SoulTrackin’ – SoulCommune Update #6…
As of 6:00AM on Friday, February 29, 2008 SoulCommune is now up to:
762 members
SoulTrackin’ – SoulCommune Update #5…
As of 6:00AM on Thursday, February 28, 2008 SoulCommune is now up to:
724 members
R.I.P. – Buddy Miles 1947-2008
Just saw in a message over on the SoulCommune site that Buddy Miles passed away on Tuesday. Here is the official message from his family on BuddyMiles.com:
It is with tremendous sadness that we must share with all Buddy’s fans around the world that Buddy passed away peacefully and quietly at his home last night (Tuesday, February 26, 2008) in Austin, Texas surrounded by his family. Buddy will be greatly missed as a wonderful person and as a truly gifted musician who gave so much to so many through the years.The family ask for your prayers and that you respect their privacy. A tribute show will be announced within a short period of time and all are welcome to come and share in the magic that was Buddy Miles.
Fans, friends and family will all join in a celebration of the life and music of this talented and big hearted musician, so we hope everyone can be a part of this fond farewell.
God Bless each of you, Buddy truly appreciated EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU.
Also, here is the obituary from the Los Angeles Times:
Buddy Miles, 60; Drummer with Hendrix, voice of California Raisins
Rest In Peace, Buddy.
SoulTrackin’ – SoulCommune Update #4…
As of 6:00AM on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 SoulCommune is now up to:
669 members
The Flow Hop – Episode 5
Filed under: Podcasts, Soul/R&B, SoulSites, SoulTrackin'
Hot hot hot trax by BLU & eXile, Median, Jean Grae, Stacy Epps, Dutchmassive, Talib Kweli and others…
SoulTrackin’ – SoulCommune Update #3…
As of 6:00AM on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 SoulCommune is now up to:
620 members
SoulTrackin’ – SoulCommune Update #2…
As of 6:00AM on Monday, February 25, 2008 SoulCommune is now up to:
531 members
SoulTrackin’ – SoulCommune Update #1…
Sometimes things happen. Sometimes things happen that are defining moments. Defining moments for an individual, or a group of people in particular, or even a community in general.Sometimes we miss or at least overlook these moments, that is until they get so big and all encompassing that even Ray Charles could see it. Then, every now and then, we can perceive the event, sense that “something big, something exciting is going on here” as it is being born and starts to unfold.
I believe that the SoulCommune community is just such an event… something wonderful is happening over there!
I just found out about the site a few days ago and joined up as member #215, the membership has more than doubled since that time. Well, since these are the kinds of things that pique my interest, I thought I would follow the growth of the SoulCommune site on a daily basis for the next week or so and see just how big (and fast) thing grows.
As of Sunday, February 24, 2008, 12:35PM the SoulCommune site has:
464 members
Love Hangover (Cupid’s Hunt) and SoulCommune…
I apologize for the lack of activity here on NetInfoWeb this week. To be honest I think I’ve been suffering a little bit of a “love Hangover” from the flurry of activity that surrounded the Cupid’s Hunt podcast event of last week/weekend. Whew, what a ride that was!
Anyway, slowly but surely we’re getting back to normal and we’ll be posting our ‘SoulSites” discoveries for you to check out and our weekly “Stars of the Podiverse” podcast roundup.
One Thing I did want to mention is a brand new (to me at least) soul music community/social site called: SOULCOMMUNE
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This is a very well put together site that looks like it will be THE place to go online for those of us who are soul music fans. I’m sure I’ll be talking about this place a lot more in the near future, but for now go check it out I’m sure you’ll like it!
Cupid’s Hunt: Update – BREAKING NEWS! #3
The Big La has surfaced!
Contrary to the popular rumor, Mrs. Kelley did not have him tied up somewhere feeding him grapes as a part of his Valentine’s Day gift! {smile} It seems that some last minute technical glitches caused him to have to perform some major surgery on the machine. Well, the good news is that the patient made it through the procedure with flying colors and has been given a clean bill of health. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that I can present to you…
Todd Kelley’s (aka the “Big La”) – Love Hop: The Cupid’s Hunt Mix – 2008
As we’ve been tellin’ ya… it’s not just Valentine’s “Day”, it’s Valentine’s “Weekend”. The good vibes and the great music never stops!
Cupid’s Hunt: Update – Amazing Beyond My Wildest Dreams…
Wow! This is starting to turn out even better than I ever imagined. Many of our CH podcasters have already posted their mixes today. As a matter of fact, I believe at least four dropped right around the Midnight hour last night!
I’ll be updating this post throughout the day to keep you posted on who’s who and what’s what with the event. Gotta run out the door right at this moment though, so check back in a couple hours for the first real update.
Update #1
Whew, lots of stuff going on today online and IRL! Let’s catch up a little bit and run down a list of our Cupid’s Hunt podcasters and the links to their podcasts:
- Fave & Eve – Friday Favecast – Cupid’s Hunt Edition
- Anji Bee – The Chillcast – Cupid’s Hunt Valentine’s Special
- Nikki – Infinite Ink-Valentine’s Day Mix
- Calinative – Cupid’s Hunt – Love 1994
- Fresh – Cupid’s Hunt Valentine’s Day 2008 – The Love Journey
- DarrenKeith - My Love For Music – Cupid’s Hunt 2008
- DJ Diva – Cupid’s Hunt: Sexy Music by Sexy Men
- luv Sels – Cupid’s Hunt – Love Is You
- DJ GrantLOVE - My Funny Valentine
- DJ GrantLOVE - Would U Be Mine?
- anewLIS - Cupid’s Hunt: Love Letter
- anewLIS – Cupid’s Hunt: The Flipside
- KB - Cupid’s Hunt: What Is Love (KB’s Bleek Mix)
- Macedonia - One For Beth-A Valentine’s Day Blends Session
- EJ Flavors – OSW: CH – Valentine’s Day, 2008
- TGrundy - RIBS TPTD: Cupid’s Hunt – Old School Slow Jams, Mix #1
Whew! 16 different mixes…. and there may still be more to come. Keep Checkin’…
Update #2 (02/15/08)
Last minute, unexpected technical issues kept our man Todd Kelley from releasing His Cupid’s Hunt mix yesterday as he had planned. Like a master mechanic, he got the hot rod working again in record time. Here is his mix:
17. Todd Kelley – Love Hop: The Cupid’s Hunt Mix – 2008
Also, just to make sure we have everything in one place, here’s the link to the second (of four) Cupid’s Hunt mixes you’ll find on RIBS this weekend:
18. TGrundy - RIBS TPTD: Cupid’s Hunt – Old School Slow Jams, Mix #2
Cupid’s Hunt: Update – The First Two Mixes…
Officially, the big event doesn’t start for approx seven and a half more hours, but the first two Cupid’s Hunt mixes are already available for you to enjoy:
DJ GrantLOVE – DJ GrantLOVE Presents: My Funny Valentine
(BTW… it’s his birthday today… “Happy Birthday, GrantOVE!”)
and
“The Sensei”, EJ Flavors – OSW: CH – Valentine’s Day, 2008
Check ‘em out, check ‘em out, check ‘em out!
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Cupid’s Hunt: Update – BREAKING NEWS! #2
Whoo -Hoo! Even though Fave actually beat me to it (check out this post on the Friday Favecast for his write-up), I just gotta echo the good news here:
Calinative has joined the Cupid’s Hunt podcast event and will be releasing a mix tomorrow!
This thing just keeps getting bigger and bigger and better and better by the minute…
I feel like the Pointer Sisters right now… “I’m So Excited!”
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Cupid’s Hunt: Update – BREAKING NEWS!
Just got the word and couldn’t wait to let you all know…
Todd Kelley, the Big LA himself, has just joined the Cupid’s Hunt podcast event!
Whoo Hoo! His Macbook with all of his magic music making tools came back from the shop just in time. Thank goodness, Big LA! It just would not have been them same without ya…
Less that 12 hours to go… I can’t wait!
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Cupid’s Hunt: Actually Starts On Wednesday!
No I didn’t go messing around with the calender and chop a day off of this week so we could get to the big event that much faster! (although, to be honest, I did consider it {smile})
I just needed to remind everyone that the “man”, the one they call the “Sensei” (but I still like referring to him as “The PodFather” {smile}), our very own EJ Flavors is going to be kicking off the festivities with a special Valentine’s Day, Cupid’s Hunt Old School Wednesday mix!
He tells me it should be ready sometime just after midnight EST. That’s not too many hours from now. Go EJ, Go EJ, Go! Get the party started off right!
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Cupid’s Hunt: A Sneak Preview…
If you want to get a sneak preview of what we all have in store for you on Valentine’s Day, stop what you are doing and go check out one of our Cupid’s Hunt podcasters right now.
DJ GrantLOVE (you may remember him as SOULcrates) just couldn’t wait he was so excited and has already posted his CH mix! Check it out here:
DJ GrantLOVE Presents: My Funny Valentine
OK… you’ve been warned! {smile}
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Cupid’s Hunt: Update – 2 Days and Counting…
Filed under: CupidsHunt, DailyLinks, Music, Podcasts, SoulSites
Cupid’s Hunt. “Looking for podcasts… in all the right places!”
Two days left before the big event (actually, less than 48 hours considering the time this is being written) and the excitement is starting to build!
People are really getting excited about this and even more participants have joined since the last update. ANNOUNCING:
Nikki, aka Infinite Ink
and
Anji, aka AnjiBee of “The Chillcast” podcast and Lovespirals fame
Welcome to the party ladies. I am so happy to have you join the Cupid’s Hunt podcast event!
At the end of the last update I promised to talk about the “SoulSites Podiverse” webring. For those of you who are not familiar with webrings essentially it is code that a webmaster adds to their blog or website (in the form of a navigation menu) that makes it easy to move from one site to the next site. All of the websites that have joined in the ring are thus connected in this fashion.
Just about all of the podcasters participating in Cupid’s Hunt have joined the webring thus making it very simple for you to “hunt down” the many excellent podcasts we all have created. In most cases just look for the Cupid’s Hunt logo (you know what that looks like by now, right? {smile}) and you should find the webring navigation links just below it. Many of the sites have placed the these links in their sidebar, but if you don’t see it there scroll down to the bottom of the website page as this is a common location for the menu also.
Cupid’s Hunt: Participating Podcasters – Updated…
(new additions since last update are in bold)
- anewlis - i am anewLis
- EJ Flavors – Old School Wednesday
- DJ Diva – DJ Diva – The Queen of R&B
- GeekyCyberMom - Tales of a Single Parent
- Fave & Eve – Friday Favecast
- Fresh – Vibes N Scribes
- DJ GrantLOVE – GrantLOVE Music (formerly SOULcrates)
- DarrenKeith – My Love For Music
- luv Sels - The Luv Movement
- Macedonia – BSOTS (Both Sides Of The Surface)
- KB - Just Say KB
- Idadi – The Triple Goddess
- Nikki – Infinite Ink
- Anji – The Chillcast
And, of course, yours truly over at Rhythms In Black Satin!
Remember… drink lots of fluids and get plenty of rest on Wednesday ’cause you’re gonna need all the energy you can muster on Thursday! {smile}
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SoulTrackin’ – Stars In The ‘Podiverse’ – 2008-02-11
Filed under: CupidsHunt, DailyLinks, Music, Podcasts, SoulSites
Stars in the ‘Podiverse’, a recap of of last week’s (Monday, Feb 04 – Sunday, Feb 10) music and/or audio podcast releases.
Man! Still missing my target date of Monday morning for this thing. Let’s see… what’s a good excuse this week… hmmmm… oh, I got it! I’m just so excited and caught up in Cupid’s Hunt fever that I can hardly think of anything else! Yeah, that’s it. That sounds believable! {smile}
Ha! Anyway, here are the stars that were shining in the Soul music Podiverse last week.
Stars In The Podiverse: February 11, 2008
- DJ Diva – Monday Mixtape – February Jams 08
- luvSels – The Luv Movement – Wanna Be Loved [debut mix!]
- City-Witch – Witch In The City #21
- TGrundy - RIBS JSOB: Miles, Wes and B.B. [debut mix! every other Tuesday]
- TGrundy – RIBS TPTD: Bonus Hours – Graham Central Station
- Fave & Eve – Friday Favecast (FFC): New Formula
- DarrenKeith – MyLoveForMusic-February 09, 2008
- DarrenKeith – Download Picks For This Week: Todd Kelley & Macedonia
- Fresh – Sunday Soundtrack-10 Feb 08
- Anji Bee – The Chillcast #99: New For 2008
- DJ GrantLOVE – My Funny Valentine [Cupid's Hunt podcast!]
OK, did I miss anybody? If so, hit me up at tgrundy [at] gmail.com…
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All That Jazz: In Celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month
I don’t talk about my love for jazz enough on this blog so I figure jazz appreciation month is the perfect time to do so. I have to admit that my knowledge is lacking. Mama Vivrant Thang was never really into jazz so it wasn’t played much around the house. She did love Kenny G though and [...]
The “Boys” Are Back In Town…
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Vendors, Authors and Artists– Sell Your Items in This Year’s Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest
Last year's Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest was a musical celebration while vendors sold their products to eager to buyers. Book authors, including Felicia Pride-- writer of The Message and activist author Devin Walker were among some of the top authors who sold their books. The 2009 Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest will be held this year on Sat., July 25 in Marvin Gaye Park in Washington DC. While the musical acts are still being selected, vendors are able to reserve their tables now to receive our Early Bird Discount. For more info, email us at CapitalHipHopSoulFest@gmail.com
Fusion: Where Music, Technology, and Artist Creativity Intersect
Hello readers and listeners. I trust all is well today. This post is a follow-up to the previous post about the subject of an upcoming podcast I hope to resurrect entitled Fusion. The concept of this podcast came to me via an off the cuff discussion I had a few years ago with a fellow podcaster/recording artist/graphic designer. Both of us, being musicians in our own right, began discussing our backgrounds and influences in making music, which invariably talking about how technology (past and present) played a role taking the music from inner to outer. I began to see the different paths ...
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Cupid’s Hunt: 2009
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