Quiet FM Radio    info for first-timers

 


Music has the amazing power to alter moods and stir emotions. Some music makes you want to get up and dance around; other music makes you feel romantic or nostalgic. Just about every kind of emotion and feeling can be expressed through music.

The sounds that emanate from this website are put together with two purposes in mind;

1.) to relax you and help ease the stress that surrounds you.

2.) to give you a direct connection to a sense of peace, intimacy, joy, and thoughtfulness; as expressed by some of the best and most respected musicians on the planet.

I really don't care how you use this music; it can easily exist in the background or be listened to with great intent and attention. As you continue to listen, I think you'll find that you move back and forth between these two states. The result at the end of the day is a calmer state of mind, and a richer life. 

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Here's What You Get

A steady mood of warm, relaxing, and atmospheric sounds.

No commercials.

A primarily instrumental blend, coming from musical genres like Jazz, New Age, Ambient/Electronic, and World Music. The vocals are mostly ballads and also come from a wide variety of musical styles (mostly English-spoken).

Music that's put together by a living person, hand-crafted, song by song. This is NOT a computer-driven random sequence of songs (which is what 99.9% of radio is these days.)

MP3 Portable Mixes: How To Listen    

Simple. After purchasing the program, when prompted, click save to disc. Find a folder on your computer to send the file to, then SAVE. These files are large (around 50MB) so it's recommended that you have at least a broadband connection. The faster the connection, the faster the download. Once the file is saved, you can open it using any media player that supports MP3. Play it on your computer, your iPod, whatever! It's now yours to do with what you like.

How To Purchase The Shows

The Quiet FM payment system is powered by BitPass, which works like a prepaid phone card. It's quick, secure, safe, & easy to sign up. BitPass is a company offering micropayments--a technology enabling purchases all the way down to a penny for art, music, stories or other web content. They store very little personal info and you can open an account for free. BitPass investors include Steamboat Ventures (the venture capital arm of Disney), First Data (the world's largest payment processor), and more. You can find other BitPass-enabled content right here.

About Me 

I'm Nick Francis, and this is my homegrown website and radio program. I've been a radio programmer, producer, and air talent for over 20 years. I've programmed and directed several major Contemporary Jazz stations in my career, including KKSF in San Francisco, KYOT in Phoenix, and WJZZ in Atlanta. Currently I am the music director at KPLU in Seattle, an NPR Jazz station. I also produce and host a weekly nationally syndicated program, QUIETMUSIC, which airs in over 75 cities in North America. I produce Quiet FM and Quietmusic from my home studio. You can also check out my Blog to find out what I'm thinking about and listening to these days. I am always interested in your comments & feedback--talk to me! Click here & tell me what you think.

 

 

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