It’s hard for me to believe that I started Flow a year ago in November of 2005. I’ve heard lots of bands, recorded many podcasts and visited many live music venues in New York City over the last year.

And since then many more people have picked up the torch by creating their own audio and video podcasts in the music genre. Right on!

There’s so much great indie music out there that it becomes really easy to forget the musicians who are making it happen. So thanks to all those who endured my standing at the edge of the stage with video camera in hand. Or those who had my voice wrecking the lead ins to their perfectly crafted songs on the audio podcasts. It was all great fun.

Here’s to another year of turning the entertainment industry upside down.

It’s been a while since the latest news post so I figured it was time to throw something new into the flow.

I’m working on a new Flow Music Mix and also going through scores of footage from the last few months to put together some mixes of the best live performances since we started this thing in November of 2005.

Also, we’ve got some nice video of Brother Love for an upcoming Flow Video: On Location episode.

See ya soon!

Of course we are! Anyhow, we’re going to be back soon with another episode of Flow Video: On Location. Our guest band will be The New Heathens. The heathen boys are a very cool southern / roots rock band from New York City. They’re on the road right now in support of their new CD, Heathens Like Me. Expect to see and hear more of these guys soon on Flow: Music…Liberated!

We had a great night last night hanging with the guys from Urbansnake up at Wild Spirits on the far upper east side of New York City. Urbansnake is a no nonsense metal band from the Bronx and Wild Spirits is a no nonsense music venue. Of course, the camera was rollin. Look for the video podcast on this site soon.

Sorry for the delays on the next Flow Music Mix audio podcast. Busy, busy, busy. But it will be ready very soon. I’ve got a very nice representation of artists so the mix will probably be closer to an hour long.

In other news, I recently shot a pair of shows that featured some really excellent artists, including Kirsten Thien, C-Will and Sophia Ramos.

It’s all good, as they. So I guarantee that your patience will pay off

You may have noticed that we’ve been replacing the on page QuickTime player with a new flash player. This flash player is courtesy of Google Video. I’ve been uploading all video episodes to their free service and then embedding the Google Video player into the site. This represents a great advantage over embedding QuickTime since many more browsers will support the Flash player. Another cool advantage of integrating Google Video is the fact that you can grab the same snippets of code that I’m using and put these players on your site. Yes, that’s totally okay and I strongly encourage it. Find all of our shareable videos on Google Video by following this link.

We’ve had some problems with the podcast feed related to videos being embedded in the web page. As a result we had to remove the embedded QuickTime players from the pages. The good news is that the RSS podcast feed is healthy and folks can get their flow. The sad news is that almost all of the video won’t be playable in the browser. Have no fear though. We’ve been uploading to Google Video which provides a nifty flash player that almost everyone can view without trouble. So things are looking up.

More great music on the way too. We’ve got footage of Samantha Murphy playing at Rockwood Music Hall in a special solo acoustic performance.

Have no fear. Episode #2 of Flow TV will be out this week featuring music videos from Debra DeSalvo, Cheryl B. Engelhardt and o.h.m. You can wait, can’t you?

I know this looks weird. I’m working on a major upgrade right now. Check back later for the results. Links to pages will be different but the site should be fully functional shortly.

There’s a cool new video sharing site that just came online. It’s called Video Bomb and folks can either submit (via a link) videos or they can “bomb” videos. A bomb is a seal of approval. I’ve added our latest video, On Location with Jody Shelton. Feel free to head over and bomb away!

Lots more great music on the way folks!

Hey folks. Have heard from a few people that the streaming of the videos in the browser ain’t so hot. I’ve tried it myself and it’s barely acceptable on my broadband connection. My file hosting service, Libsyn, is relatively new and they’re struggling to meet the ever increasing demand for mobile entertainment generated by loonie tunes like us. They know about the issue and they are bringing more bandwidth online real soon. We’re going to hang in there with these folks as we’re sure it’s going to get better soon. For the moment, the best way to get the content is to subscribe or use the download link in each post.

In other news, we filmed a great performance by Jody Shelton at Mercury Lounge last night. Look for that on Flow coming up in the near future.

Hey Flow fans. We want to make it as simple as possible to subscribe to Flow: Music…Liberated! That’s why we just added the ability to be notified via email when the site is updated with the latest news or content. Just submit your email address using the form on the sidebar and you’ll be subscribed. Have no fear about spam. We share your email address with NO ONE! You’ll receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription. Once subscribed you can always unsubscribe via a link included in every update.

Yahoo Podcasts has added the ability to view and subscribe to video podcasts and we’re there. Go here to find and subscribe to Flow Video if you so desire.

It’s only a couple of days away! I’m talking about the first episode of Flow TV. Coming to you from the streets of New York City. We’ll be featuring an all NYC cast of Marwood, Orange Park and Brother Love.

You can’t wait. I know you can’t

Jason Yudoff really kicked it last night at Crash Mansion. Jason and his band The New Hotness were celebrating the release of the their CD, Live At The Cutting Room. And celebrate they did. Look for a cut off of the new CD on the Flow Music Mix. And look for Jason and his band on Flow: On Location in a couple of weeks.

Old Saint Nick will be heading down the chimney any day now. What’s on your wish list for Christmas (or Hanukah)? We recommend one of those neat little Video iPods that the fruit folks are makin for Santa. Once you’ve got it you can subscribe to Flow Audio and Video podcasts, fill that baby up and always have cool music and live performances wherever you go .

In other news, we were able to get Flow Video: On Location episode #7 shot this week in spite of the NYC transit strike. The Cheryl B. Engelhardt show at The Knitting Factory was cancelled. But the Fairmont show at Arlene’s Grocery went off albeit with a small crowd. Thanks guys for braving the traffic and making it to the gig.

Meanwhile, the pre-produced videos are rolling in and that means that episode 1 of Flow TV will be on it’s way very soon. Ho Ho Ho.

We’ve got two shoots in a row planned ahead of Christmas. Tomorrow night we’re heading back to the Knitting Factory Tap Bar to check out Cheryl B. Engelhardt. Then it’s off to Arlene’s Grocery on Wednesday night to catch Fairmont in action. Busy Busy Busy we are. Feel like checking out some great live music? Come on down and maybe you can get yourself on camera.

We’re all about choices here. So now you’ve got a new choice for subscribing to our video podcasts over at Mefeedia. Mefeedia is a pretty cool video podcast directory and we recommend that you check it out. If you use Mefeedia to watch videoblogs, click here to 1-click subscribe to Flow Video.

Man, time flies when you’re having fun. We headed out last night into the cold to shoot episode #6 of Flow Video: On Location. That means we’re halfway through season 1. The place was the Knitting Factory Tap Bar and the band was The Old Ceremony. Django Haskins and crewe made the trip up to the city this weekend from Chapel Hill, NC and graced the city with some excellent musical performances. Stay tuned for the release of their show in a couple of weeks for a taste of last night’s action.

Caught up with the guys from DealbreakeR over at Kenny’s Castaways last night for Episode #5 of Flow: On Location. They played a great, wild set. A good friend who also happens to be a great R&B musician stopped by and I got him on the video as well. Sorry, you’ll have to watch the episode when it gets released to see and hear all the fun,

Headed out to Don Hill’s on Greenwich and Spring Streets on the west side of Manhattan last night to catch the guys from XRAYGUN in action. The guys played a very tight set, jamming out like true pros and impressing the crowd with some serious chops. Their cover of Pink Floyd’s Young Lust was phenomenal. I can’t wait to get this performance into the flow.

We’ve been busy bees submitting Flow Audio and Video subscription feeds to any and all directories that will have us. Flow Audio has now been added to iTunes and Yahoo Podcasts. Clicking the links in the previous sentence will take you right to the subscription page for those services. We’ve been picked up on other services as well so head over to the subscription page to see where we’re at this week.

Flow Video has also been added to a new video podcast directory called Vodstock. You can find our page on that site by clicking here .

Good news! You can now subscribe to Flow Video with one click in the iTunes music store. Click here to go to our iTunes music store page. Don’t have iTunes? It’s a free download at http://www.itunes.com .

The folks over at PodGuide.tv were nice enough to highlight the first episode of Flow: On Location on the front page of their site. Their write up included some welcome constructive criticism requesting better sound and more close ups. Thanks and we hear you! We’ll be experimenting with different live mic positions as well as more hand held close ups so that we can deliver the experience on the iPod or computer in the best way possible.

I had a blast last night at the Pussycat Lounge filming the musical antics of Dead Language . Lead by Jaime Pannone on guitar and vocals, they play socially conscious rock with a hard edge. The thing I like most about this band is that they’re not afraid to take chances with their music. I appreciate their contribution to season #1 of Flow: On Location.

Oh my, the time is a flyin by. Last night I went over to Bellevue Bar to film a fantastic folk/rock artist named Tim Young . Tim was playing cuts off of his latest CD titled Red and also played a nice Stones cover as well. Okay, time for all that good post production stuff to make it into a show. But when will #1 surface on the site. Very, very soon my friends.

We spent two and a half hours at Pianos last night, preparing for and shooting the performance of Olivia Greer . Olivia and her band put on a great show. Now it’s up to us to make it into a great video podcast. Okay, I’m off to work on editing. we’ll catch up with you again real soon.

Flow is music….Liberated!