Mystic Slipperman Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Hi everybody. I have a weekly internet radio show on www.deepnuggets.com called The Playground of Sound. I've been doing it since 2013. It usually airs on Sunday afternoons at 2 PM Pacific. I'm "on vacation" from it at the moment but I wanted to start a new thread about it, so that when I DO resume it, there's a place to let anyone who is interested know the details. It's an eclectic show, no real genre. I deliberately wanted to keep it open format, rather than "all prog" or "all jazz" or "all classic rock" or whatever. The concept behind it is to recapture the spirit of how free form FM radio used to be (back in the early 1970s), but updated, so that new music gets played too. Sure, there's a healthy dose of classic artists, but a lot of great new music is out there too. Anyway.. I'll post in this thread again when I resume, hopefully at a new time slot, and when it resumes I hope you'll check it out. Thanks!Matt 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Nice!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Look forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Many moons ago Rushgoober had a radio show, and every Thursday a dozen folks or more would join the TRF chat here. He'd interact with the chat while everyone listened. Anyway, just something to consider. It was a lot of fun, and you probably play better music than he did too :P 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Awesome- yeah, I'd love to check it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djflex Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Sounds interesting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Free Form is awesome. Fight group think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoopid Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 (edited) I know someone who created a facebook group and uses that to promote their weekly prog show. They interact with the listeners and give info about the artists being played in real time using the facebook feed. Another outlet/avenue to consider. His show has grown quite a bit. He tends to find a lot of new talent browsing Bandcamp and reaches out to members of the bands he features, this draws them into the fold as well as any fans they have. Edited August 12, 2016 by stoopid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 Thanks all! I'm looking forward to getting back into it. This summer has been extremely busy, so I've had to take the hiatus. I remember Goober well, actually... I used to listen to his show and participate in the chats. If I can split my attention several ways, I'll do a chatroom here during the show! :) Haven't tried that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 (edited) I do have a Facebook page for those of you who have accounts there. Look for The Playground Of Sound and I'll add you :) Most of the playlists are archived there, so you can get a feel of the format! Edited August 12, 2016 by Mystic Slipperman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Well, folks, I'll be going on the air tonight, starting at 6 PM Pacific time! I'm filling in for one of our other DJs. I'm hoping that eventually I can get this Tuesday slot on a more permanent basis, but time will tell. :) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Well, folks, I'll be going on the air tonight, starting at 6 PM Pacific time! I'm filling in for one of our other DJs. Does that mean you'll be playing different things than what you normally would? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Well, folks, I'll be going on the air tonight, starting at 6 PM Pacific time! I'm filling in for one of our other DJs. Does that mean you'll be playing different things than what you normally would? No... I'll likely just do my thing. :) That's a valid question though. I have done that in the past (play stuff that's more in line with the person for whom I'm subbing) but at this point, we all just do what we do when we're on the air. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Well, folks, I'll be going on the air tonight, starting at 6 PM Pacific time! I'm filling in for one of our other DJs. Does that mean you'll be playing different things than what you normally would? No... I'll likely just do my thing. :) That's a valid question though. I have done that in the past (play stuff that's more in line with the person for whom I'm subbing) but at this point, we all just do what we do when we're on the air. Very cool...yeah, I used to do that, too. (That was before the internet radio era, though). I don't think the FCC was paying too much attention to us, so ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 It's very free-flowing. Last night I did a quick 90 minute "pirate" show that started out kinda conventional classic rock and morphed into Radiohead/Bjork/Sigur Ros territory. So anything can happen! LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Blue J - were you on college radio? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) Blue J - were you on college radio? :) Yes- but only briefly. That was when I was attending Otterbein College (small private school, a little bit north of Columbus, Ohio). I didn't go there for very long before I transferred out, because it was really expensive. Before that, it was in high school. We had our own FM station on campus. I started broadcasting seriously when I was a sophomore, and then by my senior year, I was the music director. Edited August 16, 2016 by Blue J 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Do you talk between songs? I like that when the DJ is talking about the music they are broadcasting. If listening on an Internet radio, will I know who is playing ? It's a pet hate of mine when a station does not indicate what's playing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Sadly, I'm 7 hrs ahead of Pacific time, but I will try to catch the Sunday show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Do you talk between songs? I like that when the DJ is talking about the music they are broadcasting. If listening on an Internet radio, will I know who isplaying ? It's a pet hate of mine when a station does not indicate what's playing. Yes, I'll talk a bit about the songs after playing a set -- back-announce the sets, maybe some trivia, or a personal anecdote, stuff like that. And yeah, the player does read what is playing as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Blue J - were you on college radio? :) Yes- but only briefly. That was when I was attending Otterbein College (small private school, a little bit north of Columbus, Ohio). I didn't go there for very long before I transferred out, because it was really expensive. Before that, it was in high school. We had our own FM station on campus. I started broadcasting seriously when I was a sophomore, and then by my senior year, I was the music director. Wow! That must have been a great set of experiences! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Blue J - were you on college radio? :) Yes- but only briefly. That was when I was attending Otterbein College (small private school, a little bit north of Columbus, Ohio). I didn't go there for very long before I transferred out, because it was really expensive. Before that, it was in high school. We had our own FM station on campus. I started broadcasting seriously when I was a sophomore, and then by my senior year, I was the music director. Wow! That must have been a great set of experiences! Yeah, it really was. I recently (within the past year or two) found an analog cassette of one of my old broadcasts, from 1990. I was seventeen years old, at the time. And yes, I still have a functioning cassette deck, haha...so I put it on and listened to what I sounded like, more than half my life ago. It was interesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I just started loading the Tune-In app on my phone. I feel like such a tech-y geek to say that that is probably the easiest way for me to catch your show, at that hour. But it is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 Cool , Blue J! OK we're live now. Will try to check in here throughout the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoopid Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) The show's timing for me is bad (9PM EST). Hopefully I can catch one someday. Do you archive the broadcasts for listening later? Edited August 17, 2016 by stoopid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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