Podcast Outage and Update

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Podcast Outage and Update
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Hey Friends and Soundbathers,

Tomorrow, March 1, we begin monthly episodes of the Ambient Soundbath Podcast…
And -dot-dot-dot… We almost didn’t make it.

Some of you noticed that our audio feeds were down for a couple days; thank you to those who reached out to me to let me know. Basically, we have/had a problem that anybody who ever starts a website wants, but doesn’t believe they’ll ever have: Too much traffic and too many users!

A dozen years ago when I started this thing and we started down this path together, I never imagined ‘too much traffic and/or too many users’ would become a thing, but in fact that has happened. It’s at this point that I have to thank everybody who’s donated over all these years. Basically, I squirreled away that money hoping that I’d never have to spend it on technical upgrades, but, well, I did… So, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you a thousand times to all who have donated to the podcast through the years; literally, at this point, we wouldn’t not be up and running right now if it wasn’t for your kind, unsolicited generosity. The entire Ambient Soundbath community is indebted to you.

This isn’t a message to ask you for money. I’ve always accepted donations (and I’m glad I did), but I’ve never solicited them. Nor, do I plan to now. 

However, we, as a community of listeners, are likely going to be coming to a critical juncture that I’m not interested in visiting or contemplating: Either throttling usage, i.e. cutting listeners off or forcing a ‘premium’ membership. I’m heartily opposed to both of these things, but the answer is either going to have to come from those considerations or from the community. 

I can say this: If everybody who regularly listened to this podcast donated a dollar per year, throttling or premium would never need to be considered or contemplated. 

I’ve always tried to be transparent about the goings on at the Ambient Soundbath and as we enter this new chapter I’ll let you know what’s happening. In the future, if you notice our audio feeds down again, please let me know. Hopefully, we’ll be able to keep the ship afloat, but as this thing grows so, too, does everything needed to keep it going, freely for all.

Thank you, friends,

Matt    

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #114 – Silver Torch of Evening Light

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Ambient Soundbath Podcast #114 - Silver Torch of Evening Light
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Ambient Soundbath Podcast

Episode Frequency Update and Thank You!

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Episode Frequency Update and Thank You!
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Hello Friends and Sound bathers – First off thank you for the comments and emails regarding the frequency of new episodes. Far and away, monthly episodes were give a thumb’s up by you. So, with that said, I’ll be posting episodes monthly, on the first day of every month.

Next New Episode Coming on March 1st

I was touched by how many people responded and the personal asides that you shared. Feedback like that is what keeps this thing running. I’ve said this before: I create the Ambient Soundbath and well, all of my music, in a room far away from any listeners and any immediate feedback, so hearing from you and sharing your stories is the energy exchange I need to keep to keep this going.

Anyway, you’re here for good sounds, not to hear me talk.

Many thanks, my friends!

Matt

Listener Feedback Requested

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Listener Feedback Requested
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I’m looking for feedback from you, the listeners and ambient soundbathers…

A few years ago I did a survey around how often you’d like new episodes of the Ambient Soundbath podcast. At that time, it was an even split between bi-weekly and monthly with a few folks wanting weekly. I opted to do things bi-weekly and have for the last bit of time. However, I’m seeing that the listening and usage patterns around respective episodes seem to be more monthly.

So, here’s my question: Would you be for or against moving to new episodes monthly? Please answer in the comments below or via the contact form.

Thank you!

Matt

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #113 – Insight Dreams

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Ambient Soundbath Podcast #113 - Insight Dreams
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Ambient Soundbath Podcast #112 – Desert Sunscapes

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Ambient Soundbath Podcast #112 - Desert Sunscapes
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Ambient Soundbath Podcast #111 – Begin, again

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Ambient Soundbath Podcast #111 - Begin, again
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Ambient Soundbath Podcast - Begin, Again

End of 2022 Service Announcement

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End of 2022 Service Announcement
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SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT – Audio Only

New Release – Low Sun Equinox – A Longform Ambient Journey

Low Sun Equinox is a celebration of the spiritually-rich winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Dark has taken over the land with only a few hours of daylight and very little in the way of sunlight for days, weeks at a time. It’s a time for reflection, contemplation and the moving forward into renewal or departure. The low sun, if it emerges, casts beautifully icy hues of orange, yellow and every shade in-between against a dark gray sky and a disappearing horizon. I wrote this poem to try and capture its essence, however impossible that might be:

The emerging light
falls against the dark
dreams of yesterday
holding to tomorrow
the faith
in the hope
and the hope
for faith as the cascading light
dissipates
absorbed into the darkness.
The longest night
upon us,
we look into ourselves,
conscious of breath
and the power
of an unfolding
eternal now.

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #110 – Within the folds of morning light

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Ambient Soundbath Podcast #110 - Within the folds of morning light
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Ambient Soundbath Podcast #110 - Within the folds of morning light