I’ve been seeing a trend recently where it seems like every musician has to have their own podcast.

Now many do put together a real fan podcast. Liz Phair. Great Big Sea. The Lavicious Biddies. Probably many more and they are neat podcasts for their fans.

They Might Be Giants have been putting out songs that are either unreleased or special topics for their podcast. They’ve been utilizing every form of internet promotion known to geek for quite a while now.

But the trend I’m seeing is musicians who put individual songs out as podcasts. No commentary, no new information, just a lower quality version of what is on their CD. The same thing they do (or should be doing) from their website. Continue Reading…