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My Weeks on the Radio Machine

Devin — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:59:06 +0000

Going into my third week on the radio filling in for Wild William Wesley I am finding that it can get a bit monotonous. I’m going to be on for the next two weeks as well, and I need to find some ways to spice it up a bit. I like to use facebook as a means of making radio a 2 way communication device rather then just 1 way.

I went for an air check yesterday and it went a lot better then I thought, and I discovered that I am a bit too formal in my communication style, I need to make it more fun, and make my bits more relatable. This is an issue I had in broadcasting school as well, but it is starting to get better and will hopefully become more natural.

Journey’s Promo

Devin — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:14:21 +0000

I don’t get to post too much on Video projects because right now they are few and far in between, but this one was created today for the purpose of out pre-roll for the streaming page. I chose to film Trevor and have his image and not just voice so that listeners would be able to put a face to the voice. I guess I could have just put a picture of him, but I didn’t feel like that would accurately portray the voice to face “ratio” because you have to be able to see their mannerisms and the way they present themselves, thus little Jang in the video helps with that image.

Through The Fog, The Lights Are Still Shining

Devin — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:33:16 +0000

Often throughout life we wonder why we are here, if we are worth anything and what are we supposed to do. I’ve been faced with these challenging thoughts many times in my life. These thoughts can sometimes get the better of me, and can have an ill affect on my outlook on life. I’ve always wondered if perhaps one day this negative outlook would get the better of me and if boom, it’s all over. I highly doubt that will happen, because I can’t forsee it, I always have too much good going on in my life, but for a brief moment, I do forget it.

I now have a friend who is in that position, and it saddens me because he is really dear to me. I want to help him, and I am trying to help him but his situation is unique compared to me. Right now I feel a little bit useless because I’ve always have been able to help friends, but it seems not him, and it has made me feel very weary. Right now, all I can do is stay close to him and support him in any way that he needs right now until he is out of his depressive state. I see so much potential in him, and I know he will end up doing awesome things. He is a very intuitive person and a great problem solver, and creative.

Life is special, and so are you, so you deserve a special life.

I could go on for hours about how awesome he is and how much he really does mean to me, but it is something that is hard to portray in words, I don’t yet have the technical writing standard to even begin to explain it. My message to him right now is to get well soon, and you have my support.

Production

Devin — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:59:25 +0000

The Production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Karl Marx

Trevor Linden, a Recording.

Devin — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:19:18 +0000

Exclusively for CFNR

Hi, I’m Trevor Linden, You’re listening to CFNR, home of the Canucks in the North.

Trevor Linden On Stage at Minerals North 2013 in Terrace BC as Seen Through The Tricaster.

While at Minerals North I has the opportunity to record a spot for the station with Trevor Linden. I asked him to say “Hi, I’m Trevor Linden, You’re listening to CFNR, home of the Canucks in the North.” I didn’t have a recorder on hand, so I used my iPhone using the voice memos app. I e-mailed it to myself. When I did the recording there was a lot of background noise and I was able to effectively edit it out to make it sound like a clean recording. I then edited it on my laptop right there and sent it off.

A Clean Slate

Devin — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:02:47 +0000

I found myself at a crossroad in my life. What I have been doing wasn’t working, so a reinvention was necessary

Today is the day for new beginnings. Spring has sprung and brings new life, and change, so I am bringing new life to myself. I’ve deleted everything from my blog because it was no longer relevant to who I am. It isn’t gone though, archived to reflect and to never forget who I was, and to help me continue to shape who I am. This wasn’t the only justification for deleting all of my blog posts, it had its technical reasons as well because with this new theme, comes new technical standards in the way that I will post stuff.

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

-J. B. Priestly

I feel that I am finally finding my place back here in Terrace and my career is starting to take off nicely. I have purged people from my life that seemed to be toxic and rebuilding my friend base. This will most likely be a slow and emotional cause but, in the end it will make me a happier person. Now my concentration is going to be continuing my adult life, living healthier and leading a less stressful day.

I really want to focus on the living healthier thing because this may be the largest hurdle. Since I’ve moved back I’ve gained almost 50 pounds. I’ve only been back for a little over a year so that is a lot of weight in a not so long period of time. I attribute it to the fact that being in radio isn’t a terribly active job, but that isn’t the only excuse, my eating habits are really bad. Perhaps, when I was a student and wasn’t able to afford a lot of food may have turned me into a bit of a glutton. This has been detrimental to my health and my wallet. So now that I am all settled in and not acting like I will never see food again, I think I can start to balance an active lifestyle.

Just a test

Devin — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:09:52 +0000

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