=== SoundBeat Widget ===
Contributors: JeremyMorgan_SyrEdu
Tags: soundbeat, widget, audio, player, episodes, sidebar, plugin
Donate link: https://soundbeat.org/giving/
Requires at least: 2.0.2
Tested up to: 3.4.1
Stable tag: Trunk
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

This plugin displays a playable widget of the daily SoundBeat episode.  It is designed to be displayed in the left or right sidebar menus.


== Description ==

What is Sound Beat?

Got 90 seconds?

Then you've got time for a trip through the history of recorded sound!  Sound Beat is a 
daily, 90 second show highlighting  the holdings of the Belfer Audio Archive.  The Belfer 
is part of the Syracuse University Library, and with over half a million recordings, is 
one of the largest sound archives in the United States. Each SB episode focuses on one 
particular recording from the Archive, and provides a back story detailing its place in 
recording history.

What kinds of recordings? Popular and classical music performances, film scores those from
distinctly American musical forms like jazz, bebop, country, and bluegrass. Old 
favorites, rare gems, and some we guarantee you've never heard before… from Cab Calloway 
to the castrated stars of Italian opera, you'll hear it all on the Sound Beat!

And it's not just music. Sound Beat episodes also feature speeches and spoken word 
performances from some of the great thinkers, political figures and luminaries from the 
late 19th and early- to mid-20th centuries. People like Thomas Edison, George Bernard  
Shaw, Amelia Earhart, Albert Einstein, and Theodore Roosevelt.

Who is Sound Beat?

Brett Barry is a voice-over performer whose long list of credits includes national 
television and radio commercials, promos, and audiobook narration. He is the owner of 
Silver Hollow Audio, an independent production company and audiobook publisher. Brett and 
his wife, Rebecca, live with their two daughters and an adopted greyhound in New York's 
Catskill Mountains.

Jim O'Connor is the producer of Sound Beat, and has written professionally in many 
different capacities. He is an avid appreciator and player of music. His consuming love 
for both is tolerated daily by his wife Kelly. They live with their dog Otis in 
Syracuse, NY.

* More Information: [http://soundbeat.org](http://soundbeat.org)
* Donate Link: [https://soundbeat.org/giving/](https://soundbeat.org/giving/)


== Installation ==

1. Upload `/SoundBeatWidget` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Place the `SoundBeat Widget` in the desired Sidebar in 'Appearance' > 'Widgets'


== Frequently Asked Questions == 

Nothing Yet!


== Screenshots ==

1. Screenshot of the widget


== Changelog ==

= 1.0 =
* First Public Release
