The Next Great Fuse DJ

I apologize for the blog being a day late--I have crazy kiddos sometimes. ;)

Monday was cool. Different, but cool. I recorded three PSA's (public service announcements) with Sarah showing me the ropes--it was waaaay more fun that it had any right to be. Everyone kind of pitches in and helps with those, so it was fun having a chance to do something that made me feel a little more connected to the station--even if I was just reading information from a piece of paper.

After that I went to work helping Josh get things ready for the launch of FuseROCK, our first online station. I got to help catolog the music we'll play, which sounds a little bit cooler than it actually is. I am still so shocked by how many things are done "by hand." Every song must be typed in along with artist and a bunch of other distinguishing characteristics. So it mostly involved a lot of data entry, which I happen to love for a reason I can't fathom. But it was fun, and there's always laughter there, and a tendency to over-share. At least on my part. :) I worried a little bit that I was hindering more than helping, as I hadn't heard of many of the bands I was dealing with. When you catalog music, they catergorize things by gender, sound, genre, etc. In FuseROCK's case, songs are catergorized by "hard," "medium", and "light/indie" also. Having never heard many of the bands before, I had to ask Josh for a lot of that info. before I could put it into the computer. Still fun, though. :)

It was neat to see the non-DJ side of the station on Monday. I wasn't holed up in the studio recording--which I love--so I got to interact with people and see what else has to happen in order to make a station like ours as awesome as it is. :)

It feels weird, calling it "ours" instead of "theirs." I really am starting to feel that way--that I'm part of it. Not just pretending, which has been the case previously. There is still the element of that and the insecurity that goes with it, but I feel it ebb more and more every time I'm there. It has been a struggle mostly becauseI am used to feeling so competent, and so dealing with insecurity has made me feel a lot younger than I am--and not in a good way.

I must also apologize for the lack of Radio Lingo today. I was so busy working on Monday :) that I forgot to grill everyone for random radio facts. There may just be two next time...

I have no idea what Friday will bring. But I promise to let you know in a more timely fashion. :)