***>>> No further streams are planned due to our daughter Christi's continuing medical status, except for occasional short-notice update casts. My most sincere thanks to everyone for your support. We are Vaughn Strong! <<<***

~~~ Alternate Channels ~~~
I sometimes stream on the "Alt_Gil" channel: https://vaughn.live/alt_gil

And rarely I'm here: https://twitch.tv/gil_on_twitch

~~~ Recommended Twitch channels ~~~
Please consider visiting friends at
https://twitch.tv/chillaxwithtony : Tony Monday 8-11pm ET
https://twitch.tv/FNLwithKat : Kat Friday 8-9pm ET, plus other ad hoc times
https://twitch.tv/RetroSoul891FM : Tony Wed. 9am-1pm, Fri. & Sat. 8-11pm ET
https://twitch.tv/StudioChatter : Christine irregular schedule

~~~ Vaughn.Live friends who also stream ~~~
Here are links for friends who themselves stream here. Please consider checking them out. (Up-to-date as of September 4 2023. If I've missed anyone or need to make a correction, please let me know.)

All times US Eastern unless otherwise specified.
https://vaughn.live/1westcoast : Glenn Wednesday 11pm-???
https://vaughn.live/1westcoast : micromarkshow Sunday 7pm-???
https://vaughn.live/80s_AtoZ : JJ : check channel for current schedule
https://vaughn.live/BigHerm : BigHerm most Wednesdays 7-9pm, some Fri. 4-7pm
https://vaughn.live/CraigTube : Craig Friday 10pm-3am
https://vaughn.live/DustinDubris : Dustin Thursday 7-9pm
https://vaughn.live/Fiddleheadj : Jen most Friday 4-7pm, some Sat. 10pm-3am
https://vaughn.live/Headstockburn : Wil Tuesday 11pm-2am
https://vaughn.live/leftcoastlunatic : Juan various times, including Mon. 9pm-12am
https://vaughn.live/OPTOmod : Tim Friday 6pm NZT (12am ET) to ???, seasonal
https://vaughn.live/PCMusicRadio : Lou Saturday 10pm-12am? & Sun. 11am-3pm
https://vaughn.live/phoenixtrueoldies : Long Island Lou Tuesday 10pm-1am
https://vaughn.live/RaindropVape : Rain Saturday 10pm-2am
https://vaughn.live/rememberthenradio1 : DJ Alex, no posted schedule
https://vaughn.live/retroclassichits : Rich Wednesday & Saturday 11pm-2am
https://vaughn.live/retroclassichits : Craig Sun. 5-7pm (repeats Wed. 12:30-2:30am)
https://vaughn.live/shakeydave2016 : no posted schedule
https://vaughn.live/shazball : no posted schedule
https://vaughn.live/tepee28 : no posted schedule

~~~ Channel Guide: Start Times by Day of Week ~~~
As of 9/4/2023. All times US Eastern. Check above for channel URL.
Mon: 8pm (Tony/Chillax), 9pm (Juan)
Tue: 10pm (Long Island Lou), 11pm (Wil)
Wed: 9am (Tony/RetroSoul), 7pm (BigHerm), 11pm (Rich), 11pm (Glenn)
Thu: 7pm (Dustin)
Fri: 12am (Tim), 4pm (Jen), 7pm (JJ), 8pm (Tony/RetroSoul), 8pm (Kat), 10pm (Craig)
Sat: 8pm (Tony/RetroSoul), 10pm (Lou), 10pm (Rain), 11pm? (Rich)
Sun: 11am (Lou), 5pm (Craig/Retro Classic Hits), 7pm (Micro Mark)
Irregular Schedule: Alex, Shazball, ShakeyDave, StudioChatter, Tepee
Frequently-changing schedule: JJ (a/k/a DJ Eagle-Eyes)

~~~ Streamers ~~~
Are you a streamer and need help with OBS settings? If so, see https://blog.vaughnsoft.com/2022/02/13/obs-studio-setup-tutorial/
- also -
https://blog.vaughnsoft.com/2019/02/27/february-2019-suggested-encoder-settings/

~~~ Tags & Meta Data ~~~
"Meta data" is information about a particular recording. In this setting, that information is typically stored in MP3 tags of each individual track file and in the media player database. Here are some of the resources I use to gather meta data for my collection of locally-stored music:

Sites focused on recordings

https://www.discogs.com
https://www.45cat.com
https://www.45worlds.com
https://www.allmusic.com
https://secondhandsongs.com
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu (DAHR)
https://www.jazzdisco.org/ (Jazz Discography Project)
https://www.wirz.de/music/america.htm (Stefan Wirz' American Music)
http://musiktiteldb.de/index.html (Ultimate Music Database [in German])
https://archive.org/details/audio
http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/index.html
http://countrydiscography.b l o g s p o t.com (Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies)... VL won't allow a clickable link to this URL
http://www.78discography.com
https://www.1959bhsmustangs.com/VideoJukebox.htm (Paul's Video Jukebox)
https://www.ultratop.be/nl
https://bandcamp.com

Rights-management organizations repertoire search facilities

https://www.ascap.com/repertory (US ASCAP)
https://repertoire.bmi.com/StartPage.aspx (US BMI)
https://www.apraamcos.com.au/works-search (Australia)
https://www.socan.com/jsp/en/mem/pubRepertoireSearch.jsp (Canada)
https://www.sesac.com/#!/repertory/search (Europe)
https://repertoire.sacem.fr/en (France)
https://online.gema.de/werke/search.faces?lang=en (Germany)
https://www2.jasrac.or.jp/eJwid/main?trxID=F00100 (Japan)
PRS (UK): No link. PRS doesn't have a public search option.

General biographical and other useful sites

https://en.wikipedia.org
https://www.youtube.com
https://music.metason.net/ (searchable artist info)
https://www.lyrics.com/ and other lyrics sites
https://www.uncamarvy.com (Marv Goldberg R&B Notebooks)
https://garagehangover.com/ (60s garage bands)
http://doo-wop.blogg.org/ (Doo Wop Groups: Biography & Discography)
https://southerngaragebands.com/ (Southern Garage Bands)
https://rstrathdee.com/artistsIndex.htm ("The Best Years of Music")
http://heybabydays.com/ (Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music)
http://campber.people.clemson.edu/rsrf.html (various artists)

Artist- and composer-specific sites

https://artfarmer.org
http://jimsrootsandblues.com/music-of-bill-monroe/
https://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby.html
https://www.dorisday.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3061
https://www.iannis-xenakis.org/
https://www.uncamarvy.com/OriginalInkSpots/Original-Ink-Spots.html
http://www.joemeekpage.info/
https://www.margaretwhiting.com/discography.htm
http://www.walterdonaldson.net

more to be added as I find them

~~~ About Gil’s Melodies and More ~~~
Gil’s Melodies and More started webcasting (under a different name) in 2009 on Justin.tv and then moved to VaughnLive in 2014. The Quickboard text (just above the video window) shows info for the next live in-person show.

I still (rarely!) update the companion website for this channel. A good link is

https://gils-playlist.weebly.com/past-shows.html

Photo Album

Gil & Mrs. Gil (Gilda), 2012


Thanks to everyone who over the years has supported this webcast with your positive vibes and your frequent participation.

The vinyl collection


Yours truly, Mid-April to Mid-October, 2020


A Vaughnlive billboard from 2015


Jill and Gil, March 2022


campaign photo, March 2018
(I guess I clean up OK)


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Gil’s Tech Specs

I expect to replace this system sometime in 2023. For now, it works OK.

Hardware:

Home-built PC (components purchased May 2014 from MicroCenter, Brentwood MO), Corsair case, Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 rev. 1.0 motherboard, Intel Core i5 4670K CPU (3.40GHz), Nvidia GeForce GT 710 (replaced onboard Intel 4600 graphics, November 2019), 32GB RAM (upgrade from 16GB, November 2019), Samsung E2420L 24" monitor, Benq GL2460 24" monitor (2nd display, new as of April 2018), Fleximounts M01 monitor arm (new as of April 2018), Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z audio card, Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD, Seagate BarraCuda ST6000DM003 6TB HDD (new as of July 2019), 4-port add-on USB 3.0 card

Backup drives: 2nd Seagate BarraCuda ST6000DM003 6TB HDD (new as of November 2019), Seagate Backup Plus 8TB Desktop USB HDD.

Front view webcam: Logitech c920 Pro HD webcam (added November 2019)
Side view webcam: no-name 4MP HD 1080p webcam (added November 2020)

Shure SM35 headset mic (new as of September 2017)

Harbinger LvL series L502 mixer (new as of September 2017)

Cyber Acoustic 2.1 external speakers, don't know the model # (You can't see or hear those. They sit behind the monitor. It's how I hear the cast.)

CyberPower 1000AVR UPS with PowerPanel monitoring, new battery installed December 2019.

Miscellaneous: Logitech USB K120 keyboard, Logitech wired USB M100 mouse, Pluggable 7-port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 hub with 25 watt power adapter (new as of June 2018), HooToo 7-port USB 3.0 hub, D-Link 7-port USB 2.0 hub, StarTech SDOCKU33BV HDD Docking Station, Opolar USB-powered desktop fans (2).

Software:

Items marked with an asterisk (*) are commercial, i.e. "paid for", software. Items not marked are freeware. In some cases, there are freeware versions of paid-for apps I use. I'm only listing software that contributes in some material way to the stream or to the channel graphics.

*Windows 8.1 (I'm deferring the decision to upgrade.)

*ManyCam Premium Lifetime (Upgraded from Studio to Premium, March 2020. Ceased using ManyCam August 2020 in favor of OBS alone.)

OBS Studio 64-bit (upgraded from OBS Classic November 2019).

*MediaMonkey Gold Lifetime (library management, tagging tool and media player)

AMIP plug-in (makes the "Now Playing" info available for on-screen display)

Opera (primary browser, used to monitor channel and for chat), Chrome (used for "askgil" login)

*TechSmith SnagIt Editor (v10 [old version], used to create channel-related graphics and to clean up album art)

ThinkingBig FontViewer 2.0 (helps with font selection for site graphics)

Audacity for Windows (interfaces with USB sound source devices, also used for misc. audio editing)

Skype (if/when I add a caller to the cast)

Exact Audio Copy (CD ripper) with CUETools DB Metadata Plugin

*XRecode 3 (audio file format converter, including .cue sheet track extractions)

*beaTunes 5.x (track analysis and tagging, playlist generation)

VLC Media Player (alternate media player)

*SyncBackPro v9 (for backups)

Greenshot (image capture)

Shazam app (track identification)

Network:

Spectrum ISP, 115 Mbps down, 11.6 Mbps up per Speedtest on October 25 2020. Rechecked on August 19, 2022: similar results.

no-name DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem (supplied by ISP, new as of October 2020)

Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 (R7000) WiFi router (Installed sometime in 2014. My desktop is direct wired to this router. The rest of the household is on WiFi.)

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A Stoic believes they don’t control the world around them, only how they respond—and that they must always respond with courage, temperance, wisdom, and justice.

https://dailystoic.com/4-stoic-virtues/