Archive for January, 2006

New Music Recommendation of the Week


Illinois
Illinois – Sufjan Stevens. An amazing songwriter. This guys is a lyrical painter and the rich instrumental colors he uses has made this a very happy week. Click on the album cover to check it out in iTunes.

Tealy Songcast on iTunes

TealySongcastSomething new! People are always asking about the songwriting process and where the songs come from…now this…THE TEALY SONGCAST… it’s a podcast where I can tell you the story behind some of the songs I’ve recorded (or other people have recorded) as well as update you on songs in progress. The debut episode features the story behind “She Burns” including a clip from the original worktape recorded in the summer of 2004.

For those of you already neck deep in the podcast world CLICK HERE to subscribe to teh Tealy Songcast.

For those of you new to the process of podcasting, let me give you a couple of links:

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This first one will allow you to download the program iTunes. It works with boths Mac’s and PC’s and is the best way to listen to your CD’s, internet radio, audio books as well as podcasts. The latest version of iTunes even allows you to purchase your favorite TV shows for $1.99 a piece and watch them on your computer. I’m sounding like a salesman now. Just a dedicated fan!

PODCAST. This next link will explain a little more about what a podcast is to help you get started.

I will add new episodes as quickly as I can carve out time to record them. The great thing about podcasts on iTunes is that you will automatically get new episodes whenever they are published. You don’t need to check back to my site to see if there’s a new one (or pester me about getting new episodes published!). Do you have to have an iPod to listen? NO! But isn’t about time you join us cool kids and BUY ONE. You can also just listen from your computer so click on the link above to download iTunes and then come back and CLICK HERE to start listening.