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This week we explore the big data of Spotify and showcase music from President Obama's playlist.

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Kris Halpin In The Studio, Credit: Robin Valk
Imagine electronic music onstage without being welded to a keyboard. Imagine if a gesture could trigger a string section, a melody, a drum riff. No...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 58:55
Caption: Image courtesy of Paul Riismandel (left) and Eric Klein (right). Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Paul Riismandel and Eric Klein from Radio Survivor about audio as a medium and how 'doing radio' is similar, but not the same, as...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 20:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Courtesy of Brian Foo. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Brian Foo, an artist and programmer who uses big data sets and sound samples to tell stories.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 16:57
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In this project, I explore the bizarre world of Fiverr, a website that lets you purchase services for five dollars. To learn how it works, I take o...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 27:00
Caption: Photo courtesy of Rute Correia. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks with Rute Correia, who puts together the White Market Podcast and curates on FMA under the same name.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 14:36
Caption: Image courtesy of Jason Staczek. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Jason Staczek, a composer who helped create the soundtrack for "Do Not Track," an interactive web documentary about privacy and t...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 19:18
Caption: "Transmitters-5" by Adam Bowie. 2011. CC BY-NC-SA via flickr.
Cheyenne talks to David Nemeth of the CC music blog "Acts of Silence" about how streaming is changing the online music landscape, what kinds of thi...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 13:32
Caption: courtesy of Marina Vidor. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Marina Vidor, digital producer for the UK's Philharmonia Orchestra, about ways they are using technology to engage the public.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 13:49
Caption: courtesy of Vito Petruzzelli. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Vito Petruzzelli of the band Vitamin Pets about a recent 'premix' contest of their newest album, "Horse Helpers of the High Count...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 13:18
Caption: Image courtesy of Dina Maccabee. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Dina Maccabee, who recorded a song, sent it to another artist to cover, who sent it to another artist to cover their version, and...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 24, 2015
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: photo courtesy of Manuel Silva. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Manuel Silva, the organizer of the first ever Netlabel Day.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 08:02
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This is a remixed interpretation of a collaborative piece with Benjamin Riskin - "Where Do I Even Start?" - A working interview for a smartphone so...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:50
Caption: photo courtesy of Meik Michalke. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Meik about the Open Music Contest, a German music competition that culminates in a concert, rather than the other way around.

  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 16:38
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Powerful computer tools are helping musicologists study the evolution of popular music.

Bought by KMUD, WABE, KMXT, and WLPR


  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: courtesy of Ross Oldenburg. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Ross about his relationship to the FMA, the music and video art he makes, and wtf 'digital physics' means.

  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 11:22
Caption: courtesy of Kristin Thomson. Used with permission.
Kristin Thomson talks about the Artist Revenue Streams project with the Future of Music Coalition and what it reveals about how artists make money ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: photo courtesy of Chad Crouch. Used with permission.
Cheyenne talks to Chad Crouch, aka Podington Bear, about his adventures in composing Creative Commons music.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 14:20
Caption: photo by Eilon Paz. Used with permission.
Cheyenne Hohman, RFC host and current Director of the FMA, spoke to Bob George, the Director (and a founder) of the Archive of Contemporary Music, ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 26:04
Caption: courtesy of Danielle Cordovez.
Danielle Cordovez, a reference librarian at the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound at the New York Public Library, talks to Cheyenne...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 12:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Billy Mack got a house, and then got 95 people to play a song about it.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Image courtesy of Black Lantern Music
Cheyenne talks to Bram and Gareth from Black Lantern Music about the BLM 100 and what's next for the netlabel.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 17:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Transmitters-5" by Adam Bowie. 2011. CC BY-NC-SA via flickr.
Jenny Toomey, Director of the Internet Rights unit at the Ford Foundation, talks about the differences and similarities between running a DIY recor...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 16:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: via Excavated Shellac
Jonathan Ward, the man behind the 'Excavated Shellac' blog, talks about crate digging, collecting, and sharing 78 RPM recordings from around the wo...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 21:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: via Wikimedia
19 songs, 7 minutes. Explicit lyrics.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 07:55
  • Purchases: 1