...The Times, They are a-changing.
So, I actually did it. I brought back Radio Free Subspace on January 1st. I'm kinda proud of that. I figured that I'd slip the schedule somehow, or just flake on it completely. I did it, and it's been up and running (pretty much) since.
Problem is, no one is listening. Not even me.
Yeah, for 'RandomBits' last Saturday, we had about a half-dozen listeners at one point. And for 'The Suite' on Tuesday we had a listener or two - but for 99% of the time it has been sitting at '0' listeners. I'll admit, 'RandomBits' was a lot of fun to do. The Suite, not so much - as we had 0 listeners for most of the show.
The problem is, I believe, that there are already so many good services out there for getting the music you want. Pandora, for example. Or Slacker Radio. Those streaming services allow you to customize your own station - so you're always getting songs that you want to hear. And I <3 those services, and listen to Pandora a lot.
In fact, when I'm sitting with my phone, I'll choose to listen to Pandora for hours over listening to *my own music webcast* for even ten minutes. So how can I entice others to listen to something that I won't? Is it even worth running a web cast station any more?
I'm considering just shutting down the 24/7 webcasting and just firing it up for 'RandomBits' on Saturday and 'The Suite' on Tuesday. I'm considering just realizing that the time for the 'home webcast' has come, and gone - and maybe it's time to just wrap it up finally and move on.
I'd even consider doing a 'Suite' Pod Cast, but really - half the fun for me is interacting live with the listeners over IRC - and that can't be duplicated via Pod Cast.
If I'm going to keep it around, I need to focus in on an actual format. Playing 'Riverdance' followed by 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' followed by something by Michael Buble, then an Eminem just really doesn't work. It's much *too* eclectic. I've been trying to trim it down, but it's still all over the place.
At any rate, I've got the stream up for the month of January. We'll see how it goes, I guess.
Problem is, no one is listening. Not even me.
Yeah, for 'RandomBits' last Saturday, we had about a half-dozen listeners at one point. And for 'The Suite' on Tuesday we had a listener or two - but for 99% of the time it has been sitting at '0' listeners. I'll admit, 'RandomBits' was a lot of fun to do. The Suite, not so much - as we had 0 listeners for most of the show.
The problem is, I believe, that there are already so many good services out there for getting the music you want. Pandora, for example. Or Slacker Radio. Those streaming services allow you to customize your own station - so you're always getting songs that you want to hear. And I <3 those services, and listen to Pandora a lot.
In fact, when I'm sitting with my phone, I'll choose to listen to Pandora for hours over listening to *my own music webcast* for even ten minutes. So how can I entice others to listen to something that I won't? Is it even worth running a web cast station any more?
I'm considering just shutting down the 24/7 webcasting and just firing it up for 'RandomBits' on Saturday and 'The Suite' on Tuesday. I'm considering just realizing that the time for the 'home webcast' has come, and gone - and maybe it's time to just wrap it up finally and move on.
I'd even consider doing a 'Suite' Pod Cast, but really - half the fun for me is interacting live with the listeners over IRC - and that can't be duplicated via Pod Cast.
If I'm going to keep it around, I need to focus in on an actual format. Playing 'Riverdance' followed by 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' followed by something by Michael Buble, then an Eminem just really doesn't work. It's much *too* eclectic. I've been trying to trim it down, but it's still all over the place.
At any rate, I've got the stream up for the month of January. We'll see how it goes, I guess.