My offer to you... (Page 2 of 3)

Or, and this is a true test of charecter.

I am also doing the same time slot on Nov 21.

6 to 9 pm.

You do not get Bonamassa both times.

So, Moods...do you want to reevaluate, maybe reach out to the man himself or Roy, and consult with them?

Moods, your still the boss.

I am going to call you on Friday, and your going to tell me what the score is.

I could also not play any Joe B, and instead play a full hour of my friend.

How about this then Cathy...I choose, as the programmer of my radio show not to play any bonamassa.  I am not working for Joe, Joe and Roy have not asked me to do this, there is no upside to it really.  I have not even got a thank you from Joe, management, or the publcist.

I thought it would be a nice gesture.  the live record is out, I thought why not do something unique as a favor to the growing legions of bonamassa fans.

But really Cathy, I have no responsibility to be nice, to play Joes music, or anything related to humble pie.

In this, I do not need any humble pie.  I challenge you to find any radio show that made this offter, to play 60 minutes of bonamassa music programmed by the bonamassa message board?  Even Joes sirius radio show is not 60 minutes of Bonamassa music.

How about thank you?

The attitude is needed because this did not just come up this week.  The Oklahoma Kid had to get suggestions and make a choice on what would go.

Now, at the last minute someone discovers the offer.

I do not need to gain fans, this act alone is a good thing.  You do not need to like me to sit back and here Joe B be played world wide for a full 60 minutes.  You should thank me for doing it.

If I understand correctly Jim has made this selection based mainly on the latest live recording. How in the name of everything that is holy can you NOT include Mountain Time???

Surely that's an absolute MUST!!!

If you look, this was proposed several WEEKS ago, and I maid Moods the man.  Because he has my mailing address.

As far as your comment Greennose, I have delivered on everything I ever said about the radio show in the past, you can ask around.

The good people wanted Joe, I said I would play Joe, and I played Joe.  So, my credibility is not in question.  My track record proves it.

Shall we then...the radio station is run by volunteers.  I do not get paid.  It is illegal to have advertising on a community radio station, so I am not benefiting advertisers.  I actually drive 60 minutes through northern Wisconsin to do a radio show from 9 pm to midnight, then I drive an hour home.

I do not get a check for so many streams.

I have not asked for the favor yet, so you cannot be sure what that is.

The offer was this...I play 60 minutes of Joes music, on a cd provided to me by the Moods, in exchange AFTER I do that, I would ask for a favor.

So, I did not ask for a favor, I did not ask for anything.  Except maybe the cd in advance from Moods.

What price tag is there for you?  Listening? To one of your favorite artists get played for 60 minutes in a row on a radio program?  Yeah, how often does someone make that offer to you?  The folks in Europe can listen, call in whatever, ONLINE.

I did not say that I need 1000 hits to my myspace page BEFORE I will do it.  No, no no.  I said I would ask after I did.

Again, to prove to you all that I would live up to my word.  I was going to be the guy who did the thing before asking anything of you.  BEFORE you even got asked, I was going to do it.  Unconditional.  My end would be delivered, could not take it back, the songs would have been played...before...anything was asked.  So even if I asked it, you could have just said eh, we got what we wanted.

But now I have to say that Ragamuffin1's response has me questioning.  I have asked for no praise or thanks(save out of anger in a response), I had simply asked that the process not be something I have to take part in.

We put up two threads offering to let you submit songs, and Moods was going to make them fit into 60 minutes.  Now, AFTER the cds have been done and mailed, then suddenly people want to take part.

And I am told to eat humble pie.  Well yeah, thats not going to go over well, not well at all.

I do not need you to thank me, or clap or even listen.  But Moods took the time to make CDs for you all to choose from, and rather than appreciating his work, people question it.

Whatever man.  Lets not try to read my mind, and let us not assume my motivation.  I take offense to your post.

Yeah, thats easy for you to say, you just weren't insulted by Ragamuffin.

Run home to Mamma?  I am glad I made the offer.  I am glad I demanded SO MUCH in return.

Dino, I have said this before. In some cases people are better said than read. You my friend are one of those. You had me so mad once upon a time I had my finger on the ban trigger. You got a reprieve by Mr B himself.
Then we talked and I had a better understanding where you were coming from.

Don't punish Joe because some people don't understand your methods. Any friend of Joe's is a friend of mine. That is all I have to say. Let the Bonamassa hour play on.

If I had access to a radio station and was able to play whatever music I wanted, and even if I had a 2 hour commute to do it, brother I assure you I would be playing music that I love.
I wouldn't be askin for favors to do it. I would pick out the songs myself from the heart and then I would play them. I would also have the courtesy to give a heads up to anyone with similar tastes in music a chance to listen in. So Dino you either love Joe or you don't. Play him or don't play him, just be a guy.