Sadly my time at Bassdrive radio has come to an end. The reason I was given was that they are looking for 100% reliability from their show broadcasts, which I could not offer anymore. I had worked closely with them to try and improve my setup but to no avail. The technical problems were frustrating for the station, it's listeners and for me...
One limitation of Traktor is that it can only stream in ogg format. One limitation of Bassdrive is that it would only support mp3 input. This meant I had to either prerecord, transcode in real time to mp3 or broadcast my "what you hear" channel. None of which were very prosaic solutions in the end.
I have had a great 5 years on Bassdrive moving from a weekly to a monthly show last year. Like Dfunk said though, "all good things must come to an end". I'd like to thank the whole Bassdrive crew for having faith in me to begin with and I'm sorry things didn't work out. There are no hard feelings and the bright side of all this is that I can now concentrate what little free time I have these days on this podcast. I may return to the radio in future but not before I have a completely solid broadcasting setup and can actually look forward to a trouble-free show.
This month's mix features liberal festive sprinklings of Netsky, Command Strange and The Square tunes - 3 artists with unique styles that continue to catch my ear. Also featured is another delectably simple yet melodic piano tune from Komatic that I am amazed has not been signed yet.
Enjoy the new mix over Christmas and the NY. All I ask is that you don't forget to drop by and visit in 2010.
One limitation of Traktor is that it can only stream in ogg format. One limitation of Bassdrive is that it would only support mp3 input. This meant I had to either prerecord, transcode in real time to mp3 or broadcast my "what you hear" channel. None of which were very prosaic solutions in the end.
I have had a great 5 years on Bassdrive moving from a weekly to a monthly show last year. Like Dfunk said though, "all good things must come to an end". I'd like to thank the whole Bassdrive crew for having faith in me to begin with and I'm sorry things didn't work out. There are no hard feelings and the bright side of all this is that I can now concentrate what little free time I have these days on this podcast. I may return to the radio in future but not before I have a completely solid broadcasting setup and can actually look forward to a trouble-free show.
This month's mix features liberal festive sprinklings of Netsky, Command Strange and The Square tunes - 3 artists with unique styles that continue to catch my ear. Also featured is another delectably simple yet melodic piano tune from Komatic that I am amazed has not been signed yet.
Enjoy the new mix over Christmas and the NY. All I ask is that you don't forget to drop by and visit in 2010.
Drumagick - Full Energy - Nu Labels Agent Alvin - Drift Away - Hospital Netsky - Everyday - Liq-Weed Ganja Q Project - Everything Changes But Me - CIA The Square - Admiration - Drumwise DJ Marky, S.P.Y. - Days Go Slow feat. Miri - BBE Command Strange - Vacation - All Street Syncopix, MTC Yaw - Good Morning - Form Break - Winter Sun - Shogun Audio dBridge - Memory Park - dBridge's SoundCloud The Square - Motion - Drumwise Command Strange - Agaom - Fokuz SpectraSoul - 4 Points - Metalheadz Command Strange - So Good - Have A Break Netsky - Midnight Express - Spearhead
Hi Roc! I hear ya on the technical difficulties.
ReplyDeleteI've massively enjoyed your show since when I discovered it about a hundred (!) episodes ago. I'll definitely be checking back, got your RSS feed in Google Reader!
Please keep posting new mixes and improving! BassDrive won't be the same without you.
Yo Rich! Ive been increasing your global scope to the good people of Finland.
ReplyDeleteHave been playing a few mixes at parties with great success!
see you in the new year.
Dave. (PR to the stars)
That's good to hear NB - I must be doing something right to keep you coming back for that long, cheers for commenting.
ReplyDeleteYo Dave, nice one for playing the mixes in Finland. I am guessing they know how to party up there...especially with your Mrs on the case ;)
I want to take this opportunity to thank Dave as he is talented graphic designer behind the recent redesign of this site. I'm really feeling it and hope you lot are too.
Sorry to see you go. You put out one of my favorite podcasts. Keep up the good work. Hope to hear you again in the future. Happy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support Serene. I'm aiming to keep up the montly mix release cycle so you can expect a new one over the next few weeks. I'm on the case and looking forward to recording it! =)
ReplyDeleteThis is to me where it all began (Thank you Dave). Love to dnb. This is still one of my favorites =)
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