Cologne
Thought I’m going to Cologne for a few days to get my head cleared up. Lots of things happening these days so need some time off. Just came back from pre-recording a ‘Top 5 tracks of 2007′ for the University radio ‘Koeln Campus’ (I don’t think I’m suppose to tell, they going to pretend I’m live in the studio in December). Was a lot of fun actually, a good friend of mine was interviewing me and we ended up talking about Last.fm (as always).
I still think ‘traditional’ radio is a very interesting medium. I’m not just saying that because I’m doing a show myself but the personal connection between the listener and the presenter/track selector can be closer and it will be difficult to find that kind of ‘relationship’ between and listener and a recommendation engine. DJ led radio shows are surly not the most efficient way of recommending music but the personal aspect cannot be underestimated.
Now that there are so many ‘traditional’ radio show available out there (through podcasts, webstreams, digital radio, FM, etc) the problem is again how to find the right shows for your taste. Filters are needed to find the right filters. Maybe there are some around already, need to do some research.
Anyway, just a thought while I’m sitting in the Cafe Duddel. Oh I have a picture actually; I left my camera at home but this is from my iPhone:
