Garageband.com Adds 40,000 Podcasts

"World's largest catalog of podcast-ready music"

With thousands of bands posting new music every day, GarageBand.com claims to have "the world's largest catalog of podcast-ready music", now enhanced with "one-click publishing" to add a track to your own podcast. This catalog includes Papion, the exclusive track written and composed by American Idol Bo Bice and his hometown band, Sugar Money. This new single is already one of GarageBand.com's most popular tracks, airing on podcasts and webcasts across the Internet.

Within weeks of release, it reached number three on the Live365 Internet Radio Network's "Top Sideloads" chart. Other top artists in the GarageBand.com catalog include Jenna Drey, currently number 23 on the Billboard Radio Airplay chart, and Geoff Byrd, who was recently recognized by Live365 and Radiowave as Internet Radio's Most Successful Unsigned Artist of the Year.

Record, Mix and Publish

The new GarageBand Podcast Studio is a simple but powerful tool that enables anybody to create a podcast. Users can upload their own recordings and mix them with music from the GarageBand.com catalog using a point-and-click Playlist Manager. Once a new playlist is published, it is immediately available to listeners for streaming, download and subscription from GarageBand.com's servers. Hosting is free and GarageBand.com intends to support the creativity of podcasters with advertising, as well as offer premium ad-free options in the future.

Phone-casting

As a result of an innovative new service developed with Tellme Networks, the GarageBand Podcast Studio will soon feature a convenient option to record by phone. Podcasters will be able to save their telephone recording for mixing later, or immediately publish their podcast by phone, without ever touching a computer. Recently-signed Geoff Byrd, GarageBand.com's top-rated artist of all time, intends to use this system to run a podcast-by-phone from his nationwide radio tour.

More accessible to listeners

While the penetration of iPods and special podcasting software continues to grow, GarageBand.com now allows listeners to subscribe to their favorite shows with more familiar options, including MyYahoo, MyMSN and even email.

Over 40,000 active podcasts

GarageBand.com's existing catalog of user-created playlists is now available in the form of thousands of podcasts that any listener can subscribe to for free. Similarly, every band on the site now has a free podcast, where listeners can receive new songs (and other audio messages), gig listings, and news posted by the band. GarageBand.com announced that 40,000 active podcasts are live today and more will be coming online in the near future. GarageBand.com also plans to issue additional podcasts of its own, such as a "track-of-the-day" feed for each musical genre.

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