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Create the best radio DJ presenter demo. A radio DJ demo has a very specific structure. This is a tried and tested formula for a radio demo to be sent to radio stations and radio station managers. There are no guarantees of getting chosen as a radio presenter but you can dramatically improve your chances of being chosen and becoming a radio DJ if you send the right kind of demo.
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Equipment list:
Microphone:
Mixer:
Laptop:
Sound source:
Recording device:
Recording software:
Headphones:
DJ software:
What I will be showing you, that needs to be in your radio demo, needs to actually be what you can do. That means recording your radio links as if they are live. Of course if you are not actually working on a radio station it will be a recording studio version of a demo and not an actual live radio demo but it must not be an edited version. I will explain this in more detail in a moment.
In most cases radio station managers only want to hear demo recordings done live. That means that you are starting on the back foot. But don’t be discouraged. The important thing is to be able to present as if you are live. That means creating your own make shift radio studio which can actually be great fun. Luckily the radio station software is easily accessible these days at low cost and in some cases for free.
What you need is at least two sources of music and a microphone. You will need a basic mixing desk and a recording device. The audio sources can be as simple as one or two cell phones or a laptop and the microphone can be an affordable microphone you can find on Ebay or Amazon or even at your local second hand store.
It is important though to have this combination of two sound or music sources and a microphone. If you don’t have these you will end up making an editor produced demo recording that will not help you improve as a presenter and will certainly not help you with your applying to radio stations.
So, lets get to the actual structure of the demo. Then I will walk you through how to put it together.
So the radio demo structure looks like this:
3 Minutes maximum (3 MB or less)
Parts:
1) Introduction (10 Sec max)
2) Music to music link (40 sec max)
3) Music to advert link (40 sec max)
4) Advert read (30 sec max)
5) Short news read ( 60 minute max)
This is the basic structure of the demo. I twill show your technical skills, show off your voice and have you presenting in all the different presenter roles on radio being the DJ, news reader and other co-host roles.The total of the demo is no longer than 3 minute. Any thing more than that the radio station manger will not listen to. In fact, most radio manager can make a decision in the first ten seconds. They will only listen to the rest of the 3 minutes if they are impressed with the first ten seconds. Often it can be a short as five seconds and your demo is already in the trash.
1) Introduction
First record a short introduction which goes something like this:
Hi I’m…(name goes here)…and this is my radio demo consisting of two links, one advert read and one short news read. My contact details are attached to the audio file.
2) Music to music link
I will explain the radio link in more detail in future but for now just know that you will be doing what is called the Mexican bicycle. This has nothing to do with bicycles or Mexico. It is simply the description of the structure of the radio link. By the way this is not the only way to do a radio link but it is the most basic, and important way to show you have the skills as a radio DJ. The diagram shows the talking out of the song into your content and then back into another song. This means giving the song name and artist, station Id and any other info need like the time etc. then you do a short bit of content like a short bit of interesting news, then you talk across the intro of the next song.
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