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»CL9:     C.G.M. UKScene Radio Station
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»CL4:           By Darkus/Mangoo

»CL0:As  we  all know, nowadays the idea of
opening    up    a   scene   dedicated
radiostation  certainly  isn`t  a  new
one.    However   the   EC   team  has
uncovered a station with a difference,
so  one  decided  to travel across the
country   and  behind  the  scenes  to
report   back   to   you  all  what  I
discover.

»CL1:You   might   have  guessed  from  the
article  title  that  the  station  is
called  C.G.M.  UKScene Radio Station,
32 year old Englishman Mark Dunn alias
Solorize  is  the  man responsible for
the  broadcasting.  He began his scene
career in 1996 although he explains "I
had  an  interest  in  the  scene from
about  1993,  downloading demos and so
on".   The broadcast first came on air
just  over  1  year  ago  and Solorize
explained  to  me if it wasn`t for his
girlfriend nagging him about his noisy
music  making  sessions he would never
have  opened  the station.  Just as we
had   a   private   minute,   Solorize
whispers  in my ear "I kept waking the
kid   up   which   then   annoyed   my
girlfriend".   Which,  you can imagine
lead   to  his  eventual  decision  to
search for different scene projects.

»CL0:As  the radio`s name suggests "UKScene
Radio"  the  playlist consists of only
music  produced by UK musicians.  It`s
the  first  project  of  it`s kind and
possibly  an  innovation that could be
mirrored    over    other   countries.
Wanting    to   know   how   Solorizes
formulated  the  idea  he confessed to
being a fan of UK scene musicians work
and  went  as far as claiming "while I
have  a  large  collection,  I thought
other  people  would like to listen to
all   the   music  I  had  downloaded"
furthermore   he   explains   "without
having   to  go  and  spend  the  time
themselves   downloading   them  all".
Cleverly,   Solorize   later  admitted
another major reason for featuring the
UK  alone was to avoid being in direct
competition  with Nectarine.  "They do
a  fine  job and we don`t need another
station  featuring artists from around
the world".

»CL1:Looking again at the name of the radio
station,   not  only  is  it  quite  a
mouthful  but also slightly confusing.
Without   having   to   ask   Solorize
thankfully explained "C.G.M = Computer
Generated  Music,  just  for those who
want to know".

»CL0:As  Solorize  earlier  explained,  the
station  has  been  on air for more or
less  a  full  year  now.   During the
course of such a time period one would
be  expected  to  have the information
available to decide whether or not the
station  has been a success.  Solorize
confidently  allowed  me access to the
listeners  log and it was clear to see
he  has  regular  listeners,  moreover
individuals    who    tend   to   keep
submitting  new  songs.   Although  it
would  appear  the station has various
expansion   problems.    As   Solorize
informs  me  "I have negative feedback
from  people  wanting  a higher stream
bitrate".    Surely  he  would  simply
increase  it?   "My  ISP  has a crappy
upload  speed  limit  which  restricts
either   the   amount   of  concurrent
listeners   or   broadcast   quality".
Admittedly,  he  has  a  problem which
will  effect the eventual growth.  The
only  solution  Solorize  has  came up
with  involves  seeking help from you.
"I`m looking for people who could help
me  relay the station".  Hopefully one
of  you reading this could help?  Find
his  contact details at the end of the
article.

»CL1:Outside  help permitting, Solorize has
already   formulated   new   plans  to
improve  the content of the broadcast.
He  explains  "once a week i`d like to
do   a   dedicated  music  set  for  a
featured   artist   along  with  audio
interviews".   The  chance  of hearing
the  likes  of  Spaceman, Dreamfish or
Rob  Hubbard doing an interview on air
is   surely  a  winner.   Over  recent
months  Solorize  released a chip pack
for   the   PC   scene   featuring   a
collection    of    songs   from   the
radiostation,      namely     "Distant
Memories".  Check it out and listen to
what  you  can expect to hear from his
station.

Just  before  I leave you with all the relevant contact and url information, I`d
just  like  to wish Solorize the best of luck with his project and my thanks for
being such a nice host.

»CL8:CGM UKScene Radio Station website - http://www.lmp.d2g.com
»CL7:Submit Songs to: (UK Artists only) - http://www.lmp.d2g.com/song-submit.html
»CL8:Listening via WinAMP - http://lmp.d2g.com:8000/listen.pls
»CL7:Solorizes personal email address - solorize@ntlworld.com

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