I’ve started a new project and it seems to be gaining momentum. It doesn’t have anything to do with Ellie. Now that 2 people will read on…here we go.

I’ve been talking about recording bands forever. I did it with a “friend” a few years back, but not very frequently and with limited resources and some anomosity making the whole thing way less fun than it should have been. I’ve resurrected the idea of doing recording about 500 times since stopping and selling all of the stuff. It seems like I might have something pulling together that will allow it to happen again.

I started a website for the project at theLiveCast.com. The idea is to record bands playing live shows with no charge to the band, and distribute them through podcasts (iTunes or the website) to everyone that might be interested (also for free). Since so much free is involved, I’ve been looking for help with equipment purchases (I still haven’t made it to independently wealthy). I’ve got an artist endorsement deal with Presonus for the recording interfaces nobody got me for my birthday. I’m pretty close to donated cabling for microphones from a company I don’t want to disclose (I’d hate for them to have to give free stuff to everyone). And I’m working on a couple of companies to give me some microphones.

It all seems to have come together pretty well over just the last couple of weeks. I’m hoping the momentum continues and I can get some good bands to agree to it and get this thing off the ground. Keep watching, and pull some strings if you know anybody that could help with gear or getting bands to agree.