mtwinny wrote:Hmmm.....nice suggestions! How about these ?
Now not sure if this going to get much positive reaction be I've been looking at the previous "Late and Live" episodes and see you don't really get that much tracks in there from yourself. Now I know about 13-15 tracks can get played and the listeners can contribute but maybe you can allow about a third of those tracks to be from you? Again, this is just an observation of probably of balancing out the "Late and Live" episodes only.
Now there have been lots of "Not Quite" editions of RS shows, and you yourself made one with Late and Live: Early Edition. Now, this "primetime" version may be just a one time thing but maybe, juuust maybe there could be another edition but just for a really special occurrence?
And that's it for now ^^
Thanks for those suggestions.
It's interesting you mention about how much of the show is listener requests. I've always felt that listener input is invaluable (that's partly why this thread and this current discussion exists!). Without listeners the show is nothing so I think it's vitally important to involve the listeners in the show and for them to help select the music to be played every week. However, I, like yourself, feel that I should also have some input too. This is actually why I have the DJ mixes in the schedule so that once every ten weeks I'll pick a selection of music for you guys. The benefit of the DJ mixes is that we can also have a proper dance mix every so often. Late and Live was conceived as a dance show, but that isn't a realistic, viable show, hence the change for it being a party mix. For better or worse, some people won't ever 'get' the concept of the show (like the person who requested a ballad once!) so I like the idea of keeping the dance shows to myself.
I'd be interested to see what people think about this though. The idea of a DJ mix, with no requests, makes me feel a little uneasy in some ways, but it does allow me to have more influence on the show every so often and then, other than the listener mix shows, we can share the load in other weeks. Would others rather I had more input on a week by week basis, rather than do a dance-based DJ mix?
On the second point, personally, I'm not a massive fan of the 'Not Quite' concept. Nothing against others that do it, but it's not really for me. As is proved by the fact that the next 15 weeks themes of shows are already set, I'd much prefer to be organised massively ahead of time so I know what I'm doing and the listeners know what I'm doing. The reason I don't have it against others is that I'm able to do that as I have next to no social life - the other DJs on the station are a lot cooler than me and do!
However, I do have a plan in the back of my mind that if there are weeks that SEGA AGES isn't on the air, then we'd do another Early Edition show if people dug the concept. Personally, I didn't think the first Early Edition show was that good and needs some re-tooling for next time. However, I'd be very happy to do it again - after all, the album art for Early Edition is a lot better than that of the main show - it deserves to be showcased!
Thanks for getting in touch and I'd be interested to see what people think about the DJ Mix/greater involvement from me week-by-week argument.