"...this is a one time offer, the phones are lighting up, the phones are lighting up!! "
FROM THE ARCHIVES (HUMBER COLLEGE 2005)
The Challenge:
Produce a 5 min. long "creative demo" selling yourself to a radio station
The Solution:
You're watching TV one night, flipping around, and you come across an infomercial for the John Michael Howard Radio Rockstar Cassette CD DVD Seminar Series
The Result:
A lot of fun listening to it with the whole class, and dreams of a bright future in radio!
"This is a promo for The First Word, which is the last word on being the best show in town "
#1 - For the diehards, this promo aired at the beginning of our show every week after the group introduction. (FYI, we got cancelled in late 2006, but had a great run. Shout out to everyone on the team!)
#2 - Tracy and I produced a piece centered around Haitian voodoo, and Tracy being consumed by the devil. It wasn't a big hit, and we had to cut it short. Speculation, but it could have been responsible for the axe coming down:) This was how we started the segment, before cutting to the voodoo ceremony. (I will try and hunt down the audio from that!)
2 September 2006 Higher Learning presents....Lowspace Radio #3
"would you go along with someone like me?"
Higher, lower, here, there, and everywhere. Dr. Mike works hard. This is number 3 in lowsound's most popular feature. Who's burning up Myspace right now, listen and find out!
19 August 2006 Higher Learning presents....Lowspace Radio #2
My record crate is full of French house joints, including one of my faves - Cassius' La Mouche. There's a DJ Falcon mix on there that is an insane roof raiser. Their new record "15 again" is dropping soon, so we hit up their Myspace page to take a listen. It sounds different, that's for sure, but so does each record that they put out. No doubt a Cassius record though, their signature sound comes through everything they release.
Check the 2nd link to see some video's of the making of the album, and of their first single, "Toop Toop."
The first link, Lowspace Radio - as featured on Higher Learning/ The First Word/ and CIUT 89.5 FM.
4 June 2006 The Super Countdown Show #1 - Top 10 Podcasts on the Web
"I am so alive...gotta get that money man and ain't a thing funny man."
The Mother's Day edition of Higher Learning blasted through the airwaves with a look at some of the best podcasts in the webmosphere. (ha!) We counted them down through a
Madlib DJ set, unknown facts about Pharrell, and even Police Academy. Hey, it's Higher Learning, email us if you're getting close yet.
"...there's a classroom full of kids in Sudbury, Ontario that are getting that much dumber. "
Two weeks later, and this show had us dancing in the studio for real thanks to a M.I.A. remix that you'll want to rewind. Also, Ricky's laugh, and two Carls - one with a C, one with a K. And we hit number 1 too, with a podcast from a tiny little studio in New York City.
Listen up for the who, what...this is the SCS podcast from Higher Learning, Lowsound, and The First Word.
2 May 2006 Higher Learning presents....Lowspace Radio #1
The first in a new series where we profile up and coming independant musicians, who have some hot beats
posted up on
Myspace. These two acts are from the UK, and both have tracks that are burning up myspace
and the rest of internet radio land.
deep. dubby. bangin. minimal. techno.
This is a guest DJ mix that was put together from scratch from the following
pieces of music.
Recorded and mixed live in Toronto in 2004, it'll clock you if you're not watching. Peace Dan!
Samples: Altitude - Cynosure
Altitude - Blue
B zentz - Intec
Crave - Woodworks
G varley - Bayou
G gow - Restructured
G man - i220
H laux - Kanzleramt
J mills - Axis
M carola - Question
Maurizio - M series
Octave one - 430 west
Quadrant - Planet E
R muegge - Konfect
Repair - Substatic
Rian Torrance - Casual
Studio 1 - Studio 1
Technasia - Technasia
Wild Planet - 430 west
Dick Digital brings you the heat. See his head there, it's on fire.
As a presenter of the Super Countdown show on Lowsound.ca, he delivers
the top 10 tracks for any and every category. Think Hip hop, detroit, rhythm & sound,
minimal, shaolin, instrumental, and chicago house.
The rarest and deepest mixes on the
internet are on lowsound.ca with Dick Digital. Sweep low.
Stay tuned for the first mix coming soon!
Talk Radio hasn't been the same since The Big Chair pulled up a seat.
Sharp, irreverent, and absolutely hilarious, The Big Chair Show is a one
of a kind experience. Topics range from bicycle safety to life after death,
basketball to deep sea marine life. Stay tuned for the Big Chair to get real
comfortable
in the land of internet talk radio. Sit down suckas!
