I didn’t expect starting two more projects in the following months, but it happened. In May/June, the “Social Media, What?” podcast started, followed by the Nususa Live streaming online concerts.  I didn’t feel that I had too much on my plate, but instead, I had the right amount of things to tide me over.  I needed every one of these projects to drive me to the next episode of ITRadio, the newest post on FeedThisBlog, learning more about social/new media, and how to pull a streaming online concert series off.  Some people thought there’s too much on my plate, yet I thought I had enough projects to keep myself motivated, which is what I needed to keep myself busy.

Then came the news from Frosty that he was going to “hang up the podcasting gimmick” and leave ITRadio as a co-host.  In the back of my mind, I knew the day was coming, but when he finally said he was calling it quits, it made me take a step back and look at where I was, and where I wanted to go with everything.  Do I quit ITRadio? What do I do with “SMW?,” FeedThisBlog, and the live streaming concerts? What am I going to eat next to twoop about later?

That’s when the idea for this blog post popped into my head, yet it took 3 weeks to write.  I needed a place to put my thoughts on the future of everything, and I wanted others to see the ideas, too.  In case I fell behind or didn’t know what to try next, I could always come back to this post.

Where does IT go from here?  I’m starting from the most current project, and working my way back… because as Hot Donna would say, IT always comes back to poop… on ITRadio.

Nususa Live – Live concerts streamed to your computer.

I’ll admit it, the live concert idea was simply that… an idea.  I have seen a few bands do live concerts via the internet, but the websites promoting the concerts never followed through after a few shows, or the band doing the concerts lost interest. So, when I threw the idea out to Ian of StudioZeroSeven, he took the idea and ran with it.

Sure, we’ve only done one broadcast so far, but we already have two more concerts, for sure, lined up.

Where I see Nususa Live going:  I want to see artists perform in an intimate setting, but where the whole world can tune in.  I want to have local and national talent performing in a new medium, and hopefully a new audience. I may have limited video skills, but I want to get better. I want to be able to produce something special that not everyone is able to see everyday, and also come back for more.

Nususa Live is something I couldn’t do on my own, and I’m glad Ian liked the idea, ran with it, and also was willing to use StudioZeroSeven as the venue.

Social Media, What?

SMW? is the project that almost didn’t happen.  A great social media/new media friend of mine and idea man, WW3/Goldbar.TV thought I should do a social media podcast, talking about all things social media, but from a non-expert point of view.  I happened to meet my co-host, Ian, at a local TweetUp.  We both have the same mentality to learn everything social media, and the best way to learn is to help others learn as well.

I wanted, and believe I’ve managed to create a show for the people just getting in to social media, and also people who want to learn more about social media, but don’t understand the so called “experts.”  I want the show to be a laid back show about anything that seems to be relevant at the time, because who knows what medium will be a thing of the past when you wake up in the morning.

So, what would I like to see happen?  Interviews with anyone that involves themselves in some form of social/new media, more media content, may it be blogs, links, pictures dealing with social media and make the website/blog a “go to site” for all things social/new media.  I want to ride every wave of this form of media to see where it takes not only me, but everyone else who’s involved in some way, shape, or form.

Part 2 coming to you next week!

Sorry for the delay in posts… all that care to read my ramblings! Thank you.

Graeme

p.s. Not sure why I made this look like some kind of letter, but I’m not hitting the delete key anymore for the night!

Do you enjoy live concerts, but can’t afford to go, have plans the night the band is coming to town, the band isn’t playing near you, or they are only touring overseas? Do you ever wish you could see an artist play an intimate show, but you’re not able to go? What if the live intimate concert was brought to you via your computer and an internet connection? That’s where Nususa Live comes in, to provide artists to perform for their fans all around the country and world at once, as well as interaction between the artists and the fans.

The idea behind Nususa Live’s streaming concerts is simple.  You watch live concert footage in person, or on video sites like youtube, and you wish you were there OR you were at the concert, but you wish there was a way to have better interaction between the artist and the fan.  A few sites have tried this, but they didn’t continue streaming shows, so fans moved on to the next live concert streaming website.

Nususa Live could be considered one of the next websites for streaming content and we hope to produce concerts by artists  who have a huge following, a small following, and any genre of music is welcome to provide a ‘virtual’ venue performance for their fans around the world.

What’s unique about about live streaming concerts on an intimate level is the fan interaction you can’t always get when seeing an artist live. We have a chat room for fans and artists to talk to one another, request songs, answer questions and we hope to provide phone interaction as well.

What’s the advantage for these live shows? The shows will be free (but feel free to tip the artists and venue for providing their talents to bring you these shows).

The 1st show will be July 7th, 2009 at 7p. Check IT out at http://live.nususa.com and we’ll be using LiveStream as our streaming host server.