Last week, a friend from the local community radio station asked me to host his show in his place. As I have told here before, I present a program about vipassana meditation on Sunday mornings. But his program airs on Mondays, at peak hour, and it is only about music. Music from his personal collection. And because it is drive time, the program also offers information about traffic, news and weather every half-hour.
Well, he asked me to host the show for him because he had other commitments, but he said I should play music from MY OWN collection.
What? Two hours to fill with songs I like? Deal! Nothing would give me more pleasure and pride as he trusted me to do this favor.
But actually, it was a battle to choose the songs after I realized that two hours were not enough to play all 47 tracks that I had pre-selected! As I was making the script of the program, I took Frank Sinatra, Diana Krall, Zizi Possi out of the playlist... but still, I had twenty-three tracks of my favorite songs and it fitted in 120 minutes.
It was a delight to play in just one show so many cool songs I hadn't listened for ages, and despite a small technical problem during the show - which served to raise the level of adrenaline in the studio! - I had great fun! :-)
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Well, he asked me to host the show for him because he had other commitments, but he said I should play music from MY OWN collection.
What? Two hours to fill with songs I like? Deal! Nothing would give me more pleasure and pride as he trusted me to do this favor.
But actually, it was a battle to choose the songs after I realized that two hours were not enough to play all 47 tracks that I had pre-selected! As I was making the script of the program, I took Frank Sinatra, Diana Krall, Zizi Possi out of the playlist... but still, I had twenty-three tracks of my favorite songs and it fitted in 120 minutes.
Here, a sample of how it went:
It was a delight to play in just one show so many cool songs I hadn't listened for ages, and despite a small technical problem during the show - which served to raise the level of adrenaline in the studio! - I had great fun! :-)
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Na semana passada, um colega da rádio comunitária local me pediu pra apresentar o programa no lugar dele. Como já contei aqui, apresento um programa sobre meditação nas manhãs de domingo. Mas, o programa dele vai ao ar às segundas-feiras, hora de pico, e é somente sobre música. Música da coleção pessoal dele. E, por causa do horário, o programa também oferece informações sobre o trânsito, notícias e previsão do tempo a cada meia-hora.
Pois bem, ele me pediu pra apresentar o programa no lugar dele porque tinha outros compromissos, mas disse que eu deveria tocar músicas da MINHA PRÓPRIA coleção.
O quê? Duas horas pra preencher com músicas que eu gosto? Claro que topei! Nada me daria mais prazer e orgulho já que ele demonstrou confiança ao me pedir esse favor.
Mas, na verdade, foi uma batalha pra escolher as músicas depois que me dei conta de que duas horas não eram suficientes pra tocar todas as 47 faixas que eu havia pré-selecionado! Enquanto montava o script do programa, fui tirando da lista Frank Sinatra, Diana Krall, Zizi Possi... mas, ainda assim, fiquei com vinte e três faixas das minhas músicas favoritas e que couberam em 120 minutos.
Foi uma delícia tocar em um só programa tanta música legal que fazia tempos eu não ouvia e, apesar de um pequeno problema técnico durante o show - que serviu pra aumentar o nível de adrenalina dentro do estúdio! - me diverti à beça! :-)
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