🤔First Show- A success? 🤔 -🚀Mission Control Mondays with CarrieA...

It's done! I did it! I have my very first live radio broadcast under my belt. And it was a LOT more stressful than I expected. Like so much. 😲

But after editing it this morning... it's actually pretty good. I only switched the song tracks out, because there was some seriously strange feedback that happened during all of them. I also found a spot where I didn't turn my mic on for about two minutes. 😆

Here it is. It's amazing. Go ahead. Turn it on.

Listen whilst working or cleaning or just staring at the ceiling.
You may be amused. No, you'll be amused.😎

The issues...

Mostly, it was just my internet. It was not good. Everything would be trucking along peachy keen and suddenly - it would drop. And not the good kind of drop, like when the bass drops. No, the hubs said it was coming through in waves. 😕 And dear @sircork was doing everything he could to figure out how to help, but to little avail.

The recording above is seamless. It was the streaming that was the issue for me. It will get better! I promise!

Nerves...

Like whoa. I had 'em. So many of them! It was nuts. My palms were sweaty, my heart-rate was OUT OF CONTROL and I was a bit shaky... for about the first hour and 15 minutes. 🤣 Yeah... it was that bad, internally. You can't really tell that I'm about to explode with nervousness, so that's good. I was so uncomfortable and shaky I was literally unable to type, which is particularly weird as I'm a really adept typist.

Things I did this time...

I talked about me.😍
I said, "This is Mission Control Mondays with ME, carrieallen, on the SteemStar Network", about a million times... Seriously, if you're going to watch this now, play a drinking game: Drink every time I announce the show name. You'll be snuckered in no time! 😆
I talked about some weird news, specifically Grumpy Cat wins $700,000 in Federal case over identity, Foreign Accent Syndrome- , and NY Skier found in California- Update.
I played some original music by Steemians, including a specially-made-for-me intro for the show, by @soundwavesphoton. Thanks, soundwaves! I also played a few by my hubs @chrisroberts and one by @darrenclaxton.
I played some games with the audience, Wits & Wagers, and gave away SBD. The lucky winners from yesterday's show were: @maverickinvictus, @dschey, @yidneth, @chrisroberts, @meno, & @amymya. Screenshot below that I paid 'em. 😉

Things I need to do or do better...

I need more original songs to play during my pee breaks. I gotta pee ya'all. It's a simple fact of life. Now who's gonna give me some tracks to promote? I'll share links to posts or to whatever you wish- I promise. Hit me up on Discord if you have something you'd like to share.
I gotta formulate a game that works better with the possible lag on the different streaming channels. I've got some ideas... I just want it to be fair. I'm a Libra, it can't be helped. 😏
Prepare text for the chat so I can just copy/paste questions and such, rather than having to type... if I continue the trend of nervousness...
Get some sound effects! I have some, I just was too overwhelmed to remember them.
Slow down a bit. I feel like I went all Ben Shapiro on everyone, cramming 4 hours of words into a two-hour time slot. I find it sounds less relaxed that way. I need to chill. I'm hoping this was mostly nerves too.

Suggestions for me?

Were you at the show? Did you listen afterwards? What are your thoughts? Have any suggestions? Tell me! I want, no NEED to know. It's all for you, to make ME better. 😉

EDIT TO ADD: I had this post ready to go first thing Tuesday morning (so... about 24 hours ago....), but my internet is so painfully slow the act of uploading a two hour video is proving taxing. Not to mention, beginner mistakes...😏 From now on I'll get uploading BEFORE I go to bed. Lesson Learned.

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