August 29th, 2007
New Orleans two years after Katrina, Snug Harbor, Ellis Marsalis, brass bands, street performers. Cinderblocks supporting houses, no windows, no roofs, sand bags on sidewalks, tree damage. Bike commuter discrimination, the homeless, one hundred corpses and Marine recruitment. “Thou Shalt Not Kill” signs.
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August 29th, 2007
Create a show format, choose web domain, web hosting, theme song, cover design, find artist, writing contracts, find and book voiceover talent, don’t spend any money, test downloadable sample rates, bit depth, RSS feed code, no email support, scouring podcasting forums, study other people’s podcasts, not a geek genius, troubleshoot the trouble-shooting. iTunes deleting my podcast the day after I announce it to everybody! Second thoughts on podcasting.And that’s only the tip of the iceberg!PODCASTING…it’s all a big pain in the ass, but I like it. Wait, I mean, um…
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July 21st, 2007
An in depth look at mixing my theme song. Waves and DUY plugins. Entry of the Gladiators theme for TV pilot. Composing for Our Endeavors Theatre Collective’s adaptation of Pedro Almodovar’s “I Patty Diphusa, International Sex Symbol”. Making music for tigers, horses and butt boys. Deejaying on WHFH, Chicago South Side Rock, and my most embarrassing moment.
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June 27th, 2007
Derailed train cars, letter to the FDA, growth hormones and milk, diet pills, shopping at Lowe’s for new room, adapting to your environment, making-of-the-album, New York songwriter Devin Newmeyer’s “Never Forget”, Val and Larry have baby during podcast, working through my vacation on the train, remote recording, project studio.Hey guys, please ignore the next few lines. I’m just posting to my Odeo channel and my Podcast Alley feed. I’m sorry you had to see this. My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-944006f23157be9ee95a590e3c8b761d}My Odeo Channel (odeo/f4ea20d4d791b46b)Feed Shark
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June 19th, 2007
If you liked the podcast, and you have an extra minute, please vote for it at Podcast Alley. This will help me reach more people which hopefully will lead to me actually breaking even when I release my record.And I’d also love to get some good reviews at iTunes. hint hint
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June 11th, 2007
Four musicians quit, boss clown leaves, general manager and star of the show get fired. Vera’s roast beef, ghosts on the train, circus lineage, jolting train, power outage, immortality, goodbyes, NY jobs, train-run-proofing the room, Netflix, and all the talent leaving the show.
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June 11th, 2007
Half of the band quitting, losing a circus tradition today, Rochester NY, Long Island accent, Boston circus story, changing rooms, rebuilding project/train studio, audio plugins, Logic Pro, dresser facade, drunk in DC, Texas day jobs, and my first podcast ever. 
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June 1st, 2007
Just two months after announcing plans to launch the podcast, the RSP begins THIS MONTH.
Special thanks go to SpiderDesignsUK for the cover art. A big thank you goes to Thais Alves for lending her voice to the RSP. Thanks also go to Peter Bufano and Devan Lambert for their contributions. Thanks also to http://www.100keywords.com.
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April 3rd, 2007
You can help support this podcast by making a Paypal donation. Thank you for helping defer the cost of production and bandwidth. This podcast has no commercials and it’s free to subscribe.
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April 1st, 2007
Music, Recording and Circus Living.”Every show from a different train yard.”Look for Industry Guests, Audio Clips, Subscriber Mail and the-making-of-the-album-on-the-circus-train! You don’t need an iPod. You can listen at your computer (or anything that downloads podcasts.)The RSP is a monthly 15-minute-ish podcast. Visit here for Show Notes and podcast streaming. Visit the official artist website.Subscribe to The Ryan States Podcast (FREE)Thanks for listening.
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