Chillin' with Lovespirals

At long last the band have settled on the winner and runner-up of the PLP Remix Contest for This Truth! We know that 60 some producers have been anxiously awaiting our decision since April 1st, and we're sorry to have kept them on pins and needles, but we needed time to sort through and really listen to all of the entries. There were quite a few really good mixes -- more than we even dreamed we'd get! We decided the best, most fun way to announce our faves would be with a podcast, sharing the music and our thoughts on the tracks. We hope that both the contest entrants and our podcast listeners will enjoy it. The remixes are presented in no particular order, except for the winner and runner-up; the runner-up is presented first and the winner is presented last. The grand prize is an 8 gig iPod Touch, a year's subscription to the PLP Producers' Vault, and all 3 Lovespirals CDs autographed by the band, plus inclusion on an upcoming remix EP and promotion via the Podsafe Music Network and other online music services.Thanks so much to all of the producers for their hard work and especially to DJ Puzzle of Peace Love Productions and SynthVox for throwing the contest for us!

Lovespirals' Fave Remixes:

1. This Truth (Kambronn Remix) - Runner Up | Podsafe Music Network
2. This Truth (hEADaCHE Remix)
3. This Truth (The Grooveblaster Remix)
4. This Truth (DonOesterby Remix)
5. This Truth (Damien.S Remix)
6. This Truth (Lthrboots Rmx)
7. This Truth (TT&Yosh Remix)
8. This Truth (4udi0phil3 Remix)
9. This Truth (Soul Whirling Somewhere Remix) * not an official entry
10. This Truth (Pomatic Remix) - Grand Prize Winner | Podsafe Music Network

The band get a lil bit political and serious for a change of pace on our 50th episode. Topics include taxes and the need for a good accountant, Anji being interviewed by Wired, using the Apgoee Duet for podcasting, a new interview in iProng Magazine, supporting TibetAid, the PLP Lovespirals remix contest ending, our new Neumann mic, building thechillcast.com in WordPress 2.5, and Hungry Lucy on Chillcast Video. We close with a clip of a new unreleased song, "Shine."

Ryan and Anji return with stories about their new Logic Studio setup vs their old Pro Tools 24 setup, writing and recording new music, entries to Lovespirals PLP Remix Contest, watching Dig! on DVD, Ariel PR takes on our Motherless Child EP, joining thesixtyone.com, Anji competing in the Pod 5 Idol competition, Lovespirals on Pod 5, seeing Robert Rich live at the Goethe Institute, and two recent Chillcast specials. The show ends with "This Truth (donOesterby Mix)" -- the full song, not just a clip. Enjoy!

Ryan and Anji are back with news and updates including switching from ProTools to Logic and other changes to their recording studio, "This Truth" Remix Contest, launch of a new Lovespirals/The Chillcast Beach Cottage created by Kirsty Hawkshaw in SecondLife, Lovespirals Feature on SolipsisticNATION, and 2 touching listener emails; one from fellow indie musician Tony Pucci, and the other from a NIU Grad Student. Please feel free to send your own listener email or audio comments into the band at info[at]lovespirals.com or just leave a comment on our blog at lovespirals.com!

Ryan and Anji are back with lots of personal and band news including the extended celebration of Anji's birthday, the band's harrowing winter storm incident, new recording gear, broken mixer update, a Lovespirals feature on Solipsistic Nation podcast, Long Way From Home on Pandora, Lovespirals guest DJing Yourgasms radio show, audio feedback from War-n of Hungry Lucy, and a clip of a new Chandeen song featuring Anji's vocals and lyrics called "Tomorrow."

The band usher in the new year with news of their expanded studio, Lovespirals' most popular episode, the official release of the Motherless Child EP, recent webtool and shareware discoveries, online and terrestrial radio airplay of the new Long Way From Home album, Anji's big Chillcast Video announcement, and more -- including a recent collaboration with Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff musical podcast with a soundtrack available on eMusic.Please write a review of Long Way From Home on Amazon, iTunes, CDBaby, or Bandcamp -- and we may read it on the podcast!

In this extended episode, Anji and Ryan play each song from the new Lovespirals album Long Way From Home as they discuss how they created the album. In this special behind-the-scenes podcast, the duo talk about the album’s influences, their song writing process, production secrets, and personal anecdotes. This features gives you great peek into the album!

Buy a jewel case CD or digital download of Lovespirals Long Way From Home on Bandcamp

Ryan and Anji talk about recent Long Way From Home news items including last week's live performance podcast, Lovespirals' Re:Gen Magazine feature, Lovespirals' Shameless Plugcast feature, airplay on terrestrial radio, recent reviews from the All Music Guide and Cadence Revolution, fan reviews on Amazon, iTunes, plus announce next week's special feature and close the show out with Brian Noe's awesome Long Way From Home promo.

Buy the jewel case CD or digital download of Lovespirals 'Long Way From Home' on Bandcamp -- get two Pink Floyd cover recordings as a Bandcamp only bonus!

Ryan and Anji chat about seeing Neil Young perform and discuss how he's inspired the band, talk about the official release of Long Way From Home - including being on the newly launched iTunes+, share a few fan emails and listener reviews from Amazon, iTunes, and LastFM, announce other sites selling or promoting the new album -- including CDBaby, iLike, Virb, and iMeem, talk about their first performance in Second Life on PodShow Island, announce the Love Spirals Downwards reissues, and more. The show closes with "This Truth" live and acoustic!

2025 UPDATE: Lovespirals 'Long Way From Home' is now on Bandcamp and includes two bonus tracks, both of our Pink Floyd covers! Jewel case CDs are still available, as well as digital downloads. The Projekt CD reissues of Love Spirals Downwards are sold out but you can still get the digital downloads from Bandcamp

Ryan & Anji are back in town and preparing for the official release of Long Way From Home TOMORROW! The band reflect on their travels through Humboldt County, sharing photos on Anji's Flickr album. Updates on the new CD on Amazon MP3 Store, Amazon Advantage, Last FM, iLike, and Garageband. Plus they announce the two big Second Life events going on THIS WEEK on PodShow Island including a CD listening party and a live performance in SecondLife. They also read some listener email and close out the show with the Fave Nitemare remix of "This Truth."

Links:
Buy Long Way From Home on CD & Digital and get an immediate digital download as well from Bandcamp
Get the Motherless Child EP in your choice of digital download from Bandcamp