Brian Ibbott

{{short description|American podcaster}}

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{{Use American English | date=September 2016}}

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| name = Brian Ibbott

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| caption = at Nerdtacular 2014

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| spouse = Tina

| children = 1

| notable works = Coverville

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.coverville.com/}}

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Brian Ibbott is a podcaster who lives in Arvada, Colorado, and is best known for his podcasts The Morning Stream and Coverville.Waters, Darren (July 19, 2005). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4693383.stm#cover "Pick of the podcasts: Coverville"]. BBC News.Green, Heather (March 13, 2005). [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_11/b3924043_mz011.htm "Online Extra: Radio Days for Everyman"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213224320/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_11/b3924043_mz011.htm |date=December 13, 2007 }}. Business Week. McGraw-Hill Companies.

Ibbott attended art school, and in the 1990s worked for a few months as a wedding DJ. An early website he created was askbrian.com (2000), billed as "Pop-culture trivia questions delivered fresh to your door!",{{cite web|title=Main Menu |publisher=AskBrian.com |url=http://www.askbrian.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000520062020/http://www.askbrian.com/|archivedate=May 20, 2000}} where he "answered nagging questions that stumped people".{{cite web |url=http://entrepreneurs.50interviews.com/brian-ibbott-of-coverville/ |title=Brian Ibbott of Coverville (interview excerpt) |date=2011 |first=Brian |last=Schwartz |publisher=50interviews.com |accessdate=December 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213094755/http://entrepreneurs.50interviews.com/brian-ibbott-of-coverville/ |archivedate=December 13, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}
{{cite book |title=50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs |first=Brian |last=Schwartz |publisher=50 Interviews Inc. |chapter=18 "Just Jump In" |pages=89–91 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IeDmTQaVOxkC&pg=PA89 |year=2009 |isbn=9780982290705 }}(Full interview) He has worked in customer service management and technical services, has freelanced in web development, and is married, with one son.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXnJgJl8lxQC&pg=PR15 |editor=Harrington, Jack D. |title=Podcasting Hacks: Tips and Tools for Blogging Out Loud |page=XV |publisher=O'Reilly Media |date=August 26, 2005 |isbn=978-0596100667}}Mook, Bob (June 18, 2006). [http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2006/06/19/story3.html?page=all "Will money follow rush to podcasting?"]. Denver Business Journal. American City Business Journals.

Ibbott's podcast Coverville began in September 2004 along with his business, Coverville Media LLC. Shows are released three times per week, drawn from an archive of 12,744 (as of 2008) cover songs in MP3 format on his laptop computer, with one episode per week an "all request show".{{cite web |url=http://lifehacker.com/399156/how-covervilles-brian-ibbott-gets-things-done |title=How Coverville's Brian Ibbott Gets Things Done |publisher=Lifehacker |first=Kevin |last=Purdy |date=July 29, 2008}} Coverville is one of the longest running podcasts in the iTunes Store and also is in the top rankings for overall episode numbers.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} In August 2008, celebrating the 500th episode of Coverville, Ibbott hosted a 5-act concert in Las Vegas for his listeners. The show has won Podcast Connect's People's Choice Podcast Award for the years 2005, 2011, and 2012 in the "Podcast Safe Music" category.[http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners "Past Winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210230028/http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners |date=December 10, 2013 }}. Podcast Awards. Podcast Connect Inc.

He creates podcasts "for hire" for other companies, and produced two podcast segments for the Denver Post, Today In Music History and Lyrics Undercover{{cite web |title=Post Podcasts |publisher=Denverpost.com |url=http://podcasts.denverpost.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605121919/http://podcasts.denverpost.com/ |archivedate=June 5, 2007}}{{cite web |title=Post Podcast Archives |publisher=Denverpost.com |url=http://www.denverpost.com/podcastarchives |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226021914/http://www.denverpost.com/podcastarchives |archivedate=February 26, 2010}} (both retired[http://podcasts.denverpost.com/ "Podcasts"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605121919/http://podcasts.denverpost.com/ |date=June 5, 2007 }}. Denver Post).

Ibbott continued producing both podcasts,[http://www.coverville.com/todayinmusichistory/ "Today In Music History"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215103201/http://www.coverville.com/todayinmusichistory/ |date=December 15, 2013 }} podcast. Coverville.com.[http://www.lyricsundercover.com/ Lyrics Undercover] podcast. Lyricsundercover.com. and they are hosted on iTunes.[https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/today-in-music-history/id209425047 Today in Music History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316133309/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/today-in-music-history/id209425047 |date=March 16, 2014 }}. iTunes.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140316133308/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/lyrics-undercover/id160068481 Lyrics Undercover]. iTunes. He co-hosted the casual gaming podcast The Wii Show with the host of Tired Thumbs, Charlie George and Sara Phillips.{{cite web|url=http://tiredthumbs.blogspot.com/search/label/Podcast |title=Tired Thumbs Podcast |website= tiredthumbs.blogspot.com.}}{{cite web | url=http://talkingwithtim.com/wordpress/2008/01/07/podcaster-brian-ibbott/ |title=Podcaster Brian Ibbott|date=January 7, 2008|author=Tim O'Shea|website=|accessdate=September 11, 2016}}

Ibbott has co-hosted the movie discussion podcast Film Sack with Scott Johnson, Randy Jordan, and Brian Dunaway since it started in 2009,{{cite web|last=Johnson |first=Scott |date=October 27, 2009 |url=http://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/announcing-the-film-sack-podcast/ |title=Announcing, 'The Film Sack Podcast' |publisher=Myextralife.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030114729/http://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/announcing-the-film-sack-podcast |archivedate=October 30, 2009 |accessdate=December 3, 2013}} and has co-hosted The Morning Stream with Johnson on Mondays through Thursdays, since its inception in January 2011.{{cite web |url=http://frogpants.com/podcasts/tms/ |title=FrogPants Studios! - The Morning Stream |publisher=Frogpants.com |date=April 28, 2013 |accessdate=September 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910165005/http://frogpants.com/podcasts/tms/ |archive-date=September 10, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Ibbott wrote a chapter of the O'Reilly book Podcasting Hacks (2005), entitled "Build a Great Music Podcast".{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXnJgJl8lxQC&pg=PA153 |editor=Harrington, Jack D. |last=Ibbott |first=Brian |chapter=19 - Build a Great Music Podcast |title=Podcasting Hacks: Tips and Tools for Blogging Out Loud |pages=153–161 |publisher=O'Reilly Media |date=August 26, 2005 |isbn=978-0596100667}}

In 2012, Ibbott established the Coverville Records label, and released its first album entitled Smooth Federation, a collection of Star Trek arrangements done in jazz styling, arranged and performed by Andrew Allen.{{cite web |url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_20879697/arvada-podcast-pro-brian-ibbott-creates-star-trek |title=Arvada podcast pro Brian Ibbott creates "Star Trek: jazz styling - The Denver Post |first=Ryan |last=Parker |date=June 18, 2012 |accessdate=December 4, 2013 }} The project, including audio mastering, music licensing and production, was funded by a Kickstarter campaign{{cite web|url=http://io9.com/5902126/a-dr-mcninja-video-game-a-star-trek-jazz-album-and-a-fairy-tale-cartoon-starring-lena-headey |title=A Dr. McNinja video game, a Star Trek jazz album, and a fairy tale cartoon starring Lena Headey |work=Crowdfund this |date=April 15, 2012 |first=Lauren |last=Davis |publisher=io9 |accessdate=December 7, 2013 }} which exceeded its funding goal.{{cite web |url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coverville/smooth-federation-an-all-jazz-star-trek-tribute-al/comments |title=Smooth Federation: An all-jazz Star Trek tribute album by Brian Ibbott |publisher= Kickstarter |date=May 9, 2012 |accessdate=December 7, 2013}}

In 2017, Ibbott was inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame. {{cite web |url=https://podcasthof.com/hall-of-fame/ |title=Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame |publisher=Podcast Academy |date=May 12, 2017 |accessdate=March 29, 2022}}

He is a member and former coordinator of the Denver Podcasters Meetup.{{cite web |url=http://www.meetup.com/Colorado-Podcasters/members/2146931/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131205060754/http://www.meetup.com/Colorado-Podcasters/members/2146931/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |title=Brian Ibbott - Colorado Podcasters (Denver , CO) |publisher=Meetup.com |date=April 20, 2005 |accessdate=December 4, 2013 }}