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Depending on where you live, there may or may not be much going on in the way of Celtic music or other related activities. Some places are hotter than others. Here in our area (the Pacific Northwest), things got a whole lot better for the local Celtic scene around February of ’09, when a transplant from Flint, Michigan started his very own Company, called 67 Music.
skOt Cranmore is his name. He arrived here in Portland, OR in 1997, and being a musician himself, played here for a while, and then eventually his focus was directed more toward the business aspect of music. He married and started a Family. After some thought of what and how he may proceed, it became clear that his Irish roots were coming to the forefront and ultimately, he had a vision; he wanted, somehow, to promote Celtic music and culture. How to do that? He thought. In the beginning he thought he might do a broadcast/podcast with any genre of music, but after some thought he decided it best to go all Celtic. A month after he started his company, the broadcast was born.
Here we are in early 2010 and both the website and the broadcast are still going strong. So much so that listenership for the live broadcast (each Saturday at 2pm Pacific) is now hovering around 10,000 persons globally, and hits on the website www.sixtysevenmusic.com average near as many, with more and more listeners checking in. Getting the podcast from iTunes certainly helped. Not a small feat for a one-man startup. In fact, there are talks in the works with interested parties for taking the show to other “traditional” radio markets nationally.
If you haven’t yet tuned in, skOt’s approach to his broadcast is lean, cohesive and best of all, a well-rounded mix and features Celtic music from artists both locally and from around the globe. skOt estimates that he has made contacts with up to 500 artists from all over the world.
Not to be overlooked, the main website itself is growing, and with the addition of a new staffer, (yours truly), an events calendar has been added and even more staff are to be coming aboard soon, offering cd and show reviews. Efforts to expand our base and web presence are also in the works, all for preserving and promoting Celtic music and culture in our area and abroad.
We invite you to visit our website, and listen to the 67 Music Celtic Broadcast and see for yourself.
-SlainteSteve
Links:
info@sixtysevenmusic.com
events@sixtysevenmusic.com
67 Music on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/sixtysevenmusic
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/67music
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/67music
On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysevenmusic
