘press release’ side.

So, if you want to hear why Dare and Vodafone went down the social media route to promote the Netbook, head over to the 14sandwiches Podcast page and download it now! The podcast is also available to subscribe to via the iTunes Music Store.

Podcast episode 2: The Manchester Blog Awards

Martin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:03:02 +0000

The 14sandwiches podcast is a diverse beast. In episode one I interviewed UK hip-hop star Sway. This time I’ve been interviewing the bloggers, media bods and curious passes-by at The Manchester Blog Awards.

The awards took place on the 22nd of October and you can read more about what went on there in my previous post about it. There are also some videos from the event on my Qik channel.

Onto the podcast, then! You can download it from my Podomatic page at http://14sandwiches.podomatic.com/ or you can subscribe to it in the iTunes Music Store. Enjoy!

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this month’s podcast. Look out for another one in about four weeks’ time.

Podcast episode 1: Interview with UK Hip-Hop artist Sway

Martin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:04:39 +0000

I’ve been thinking about launching a 14sandwiches podcast for a few weeks now. It needed the right format though. After all, me talking non-stop would be rather boring. So, when the chance to interview UK hip-hop’s brightest star, Sway, came up it seemed like the perfect excuse to put those podcast plans into action.

Sway has done extremely well for himself, considering he’s done most of it entirely unsigned (unless you count his own label). His first album, This Is My Demo, was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and he won a MOBO award in the same year. He’s recently signed to Akon’s Konvict label for territories outside Europe but he maintains his indepenence on his home continent.

As well as finding out about his new single and album, this podcast interview features Sway talking about the advantages of being independent and telling me why he might never discount entirely the idea of signing to a major label.

Future podcasts will feature interviews with interesting people from the worlds of technology, music and the media. There’s a lot happening here in Manchester all the time and I hope I’ll be able to give a flavour of at least some of it on the podcast. I’m not quite sure how frequent it’ll be yet but I’m aiming at a new episode being published every month.

So, without any further ado why not head to our podcast page and get downloading?