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Dave's Lounge on WHUP — **Dave’s Lounge On The Radio #4: 11th Anniversary Mix (Edited)** May 04, 2016
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11 years ago, I launched a podcast in my living room. Now that it's on the radio, I can finally play some of the music I've wanted to play for a while — some of the music that made me such a huge fan of trip hop and downtempo in the first place.

Sadly, I can't distribute that music on either my podcast feed or my app. If you'd like to stream this week's broadcast in its entirety, visit **my Mixcloud page**, or, through May 14, visit **the Dave's Lounge page on WHUP's web site**.

Here's the playlist for the podcast episode, which features music from the earliest episodes of Dave's Lounge, circa 2005:

(00:00) Dive Index, “Between Sky and Sea (feat. Natalie Walker)”
(06:44) Daughter Darling, “Broken Bridge”
(11:51) Tal M. Klein, “Don't”
(16:12) Beauty's Confusion, “Whirlwind”
(20:42) Shantel, “Inside”
(25:44) Danny K, “Speech”
(29:38) kikiwest, “Creeper”
(36:06) Artemis, “Supernatural”
(40:48) Bird York, “Haunting You”
(47:53) Slovo, “Whisper”
(53:05) Bent, “Sing Me”

Be sure to tune in to WHUP-LP FM 104.7 in Hillsborough, NC, every Sunday at 3:00 PM Eastern (1900 UTC) to hear the latest Dave's Lounge live on the radio — or stream it live at: **http://whupfm.org/**

Dave's Lounge On The Radio #4

WHUP FM — **Dave’s Lounge Is Moving To The Radio!** Apr 08, 2016
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Dave's Lounge on WHUP

The Dave's Lounge podcast is becoming the Dave's Lounge radio show!

Starting April 10, Dave's Lounge will air on Sundays from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time (1900 to 2100 UTC) on WHUP, a low-power FM radio station in Hillsborough, NC.

You can listen live at http://whupfm.org/, or on WHUP's TuneIn.com page. WHUP will also archive shows for up to two weeks at: https://whupfm.org/show/daves-lounge/

For more details, visit the **Dave's Lounge Radio FAQ**.

Dave's Lounge Music Podcast #325 — **Dave’s Lounge #325: In Transition** Mar 23, 2016
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You might be wondering why this podcast took a longer break than usual. If so, you'll want to hear what I have to say at the beginning of the show — right after another stellar new track from Submotion Orchestra, of course. Dave's Lounge is on the verge of becoming more than just a podcast soon. Keep an eye on this space for details, and enjoy this week's selections.

Playlist for Dave's Lounge #325:

(00:17) Submotion Orchestra (feat. Ed Thomas), “Empty Love”

(05:59) Boogie Belgique, “Moriarty”

(10:33) Dreamweavers, “Harvest Moon”

(14:14) TOKiMONSTA (feat. Jonny Pierce), “Giving Up”

(18:06) Captain Supernova (feat. Jackie Gage), “Only One”

(21:28) Alex Field, “Under Rain”

(26:56) Baikal, “Seagulls In The Sky”

(30:53) Eddie Shinn & Step & Jenova 7, “The Third Is Not Superfluous”

(34:37) Billa Qause, “It's Another Thing”

(37:45) Exalted Mars, “That Place”

(40:24) Stan Seba, “What Do I Do”

(47:09) ill.Gates, “More Tea (Liquid Stranger Remix)”

Let me know your favorite song from this week's show in the comments below.

Enjoy the show!

Dave's Lounge #325

Dave's Lounge music podcast 324 — **Dave’s Lounge #324: Where There’s Smoke** Feb 23, 2016
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When Kawehi sent out copies of her new Interaktiv EP to Kickstarter backers, she asked everyone to keep a lid on things until February 24. I do hope she doesn't mind that I'm jumping the gun by a couple days on this opening track of hers, because it is spectacular! The new EP — which is her best one yet — will be out on Kawehi's Bandcamp page on Wednesday, and you can find her upcoming tour dates here. (Melissa and I already have tickets to her show in Chapel Hill on April 29.)

And if new music from Kawehi isn't enough to grab you, how about a brand new album from Submotion Orchestra? Check out their Bandcamp page to stream and buy Colour Theory, or click here to stream it on Spotify.

Playlist for Dave's Lounge #324:

(00:11) Kawehi, “Smoke Screens”

(05:43) Submotion Orchestra, “Red Dress”

(10:07) Louis Futon (feat. ROZES), “Wasted On You”

(13:54) KLANGLIEBE, “Fatally Wounded (Original Mix)”

(18:33) I'm From Finland, “Young Love”

(23:26) Krystian Shek, “Champagne Bubble Bath”

(29:46) Jerome Isma-Ae & Max Freegrant, “Thrill Me (Marsbeing Remix)”

(33:30) ROMM & Alex Believe (feat. Margo Lane), “Forever (Chillout Mix)”

(39:33) Mac Dusty, “Mind Expansion”

(42:35) Midflite, “Autumn Love”

(46:21) Calm Drama, “First Light”

(54:45) Mo-Ka, “Winter (Chill Breaks Mix)”

Let me know your favorite song from this week's show in the comments below.

Enjoy the show!

Dave's Lounge #324

Dave's Lounge music podcast 323 — **Dave’s Lounge #323: The Long Drive** Feb 09, 2016
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This week's show is a bit later than I had planned, in part because of a long and unexpected family road trip over the weekend, and in part because I didn't see point in trying to compete for attention with the Super Bowl — although this week's playlist probably makes for a better halftime show than the one we got. It features a few classics from some old yearbook and anniversary episodes, too, just because I got to hear them again during the long weekend drive and felt they were worth sharing one more time.

Just a bit more than half this week's songs are on Spotify, so I added them to this playlist. Search for “Dave's Lounge” on Spotify to find more great playlists.

Playlist for Dave's Lounge #323:

(00:10) Christian Erickson, “Away Too Long”

(05:17) Captain Supernova (feat. Laura Mace), “Leaving the Past Behind”

(09:21) Gone Gone Beyond, “Aint Givin' Up on Love”

(13:21) The Human Experience (ft. Lila Rose), “Dusted Compass”

(17:33) Lo Tide (feat. Sarah Shamash), “He's Coming Closer”

(20:54) Pavel Zhuravlev (feat. Kris Farber), “After the Sky”

(25:25) Sivey, “Slow Wave”

(28:51) Kat ((010)), “Keep Up”

(32:23) Aandra, “Distant Shore”

(37:35) Quindar, “Twin-Pole Sunshade”

(41:56) Nikolay Mikryukov, “Bora Bora”

(50:51) Slovo, “Whisper”

Let me know your favorite song from this week's show in the comments below.

Enjoy the show!

Dave's Lounge #323

Dave's Lounge Music Podcast 322 — **Dave’s Lounge #322: Back for 2016!** Jan 25, 2016
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This week, I'm recording the first show of 2016 on my new laptop, so if my voice sounds a little different, it's a result of a couple of my old audio plug-ins no longer working. I'm attempting to recreate those old settings in different plug-ins, so bear with me while I work the kinks out.

Also, I've decided to ditch the iTunes links in the show notes this year. They're not worth the effort anymore, because too few people are using them, and music listeners are clearly shifting to streaming. Instead, I've created **this Spotify playlist** for this week's music. It's incomplete, unfortunately, but hopefully it will help artists more in the long run than those iTunes links. If you still want to purchase any of the music you hear on this show, I highly recommend clicking on the artist links below and letting the artists themselves direct you to where to buy.

This week's show opens with a song inspired by **this early 90s hip-hop track by Main Source** — a track I played a lot on my old college radio show back in the early 90s. I miss those radio days…

Playlist for Dave's Lounge #322:

(00:17) RJD2 (feat. Jordan Brown), “Peace of What”

(05:35) BLu ACiD, “Dust On A Wire”

(09:16) Vallès, “Sorrow”

(13:27) E1SBAR, “Cold Coast”

(17:52) Shana Halligan, “Illuminate”

(21:34) Amycanbe, “Queens (Dustin Lefholz Remix)”

(26:09) Salt of the Sound, “Surrender”

(29:54) Andrew Clam, “York Field”

(33:56) Emapea, “Laka”

(37:20) Fiendsh, “Winter In America”

(41:35) Karmacoda, “Winter Song”

(48:38) Submotion Orchestra (feat. Andrew Ashong), “Needs”

Let me know your favorite song from this week's show in the comments below. Also, be sure to check out **this bonus mix on Mixcloud**.

Enjoy the show!

Dave's Lounge #322

Dave’s Lounge Yearbooks on Spotify Jan 09, 2016

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I've written in the past about making Spotify work for independent artists and labels. It's difficult to do, but it's becoming more necessary every year, as music streaming continues growing in popularity at the expense of music sales.

Music sales are certainly down around these parts. Despite my putting iTunes links in the show notes for every episode on both this site and SoundCloud, this podcast sold a grand total of 92 items on iTunes in 2015 — less than four and a half sales per show. That stat makes me wonder if those links are worth the effort anymore.

On the other hand, Spotify payouts seem awfully slim. One label's latest calculations have Spotify paying only four tenths of a penny per stream. Compare that to $0.70 to $0.90 per track sold on iTunes, depending on the sale price. At those rates, it takes between 175 and 225 Spotify streams to equal one sale.

That said, it would take a mere 36,000 streams to generate more revenue than all those iTunes links I posted to the show notes in 2015. If music listeners are moving en masse to streaming, then what helps the artists I want to support more — getting one listener to buy a song, or getting a thousand listeners to stream that same song on Spotify at least once?

With that in mind, I've decided to get a bit more active in creating Spotify playlists associated with this show. I've started by taking the Dave's Lounge yearbook episodes and making Spotify playlists out of them. Here are some links:

Keep in mind that none of these yearbook playlists are complete; quite a few songs I've played in Yearbook episodes are not on Spotify for one reason or another. My hope, however, is that the artists that are on Spotify will benefit from Dave's Lounge listeners streaming these playlists. After all, I created this show to promote music I felt deserved more support. Spotify streams might not pay much, but they do pay, and that has to count for something.

If there's enough demand, I'll continue to make more playlists like this. I'll also continue to generate iTunes and Bandcamp links for the few of you out there still buying music. If nothing else, it should add to the bottom lines of independent artists and labels, and ultimately, that's a big part of what this podcast is about.

Comments are appreciated. Feel free to post them below.