Welcome to the Carty FM Podcasts.  The hope is to bring a new one every month (yeah, right).  Each will contain one hour of music and a little chat.  The music will not entirely be Ant or Carty mixes.  Although you can expect an Ant flavour with each show.  Now again, Special Podcasts are produced which can be very unpredictable both in content and timing.

If you don't know what a podcast is, then please click HERE.
If you want know what you need to receive them, then please click HERE.

The podcasts, which will follow a radio programme format, can be obtained direct to your PC's desktop by using podcast software, or you can listen and download them online from PodcastAlley.com

Expect some very varied selections for each month's play list.  Including:

• Rare Ant cover versions
• Rare Ant tracks (and I mean rare)
• Rare tracks featuring ex-Ants
• Featured MySpace track of the month (assuming I can find one)
• A taster of future Carty mixes and productions.
• Some unreleased Carty mixes and demos
• Tracks that filled floors for me in my club DJ days
• Tracks that sound damn good on the radio
• Stuff I'm not even supposed to play (so I won't...blink and you will miss it)
• And other stuff I haven't thought of yet.

THE CARTY FM PODCASTS

The podcasts, which will follow a radio programme format, can be obtained direct to your PC's desktop by using podcast software, or you can listen and download them online from PodcastAlley.com

WHAT IS A PODCAST?

In simple terms it's just an mp3.  Podcasting is a new way of listening to radio shows and you don't have to own an iPod or a radio to do it. (Thank God for that!)

You can get a podcasted show (e.g. Carty FM) sent to your computer automatically so that you can listen to the show at a time that is most convenient to you.

When you subscribe to a podcast, it will automatically download to your computer whenever a new show is produced, allowing you to decide when and how you choose to listen.

The internet has opened a whole world of choice to radio listeners, allowing them to tune in to stations from all over the world that accommodate even the most obscure musical tastes. But many people don't really enjoy listening to internet radio for too long while they have to sit at their desk and stare at their computer monitor.

The aim of podcasters is to free the listener from their PC and from the whims of radio schedulers.

If you have an mp3 player you can put the podcast on your player and listen to it wherever and whenever you like.

WHAT DO I NEED TO RECEIVE PODCASTS?

You can ignore all of this section and just go to PodcastAlley.com, where you can listen to or download the Carty FM Podcasts.

You don't actually need a portable mp3 player or an iPod to listen to podcasts unless you need to hear them on the move. Any personal computer will do, as long as your personal computer has a soundcard and an internet connection.

It's doesn't matter if you own an Apple computer or a Windows PC. If your PC can play mp3s downloaded from the internet, you can listen to podcasts. (People own a portable mp3 player still need an internet connection to download music and software on their computer to manage their music collection.)

You will also need some podcasting software. This will allow you to search for and subscribe to your favourite podcasts and have them downloaded automatically to your computer whenever a new episode or show is produced.

Most podcasting software is shareware, which means it is free and available to download from the internet.

If you are an iPod owner, Apple's recent version iTunes software now includes a podcast directory, making it easy to subscribe to and download podcasts without additional software.

Here is just a few of the podcasting software sites and directories out there:

One you have downloaded your podcast software. all you need to do to subscribe to the Carty FM Podcasts is to add the following URL into the program.

http://podcast.xs4all.nl/rss/cartymix/Carty+FM