Rexy wrote:It's a strange one because:
Oddly, one of the ideas that did get thrown around is a week where an artist takes over and shares their favorite works. It seems to be a popular idea, though a difficult one to pull off due to A) timeslot, and B) whoever's available to actually do it. In perspective, I actually asked 5 more artists for remix bumpers, but none of them got back to me; how am I supposed to handle entire shows if that may not be managed?
As far as this idea is concerned, this is alright. But like you said, it takes planning way beforehand to set things up efficiently. However, I would actually have those artists join you as guests while you handle any technically stuff that you usually associate with the show. Like make a small talk section at the beginning (as usual), invite the guest, and then not make an appearance until the end of the show with thanks and all that.
Still, one good idea that came through was to focus on actual games being covered. And we have the Game of the Month covering that too, so one additional idea to come out of it would be to focus one week per month on the GotM (or said game and its relating series if there's not enough coverage). Regardless, as a result of this, Free-For-Alls would be restricted to once a month now, twice if we're lucky enough.
As long as the GotM is frequently addressed to, then why not. If restricting the Free-for-All shows to once per month has to happen, then so be it.
Whichever is the case, the F4A will still go on ahead tomorrow, but out of guilt for over-pushing it I'm filling the rest of the spots myself (unless anyone really, REALLY wants to hear a specific track). The Best of British episode next week will still happen as normal.
As for September's outlook, as a result of the discussion it will appear like this:
Sept 6 - Dreamcast Special
Sept 13 - DJ Set
Sept 20 - A special show based around the GotM
Sept 27 - Free-For-All
Having guests on would be something to consider for the future, but it will take a lot of planning and organisation to make it work. Not to mention because of said guests, these types of shows may be longer (est. 30 minutes?) than the usual due to the amount of banter involved. It's definitely something to think about.
I do have a couple of requests; Digital Dimension (Urban Flows Mix) and Trick or Threat (Dragon Road & Under Ground) by DJ Mokram.