I had a really great time DJing on Theory Radio last night. I arrived all hurried and rushed and worried and somewhat scared. Would I be able to do the handoff? How do I kick the stream? Would I remember all the mixer slides? Therm stopped me after about 2 minutes and said, you know, you don't have worry about starting on time, it's on robo. Doh, I knew that, but for some reason I stepped right back into my radio persona. I started out the set with a nice mix of electronica: orbital, plone, some classic fripp and eno (which lead us to come up with a new nickname for a resident of Theory Labs Eno: Frippin Eno!) Then it was time for my first break. I put the headphones on and hit the mike mute button and started to talk. I was shy (it has been years since I spoke on the radio) and then started to remember it all and the radio voice came out. The only comment I got was that I sounded like a "real" DJ and my level of professionalism was going to raise the bar and if that's the case then I couldn't DJ. By the end of the show I had repented. Here's what Therm had to say:
For the record, Heathervescence got off to a bit of a rocky start with her show - she transitioned smoothly between songs, announced everything played, and was cool and confident when speaking - but by the end of the 3 hours she was thoroughly indoctrinated into "the Theory Way": Saying she'd played "something else, I forget what", not having songs queued up in time, hesitantly announcing what she was about to play and then
playing something else entirely, and so on.Fear not, fellow DJs, we have successfully prevented the bar from being raised.
Anyway, I'm going to work on getting a regular show and until then I'll fill in and probably join Lucky Dave on a couple of his shows. I'll keep y'all updated and post shows as I know they happen. Rock on!
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