Bring back Mixing It? (for those with long memories)
If you took over from Roger Wright what would you do ?
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Originally posted by MarkG View PostBring back Mixing It? (for those with long memories)
Originally posted by WikipediaMixing It was a radio programme showcasing experimental music. Its original remit was to showcase "crossover" music that blurred the established boundaries between genres.[1] It was originally broadcast as a weekly radio programme on BBC Radio 3 but was axed in 2007 when controller Roger Wright announced a revamped schedule.
The programme has since been broadcast by experimental radio station Resonance FM, where it was first renamed as MIXINGIT. However, the BBC objected as it had trademarked the title.[2] The programme was then temporarily renamed as MyXINGIT. The following week, its new permanent title was announced: Where's The Skill In That? This is a favourite catchphrase of the programme, humorously said by the presenters to be a common reaction at production meetings when one presenter plays music that doesn't go down well with the other.
"It was our idea, but even though we don't want to do it any more, no-one else can."
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post"It was our idea, but even though we don't want to do it any more, no-one else can."It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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I agree with many of the earlier suggestions. I would sack, the research staff and those who look after the website which is truly shambolic and replace with those who actually have pride in their research and web design standards, and also remove the following presenters; PT, SMP, CBH, KD, SR & RC. Mornings restored to what they were in the early 90s, complete lunchtime concerts not chunks from various ones, greater cooperation with other radio stations internationally to present a variety of concerts from around the world and also increase the coverage of concerts from around the UK generally. Restore the full length Discovering Music, ditch the film music programme, and broaden the repertoire throughout the day, stop copying CFM, and ensure all composers who have anniversary years are all treated fairly. Fight with determination to raise the R3 budget and improve the image of 'classical music' across the network generally. A ban on broadcasting Slavonic and Hungarian Dances for 10 years!
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostFor those with even longer memories bring back Sounds Interesting. Also bring back Jazz Legend .It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostWasn't Sounds Interesting a sort of early forerunner of Late Junction (minus the world music element)? Jazz Legends was axed, if I remember what was said at the time, because they'd 'covered most of the Legends' ... :-/
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostThat's what was said but really was it not because of the R3 rescheduling and axing the 4 o'clock hour spot!It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostWasn't Sounds Interesting a sort of early forerunner of Late Junction (minus the world music element)?
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostFor those with even longer memories bring back Sounds Interesting. Also bring back Jazz Legend .
Derek Jewell was a big YES fan IIRC.
Derek Jewell, (1927 - 21 November 1985) was a British writer, broadcaster and music critic. A music critic for the London Sunday Times for twenty-three years, Jewell wrote extensively about jazz, and also introduced British audiences to avant garde jazz, rock and improvisational music, especially through live performances on his BBC Radio show, Sounds Interesting.
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Originally posted by Suffolkcoastal View PostI agree with many of the earlier suggestions. I would sack, the research staff and those who look after the website which is truly shambolic and replace with those who actually have pride in their research and web design standards, and also remove the following presenters; PT, SMP, CBH, KD, SR & RC. Mornings restored to what they were in the early 90s, complete lunchtime concerts not chunks from various ones, greater cooperation with other radio stations internationally to present a variety of concerts from around the world and also increase the coverage of concerts from around the UK generally. Restore the full length Discovering Music, ditch the film music programme, and broaden the repertoire throughout the day, stop copying CFM, and ensure all composers who have anniversary years are all treated fairly. Fight with determination to raise the R3 budget and improve the image of 'classical music' across the network generally. A ban on broadcasting Slavonic and Hungarian Dances for 10 years!
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Originally posted by Honoured Guest View PostMy memory is that it featured new releases (e.g. Kate Bush) and was a short 45-minute programme on Saturday nights. It was presented by Derek Jewell, a Sunday Times music critic. So it was like an illustrated Sunday newspaper review of what's happening now.
That seems to be jazz, rock, pop, plus avant garde: Late Junction is described as 'mixed genre', I'd say that Sounds Interesting was a cross between Late Junction and Mixing It.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by Suffolkcoastal View Postgreater cooperation with other radio stations internationally to present a variety of concerts from around the world
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