C.C. Chapman

Charles "C.C." Chapman is a prominent figure in the community of podcasting, podsafe music, and new media.

From a home studio in the Boston area, Chapman hosts the independent music-focused podcasts Accident Hash, U-Turn Cafe, and the new media podcast, Managing the Gray. He is a former manager of PodShow's Podsafe Music Network.

Chapman is a popular speaker regarding subjects such as podcasting, podsafe music, and new media at meetings and conferences around the world, including the Portable Media Expo, the Podcast Hotel, various PodCamp events, and more. His opinions as a podsafe music advocate have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe and on ABC and FOX news programs.^{[citation needed]}

After serving as the VP of New Marketing for crayon, Chapman co-founded his own company, The Advance Guard, a marketing company which focuses on utilizing social media and other emerging technologies.

Background

In 1996, just before graduating from Bentley College, Chapman co-founded an independent film production company, Random Foo Pictures, with good friend Dan Gorgone. Chapman acted in, produced and directed a number of short films, but it was his experience marketing the group's projects that led him to discover the many possibilities of online promotion, networking, and sharing media online.

Chapman has always tried to stay ahead of the curve by utilizing the newest web technologies. He started his first blog in July 2001 and his first podcast in December 2004.

Podcasting

The first podcast Chapman ever listened to was Dave Slusher's Evil Genius Chronicles. [1]

On December 21, 2004, Chapman produced his first podcast: Reality Bitchslap Radio. The format was mostly talk, but Chapman also found time to showcase songs by his favorite local musicians. He soon made the decision to produce a show primarily to promote this kind of underground music. On January 10, 2005, Accident Hash was born. The podcast gained immediate popularity thanks to Chapman's enthusiastic style and his love for "podsafe" music. During the summer of 2005, Hash was one of the first podcasts to be included in the iTunes Podcast directory and it became a featured podcast on PodShow.

In 2006, Accident Hash was voted Best Podsafe Music Podcast at the 2006 Podcast Awards.

In October 2005, Chapman also began producing U-Turn Cafe, a podsafe music podcast featuring acoustic performances which ran until December 2007.

On May 6, 2006, Chapman launched a non-music podcast, Managing the Gray, which "aims to help the business professional, through insights and interviews, stay up to date on what is happening in the world of new media, consumer generated content and no control PR." [2] Regular topics have covered how companies have tried to utilize podcasting and Second Life as marketing tools.

Chapman has become a popular guest and occasional guest host on many other podcasts across the world discussing topics ranging from podsafe music to new marketing. Included in his many appearances is a stint guest hosting Adam Curry's Podshow on the Sirius Stars channel. He has also been a panelist on The BeanCast Marketing Podcast.

Publications

• Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business by Ann Handley and C.C. Chapman^[1]

Personal life

C.C. Chapman was born and raised in New Hampshire and currently lives in Massachusetts. He is married with two children and a graduate of Bentley College.

Chapman claims to be a Second Life enthusiast but rarely visits the virtual world. In November 2006, he opened his own virtual music club in Second Life, The Dirty U-Turn Cafe, named after one of his podcasts.

Notes

1. ^ Handley, Ann; C.C. Chapman (2010). Beyond Viral: How to Promote and Sustain Your Brand with Online Video. John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN 0470648287. 

External links

• C.C. Chapman's official blog
• C.C. Chapman's self description
• C.C. Chapman at the Internet Movie Database
• C.C. Chapman on The BeanCast Marketing Podcast
• C.C. Chapman discusses his co-authored book Content Rules on the Copyright Clearance Center podcast

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