Although I’ve been doing the
American radio show for well over a year, I haven’t always delivered a show
every week and as such have only just made it to 52 shows. It’s a great show to
do and the feedback has been positive from both sides of the Atlantic, (no
offers to go out there to live though) and I want to keep things interesting.
For ages now I’ve been wanting to record exclusive live sessions from
Nottingham artists to play on the show, and today I finally got round to doing
the first one. ROFL Audio in Nottingham city centre have been willing to do
these sessions for a while now, but we were delayed by them having to relocate
from their premises on Stoney Street, which was also the home of White Collar
Zoo.
I had a meeting with Dave from
ROFL a few weeks ago, and from then on it was all systems go. We both agreed
that as good as the scene is in Nottingham, there is a certain amount of
complacency around; people say they are going to do something but then don’t.
There is an old expression about people needing a rocket up their arses, which
could well be a motto for the city. In fact, if a travelling salesman came to
Nottingham with an invention called Arse Rockets, I would buy every single one
and distribute them accordingly.
Tonight’s first set from Georgie
Rose went off without a hitch. I was joined by Mike Atkinson, a local music
journalist who occasionally joins us on NottinghamLIVE,
who I’d invited along to hopefully write about this new venture on his Nottingham
music blog. We chatted while everything was being sorted, (there was a lot of
wires, that’s as technical as I get), and I even made a cup of tea for Georgie’s
mum.
Georgie recorded three songs
and a promotional ‘liner’, or ident for the show. One of the great things about
doing it in advance of the radio show is that we can take time over it. After
the three songs were done, I worded the interview as if it was taking place in
between the first and second song. The magic of radio!
The whole thing seemed to be
over in a flash, although it was pushing ten o’clock when we were finished. I thoroughly
enjoyed it and hope that they all go this smoothly every week. I couldn’t have
asked for a better first guest, and will be digging this recording from my
archive when Georgie Rose is a big star.
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