Brian Ibbott Explained

Brian Ibbott
Birth Name:Scott Blaine Johnson
Birth Date:17 July 1969
Birth Place:Utah -->
Spouse:Tina
Children:1
Notable Works:Coverville

Brian Ibbott is a podcaster who lives in Arvada, Colorado, and is best known for his podcast The Morning Stream and secondly Coverville.[1] [2]

Ibbott attended art school, and in the 1990s worked for a few months as a wedding DJ. An early website he created was askbrian.com (2000), billed as "Pop-culture trivia questions delivered fresh to your door!",[3] where he "answered nagging questions that stumped people".[4] He has worked in customer service management and technical services, has freelanced in web development, and is married, with one son.[5] [6]

Ibbott's podcast Coverville began in September 2004 along with his business, Coverville Media LLC.[4] Shows are released three times per week, drawn from an archive of 12,744 (as of 2008) cover songs in MP3 format on his laptop computer, with one episode per week an "all request show".[7] Coverville is one of the longest running podcasts in the iTunes Store and also is in the top rankings for overall episode numbers. In August 2008, celebrating the 500th episode of Coverville, Ibbott hosted a 5-act concert in Las Vegas for his listeners.[7] The show has won Podcast Connect's People's Choice Podcast Award for the years 2005, 2011, and 2012 in the "Podcast Safe Music" category.[8]

He creates podcasts "for hire" for other companies,[4] and produced two podcast segments for the Denver Post,[6] Today In Music History and Lyrics Undercover[9] [10] (both retired[11]). Ibbott continued producing both podcasts,[12] [13] and they are hosted on iTunes.[14] [15] He co-hosted the casual gaming podcast The Wii Show with the host of Tired Thumbs, Charlie George and Sara Phillips.[16] [17]

Ibbott has co-hosted the movie discussion podcast Film Sack with Scott Johnson, Randy Jordan, and Brian Dunaway since it started in 2009,[18] and has co-hosted The Morning Stream with Johnson on Mondays through Thursdays, since its inception in January 2011.[19]

Ibbott wrote a chapter of the O'Reilly book Podcasting Hacks (2005), entitled "Build a Great Music Podcast".[20]

In 2012, Ibbott established the Coverville Records label, and released its first album entitled Smooth Federation, a collection of Star Trek arrangements done in jazz styling, arranged and performed by Andrew Allen.[21] The project, including audio mastering, music licensing and production, was funded by a Kickstarter campaign[22] which exceeded its funding goal.[23]

In 2017, Ibbott was inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame. [24]

He is a member and former coordinator of the Denver Podcasters Meetup.[25]

Notes and References

  1. Waters, Darren (July 19, 2005). "Pick of the podcasts: Coverville". BBC News.
  2. Green, Heather (March 13, 2005). "Online Extra: Radio Days for Everyman" . Business Week. McGraw-Hill Companies.
  3. Web site: Main Menu . AskBrian.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20000520062020/http://www.askbrian.com/. May 20, 2000.
  4. Web site: Brian Ibbott of Coverville (interview excerpt) . 2011 . Brian . Schwartz . 50interviews.com . December 4, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213094755/http://entrepreneurs.50interviews.com/brian-ibbott-of-coverville/ . December 13, 2013 . mdy-all .
    Book: Schwartz, Brian . 50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs . 50 Interviews Inc. . 18 "Just Jump In" . 89–91 . https://books.google.com/books?id=IeDmTQaVOxkC&pg=PA89 . 2009 . 9780982290705 . (Full interview)
  5. Book: Podcasting Hacks: Tips and Tools for Blogging Out Loud . Harrington, Jack D. . XV . O'Reilly Media . August 26, 2005 . 978-0596100667.
  6. Mook, Bob (June 18, 2006). "Will money follow rush to podcasting?". Denver Business Journal. American City Business Journals.
  7. Web site: How Coverville's Brian Ibbott Gets Things Done . Lifehacker . Kevin . Purdy . July 29, 2008.
  8. http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners "Past Winners"
  9. Web site: Post Podcasts . Denverpost.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20070605121919/http://podcasts.denverpost.com/ . June 5, 2007.
  10. Web site: Post Podcast Archives . Denverpost.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20100226021914/http://www.denverpost.com/podcastarchives . February 26, 2010.
  11. http://podcasts.denverpost.com/ "Podcasts"
  12. http://www.coverville.com/todayinmusichistory/ "Today In Music History"
  13. http://www.lyricsundercover.com/ Lyrics Undercover
  14. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/today-in-music-history/id209425047 Today in Music History
  15. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/lyrics-undercover/id160068481 Lyrics Undercover
  16. Web site: Tired Thumbs Podcast . tiredthumbs.blogspot.com..
  17. Web site: Podcaster Brian Ibbott. January 7, 2008. Tim O'Shea. September 11, 2016.
  18. Web site: Johnson . Scott . October 27, 2009 . Announcing, 'The Film Sack Podcast' . Myextralife.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20091030114729/http://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/announcing-the-film-sack-podcast . October 30, 2009 . December 3, 2013.
  19. Web site: FrogPants Studios! - The Morning Stream . Frogpants.com . April 28, 2013 . September 12, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130910165005/http://frogpants.com/podcasts/tms/ . September 10, 2013 . dead .
  20. Book: Ibbott, Brian . https://books.google.com/books?id=dXnJgJl8lxQC&pg=PA153 . Harrington, Jack D. . 19 - Build a Great Music Podcast . Podcasting Hacks: Tips and Tools for Blogging Out Loud . 153–161 . O'Reilly Media . August 26, 2005 . 978-0596100667.
  21. Web site: Arvada podcast pro Brian Ibbott creates "Star Trek: jazz styling - The Denver Post . Ryan . Parker . June 18, 2012 . December 4, 2013 .
  22. Web site: A Dr. McNinja video game, a Star Trek jazz album, and a fairy tale cartoon starring Lena Headey . Crowdfund this . April 15, 2012 . Lauren . Davis . . December 7, 2013 .
  23. Web site: Smooth Federation: An all-jazz Star Trek tribute album by Brian Ibbott . Kickstarter . May 9, 2012 . December 7, 2013.
  24. Web site: Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame . Podcast Academy . May 12, 2017 . March 29, 2022.
  25. Web site: Brian Ibbott - Colorado Podcasters (Denver, CO) . https://archive.today/20131205060754/http://www.meetup.com/Colorado-Podcasters/members/2146931/ . dead . December 5, 2013 . Meetup.com . April 20, 2005 . December 4, 2013 .

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