[BC] Re: Curious edits

[Chris Clark]

5 seconds of silence between songs is nothing compared to the typical output
of a college radio station. I used to work as an engineer at one, and
believe me, between the dead air of a dj panicking because their music just
ended and they weren't prepared, and the constant "uh, um, that was, uh,
hang on, um..."  your head will explode. I'd almost take the "smooth and
smarmy" classical music jockey to that.

You might find this humorous, as it pretty accurately sums up what you
all've been saying about classic music, and what I just said about college
radio. Sad, no?
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail120.html

Chris

On 2/23/06, Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> ------ At 11:49 AM 2/23/2006, Jeff Allen wrote: -------
>
> >Every classical station I have ever heard has dead air between
> songs.  Why
> >do they need such huge gaps?  Do old folks need to clear the last song
> outta
> >their head before the next one starts?  Would that be like some sort of
> >audio whiplash if one song started too quickly after the last?  That
> would
> >drive me insane being the engineer for a classical station.  Do they even
> >have a silence sensor?
>
> Then you'd best stick with them ol country stations. Take a quick
> look one day when PBS broadcasts a concert other than Yanni, Andre
> Rieu or the latest Pop Classic rage and look at the age of many of
> the players. Hardly old. The Rolling Stones - now that's old.
> Classical listeners tend to want to hear the last note of a work
> before an announcer tromps on it. Some even think that the quality of
> the performance space is an important part of the performance. Why
> else would anyone care about the acoustics of Carnegie Hall or
> Boston's Symphony Hall or the new hall in Los Angeles. The way a
> beautiful piece of music ends in a superb acoustic space is an
> important part of the experience.
>
> You must suffer terribly when you listen to an organ in a Cathedral.
> It seems to take forever for it to get quiet. What a shame. they
> should have a guitar or something to cover up the silence even before
> it's silent. I know I'm taking a large leap in even assuming you'd
> ever  listen to such music, let alone appreciate it.
>
> Maybe the next great Symphony Hall somewhere will design in a mosh
> pit to give you something to do while you're waiting for the next "song."
>
> Rich
>
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Christopher Clark
Lead Entertainment Technician -- Six Flags Darien Lake
Part-Time Production Technician -- Unistage, Inc.
Engineering Czar -- WITR-FM, Henrietta
Technical Director -- Wyoming County 4-H Theater Crew