in defense of the former,
on my show, i do a continuous mix, however, i try to stay as far away from
dj tricks as possible. just smooth decently quick mixes. oh, and i also,
unless something comes up, play a song in its (near)entirety with minimal
overlap between tracks while still maintaining the feel of a club mix.
at the end of each mix (approx 45-50 min) i'll list off the songs i played,
with album info, etc. this is easier to do, however, when you're on a
public radio station that isn't tied down to playing commercials every 5
min.
my two cents...
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quoted 45 lines From: Adam Piontek <apiontek@yahoo.com>
>From: Adam Piontek <apiontek@yahoo.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] for the IDM Radio DeeJay
>Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:02:52 -0700 (PDT)
>
>--- vis-you <mguest@isdn.net> wrote:
> > For those of you who have your own radio shows...
> >
> > 1) Do you find that you try to mix your tunes much
> > the way you'd spin it in
> > a club...
> >
> > 2) ...or do you arrange the tunes in much the same
> > way a normal radio's
> > programming plays out; where they don't have to be
> > the same style or tempo
> > to play next to one another?
> >
> > If I were to do such a show, I think I'd prefer the
> > former. Just to
> > highlight each artist's and tune's individuality. To
> > me, this would draw
> > attention to the artists being played over the DJ
> > playing them.
>
>Do you mean "latter" instead of "former"? Because
>"latter" would refer to #2, which sounds more like
>what you're describing; I think number 2 draws more
>attention to individual artists rather than the person
>playing them - especially since with #1 they very
>rarely say anything about what the music is, which
>doesn't bring any attention to anybody! Number 2 is
>the way I would do a show if I did one, and the way I
>would prefer to hear them if I listened to them.
>
>The few times I've tried out an electronic/dance radio
>show (either on radio or one of those "internet radio
>shows"), they seem to do number one - just mix lots of
>stuff together like a club DJ or something. I hate
>not knowing what something new is (how am I supposed
>to buy it if I don't know? That's not promotion!).
>
>-Adam
>
>
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