Beth yw'r cysylltiad - Cadw Swn a Radiohead? What's the connection?

Radiohead did it a long while ago. They let fans name their price for an album.
Syniad da - good idea, I thought. But how on earth could Cadw Swn do the same thing?

Enter Bandcamp, a company who are extremely good with audio downloads. They handle albums by Jack Johnson and Sufjan Stevens you know.
And yes, they can set up an album so that the buyer can choose how much to pay. Within reason, in our case, since it would be quite easy to lose money on every download (there's a minumum fee for payment processing for example).

Anyhow, we'll see how it goes. All the Cadw Swn albums are now available as 'name your price' audio downloads, or set price 'physical' CDs.

www.cadwswn.bandcamp.com

Ddylwn i ddim cwyno

Ddylwn i ddim cwyno - I shouldn't complain.

No, really. It is after all a joy to see the Welsh language on groceries.

Cymraeg - Welsh language

Cymreig - Welsh - relating to Wales

So 'Llaeth Cymreig' and 'Caws Cymreig' are both fine, dandy and hyfryd.

But please no more 'Llaeth Cymraeg' - Welsh-speaking milk. No more 'Caws Cymraeg' - Welsh-speaking cheese.

Because they're out there, you know. Have a look in your local supermarket. Or a listen, even.

 

Cadw Swn recordings now complete...

Bois bach, it's taken some time (re-recording and remastering 10CDs is quite a workload for a small company), but the audio downloads of the entire Cadw Swn Welsh course are all ready.

The rest of the physical CDs will be out early in 2011.

As ever, the downloads are on special offer for a short time, and now we can offer the entire course at a discounted rate from:

Pen-blwydd Hapus Cadw Swn! - 10 mlwydd oed...

10 years old, who'd have thought it? It only seems like yesterday that I launched the course from the Eisteddfod in Llanelli. I shared a stand on the Maes with my good friend, the artist William Brown, the very first Cadw Swn pupil.
Unfortunately William's long gone, but I still remember my surprise when he started speaking Welsh to visitors interested in his paintings. 'It really does work!' I thought to myself. Happy days.

Ta p'un/ Anyhow, I've been beavering away and the website finally has a proper 'siop' where most of the things I've been involved in lately can be found. If you'd like a shortcut go to:
siop.cadwswn.com

Hwyl am y tro,
Colin