Radio KRUD is a music blog run by Rival Dave and Glenn. We are music enthusiasts who are dedicated to the free and legal distribution of songs and albums for the benefit of artists and listeners alike. Our site generally operates on a submissions only basis, so we do not post songs by bands that have not given us permission to do so. We only stray from this policy if we find something that is being freely distributed by an artist we particularly enjoy and want to write about it.

In the event that any of your songs have been erroneously posted and you would like them to be removed, please contact either Glenn or Rival Dave.

This site is not-for-profit and we do not expect payment for what we do, but we have put up a PayPal donation tab on the right-hand side of the page in an effort to make some money to put back into the site. Our main desire right now is to get a post office box with an anonymous address that we can include on the site so that anyone can send us albums in the mail without having to ask us for our home addresses. To the stress the point I made previously, we don’t want people to feel forced to make donations and we certainly don’t want bands to pay us for our services. We only ask that people give to us if they feel that we will be able to give back something more as a result.

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About Rival Dave

I write most of the posts for Radio KRUD. I have been told that I’m a good writer, so hopefully that proves to be true in my posts. I try to make them fun to read and informative at the same time while avoiding the elitist loftiness that I see in the writings of a lot of music critics. Sometimes I wonder if those people actually like what they write about or if pumping their ego with hot air is all they care about.

Rival Dave is obviously a pseudonym that I use in an attempt to set myself apart from all the other Daves on the Internet and make use of an interesting nickname that had already be given to me for a similar purpose. In case you’re wondering, the nickname derives from a time when I was hanging out with a group of people who already had a well-established Dave among them, so they dubbed me his rival (i.e. “Rival Dave”).

Steering away from my name, I should explain my background with music a bit. I don’t have much in the way of formal training, but I was raised in a family where music was as much a part of life as eating and breathing. Many in my family who were influences on my development in early childhood are musicians, so I have acquired a good ear for music and a great appreciation for many genres. I like to think that I know what makes a quality song as a result, but that doesn’t make me at all picky in the least. In fact, I’m quite the opposite; I can find enjoyment in just about anything that I listen to. Granted, I like some things more than others, but that doesn’t mean that I hate what I don’t enjoy the most.

But every once in a while when writing for Radio KRUD, one or two minor details about a song or an album strikes me the wrong way despite the fact that I enjoy the overall sound. Since I don’t regard myself as the judge and jury of musical public opinion, my policy is to try and focus on the positives while making mention of the negatives to provide that necessary balance. The reason I try to keep my posts on the positive end is because I know that there are people out there with different musical tastes than mine, so it would be unfair if I were to steer them away from something they might have enjoyed with nothing but a scathing review. Plus, I would feel like a pompous jerk if I started trashing albums left and right without any proper credentials to do so. I’m always reminded of an unattributed quote I read that goes, “Critics are the stupid that discuss the wise.” Just thinking of that statement reminds me that I’m not always right and that my opinion isn’t necessarily better than anyone else’s. The reason I’m doing this is to spread music, not to ruin it with my ego.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy what I write and I hope you find some good music on the site. Feel free to leave me some feedback so that I know what I’m doing right or wrong.

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About Glenn

I’m pretty much the producer of Radio KRUD. I actually started Radio KRUD myself years ago once musicblogging became all the rage: I talked about the musicblogging concept with a few of my friends, and since 2004 I’ve been collaborating on Radio KRUD with my friend Rival Dave. My friend Meaghan also helped collaborate with us back in the early days of Radio KRUD, and in fact she and I were once interviewed by the fantastic musicblog “The Tofu Hut” all about Radio KRUD.

As for my musical background, I used to play the oboe, and a year or so before I started Radio KRUD I had been working at a record store where I was lucky to have the opportunity to be exposed to a wide spectrum of music genres.

Though I don’t often have time to sit down and write the reviews myself, I primarily take care of the behind-the-scenes aspects of Radio KRUD: hosting, site maintenance, networking, figuring out distribution options, and thinking of new ways to expand Radio KRUD so it keeps up with technology and so we can keep your KRUD fresh.

I hope you’ve been enjoying Radio KRUD. Thanks for listening!