** Hastings Rock Radio **
The ads could be taken out as I have done for JD's Rock and Roll but six
hours is rather a lot to go through and the programme is usually a bit
chaotic. I don't think it will fit very well with the times either. It
would just remind everyone of what they are missing. Did some of it come
from the Carlisle?
Maybe we could have a number of DJs doing short stints rather like we do
anyway on the last Friday, particularly from those who have contributed
this year.
I think using Jon's virtual studio facility would work quite well for
this and allow a bit more variety of voices. Richard Stack seems to have
mastered it very well. Unsurprisingly a bit shaky at the start but you
would not have any idea he was using it now. He sounds just as good as
anyone.
Also, how about asking for dedications? Robojock is Ok but it does not
allow someone to dedicate a song for someone else, friend/loved one -
especially good if they are geo isolated from each other at this time.
In fact we could say that any requests we play will only be played if
they are dedications to someone else (obviously we would need take this
on trust).
For those with home studios with telephone connectivity, other DJs could
contribute by phone though this would need a bit of production,
particularly if the idea ran across slots, i.e who was going to speak to
who and at what time to make sure no repetition and as many are included
as possible. They could be invited to choose a few favourites that they
could both talk about? This might be a bit complicated to organise
though now I think about it but would be bit different to the norm,
which might be a good thing at this time?
Just a few ideas?
Simon.
On 22/05/2020 20:41, Ralph (Redacted sender ralphwinser for DMARC) wrote:
** Hastings Rock Radio **--
Liking the jingle between DJs Jon.
Another thought and by far the easiest option. Play out last years last
night. I guess it’s in the archives. I know it’s not the best option
but...... adverts would be a problem I guess.
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On 22 May 2020, at 19:33, jon bird <hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
** Hastings Rock Radio **
Very quickly because I need to be somewhere else (not physically obviously!).
I've already mentioned the Mumble/voice comms thing as an option so I
won't repeat that again here but happy to support setting that up if
people want to give that a try.
I'm going to suggest that we forget the Zoom/video chat idea, as theBefore we dismiss the Zoom thing, it was mentioned about how listeners
slight time lag would make it a problem & we want things to be as easy as
possible.
would be able to see the DJs on this. Of the couple of sesssions I've been
involved with it was as a passive viewer - one of several hundred in fact
watching 6-8 people on screen. Which is basically what you are talking
about here. However I suspect you may have to pay to accomodate more than
a few people and/or go over the 40 minute limit but I can't really help
any further than that.
Nick has assured me that we don't need the hour between live DJs, as longRe: Tony's point about requests, that's easily done, we'll just disable
as we make sure they log out & in properly.
This should only take minutes, if that, so we could maybe let Robojock
play one track between DJs & then log in at the end of that track, unless
it's a long one!
How does that sound? Will that work?
the request page for the evening. It's only available during periods when
we take requests anyway...
Personally I think having Robojock kick in at the end of every show for
potentially just a few seconds of a track will be a bit rubbish. What I
think you want is a longish (say a minute) jingle/backing track with a bit
of a voiceover - a bit like the "please hold, you call is important to us"
but more "we're just getting ready for the next show, stand by....". That
just runs up until the next DJ connects up - which will hopefully be
within seconds of the previous one disconnecting. If not, once the
announcement track is over, the default would be to drop back to
automation (eg. presenter having technical difficulties). I can easily set
that up, just needs someone to record something suitable.
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