SUNDAY 15th/ NOVEMBER 2015.
Well we managed a little lie in this
morning before I grabbed a quick breakfast and sorted myself out ready to go
down to the studio in Castillo de la Duquesa to prepare for my first show on ‘Castle
Radio FM 89.2’ with the help of Andrew; my playlist was ready and Andrew had recorded some sound
effects for my ‘Bin It’ section with the multi-sound of braking and crashing as
I put my selection for the week ‘Demis Roussos’ in the ‘Bin’ at the end of the
show! He then pre-recorded my opening of
my programme which was a ‘Royal Trumpet Fanfare’ followed by a echo voice over!!
See the picture below as I prepared to go on ‘Air – Live’
I was seated in front of the control deck
with three screens controlled by two mouse’s; you have to co-ordinate between
them and watch the time of the records as to when its time to fade in your
voice at the same time taking down the sound of the record! You start each
record and the commercials are in the list and play automatically; I had my
script but improvised and ad-libbed as I went along as I got more confident!! I
only made one mistake as I pressed the wrong button and played ‘The Rolling
Stones’ instead of Ray Charles!! By the end I was in full flow and was enjoying
myself! See the picture below of ‘Sir’ Malcolm Sexton’ with my ‘Sunday Classic
Session’
Watch this space to see if I’m asked back
to become a regular presenter when I will then be able to broadcast from my
office/ studio in the house?!
As I came back up to the village and parked
the car in the underground car park a English lady who has an apartment in the
village stopped me and said ‘I’ve just been listening to your show and enjoyed
it – my first fan – she didn’t ask for my autograph!! Also on Facebook I’ve
already got several ‘likes’ on my show page !! A “STAR “ is born !!
At lunchtime we went up to Bar Castillo for
a light lunch, Brenda had the ‘Pincho de Gambas’ and I had the excellent ‘Paella’
We took ‘Chispa’ with us as she loves sitting on Brenda’s knee watching the
world go by. See the picture below.
We
then went along to ‘Cafe Plaza’ which was bouncing and very loud as it was the
official opening of the new terrace, we wished the owners all the very best for
the future.
Later I’m going to watch the ‘Brazilian
Grand Prix’ on BBC TV for a change, for our supper this evening we are having ‘Escalope
of Turkey Breast’ served on a bed of savoury Basmati Rice with a rich Mushroom
sauce on the side.
Thoughts for the day from sunny Manilva;
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