Hey Zorchman, thanks for responding!  Check out the Tricks and Tips discussion I started in this group!  It helps that my station is well established in my area and that my time slot (3-5 PM Saturdays) is so perfect.  I play every request I can, I use fun slang and talk real fast and act like a madman to get people to keep listening and to tune in again.  I've been on the air for something like 15 years now, so people know where to find me!  I won't be on the air this Saturday (the 31st) but I'll be on the week after.  See you on the radio!-Matt

I hope I get to tune into your show this week, Matt.  What kind of stuff do you do to keep people listening live?  Is it just the absence of recordings that force people to tune in live, or you got some tricks you'd like to share?  I found that ticket give-aways work really well, recently.

I'm probably too late to respond to this, but I gotta say, the rewards of broadcasting live are amazing.  Just being part of an actual community (your city) instead of the bogus "cyber" ghetto is reward enough.  I know that I'm talking to people at work, or in their cars or just doing whatever, and that they are real people, not just hipsters on the infonets.  I meet people all the time who never knew that they were rockabilly (my shows' theme) fans until they tuned me in!  My show is underwritten by local businesses and I can promote local shows, record fairs and other events. My show is not archived, so people better not miss it!  That urgency to be there and tune in works for me too; who's going to be upset if your podcast is a few days (or hours) late?  Being on the radio means being ON TIME motherfucker, and of course it's not going to be perfect, but what does being perfect have to do with rock & roll? (Or music, or life?).  My two cents, anyway.  hope you made the choice that's right for you!

i actually picked up a copy of lovers, buggers and thieves from my library!!  a great and twisted read.... now meandering my way thru Guitar Army - John Sinclair... not so much garage as late 60s politix but interesting ride all the same

I shall be buying this on payday, thanks!

John Carlucci said:

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7267275

 

Knights Of Fuzz by Timothy Gassen. I think the book is out of print, but there is a DVD documentary available which has a digital version of the book included.

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7267275

Knights Of Fuzz by Timothy Gassen. I think the book is out of print, but there is a DVD documentary available which has a digital version of the book included.

You should join the The Bookshelf group. There's heaps of info in there about this topic!

Did anyone mention Loud Squirt and Traumahelikopter yet? Both from the Netherlands. Groningen (Grunnen) to be exact.

Loud Squirt are a very intense, high energy garage punk band with one single out so far. Website: http://loudsquirt.blogspot.com/

Traumahelikopter are a very cool garage rock band with two singles out so far: Website: http://traumahelikopter.tumblr.com/

Both bands have an excellent live rep. It's time the rest of the garage punk world gets to know these bands. Do yourself a favor and listen to these 2 bands.

I LOVE that scrap built amp head!! How cool is that!!

Scrap built tube amp (AX84 design), Handmade 1x12 closed back solid pine cabinet. Parts strat.

$150 Marshall head.

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought it would be neat to see some photo's of cool gear. Here's a 1966 Gibson Kalamazoo bass I scored on Ebay for $50. It was totally trashed & I restored it. What you got??

hey donovan,

going to check out your music after i've read this topic. I also play in a 2 piece band, and would like to have a wider, more ballsy sound. I wonder, how do you get your signal from your main amp to your other amp?? I have a slave output on my amp, but that one sounds not too good.

thank you!

trashy regards,

Rens

Dan Donovan said:

I play through a fender deluxe/hot rod 40w 12 inch then take a line from pre-amp out into an old trace elliot 7 band graphic 15 inch. This gives me a fat dirty sound with loads of bottom end. We don't have a bass player and at live shows folks always say 'who's triggering the bass lines'. The answer is there's no bass lines being triggered it all comes from my guitar sound. I use no effects pedals, it's pure and simple. All our recordings are done with this set up, no overdubs just one performance. I play drop D tuning and set the graphic up real heavy on the Trace Elliot.

So, I might be able to get my hands on a Silvertone 1464.  I can't find a whole lot of info on them online; anybody had any experiences with using them, feel like offering me any feedback?

Hi I'm Cyrille, from Montmirail, France. I'm into Honky Tonk, Hellbilly Music, Rockabilly, Old-Time, Bluegrass, Mississippi Hillside Blues, Musique Cadienne et Zarico, Murder & Folks songs, to name a few. By the way, that's my first time in social networking, please be indulgent...

Very interesting indeed :):)

author scott schinder is working on bringing a book on garage rock into publication in late 2012. read below + if this sounds like a good project to you, you can support his effort over at kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/239488108/pushin-too-hard-american-garage-rock-in-the-1960s

My dutch review blog's called  Planet Trash

So if a band wants a review of their record at Planet Trash feel free to contact me.

I lucked out and found it at a second hand shop for chump change. It is in no worse shape than most of the ones advertised on Amazon. It is wholly unremarkable and not nearly as interesting as A Short History of Rock 'N' Roll Psychosis. Several of the guys from RI have been talking about some author currently putting together a book of tour stories from people who played with them (although I don't know first hand about this project and, if it doesn't really exist I hold rights over it).

Here are my tips for doing a boss community radio show.  I've been doing one for 15 years.

Be on time-get to the station at least 15 min before "star time".  This lets the DJ before you relax and lets you get your shit together.

At least know what your first tune is going to be-this sets the tone for your show-everything might go crazy from there,but that first track should be killer!

The entire point of your whole show should be to make it impossible for listeners to change the station!  That is why "dead air" is to be avoided;  people will move the dial to make sure the radio is still working, and they might find something they like more on a nearby station!  Tell people whats coming up, both on your show and the next show so they will stick around!  Stick to your genre, but put in some surprises to hook people in.  

Change things up, some slow songs, some fast songs, some instros, some female vocals, etc.  Don't let your listeners get bored! 

Don't play the same records every week-it'll kill you.

Ahhh-I got a million of 'em-what are yours?

BE THE PRESS!

Cherry Cannoli said:

I would love to read a book about this era in NYC. Really. I read "Girl Bomb" which is about the city at that time. Please, bring your stories to the press!,

Bright Stars

or 

the VANES

theCLOWNS

Word, that's what I thought would be the way. I'd rather leave it out in the sun. Knowing myself, I'd forget I what I was doing and forget it in the oven. haha. Yeah I got it for like 3 bucks cuz of the warp. It seems pretty much unplayed for that reason also.

Country Girl With Hot Pants On - Leona williams does it for me Steve! Loving this comp.

swt said:

Just started listening. I thought Southern Culture on the Skids wrote "Daddy was a Preacher Mama Was a Go-Go Girl" Guess I was wrong. This version by Miss DeLois is more trashy than country. I love it!