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« The music library is growing | Why not call us? » Bands in the studio and work to doFebruary 02, 2005 I hope you have been enjoying the live music we recorded with Low. It's a pleasure to be able to offer exclusive, newly-recorded music in the mix. We will have Olympic Hopefuls, recorded here, on Chris Roberts' show this coming Sunday, so there's more to come. MPR's engineers are getting to know a whole new group of musicians and artists, and we think the bands are sounding great when recorded and mixed here. All day I have been thinking about what to write on the web log. The fact of the matter is, things are not really settling down here, even though it seems like they should be. A couple of the hosts are sick with a bad cold. There is a lot to do -- everywhere we look there are piles of things that need doing. And we can only do them one thing at a time, which right now doesn't seem fast enough. I'm not complaining, I'm just letting you know the mood around the shop. It's something on the order of WOW we have a lot to do right now. On a somewhat brighter note, we received a very large shipment of CDs today from a local distributor. I also started the process of collecting a list of CDs that the DJs want, which we will post on the website early next week. Quite a few of you have asked what, exactly, do we want, so we thought we'd tell you. It will just take us a couple of days to pull together the information. The warm sunshine was nice today, eh? I noticed the construction workers who are building our new building were outside working without their hats for the first time in a long while. Posted by Sarah Lutman at 05:47 PM
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Yeah, know that you guys are doing awesome work! I've never talked up a radio station like this in my life. Nor have I discovered so much good music so quickly (which will soon be breaking my bank). Is there anything we rabid listeners can do to help out? I noticed the volunteer link--should I actually follow it and sign up to help out? Are there other things we can do? Thanks for making radio listenable. Posted by: Kevin at February 2, 2005 10:53 PMYou guys should do a live broadcast of the Clarks concert here at St. John's on February 13, or at least record it for later. Check out their site clarksonline.com for video/music of them, such as when they were recently on the Late Show. Remember, The Current... you have a studio here on campus, you could broadcast the concert... Posted by: Matt Steele at February 3, 2005 12:43 AMMatt - I will have someone check out the concert and see what's possible. As for volunteering - this morning we are going to go through the list and see who has volunteered and what they're able to do. Believe it or not, more than 350 people have signed up to volunteer already, so just organizing the volunteers is a job we might need a volunteer to do! It's really fantastic to have all the offers of help and we're going to try to begin calling/writing to people this week. Posted by: Sarah Lutman at February 3, 2005 07:14 AMAny chance you can be like the two other great radio stations that broadcast on the web, KCRW and KEXP, and archive your live shows on the web. I'd love to be able to listen to the Hem visit to the studio from last week. Posted by: Steve at February 3, 2005 09:20 AMWeb archiving is definitely coming. I'll ask Michael Wells, web producer, to give you an update. Posted by: Sarah Lutman at February 3, 2005 10:50 AMI would like to echo Doug and Kevin. I know that there must be a lot to do, but keep at it. I have never been this excited about a radio station since the late '60s. Last Saturday I drove from Eden Prairie to the Fetus just to get a bumper sticker. Everyone that I have talked to is on board in one way or the other. My 14 year old daughter was shocked that a local station would play Postal Service. I think that says a lot. A list is a great idea for those of us who want to donate, but want to do it right. Please keep doing everything you can to involve listeners. That has been the biggest turn on. I feel the same as Doug, Kevin, and Chris; I've never been excited about radio and had actually lost my passion for music. The Current has changed that! It is something the Twin Cities have desperately needed for such a long time, and I for one had no idea how badly until it arrived. Keep fighting the good fight. Posted by: Julie K at February 3, 2005 11:14 AMKeep up the good work -- we're all keeping our fingers crossed that everything will calm down for you and, while the station will never run itself, I personally hope you all still attain some kind of Satori along those lines in the near future. Thanks for the last few weeks -- they've been some of the best for my deprived ears. Posted by: Mick at February 3, 2005 12:49 PMThe plan right now is to archive all of our locally-produced shows and in-studio appearances whenever possible. We're trying to figure out the best way to do this right now. 20k RealAudio is obviously not the best choice, so we're having to shift a lot of our existing technical procedures to get the most out of the audio. I wish there was a Web equivalent of "Stay tuned," as I would be using it here. Posted by: Michael Wells at February 3, 2005 02:17 PMIf storage is not an issue but bandwidth is, using bittorrent may be ideal. Some compression will be nessary reguarless, FLAC would be ideal, but that depends on how much space you have. Posted by: Dan Johansson at February 3, 2005 08:35 PMSome interesting KCMP chatter on major blog site: Best Radio Station Ever | Metafilter Found it with this Google search on KCMP - Kentucky: Steve Thanks Steven! For those that also have information like this, please include in the dedicated discussion topic at http://kcmp.forum.publicradio.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/27/0852249 Fun, and revealing! -Julia i used to be involved with Twin Cities Free Radio. This station reminds me of that experience. we desperately need a smarter, deeper, more clever station such as the current. I just have to say that the Current has rapidly become my favorite station and that it has made me all the more willing to support MPR in any way possible. Posted by: Per at February 9, 2005 05:01 PMI was reading wired mag online and read article about Adam Curry crusade to change radio( dont laugh till you read it) It made me think that you all could create pod casts, at least of your in studio stuff. Sure sounds technically easy if not easy from licensing end of things. And looks fairly uncomplicated to recieve/download and sure is convenient when missing a great show. From the article several NPR shows are podcastsing already such as on the media link to article below. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html?pg=3&topic=curry&topic_set=
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Keep up the good work. It's worth it... I've never seen so many people so excited about radio. Remember that!
Posted by: Doug at February 2, 2005 08:15 PM