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02-19-2008, 8:28 PM MisterChris Joined on 02-20-2008 Posts 98 Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' I'm in process of creating a set of these tracks for the C25K 9 week program. The music in these 13-14 tracks will all be Christian Indie (no label, but good solid christian music you might enjoy.) Some of it's comedy music, some rock, some easy listening, some instrumental, a reasonable mix of styles from about 40 Indie Christian artists who have allowed me to use their music, either through the Creative Commons, or by specific permission. Some of the artists sell their music on Myspace or SoundClick or Virb. many just give it away. Some of us (like me) do a little of both. Anyway, the link to get the tracks is below. If you like the music check out the artists' other stuff - I have links for every artist in the mix, and I have voiceovers to intro each song, and to cue you when to run/walk. http://www.buriedtalentsband.com/c25k/ Enjoy - I'll have weeks 6,7,8 and 9 up in the next 2 weeks.  - Chris Check out the Christian Indie C25K Podcast...    Report

02-25-2008, 8:23 AM Jeff Joined on 02-25-2008 Cape Coral, FL Posts 4 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Chris, Thank you for putting this together. I love having podcasts to guide me through the C25k training program. ------ Jeff Bristow http://blog.jeffbristow.com    Report

02-26-2008, 8:05 AM MisterChris Joined on 02-20-2008 Posts 98 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Thanks, Jeff. I'm enjoying doing it, but it's taking a bit more time than I thought, too. The time is mainly waiting for approval from some artists for certain songs I really want to include - some songs are available for free download but that doesn't mean you have permission to distribute, even in a package like this, so I'm getting written approval (via email) before adding anybody's music. There are some songs I'd just love to add but I may have to give them a Pass because I didn't get the approval. Actually, some of the songs are sold too. But the artists gave me permission to include them. I'll have a redo of week 5 and week 6's 3 tracks up by tomorrow. I have them here at work, so after hours I'll probably post them up. That will leave only 7,8, and 9 to post this weekend, and I'll be done, until I start thinking crazy, like getting ready for a 10K, in which case I hope there's a program I can mix another set for. We'll see - let's leave that one alone till Christmas. :-)   Check out the Christian Indie C25K Podcast...    Report

02-28-2008, 11:17 AM MisterChris Joined on 02-20-2008 Posts 98 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' K, weeks 5 and 6 are now up there. My Host provider has an RSS function I may check out, but I wonder why a podcast would even really apply to this. I'll check into it during the last of my lunch break here... Check out the Christian Indie C25K Podcast...    Report

03-03-2008, 10:24 AM jadams Joined on 02-13-2008 Posts 55 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' I've been running to Ullerey's podcasts, but the site is down and I can't get week 7, so I'm going to try yours out today =)  There's a cool site with Christian Indie music that I go to a lot:  http://www.indievisionmusic.com/wordpress/    Report

03-03-2008, 2:43 PM jadams Joined on 02-13-2008 Posts 55 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Well, I thought the music was good, but for running it was a little slow for me.  I need more uptempo music to keep me motivated...lol  Good quality sound though!    Report

03-03-2008, 5:00 PM MisterChris Joined on 02-20-2008 Posts 98 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Hey, jadams, Thanks for the feedback! Yes, there's a mix of songs in there at different tempos. - actually, the Magix software I was using kept trying to change the tempo on all the songs I slapped in there to the tempo of the first song (the usual is 120). I had to repeatedly change the flag to quit doing that, it's aggravating that it forgets after about 4 'pastes'. Might look tonight if there's not a way to keep it from adjusting the tempo permanently. 'When I Praise You' was probably pretty slow for you. Oh, I would suggest that you make sure you slow your pace enough to make it through the longer runs, but it looks like you're already there, so cool! Good luck on finishing your course, I'll check out that link and see if I want to put some of my music up there. (That would make the 15th website I'd got my music onto, I think.) There's plenty of places now to upload your music. That site doesn't seem to have a way to do it, though (I just checked it out...) Check out the Christian Indie C25K Podcast...    Report

05-27-2008, 11:14 AM Judym Joined on 05-28-2008 Posts 1 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Thanks for creating these podcasts -- I am on week 2 (for the 2nd week) and really like the music.  Using the podcast is so much easier than the first day when I tried to constantly look at my watch.  Even tho I'm repeating weeks as I'm getting more into shape, I'm not bored with the songs and even sing along a little bit (when I'm able to breathe!)       Report

06-04-2008, 12:03 PM MisterChris Joined on 02-20-2008 Posts 98 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Thanks, Judy! your encouragement is appreciated. I'm glad people were able to use the podcasts and enjoy the music.   Check out the Christian Indie C25K Podcast...    Report

06-15-2008, 10:06 PM koolettedavis Joined on 06-16-2008 Posts 9 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Just wanted to say how much I love the songs... Some make me laugh, some bring me to tears, some make me praise God physically while I'm walking, some make me change. I think what you've done here Chris is a ministry to those of us who love God and are trying to be healthier. I even share my favorites with my husband.    Report

06-16-2008, 10:48 AM MisterChris Joined on 02-20-2008 Posts 98 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Thanks, Koolette, for your kind words. I've forwarded them on to the artists as well, since we were all 'in on it' together. They could certainly use your beautiful words of encouragement. I was running today, finishing up 4 miles, and what came on the player was 'Run' by After the Chase. Neighbors probably thought I was crazy, when the line 'I want to soar on Wings like Eagles' rolled through, I was running and had the 'wings' out too. 'Sokay, I'm allowed a little craziness. I work with Kids. :-) Check out the Christian Indie C25K Podcast...    Report

06-17-2008, 5:03 AM Scheezo Joined on 04-06-2008 Posts 107 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Chris, I used your podcast for weeks 1 and 2. I decided that I like a little more of a techno beat and switched to Ullrey's.  Week 5 I'll probably be on to something else.  I'm funny like that.  I actually did enjoy a few of the songs you had and will continue to listen to them outside of my running.  I'll also be downloading the podcast to seek out new music.  Thanks and keep up the great work!    Report

06-27-2008, 8:05 PM koolettedavis Joined on 06-16-2008 Posts 9 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' <BLOCKQUOTE><table width="85%"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/forum/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif">&nbsp;<strong>MisterChris wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4"><P>Thanks, Koolette, for your kind words. I've forwarded them on to the artists as well, since we were all 'in on it' together. They could certainly use your beautiful words of encouragement.</P> <P>I was running today, finishing up 4 miles, and what came on the player was 'Run' by After the Chase. Neighbors probably thought I was crazy, when the line 'I want to soar on Wings like Eagles' rolled through, I was running and had the 'wings' out too.</P> <P>'Sokay, I'm allowed a little craziness. I work with Kids. :-)</P></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE> That's probably my favorite song yet. Oh, and thank for telling us, "You're half-way there!" I needed that.    Report

08-16-2008, 6:02 PM NCC25K Joined on 08-17-2008 Posts 1 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' Thank you so much for your podcast. I just finished W2D1. I tried Ullrey's music last week and found the techno music to be "not my thing." It drove me crazy!! I really like your podcast WITH WORDS!!!! I found it very, very difficult to breathe, much less talk when I did W1D2 (when I listened to Ullrey). However, W1D3, when I listened to yours, I was actually singing (lucky for me that no one was on the track!). Thanks so much for your work. It means a lot to this newbie!!    Report

08-19-2008, 12:29 PM TyraTooters Joined on 08-20-2008 Posts 3 Re: Christian Indie C25K 'Podcast' I haven't started the running program yet as I am 5 months pregnant and just can't! lol But I am preparing for it and while I do I LOVE listening to the music that you have put together. At first I didn't like some of the songs but after a while they grew on me and now I think they are awesome. I have bookmarked several of the artists websites so I can listen to them all the time and hear their new stuff. Thank you so much for doing this. What an awesome way to minister to others. Thanks so much!    Report

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