Good luck with the show! I did the same think in Hay River, NWT '83 - '85 at their community, volunteer radio station. It was a blast and I miss it sometimes. Like you, I had free rain to play what I wanted and have an above average music collection. I played a mix of genres for a few weeks and then decided to ask listeners to call in to vote for what genre they preferred. Oldies won by a wide margin so I named my show the Hits of Yester Year. Have fun with it!!!!
Hi Glenn and thanks for the story and the good wishes. Yeah, since its a volunteer thing having fun with it is the whole point for me although have a feeling that picking one genre and sticking to it might be more popular and predictable for whatever audience I may have. (Not a clue on who's listening actually except for the occasional text I get and from this forum.)
However, the whole point for me is to use the stuff I've been collecting for 50 plus years and dig into it to highlight music that should not be completely forgotten. I want to avoid playing the same massively overplayed top 40 stuff that I hear over and over again on radio although I will stick one in occasionally just to give some sense that I am connected to the real world. The other stuff I won't usually play is the modern "product" partly because I just do not follow new releases much anymore, partly because it tends to be a creature of production rather than creativity and partly because it generally sucks. This is usually reinforced to me when I play some old stuff to young folks who visit it is great to see how they really embrace the old easy-to-like music.
What I would like to continue to do is to have enough variety that if you don't like what you are hearing just wait a few minutes and maybe you will. Maybe you'll end up liking a song you have never heard or haven't heard for a long time. I also want to tell enough about the music so that people might listen more carefully than they usually do. Personally, I really like songs that tell a story. If you combine that with a good music arrangement and you have lyrics that are meaningful you can make a powerful statement. I call it an emotion bomb when it hits me. Maybe I'm a sentimental fool but the good stuff can evoke powerful memories or emotions in a person and be more than just background noise.
On the other hand sometimes I like weird music just for the sake of weirdness and giving a laugh too so there is that.
Anyway that's the plan. We'll see how long it lasts. So far so good!
Thanks for the interest and support on this forum. I will bear you guys in mind and try to to throw something in that is regular hands-on-guy type music.
Hey Ken, I know you have a million ideas in your head for topics and don't need ideas but since you like story telling songs, how about some Harry Chapin, Cat Stevens, Stompin Tom, Gordon Lightfoot, Supertramp and likely a whole bunch more I could suggest?!
__________________
1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Funny you should mention some of those guys. I am featuring some early good old Gord tonight along with some other other great story songs. The others will show up on future shows I am sure! Hope you like tonight!
Funny you should mention some of those guys. I am featuring some early good old Gord tonight along with some other other great story songs. The others will show up on future shows I am sure! Hope you like tonight!
If it's up to the usual Dr Johnny Geezer standards I'm sure we all will enjoy it!
__________________
1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Alright time to hit the road to the radio station! Tonight will feature some DJ alertness checking songs, a few songs about the importance of tools (for the car guys) some not too overplayed 60's tunes, some early Lightfoot and Chilliwack and and a wack more of other stuff. I might even slightly insult my wife and we'll see if I live until next week!
For Trump tomorrow, Joe South, the Games People Play.
For all of us, Joe South, Walk a Mile in My Shoes.
__________________
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
...aaaand its almost that time again! This week, much to your relief, I'll be talking less and playing more stuff as I have as lot of tunes to get through tonight. I'm starting a three week plan to play a mix of old tv themes from 1956 to the end of the 80's along with a few carelessly (whoops typo!) selected tunes from each year. Not sure how far I'll get tonight but hoping to race up until the end of the 60's at least. Might bring back a memory and maybe even a surprise nugget or two.
I'm breaking out the 66 Beaumont to go to the station so if you don't hear me on there you'll I should have put more work into getting it running.
