The big first day arrives, I wish I could say that confidence was the general sensation but I must admit I was nervous. The situation had presented itself to me and he didn’t have a Joisey accent. He was a Red Sox fan, lived in BFE, sort of, and the big questions on my mind were “I wonder if we’ll have chemistry on air?”, “will I suck?”, “Can I even do this?” Some of the former co-hosts had shared long-standing friendships with The Host, the kind that fit together well and that come through flawlessly on the air. So, I was aware I had some big shoes to fill or at least be compared to. I reached his place super early due to my lead foot and zero traffic. After a short technical tutorial and a basic run down of possible things to talk about we were set. Ten minutes before show time I took a deep breath, grounded my self, I wanted to speak from the heart, with truth and sound some what intelligent, leaving the F-bombs out of my speech pattern for once.
“I asked the universe to speak for me.”
And with a simple click that plays the show open we were off. Nerves were gone, humor took over and two hours of talk radio flew by. It was “a great first show” with lots of encouraging calls and emails. But what made it all so great, really great, was having a co-host who was not only smart but also hilarious I was laughing for most of the show. So this is what the dwarfs meant about whistling while you work except I was laughing and it wasn’t work. This gig is all done on a volunteer basis, no $$$, just the experience to learn something new some people would call it a hobby. This hobby needed certain equipment because you would ask to borrow someone’s jockstrap would you? I wouldn’t. I ran to Best Buy cause “that’s how you do things in radio.” I’m learning….
So with my spanking brand new Sony headphones, the ones with the ¼ jack convertible to 1/8 jack especially designed for studio use, I’m off to the next show, the original show I was involved in. This show’s title is steamy and provocative the Host’s voice oozes sex so naturally she can’t help it and yet some how the talk remains elementary and clinical. “When are we gonna get naughty?” Is it at all possible to stay highbrow yet not come across as boring? Dunno, but if were all up to me, I’m with Jay Z “C’mon, give it to me, gimme that funk, that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff!”
Still it’s all good, fun, new experiences and more learning on how to run a board because in radio “anything can happen” so, lets see what tomorrow brings to The Monicles
