Members Sugarskull Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 I remember T broom mentioning that he was going to do a New Years Eve gig on the radio... anyone else play live on the radio? We'll be playing live on one of our local stations on February 24th. Any thoughts on your experiences? I'm a little nervous about my dynamics. I don't want to wreck anyone's computer or radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverend179 Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 I remember T broom mentioning that he was going to do a New Years Eve gig on the radio... anyone else play live on the radio?We'll be playing live on one of our local stations on February 24th. Any thoughts on your experiences? I'm a little nervous about my dynamics. I don't want to wreck anyone's computer or radio. Just remember that every input and output in a broadcast chain is compressed to bejeesus and back. Output compression can go into the 60dB range. Of course, a bit of compression on your bass part wouldn't hurt either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sugarskull Posted February 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Just remember that every input and output in a broadcast chain is compressed to bejeesus and back. Output compression can go into the 60dB range. Of course, a bit of compression on your bass part wouldn't hurt either. The bass I'm not too worried about. I'm afraid of oversinging. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BottomHeavyKate Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 We did it a few times. I was always uber nervous about the interview parts. I hated talking on the radio - I felt like a moron Playing live was always fun though. Hopefully the folks there will be knowledgeable enough to help you with your sound. But it would be kind of awesome to blow up some radios.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverend179 Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 The bass I'm not too worried about. I'm afraid of oversinging. lol. Well, again, the RE-20 doesn't suffer from proximity effect and also it's gonna be compressed like a MOFO anyway. So just get in there and rock it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapthefunkyfour Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 I've done it a few times. I never even worried about it. I just sang and played my heart out. I let them worry about volume and compression and that stuff. It's their job to take care of it, they know what they are doing. FYI: remember to turn your cell phone off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Only ever palyed live on TV, not the radio. But there's good advice here thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dane Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 I've done it a few times. I never even worried about it. I just sang and played my heart out. I let them worry about volume and compression and that stuff. It's their job to take care of it, they know what they are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny_Crab Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Did in the late 70's in New Orleans on 101 LIVE a few times. PACE Sound did it twice: once great sound, once acceptable but not great. On the best mix, I can hear or drummer's bass drum trigger the compressor in one spot. He's still doing it(below) but when he did ours, they had a van outfitted with all their gear and snaked out to it. COSIMO(Jazz City Studio? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_Matassa ) did the other. He said: "You guys play a song for me" and he listened for a couple of minutes, walked back into the control room, and VIOLA!!! What went over the radio was what we sounded like except with a tiny bit of compression! He duplicated with two speakers what he heard in the room we were in. Enjoy it, don't be nervous, and have fun. If the engineer doesn't have wooden ears or tinker with YOUR sound, you'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dravenzouk Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 I've done it a couple of times (LONG time ago though). The weird dynamic is that the performance is definately live, but you get zero audience reaction - just a bunch of dead air space at the end of each song. One time we had our manager/producer/engineer/etc. guy as the sole member of the "audience" - he hooted and hollered for all he was worth. It was bizarre and corny but kinda fun. All in all though, it's a blast playing live on air. MAKE SURE someone tapes/records the broadcast. One of the best recordings I've ever done was from one of those broadcasts (in Boston mid 80's). Have fun wid'it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hearafter Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 We did it in '07 on an AM station in SoCal. I know at least 1 person heard us, because he won a pizza by naming the song we just did It was Saturday, it was my birthday, I was already hammered.... proly sounded like {censored}. But dayum it was fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groutt Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 I see they do live streaming. Be sure to remind us to tune in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sugarskull Posted February 6, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 Some good advice. Thanks guys, I'm glad to see I'll be in good company. However, I never thought about the live interview part. That's going to suck!! Interviewer: How do you feel your role as a woman has changed since you became the lead singer? Has it affected your parenting at all? me: ummm... yeah .. so like ummm... yeah... but no, not really and yeah and stuff. *sigh* Oh well. I will let you guys all know so y'all can make fun of me when I'm done. Ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hearafter Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 My friend's band did a radio show, and the station recorded the audio and burned a CD of the show. I went along to film it.Later, the guitarist mixed the film together with the audio, and made a music video. It worked out pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goofball Jones Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 Just imagine the entire listening audience naked and Gettin-it-ON...because that's usually what I picture people doing when listening to your music! You're gonna rock, don't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dark Slide Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 Oh yes, My suggestion? NO dead air. Ever. My singer couldn't manage to grasp the concept. There are recordings of us... but it's horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goofball Jones Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 My suggestion? NO dead air. Ever. My singer couldn't manage to grasp the concept. There are recordings of us... but it's horrible. That's a great suggestion. I've never been on the air, but speaking from the perspective of the listener it's always awkward listening when there's dead air in an interview/performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sugarskull Posted February 6, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 That's a great suggestion. I've never been on the air, but speaking from the perspective of the listener it's always awkward listening when there's dead air in an interview/performance I'll be sure to fill in the dead air with lots of heavy breathing then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'll be sure to fill in the dead air with lots of heavy breathing then. Thus ensuring it's the most downloaded performance they've ever known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 Our online deal was delayed. We're supposed to do it in the next month or so, but I'm not holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James Hart Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 I played a local college station a couple years back... I played my through my old mini Peavey combo (one 8" speaker) along with a Singer / Acoustic player. They just put a mic in the room with us. Unfortunately, we never got a copy of the broadcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rllefebv Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 We just did one last Friday... Small, small studio, full band, 80% acoustic, (one guitarist played electric), gathered around two mics... no soundcheck, and one mic was also used for the interview, so the DJ was adjusting the mix on the fly... My upright came through fine... The vocals and harmonica hit pretty hard a coupla times, but all-in-all sounded better than it had any right to! I just got the board recording from him the other night and am pleased... It really helped to talk through things with the DJ before going on... mapping out the timeline and whatnot. Really, other than that, about the only advice I could give you would be to enjoy the hell out of it!! -robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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