"We're on the forefront of a wave that will make personal broadcasting a reality and redefine how music is discovered and promoted," said Ali Partovi, CEO of GarageBand.com. "With the GarageBand Podcast Studio, we're proud to...[offer]...the first complete solution for recording, mixing and publishing your own podcast."
To make podcasting accessible to everyone, GarageBand Podcast Studio offers features to encourage mass adoption. For artists, GarageBand Podcast Studio provides a simple way to license and distribute their music to podcasters.
For podcasters, recording, mixing and publishing become as easy as pointing and clicking. For subscribers and listeners, GarageBand Podcast Studio provides easier ways to access podcasts for free, without an iPod or special software.
Record, Mix and Publish
The new GarageBand Podcast Studio enables anybody to create a podcast. Users can upload their own recordings and mix them with music from the GarageBand.com catalog using a point-and-click Playlist Manager. Once a new playlist is published, it is immediately available to listeners for streaming, download and subscription from GarageBand.com's servers. Hosting is free and GarageBand.com intends to support the creativity of podcasters with advertising, as well as offer premium ad-free options in the future.
Phone-casting
The GarageBand Podcast Studio will soon feature an option to record by phone. Podcasters can save their telephone recording for mixing later, or immediately publish their podcast by phone -- without ever touching a computer.
Now playing: over 40,000 active podcasts
GarageBand.com's existing catalog of user-created playlists is now available in the form of thousands of podcasts that any listener can subscribe to for free. Similarly, every band on the site now has a free podcast, where listeners can receive new songs (and other audio messages), gig listings, and news posted by the band.
40,000 active podcasts are live now and more will be coming online in the near future. GarageBand.com also plans to issue additional podcasts of its own, such as a "track-of-the-day" feed for each musical genre.
- Portions from a Garageband.com News Release
