So it’s the end of the year and every website and TV Show will be doing a year-end piece and we are no different. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a look back at the evolution of the website, and in the next segment, we’ll give you a glimpse into 2010!
Taking it back a moment, Turrtle had this concept many years ago. It started during his Audio 8 Ball days. When that went into the tank, he started sending out his shows through yousendit.com on Myspace. In August 2008, Turrtle bought the domain name and began working on the website. There was no content on the site until about Jan/Feb. Many of you may not remember, but the first podcasts weren’t even with Turrtle as the host. Turrtle was working on a show called Tilted Talk with Domagoy. Turrtle would bring some comic-relief during Domagoy’s political talk. In an effort to evolve EnterTheShell, Turrtle and Skullr Records teamed him up with Darling Nikki. Those podcasts are still buried in the archives.
While turtle was dancing along, he brought lovely Sara on board as the first blogger. Turrtle has a vision for the website, but it was moving at a turtle’s pace! In May, Justin appeared on the show and instantly made the Music News 1,000,000 times better! Turrtle and Justin had excellent chemistry and it started paying off! Then their big break: Kylie Meyer! KY joined our podcast in late May/early June, and it has been magic ever since!
Around this time, I joined the ETS Nation as a blogger and Sara and I began to run features on a weekly basis. I began with Artist of the Week, Musication, Songs We Must Have & Funk/Soul for the Week! Sara began her cover reviews, album reviews, weekly release parties and companion blogs! The site began to feel as one complete unit, with the blogger talking about the podcasts and the Podcasts talking about us. Super Fan “The Joser” told me “I like how well you guys have tied the show together so well with the site. It’s come together so well, I’m really impressed with how much it grew.”
In an effort to bring more content to our fans, Turrtle added some new programming: Drinkcast, Drivecast & his latest addition Shell Theory. Although drivecast was quickly put on the shelf, Drinkcast and Shell Theory continues to give more programming for our fans. We have met some new characters, like Andy, who threw down 18 Taco Bell Tacos during a drinkcast. Andy said, “For my next stunt I will be performing a disappearing act. And before you ask: a magician never reveals his secrets!” We’ve also met Mr. Smith, who wanted to let our fans know, “I want to bring awareness to the masses, some form of truth, even to question what one sees – it is very important for the coming generations to recognize and understand about secret societies and how they affect our daily lives.”
We started off with a low fan base, but our numbers have been climbing steadily since we first blogged/podcast! It has been a true grass roots movement to get this show marketed to our fans! So what do the people behind the scenes think of 2009? Bet you wanna hear from the real stars of the website. I had a chance to talk to some of them and here are some of their thoughts:
Justin on his favorite podcast of the year: “My favorite show of ETS that’s easy, ‘Coming in for the Kill,‘ that show was just so easy flowing and enjoyable to do. I felt our chemistry really clicked on that show. However, I feel the shows we are doing now are some of our best. I can only see good things coming to Entertheshell.com.”
Kylie Meyer on her favorite/most memorable podcast of the year: “Probably the MJ tribute… it’s a memory in my life I’ll never forget… and I’m honored we were there to cover the show for our fans!”
Sara on her favorite blog of the year: “That’s a really tough question but I have to say that the best blogs I’ve written are the reviews that make me reminisce about the past and how music was involved. For instance, my reviews on “Music for Cougars” by Sugar Ray (because of the spaghetti sauce fight with my brother Ricky) and “The Cool” by Lupe Fiasco (because of the fond memories I have of skateboarding with my brother Danny). Also, Matt & Kim’s “Grand” was very memorable because I put aside any plans I had for a review that week and made way for that album because I had just discovered it and thought the world had to hear/read my view on this great up-and-coming band!
Super Fan The Joser on his favorite podcast & blog of 2009: “Although I’m not a fan of his, the Tribute show for Michael Jackson stands out in my memory for being a very tasteful, very well-done show. It was quite a tribute, the guests and stories were all great. Definitely my favorite blog of 2009 was Artist of the Week: Johnny Cash. No doubt about it.
So thanks for helping support this independent website. We hope you enjoyed 2009, as much as we enjoyed covering it! Leave us a comment on facebook or this blog and tell us your favorite part of 2009! Next week we’ll take a sneak peak at our plans for 2010, so see ya’ll next week!
Mailo,
I want to say, “Thanks for the good memories.” I really forgot about a lot of this stuff and shows. We have really grown and become a good team. I wanted to say thanks to you and Sara for all the support over this year and I look forward to more great advances in the coming year twenty ten we’ll do it again. Bigger and better… ENTERTHESHELL.COM!!!!!