(Note: This is in no way an attempt from me to copy/emulate Mr Whittle Interactive.)
It's day one of Strip Programming Week, and I thought I'd go through what I felt about my Strip Programming experience thus far in this blog post.
Not going to lie, it does feel a bit daunting at the moment - having to prepare five shows from one day to the next. Not forgetting I have other commitments at the moment, plus I am not the most discipline at doing show prep (that has its benefits in a week like this, though!).
But I think I'm settling to the idea a bit now, and I've though of a few features I want to try and last the week...
1. Local Band of the Day...
As some of you probably know by now, I am a big fan and advocate of the Exe List (not as big as Matt Aldous, but a fan nonetheless!). I love local music, and given this platform on Xpression (plus the 9 listeners I have out there), I want to expose my listeners to the local talent, and vice versa. Any publicity is better than none, eh? So I've sort-of started with that today, by playing Floods of Colour (formerly "New Rockets") on my show as part of the Exe List. I've got 2 bands lined up for the next two days, and I'm sure given some time and connections, I can get you more interesting local talents. So, do look out for this!
2. Sandwich of the Day...
Tried this today. Got 2 responses, which was 2 more than I expected (I mean honestly, is this the best feature on Radio? probably not.). I'll see how long I can keep this feature in my show - will scrap if necessary.
3. Guess the Hummed Intro to a song...
As some of you noticed, I have a bucket list on this blog. And in that list, I said I wanted to start an a capella group. Well, that's not the case anymore - I realised I'm nowhere near as good as Semi-Toned (whom I have complete admiration for). So, rather than do that, I'm going to bury that item by embarassing myself with a feature where I hum intros to songs (badly) and people have to guess them. Inspired by Callum's Guess the Outro challenge from tonight's Monday McLovin' Miracle Mixtape Show.
4. Yeah or Nay...
Yes, you thought this was a one-off feature on the Tuesday Breakfast Show. But Nay! It's back, this time, in a week! I want everyone to get involved with this one! I'm putting up polls on the XpressionFM Facebook Page - get democratic! It's for laughs and bants, not for serious shizzle. But I still want to see those poll responses (partly to satisfy my own ego, I guess XD).
5. Dance Hour on Xpression FM...
You know I like my dance music. I'm not going to lie - I dread and fear the notion of having to play 5 hours of dance music - Let's face it, you've never been to Arena from start to finish without coming across some lemons (and I don't mean the fruit) in their setlist, have you? I'll try my best, I may have to recycle tracks (as I already did today). But have faith, it will all be fine...
Aye, Structure. Gotta love 'em!
