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I first created this site in 1995 as a way to learn the concepts of this new medium called The Internet. What started as a way to self-teach myself HTML<\/a> quickly became a way to store my favorite hyperlinks for quick and easy access. Of course, those links were to music sites and musicians, primarily. One day, the snowball affect occurred, and I started getting requests to have links added to my site. For a short while, this site was on the Google landing page when “new age music” was the search term. The dormant site still exists at the base URL<\/a>, but I haven’t updated it in what, twelve years?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My interest in music has never waned, and neither has my interest in things technological, so I simply transformed this site into a personal journal — a web log, or “blog” as the term has come into being..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays, there isn’t as much need to keep bookmarks of record companies, radio stations, artists and streaming audio sites, as those can be found by using one of the many search engine sites (Google<\/a>, Bing<\/a>, DuckDuckGo<\/a>, etc.). That doesn’t mean I don’t still have interest. I do! And that’s the reason for this post..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some time in 2005 I came across a new offering. Something called “podcasts” had been introduced by Apple<\/a> in their iTunes<\/a> product, which made it possible for Mac users to subscribe to broadcasts, have them downloaded to their computer, and listened to at one’s leisure. One of those podcasts was hosted by a Dutchman who called himself “TC” (or, as I came later to find out: \/\/ TC \/\/). The music was an astounding blend of mixes from artists whose names I had never heard before! I was hooked!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter Spacemusic.nl<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For a number of years, TC podcasted under the title of his domain: spacemusic.nl <\/a>(a full history of his early days is available through the link). Somewhere, on one of my computers or drives I have most of them still intact! Some of the older podcasts may still be available through iTunes, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The podcasts ended after nine seasons. There was “radio silence” for a number of years, and then TC announced the arrival of “The Ambient Zone.” An extension of spacemusic.nl, the new shows featured all-new content, and offered a subscriber option, that let paid listeners download the programs (in several formats) for independent play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first means to do so was through the horrid (my opinion) Patreon<\/a> site. Despite my reluctance, I signed up to pay TC for his shows. I like them that much! Earlier this year, TC embarked on creating his own member site, and The Ambient Zone<\/a> was launched. I signed up as a premium member!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TC has moved to Cyprus, quit his job so he can be a full-time podcaster, and continues to present fresh, tonal peace for those like me who love listening. I realize few people come across this blog, but I’d like to support TC and The Ambient Zone by spreading the word. So, give it a try:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Secret Life of Ambient<\/a><\/blockquote>