Sharing Music, a New Experience

            When I was young, I always liked to perform. I started performing in my school with the school band. Later on, at the beginning of my high school years, I performed with my own band, and during my senior year I was a drummer in another band. I always liked music, but I never had the chance to perform on a radio show. This opportunity was presented to me on Monday afternoon.

            I have never been part of a radio show, but I have always wanted to share my music in any way I could. On Monday afternoon, I received a call from the Crescent city radio station manager about a position in the radio to do a show. I was surprised to know that the Loyola radio wanted me to be a DJ at the station. I immediately replied yes. I normally think things through, but in this case I didn’t hesitate.

            The radio station manager told me to do a test online and, also without hesitating, I did it. Two days later he later told me that I passed the test and asked me to start next week, I immediately replied that I wanted to start this week, not the next. The station manager, now my boss, told me that it was ok to start on Thursday.

            It was a shock to me that now I had a position at the Loyola radio station, something I have never done before. On Wednesday afternoon, I dedicated my time to prepare shows for the next four weeks, even a special Halloween edition playlist for next week.

I was now nervous to be on a radio, with many people listening to me talking and sharing music. Today, Thursday, after my math class I headed to the radio station and did my show. I started with a nervous voice, but ended with a calm and relaxed voice. After the show ended, my dad texted me and told me he was listening to my show the whole time. I was surprised that he listened to my show, because my music is not the normal music he enjoys listening to. Even so I was happy that he took time from his job to listen to my show. I just hope next week more people tune in to listen to my radio show, I would really like for more people to listen to the music I enjoy listening to every day.