Another tiring day... Got a text last night informing us to come for a meeting at ETC regarding UBD.fm so, yea... attended that meeting after my classes. Hmm... Since I haven't updated much in the last couple of months, I probably lost you somewhere there. Ok, I went to audition for the new UBD.fm sometime last month. It was spontaneous really. I only intended to audition for radio crew but right before the interview, I changed my mind to audition as a DJ. Hehe... Well, enough said... I got picked with 14 others who auditioned. So that was what the meeting was about.
There were 24 students who auditioned and they chose 15 of us to be part of the UBD.fm radio crew (and DJs). During the audition, there were 4 stages we had to go through. First was the interview with two MPPs. Then, the audition.
Let me describe the scene of the audition... There was a chair (the one with the table connected) for us in the middle of a stage (more like a platform really) with a mic. In front was the judges' table and there were 6 of them. There was a cameraman recording the audition and a TV that shows your face close up while you audition so, as you auditioned you can also see yourself on the TV. I was auditioned by DJ Sean of Pilihan FM. We were given a script with points on what to say and I was told to do the sports section. Overall, the audition went fine even though it was a little bit intimidating.
The judges during the audition. (L-R: Dj Aliff of Pelangi, DJ Sean of Pilihan, DJ Allen of Pilihan, DJ Airil of Pilihan, DJ Mala of Pelangi, UBD tutors representative)
The next stage, was to record our voice with DJ Ayu of Kristal. We were given another script. This time, they played the jingle first (Pilihan FM jingle for English medium DJ and Kristal FM jingle for Malay medium DJ) then just read the whole script. It goes something like "Hi you're tuning in to Pilihan FM 95.9 and 96.9FM and you're back with me DJ Nad. That was Lady Gaga with Just Dance. So listeners out there give me a call at.... " The script goes for about 2 minutes.
With DJ Ayu of Kristal during the recording session. That's Kutz with the headphone, one of the 15 who got through.
The last stage is the photo shoot with Mirez. He told us to do wacky poses or whatever as long as its not formal. Below is the final product of the shoot.
Can you spot me? Hehe... I came from class so that's why I was wearing my badminton uniform. (Click to enlarge)
Anyway, coming back to the meeting I had this afternoon, the MPPs gave us feedbacks and comments made by the judges (a total of six of them and five of which are real radio DJs) during our audition and let us listen to our recordings. Well, mine was "You've got the voice to be a radio DJ but you're a bit slow at times cos you tend to think and talk at the same time. Also, you have the personality but you're a bit tense." Haha... Then, we had a little ice breaking with the MPPs as well as the other selected radio crews. Some of them actually had the experience already as a DJ while some of us, myself is no exception, have zero experience. They might conduct a training for us during this holidays. Oh, and next week will be the photo shoot. The themes proposed were Editorial, Sporty and Black & White. Will post the photos when I got them next week...
While the status for UBD.fm is still tentative, the MPPs (especially Khalil, Lini & Shafiee) are working hard to make it a reality. Of course, being picked as crews of the UBD.fm now, its also our job to help out and get UBD.fm up and running.
The MPPs with UBD.fm's offical photographer Mirez (L-R: Khalil aka DJ Daniel, Mirez, Lini & Shafiee)
The end of the meeting.
The audition session was blogged by Rano on ranoadidas.com here.
Ok, its past 11pm now and I'm hungry =) Still tired... That's why I've decided to just stay at home tonight and just blog my way to sleep. Hehe.... Unlikely. I'll still be up all night even though I'm tired. I'm just used to staying up late... d[-_-]b
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