CHIRP Radio: Friday nights, 8-10pm CT. I love collecting vinyl records, and my radio show is a place to share finds and justify the habit. A typical broadcast features great new music woven with classic cuts and new discoveries. Here's my story so far.
I started on my mom's record collection, which was rife with 70s folk-rock types and blippy synth-driven early 80s pop. I was heavily into mainstream radio as I entered my tween years, and emerged alongside MTV, giving me hip-hop and metal. Being an only child, big-time broadcasters were an outsized influence on my taste, plus a few friends whose opinions definitely shaped my own; they liked alternative and underground stuff, so I dabbled at arm's length.
I lived in a suburb of Seattle, and grunge broke my senior year. I found out about Nirvana at the same time as the rest of the world. Living on the edge of America's musical center of gravity made we want in, bad. I did college radio, and then public radio, and then commercial radio; my scope cracked wide open -- I became increasingly aware of everything I wasn't listening to, and had to catch up.
For several years I absorbed indie rock on a national scale, but focused heavily on what was emerging in the Pacific NW from the grunge fallout. My friends were in bands now, and I dove into booking, promoting, and releasing their music, while simultaneously broadening my palette to include more genres and appeal to more radio listeners. It was exhilarating, mostly, although the insular nature of the Seattle music community made figuring out how to succeed beyond radio nearly impossible.
I came to Chicago in 2010, joined CHIRP, and immediately got to work on what matters most: sourcing good music from genres and eras I know less about. I intentionally include more than just cisgender white men with guitars, making diversity the cornerstone of my time with you, rather than the seasoning -- there are endless possibilities. I love the station and our listeners! See you on the air.
I lived in a suburb of Seattle, and grunge broke my senior year. I found out about Nirvana at the same time as the rest of the world. Living on the edge of America's musical center of gravity made we want in, bad. I did college radio, and then public radio, and then commercial radio; my scope cracked wide open -- I became increasingly aware of everything I wasn't listening to, and had to catch up.
For several years I absorbed indie rock on a national scale, but focused heavily on what was emerging in the Pacific NW from the grunge fallout. My friends were in bands now, and I dove into booking, promoting, and releasing their music, while simultaneously broadening my palette to include more genres and appeal to more radio listeners. It was exhilarating, mostly, although the insular nature of the Seattle music community made figuring out how to succeed beyond radio nearly impossible.
I came to Chicago in 2010, joined CHIRP, and immediately got to work on what matters most: sourcing good music from genres and eras I know less about. I intentionally include more than just cisgender white men with guitars, making diversity the cornerstone of my time with you, rather than the seasoning -- there are endless possibilities. I love the station and our listeners! See you on the air.
