Mark hosts and produces the first music-based podcast that plays mostly Scottish podsafe music. Whether it's rock, punk, indie, pop, instrumental or acoustic, Scottish bands and artists are producing some of the finest music out there. The tartanpodcast
Breaking all the rules a good podcast should adhere to, I've left it a terribly long time since the last 'cast.
However, I'm excited to be back in tp mode, especially as I've got 3 exciting brand new tracks to bring to you.
The album is Criminal Record, email me for details on acquiring a copy.
Track list;
The Scruffs - Othertime
Kelsey Hunter - See That
Abound - Unstoppable
Theses guys are all in their teens, mostly high school students, but I think they show huge potential. And having witnessed them live, I can attest to them being tight performers!
Coming up on the tartanpodcast;
Raymond Weir - sit down interview with the man from Gum and The Eisenhowers
Kenny Little - sit down interview with the man from Hollow Horse
AICR Podcast Edition 08 - Cervical Cancer
7 May 2008 @ 05:05 am
On this edition of the podcast we focus on cervical cancer. What treatments are available? How effective is screening? We answer these and other frequently asked questions about cervical cancer.
Please remember to visit our website for further information - www.aicr.org.uk.
Yesterday marked the 4 week anniversary of me giving up the day job to start the new day job.
Followers of grass-roots podcasting since 2005 will know what the term ‘giving up the day job‘ means and the weight that it carried with us all back then. For me, the reality of giving up one day job for another is still sinking in, and to be honest (and don’t tell the boss) the new day job doesn’t feel like work (yet). But I suppose that’s fair enough. I mean, my old day job involved actual physical exertion and felt like, you know, work.
The new job is hard work at times (15 hour days down in Newbury being an example), let’s make no mistake about that. But as it’s what I want to do it doesn’t feel like it.
One of the biggest differences in my job, apart from being paid a month’s salary in one lump and not having to go back around and collect in the money, is that when you come up with an idea you’re pretty much free to follow it, whereas in my old job new ideas would need to wait until the work was done, i.e. the work that paid the bills. Now I’m paid to come up with and execute new ideas.
Another difference is going to meetings on a regular basis. This was something that was on the border of my comfort zone previously. But I find it easier to raise my self-confidence now that I actually do the job I’m purporting to. In the past I often felt like a bit of a charlatan.
So, in the past 4 weeks there have been a couple of meetings a week culminating this week where I’ve got several important meetings, one after another. One of them is so important that I bought a new suit at the weekend especially. Hopefully I’ll be able to share the details soon, but in the meantime I’m delivering a presentation on social networks and podcasting to a board of directors made up of some of the most influential people in Scottish business. I keep the thought of me being a window cleaner a mere 5 weeks ago out of my mind and focus on the fact that I’m very good at what I do…You have to, right?
AICR Podcast Edition 06 - Testicular Cancer
11 Jan 2008 @ 04:59 am
On this edition of the podcast we focus on testicular cancer, answering the most frequently asked questions about this cancer. We also speak to Dave Cook, a testicular cancer survivor, and learn about his unique fundraising event.
AICR Podcast - Edition 05 - Skin Cancer
28 Nov 2007 @ 10:28 am
On this edition of the podcast we focus on skin cancer, answering the most frequently asked questions about this cancer and we tell you why it's the most survivable. And can coffee help prevent it? Listen to find out.
AICR receives over 500 applications funding applications from scientists around the world every year. How does the charity decide which research they fund? I visited the team in Edinburgh for their scientific advisory committee meeting and discovered the process they put each application through to find only the best science to fund.
AICR Podcast Special Edition - Second Life's Charity Aid
23 Nov 2007 @ 11:49 am
On this special edition of the podcast Jack Cumming, AICR's eCommerce manager, tells us about an event taking place on 1st December 2007. It's a special 'Charity Aid' event being held online in the Second Life world.
AICR Podcast Edition 04 - Lung Cancer
16 Nov 2007 @ 04:50 am
On this edition of the podcast we focus on lung cancer, answering the most frequently asked questions. We also tell you about the fundraising that is taking place on behalf of AICR online and some of the ways you can become a supporter of the charity.
