Sunday, October 9, 2011

Freestailo #10 - 10/9/11

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Greetings, androids.

I felt a bit like a robot this morning when I went to the station, which I think was perhaps a good thing seeing as how my set turned out. I quite literally felt like a well-oiled machine, and only had a few flub ups. I also had a few listeners call in just to tell me how much they liked the show.

During the course of this set, I tried to purposely choose shorter tracks so that I could create a higher variety in a smaller amount of time than I usually do. I think it worked, since I normally don't have 42 songs on my playlists. I also felt that I was kept more alert by putting a small restriction on myself. And when I needed to, I would simply put on a longer track so that I would have time to go search for more albums. I think that I will try similar exercises to keep myself conscious of my decisions when I DJ.

As a side note, I will be DJing for College Radio Day in the Diag from roughly 11:40am-12pm. If you want some more information, check out this blog post I wrote for the station. There will be a lot of buzz going on, with flyers being handed out, crafts, live bands, and hopefully a gorilla suit. But to the list!


[Artist: Song - Album]
  1. Os Mutantes: Panis et circenses - Os Mutantes
  2. GD Luxxe: Cold Mines - The 21st Door
  3. Marvin Gaye: It's Madness - Dream of a Lifetime
  4. Enno Voorhorst: J.S. Bach: Partita in A minor, GWV 1013 - Guitar Transcription
  5. Herbie Hancock: Minuit aux Champs-Elysées - Round Midnight Soundtrack
  6. Sam Roberts: Bridge to Nowhere - Chemical City
  7. Flying Lotus: Pickled! - Cosmogramma
  8. Florence + The Machine: Hospital Beds - Kiss With A Fist/Hospital Beds LP
  9. The Peasall Sisters: Fair and Tender Ladies - Home to You
  10. Femi Kuti: Truth Don Die - shoki shoki
  11. Celestial Navigations: Atlantis - Chapter V
  12. Europa: Quien Soy Yo - La ultima emotion!
  13. The Girls at Dawn: WCK - The Girls at Dawn
  14. Animal Collective: Derek - Strawberry Jam
  15. Cabarute: A Primera Vista - New York Tango Trio
  16. Hamster Theatre: A Reluctant Farewell - Carnival Detournement
  17. The Gyoto Monks: Guhyasamaja Tantra, Chapter II - Tibetan Tantric Choir
  18. Chris Kubick and Anne Walsh: (multiple tracks) - Conversations with The Countess of Castiglione
  19. Eddie Greensleeves: The Big Jack Kennedy Mansion - Humorous Folk Songs
  20. The Crystal Method: High Roller - Vegas Delux Edition
  21. The Doors: I Looked At You - The Doors
  22. Regurgitate: Putrid Serenity - Sickening Bliss
  23. Matthew Dear: Huggy's Parade, Good Girl - Backstroke
  24. Hyenas in the Desert: Album Radio Edit - Can You Feel It
  25. Bellemou & Benfissa: Li Maandouche L'Auto (The Man Who Doesn't Own A Car) - 1970's Algerian Proto-Rai Underground
  26. Romero: Sieston - Cuban Jazz Funk
  27. Geraldine Brookes/Blanche Yurka/Hurd Hatfield: Scenes from Romeo and Juliet - Scenes from Romeo and Juliet
  28. Ella Fitzgerald: Basin Street Blues - Jazz at the Philharmonic
  29. LJ Booth: Light of the Pearl - The Road That Leads Me Home
  30. Yolocamba I Tá: Popurri - Cara Cruz
  31. Hercules and Love Affair: Classique #2 - Hercules and Love Affair
  32. Francine: Uninstall - 28 Plastic Blue Versions of Endings Without You
  33. Johnny Cash: Lead Me Gently Home - Hymns by Johnny Cash
  34. Regina Spektor: Raindrops - (unreleased demo)
  35. Messer für Frau Müller: Euro-Friendship - Triangle, Dot & Devil
  36. The Bombhappies: Many Days - OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
  37. Dan Collet and the Swamp Cats: J' Menuit de Toi - Gaga for Ya-Ya
  38. Dave Kikosi: Spacing - Dave Kikosi
  39. Dame Satan: World's Collide - Ghost Mansion
  40. The Ensemble of Shanghai Beijing Opera House: Beautiful Scene of Spring - Night Thoughts
  41. Reeks and the Wrecks: Blue Ballroom - Knife Hits
  42. Ojos de Brujo: Silencio - Techarí

Well-oiled moments: 

  1. Gyoto + Castiglione: So weird, but I really liked it. I didn't do as much layering as I have done in the past, but this was a very simple, yet nicely layered moment if I do say so myself. I can't decide if I dragged it out too long or not, but I was really digging it. 
  2. Hamster Theatre: That was a nice treat for my ears. I loved how eclectic it sounded within the album, and even within the one track I played. It was also around this time from another DJ at the station saying that they were really enjoying my set, so that was a nice boost for the ego. 
  3. Regina Spektor: It's always a pleasure to listen to Ms. Spektor, and I usually restrain myself, but I got a request from a friend to playing anything Regina Spektor I wanted. I have a pretty deep collection of her songs, and there are so many old ones that are fantastic, but that no one hears. 

Malfunctions:

  1. Pauses: There were about 2 or 3 times when I accidentally pulled the switch down all the way to "cue" and ended up thinking that a track was playing when actually I was the only one who could hear it. The pauses aren't terribly long, but far longer than I'm comfortable with. Perhaps next time I will need to control my zeal when pulling switches.
  2. Too easy?: For some reason I didn't feel the same charge of adrenaline that I normally do when I'm DJing. I can't tell if it's because I've gotten so used to it now that I don't need to be running around the station as much, or whether it's because I wasn't putting as much thought into it as normal. 
  3. That one moment...: There was that one time where I accidentally started playing the next track of a CD that I had used earlier, just because I loaded CD 3 instead of CD2. Whoops. That level of hyperconsciousness where I don't do that is something I'm still working for. 
Don't forget to leave your comments/suggestions/ideas! I would love some feedback!

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