Fake FM RADIO Mixes Music Promotion

 

I have spent the last couple years of my creative time making music and animations, posting to Social Media sites, then repeating that. I don't have any fans or audience though, so just a few acquaintances may see something, and that is about all.

Even putting some EDM in this and showing another side of what we have done.

So instead of posting new weekly music again this year, I thought I would try making a few YouTube shorts, with "Streaming KYOTO FM RADIO mixes and DJ chat", using the 60 or so shorts tracks I made in the last year+.  And sprinkle in some Japanese DJ chat. 

You know, try promoting what I already have that has gone mostly unheard.  All the tracks are on Bandcamp, and NO ONE bothers to go there.

Made up a background image "inspired" be the Radiko app used by all Japanese Radio Stations, for streaming their broadcasts on the Internet.  In the latest I make it MEGACURVE KYOTO FM and added an FM style call sign.

They are all about my 3 music tracks in the short, but the DJ chat implies "on FM RADIO" which gives a different feel from what I have been doing till now with the comics and animation. FM radio still has a place in the car or office I guess, especially with news and weather reports, other wise a music streaming service is way ahead. I keep the vocal clips really short and a complete sentence.

Will see how it goes.

Not paying for Premium X, hating what most of Social Media, doesn't give anything I post much visibility, and something I don't consider worth the time. Japanese X is way better than English Twitter though!

An interesting thing to come up with. No idea where the idea came from. Others done this before? I haven't looked.

Other Things

This NASCAR at Le Mans 24HR, "duck out of water" doco is really good. Despite the "primitive" car, it actually finished.  It was the loudest thing on the track, "lots of fun", a "fan favorite", as the American V8 converted much of its gasoline to noise😄

Also watched a doco on the 100th Anniversary of THE NEW YORKER.  The only thing I have ever seen from that has been absolutely wonderful cartoons. Like this:

Near the end there was a bit about the current editor. So successful and lucky in his professional career, but private life, not so much. He had disabled parents and his daughter is profoundly autistic. He plays acoustic guitar to relax and unwind. Said you don't have to be good at it to enjoy something. That seems to be the way things go.

Did this 3 minute comic 11 months ago, and it has had all of 12 views. It looks like one thing, but ends up in a very different place. I think it is interesting, even if the center section could be made "more engaging".

Wife has been studying "advanced for Japanese" Kanji and sitting exams every few months and passing so far. I will go back to studying more written Japanese myself this year, as it is one of the most useful things I can do.  So cut back on making weekly MUSIC+COMICS for nobody, and work on something useful instead.  Will still be making music sometimes though... I need to.

Will probably have a "minor" surgery this week, and hope it doesn't knock me about like the "non minor" surgery I had 8 years ago did. Was told be fine in 2 weeks and back at work. That involved 4 weeks of agony for 8 hours a day and even though I was back at work after 6 weeks, took me 12 months to fully recover.  Edit: 2025/1/15 I got bumped to next week due to wife's appointments and house insurance things.  

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