Very Small Webcast
Today begins my (extremely) modest foray into internet radio, to be known for now as the pedicel netaudio embryonic stream. Since my eventual aim is to establish a modest presence (via pedicel.com) as a sort of boutique web-based source of a particular flavor of post-techno mp3 audio, I’m thinking of this as like an initial way to set up the vibe of the scene–;or in other words, to show off a bit of where my tastes lie. This is a real stopgap sort of measure until I gather up enough submissions and pieces of my own to launch an inaugural compilation release from the pedicel netlabel. The stream is running from an aging machine which is not attached to a pro level of bandwidth at all. For all that, as long as I keep the max listeners capped real low in the config, I’ve noticed some problem with lags and rebuffering, but not that much, compared with anything else. It seems pretty stable overall, although I can’t promise anything like 100% uptime. At some point I may try to script some sort of automated “webradio is on/off” indicator into pedicel.com, but that’s a ways off. I’m also looking for anyone with a little extra bandwidth to spare who might be able to configure and run a shoutcast server to repeat the signal and improve the bandwidth situation. The more the merrier (contact info via link on my name at bottom of this page).
Until then, the plan is keep a very short playlist (25 songs or fewer) that rotates through the day, and try to change it around every day or two. That way, if the server fills up, listeners can stay on awhile until they’ve heard everything (or, just enough for them) and then give someone else a turn. I hope some of you drop by to check it out, and stay awhile.
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