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		<title>Lo-Fi Life</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I created Lo-Fi Life in November of 2006 because I could.

After going on hiatus from my day job, I re-released my first album,
which was recorded live mono-to-minidisc and released on handmade
cassettes in 1998. With next to no budget, I found a cheap (but
kickass) inkjet printer that prints CDs and an even cheaper standalone
duplicator and began making my own CDs. The equipment, materials,
barcode and online distribution setup fees to release the album to the
world cost me around $300.

DIY is freedom.

I have spent the last 8 years or so shuttling between the acoustic
folk open-mic culture, the jam-band/improv culture and the online
loop-based remix culture, so I know a bit about DIY. I have enjoyed
many low to medium budget albums by local artists, and my
preconceptions about what would pass as a major release was shaken by
Chris Whitley’s Dirt Floor. As I have started digging deeper and
looking for more artists that share the same approach as me, I have
found a new world of music staring back at me - Patrick Brayer, Daniel
Johnston, Jandek. I feel a shift in perception, an awakening of sorts.

So I started this site to document and share my findings and to
provide a little exposure to artists like myself who are out there
doing it for the love, and hopefully enough money to pay for ink and
blank CD-Rs.

About the Author
I think my primary strength is songwriting, although I sing, play
multiple instruments and produce as well. Beyond music, I write
poetry, twist some Photoshop knobs to tweak my digital photos, and
dream of someday finishing the Science Fiction novel I started a few
years ago. In addition to my work as a singer/songwriter (Clifton Lee
Johnston), I also produce remixes and more experimental original music
as Public Ritual, run my own multimedia and commercial music
company/label (Mood Ring Media) and hopefully find time to write
legibly here.]]></description>
		<itunes:subtitle>The Journal of Homemade Music</itunes:subtitle>
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			<title>Episode One - Clifton Lee Johnston</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ OK, here it is, the inaugural episode of Lo-Fi Life. Enjoy! ]]></description>
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