Lancelot's Prams' Radio Programs: May 2011

Tuesday 31 May 2011

'The Butterfly Ball' - Roger Glover [1974]

Your Favourite Featured Album for Tuesday 7th June 2011, 1.30 - 3.30 pm (AEST) was :

"The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast", by Roger Glover and Friends (1974)

* Where were you when you first heard songs from this album?
* What does this album remind you of?
* Who were you with when you first heard music from this album?
* Why does this albums' music sound special to you?
* What were you doing when you first heard music from this album?
* How does hearing songs from this album make you feel?

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast is a concept album and subsequent live rock opera appearing in 1974 and 1975 respectively, based on the children's book of the same title (The album cover design is from Alan Aldridge's design for the book).
It was originally conceived as a solo vehicle for Jon Lord and to be produced by Roger Glover who had recently left Deep Purple, but Lord proved too busy with Deep Purple and Glover took up the reins on his own.
Using his connections, Glover recruited a large cast of noted rock musicians to perform on it, with a different vocalist for each track including David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes.
The single "Love Is All", with vocals from Ronnie James Dio, made a minor impression in the UK but reached number one in The Netherlands.
Its accompanying animated short movie also gained unexpected success in France, where the newly launched second TV channel Antenne 2 used it as a fill-in every time it experienced "technical difficulties". These random airings, together with the psychedelic tone of the clip and the lack of subtitles, made it very popular amongst young viewers. (Source)

1974 in music ... 38 years ago ...

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Thursday 26 May 2011

Slow -Tempo music

Things to think about - Slow-Tempo music on your radio program timeslot
Consider the following tips:

Pay attention to tempo when moving songs to and from current categories. Try and keep songs with more tempo longer in categories that turn faster. Balance tempo as you build categories.
Weed out all "OK, barely made the cut" ballads from your radio station. Add slow songs from new and second tier artists slower than up tempo songs. When deciding on the criteria for sorting an auditorium or an online test into power, medium, and light categories, consider using different criteria for up and down tempo songs.
Allow songs with greater tempo but slightly lower research scores to make the cut to hotter rotations, and place songs with higher scores and lower tempo in slower rotations.
The important thing here is to make that decision yourself.
Do not let your music scheduling software program your radio station based on the rules you have placed on it.
That is to say: avoid forcing tempo on your radio station by playing second and third tier songs more often than power records simply based on tempo.
Take control by making these decisions yourself on a song by song basis. This is called manual editing, and no schedule should ever be merged until you’ve taken the extra time to do this.
Decide what songs are deserving of a particular category based on available resources (research, artist acceptance, song performance, and tempo) and make sure the songs in these categories are turning over correctly. This ensures a proper rotation based on all the criteria, not just tempo.
Do it right the first time. Give plenty of consideration to every song when coding for tempo. The little bit of extra time now will pay high dividends later. If you code a song as "medium" tempo, consider how it will play next to a song coded as "slow," etc. Is it really “medium?” Or, should it be medium slow? The more “mediums” you have, the lower the average tempo of the station will be.
Pay attention to texture as well as tempo. A down tempo song with a positive message will not slow your radio station down as much as a slow song with a negative message.
Don't just focus your attention on too many slow songs back to back. Too many fast songs in a row means you'll have fewer up tempo records in the next sweep or the next hour. Keeping fast songs from playing together will help your scheduler find available tempo "at the top of the stack" when it is needed.
Most important, make sure the tempo problem you're hearing is not just the music.
Evaluate all the non-music elements on your station to make sure they have energy and sizzle.
Reinforce the importance of a bright, positive delivery every time your air staff opens the microphone.
Finally, most listeners are more likely to stay with a slow ballad they truly love than an up tempo song they consider "just OK."

If music tempo is the only consideration for the excitement and energy found on your radio station, perhaps a surplus of ballads is only part of the problem.

(Source : http://aoprep.blogspot.com Last accessed on 26 May 2011)

Wednesday 25 May 2011

'Sheryl Crow' by Sheryl Crow

Your Favourite Featured Album for Tuesday 31st May 2011, 1.30 - 3.30 pm (AEST) will be :

"Sheryl Crow", by Sheryl Crow (1996)

Sheryl Crow is the second album by American singer Sheryl Crow, released in 1996.
Reaching #6 on the Billboard 200 and #5 on the UK Album Chart, Sheryl Crow has sold 2.9 million units in the US as of January 2008.
Sheryl Crow is featured in Vital Pop: 50 Essential Pop Albums list by Slant magazine. The album also made the Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll at number 26 and Mojo named it the 39th best album of 1996.
British magazine Q named Sheryl Crow one of their 90 favorite albums of the 90s.
Rolling Stone also selected it as one of the essential albums of that decade in 1999, while naming the self-titled effort the 44th greatest album of all time by a female artist in 2002.
In 2008, Entertainment Weekly magazine placed the album at number 39 in their list of Top 100 Best Albums of the past 25 years. (Source)

1996 in music ... 15 years ago ...

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Wednesday 18 May 2011

"II" by Led Zeppelin

Your Favourite Featured Album for Tuesday 24th May 2011, 1.30 - 3.30 pm (AEST) was :

"Led Zeppelin II", by Led Zeppelin (1969)

Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in October 1969 on Atlantic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at several locations in the United Kingdom and North America from January to August 1969.
Production was entirely credited to lead guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page, while it also served as Led Zeppelin's first album to utilise the recording techniques of engineer Eddie Kramer.
Led Zeppelin II furthered the lyrical themes established on their debut album, creating a work that became more widely acclaimed and influential than its predecessor. With elements of blues and folk music, it also exhibits the band's evolving musical style of blues-derived material and their guitar and riff-based sound. It is one of the band's heaviest albums.
Upon release, Led Zeppelin II earned a considerable amount of sales and was Led Zeppelin's first album to reach number one in the United Kingdom and United States. In 1970, art director David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for Led Zeppelin II. On 15 November 1999, it was certified 12x platinum for sales in excess of 12 million copies.
It has been recognised by writers and music critics as one of the greatest and most influential rock albums ever recorded. (Source)