11 Hours, No Voice...

So this last week has been a week of 'interesting' broadcasting. First of all it started with Leah's last ever Drivetime show, which was really fun then stuck around on Lukes Jukebox which was also really fun. However after the two shows which consisted of lots of screaming my voice was starting to go. Then I stayed around the station messing around with Aron and Luke which really really did not help. 

Friday I turn up to do my normal show, The Instant Radio Mix 6-8 which as always was so much fun, its really great just being able to do a show I love, play music I love and just have loads of fun. And having gilly there choosing the party hour is great and he always seems to pick songs which I love!! However the show did included lots of singing along to tracks off the air, which then also ruined my voice! 

So then we jump to Sunday and we start of  the first of our Jubilee special outside broadcasts. This started out well but then the weather really turned and the heavens opened. Luckily the event was a success and the broadcast went really really well. However I did start to lose my voice again. 

We then move on to Monday and the second of our outside broadcast which was Party in the Park. We have done this show 3 years in a row now, and is really really fun. It’s hard work but fun. Well down to my voice being pretty bad at the moment and having the broadcast the day before, I knew the show was going to be hard. I kinda un-estimated how much work physically and mentally it is doing over 11 hours of broadcasting from events out in the field with no show plans or anything!

Well anyway both the shows went really good, no technical problems, no nothing. My voice is still screwed and I probably should try to fix that this week. 

I said it on twitter but thanks to Aron who without, we couldn't of done the shows. He took on the hard and sometimes boring role of sitting at the station and engineering all the shows, making sure we sounded great and just keeping us on the air. It’s hard work to do 5 hours of broadcasting out in the field but being on your own in the studio can sometimes get really boring. So yeah thanks so much to Aron, it’s been really good working with a presenter who I wouldn't normally see that much as I'm never around during his shows. 

Also thanks to Luke who has come on nearly all the OBs with me now but this year he really was great! He set-up all the gear for me before I arrived at both locations and was really nice having that sorted and just knowing that when I got to the events, I wouldn't have to worry about sorting all the kit out. It was also nice just having someone around who knows how I work, how I like things and just making sure everything worked, and making sure I was happy!! I probably couldn't of done the OBs like we did without Luke so yeah THANK YOU LUKE!!

Anyway I'm going to shut up now as its late, I'm tired and well I'm bored of this lol I just thought I would write this post as I haven't wrote on this blog site for ages, I update a few quick things / photos on my tumblr PeteHelmore.com

Bye

PS I still love radio and broadcasting and never want to stop. Its easy to get annoyed or tired with things when they are hard, or someone involved with them annoys you but you always need to stay focused on the end result and if you wan't a job in your chosen area, forget about idiots, have fun and try be the best at everything. 

PPS I just realised its been over a year since I updated this blog, oooops. You should just follow me on twitter, not that I really tweet that much any more. @PeteHelmore