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About the Indy In-Tune Podcast

There are obviously as many ways to enjoy live music as there are types of music to enjoy in a live setting. Indianapolis is blessed with big, loud venues with flashing lights and giant speakers. We've got corner bars where a couple of guys might sit with acoustic guitars and do a little playing and chatting. We've got a plethora of open mic nights where you might catch a seasoned veteran from a "slightly famous" band drop by and play along side a kid who is playing his first show ever. There are outdoor festivals where the kids can join in for a picnic afternoon. I can think of several dozen more.

There are three seminal events that led specifically to the creation of the Indy In-Tune Podcast. The third of those three was a cold night in the Winter of 2006 when I stumbled into the bathroom at Locals Only and was for some reason completely awe-struck by the contents of the walls there.

Clearly there is a lot going on in the local music scene both above ground and underground, and I was willing to bet that, outside of a few club managers and doormen, there wasn't anybody on the planet who knew more than a sampling of what it was all about. A few beers later, after completely annoying my friends with my recently-discovered new mission in life, I had decided the "voice" of my podcast would not be "cool disc jockey" playing a few tunes and throwing out some rehearsed schtick in between a mix of popular tracks, but instead that of "rabid fanboy" hanging out with his buds -- who would consist of the known and the unknown; the great and the struggling; pretty much anybody with an instrument and the balls to try to make his own music. My differentiator would be as the "guy with the backstage pass" taking it all in with you, rather than the journalist who knew better and was going to tell you why it's cool. I wasn't going to throw the scripted questions and haughty, obscure-referenced-filled reviews at my audience. I wasn't going to preach to them about how bands free in bars up the street from them are just as good as bands that they're paying $75 a ticket to go see in a big theater. I was going to discover the personalities, hear the stories right from the source, and make the audience feel like they were hanging out with us -- candidly, randomly, for better or worse. Let's face it, when you see 100 band stickers on a wall, you may not give any of them a second throught, but if you know some of the guys in one of them, then you'll probably go out and give it a listen. That's where I was coming from.

Eleven years, 250 shows, and almost 500,000 downloads later, I still haven't made a dime at any of this. I have, however, met a lot of friends, heard a lot of great music, and made a lot of great memories. I've done the show in bars, clubs, restaurants, balconies, picnic benches, green rooms, the hood of my car, the back of a van, the kitchen at an alternative lifestyle nightclub, and once (just to give some unique ambiance to the show) a bowling alley -- which has a humorous acoustic twist that any audio engineer types need to ask me about. I've recorded bands just forming, right before they broke up, at the peak of their popularity, and struggling in their basements. I've helped a couple of bands break into the scene, I've been indirectly responsible for at least one forming, and I even got a couple to reunite. As a hobby, I like to think that it's had a positive impact on a lot of people. Every once in a while though, someone will walk up to me and say, "Hey, I checked out your site the other day. I found a couple of really good bands I'd never heard of, so I went out and bought their albums." On thost grounds, I consider it to be a success.

-- Darrin

Studio B -- 1/30/2017

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