From fa.announce at freshair.org.uk Fri Feb 8 07:11:32 2008 From: fa.announce at freshair.org.uk (Fresh Air Announcements) Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:11:32 +0000 Subject: [Fresh Air] FAN Message-ID: <47AC5504.8030405@googlemail.com> FreshAir Show Pics <#Link1> Features <#Link2> Charts <#Link3> Free Track <#Link4> Show Tips <#Link5> Welcome to the first ever issue of the Fresh Air Newsletter! The Fresh Air Newsletter is to be a regular newsletter, an informative newsletter, a contains free music sort of newsletter. Expect to hear regular updates on station news, check out our show picks for on air recommendations, gain a free track with each issue, do everything else the little orientation buttons allow you to do at the top, and do it whilst listening to Fresh Air. *Please note, to those who subscribed to the Fresh Air Announce list this is a one-time mailing. To receive future newsletter mailings please re-sign up at * http://mail.freshair.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/fa.newsletter_freshair.org.uk The new semester broadcast kicked off last Friday at noon by the lovely legs belonging to the Amy and Briony show. Since then there's been fifteen hours of live shows a day, nine hours of ever updated Fresh Air play listed programming, making twenty four hours of Fresh Air per lunar cycle. You could not ask for more. To see the fantastic new schedule visit the 'on-air' section on the website. The launch party the night before the broadcast at The Caves was the dog's bananas with a great turn out and a climatic folk pit inspiring set by Broken Records! It's three weeks until to the next Fresh Air Live event with Found taking to Cabaret Voltaire on the 28th. Until then however we have a few events of interest coming up and some extra special things to look out for too. Next Wednesday 13th Fresh Air are hosting a day of careers talk. From 10am-4pm the Cabaret Bar at The Pleasance will be taken over by various speakers from both the Scottish and national radio industry with talks from BBC Scotland's presenter Vic Galloway and his production team, the programme controller of Xfm Scotland, and the team from the Comedy Unit. It's a perfect opportunity to learn more about the radio industry and to meet people from other student stations. It's also all free. Did you know we were on Radio One last Wednesday? Because, you definitely do now. Every fortnight Fresh Air is given it's own slot within the Wednesday night BBC Introducing show to make features on anything to do with the local music scene. This week Fresh Air's feature was on the Fife Kills collective, incidentally the label that this week's free track is signed to. Listen again at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/vicgalloway . Now, By the power of abbreviation and the desire to make us sound cool, efficient and that, we shall henceforth be referring to ourselves as the/ FAN/. After all to fan, (verb) is to cool. Get us! Each week the /FAN /will pick two shows from the current schedule to recommend to you. Whilst Fresh Air strives to be the ultimate alternative station, with our schedule reflecting the wide variety of shows we air. By suggesting two shows a week we hope to intoduce you to something you may not have heard before, and that you definitely ought to. This week /FAN/ picks: The winners of the Fresh Air 'Best Presenter' category from last year. Show name: Sex, Drugs and Cotton Candy. Show Host: Bri Cavallaro (best female) The Music: Jens Lekmen, The Softies and Bobby Baby The Pitch: 'Librarian sweaters, lollipops, and sweet, sweet twee.' Every Monday 7pm-8pm. Show name: This is Music. Show Host: H.P/ Craig Neison (best male) The Music: Chutes, Q without U, My Tiny Roberts, Vampire Weekend The Pitch: According to local band Boyfriend/Girlfriend HP is: "a good sensible man with an acceptible accent playing good records" Every Friday 7pm-8pm. Top <#top> Fancy something a little special? This Friday 7th the Front Row Dancing show are having weegie band Make Model on air as well as Kowalski , bands so up and coming they could easily be mistaken for erections. Front Row Dancing, every Friday 3.30-4.30 on Fresh Air. On Saturday 9th Feb Jason Bond will be doing 'relationship special' on his Let's Push It Forward show. This one-off show will act like a biopic of a relationship, with songs representing the early days, right through to the bitter end. It's on 8-9pm this Saturday, if your single and you know it clap along! The following Sunday, Sunday 17th that is, Lindsay Sugden will be in the studio peforming acoustically and chatting pleasantly to the Signal Zero show. Check her out at 10pm. E-mail publicity at freshair.org.uk if you wish to have a show featured in next week's /FAN/. Top <#top> This week's Fresh Air Playlist as compiled by the Fresh Air Music Team. *Les Savy Fav -- Patty Lee* (Track of the week) *Blood Red Shoes -- You Bring Me Down* *Hot Chip -- One Pure Thought* *Mystery Jets ft Laura Marling -- Young Love* *Elle S'appelle -- She Sells Sea Shells* *Kimya Dawson -- So Nice So Smart* (from the 'Juno' soundtrack) *Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -- Dig Lazarus Dig* *Nada Surf -- See Those Bones* *MGMT -- Time To Pretend* *Sam Amidon -- Saro* *Joshua English -- Miles* *Sons And Daughters -- Chains* *Asobi Seksu -- Mizu Asobi* *Tegan and Sara -- The Con* *Iron & Wine -- Innocent Bones* The Music Team meet every Wednesday at 5.30 at Frankensteins. The music team is currently recruiting, drop by at the meeting or e-mail music at freshair.org.uk if you're interested in listening to the newest of new music, reviewing gigs, deciding what makes the Fresh Air playlist and reporting back on the 'From our own Music Correspondents' show on Fresh Air. Top <#top> Every week the /FAN/ will be giving away a free download. And we hold that truth to be self-evident. This week's free track is "Know by now", by Edinburgh based Eagleowl. Eagleowl are a lo-fi post folk trio who got together back in 2005 with the idea of making some music. Not only did they do exactly that, but they did it rather well earning themselves a signing to the Fife Kills label. They're currently supporting The Twilight Sad, again by playing music and can next be seen on the 20th March at The Liquid Rooms. Last year Eagleowl graced the This Is Music show on Fresh Air, talking, playing, and allowing us to record a live version of "Know by now". That very track is available to download here . www.eagleowlattack.co.uk www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack Top <#top> Every week /FAN/ will dish out production tips, on-air tips, and any pieces of advice we think those interested in making radio may be interested in. This week we're starting simple. Fix Up, Sound Sharp. Smarten up your show with a jingle. If you don't have any sound editing software the easiest place to start is with Audacity , downloadable from their website. It's free and the most basic editing software available. With it you can cut and loop songs to make your own bed music, alter voices to make interesting jingles or simply cut down your show to turn into a podcast or a present for mum. It's as easy as peasy pie to use to. However if you don't know where to start, sign up on the Fresh Air forum for the weekly editing work-shops on Thursdays at 7.30 in Studio 2. Have a feature for you show? Want to make a feature for your show? 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