Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:18 pm
It's a hard one because I really don't want to let it go. The only times when I could consider myself to take a break would be either during Christmas, or in the event that I'm too physically sick to run a show (which is what I have a feeling will happen once/if I have my current gallbladder problem resolved).
Either way, all I could do is just sit down and plan what could very well be my next move. I appreciate your feedback overnight, and that helped me try and be at a more level head at this moment in time.
The one thing that came to me back was the main reason for running the show to begin with - a chance to spread a great knowledge on remixes and getting people to hear something new. I had that partially taken care of with the new material that comes out each week, though didn't realise how difficult it would be if it became a request show.
After realising the difficulty behind the Valentine week, I had then planned to make certain types of theme weeks to be of my own choosing. Yet, I didn't realise that it would make the request thing even worse. All it's told me is that I should probably make even more theme weeks to be mostly my own choice cuts.
And then there came last week's F4A. I wasn't expecting it to be unfilled, which gave me time to having to look inside my library for tracks to fill up the time. Perhaps the lack of attention implied I needed more theme weeks, yet I thought I had a fine balance between themed and non-themed, and asking the question through RS's twitter confirmed my suspicions. So if there's anything I could do, it would be a complete change of gameplan.
So here's my decision on the whole thing:
- This week's show will still go ahead as normal. I went through today's rehersal, and I should be okay nevertheless.
- I was meant to announce this on Friday's show itself, but I might as well say it - April 19th will be a DJ mix (temporary name until I think of something more creative), highlighting a specific genre that I haven't decided yet.
- April 26th's Sonic Free Week will still go ahead as well, though this is where things will go completely different. Instead of it being request-driven, I'm going to be open to suggestions from this point on. That means my game plan for shows like this after that would be building the entire setlist myself, though if anyone wants to hear a certain track, I'll be fine to swap tracks around.
Granted, I still don't know how to stop the "your timeslot sucks" and "I didn't know you had a radio show" comments I keep getting. But one thing's for sure is that the interaction problem may face a resolution.
Either way, all I could do is just sit down and plan what could very well be my next move. I appreciate your feedback overnight, and that helped me try and be at a more level head at this moment in time.
The one thing that came to me back was the main reason for running the show to begin with - a chance to spread a great knowledge on remixes and getting people to hear something new. I had that partially taken care of with the new material that comes out each week, though didn't realise how difficult it would be if it became a request show.
After realising the difficulty behind the Valentine week, I had then planned to make certain types of theme weeks to be of my own choosing. Yet, I didn't realise that it would make the request thing even worse. All it's told me is that I should probably make even more theme weeks to be mostly my own choice cuts.
And then there came last week's F4A. I wasn't expecting it to be unfilled, which gave me time to having to look inside my library for tracks to fill up the time. Perhaps the lack of attention implied I needed more theme weeks, yet I thought I had a fine balance between themed and non-themed, and asking the question through RS's twitter confirmed my suspicions. So if there's anything I could do, it would be a complete change of gameplan.
So here's my decision on the whole thing:
- This week's show will still go ahead as normal. I went through today's rehersal, and I should be okay nevertheless.
- I was meant to announce this on Friday's show itself, but I might as well say it - April 19th will be a DJ mix (temporary name until I think of something more creative), highlighting a specific genre that I haven't decided yet.
- April 26th's Sonic Free Week will still go ahead as well, though this is where things will go completely different. Instead of it being request-driven, I'm going to be open to suggestions from this point on. That means my game plan for shows like this after that would be building the entire setlist myself, though if anyone wants to hear a certain track, I'll be fine to swap tracks around.
Granted, I still don't know how to stop the "your timeslot sucks" and "I didn't know you had a radio show" comments I keep getting. But one thing's for sure is that the interaction problem may face a resolution.