Author: grahamholland
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Twitter hacking warning, again!
It was back in August 2011 when I first posted about having my twitter account hacked. In the last week both my personal and Liverpool Acoustic twitter accounts have been inundated with personal messages from accounts that have been hacked. Most of the time the account owner isn’t aware that they’ve been hacked, and most…
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Backup NOW for tomorrow may be too late
As you probably know, I run the Liverpool Acoustic website at liverpoolacoustic.co.uk. Earlier this year I moved it from a static HTML/CSS-based website to a lovely new WordPress version using a theme called Caulk. I really don’t know why I put the move off for so long (lethargy is a real bind…) but am really…
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Take care of your Apples
I love my iMac. I have a Late 2009 model, and it’s really nice! 27-inch glass screen display with 2560 by 1440 pixels, four USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, two internal 17-wall high-efficiency amplifiers, an ATI Radeon HD graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory, 2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of…
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Dave Thackeray (The Podcast Guy)
Graham Holland – what a legend this guy is. If you love music and love Liverpool, try the It’s A Frog’s Life podcast. Dave Thackeray – The Podcast Guy – thepodcastguy.com
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My Podcasting Journey #smcliv
Last month I was invited to speak at Liverpool’s Social Media Cafe, organised by Neil Morrin from Defnetmedia. The focus of the evening was audio and podcasting (it was tagged ‘the sound one’ – very Scouse!) and I gave a talk which I called ‘My Podcasting Journey’. I was originally going to call it ‘Confessions…
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Liverpool Acoustic Live
Liverpool Acoustic Live is a monthly live acoustic music event that takes place in thee independent View Two Gallery on Mathew Street at the heart of Liverpool’s famous Cavern Quarter. It normally takes place on the fourth Friday of each mont, and is run with help on the night from local musician Stuart Todd. The event…
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Made in the UK Show
madeintheukshow.co.uk Started: December 2007 Involved from: February 2008 Type of show: UK music Frequency: fortnightly The Made in the UK Show is fortnightly podcast hosted by a collection of UK music podcasters. Each show has a different host who plays two tracks from musicians or bands based in the UK, and introduces pre-recorded submissions from…
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AMPed New Music Weekly
amped.musicpodcasting.org Started: August 2005 Involved from: October 2006 Type of show: new music Frequency: weekly AMPed New Music Weekly is a collaborative show from the Association of Music Podcasting (AMP). Every week the members of AMP submit one track from each of their shows and a different member each week hosts the show by introducing…
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Instrumental Rewind
rewind.itsafrogslife.net Started: May 2007 Type of show: instrumental acoustic music Frequency: occasional The Instrumental Rewind is an occasional show that features full versions of the instrumental acoustic tracks previously played as bedding music on the It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast. There is some fantastic instrumental music out there which doesn’t often get heard on podcasts, and…
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Mike Hegarty
Just found your website due to the article in last night’s Echo. Brilliant. Love all things acoustic. Been away for a long time so will now be able to sample the acoustic delights of the Pool of Life at my leisure. Boss man. Keep this going. Mike Hegarty –