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Weeeeeeeeeeeeee’re BACK!

back online

Whew, what did we miss?!  It’s been a quiet 15 months since we signed off the air, hasn’t it?

We found this AMAZING online radio platform based out of France called Radionomy that is LEGAL, does all our logging for us, collects ALL royalties and distributes them for us to ensure creators and copyright holders GET PAID, and perhaps with a few ads inserted per hour we can make a small stipend…enough to make it worthwhile bringing you ‘music without boundaries’…worth it?  We think so…

We’re in ‘test mode’ at the moment, bringing you some fantastic mixed music heard NOWHERE else.  We’re presently lining up hosts and shows to come back in a big way in the upcoming months, so stay tuned for more great news.

In the meantime, check out our player below to grab an earful of the best deep tracks, past hits and indid music from around the world…

Blog, New Music Mondays, The Vinyl Vault

RTDS.ca Playlist Mar 13, 2017

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Hey there, until we get back on the air, we’re going to share our unique taste on Spotify, to the world!  Join us for 10 or 11 tracks each week that are rarely heard or under-appreciated these days 🙂  If you don’t use Spotify, check out the SoundsGood playlist above that plays nice with ALL streaming services!

You can find the playlist both here and on our Facebook page at FB.com/RTDS.ca

And PLEASE, if you like or LOVE the music, please head to the artists’ sites and BUY their music.  This playlist is intended to showcase some music flying a bit under the radar, so show the artists some LOVE! <3

Here’s this week’s online playlist:

  • 1
    Sweet Child O’ Mine – Rick Rubin New Mix
    Sheryl Crow
    03:51
  • 2
    Waiting For The Rain
    Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
    06:17
  • 3
    Payin’ The Cost To Be Boss
    Pat Benatar
    03:15
  • 4
    Visa-Vis
    Ben Mink
    05:38
  • 5
    Captured By The Moment
    Steve Perry
    03:48
  • 6
    I’m Not That Man Anymore
    Survivor
    04:46
  • 7
    Bridge of Sighs – 2007 Remaster
    Robin Trower
    05:01
  • 8
    Painted Desert
    Pat Benatar
    05:26
  • 9
    She
    Elvis Costello
    03:07
  • 10
    Heart Full of Soul
    The Yardbirds
    02:27
  • 11
    Ghosts
    Dan Fogelberg
    07:12
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Canadian Music Week (CMW), April 18 – 23, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. Music, Film, Comedy they have it all, so get registered!

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April 18 – 23 2017, Canadian Music Week is happening again at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street W. Toronto.

Whether you are a music fan, a music label, a media conglomerate or an artist, this is the place to be to make solid connections and advance your career!  Here are the details for all 3 festivals:

Music – http://cmw.net/music/

Film – http://cmw.net/film/

Comedy – http://cmw.net/comedy/

As well, the Conferences portion of the week is filled with amazing speakers, can’t miss information and plenty of opportunities to network with industry heavyweights!

Digital Media Summit
Radio
Music

And don’t miss the Mentor’s Cafe, where you can book time one-on-one with producers, songwriters, labels, media, etc.  The Tradeshow is the place to find CD manufacturing/music placement, swag, books, gear, and more!

AppStay up to date with the CMW app, available in the Apple Store and Google Play:

Tags: canadianmusicweek,#Conference, #justforlaughs, #rivalsons, #sheraton, #cmw, #comedy, #festival , #film, #music, #XPrime

Blog, New Music Mondays, The Vinyl Vault

RTDS.ca Playlist Mar 6, 2017

The Vinyl Vault Logo

Hey there, until we get back on the air, we’re going to share our unique taste on Spotify, to the world!  Join us for 10 or 11 tracks each week that are rarely heard or under-appreciated these days 🙂  If you don’t use Spotify, check out the SoundsGood playlist above that plays nice with ALL streaming services!

You can find the playlist both here and on our Facebook page at FB.com/RTDS.ca

And PLEASE, if you like or LOVE the music, please head to the artists’ sites and BUY their music.  This playlist is intended to showcase some music flying a bit under the radar, so show the artists some LOVE! <3

Here’s this week’s online playlist:

  • 1
    East of the Sun, West of the Moon – Deluxe Rock Candy Records
    Wireless, Geddy Lee
    04:17
  • 2
    I’ll Do It
    Pat Benatar
    04:10
  • 3
    When I Dream
    Crystal Gayle
    03:24
  • 4
    Now and Then
    Kenny Loggins
    03:56
  • 5
    Lost In The Sun
    Dan Fogelberg
    03:56
  • 6
    Always Away
    Church of Trees
    05:30
  • 7
    Peacock Tail
    Boards of Canada
    05:24
  • 8
    Rickover’s Dream
    Michael Hedges
    04:24
  • 9
    The Runner – Orchestra Sessions
    Ian Thomas
    04:41
  • 10
    The Cisco Kid
    War
    03:47
  • 11
    Babylon
    Aphrodite’s Child
    02:50
  • 12
    You and I
    Greg Godovitz
    03:34
Blog, New Music Mondays, The Vinyl Vault

RTDS.ca Playlist Feb 20, 2017

The Vinyl Vault Logo

Hey there, until we get back on the air, we’re going to share our unique taste on Spotify, to the world!  Join us for 10 or 11 tracks each week that are rarely heard or under-appreciated these days 🙂  If you don’t use Spotify, check out the SoundsGood playlist above that plays nice with ALL streaming services!

You can find the playlist both here and on our Facebook page at FB.com/RTDS.ca

And PLEASE, if you like or LOVE the music, please head to the artists’ sites and BUY their music.  This playlist is intended to showcase some music flying a bit under the radar, so show the artists some LOVE! <3
On this week’s playlist:

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; U2; Jon & Vangelis; Roger Waters; Ambre McLean; Tony Banks; Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap; Alice Cooper; Black Sabbath; Blue Oyster Cult; Supertramp; Chris Squire; Strange Advance and closing this playlist with the immortal Monty Python!

Blog, New Music Mondays, The Vinyl Vault

RTDS.ca Playlist Feb 13, 2017

The Vinyl Vault Logo

Hey there, until we get back on the air, we’re going to share our unique taste on Spotify, to the world!  Join us for 10 or 11 tracks each week that are rarely heard or under-appreciated these days 🙂  If you don’t use Spotify, check out the SoundsGood playlist above that plays nice with ALL streaming services!

You can find the playlist both here and on our Facebook page at FB.com/RTDS.ca

And PLEASE, if you like or LOVE the music, please head to the artists’ sites and BUY their music.  This playlist is intended to showcase some music flying a bit under the radar, so show the artists some LOVE! <3

  • 1
    The World Is Not Enough
    Garbage
    03:57
  • 2
    Tomorrow Never Dies – Full Length Version
    Sheryl Crow
    04:50
  • 3
    Minstrel Boy
    The Guess Who
    03:18
  • 4
    If I Sing You A Love Song
    Bonnie Tyler
    04:44
  • 5
    Nothing It Can
    Helios
    04:47
  • 6
    Going Mobile
    The Who
    03:43
  • 7
    Catherine Howard
    Rick Wakeman
    06:37
  • 8
    The Heart of It
    David Knopfler
    02:57
  • 9
    The Search Is Over
    Survivor
    04:14
  • 10
    I’ll Stand By You
    Pretenders, Bob Clearmountain
    04:00
  • Your Love
    The Outfield
    03:41
Blog, New Music Mondays, The Vinyl Vault

RTDS.ca playlist for Feb 6, 2017…

The Vinyl Vault Logo

Hey there, until we get back on the air, we’re going to share our unique taste on Spotify, to the world!  Join us for 10 or 11 tracks each week that are rarely heard or under-appreciated these days 🙂  If you don’t use Spotify, check out the SoundsGood playlist that plays nice with ALL streaming services!

 

Here’s our first playlist, we’d love your comments and reactions, both here and on our Facebook page at FB.com/RTDS.ca

 

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Canadian Music Week (CMW), May 2 – 8, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. Music, Film, Comedy they have it all, so get registered!

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For our recap of LAST YEAR’S event click HERE ==> http://bit.ly/1DgCOkr  It’s back and bigger than ever!

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May 2 – 8 2016, Canadian Music Week is happening again at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street W. Toronto.

Whether you are a music fan, a music label, a media conglomerate or an artist, this is the place to be to make solid connections and advance your career!  Here are the details for all 3 festivals:

Music – http://cmw.net/music/

Film – http://cmw.net/film/

Comedy – http://cmw.net/comedy/

As well, the Conferences portion of the week is filled with amazing speakers, can’t miss information and plenty of opportunities to network with industry heavyweights!

Digital Media Summit
Radio
Music

And don’t miss the Mentor’s Cafe, where you can book time one-on-one with producers, songwriters, labels, media, etc.  The Tradeshow is the place to find CD manufacturing/music placement, swag, books, gear, and more!

AppStay up to date with the CMW app, available in the Apple Store and Google Play:

Tags: canadianmusicweek,#Conference, #justforlaughs, #rivalsons, #sheraton, #cmw, #comedy, #festival , #film, #music, #XPrime

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Thanks for the memories…RTDS is off air for the foreseeable future…

we're closedDue to impending royalty rate hikes for the period 2016-2021, we have been forced to shut down.  We are a minor non-interactive music discovery service/internet radio service, and are being forced to pay the same rates as some of the largest internet streaming services.  They have millions of subscribers who pay $10 per month.  This is not, at the moment, a valid business model for us.  We feature quite a lot of new independent music, as well as lesser known tracks from more established artists. We do this because we want to be a valid destination for people with discriminating taste, and we want to give these artists a place to feature their music, as we all know terrestrial music rarely features new unsigned music.

We are NOT against artists being paid for their creative works, as many of us that work at RTDS are recording artists as well.  We ARE for a fair and balanced system that pays creators but also reflects the realities of the many micro and small broadcasters that are presenting options that are NOT hit based radio.

We will be silent until we can find a way to find funding to pay these increased royalties, or until the system is re-evaluated.

If you want more information on the consequences of removing choice, Live365.com closed its doors this week, as they had thousands of stations that would be affected by these new royalties.  Many of these stations are small broadcasters who feature many types of music NOT featured on traditional radio and will now go silent.  Far few choices to listen to…very sad.

http://rainnews.com/live365-suffers-a-collision-of-misfortune-lays-off-most-employees-and-vacates-office/

Copyright Royalty Board Raises Rates on Internet Broadcasters

We sincerely thank your for your patronage…and perhaps we’ll rise again…someday…

Todd Miller and the entire RTDS air staff

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Blog – #Vinyl Revenue Higher Than Online Streaming

vinyl-record-playerBlog – #Vinyl Revenue Higher Than Online Streaming

In my latest ‪#‎blog‬ post, I look at the ‪#‎vinyl‬ resurgence and why artists, even indie artists, really should think about adding vinyl to their product release strategy. And we talk hard numbers, not fanciful thinking…vinyl is growing faster than THREE streaming services COMBINED, so perhaps it’s time to get some vinyl pressed!

So, who honestly saw THIS coming?  That in 2015 artists would see MORE revenue from vinyl sales than the combined income from THREE major streaming portals?  Whaaaaat year is it again, and what does it mean for artists?

What it means is that you *should* diversify your media delivery to include vinyl records.  Why?  For more reasons than you might know.

What market other than vinyl can you say is growing so rapidly in the music industry?  With purchases of Vinyl up 52 percent from this time last year, no other format is growing at such a rapid rate.  So, it’s becoming harder and harder to ignore that vinyl, for the time being and foreseeable future, should factor into your product release strategy.  From the article:

“In a pop-culture world dominated by streaming and pick-and-choose musical singles, it is interesting to see long form records making such a strong comeback, pointing to what some might consider to be a larger cultural shift.

The modern music consumer, when purchasing physical music, seems to prefer the larger images, exclusive content, and often free digital downloads that come with a vinyl buy. More and more bands are printing special singles, colored vinyl, and other cool content for analog fans.”

 

http://number9.ca/?p=7317