EDBZ Blog #26

Eardrum Buzz Radio's Fourth Anniversary is coming up on July 4th and we're looking for music lovers to curate a one or two hour show of music. Please contact me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Anniversary show" in the subject line if you're interested in doing a show. The deadline is June 1st. We've had so many great bands and fans create shows for the station and hope you have something interesting and full of energy to contribute.

Every Monday at 7am Pacific on Facebook I ask for people to send me a picture of themselves listening to the station and so far, people don't seem to know how to point and shoot. Taking a picture will get you a free coffee mug. Did I mention it's free? There are a few choices too. If you haven't already, please head over to our merch store and check out our clothes and mugs and totes and hats. Visit: eardrumbuzz.net/store. And If you're a Patron and help support Eardrum Buzz Radio you'll get the merch at cost plus the cost of shipping.

I've been enjoying some Twitch DJ's in the past few months. Charles Motorbike has his shows on Tuesdays at 10pm Pacific for two hours and again on Thursdays at 10pm for three hours. He's been improving his setup every show and you can catch him live at: twitch.tv/thecharlesmotorbikeshow. We replay his Tuesday shows on Saturdays at 11pm

Pacific. Follow his show to get notified when he's live. Most of the Twitch DJ's play 80's music and videos. I can guess their ages are close to my own or older by the songs and by seeing them if they have cameras on them and not just videos. I've been learning of many bands I didn't know about and am being reminded of all the great bands that came and went. It's great fun to come home after work and chat with others around the country. Some DJ's play newer bands and videos, different styles, and mix things up with cameras and videos. So when someone I'm watching gives a shoutout I'm usually going to follow those new to me DJ's. Can I sit at my desk and watch all of them every night? I wouldn't even if I wasn't working some nights just to give my ears a break from so much music. But when I have the energy I catch up with a few fellow music fans and maybe share some stories while music new and old is playing. I still want you all to listen to Eardrum Buzz Radio, but I just wanted to share that I'm still having fun with music and fellow music fans.

As our 4th anniversary comes up in a few months, I look forward to seeing who is interested in sharing their music and their favorite songs to me and the world and helping support Eardrum Buzz Radio. We're humans, we have our own great taste in music, our DJ's put plenty of energy into creating our shows and deciding what we want to share with you. I invite you to give Eardrum Buzz Radio a listen. Read about our DJ's, set up your schedule and follow everyone on their socials. We at Eardrum Buzz Radio are weird, wonderful and we love music!

I'm on Facebook at: facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio, facebook.com/EardrumBuzzRadio, on Twitter @eardrum_buzz and Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio. I have an autopost for songs played on Twitter too.

Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or email me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net and send me your band submissions in MP3 format as well as your requests and keep up with our latest shows! Sign up for our monthly newsletter at the bottom of our website or check out the Blog page on the website.

Become a Patron and help support the station at: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

Other ways to support Eardrum Buzz Radio are via Paypal: paypal.me/eardrumbuzzradio. Every little bit helps and goes towards bills, saving for new gear and purchasing more music for your enjoyment. You can also retweet our autoposts from Twitter @eardrum_buzz and on Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio and repost and share our events on Facebook, post about your new music and releases at facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio and join us there to chat during our shows.

Thanks to everyone who listens to Eardrum Buzz Radio, chats with us throughout the week and during our live shows and helps spread the word. You are appreciated!

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

LINKS: linktr.ee/eardrumbuzz

LinkTree: linktr.ee/eardrumbuzz PayPal: paypal.me/eardrumbuzzradio

Written by Bret Miller Eardrum Buzz Radio eardrumbuzz.net

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio Twitter: @eardrum_buzz Facebook: facebook.com/groups/EardrumBuzz

Podbean: listen HERE 

Spotify: listen to our podcast HERE 

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!

EDBZ Blog #25

I named my station partly because I have tinnitus. I've talked about it before but I've had it for at a decade and it only got worse after my second Covid shot. It could be linked to high blood pressleasture or any number of things, but it's not a fun thing to experience day after day. I got used to it, tolerated and accepted it knowinthat it will likely never go away.  I already have a hard time hearing others' words in my head when someone is talking to me. I have to visualize the letters together in my head or have recently heard the word. I have difficulty hearing certain words regardless.

I love music. In case you couldn't already tell.  I'm still struggling with the soundcard in my laptop, trying to tweak it so that the volume isn't so forceful. Maybe it's the speakers? I'm always lowering the volume while listening to music or watching a video.  So when the publicists and labels and bands are gracious enough to put me on their mailing list to add music to the station and get on our DJ shows, and the mix/mastering/overall decibel loud volume is bad, I lower the DB's via Audacity or Audition. Sometimes I fool around with the equalization, lowering, or raising certain qualities of the song. I'm not that good with it, nor do I understand the tech side of things in these programs, but it's fun. After a few hours of constant listening to music, my hearing goes flat. That's why I hope for a movement back to dynamics, where certain instruments or parts in a song's mix are higher or lower in volume and space is included in the song structure. The highest peaks of a song file can go up to 100 Db, but everything in the song shouldn't also be constantly at the same level. All loud all the time isn't good for your ears, your hearing, or your energy levels. Your ears need a break, which means quieter parts of songs, breaks, instrumental sections, or anything to let our ears "catch a breath" and recharge.

Before I get too up my own butt about the technical aspects of song mixes or masters, I would just like you all to consider how a song sounds overall, kind of in a meta way. And maybe ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BOB1r7Qwo0

And I finally bought Dilla Time. 

I'm still finding things to be passionate about, digging deep to further educate myself on interesting aspects and artists and also be entertained. 

I recently moved things around behind the scenes on the station. The shows are all the same and at the same times, I still play Post-Punk on Saturdays and more Electronic and Pop tunes on Sundays. But I just smoothed out the flow of the styles a little and I hope your listening experience is altered in a good way. Or maybe there's something you don't like, let me know!

The Store has a few new hats, totes and shirts, and I'm giving the mugs away on Facebook, so look for a post on Monday morning at 6am PDT asking for a picture of you listening to the station and get a free coffee mug! 

Thanks for your support!

Bret Miller

I'm on Facebook at: facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio, facebook.com/EardrumBuzzRadio, on Twitter @eardrum_buzz and Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio. I have an autopost for songs played on Twitter too.

Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or email me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net and send me your band submissions in MP3 format as well as your requests and keep up with our latest shows! Sign up for our monthly newsletter at the bottom of our website or check out the Blog page on the website.

Become a Patron and help support the station at: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

Other ways to support Eardrum Buzz Radio are via Paypal: paypal.me/eardrumbuzzradio. Every little bit helps and goes towards bills, saving for new gear and purchasing more music for your enjoyment. You can also retweet our autoposts from Twitter @eardrum_buzz and on Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio and repost and share our events on Facebook, post about your new music and releases at facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio and join us there to chat during our shows.

Thanks to everyone who listens to Eardrum Buzz Radio, chats with us throughout the week and during our live shows and helps spread the word. You are appreciated!

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

LINKS: linktr.ee/eardrumbuzz

LinkTree: linktr.ee/eardrumbuzz PayPal: paypal.me/eardrumbuzzradio

Written by Bret Miller Eardrum Buzz Radio eardrumbuzz.net

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio Twitter: @eardrum_buzz Facebook: facebook.com/groups/EardrumBuzz

Podbean: listen HERE

Spotify: listen to our podcast HERE

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!

EDBZ Blog #24

Music, like much of life on this planet, is a continuum, old becomes new, someone splashes some colors on a classic picture and calls it new, a pretty/handsome/wild personality smashes three known styles together with lots of flesh and flashy outfits and becomes a star. So I chuckle and also take in stride the fact that I've just purchased three albums from my past that I likely wore out cassettes of and sang loudly to. Mr. Mister's Welcome To The Real World so far doesn't sound too familiar, but I'm only on the first track. Uniform of Youth is a pretty good song.  I saw them open for Don Henley's Building The Perfect Beast tour in 1984. I might got back and listen to this album from beginning to end but the highlights are the two songs that radio played, and for good reason. Kyrie has a good energy to it and is simple and Broken Wings was passionate and had those futuristic sounding synths. 'Til Tuesday's Coming Up Close: A Retrospective might have a few songs I recognize instantly and a few that will vaguely tickle the back of my mind. Did I see them live? I can't remember. But Aimee Mann has kept at it and her voice often has that sadness to it, as heard in the Magnolia soundtrack. That movie was all about synchronicity so it was magical when the director/writer decided to have all the main cast members sing her song Wise Up at the same time. Listening to this collection I realize I only know the first two songs, Love In A Vacuum and, of course, Voices Carry, thanks to the video on MTV. I'll have to delve into the others as they are good but don't grab my ears like the first two. The third album I got was Boomtown by David & David. The album starts off with Welcome To The Boomtown. I find it amusing in retrospect that even then the duo were cynical. But they were also quite talented and the album went platinum (that's one million album/cassette/CD sales). I don't think I saw them live either. The two members went on to work with many talented musicians including Sheryl Crow and Robbie Robertson. Just look them up on Wikipedia. This one album set up their careers as songwriters and musicians that are still working today. You've heard Leaving Las Vegas? They wrote and played on that song.

What brought on this few minutes of searching for music from the middle of the 1980's? Likely some Youtube thing about bands from that decade. I would be happy to just hear the few singles from the first two bands that more people know of but Boomtown is solid songcraft. Watching Rick Beato try to show some enthusiasm for the top ten most listened to songs on Spotify led me to purchase ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis, whom I've never heard of but sounds quite good with her soulful and sexy vocals, pop-y R&B mixed with Reggaeton and, House dance rhythms and Latin flavored style. Most of the songs on Beato's Spotify list were purely electronic with some human sounding vocals and a few actual songs. Music shouldn't be a background for selling something, whether it's a lifestyle or a product. Music should be art for its own sake. Find those acts and sounds that speak to you whether new or old. Find the next 'Til Tuesday, the next Mr. Mister, the next David & David, those bands and musicians that might actually have long future careers or might have just the few songs that lasted decades in people's psyche. 

Listen to Eardrum Buzz Radio, request a song, enjoy music from bands that had that one song or bands that are still going strong today with decades of releases you know deep in your heart. 

We've got a new shirt style available at the Store! Tony Burnett's Psychedelic Sun logo is now at Printify: https://eardrum-buzz-radio.printify.me/product/5266575

Sign up at the bottom of the main page at eardrumbuzz.net for these musings to drop in your email or just enjoy them on the site purely by accident. Tell your family and friends to tune in. Buy a shirt, mug or tote at our store. Stay enthusiastic about music and find something new or look back at something old, but never stop searching! And I'm still listening to Boomtown, six songs in and all solid compositions. You can support Eardrum Buzz Radio by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio where we have discounts on shirts, free mixes and early replays of our Vapour Trail Live shows. For as little as $5 a month you can show your support for independent radio and help keep us going for years to come. I want to thank all our Patrons, without you I'd have less money to buy more music and to keep the website and station going. Butch, Colin, Charles, Lat, En Jay, Clay, Steve, Dave, Whitney, John E, John T, Justin and Patrick: I most appreciate your support for Eardrum Buzz Radio!

Thanks for your support!

Bret Miller

I'm on Facebook at: facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio, facebook.com/EardrumBuzzRadio, on Twitter @eardrum_buzz and Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio. I have an autopost for songs played on Twitter too.

Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or email me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net and send me your band submissions in MP3 format as well as your requests and keep up with our latest shows! Sign up for our monthly newsletter at the bottom of our website or check out the Blog page on the website.

Become a Patron and help support the station at: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

Other ways to support Eardrum Buzz Radio are via Paypal: paypal.me/eardrumbuzzradio. Every little bit helps and goes towards bills, saving for new gear and purchasing more music for your enjoyment. You can also retweet our autoposts from Twitter @eardrum_buzz and on Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio and repost and share our events on Facebook, post about your new music and releases at facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio and join us there to chat during our shows.

Thanks to everyone who listens to Eardrum Buzz Radio, chats with us throughout the week and during our live shows and helps spread the word. You are appreciated!

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

LINKS: linktr.ee/eardrumbuzz

LinkTree: linktr.ee/eardrumbuzz PayPal: paypal.me/eardrumbuzzradio

Written by Bret Miller Eardrum Buzz Radio eardrumbuzz.net

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio Twitter: @eardrum_buzz Facebook: facebook.com/groups/EardrumBuzz

Podbean: listen HERE

Spotify: listen to our podcast HERE

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!