For your show, no, it has not been about new artists. But other shows that I have written (Steve and Adam, raise your hands) have said it is about getting new music out there.

I have not talked/written to Dr. Monte yet, but it seems like his musical selections are all about new and indie artists. I just heard episode 8. When I get current I will feel more comfortable calling into his Listener Hotline. Maybe in a couple of days I will get there.
For the record, your show, Matt, has stayed true to its length and the music has gotten sparse. Two-thumbs up!

Transition music is good. You have that in your show, it works.

One really difficult thing about podcasting is people are hesitant to their real opinion. They only want to say “nice” things. I really only put music in to highlight songs I made. Once I ran out of songs, the music breaks mostly went away. However having music isn’t really about highlighting new artist or a devotion to old radio format. It is mostly from the insecurity of “who really wants to listen to 1/2 hour of me straight?”

Flash drives are so much faster and more convenient.

I’m working on my second episode of my podcast and though I promise to have little to no music (other than short segways or background music), I probably won’t be all that informative, but perhaps the entertainment factor will be, eh… marginal! That is if I can get another episode out. I do love submitting content to shows though, so making my own show seemed natural.

My original response to this post was, I had the click of death too… then I set the ZipDrive alone for a while and the Click of Death was only a Click of Temporary Ailment as the drive worked again. But then the ZipDrive was replaced with a sleeker, sexier technology called Flash Memory… My ZipDrive Antique is somewhere in my workshop…