Rundgren Radio Exceeds Half A Million Online Listens

Rundgren Radio Exceeds Half A Million Online Listens Rundgren Radio is an online talk radio show for Todd Rundgren fans that aired weekly for 4 years from 2007-2011 and still airs occasionally for special edition shows. The shows recently exceeded 500,000 listens on Blog Talk Radio. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RR and Blog Talk Radio PRLog (Press Release) - May 03, 2012 - Rundgren Radio is an online talk radio show for Todd Rundgren fans that aired weekly for 4 years from 2007-2011 and still airs occasionally for special edition shows. The shows recently exceeded 500,000 listens on Blog Talk Radio. The two hosts, Doug and Melinda, also promote a few Todd Rundgren concerts each year using the Rundgren Radio name or RundgrenRadio.com. "Several websites download and offer our shows so the true number is larger than the number available to us from Blog Talk Radio but knowing for certain we have over half a million listens for a niche market online show is a testament to how much Todd fans are interested in all things Todd", Doug said. Most of the Rundgren Radio online radio shows include a guest that the hosts interview for a while and then let fans call in to ask questions. All of their guests have some type of connection with Todd like performing on one of his albums or having one of their albums produced by Todd. Some of the past guests include John Oates, Andy Partridge, Roy Firestone, Denny Laine, David Sanborn, Lenny Kaye, Rick Derringer, Greg Hawkes, Stewkey Antoni of Nazz, all of the members of Utopia, and more. Todd has also been a guest on several RR shows including a live interview from his 60th birthday party in Hawaii known as Toddstock. "Thanks to our listeners we've also been able to present over 20 Todd Rundgren concerts with several of them being the first-ever like the A Wizard A True Star album concerts and the Todd and Healing album concerts", Doug added. "Our radio show has succeeded because the Todd fan community is interested in helping more people discover the music of one of the greatest musicians of our time, Todd Rundgren. We have fellow Todd fans helping us with just about everything we do like social media, web design, photography, graphic design, party decor, and even hanging concert flyers. Todd fans go to eleven", Melinda said. The next Todd concerts being promoted by Rundgren Radio will be his first-ever symphonic shows in the USA. The concerts are being held in Rockford, IL on June 1st and 2nd at the Coronado Performing Arts Center and Todd will be accompanied by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. Currently, the majority of tickets purchased for the two concerts have been by people outside of the city of Rockford including 30 different US States and 6 different countries. "Todd's hardcore fan base will travel for the special and rare concerts like these two in Rockford which will likely be the only ones in the USA with this incredible setlist that was used in the two symphonic shows last year in Amsterdam", Doug said. "Todd will be performing several songs in Rockford that he's never performed live in the USA", he added.

How can a 53 year old man be a Todd Rundgren fan for 40 years?

May 04, 2012

How can a 53 year old man be a Todd Rundgren fan for 40 years?

Jonathan Knowles, me, Tom Wujec: Photo courtesy of Shaan Hurley
On Tuesday we had an all-day meeting of the Corporate Strategy and Engagement team of which Autodesk Labs is now a part. We had participants from Los Gatos, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Rafael, and Toronto all in one place at the same time. As part of kicking things off, we had to share something about ourselves that the others probably didn't know.
I told my story about being a Todd Rundgren fan. In 1973, when I was 13 years old, I purchased a copy of an album entitled A Wizard, A True Star,

To the causal listener the album gets its name because one side features ornate synthesizer arrangements (musical instrument wizardry) and the other side features soulful balladeering (star quality singing). But that's not why I am a fan. The album had a non-rectangular shaped cover, painted by artist Arthur Wood, with odd symbols strewn about it. At first glance these symbols seemed to be gibberish; however, they were a cipher that when decoded had messages like "Be true to your word and your work." and "I will be as true to you as I can." In this case "true," meant "loyal," not "real." Todd Rundgren was making music true to his musical vision independent of its commercial appeal. As a 13 year old, that made an impression on me and has stuck with me ever since. Words to live by.
As I told this story one of my teammates inquired - "Todd Rundgren - the 'Hello It's Me' guy?" I of course said "yes" because that is one of his popular songs, but I cringed a little bit inside because that song is not really representative of why I am a fan. Then I thought, I have been a fan a long time. It started when I was 13. How many people still like something that they liked when they were 13? As counter-examples: I don't watch cartoons anymore. I can eat a variety of foods other than macaroni and cheese. I drive a car instead of peddle a bicycle. I am not the same person I was when I was 13, so how could this musical taste have endured?
So since it's Friday, and I try to blog about something other than work, I thought I'd share 5 reasons I am still a Todd Rundgren fan after all these years.

1. Self-suffiencyTodd Rundgren writes his own lyrics and music, plays all of the instruments himself, does all of his own lead and background vocals, and records/mixes/produces the music himself. As a successful music producer for other artists (e.g., Meatloaf, Hall & Oates, XTC), his solo albums are exercises in personal satisfaction and don't reflect the top 40 trends that record companies buy their way into via FM radio and TV shows like American Idol. I respect that.
2. Complex Background VocalsTodd Rundgren is able to create a choir of his own voices by simply recording basic, bass, and alto versions of song choruses. Using only 3 different tracks, he is able to stagger multiples of them to make a song sound like many people are singing in tune.
   Example: "Can We Still Be Friends" from Hermit of Mink Hollow (hear 28 seconds)
3. GuitarTodd Rundgren can play guitar with dexterity that equals his contemporaries like Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, or Jeff Beck.
   Example: "Mercenary" from Arena (hear 20 seconds)
4. LyricsTodd Rundgren's lyrics are just right for me - not too simple like Bruce Springsteen and not too obfuscated like Peter Gabriel (whom I also like). Some of my favorite lines include:
   
   • "Oh but when push came to shove, I had lost the thing I love, when I lost the courage of my convictions."
     "Courage" from Arena
   • "Pity the man, searching in the sky, looking for a sign from above, and he never caught a glimpse of what he's worthy of."
     "Drive" from The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
   • "And I'm still running to something, running to something far away, unseen by the others in the herd, I'm only running to something, running to something, into the arms of my dream."
     "Can't Stop Running" from Nearly Human
5. VarietyNo two Todd Rundgren albums are alike. He certainly has his share of contemporary pop hits like "I Saw The Light" or "Bang The Drum All Day," but his albums include styles such as blues, bossa nova, Broadway, country, dance, heavy metal, hip-hop, jazz, new age, rap, rock, techno, and movie soundtracks. He even has a 1985 album entitled A Cappella where all of the sounds on the record were made using his voice and a Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument). This predates Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" which won a Grammy in 1988.
   Example: "Something To Fall Back" On from A Cappella (hear 22 seconds)

Todd Rundgren is also a computer graphics programmer. When I worked at Ithaca Software, I gave him a copy of our 3D graphics library, HOOPS, to experiment with. He would come by our booth at SIGGraph. In fact Gary Yost, of the Yost Group that developed 3d Studio and the original 3ds Max, played tambourine and sang on the Nearly Human album. That one was recorded live in the studio, no overdubs, instead of Rundgren playing all the parts himself.
So there you have it. I could have gone on and on, but I kept it to 5 reasons.
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Replay of RundgrenRadio show: Pete Fornatale (RIP) Interview With Todd

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RundgrenRadio announcement / Ethel Tour dates

40 Years of Something/Anything? Campaign now underway from Toddata.com

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Todd Rundgren's first-ever USA symphonic shows 5 weeks away Rockford, IL June 1st and June 2nd

Sorry for the late notice but we are airing a show right now -- no worries the archive will be available as always. 8:30PM EASTERN TIME. SPECIAL EDITION RUNDGREN RADIO SHOW: The classic and epic Pete Fornatale Mixed Bag interview with Todd Rundgren from the LIARS period. This show is being aired in honor and memory of Pete. Unfortunately Pete passed away on April 26th. He was 66. Pete was a disc jockey who helped usher in a musical alternative to Top 40 AM radio in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s, presenting progressive rock and long album tracks that AM stations wouldn’t touch and helping to give WNEW a major presence on the still-young FM dial. Last year, Pete was a special guest panelist at Todd Rundgren's Musical Survival Camp and a guest on one of Rundgren Radio's "Camp Counselor Series" shows. On tonight's show we announced the Todd and Ethel Tour Dates and here they are for you to see ... Oct 17 University of FLA @ Gainesville Oct 18 off Oct 19 New London CT Oct 20 Zeiterion Theater New Bedford MA Oct 21 Ramapo Cllege, Mahwah NJ Oct 22 off Oct 23 Redfern Arts Center- Keene State College, Keene, NH Oct 24 Midland Th, Newark OH (afternoon workshop @ Denison U.) Oct 25 0ff Oct 26 Clowes Hall, Indianapolis IN Oct 27 off Oct 28 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park MD Oct 29 off Oct 30 American Theater Hampton VA Oct 31 off Nov 1 Los Cerritos PAC, Cerritos CA Nov 2 Off Nov 3 Mondavi Center , UC Davis Have you ever thought to yourself, "Man, I'd sure like to own some Rundgren Radio merchandise"? Probably not, but we've made it available anyway :-)! Check out our new storefront site and do some shopping if you're in the mood ... http://www.RundgrenRadio2.com 100% of any profits go to Todd & Michele Rundgren via the Todd Store. If you haven't seen the new Todd Store, you can check it out at http://www.ToddStore.com. If you're interested in our concert world outside of the Todd gigs, check out our events page at http://www.onwardpromotions.com/events.html. We're doing gigs this year with several new wave bands and even heavy metal bands so if you are into either of those genres we hope to see you at some of the shows. If you don't like the music but we are in your town maybe you can least meet up with us before the show for a quick beverage or some food - we'd love to see ya! If you are a Facebooker, please join the RR group if you like … http://www.facebook.com/groups/17618438938/ And for you twitter folks, stay in touch with us at … http://twitter.com/#!/rundgrenradio See you on the road to Utopia! Doug & Melinda RundgrenRadio.com

special edition rundgrenradio show tonight Pete Fornatale

Today. 8:30pm. RundgrenRa​dio.com 8:30PM EASTERN TIME. SPECIAL EDITION RUNDGREN RADIO SHOW: The classic and epic Pete Fornatale Mixed Bag interview with Todd Rundgren from the LIARS period. This show is being aired in honor and memory of Pete. Unfortunately Pete passed away on April 26th. He was 66. Pete was a disc jockey who helped usher in a musical alternative to Top 40 AM radio in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s, presenting progressive rock and long album tracks that AM stations wouldn’t touch and helping to give WNEW a major presence on the still-young FM dial. Last year, Pete was a special guest panelist at Todd Rundgren's Musical Survival Camp and a guest on one of Rundgren Radio's "Camp Counselor Series" shows. www.rundgrenradio.com

Todd "live healing " cd and dvd ordering info.

Go to http://www.toddstore.com/ for ordering info along with other merch .

A Brief History of Todd by Michael and Veronica brown. #1

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Play: 00:29:40Author: Michael and Veronica Brown

From the UK, Michael and Veronica Brown give us episode #1 of "A Brief History of Todd," which will be a monthly feature on the TRConnection ToddCast. The episode is titled "Jazz to Grunt."

A Brief History of Todd #1- Jazz to Grunt

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April 24, 2012

Todd Rundgren & Roger Powell and the Fairlight CMI, AES (Audio Engineering Society) Convention 76 – 1984

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Publisher: (Private Field Recording)
Year: 1984
Catalog Number: NA
Format: 60 Min. Cassette Tape
This cassette-tape field recording was made during the 76th annual AES (Audio Engineering Society) Convention, which took place in New York in October of 1984. The first segment captures a short dialogue concerning the capabilities of a curious device called the Monster, which is described as a “Mono Stereo Coherency Evaluator”. The second and third segments capture a demonstration of the Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument), a digital sampling synthesizer designed in 1979. The Fairlight had a huge impact on the face of modern music and was used by such stellar artists/groups as Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, New Order, OMD, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Vince Clarke, Brian Eno, etc. The demonstration is given by music legend Todd Rundgren and his collaborator Roger Powell. Some of the highlights include a sound clip in the style of Rundgren’s then soon to be released album “A Cappella”, which he created using nothing but samples of his own voice, a subversive remix made by sampling the voice of Ronald Reagan from the Reagan/Mondale debate which took place earlier that month, and a clip of the then soon to be released album “Love Bomb” by The Tubes, which Rundgren produced and composed using the Fairlight. If you listen closely before each demonstration you can here the bang and whir of the 7-inch floppy discs as the sample programs are being loaded.

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Pop Quiz 2 (Part 3) Nick Lowe, Midge Ure, John Martyn, Elvis Costello, Phil Collins & Huey Lewis

News from last night show on RundgrenRadio.com

news announced on rundgrenradio

Todd's going back to Amsterdam this year to do another gig with the Metropole with a new setlist

ethel mini tour in europe

record deal with a next spring release. Was offered to do a opera but will possibly do a duets album with assorted musicians. still up in the air. Still in the planing stages.

replay of the RundgrenRadio special with guest Todd Rundgren

Listen to internet radio with Rundgren Radio on Blog Talk Radio

Healing dvd info.

This just in !! We will have an answer in the morning about the arrival date of the NEW LIVE Healing DVD and CD ! Will post as soon as we hear..and we will have them available for Pre-Order shortly !! We will also have a new "Healer" T-shirt as well !! Stay Tuned !

RundgrenRadio April newletter

40 Years of Something/Anything? Campaign now underway from Toddata.com Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

Todd Rundgren's first-ever USA symphonic shows 5 weeks away Rockford, IL June 1st and June 2nd

Rundgren Radio Special Edition TONIGHT with special guest TODD RUNDGREN! Wednesday 8:30pm ET 4/25/2012 at www.RundgrenRadio.com (click LISTEN) We'll be talking with Todd about all sorts of exciting happenings including the upcoming orchesTRa shows, Ringo tour, Ethel tour, and more. Following our conversation with Todd, we will be making announcements including details about the Rundgren Radio Family Reunion Party which is being held the night before the orchesTRA concerts in Rockford, IL. If you are somehow out of the loop on the orchesTRa shows and party just visit http://www.orchesTRaShows.com. The party and the concerts in Rockford this year will be replacing our annual trek to Akron OH so don't miss going to Rockford if you are waiting for an Akron party and show this year. In case you missed the sad news, Levon Helm lost his battle with his cancer on April 19th. He was 71. Levon played drums on some of the songs on Todd's RUNT album and was in the band, the Band, which had an album produced by Todd. RIP Levon Helm. This is the LAST WEEK to watch the webcast of the Todd Rundgren Unpredictable concert held at the City Winery in New York. The weblink is www.ToddRundgrenWebcast.com and the price is only $19.95. Check out the video trailer for this webcast at http://www.nevessa.com/trutrailer.html. Have you ever thought to yourself, "Man, I'd sure like to own some Rundgren Radio merchandise"? Probably not, but we've made it available anyway :-)! Check out our new storefront site and do some shopping if you're in the mood ... http://www.RundgrenRadio2.com 100% of any profits go to Todd & Michele Rundgren via the Todd Store. If you haven't seen the new Todd Store, you can check it out at http://www.ToddStore.com. Todd has added some more tour dates before the orchesTRa shows and before he goes on the road with that Beatles guy including stops in Cleveland OH, State College PA, and Evanston IL (near Chicago, both shows SOLD OUT). For all the latest and greatest on Todd's tour dates, please visit http://www.rundgrenradio.com/toddtours.html where you can also get a free download of the Todd Rundgren with the Metropole Orchestra concert held in Amsterdam last year. The DVD from the Todd Rundgren concert featuring the Healing album will be available very soon in June! You can pre-order it from DeepDiscount.com, Amazon.com, or email toddstore@yahoo.com. The DVD will also include the 2nd half of Todd's interview with award winning interviewer Roy Firestone. The reviews for the Todd album DVD have been stellar and if you still don't have it check the 3 vendors mentioned previously. A new official "bootleg" CD has been released by the folks that brought us the 3 CD Box Set, Todd Rundgren: For Lack Of Honest Work. The latest is the Todd Rundgren's Utopia concert from 1975 held at the Hammersmith Odeon. Unofficial bootlegs of this show have been floating around for years but not with the same high quality mix as this version plus two songs from the concert have been added, "Couldn't I Just Tell You" and "Do 'Ya". You can purchase this CD at DeepDiscount.com or Amazon.com. Todd's upcoming "Revival Camp" has received a lot of press lately and spots are still open if you'd like to attend. Here's the link to register: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e5i3bh4783f797dd&llr=xzxuy6dab Some of the press Todd's received for the camp include a video compliments of RollingStone.com. In fact, they've put out a few of these Todd videos on different topics like Laura Nyro, American Bandstand, and Levon Helm. Hopefully we will see some more in the future. Check them out at ... http://www.rollingstone.com/search?q=todd+rundgren&x=31&y=14 and while you're at it don't forget Bill Bricker's latest campaign for a Rolling Stone ad featuring the 40th Anniversary of Todd's album, Something/Anything? - info available at Toddata.com. Longtime Todd fan and collector Mike Adrian was smart enough to grab Todd Rundgren's name on Twitter and nice enough to hand it over to the Rundgren's when they were ready to use it. Michele has taken it over and has been pretty active posting info while touring with Todd recently including some cool photos of Todd at The Alamo and downtown New Orleans. You can follow the tweets at twitter.com/#!/toddrundgren. Ever wonder what Utopian Willie Wilcox is up to these days? Find out here ... http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/apr/21/rock-stage-slots-audio-producer-aims-improve-sound/ and then check out this video ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLudGBThi6M. Speaking of Utopians, Kasim Sulton will be touring as the bass player for Blue Oyster Cult later this year! Be sure to check them out if they visit your town and don't forget to ask for more cowbell! Have you read any hooplah about the Tupac "hologram" Coachella appearance this month? If not, here's some info and the video ... http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683173/tupac-hologram-coachella.jhtml. So, what does this have to do with Todd Rundgren? He did something like this over 30 years ago ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-12kcYkL-k. If you're interested in our concert world outside of the Todd gigs, check out our events page at http://www.onwardpromotions.com/events.html. We're doing gigs this year with several new wave bands and even heavy metal bands so if you are into either of those genres we hope to see you at some of the shows. If you don't like the music but we are in your town maybe you can least meet up with us before the show for a quick beverage or some food - we'd love to see ya! If you are a Facebooker, please join the RR group if you like … http://www.facebook.com/groups/17618438938/ And for you twitter folks, stay in touch with us at … http://twitter.com/#!/rundgrenradio See you on the road to Utopia! Doug & Melinda RundgrenRadio.com

Special RundgrenRadio show tonight with guest Todd Rundgren

RundgrenRadio special show tonight on blogtalk radio. with special guest Todd Rundgren www.rundgrenradio.com

Video: TODD RUNDGREN & DARYL HALL - Beanie G. And The Rose Tattoo [ Hawaiian style ]

Ticket giveaway for Todd Rundgren & Rockford Symphony Orchestra show

Win a pair of tickets to see Todd Rundgren like you’ve never seen or heard him before! Todd Rundgren, accompanied by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, on June 1st and 2nd at the Coronado Performing Arts Center in Rockford, IL. Rundgren’s first ever symphonic shows in North America and worth the trip to Rockford.

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Last year, Todd performed two sold out concerts in the Netherlands backed by the Dutch Metropole Orchestra and the reviews were outstanding and the setlist was incredible! Tickets available at www.CoronadoPac.org or by calling 815-968-0595. Todd Rundgren and the RSO live in Rockford June 1st and 2nd.


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Rundgren Radio presents Todd Rundgren live this Wednesday

Don't forget the special show this Wednesday with guest ToddRundgren! Chat of the upcoming concerts w/ @RkfdSymphony
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Cherry Red Records Licensing deal with TR

Hope this isnt a rumor...

Cherry Red Records Licensing deal with TR
Here it is:

STUDIO ALBUMS: TODD RUNDGREN:
No World Order
The Individualist
With a Twist
One Long Year

UTOPIA:
Redux '92 - Live in Japan

AUDIO CONCERTS: TODD RUNDGREN SOLO SHOWS:
THE PALLADIUM, DALLAS, AUGUST 1978
SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 1978
THE BAYOU, WASHINGTON D.C. NOVEMBER 1978
NAUTICA STAGE, CLEVELAND, JULY 1989
THE RITZ, NEW YORK CITY, AUGUST 1989
WARFIELD THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 1990
JAPANESE TOUR – OCTOBER 1990
THE RIVIERA, CHICAGO 1991
THE OLD WALDORF, SAN FRANCISCO 1992
THE FORUM, LONDON 1994

WITH UTOPIA:
SHAWNEE WEST, KANSAS CITY, OCTOBER 1978
ELECTRIC BALLROOM, MILWAUKEE OCTOBER 1978
ORLANDO 1979

VIDEO CONCERTS: TODD RUNDGREN SOLO SHOWS:
COLUMBUS, OHIO AUGUST 1978
LIVE AT THE AGORA 1979
PRESIDO SCHOOL BENEFIT CONCERT 1989
LIVE AT THE RITZ – AUGUST 1989
"I LOVE MY LIFE” PROMO
LIVE IN JAPAN 1990
LIVE AT THE ARCOSANTI FESTIVAL
LIVE IN CHICAGO 1993
LIVE IN CYBERIA 1995

WITH UTOPIA:
"Love is the Answer” – JERRY LEWIS TELETHON APPEAL LIVE AT THE ROYAL OAK 1981
LIVE IN BOSTON 1982
LIVE IN WASHINGTON D.C. 1985
LIVE FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 1985
REDUX LIVE 1992 – LIVE IN JAPAN

Download: TR's Utopia Grand Valley Done 1974

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Enjoy. This is archival stuff!

Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Grand Valley Dome
Grand Rapids MI
March 19 1974

Audience Recording. 1st Generation From Master Cassette
Cd One:
01 International Feel
02 Never Never Land
03 Zen Archer
04 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
05 I Saw The Light
06 A Dream Goes On Forever
07 Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song
08 Hello It's Me
09 Piss Aaron
10 Heavy Metal Kids
11 Le Feel Internacionale
---Intermission---
12 Utopia Theme
13 Black Maria
14 Don't You Ever Learn
15 Everybodys Going To Heaven/King Kong Reggae

Cd Two:
01 When The [Censored] Hits The Fan/Sunset Blvd.
02 The Last Ride
03 No 1 Lowest Common Denominator
04 Is It My Name
05 The Ikon (Cuts)