Evening star., 1925-01-19


am terribly fed up on these seven
records, and | believe that every
other fan is who has listened stead
lily for so much a year. We want
something else!
Every evening we get "Mareheta,'
Bartlett's "A Dream" and The Medi-
tation," from That's" Also wag-
ner's "To the Evening Star and
Nevin's "A Day in Venice" 1t used
to be Dvorak's "Humoresque."
Drdlas Souvenir and Garry Me
Back to Old Virginia" played by
every violinist in the United States.
Lately Garry Me Back to Old Vir-
ginla" has given place to the song
setting of the largo movement from
and soloists, quartets and other COM
binations fill the air with lugubrious
lamenting about going home"
A pianist comes on the air and plays
the aforementioned ITO the Sweet
Evening star" Fifteen minutes later
a trio hits the air with--you would
never guess ito the Evening
Star. Why couldn't the program
manager have side-racked that latter
| rendering?
Why must the announcer bore his
steady listeners by giving the COM
plete title of the piece, composer,
artists and station call letters both
before and after a number?
For those who have just tuned in?
Frankly, believe nine-tenths Of
the "invisible audience" for any one
station on any one night listen to the
program practically from beginning
to end. If this is so, why bore nine
listeners to please one.
Why continue to CRATE the micro
phone on an of, shocking the sensi-
tive ears OF the three million" Of
which o. Henry wrote. or blurt out
suddenly Station XYZ"?
Gently, gently! Our auditory nerves
are long suffering, but not made Of
cast iron.
I Today in broadcasting there seems q
| lack OF, study on the part OF broad
/ casting stations of the effects of diff
| fsrent groupings of instruments and
singers on the ultimate ear.
The blare OF a full band, especially
If there is plenty of brass and drums,
is too much for a microphone. IT
overIoads the instrument; also head
phones and loud speakers.
Drums ought never be allowed ad-
mission to broa sting studio.
NO Drums Allowed ought TO be
placed on a big sign at the door. All
ensemble singing tends to make the
mierophone blast. Quartets seldom
come over so well as the Euterpean
mixed quartet on the night of Janu-
ary II from WCAP. Reception was
unusually good that night.
Some voices are terrible over radio.
Especially those which hiss like
snakes or are too heavy. Such ought
for their own good and that of lis
( teners.
All singers who use the vicious
| vibrato" ought to be classed with
/ drums and refused admission to
| broadcasting studios. Program man
| ayers ought to read speeches in ad-
| vance and rule out such as bore them.
! No speaker ought to talk over 10
! minutes.
/ No program should include the
/ same musical selection twice. More
/ reed orchestras ought to be put on
| the air, similar to that ine little
symphony orchestra from WEAF
| about a month ago. The blend in the
air is the thing for stations 10 con-
I slider
/ The piano comes over perhaps bet
ter than any other instrument, and
! should be on the air even more than
/ it is, since it is truly the king OF all
Instruments. The harm ought to be
heard more. And dear old Roxie less,
/ The problem OF. the stations is to
/ retain the interest Of the listeners
| in. especially the older ones. The
/ lure Of distance is waning. More and
more the listeners are tuning in their
/ local stations.
| Music. music, music. seven nights a
week-song recital, song recital
Army Band, Navy Band. Marine
Band. Why. it would bore Beetho-
j ven. Listening to music seven nights
a week is an unnatural proceeding in
the final analysis. There is the crux
of the thing. The solution is
My 'er11 NM