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Friday’s Music
By Norm Seeley | February 19, 2010
Fridays’ Music
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February 19, 2010
Recording Friday’s Music is a lot different than being a DJ back in the 60s. Back then, Disk Jockeys sat at a desk behind a console with anywhere from 2 to 4 turntables to the left and right and at least one reel to reel tape deck in the room, with a remote control that was connected to the console for quick and easy start and stopping. The turntables also were remotely controlled from the console.
Here at my Scottsdale Arizona studio, there are no turntables, there is a tape deck but no remote, I can reach it from my mixer (console)
All the music is in the computer and what I have to say, my inserts, are recorded, then the songs and inserts are put together in the computer.
You might also be interested in knowing that I don’t have slogans on the wall where I can see them from behind the microphone while announcing for Friday’s Music. Back in the 60s, the control rooms as they were called, had slogans no matter where you looked, slogans about the station that you would drop in as you were announcing between the songs.
What you hear on Fridays music is me, sitting behind the microphone , with a note pad, with the date from which the songs are coming, and the title and artists’ name.
That’s it.
What I say is what you get.
There have been times that I had done research about the songs and artists and typed out a script to follow. That can be time consuming.
Easy enough to read, but research can take time.
But today’s Friday’s Music is ad libbed, no script, no research, just me behind the microphone with 5 songs from the 60s in my computer.
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Topics: Broadcasting, Friday's Music | 6 Comments »
February 19th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Okay, here’s the answers;
1. Yes, I do remember Java by Al Hirt, the New Orleans trumpeteer. . . .and I remember his followup song “Cotton Candy”. Al would have been quite happy with the recent superbowl results, since he was a part owner of the New Orleans Saints.
2. “You don’t own me” was one of Lesley Gore’s five hits in the space of a year, starting with “Judy’s Turn to Cry”. Not bad for a 17 year old girl. . . .
3. In 1964 the Four Seasons were well into their second year of success, starting with the two #1 hits in the later half of 1962, “Sherry” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry”. They also scored with “Walk Like a Man”, “Candy Girl”, and “Ragdoll”. I saw Frankie Valli in concert about 10 years ago — and at that time he still had it — a great entertainer. For what it’s worth, he also appeared as a gangster in “The Sopranos”.
4. She Loves You — IIRC, this was one of not two — but five Beatles songs that held the top 5 spots probably in March of 1964 — “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “I Saw Her Standing There”, “Please Please Me”, and “Twist and Shout”. This was also the song that got them the nickname of the “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” boys. To say the Beatles took the US by storm is somewhat of an understatement.
Good job, Norm!! Maybe I should have been a disc jockey too . . . .but I just don’t have the “pipes” that you have!!
February 19th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Here’s an idea….once a month you can write a script with great facts like you listed above and I will voice them and add the music.
“The Narniaman and Norm Show” Let’s try that again:
“The Norm Seeley Show with Narniaman.” ” Hosted by Norm Seeley.”
What a winning combination.
February 19th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Sounds good — how about the “Norm and Narniaman show”?
1st script — pop artists from way back who wound up being preachers!!
February 19th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
I’ll go for that…”Norm and Narniaman Show, hosted by Norm Seeley from Scottsdale Arizona.”
How about Friday, April 2nd?
February 21st, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Sounds great!!
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Norm, you sound as good as I remember from 1965 and 1966 on KRUX! I’m looking forward to your 1966 show this week!
Bill