1. Isis Garstang- Rock Show Review
For our firstshowwe dida Rock radioshow where we playedavarietyof differentrocksongswhich
where some of ourfavourites.We played10songs whichwe're a mixedvarietyof rocksongsfrom
differentbands,fromthe bandswe like andsome well known bandsof thisgenre.We didthisforan
hour we alsohad a 10 minute speechelement,were we talkedaboutgeneral stuff,tointeractwith
the audience andto make itseemlike theyare partof the show,and we spoke betweensongs,
whenannouncing them.
Mixingbetweensongswasquite easybecause we hadgottenusedtousingthe equipment,and
became familiarwithit,suchastuningout one songand puttinganotherone onwithouttheirbeing
any deadair inbetweenandtogive ita more professional soundingtootherpeople.When
recordingthe showthe one thingwe foundquite difficultwasusingthe micsbecause we hadtoget
the speechsoundquite highenoughforpeopletohear,butinsome parts of the show some of the
speechisquite whichwasa bigdifficultybutwe workedpastit.The targetaudience forourshow
was a for teenagerswhoenjoylisteningtorockmusic,usingthe mixingboardgotsome gettingused
to but whenwe gotusedto itthenmixingthe songinand out andavoidinghavingdeadairbetween
the songsso thenthe showwouldn'tsoundunprofessional,alsothismade ussticktothe schedule
and make sure all the songsand everythingthatwe have tosay duringthe show wasdone withinan
hour.Afterpracticinginthe radio rooma few timeswhenusingthe mixingboard,andmakingsure
we knewhowto use the micsand everythingelsewe needed,itmade the recordingprocessalot
easierandafterthe firstfewminutesof the show we hadgottencomfortable withusingthe
equipment,andspeakingasif itwason a real broadcastedshow,one of the micsat the beginning
part of the showwasquite buttheneventuallyafterfiguringoutthatwe had to speaka bit louder
and thenthe restof the showwentsmoother.
I thinkforthe firstshowwe didwe usedthe mixingboardsquite well butwe didstruggle atthe
beginningof the showusingthe mixingboardsbecause we startedpanickingtryingtogetthe song
on straightafterwe playedthe jingle becauseof the shortamountof time betweenbutaftergetting
the timingsrightwe knewexactlywhatwe neededtodo.I thinknexttime we will domuchbetter
nowwe have had some practise usingeverythingandgettingusedtoeverythingsowe won’tpanic
as much,plusnow we knowthatone of the mics don’tworkproperlysowe know to speaklouder
than we didso there isn’tquitpartsduringthe nextshow.