A few folks have asked about which process I go about producing my ‘Sunday Morning Jazz’ radio show on KRUA.

Below chronicles how I do it…please keep in mind there are a great many methods and tools out there…this is merely my method, though I’ve tried quite a few things over the years.

Firstly, unless I’m out of town on vacation or emergency business, my show is LIVE! Yes I’m really there, I take calls, and I play requests.

iTunes

All my music is digitized and resides on an upgraded MacBook (320 GB hard drive). I will prior to the show date compile my show’s tunes into a playlist and patch the computer into the station sound board for play over the air.

beaTunes

One of the tools I use to keep my digital library tidy. Thought beaTunes is touted as a tool for the building of playlists (like songs), I find it is most useful in the scanning and identification of dupes, improper labels, and misspellings.

Music Brainz

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Tune Ranger

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In order to help comply with any requests, all my music has been digitized onto a MacBook and ready for play through the patchboard.

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Adobe Audition

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More later (working as I go…currently on vacation).

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Now playing: Stefon Harris & Jacky Terrasson - Tank’s Tune
via FoxyTunes

I plan soon to outline the various programs and help files I use to organize my music files and produce my radio shows. Stay tuned!!!

Please support and listen to University of Alaska Anchorage radio; KRUA.

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Now playing: John Coltrane & Miles Davis - In a Sentimental Mood
via FoxyTunes

A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you.

Better to be safe than………………..Punch a 5th grader
Strike while the …………………….Bug is close
It’s always darkest before…………… Daylight Savings Time
Never underestimate the power of……….Termites
You can lead a horse to water but……..how?
Don’t bite the hand that…………….. looks dirty
No news is…………………………..impossible
A miss is as good as a……………….Mr.
You can’t teach an old dog new…………math
If you lie down with dogs, you’ll………stink in the morning
Love all, trust……………………..me
The pen is mightier than the…………..pigs
An idle mind is……………………..The best way to relax
Where there’s smoke there’s……………pollution
Happy the bride who…………………..gets all the presents
A penny saved is……………………..not much
Two’s company, three’s………………..the Musketeers
Don’t put off till tomorrow what……….you put on to go to bed
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and…….you have to blow your nose.
None are so blind as………………….Stevie Wonder
Children should be seen and not………..spanked or grounded
If at first you don’t succeed………….get new batteries
You get out of something what you………see pictured on the box
When the blind leadeth the blind……….get out of the way

And the favorite:

Better late than…………………….pregnant.

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Now playing: North Mississippi Allstars - Psychedelic Sex Machine
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: Benny Goodman and Helen Forrest - Perfidia
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: Miles Davis - Summertime
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: Frank Zappa - Black Napkins
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: Bessie Smith - Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: The Felice Brothers - Frankie’s Gun!
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: The Mendoza Line - Before I Hit The Wall
via FoxyTunes