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What should I play on my radio show?

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BeoPuppy:

--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 25 Sep 2009, 10:34 ---Play it all! That shit seemed to work for John Peel...

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Another vote here.

Tom:
That's why I listen to FBi, I get a fair smattering of everything.

De_El:
A friend of mine finagled me into agreeing to co-host a show with him. Nominally we will primarily play dance music of various kinds, and the show is going to be called MDMAzing.

AanAllein:

--- Quote from: Hat on 27 Sep 2009, 05:25 ---play some shit that sounds good and that people want to hear.

I mean it's cool if you want to be John Peel or whatever but if you make your entire set of obscure shit you are trying to get the kids into, odds are nobody is going to care. As a radio listener, I find most of the times when I've gotten really interested in a song are when something unfamiliar is played between songs I already know quite well. The distinction between the familiar and unfamiliar is pretty obvious and a familiar song primes a listener to like the next thing they're going to hear.

Of course if you just want to show off how obscure your taste in music is to the general public for a few weeks play whatever you want.

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Truth. People need to be listening to you already for you to be a John Peel, or you need to be able to find music that nobody else can find. Since you can't do either of these things realistically, train people to like more interesting/obscure music with music they already know/understand/like. I mean, your options are playing to the converted or actually converting - I'd lean towards the latter.

a pack of wolves:
Playing just what you like in the manner of John Peel does not mean an obscurist wankfest. Didn't you guys used to listen to Peel? Sure, a lot of bands he championed became famous only after he started playing them but he didn't drop them when they got some recognition. I believe The Delgados did sessions for him throughout their career, and they had singles in the top 40. Or then there's The Wedding Present, or Pulp, or a ton of others. In one of the last broadcasts I heard him make he mentioned getting a track from hearing it on Judge Jules, and nobody's ever accused him of being obscure. And considering his fan base doing shows where he'd showcase labels like Load was hardly fucking with his audience's heads.

Peel was beloved because he had great taste that was incredibly wide-ranging as well as a real passion for the music he played, not because he was the most kvlt man on the block. Personally I've got no interest in a DJ playing me exactly what I'm expecting, I have a record collection for that and I'll switch off. I want new music and love for the music being played. As for training people to like new and obscure music... that's rather patronising really, and only relevant if your aim is to get drivetime or something. De_El said their last show was doom, drone and stoner. We're not talking about someone doing a top 40 chart show here. Lots of people like an eclectic selection, probably more than ever before I'd say.

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