Hi Lee, Nice to see you again 'round here. Good luck with your station and let us know when we can log in to give a listen.
On Monday, February 10, 2014 6:32:32 PM UTC-7, Lee Marshall wrote: > > Been working on getting that radio station license, Filed with the CRTC > [Canada's version of the FCC] in June 2012. File officially opened for > public consumption and input in October 2013, All interventions, pro and > con, filed by November 4th, 2013. Hearing held Decber 5, 2013. The > 'verdict' will be announced any day now. So I've been recording > programming for the station in 2 song files for 3 years now. Why? I can > mix songs together better than a radio station computer. You know...the > way they USED to do it on 'free-form' FM radio back when grey was just a > colour...not the state of our hair. Because I want to avoid becoming > predictable many key songs are recorded in 2, sometimes 3, different files > with something else accompanying it. Plus with 1000s and 1000s of > files...nothing will get played more than once every 3 weeks or so. And > then...in a different day part. Don't expect to hear 'Stairway to Heaven' > more than once a year. [Led Zeppelin OR Neil Sedaka.] > > Seems that Brian's site is impenitrable. Can't conjour up a message board > at all. I try about once every 4 or 5 months. I see people still pissing > on cousin Mike when I check HIS site. [not that he ever does] Lucy and I > were away for much of the summer....early June to October...doin' stuff > that needed to get done at some property we own elsewhere. Then I was laid > up with a severe sinus infection from New Years day til just the other > day. Wicked shit that. > > Anyway I'm no longer working for the TV network up here. Last contract > ran out last May. New owners. All the voice guys were replaced at > virtually every one of their various TV holdings. Shit happens. > Apparently an income doesn't though...hence the radio station. Just so you > know...I recorded a 60s file this afternoon...'Spirit of America' and > 'Drive My Car'. [Boys/Fabs] It ain't all 60s stuff mind you. I also > recorded Stand or Fall [Fixx] and Life In the Fast Lane [Eagles] both LIVE > versions for a special ALL LIVE music feature which will run all day > long about 3 maybe times a year. Different stuff every time. > > Loads of fun. Love the chance to be creative and prepare programming for > the 45 and older crowd [prime target 50 - 70]. Anyway that's me in a > nutshell. Never stopped thing of you...or here for that matter...but > constant updates would tend to get boring in a New York second...or two. > > Once I get an approval for the license it'll be nose to the grindstone > building studios, equipping them and erecting the transmitter. I hope to > be up and running, staff in place, by sometime in August/September. I'll > supply a link for listening when it's all a GO. Mind you if the CRTC > denies our application...I'll be back to cry a little instead. Ain't no > guarantees. [although I continue to pay taxes and I've decided on > cremation] > > Really thought the Beatle thing last night was quite well done. After > suffering through a very, VERY shitty Grammys show I didn't expect much. > Only 2 quibbles. I thought John was somewhat under represented. I also > thought that Sunday stroll through 'Revolution' was a bit [a LOT] of a miss. > > Anybody here like Joe Bonamassa? I think he's GREAT. Lucy and I went to > see him in Toronto in November 2012. I have purchased a bunch of his > material since discovering his talent about 25 months ago. Thank gawd for > that issue of Classic Rock magazine which featured him on their monthly cd. > > I have 2 new grand children to report. One of each. Max and Aria. > Great stuff. My oldest dog...Clyde...coming up on 14...a mix of Sheppard > and Lab...is drawing up close [too close] to the finish line. Sad. He's > been a loving pal for a whole heap of years. Hope he lives long enough to > hear those dogs do Jingle Bells next xmas season on the radio. I ain't > bettin' the 'rent money' on that though. > > No vacation this year. Want to be here when the radio thing is > announced...and as some of the guys we honour here once said..."the funds > 'aren't' too cool." Gotta save it for the upcoming task at hand. That's > it from me. Carry on. > > I gave Little Two Scoop the boot by the way. Didn't seem funny anymore. > Regards, Lee > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
