Thank the Watchmaker

...is pretty much the greatest song ever. At least for this week. I'll let you know when (if?) that changes...

Friday was better. And frustrating. I actually walked out of the studio after two hours of recording breaks because I just couldn't talk anymore. That has never happened to me. :) I actually spent 16 minutes recording and then re-recording one break. That is way too much time. I ended up completely abandoning another when I couldn't get it "right," and then erased a decent-ish one on accident.

But. It is easier. It's easier to talk to you in front of the microphone instead of giving mini speeches. I haven't been able to avoid all wind-ups, but I'm getting better at getting to the point. At the end of my two hours, Dice gave the breaks a listen and he said that he is definitely seeing an improvement. However. My desire to have everything perfect (resulting in sixteen minutes being spent on a forty second break) is paralyzing me. So we're running and experiment on Monday. No re-recording. Just breaks and moving on. I hope it frees me up a little bit and makes it easier to avoid over-analyzing every single thing I say. :)

In other intern news, Josh gave me a few new projects and I'm pretty excited to get started. I will be maintaining our Facebook and MySpace pages, and also helping out with the Street Team. I am really looking forward to keeping you all up-to-date with what's happening at the station through them. We'll be adding more pictures and even setting it up so that YOU can add your own images from FuseFM events and concerts.

It looks like I'll be spending the weekend prepping for another show on Monday. I am setting my goal at having enough content for two four hour shifts--now that I feel more comfortable with the content aspect it's a lot easier to come up with things I want to share with you. Eight hours is totally doable. :)

Oh! I almost forgot! Josh also set me up with an email account. Which means that you can now comment, ask questions, etc. by emailing me at colette@myfusefm.com So please do. Seriously. Right now it's just spam in there.

Have a great weekend! I'll see you Monday! :)

Radio Lingo of the Day: Cold Intro: A "cold intro" refers to a song that does not have an instrumental introduction--it just goes straight into the vocals. As a DJ, you want to be aware of which songs have a cold intro--otherwise, you'd be talking over the singing and that's just sloppy and sounds weird. :)