I am starting to get a little agitated about my to-do list now and seem to once again be stuck in a rut and only really managing to write my blog and record the podcast. As far as other projects are concerned I wish I could have fought through being ill to film The Record Store Day Video (working title) to at least get it ticked off my list rather than waiting until next year. Filming wise I only have a couple of things to do but everyone is busy and getting people together in Nottingham to do anything work related is like trying to herd kittens. This week I have done a radio show and tonight I will be going to a gig as I will be doing on Friday and Saturday too so I won't have time to do anything worthwhile until Sunday. This means that the podcast will be recorded on Sunday which is a pain because I am very wary of the time of day it gets released. There are three audio books to do too; two of them are yet more Dickens Christmas stories despite the fact that I swore off audio books after last year's epic recording of my brother's novel and a few Dickens. Any money they make will go in the fund to create free entertainment so at least you'll get something for your money.
The recent blog article I wrote about the poor state of music on television has had a good response which made me wonder about the importance of radio sessions. The library that I have built up of bands that appeared on NottinghamLIVE, The Sunday Alternative, and The Sound of Nottingham UK boasts an impressive amount of material mostly consisting of Nottingham musicians. The BBC have a good collection of Peel sessions and other session recordings from John Peel's pretenders although when you hear it or see it written down it just doesn't seem to carry the same kudos - "Yeah we've been booked to appear on Mark Goodier's Radio 1 show"; hard to believe that Smooth Radio jock and the voice of the Now That's What I Call Music adverts was once radio's Mr Indie.
An idea came to me today that I have pitched to an organisation in Nottingham and concerns the local music scene. Whether or not anybody goes with it remains to be seen so I am going to wait for a response from the organisation first to see if that helps. It will be an interesting prospect and will be a project that can be dealt with in little stages so won't be something that creates too much pressure. I am not going to say too much about it because of the Hockley contingent who go around stealing ideas, and will discuss things with the bands and musicians in private rather than advertising for them. Is that vague enough for you?
This week's edition of The Sunday Alternative can be heard here.
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