Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
Seymour Quigley: We weren’t related, and we weren’t close friends; I can’t tell you what motivated him, what kind of a husband or father he was, or how many sugars he had in his tea. But the simple fact is that John Peel, who passed away ten years ago this month, saved my life. The internet may have allowed more music to be heard by more people, and reduced the barrier of entry, but we still need a curator.
Brendan Mulligan has launched Onesheet, which in his words "provides bands a simple, maintenance free web presence that can be set up in under a minute." This is essentially about.me for a band (and Mulligan acknowledges this when you reach the sign-up page). With MySpace on the slide, and a huge amount of band information distributed around the web, bringing it together in one place with no real maintenance needed by the bands and performers is not only a smart idea, but it addresses a problem that currently exists. And with my "Rock show" producer hat on, I’d love a
[audio:http://www.archive.org/download/TPCRock_Friday195/tpn_rock_friday_20110610_195.mp3] Music from The Loud, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, I Like Trains, Snailhouse and Austerlitz. Also available in iTunes.
