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A Hilarious Look Back
Five years ago I was on tour in California and, to promote the tour, I made an appearance on live radio. KPIG is known for its live-in-studio interviews, and the hosts there are open to all kinds of music. I was thrilled they were interested in having me. Since the studio was small, I agreed to performing live on air on an 88-key weighted keyboard. The engineer worked hard so that the sound was great over the radio waves.
What I didn’t know was that there was going to be a TWELVE-PIECE western band needing to set up DURING MY INTERVIEW in the very small space in which I was playing, since they were playing next. The keyboard was plugged right into the radio feed, so no one listening over the air at home or in their cars could hear all the background noise, but it was incredibly funny. I tried my best to focus on my playing but there was so much going on, it was quite a battle. EVERYONE was talking while I was playing live on air: the hosts, the crew, the other musicians. The band argued over where certain gear should go and their manager was yelling at them to hurry up.
This video shows the brief interview and the performance segment. If you close your eyes, you just hear the music—but when you look at the video you can clearly see all that was going on behind the scenes in radio land. It was fun to watch this after five years and relive the craziness of that day.
xo Robin
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