[BC] Oh No

[JYRussell@academicplanet.com]

   The implied reference to my thinking that someone might be "sitting and
listening for how well I can slipcue" is bizarre.  Thank you for thinking so
highly of me.  Gad.

That "sitting and listening to oneself" is as minor-market as the clod that
in the - what the 50's? - would make some announcement, and ring his cowbell
he had sitting on the console... or the fella that would talk and listen to
himself with his hand cupped to his ear.  (I could remind you of the way
people used to get out their best clothes to be 'on-the-air', too... you'd
probably think that because I wear clean clothes I too am trying to 'dress
up' to 'be on the radio'...)

Give me a break.  Do you really think a station in earshot and pulling a few
numbers out of the Dallas market would be on the air very long at all if the
talent there were really so bad??

I apologize if I said something that made you think I didn't understand how
all of the 'audio trickery' was - done properly - completely transparent to
the listener, but still added to the content of the program... sometimes,
that 'audio trickery' is necessary... sometimes it's not.  Thinking I don't
understand that, or the difference, is another statement of
underestimation,or, of the lack of my concise communication to you.

Yes, it's true, you, and I, can do the theatre of the mind stuff, or, the
stream-of-consiousness stuff no sweat, onto tape, or, onto any recordable
audio media for that matter...  Which is where my reference to Audacity came
in... just put the program together and roll it later.  Anybody with even a
modicum of airtime can do that.  On reel, on cassette, on CD, on a removable
ram card.

   But I'm also saying that if you can perform prerecorded, you probably can
do it live with equal or better results.  Otherwise, you're counting on your
automation system as a CRUTCH.  You don't do it, but some folks might.

And I'm trying to point out that there is a WAY you learned to perform as
well as you do.

  I'm thirdly pointing out that because you DO have the talents you do...
you can probably outperform the capabilities of many of the less expensive
automation/scheduling systems on the market, especially if you TRY to do
just that.

 Have you ever found yourself wishing the stupid software could keep up with
what you have in mind??  Someone totally unfamiliar with the various systems
may not be aware of the caveats of each, or which system is most applicable
to his needs.

   To read your responses, with no insight behind them, he could just go
online and get a freebie, as spending money on the best he can afford won't
save the lack of talent anyway.