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- »CL9: C.G.M. UKScene Radio Station
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- »CL4: By Darkus/Mangoo
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- »CL0:As we all know, nowadays the idea of
- opening up a scene dedicated
- radiostation certainly isn`t a new
- one. However the EC team has
- uncovered a station with a difference,
- so one decided to travel across the
- country and behind the scenes to
- report back to you all what I
- discover.
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- »CL1:You might have guessed from the
- article title that the station is
- called C.G.M. UKScene Radio Station,
- 32 year old Englishman Mark Dunn alias
- Solorize is the man responsible for
- the broadcasting. He began his scene
- career in 1996 although he explains "I
- had an interest in the scene from
- about 1993, downloading demos and so
- on". The broadcast first came on air
- just over 1 year ago and Solorize
- explained to me if it wasn`t for his
- girlfriend nagging him about his noisy
- music making sessions he would never
- have opened the station. Just as we
- had a private minute, Solorize
- whispers in my ear "I kept waking the
- kid up which then annoyed my
- girlfriend". Which, you can imagine
- lead to his eventual decision to
- search for different scene projects.
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- »CL0:As the radio`s name suggests "UKScene
- Radio" the playlist consists of only
- music produced by UK musicians. It`s
- the first project of it`s kind and
- possibly an innovation that could be
- mirrored over other countries.
- Wanting to know how Solorizes
- formulated the idea he confessed to
- being a fan of UK scene musicians work
- and went as far as claiming "while I
- have a large collection, I thought
- other people would like to listen to
- all the music I had downloaded"
- furthermore he explains "without
- having to go and spend the time
- themselves downloading them all".
- Cleverly, Solorize later admitted
- another major reason for featuring the
- UK alone was to avoid being in direct
- competition with Nectarine. "They do
- a fine job and we don`t need another
- station featuring artists from around
- the world".
-
- »CL1:Looking again at the name of the radio
- station, not only is it quite a
- mouthful but also slightly confusing.
- Without having to ask Solorize
- thankfully explained "C.G.M = Computer
- Generated Music, just for those who
- want to know".
-
- »CL0:As Solorize earlier explained, the
- station has been on air for more or
- less a full year now. During the
- course of such a time period one would
- be expected to have the information
- available to decide whether or not the
- station has been a success. Solorize
- confidently allowed me access to the
- listeners log and it was clear to see
- he has regular listeners, moreover
- individuals who tend to keep
- submitting new songs. Although it
- would appear the station has various
- expansion problems. As Solorize
- informs me "I have negative feedback
- from people wanting a higher stream
- bitrate". Surely he would simply
- increase it? "My ISP has a crappy
- upload speed limit which restricts
- either the amount of concurrent
- listeners or broadcast quality".
- Admittedly, he has a problem which
- will effect the eventual growth. The
- only solution Solorize has came up
- with involves seeking help from you.
- "I`m looking for people who could help
- me relay the station". Hopefully one
- of you reading this could help? Find
- his contact details at the end of the
- article.
-
- »CL1:Outside help permitting, Solorize has
- already formulated new plans to
- improve the content of the broadcast.
- He explains "once a week i`d like to
- do a dedicated music set for a
- featured artist along with audio
- interviews". The chance of hearing
- the likes of Spaceman, Dreamfish or
- Rob Hubbard doing an interview on air
- is surely a winner. Over recent
- months Solorize released a chip pack
- for the PC scene featuring a
- collection of songs from the
- radiostation, namely "Distant
- Memories". Check it out and listen to
- what you can expect to hear from his
- station.
-
- Just before I leave you with all the relevant contact and url information, I`d
- just like to wish Solorize the best of luck with his project and my thanks for
- being such a nice host.
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- »CL8:CGM UKScene Radio Station website - http://www.lmp.d2g.com
- »CL7:Submit Songs to: (UK Artists only) - http://www.lmp.d2g.com/song-submit.html
- »CL8:Listening via WinAMP - http://lmp.d2g.com:8000/listen.pls
- »CL7:Solorizes personal email address - solorize@ntlworld.com
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