Chris Abbott wrote:(name removed) wrote:Sorry, I don't partly.
You don't? You should get out more.
Thrust me, I know what I do...
No, that's the other thread.
Chris
HAHA, Comic genious Chris, a little bit of sexual inuendo always helped fuel an argument, hehe !!, (that one realy made me chuckle
)
errrm anyway here is my view on things (i dont say much in general because I usualy make a tit of myselfe, but here goes, anyway, please forgive my garmmer/spelling, im very dyslexic and I realy cant be arsed to copy this into a spell-checker and back again)
So (name removed), here are my thoughts (for what they are worth)
When it comes to the English language barrier issue, I personaly find this to be a HUGE issue. I dont speak German, and I have a _lot_ of commitments in my life. If I had no commitments to adhere to I probably would use some of my free time to learn some german to in order to enjoy a 'scene' related show that is only broadcasted in german. (that may sound silly but I would learn german to get some more c64 retro goodness
). But sadly I dont have that time, and hence Slay-Radio is imediatley accesible to me as they broadcast in my native language (so i can just turn slay on as I work and drop into the IRC as and when I feel like saying something, luckily for me
)
I have tuned into some of your show whilst I have been coding or doing other work, and it was nice that you noticed and greeted me. I did apreciate the sentiment
but i just couldnt understand anything.
I heard "lfdk sdflgs dlf sdlfjsdf dfgd fgdfglk dfg NICKENSTIEN lkfg dfldf", which was nice (honestly, I realy did apreciate the attempt to make a non-german speaker feel welcome during your broadcats, I commend you for that
, that was very nice, thankyou), But I couldnt undersatnd anything other than hearing my nickname. So asside from that, I heard some c64 tunes. But I can hear c64 tunes on Slay, so it was like listening to the Slay-Radio rotational queue with the a bit of german spoken in between tracks, except on the Slay-Radio Rotational queue I can add my desired tunes onto it! and hence I find the non-interactive slay-radio parts more interactive than your live parts (Purely a language barrier in effect here).
And for me, this is the crux of the matter, its all about the interactivity!
On a wednesday I like to tune into slay-Radio, the reason - I LIKE BOZ!
On a thursday I like to tune into slay-Radio, the reason - I LIKE ZIPHOID!
If im home on a saturday afternoon, I like to tune into Slay-Radio, the reason - I LIKE SKITZ!
On the rare occurence that Thalamus does a show, I tune in because .......... I LIKE THALAMUS (Thalamus plays mostly SID's, I have HVSC on my PC so I dont 'need' his shows to hear the tunes, I have them _all_ at my beckon call, but I enjoy him and chatting with him as he plays the tunes). I know thalamus personaly and used work with him (and even then most of our chats involved c64 related issues, as well as who's turn it was to make the tea, hehe)
So Again, Its the language issue. I feel more personaly connected to the shows of all of these guys because we can chat as the show goes on. If they spoke German (or Swedish) then I just wouldnt get that feeling from the shows. I would still listen because of my love of SID and SID remixes, but I would yearn for an English-Speaking version.
So asside from spoken/written "english", it is the interactivity with the show-hosts that I love.
With regard to 'show-format' I think Fnordpojk may have touched upon some interesting points. From what he said, maybe he feels that the 'Slay' format for live-shows has became a little stale, the "z-boz" format as he calls it. Fnordpojk also mentions that he enjoys Thalamus' indepth knowledge of the tunes that he plays, so maybe that is a way that you could do shows that dont 'compete' with Slay, but instead 'compliment' them. Do some shows that dont take requests, come up with a solid 'play-list' for a show, and find out as much info as you can about each track, and use that info in your broadcast.
I personnaly dont share that opinion with Fnordpojk, I love the Slay-Radio live show format with lots of listener-interaction and on-the-fly requests being played, for me that is what constitutes a "live show" in contrast to a pre-recorded pod-cast.
The basic point here is, find a way to co-exist rather than have a war for total domination. As Slay-Radio has been around for a _very_ long time and done a _lot_ of hard work achieve what it has. The majority of folks here are fans of Slay-Radio so this realy is the wrong place the try and pick a fight against them.
One of the other things I enjoy about listening to live Slay shows is the fact that I can interact with the other listeners in the IRC channel as we "all" collectively listen to the shows. Lovely folks who I have came to know such as Chappers, Wenchie, Brad-CA, Raivyn, FFrenzy and various others that I share the "live-show" experience with. And this is one of the main attractions to the shows for me, I can "share" the listening experience with them "all", and have a laugh with them "all" as we "all" listen. I cannot do this in the (name removed) IRC channel as I dont speak German. So this is another _major_ element of the Live-Show experiance that your station cannot offer me. (again, its a language barrier, this time not with you as a broadcaster, but with your audiences natural language)
In my personal opinion, the thing that you should strive to be is "The best German speaking C64 Remix Radio station that you can be!"
Don't try and be a global-Dominator, because all you will achive is the Alienation of your loyal german-speaking listeners.
You could make your station -all-english-speeking- but then you wouldnt be (name removed) anymore!
And maybe that is where your true 'niche' lies!! you could be the station taht does all the things that slay does, but in other languages!! Have broadcasts in German, French, Russian, Polish, Swedish etc, and cater for all of the Non-English speaking folks who love C64 and SID remixes. If you did that then you could truly offer something new to the scene by bringing live c64-remix-radio to all of the non-english speeking fans of c64
Errr,so thats what I think
(to recap, dont 'compete' with Slay, but take you shows to an audience that slay cant reach IE Non-English speaking C64 remix fans, you could truly excel at that)
Best of Luck (name removed).
Cheers,
Nickenstien