BREAKING NEWS

At the request of several listeners we have added 3 tracks from the group Zeromancer to our EXTREME MIX 1-3 playlists which air everyday of the week except Wednesday…that day is reserved for Indie Artists. We have also added 17 new tracks to our INDIE MIX playlist. There are several new artists being added to this rotation for the first time…Strive, The Wagon, Brooke Fraser, Jetboy, Cohesive, Headway and more. Also there are fresh tracks from Dirt and Vince Falzone…more fresh tracks will be added soon.

JUST A FEW THINGYS TO SAY

The Sonic Pirate has been a ghost ship for sometime now…this September all that will change with the return of the Cast of Characters to the microphones and fresh tracks will be added monthly to the various playlists. If you have any music that you would like to hear on the Pirate, send your requests to us via e-mail and we will add those tracks to our rotation, the address is sonicpirateradio@yahoo.com.

Also this September…Kenny D is back…with his unique brand of programming. He will be kicking things off with a show called “Time Capsule”. What is this show? Good question, it is my understanding that Kenny D will pick a specific year and play the music associated with that year, along with some interesting trivia. After that show ends its season all bets are off as to what we will hear next from the guru of uniqueness.

The Sonic Pirate is looking to expand its Indie Wednesday playlist so we will be back on the hunt for Indie Artists to add to our rotation. If you are an Indie Artist, drop us an e-mail include an mp3 track or more (128kbps or higher) for audition / inclusion, the address is sonicpirateradio@yahoo.com.

Please remember that the Sonic Pirate is a hobby radio station not a commercial station, in other words this is not our full time job. So from time to time things may get delayed because of other obligations but we will try our best to keep the course steady and keep you informed along the way…Thanks!

BLOG ZONE

If you are a frequent visitor to our website you may have noticed that the Blog Zone page has been deleted. The creation of the Blog Zone (a section of our website dedicated to the written word) was designed as an open forum for our staff, the listeners of the Sonic Pirate and anyone who stumbled upon this website or the blogs. But since its inception there has been very limited interaction in the Zone, so it was decided to eliminate most of the blogs, consolidate others and move their access to this blog page...at least for the time being.

KENNY D

His style of programming has been pushed back to late 2008, he ran into some unexpected delays in the building of his studio.

FRESH TRACKS

Several new Indie Artists were added to the Sonic Pirate rotation...

Fat Sam
Admiral Twin
Old Story
Pirate Prude
Jason Coley Byrd

Check out their tracks on Indie Wednesday’s.

CINEMATIC RADIO PROGRAMMING NOTE

This part of the experiment has been put on hold. The first series was slated to begin late 2008 but as of right now there is no schedule for production, post-production or airing dates.

CHANGES

Lately change has been slow around here and that mainly rests on my shoulders. As of this day forward I am working toward making the Sonic Pirate on Live365.com…80% Indie. From the start it has always been the goal of this experiment to bring the listeners of the Pirate a different choice in music.

NEWS FROM 2007

9 November: The future of Internet Radio is still not settled but we have decided to renew our contract with Live365 and remain webcasting until the money runs out in 2010 or earlier if operational cost continue to increase. In other related news…Kenny D returns in 2008 to the Sonic Pirate with his brand of eclectic programming. Okay we are desperate for something different and Kenny D fills that slot, maybe just a little too much.

19 October: You may have noticed…that during the later half of this year both the Internet Radio Station and the Blog Zone Publications have not been updated on a regular basis and I apologize for that. As of right now I am not sure what the future holds for this radio project. At the end of November our Internet Radio Station’s webcasting fees come due. The decision to remain webcasting or go silent is still being debated.

3 October: Tragedy strikes the Sonic Pirate…the computer system that runs all operations for this project has gone down and will not boot. This happened last year and a new computer was purchased and installed. What are the odds of this happening again? The system was about to undergo its monthly backup but crashed the day before. We are in the process of switching over to our remote operations system while we work on this issue.