{"id":9149,"date":"2014-04-01T07:01:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T11:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9149"},"modified":"2014-04-01T07:01:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T11:01:23","slug":"forbes-how-to-make-music-and-money-from-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/forbes-how-to-make-music-and-money-from-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes: “How To Make Music (And Money) From Shortwave Radio”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RFNomadModularGrid\"<\/a>Two weeks ago, we posted a video of Evaton Technologies\u00a0RF Nomad<\/a>:\u00a0a modular synthesizer that employs shortwave radio to create unique sounds. As someone who has always been fascinating with music and the sonic texture of the shortwaves, of course I find this product fascinating.<\/p>\n

Forbes magazine does too. This morning, @UlisK3LU<\/a>\u00a0shared an article in Forbes<\/a> where\u00a0Russell Hoffman, who runs Evaton Technologies<\/a>, explains why he believes using shortwave radio in new RF Nomad will be a hit:<\/p>\n

“What\u2019s interesting about shortwave radio is that it isn\u2019t necessarily musical by design, but there are interesting sounds to be found when the station tuning is less than perfect,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can hear all sorts of sounds on shortwave, from voice, to music, to Morse Code or encoded digital transmissions. In addition to the sounds that are transmitted intentionally, there are sounds that are artifacts of the medium itself like heterodynes, pops, crackles, hiss, static crashes, fading and the like.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But here’s my favorite bit:<\/p>\n

\u201cShortwave radio has a long and storied history, full of intrigue, espionage, piracy, rebellion, propaganda, and subterfuge,\u201d he added. \u201cIt propagates around the world and can be received on inexpensive equipment. It is universal, because it can be heard anywhere; and yet at the same time, in a world of internet, TV, and satellite radio, it is also the underground \u2014 a hidden world parallel to that of our daily experiences. It offers an additional perspective.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Thank you, Mr. Hoffman.<\/p>\n

Click here to read “How To Make Music (And Money) From Shortwave Radio”\u00a0<\/em>in Forbes magazine.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Check out Evaton Technologies and RF Nomad announcements by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two weeks ago, we posted a video of Evaton Technologies\u00a0RF Nomad:\u00a0a modular synthesizer that employs shortwave radio to create unique sounds. As someone who has always been fascinating with music and the sonic texture of the shortwaves, of course I find this product fascinating. Forbes magazine does too. This morning, @UlisK3LU\u00a0shared an article in Forbes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,8,442,3,43],"tags":[2699,2666,2667,611,2698],"class_list":["post-9149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-articles","category-music","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-forbes","tag-rf-nomad","tag-rf-nomad-evaton-technologies","tag-shortwave-music","tag-shortwave-synthesizers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2nz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9007,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/rf-nomad-synthesizer-meets-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":9149,"position":0},"title":"RF Nomad: Synthesizer meets radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"For electronic musicians who love the sonic texture of shortwave radio, check out the RF Nomad, under development by Evaton Technologies. 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