Radio Aircheck, whaat?

That's right, readers, I had to do an aircheck. Let me tell you this for free: It was not that fun.

First of all, my station that I was reporting from was a Love station. I know! You're thinking 'are you serious?' Well, sadly, yes, I am very serious. I had to play songs by Celine Dion and such. That was not my idea of good music, but hey, I'll bring it to the people if that's what they want.

And before you ask, no, I wasn't really on the air. I was safely tucked away in the DMT studio all aloney on my owny. But unfortunately, every mistake I made was recorded onto a CD that I get to keep forever. For the rest of my life. Hopefully it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Second, I should have practiced more. When I went to cue the second song (Love Is All You Need - The Beatles) I accidentally pushed the On Air button. The correct term escapes me right now (unless that is really what it is called). Anyway, I hit the on air button and The Beatles song started to play over Angel Eyes (an easy listening song. No words. You catch my drift.) and that was just a disaster in itself.

Third and last, I paused way too often. I just wasn't prepared at all, which is a shame really. It could have turned out really nicely if I didn't stutter and say 'um' all the gosh darn time. The cues were all messed up because I was trying to focus on something else. Actually, I don't know why there are such long pauses in between the songs because I mixed and it sounded perfect when I was in the studio). Perhaps something weird happened while it was recording, I have no idea. I do, however, know that when I was talking or when I was about to talk, I could have fixed that easily by not freaking out.

I used to be interested in a job like this, but I think I've changed my mind. It's so much work to have to mix and push all these buttons and talk at the same time without an assistant, or something. I didn't like the experience and I don't think I want to ever do this again.