Post #3373044
2026-06-22 09:06 UTC
In the 80s, I used to be a DJ at a radio station, and had the midnight to 6 a.m. shift. In the beginning, everything was OK, we had a catalogue of about a thousands songs that I could choose and pick from. Commercially the station wasn’t successful so very soon to catalogue was reduced to 500 songs, then 250, and then to 100 songs, and then to a dozen songs. It was horrible, I had to come up with ideas how am I getting a story up about this stupid handful of songs. I started reading f****g poetry out loud, my own poetry because we couldn’t buy any other stuff. I’m not a poet ! My salary also dropped. In the end, I had TWO songs that I could choose from: BTO’s You ain’t seen nothing yet and a shitty B side by Shakin’ Stevens. SIX HOURS to play just two songs, I couldn’t even mix them! Bloody hell.
Replies (3)
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@markz@suppo.fi 2026-06-22 09:20
At that point you might as well start learning guitar on air
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@Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 09:34
That makes no sense? Why not play small bands that would be happy to have their music on the air for free?
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@plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world 2026-06-22 10:42
Should’ve asked for the two songs to be: What’s New Pussycat, and It’s Not Unusual.