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mp3fm is a site which carries music images and
poetry. The site owner Mike Mitchell is planning
to mix the different forms in an artistic
endeavour which challenges the artists to use the
technology of the net in new and inventive ways.
Several poems by Jim Bennett have already
appeared and have been enhanced with ambient
sounds. After listening to the music and poetry
on the site, I asked Mike to tell us a little
more about the site and what his plans are. Terry
mp3fm.co.uk
by Mike
Mitchell
This site began life in September last year,
born out of the frustration of the owner Mike
Mitchell at the lack of meaningful and well
produced ambient music available on the internet.
Whilst the music can be found, it hitherto meant
hours of searching, and worse, hours of listening
to rubbish! Our interest at that time was to find
and assemble music which was truly representative
of the genre, music which both relaxed and
inspired the mind.
By chance, we stumbled upon Jim Bennett, and
the philosophy behind mp3fm changed literally
overnight. We tried to define the line between
ambient music and poetry, and failed. Both
mediums set out to challenge, inspire and
entertain. Both are a refuge from the unpleasant
realities of life which most of us face.
Mp3fm is now an open space in which poetry,
prose, music and art exist together. With the
artists permission we sometimes combine poetry
and music. The response to this approach has been
very encouraging.
Above every other consideration, mp3fm is a
totally interactive site. We have no
pre-conceived ideas about the content and welcome
contributions, ideas, critical comment, anything
that will help us develop the site. We exist for
the beauty of sound. We welcome established
creators and new artists w ith equal enthusiasm,
and can produce mp3 and RealAudio files from any
recorded source. We prefer live performances, and
can travel anywhere in the UK to record them.
\par \par We intend to produce programmes for
radio broadcast. Our team includes experienced
radio producers, and we would like to make the
broadcasts genuinely regional...if Radio
Sheffield takes the programme we intend to have
poets and musicians from the region on the show.
Please don't just sit there. Visit the site,
and if you like it, or believe you would if we
listened to your comments or added your
contributions, join in.
www.mp3fm.co.uk
:mike@mp3fm.co.uk
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