Live/Intros

Bell/Wrightson (onemansmusic@mindspring.com)
Sat, 25 Apr 1998 02:27:29 -0400 (EDT)

> I have been debating what to do about intros. I was thinking about making
> them their own tracks so that you could skip them if you wanted to. In the
> Celtic genre Dervish put out a live 2cd set on their own label and did that
> and I thought it worked quite well.
>
> Julie Cyr

Julie et al,

I might suggest you take a look at the Folk-DJ archives for a thread on
this subject. http://folkradio.org I am not a DJ so can't begin to
discuss the subject, however my understanding is that intros can drive
them nuts -- they can't just cue up a song for air play. I remember
that there was some discussion of how this could be handle better. and I
believe your idea of making them their own tracks might have been
offered as a solution. Then DJ Doe can use it or not as time permits in
her/his show.

Best of luck!

Sarah Wrightson
One Man's Music
http://www.mindspring.com/~vincebell

[Alan sez: Also remember that air time is precious. All other things being
equal, the 3 minute song gets more airplay than the 5 minute song every
time.]