When I first started, I had an interest in doing the music...an idea of what I wanted to do and had access to the music. I know from looking at early playlists that I had some questionable choices. There were songs I liked but didn't really factor in how others would like them. That part I got better at.
This would have been Fall '81. For the sorority mixers, I wanted to please the ladies (so to speak) so I would go talk to them and ask what they wanted to hear...if they had any special songs they danced to, etc. I even borrower albums to record songs I wanted to make sure to have.
I remember I was in Maryville the summer of '81. Trekker, Rinker and Judkins were around. I remember setting my blaster inside the front door on a bench for some happy hour or summer party and that was probably my first gig.
Paul Haake would help me in the studio with selections early on.
I figured out soon enough that I could put usually 12 or 13 songs on a 45 minute side. So for my #1 Tape, I would need roughly 25 songs and that was the heart of the party and dancing. I don't recall using a calculator for mapping out the run times on songs to make sure they would fit but I must have done it long hand.
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