Diary of a Presenter (3)

Dave and Gill at work - supported by Mike

• Mistakes 1

• Salvageable mistakes - also 1

• Nerves 1...billion

Today's training was a 30 minute pilot...and overall...   

The content is there, the personalities are there - and with a little refining - WATCH OUT OCTOBER - the Lifestyle:MK team are on their way!!

Lesson 1: Planning a radio show is heavily constrained by timing and an understanding of what the audience wants to hear.  (This is where Mike, Secklow Sounds' CEO and presenter of "Sweet Inspiration" really knows his stuff).  The first thing we learned was not to try and pack too much into each segment because it's important to give you, our lovely listeners, time to digest - while today's show was "lively" - it was verging at times on the radio equivalent of "candy jar in abundance".  

We know now to give a little more time to pause for breath!

Lesson 2: Not all files are created equal... I made the rookie error of thinking an mp4 file was an mp3!!  Argh...cue dead air - literally!!  Thanks to Mike and Dave (Lifestyle:MK's Producer/Sound Engineer) we managed to re-group while live...and clean up the edit which will go up on Mixcloud!!

Lesson 3: There is a point of no return... There is a point towards the end of the show where the timing needs to be set up for the next presenter - and it's MUCH easier to do this when you are in control of the time...rather than using a recorded vox pop!!!  

...but, to those who tuned in - THANK YOU, and actually, we are really happy for a first run.  Dave has decided he will call himself "Man Man" for his "Man Cave" segment...it'll never catch on ;)   Gill and I now know what films we're going to watch and what to try (for FREE!!!) on our next nights in and out with the girls.  Thanks to Ashley we can all make the PERFECT hot chocolate - and we even had a live tweet from Alex - so - high fives all round ;) !!

We're going to do it all again next week - after all, practice makes perfect - and we want to be perfect for you!

...So do join us next Tuesday at 8.30pm when we'll discussing the "First Time for Everything"!!
Meanwhile - you can catch today's pilot on our Mixcloud or Spreaker !

Lifestyle MK begins on Saturday October 3rd, 12noon - 2pm on Secklow Sounds, Community Radio for Milton Keynes - live the moment with us!

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