If this is radio, then I would rather be a farmer
Nov 12, 2011 1:07:51 GMT -5
Post by Billy Uranus on Nov 12, 2011 1:07:51 GMT -5
This thread doesn't have much to do with radio, and I don't really expect anyone to read it. I just want to get a few things off my chest about trying to break into radio. Any thoughts or comments are very much appreciated.
You guys probably know that I've always wanted to be a part of this business. I've been making radio playlists since I was 12 years old, and since I was 15 I have seldom thought of doing anything else for a career. Lately I have been starting to realize how that might have been a stupid way of thinking. The chances of getting into radio are slim, and it's not like you're guarunteed to work as a DJ who gets to play music you truly enjoy. For all I know, I could end up being the producer of a country station's hillbilly morning show.
Back in September, I finally got to start taking a true radio course at my community college. In the last two months, we've learned how to run audio boards, produce commercials and other random things. But what I've learned the most in this course is that our teacher is a total jerk. Here are a few examples:
1) He doesn't like to help students. If you ask him to help you on a project, he might just walk away.
2) He says that he hasn't been wrong since like 1981 or something. The thing is, he was wrong in class last week. He called Sophie B. Hawkins' "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" as "Damn I Wanna Be Your Lover." I corrected him, and he ignored me like the jackass that he is.
3) He was absent one day, and I didn't know where to go to work on the commercial I was supposed to do. I went to talk to him about it next class, and he gave me a 0 for not having the project that day.
So you get the idea...he's not a nice guy. And I'm not good at doing the stuff in his class. I can't read commercials well, and the audio board is too confusing for me. I somehow feel that if I was being taught by the guys at 98 Rock, I'd be doing everything perfectly and be having a great time. But at school, I'm angry and am probably going to switch majors.
You guys probably know that I've always wanted to be a part of this business. I've been making radio playlists since I was 12 years old, and since I was 15 I have seldom thought of doing anything else for a career. Lately I have been starting to realize how that might have been a stupid way of thinking. The chances of getting into radio are slim, and it's not like you're guarunteed to work as a DJ who gets to play music you truly enjoy. For all I know, I could end up being the producer of a country station's hillbilly morning show.
Back in September, I finally got to start taking a true radio course at my community college. In the last two months, we've learned how to run audio boards, produce commercials and other random things. But what I've learned the most in this course is that our teacher is a total jerk. Here are a few examples:
1) He doesn't like to help students. If you ask him to help you on a project, he might just walk away.
2) He says that he hasn't been wrong since like 1981 or something. The thing is, he was wrong in class last week. He called Sophie B. Hawkins' "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" as "Damn I Wanna Be Your Lover." I corrected him, and he ignored me like the jackass that he is.
3) He was absent one day, and I didn't know where to go to work on the commercial I was supposed to do. I went to talk to him about it next class, and he gave me a 0 for not having the project that day.

So you get the idea...he's not a nice guy. And I'm not good at doing the stuff in his class. I can't read commercials well, and the audio board is too confusing for me. I somehow feel that if I was being taught by the guys at 98 Rock, I'd be doing everything perfectly and be having a great time. But at school, I'm angry and am probably going to switch majors.