Mixin' Ain't Easy

[MrScorpio]

I shoulda been a pimp

[StopTheMorans]

1. yeah, forcing women to have sex for money is my idea of an ideal career

move...

[MrScorpio]

2. You don't get the joke, do you?

It's a joke.

[StopTheMorans]

3. yes, i got the joke

jokin' ain't easy, but is sure is fun

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. When I did it

we used turntables and cart machines.

:scared:

[MrScorpio]

5. Well, I don't have the benefit of classical equipment

All I have is a stack of CDs and my iMac

C'est la vie

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Benefit?

That was my point, man. The old stuff was old.

We had to pedal the turntables...

[SeattleGirl]

7. I was expecting you to say you used to have a turntable

powered by two gerbils!

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. It was a very small station

Couldn't afford no gerbils.

[MrScorpio]

9. I had to deal with a fucker on another site who said that I wasn't a DJ

Because I'm doing it the way I'm doing it

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. If he was old-school

like a graduate of the Ron Bailey School of Broadchasing... uh, Broadcasting, I can see that attitude. Or just a punk.

But, shit — you run the "board" even if it is on your computer. You pick the tunes, which is more than most "real" jocks can say. You do the "patter." If you've got listeners, it doesn't matter if you're in a glassed-in booth at a 50kw station or your home office.

[MrScorpio]

11. That's what I'm saying

This is my gig, and those punks can kiss my ass

[billyskank]

12. Doing it the old-fashioned way is fun, though

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. It was

But I did it for only about a year, as a fun thing. It sure ain't somethin' I'd want to make a career out of, especially now.

[MrScorpio]

14. I'm sure it is

But I can't afford to buy everything

I'm gettin pretty good using what i use

However I don't see any live shows going soon

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. The main thing is the audience

Without 'em, you got nothin', no matter where you are.

I was at a tiny little station a brazillion years ago. But as long as I knew people were listening, I felt like Wolfman fuckin' Jack. :smoke:

[MrScorpio]

16. Enigmatic tells me that the numbers are growing

Plus I've just started to pimp the show on Myspace

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. I think listener loyalty matters more than sheer numbers

Like KPIG — they're never high in the book because they have a weak signal. But a hell of a lot of their listeners take pride in being Piggies. It's kind of a cult.

It helps, too, that they were the first radio station on the internets.

[Lethe]

18. but it's necessary

:P