I've started a new volunteer gig, which is like the coolest volunteering you can do (for me anyway) - DJ'ing a music program at a local radio station! The station (KAXE) was a pioneer in rural public radio for Minnesota and has over 100 volunteers that DJ for their On The River (OTR) show. The basic concept for OTR is to play a total mix of music and genres, volunteers choosing and coordinating the music while learning to be DJs.
I feel like the past 3 years, I've been living a very isolated music life. Before that, new music all of the time, going to see shows, a big priority in my life. I've been listening to good music, don't get me wrong :) Just have ventured out of my ipod/itunes very little. Since I've started volunteering, it's been an awesome challenge to find new music. Even putting my ipod on shuffle has introduced me to so much music I quite literally had at my fingertips and hadn't discovered yet. Isn't it funny that once we moved into the boonies, that's when I finally become hip to new tunes? Anyhow, I'm loving doing this and go out of the studio after a show with a total buzz. FUN!
Kiki's Radio Adventure Hour (coined by Jack Phinney) is on the radio this Monday night (2/11), 7-10pm. (www.kaxe.org)
