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
