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Greetings From Inside The Gates Radio. I asked a number of our station listeners for their opinions about Inside The Gates Radio and thought you may enjoy their comments. I have not edited any of their input. As these are folks I know, there are a number of comments about my live show in particular. Shiraz Alikhan and Dinnis Keefe have excellent shows and faithful listeners as well, but I wanted to share the following kind words to give you all a perspective of Inside The Gates Radio. Perhaps...just maybe...it will inspire you to listen to your community radio station just a bit more. Of course, if you haven't taken the opportunity to listen...please do so.
Deb Boardley, Toledo, Ohio Early last summer, 2019 BC (Before Coronavirus), a few of my music loving friends had just returned from Jazz Fest and they were talking about listening to Inside the Gates Radio. That Sunday night I tuned in and was so impressed with the music and Craig Looney's knowledge and insights about music. I have been a "regular" since then. I love the live show, and also frequently listen to the streaming music throughout the week. There are a couple of reasons I enjoy the station. This is the music I have enjoyed my whole life. But ITG is so special because it is not the "same old, same old". I often find myself listening to a favorite artist, but realizing that I never heard "that song". It is GREAT and I wonder how I missed "that song". I also enjoy the song quizzes - and learn fun facts every week. Finally, the live shows are so much fun because it is a shared experience. I do know the Toledo crowd - but hearing names of people tuning in from Big Canoe, Chicago, DC, Nevada, West VA and NE Ohio, etc., it feels like kindred spirits - connecting through music. It is far better than when I took my portable radio to the pool! Thanks so much for ITG! It is a gem! Ben Godwin, Big Canoe Inside the Gates Radio is my go to station for music while I am working, reading, or relaxing. On Sunday nights we enjoy listening to Looney’s Tunes as we have a cocktail and make dinner. Craig’s selection of artists and some of their lesser known tunes make for an entertaining evening with a mix of familiar and new music. We are looking forward to a great summer with music from Inside the Gates Radio! Tim Hanofee, Big Canoe Like many or most of the ITG listeners, I grew up listening to the music LooneyMan and the other “jocks” play for us. The diversity, the history, the back stories provided in the Live shows brings back wonderful memories and offers us the opportunity to drift back to our youth. The ITG music is always phenomenal, the live shows are sublime! Lisa Keating and Phil Odenweller, Hendersonville, NC Our introduction to Craig's show was an eye-opener from the get go and continues to be so! We look forward to settling in on Sunday evenings for a blast from the past and an entree to new artists. We are so fortunate to have this opportunity and we take full advantage of it! Kudos to Inside the Gates Radio! Dale, Cherie and Wrigley Hood, Big Canoe Let me just say, that it is a breath of fresh air to be able to relax and enjoy music and songs from artists that you would otherwise never hear because radio stations tend to only play what are considered to be the hit songs they recorded. Kudos to our Inside The Gates radio station for introducing these great songs to its listeners as well as artists and musicians that we are hearing for maybe the first time. Keep Rocking Inside The Gates! Pud and Deenie Ritter, Las Vegas, Nevada A New Sunday Tradition in our household is listening to Looney’s Tunes on ITG Radio. The songs played and the historical commentary by Craig Looney bring back memories of times past but not forgotten. Tell all your friends to tune in to be completely entertained, they won’t be disappointed. Sara Bennett...Lawrenceville, Georgia How do I love thee ITG.... 1. Great music 2. Great music 3. Great music 4. No commercials 5. Awesome live shows 6. Awesome live shows 7. On the air 24/7 8. Every time I listen to a live show, I learn something new about the artists. 9. It's so great I tell everyone to listen! 10. Did I mention GREAT MUSIC??? Terry Nicholson...Big Canoe Hello, my name is Terry Nicholson, a resident here in Big Canoe, GA. Retired, I spend a tremendous number of hours each week in my woodworker’s shop constructing various items for friends, family, myself and other that request custom made products. I must admit, I was, and still am a fan of Pandora, which helps pass the time between saws, planes, sander and other noise making apparatus. When Craig and the team first opened up “Inside The Gates Radio”, I split my listening pleasures between Pandora and ITGR, but gradually moved more and more towards ITGR for a number of reasons. The variety of artist, songs, and music exceeds the expectations I was after. Also, I get to hear the “shout-outs” from my friends and neighbors, not to mention my own, which totally impresses my grandchildren to hear their BABA on the radio. I totally endorse and recommend Inside The Gates Radio to anyone that wants to hear great music, whether working, exercising, relaxing. Rick Kanfer...Dunwoody, Georgia ITGR...“The radio station that drives emotions” By combining a unique collection of Rock, Blues, and Jazz from many different eras, with a heavy concentration of VERY deep tracks, Inside The Gates Radio truly brings you an emotional experience. That’s what I like the most about ITGR - it's not something to be played in the background while you read or play spades, rather it's positively foreground. You need to focus so you can derive the most pleasure, the most enjoyment. ITGR makes you feel you're not alone in this crazy world. It amps up your energy and eliminates your depression. It is truly soul-fulfillment. Please visit our website www.insidethegatesradio.com and go to the 'FAQ' link on the home page to get precise instructions on how to connect with us. Inside The Gates Radio from beautiful Big Canoe!
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By MIKE PODSEDLY Published in Smoke Signals August 2020
Last month I discussed the phenomenon that certain music creates vivid memories of our personal life events. But what about the rest of the music that we like to listen to? A key motive for listening to music is to influence one’s emotions. This is precisely what the Inside The Gates Radio team has tried to create and with some outstanding feedback from our listeners...we believe we are on the right track. You don’t need to be a professional musician to feel the positive, transformative effects of music. A recent global survey by consumer electronics company Sonos interviewed 12,000 people across 12 countries and found that listening is essential to human happiness, and that music might be the key to reducing stress, improving productivity and being healthier. More than half (54 per cent) of respondents said that music had made them either laugh or cry unexpectedly, and three out of four respondents said they listened to music to reduce stress. Another 52 per cent said they were happier when listening to a favorite song, and that music helps boost their mood at work (58 per cent). If you have ever listened to music and found yourself in tears, or sensed that something has shifted inside of you, it’s because that piece of music has resonated with you. The Sonos-led study reflected this – one in three respondents said they used music to help them think of new ideas when they were stuck and that it inspired them to do great work. And the fitness-focused know that fast-paced music can have a direct link to performance, with 81 per cent of respondents saying they used music to help them meet their fitness goals. “Music has a huge power to transform our lives in many different ways. One of the key things is emotions – it helps us express ourselves, often things we are not able to express with words. And it helps us reduce stress. We all need that,” music therapist Esther Wong says. Music has a variety of noises and factors that can have you experiencing any of these moods and much more. Music has a practically limitless number of moods. The cerebellum is highly activated by our favorite songs, triggering increased blood flow to the legs. This may be part of why dance is so closely associated with nearly every genre of music. The region of the brain most impacted by almost every type of music in the world is also the area that makes us want to move, even if this is just tapping our feet or bobbing our heads. Listeners to our live shows have expressed that they do indeed dance and sing along to the music. With the explosion of personal speaker and headphone products, listening to music is a much more private experience than ever before. Access to music has never been easier due to streaming. Rock music with its wide range of sounds has actually been shown to have a hugely positive impact among listeners. Researchers have observed that sad music acts as a kind of catharsis for sad listeners, which explains why we are drawn to the genre when we're feeling blue. Many people make thoughtful choices when selecting a song, artist or genre to suit certain moods and situations. Inside The Gates Radio has simplified your choices by having a cache of the best rock music ever recorded. All these tunes have been thoughtfully assembled and are available with a mere click. In sum, music is capable of rousing both emotional and physiological responses. Music even works more rapidly and intensely upon the mind than any art, because it requires so little conscious reflection. Inside The Gates Radio is generally associated with Rock music as a quick descriptor of the music played. The content of the station’s library is a bit more complex and eclectic. The sub-genres experienced while listening to the song rotation at any given time can include Hard and Soft Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Swamp Rock, Pop Rock, Country Rock and even Jazzy Rock. All this is available without any effort by the listener. Please visit our website insidethegatesradio.com for information about connecting options, download apps, live show schedules and station news. Send us an email to ITGRadio@bigcanoepoa.org to express your questions, comments or suggestions. BY MIKE PODSEDLY Published in Smoke Signals July 2020 Issue
“THE GREATEST MUSIC OF OUR LIFETIMES” is our slogan that is backed by science. Studies show that music can be a particularly effective cue for bringing one back to sights and sounds of events from across our life spans. These have been labeled MEAMS, Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories. The link between cues and associated memory have been demonstrated in several controlled settings with a variety of participants. Favorite songs are typically listened to much more frequently over one’s lifetime than films or books. Our preferred music is rooted in adolescence and early adulthood. Research revealed songs released when the participant was 10 to 30 years old are preferred, better recognized and elicit heightened emotional responses compared to songs from other periods. There is also a bump in ages 40 to 50 years old. For example, if you are 70 years old today then the music from 1960 to 1980 would be called your favorites. There might also be some favorites from 1990 to 2000. The average study participant listened to music 30 min to 1 hour per half day. The number of MEAMS reported was positively associated with the volume of music listening in total. MEAMS can be effectively evoked most often in situations where your attention is not explicitly focused on music. Most MEAMS were experienced during background listening. They can occur while driving/traveling, doing housework, at work, relaxing, socializing, etc. MEAMS were reported as involuntary rather than deliberately retrieved. Another finding I found interesting was that there was no significant difference in the occurrence of MEAMS between musicians and non-musicians since I fall in the latter group. Older adults reported more positive emotions in response to their MEAMS as expected. They also reported having more vivid memories. MEAMS are a relatively common everyday experience which serve to transport us back to life events that are often highly vivid, positive and social in nature. MEAMS have a role in maintaining one’s life narrative and evolving sense of self. This might also explain why people tend to reject the music of younger generations due to the lack of MEAMS experienced by them. Personally, I have been constructing a timeline of significant events during my life as defined by me. I have then noted what songs bring the sharpest recall of each of these events. The process is not this clean because sometimes the music suggests the events and other times the events might lead me to the selection of the music. If you haven’t listened to our station yet, do what our loyal audience does:
Please visit our website insidethegatesradio.com for information about connecting options, download apps, live show schedules and station news. Send us an email to ITGRadio@bigcanoepoa.org to express your questions, comments or suggestions. BY MIKE PODSEDLY Published in Smoke Signals June 2020 Issue
Inside The Gates Radio owes its existence to the streaming revolution. It is estimated that 80% of music listening is on streaming platforms. The music we consumers play is not ours in the physical sense. This is in contrast to when we purchased vinyl records or CDs, which had all the information about the tracks and band members on the album covers or CD inserts. We all just rent the music we listen to whenever we activate a streaming service. The advent of streaming has made an enormous amount of content available to us. In order to navigate this wealth of choice, providers have created algorithms to produce playlists to choose from. These playlists use adjectives like mellow, chill, workouts, cleaning, etc. to match the songs to your activity or mood. The algorithms are based on databases that include the song classification, demographics and listening habits. To access the content, one pays $10 to $15 per month for the privilege. Inside the Gates Radio doesn’t use algorithms to generate playlists. Every song that is selected for the library has been chosen by humans. One by one, songs are evaluated for relevance, quality of sound and performance along with listening experience. This results in a carefully curated library that is “the greatest music of our lifetimes.” The full library is played in rotation 24/7 so the listener gets a unique experience every session. Unlike the streaming services the cost to stream Inside the Gates Radio is free— that’s free, free. ITG Radio is managed by music lovers who want to share their music and knowledge with you the listener. The live shows are must listen radio. The show schedule kicks off with Dinnis Keefe’s Saturday Serenade at 6:30 p.m., Sunday’s Shiraz Alikhan’s San Francisco Nights at 4:30 p.m. followed by Craig Looney’s Looney Tunes at 6:30 p.m. You will be engaged when they share the backstory of the songs they play. Craig offers a mini song quiz for every show and the questions along with the answers are posted in the blog section on www.insidethegatesradio.com. This radio station is an amazing asset to the Big Canoe community and beyond. The potential for communicating with residents is unlimited. Access is very easy using your device and our app for IOS and Android. If using your computer just go to our website and use the player page to listen. Your listening experience can be enhanced by connecting to your Bluetooth speakers or even Alexa. Please take advantage of this great music library and it will evoke memories of events in your life and be reacquainted with favorite songs you may have forgotten. Survey Research Naming Most Popular Artist / Bands by Decade Mentioned On "Looney's Tunes" Show December 29, 2019 Artist Rank 1950"s 1960's 1970's 1980's 1 Elvis Presley Beatles Led Zepplin Michael Jackson 2 Little Richard Rolling Stones Eagles Prince 3 Chuck Berry Bob Dylan Fleetwood Mac U2 4 Buddy Holly Beach Boys Elton John Madonna 5 Ray Charles Jimi Hendricks Pink Floyd Bruce Springsteen Artist Rank 1990's 2000's 1 Garth Brooks Nickleback 2 Mariah Carey Eminem 3 Nirvana Usher 4 Celine Dion Coldplay 5 Whitney Houston Britney Spears What does that mean? In short it is expanded genres, more familiarity, less obscurity but still with some hidden gems.
A lot of people remember where they were when “X” happened. This represents a shared experience among several people. From a music perspective however songs can evoke a more visceral personal response. Music can be associated with our own life events – a single day to a longer time frame i.e. College Days. Boomers are retiring at the rate of 10,000 per day. Some of the additional time this affords is often spent contemplating the times of our lives. Music can trigger memories of good times or bad, past relationships and choices made. This phenomena is relevant not only to Big Canoe but to a much larger audience. While we can’t program for each listener, we can create a playlist with a timeline that contains a wide swath of listeners together with a range of music to jog your memory. 1.It became common practice for companies to use rock music in advertising campaigns and this was one of the leading songs to hold such a distinction. Microsoft paid $10 Million for the use of this one.. 2.Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town in Omaha, NE in 1917. The motto of Boys Town became a title for a song that was originally offered (and turned down) by Joe Cocker. Another group made it one of their biggest hits ever.. 3.This artist was bemoaning how difficult his life was while getting treatment for drug addiction and bulimia in 1990. To get out of his bubble, he started doing things by himself...making his own phone calls, booking his own hotel rooms and got a dog to take care of...He wrote a song about it. Who was the artist and song? 4.This artist got the inspiration for a new album a few days after the 9/11 attacks, when a stranger in a car stopped next to him, rolled down his window and said, "We need you now!" Who was the artist and album? Battle Of The Bands! Fooling Yourself by Styx vs Delta Lady by Joe Cocker 1.Start Me Up Rolling Stones 2.He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother Hollies
3.Simple Life Elton John 4.The Rising Bruce Springsteen Listeners picked Joe Cocker by 1 vote in the Battle of the Bands NEW LINE-UP OF LIVE SHOWS
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