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William Fitzsimmons continues to get more and more attention for his music. The end of last month Zach Braff encouraged his blog readers to grab up as much of his music as possible. Fitzsimmons recently reported that he's heading back to the studio to work on his third release and I thought that's a great reason to celebrate.

Here's how to get it.
Join the Facebook group for THE DROP - if you aren’t already a part of it.
Invite someone new to join the Facebook group for THE DROP
Have each of your invitees post on the group Facebook wall who invited them (so you get credit)

The person with the most invites wins.

What do you win?
A William Fitzsimmons Prize pack featuring:
The album “Goodnight”
The album “Until When We Are Ghosts”
A William Fitzsimmons sticker
A William Fitzsimmons T-shirt

Thanks a lot and I’ll be tabulating results and the deadline will be 11/15. Best of luck!

If you want a sample of Williams music - Check out the interview and track on THE DROP

Now we’re getting somewhere. This weeks episode, our travelers finally make it to Martinsville Speedway and encounter nature on a very different level. This week episode features music from St. James Inc., Andy Zipf and Holler, Wild Rose.

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The Great American Road trip is a project I’ve been working on for about a year. I’ll be releasing a weekly episode for the next several weeks. Check out the site and make sure you subscribe to the weekly podcast. This weeks installment features music from Kyle Andrews, Holler, Wild Rose! and Circles & Waves.

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THE DROP just got word that media giants and satellite radio competitors, XM radio and Sirius, have come to an agreement to merge their companies. The merger still has to be confirmed by the Trade commission but reports are good that the merger will go through without a hitch.

Doesn’t this qualify as a monopoly? We asked the very same question. It looks as though the merger will be defined as a radio provider so they will be an option for consumers, along side internet radio and traditional terrestrial radio on the AM and FM frequencies. Which is a good thing that radio is being defined across frequencies and not being viewed as a specific bandwith.

The merger itself is being described as “both companies come together with equal stock”. What is unknown at this time is what the new company will be calling itself and some of the finer details in the merging of these two companies. In the move from AM/FM to Satellite the big dog now has 14 million subscribers paying approx. 13 dollars to not hear commercials (Take that Clear Channel!!)

This kind of merger has been in the rumor mill for the past 6-10 months and I think it really benefits the consumer, because now the big companies aren’t splitting hairs over what station is bigger - they can focus on better programming and making the medium as a whole much better. We’ll report back as we get more details on this development.

A few weeks back I was in the studio with Chris Wygal from Audio Concepts and our phone hybrid started fritzing out. It was an older unit and because of the production schedule of THE DROP we needed something quick and efficient. We did a search of what would be fit our needs without hurting the wallet too much. Chris recommended the broadcast host from JK Audio because of it’s moderate price and it’s plug and play feature. The biggest issue was that we had a short time to get a new product in and ensure that it would fit our needs.
I contacted JK Audio and let them know our needs and the time crunch that we were in. The incredible staff of JK Audio were able to ship a broadcast host a full 24 hours before we needed to use so we could hook it up and do some adequate testing to make sure we could put it through it’s paces. The great part for us was that it responded great and we’ve been able to have a quality recording to be able to edit the interview down for broadcast. A big Thanks to JK Audio for their help and for their great product, The Broadcast Host.

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