I'm in!
 

Count me, most definitely, IN!

I did a cpl years as a radio DJ at the campus station here in the early 90s and have missed it as an outlet (ever since some pinhead tried to turn a completely "indy" alternative station into a Clear(asil)Channel clone....

I know time will be a problem for me (as my late post to this thread might indicate), so I'll get way back at the end of the line. But that would give me some time to get things set up to rip some of my ~2000 LPs into a show. A lot of it's on the Moon, but I can probably find a few obscurities to lob at the listeners! (SESAC permitting...)

Thanks PDJ, for offering to entrust your incredible station to its listeners in this way!!

I'd like too.

Re: the fine print,
 

So would I. ;)

Remember, I'm an engineer. We're inherently lazy.

Back from my one week holiday (without any AM...) I gladly read Jim's go ahe for the show, as well as Vax indications about the organisation.

To Sharc: I personally would suggest to send Vax a complete show with every song and every voice on CD or by e-mail (as Vax prefers), so he has the less work. Regarding the songs in hte show, I guess that if we are speaking of favorites, the moonie presenting the show has the CD or recording of his favorites, so that he can rip it easily into the desired format. I will go ahead with the production of my show with mostly material, which is not! on the Moon, although the artist is on the Moon. But of course, some of my super favorites are othe Moon, and I will consider them.

To Vax: Please let us know, what format do you want us to send you the show. (e.g. 128 kbs, numbered in tracks 01 to XX etc, by CD or e-mail).

Last question: Are we aiming now to a 2 hours or 3 hours show, ore something not "exceeding 3 hours"?

Beginning here to compilate the show.......:)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not send shows via email. Do you have any idea of how big such a file would be? And it's even bigger when sent via email because the attachment is encoded BASE64 making it about 1.5 times larger in transit.

Music on the moon is ripped at 192K MP3. If you send your shows with your own tracks, this would be the preferred encoding. MP3s on CD sent to me would be ideal. If you must send them electronically, contact me first. I'll set up password protected ftp, sftp/scp or even a web upload page -- anything but humongous detestable email attachments.

As for show duration, that's will be Jim's call. I don't believe we have any show other than Gagliarchives that is more than 3 hours (Rick's and Interzone).

In
 

I guess I could throw my microphone into the arena.

Some of you are probably already aware that I do a show elsewhere and putting together two different shows could be something of a challenge. However, the other show is 2 hours and if this is two hours also, I see the possibility of recycling.

You know, gotta conserve our prog resources and such... :rolleyes:

maximum 3 hours. would 2 hours be too limiting? I think I'd prefer 2, but if lots of people are already leaning towards 3, I'd be OK with that.

hey, i was going to suggest twisting moses' arm to
do a version of his fantastic "fusion reactor" here,
but didn't want to put him on the spot.

it's a great show, always incredibly tasteful.
i highly recommend it.

k

It is tasteful....I like it anyway:D

Although my time is limited, I try to catch it when I can. And he chats too!:eek:

Get to work you lot......
 

Come on everyone - get your shows done so we can get this thing going - I've done mine and sent it in - Now we have to wait until there's enough to get it going.

Move your asses..................or else ;)

I have to put the thread on the top again.....

Vax up to now has received Rogors and my show for a broadcast. According to Vax, he would like to have a couple of more shows present in order to begin a regular shoow on the Moon. So please, Moonies, make your shows and send them to Vax!!!!

On the other hand, Vax, why don't you broadcast Rogor's and my show in the next future in order to take the fear away from all other moonies, that their show has to be 100% perfect... I am sure, that my show is not even 50%, but I guess that it is interesting for all other Prog Lovers. We will see that on the day when you put it in the pipe...

So, in my opinion, we should go ahead with the shows that we have, announcing them on the homepage some time in advance. And Again, please consider, that Rogor and I live in Europe (Eastern time -6 hours)...

Awaiting Vax coments...

I think it would help if someone would remind us again of the guidelines for the shows in terms of where we are to collect the material from (moon stuff or not) and whether or not it needs commentators comments. I would have no idea how to do that, not having a microphone.

Like Mossy, recording my voice is problematic
 

but, coming up with a show is not. I'm definitely interested in contributing, & my schedule should free up somewhat soon to put it together.

To not take away from other scheduled shows, the emphasis is on our personal favorites, as opposed to themed shows, right?

My tendency should be obvious... :D

I heard a caller to a sports talk show say "Why is Congess investigating steroids when there's hurricane victims to be helped"? The reply was "we can walk and chew gum at the same time".

The reason I bring up this seemingly useless analogy is that there's always something that comes up. Couldn't we just run the shows and see what happens?

I agree with Lotus, as long as its workable with vax. If the shows are ready, let's hear them!

And to the others: I can also assist if I can.

Technical Advises
 

There seems to be a little confusion about how to produce the show and make it available to the moon. Here is how I did it (with the assistance and advises of Vax).

First I selected the tunes I would like to have broadcasted and ripped the into MP3 at 192 kbs into a separate directory, reserved only for the show. This is the format in which all tunes are on the moon.

Then I recorded some (not very good) voice messages for the announcement of the different tunes. Also done in MP3 at 192 kbs.

After that I decided for the sequence how the tunes and voice recordings should play on the show, and renamed the files (in the sequence) to 01 name artist name tume.mp3; 02 name artis name tune.mp3; 03 voice01.mp3 etc,, so that it shows up in the directory in the right order to be played.

Then I burned the whole thing (my show is 2:40 h long) and send the CD to Vax, where it is waiting to be broadcasted...

I hope that Vax will get a lot of CD's in the next time....




:D

Send your CDs to me:


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spot open..
 

It would probably be silly for me to do a show on Monday, October 24. We could have the European shows in that slot. the night before (10/23) is also open.

Let me know, they're available.

Re: spot open..
 

For my show, Oct 24th would not be ok, as I would not be present....(Ray Wilson gig her). Therefors I suggest to postpone it for one week, as I also would like to hear Rogor's one...

I learned today from Vax, that only RogorMortis show are at Vax site.

Come on Moonies, send your shows to Vax, as this is essential for this new show series to become reality

I learned today from Vax, that only RogorMortis and my show are at Vax site.

Come on Moonies, send your shows to Vax, as this is essential for this new show series to become reality

I suggest starting playing shows. My will be ready in a few days. Having show ready to play it must be difficult for Lotus and RM to wait for a long time and wait in fact for shows whose status is uncertain. So please play them! In a few days we will have three to play.
Let's start that great idea.

Oh my yes. I heard it last week and he had this Jazz sax and bone combo that blistered the paint off of my very walls. And the rest of the show left a smoking crater where my computer used to be.

All in all, a VERY well done show. I can't wait to here tonight's edition!

Roger -Dot- Lee, and that's the troooooth!

Yes - while I was happy to give them a format to play a few songs, I'd be interested to hear a full show from them.

Unless there are other shows in the offing, why don't we air the existing shows. At the Anniversary party, Avian was kind enough to give those who wanted, an hour slot at some point during the day. All I did was give him a list of songs I loved which were already on the moon and he put them together to create the hour slot (Thank you again, Avian, btw...must have been alot of work, that). This project is taking the concept a step beyond and involves burning and directories and recording blurbs and actually doing a proper show (Thanks lotus for the instructions). This is beyond my techie ability(doesn't take much), so even though the idea is very appealing to me, I'm not going to be doing a show to send to vax. BUT...would love to hear what Mortis, lotus and woj have done.

Can you record your voice into a file on the computer? If you can manage that, then I'm sure that, between us all, we can put together a show for you...especially if you're pulling songs from the library.

Stop that.

That's a shame. I'd do a show myself if I could find the time. All I'd need to do is record a few blurbs and send them off to Vax (since the bulk of my stuff would come from the library).

Hrm. Since Mrs.Lee is out of town this coming weekend, I'm sure I can find the time to do up a few. I'll copy them to a directory, just to make it easier on Vax...

Hrm...it's got potential. Dr. Dot's New Music Mayhem might come to fruition afterall!

Or Dr. Dot's excursion into Prog Randomness!

The more I think about it, the more I like it.

Roger -Dot- Lee, it's got potential...

.........aaaaaaaaaa
 

aaaaaaaaa....... I've been quiet on this one. Life has gotten in the way time wise,
We talked about fall early in the posts and my leaves haven't even turned yet. I must admit That I have to convert my puter for the task but I'll get it. As for picking from the playlist.......just to easy, I liked the Idea of tracks not yet on the Moon that we love at Home. There is so much music to explore, so....I'm working on it.
The moon Is the Doctors Jukebox so I would think his favorites are all there in:
The Dot Chronicles or



Dancing with the Doctor:rockband: :lurk: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile: :dogpile:............................. ]:-(

I reckon Dot should call his show:

You can trust me, I'm a Doctor :)

or in the immortal words of Dr. McCoy.."I'm a doctor not an engineer"!

(Do you really "reckon" in England?)

We could take it another step:

DAMMIT, JIM! I'M AN ENGINEER, NOT A DOCTOR! er, no...wait...

We southern boys come on our peculiarities honestly. :D