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DF Pirate Radio – Cliffnotes (2008 Season)

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Cliff Notes – 2008 Season

* After two years (since 2006) on hiatus and the first time since November 2007 any new sets have been released, DF PIrate Radio returned to the webcast scene in October 2008 with a brand new show.

* Chrissy is DJ digitalflood’s wife in real life. They were married in April of 2007.

* The current Pirate Radio studio is in the Welch household’s living room.

* The speaking interludes in Pirate Radio are actually recorded days before the show is engineered and produced. The playlist is one of the first pieces of Pirate Radio that is determined. From there a format is fleshed out. A general plot decided. Then recording takes place. The music and sound effects are added in later during production.

* Every live mix show has contained at least one track featuring Old Dirty Bastard. This is an homage to DJ digitalflood’s favorite rapper.

* Live mix shows take longer to actually make than the normal spoken format shows. On top of the normal four hour production time required to create an episode, a one hour recording session must be performed in real time. Normal shows only require about 30 minutes of recording to tape the voice interlude segments. Mixing then occurs in the production software and not in real time thus speeding the actual creation process.

* The lost episode (11/3/08) took some four months to be released. Production began in one version of Sony software and ended in another. Yes– we took long enough to go up a version during production.

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Far Too Long…

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It’s been a trip and then some. I don’t think there is any need for introductions or explanations. I don’t think an apology is due. Nor do I think there is time to go on some long strange story about how I freed the Gnomes of Morodor using nothing more than a pair of tongs and a waffle iron. No, I think we’d all best be served if I got back to doing what I do best– let’s do this thing we call Internet.

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DF Pirate Radio – Cliffnotes (2007 Season)

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Cliff Notes – 2007 Season

* There is only one episode for Volume 3. DJ Digitalflood came off his hiatus to let us know he was still alive and kicking in late November 2007. The show features no monologue and mainly focuses on mixing. It is arguably the best mixed DF Pirate Radio episodes to date.

* DF Pirate Radio no longer releases weekly, but does continue production though clearly not at the pace it used. DJ Digitalflood does continue to work on tracks nevertheless.

* This show was completely mixed real time on virtual turntables. Post-production was limited to minor audio inserts (sound clips and show jingles), as well as, audio clean up work. Otherwise the show is is completely real time as it would be heard if you sitting right there during production. The show was done in one take with no edits on the mixing.

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DF Pirate Radio – Cliffnotes (2005 Season)

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Cliff Notes – 2005 Season

* DJ Digitalflood (aka Chris Welch) originally started his broadcast career with underground taped radio shows featuring himself and his brother recorded during the early 90s. Arguably it stands as one of the worst amateur radio shows of its time.

* DJ Digitalflood started his semi-professional career as a DJ while attending SUNY Orange between 1996 and 1999. During that time he appeared daily on WOCC Radio (530 AM Middletown, NY) under the moniker flAnnelmAn. His luncheon hour show was called “The flAnneljAm”.

* DJ Digitalflood became the Vice President of WOCC Radio in the Fall Semester of 1999. By the end of the semester the college administration had closed the radio station down citing inappropriate behavior and safety concerns. True story… unfortunately.

* In real life, MC Mary @ The Disco! is really DJ Digitalflood’s sister (though she may deny it when asked).

* Volume 1 and 2 were recorded in DJ Digitalflood’s bedroom while living at his Mom’s house.

* All voice takes with the exception of two incidents were recorded in one take. All were unedited in their final form.

* Groucho is really DJ Digitalflood’s cat. He really does attack the recording equipment several times over the course of Volume 1 and 2.

* Pirate Radio is recorded with the same computer and software listed in DJ Digitalflood’s Bio in a similar manner that Digitalflood music tracks are produced.

* Commonly with guests came their “posses”. This created ad hoc studio audiences of four or five other people during recording.

* DJ Digitalflood’s daughter in real life is Georgette @ The Disco. She was four years old during the recording of the Volume 1 season.

* Georgette @ The Disco does really bite DJ Digitalflood during Vol. 1 Episode 9.

* Contrary to popular belief MC Mary @ The Disco! was not truly “Robo-Tripping” during the Christmas Episode (Vol. 1 Episodes 11 and 12). She is a really good actor though.

* DJ SlipK recorded several episodes of his own web cast, which can still be found on the Net if you search hard enough.

* Volume 1 Episode 6 was one of a few times where DJ Digitalflood had four 16 year old girls in his bed… Before you call the police– he himself was not in the bed at any time. He was way across the room manning the recording equipment. It does make a great joke though. Gotcha!

* Jeff of course really did know he was on a Pirate Radio show (Vol. 1 Episode 5) and appears several times over the course of Volume 1 and 2 as Hulk Hogan.

* Macho Man Randy Savage is really voiced by Skow.

* Having a four year old around (DJ Georgette @ The Disco!) forced the radio team to rethink how it did its comedy. The result was more in the line of thought out jokes and resulted in some of the more complex humor.

* An average Pirate Radio show took two hours to record, but required about an hour of prep time along with an average of four hours of post-production to make a 60 minute show. The pre and post production work was performed solely by DJ Digitalflood.

* Shows were recorded 24 hours before their release date.

* At its peak in late 2005, Pirate Radio has close to 100 weekly listeners.

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Classic DF – A BIT OF TIME TO CATCH YOUR BREATHE.

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treeDigitalflood Pirate Radio will be on hiatus for the next few weeks. This was not an easy decision for me to make, but due to the continued frantic pace that my professional and personal life continues to move at something has to give. That something is the weekly upkeep of the show. I have become very busy over the past several weeks, but please understand this is by no means a bad thing. As work and home needs more attention I simply cannot keep up with my hobby at this time. By giving up the show for a bit though this will allow me to focus more on important things like my daughter, family, and friends. In the end, as I said before, this is a good thing. It gives me a chance to recharge. Perhaps a chance to refocus. Then, when time allots itself, we shall give it another go and continue where we left off. In the meantime, over the coming weeks, I will be reposting some classic episodes so you can catch up. As always, I thank you for listening and checking in. Please be sure to do so and continue to follow my other projects.

Thanks for the memories,

Chris Welch

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