Big Ticket. Woot!

Clearly I was not going to blog before Big Ticket. Which by the way, was cool. And awesome. And hilarious. And I wasn't there long enough. Also, I am completely aware that you can't really tell who that is. It's KJ-52. And the crowd got suddenly huge, so that's the best I've got until we see if Jim's pics were better. :)

Let's see. I ended up grossly over-estimating travel time to Gaylord, and gave myself two and a half hours, which meant I ended up drinking coffee in an incredibly busy McDonald's until it was a more respectable time. Then I helped Jim carry some stuff to the booths and set 'em up. The rock booth was practically on top of the stage, and our other booth had an excellent view of the main stage as well. So even though I wasn't in the audience, I got to hear a lot of great music. Including Remedy Drive.

Best thing that happened: This kid came to the booth, completely geeked to see FuseFM. He was sooo excited. And then he asked if there were any DJ's there. So I turn around and say, "I am. I'm Colette." And he stares at me. Having absolutely no idea who I am. I'm starting to feel sort of awkward at this point, so I quickly direct him to sign up for some prize packs and grab some candy.

KJ-52 was the highlight of my Saturday for sure. He puts on a great show and is really into crowd involvement. In fact, he was so good that what started out as a couple hundred people watching quickly turned into a huge group jumping up and down and waving their hands in the air. So. If you've long been convinced that Christian hip-hop is cheesy, you need to only to KJ-52 and know that nobody cares because we all just want to have fun. And fun it was.

It'll feel really strange this week, getting back to a regular schedule. And I'm totally looking forward to it.

Crazy Busy

This week was intense. For the first time, I felt the struggle of trying to be several things at once: Mom, wife, DJ, teacher (sort of), etc. I think that mostly had something to do with Monday....

Monday I went into the station looking forward to a day of data entry/editing. Or something like that. I always love Mondays because I know I still have five days to find enough things to talk about on-air for the weekend. On Monday, the phone rang at the station (as it often does) while I was working on some intern-y stuff, and Josh handed it off to me. It was Dice. Letting me know that he was on his way in, but also that Jen was off all next week so I'd be covering her shift.

All week. Five days. Four hours. I immediately ditched intern-y work and starting randomly writing things down using a pen I had to steal from Sara's desk--which by the way, she completely noticed. :)

Anyway. Factor in my husband's less than stellar work schedule, and I found myself constantly writing down show prep and coming into the station on Thursday and Friday in order to pull off next week.

It was fun. I don't want to say how fun it is, because Your Friend Jen is an excellent DJ and I would never want to have her shift permanently, but it was really fun to prep for a show happening in the middle of a weekday. In a strange way, I felt like I was reintroducing myself to the audience, simply because I'm so used to my weekends. Just little stuff like actually explaining who I was and that Jen WOULD be back, and then other stuff like explaining that I had two children instead of just launching into a story about them. I hope it's well received by everyone--especially the people who gave me access to a microphone in the first place. :)

So, it'll be another busy week. And then an even crazier weekend. Because (cue suspenseful music here) BIG TICKET FESTIVAL FINALLY ARRIVES!!!! I am stoked. And I have absolutely no idea what I'll be doing or what'll be going on, but I can't wait. Because I just know it's gonna be awesome. Which pretty much sums up this entire experience so far.

Whoops

I know, it's Monday. I am so sorry.

Last week I got to sit in on a music meeting between Josh and Dice, and then later Josh and Rick. Our "Songs to Consider" list is currently 100+, and I have since learned that a typical radio station will have a list somewhere in the 30's. So, we've got a lot of music. I did everything I could to voice my opinion without talking, and they definitely noticed. :) It was really cool to see how they rate songs and determine the next Buzz Cuts, among other things. :) Honestly, FuseFM works so hard to bring so many different styles/genres to you.

Josh also let me hunt down music for our next stream. The process is completely overwhelming. The hunting is easy--it's the listening that blows my mind. Thank goodness that's Josh's job. :) In any case, it looks like the data for our next stream is coming right along. :)

Big Ticket is only a couple weeks away. I cannot WAIT to check that out. Expect a very lengthy blog that week. :) :)

The pic--more random things from artists. The piggy bank is from a band you may know--Red's logo can just barely be made out. :)