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Bob Day - WFIT FM Monday 2-6PM 06-06-88 | 3:57:53 | Download |
Bob Day - WFIT FM Saturday 2-6PM 04-06-91 | 4:04:03 | Download |
Bob Day - WFIT FM Saturday 2-6PM 04-20-91 | 3:58:01 | Download |
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WA1A FM Saturday Night Mix Shows -
107.1 FM in Melbourne FL. This radio station was known for
playing top 40 but, a new General Manager wanted to expand
the programing and expressed interest in a house, techno
and electronic dance music oriented Saturday night mix
show. Obviously, there were several local DJs who really
wanted the job but, I can be persuasive and professional,
and I had years of on air experience as well as radio
production skills so, that made me the most qualified and
got me the gig. I had reservations at first about playing
what was essentially underground music on a top 40 station
but, I never got a single phone call saying anything
negative. Quite the opposite, as many people of all ages
called in, enthusiastically asking "what kind of music is
this?" Plus, I always got a kick out of the people who did
not understand beat mixing, and would call and say "wow,
this is a really long song." Forty minutes later, I guess
so, but at least I knew my mixes were smooth. The fun
thing about radio is, at any given point, many thousands
of people are listening. Especially on a 100,000 watt
station, who's signal covers the whole central east coast
of Florida and even inland to Orlando. It gave me a huge
diverse audience, even more so in the era before the
internet and all it's distractions. The show ran from 1992
through 1993 on Saturday nights from 9PM to midnight.
Despite good ratings and attracting advertising, I was
dumped and the show converted to a top 40 format by a new
GM who felt the station should stick to that format 24/7. It was fun while it lasted but, like any gig in the entertainment business, you are always hanging on by a thread. It is really more surprising that it happened at all, and lasted as long as it did. Looking back, the main problem with the show was, it was simply way ahead of its time, as EDM would not become mainstream popular in the USA for almost another twenty years. Yet, it also is concrete proof of my uncanny ability to look into the future of music and envision it. The stations music director asked me "How come you are always playing bands six months before I have ever heard of them?" Well, to be an effective DJ, it is essential to stay as far ahead of the curve as possible. It is a DJ's ability to decide if a track is a smash or trash on their own, without guidance from charts, or anything except their own judgement, that ultimately defines the leaders from the followers. To be a good DJ, you have to be a leader, far ahead of the pack. However, as in this case, it can also backfire, as people who don't see or share you musical vision, think you are just playing weird music. You will be glad to know, I have edited almost all the commercials except for the ones I made for MARZ etc. which are fun to listen to now. Of special interest is is a WA1A Saturday night mix show with a guest appearance by DJ Andy Hughes. This was familiar territory as Andy and I had worked together for several years at WFIT. Despite having been an on air DJ, for some unknown reason, Andy never speaks during any of the breaks but, I assure you, he was there. Andy spins two sets and chooses the closing track, a then new song from Rabbit in the Moon. There is no date on the master tape's label but, based on the MARZ promo it was in 1993 Oh..yeah.. Andy, that's minus two points for playing the same track in your first set, that I already did in mine but, I'll only subtract one point because it is a good track. |
Bob Day - WA1A FM w/ Andy Hughes Sat 9PM-12AM '93 | 2:43:44 | Download |
Bob Day - WA1A FM Saturday 9PM-12AM 06-05-93 | 2:50:04 | Download |
Bob Day - WA1A FM Saturday 9PM-12AM 10-09-93 | 2:50:18 | Download |
Editing Out Commercials - More To Come | Download |
Party95.com
Internet Radio Shows - I am currently spinning on
Party95 every Saturday afternoon from 4-5PM eastern time.
If you click on the logo above, it will take you to my
show page, with more details about the show. The overall
sound is uncommon modern cutting edge electronic dance
music, not often played outside of hot nightspots and
funky late night clubs. Most of the sets I post here run over an hour and will just about fill a normal audio CD. That means there is often about five to twenty minutes of bonus material that you get with the downloaded set that did not get broadcast as, on the show, I fade out my mixes just short of an hour. Plus, these sets don't have any talking or ID info, just the music. Also, the broadcast is 128kbps MP3, where as these downloads are 256kbps and encoded using the Fraunhofer IIS MP3 v04.01.02 (HQ) codec, which has the highest sound quality of any encoder I have tested. (The higher the bit rate number, the more information is contained in each second of music, yielding higher sound quality, particularly in combination with the sophisticated encoding system.) The music is played on Pioneer CDJ-2000 digital turntables, which feed 24 bit digital audio directly into a Pioneer DJM-900 nexus mixer, where all mixing and effects are done in 24 bit digital and then fed directly via a digital 24 bit USB connection into a MacBook Pro laptop, where it is recorded and mastered in digital 32 bit floating point and then finally encoded into 16 bit MP3s. This overkill of extreme standards and never leaving the digital format, right up until you play it back, ensures ultra high quality sound in the MP3 mixes you can download. While MP3s have gained a bad reputation, it is all about the bit rate. In an extensive German scientific bind listening test, the majority of people actually preferred the sound of 256kbps MP3s, to the theoretically better non-compressed AIFF and WAVE audio formats. While that does not mean 256kbps MP3s are really better, it does mean that they sound fine and work well for mixes and radio shows, while saving a lot of download time and storage space. I often make a limited number of audio CDs from my sets. These have the highest sound quality of all, as they aren't converted to MP3 but are un-compressed 16 bit digital, made directly from the mastered 24 bit recordings. If you see me somewhere, ask, as I usually have a few on me otherwise try asking at Final Dimension in Satellite Beach, as they sometimes have them. I give them away for free so, when I drop off a new batch, they don't last for long. I have not labeled these sets for content or provided a track list so, what you don't see, is what you get. I think it is more interesting to just grab a mix at random and listen to what is on it, with no clues as to what is coming. If it isn't what you are looking for, come back and grab another. If you like a set and want the track list, I probably have it, as the CDJ-2000s make them automatically, and then I keep them just in case I need to figure out what something is later on. (I now really understand why I can't remember the songs on my old school sets. It's because I can't even remember what some of the tracks are when I listen to sets I made a few days ago.) So just tell me the date and set and there is a 90% chance I can email you a list, even for sets that aren't available for download. Also, if you hear a set on the show and think it should be posted here for download, email me your requests and I'll see what I can do. I also highly recommend my Day's of Future Passed Tribute, featuring new versions of classic old school tracks. It can be found by clicking on the name, which will automatically take you to it further down the page or, just scroll down to the Mix Tape section. |
Bob Day - Party95 - 12/01/12 - Sat | 1:01:43 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/24/12 - Sat | 1:17:39 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/17/12 - Sat | 1:00:41 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/10/12 - Sat | 1:00:53 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/03/12 - Sat | 1:01:22 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 10/27/12 - Sat | 0:59:56 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 05/14/12 - Set #2 | 1:09:25 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 05/14/12 - Set #1 | 1:06:14 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 05/11/12 - Set #1 | 1:03:40 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 05/03/12 - Set #1 | 1:04:47 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 04/30/12 - Set #3 | 1:06:05 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 04/30/12 - Set #2 | 1:02:46 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 04/17/12 - Set #3 | 1:04:01 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 04/17/12 - Set #2 | 1:04:45 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 04/06/12 - Set #3 | 1:02:18 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 03/26/12 - Set #3 | 1:03:08 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 03/26/12 - Set #2 | 1:06:48 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 03/26/12 - Set #1 | 1:03:04 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 03/23/12 - Set #2 | 1:01:54 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 03/23/12 - Set #1 | 1:03:59 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 03/12/12 - Set #2 | 1:12:56 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 03/12/12 - Set #1 | 1:07:06 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 02/02/12 - Set #3 | 1:01:03 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 02/09/12 - Set #2 | 1:06:08 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 02/09/12 - Set #1 | 1:06:13 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 01/27/12 - Set #3 | 1:06:56 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 01/27/12 - Set #2 | 1:06:46 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 01/19/12 - All | 3:07:17 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 01/12/12 - Set #1 | 1:06:35 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 12/22/11 - Set #2 | 1:15:42 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 12/22/11 - Set #1 | 1:04:22 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 12/16/11 - Set #1 | 1:08:43 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 12/13/11 - Set #3 | 1:19:57 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 12/13/11 - Set #1 | 1:06:47 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 12/06/11 - Set #3 | 1:13:15 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 12/02/11 - Set #3 | 1:10:52 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/24/11 - Set #1 | 1:03:52 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/21/11 - Set #3 | 1:17:28 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/17/11 - Set #3 | 1:23:01 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/16/11 - Set #3 | 1:07:53 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/15/11 - Set #2 | 1:10:43 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/11/11 - Set #3 | 1:19:05 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/04/11 - Set #2 | 1:16:00 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/03/11 - Set #1 | 1:19:54 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 11/01/11 - Set #2 | 1:19:56 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 10/31/11 - Set #1 | 1:19:56 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - 10/20/11 - Set #1 | 1:16:11 | Download |
The only sets I have separated out are from when I was doing The Wednesday Old School Afterparty as they are different than the rest, being, music from the old school years. I have put them down below in the mix tape section to make it obvious what they are as well as divide up my Party95 postings between the two tables. |
Bob Day - Kronic - Sat 11-03-13 Second Set |
0:37:01 |
Download |
Bob Day - Kronic
- Sat 01-05-13 Closing Set |
0:56:30 | Download |
Bob Day - Producers New Music - 08-20-11 | 2:39:17 | Download |
Bob Day - Producers Old School - 08-20-11 | 1:28:17 | Download |
Bob Day - Panther Pub - 11-12-91 | 4:11:10 | Download |
Bob Day - Panther Pub - 04-21-92 | 4:27:13 | Download |
Bob Day - Panther Pub - 04-07-92 | 4:32:21 | Download |
Bob Day - Party95 - Old School - 11/30/11 - Set #2 | 1:04:05 | Download |
More on the Way | 0:00:00 | Download |
Bob Day - Mix Tape - 09-20-11(New Music) | 1:19:51 | Download |
Bob Day - Mix Tape - 09-13-11(New Music) | 1:19:46 | Download |
Bob Day - Mix Tape - 09-06-11(New Music) | 1:19:44 | Download |
Bob Day - Mix Tape - 07-21-11(Old School) | 1:35:06 | Download |
Bob Day - Mix Tape - 07-08-11(New Music) | 1:19:56 | Download |
Bob Day - Mix Tape - 07-21-92 | 1:40:09 | Download |
Day's of Future Passed - A Tribute by DJ Bob Day ♥ | 1:11:15 | Download |
♥ Day's
of Future Passed - This is the special set I played
at the end of my Wednesday Afternoon Old School Afterparty
on 11-30-11. This is likely the most meaningful mix I have
ever made because, it is is a tribute to music that is
immensely significant to me. This is a mix of all
extremely well done modern takes and twists on some of the
seminal classic songs from the Aahz/Brassy's/MARZ/Abyss
period. Some of these tracks are easy to find and others
are rarer than hens teeth. If you were part of the early
days of EDM in Florida, this mix will rock your world. If you weren't there, there is no way to explain, no way to possibly put into words, exactly how that time and that music, permanently and sincerely changed me and my life. Thinking of it now evokes both joy and sadness. Joy for the exhilarating rush of unity and music that brought so many people together to celebrate life. The experiences we shared were deep and profound. Sadness for the fact that those days are gone forever and I will never experience anything remotely like that again, along with the fact that more than a few people who I shared that time with, are no longer with us. The down side of good times and good friendships is that times change and people move on. The better the times and the better the friends, the worse it is when that inevitably happens. Such is life. What I will always treasure, and can never be taken away from me, are the remarkable memories and the deep meaningful feelings. I never will forget so many priceless moments, and experiences that defy simple explanation. The warm glow of happiness and of the energy of the human spirit. Even now, when I run into old friends from then, we still share a bond, our little secret, that not only have we stood on the mountaintop and seen the promised land, for a few, all to brief visits, we were actually there, and it is fantastic beyond all description. The fact that twenty years or more after they first came out, these songs are still being remade and remixed speaks volumes as to how influential the music of that period was and is. A hundred, two hundred years or more into the future I believe people will still look fondly upon this music as the seeds of a revolution in music that will continue, as electronic dance music has no end. The technology will just keep evolving in ways we can't even imagine now, allowing people to make cooler and cooler versions of the classics. New songs should and will come along but, there will always be a healthy respect for the music that started it all. I would put a track list with this but, it would ruin the element of surprise. If you want one, just contact me and I will send you one. |
Don't panic. I had the MARZ promos along
with some other old school promos on this part of the
page. I have just removed them temporarily while I do some
work on the site. They will be back. |
NOTE: I recently posted the first few new
tracks I produced since returning to DJing.
You can listen and download them on Soundcloud. I also started posting some of the original tracks I did with my band Flowtation and my solo project ALTAIR8080. Click on the SoundCloud logo above to have a listen to some of my original music. If you enjoy this site or just want to comment or let me know what you think please feel free to drop by my Facebook page at the link below or send me an email at the link below that. If you are an old friend from the good old days or just discovering this music for the first time, don't be a stranger, get in touch so I can get some feedback on how you like the site and the music. |
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