Behind the Frequency — Music, radio, creativity, and life on the other side of the speakers People sometimes ask how I put together the music for my radio shows. Well, maybe they don't actually ask that very often, but I'm going to tell you anyway. Because there's a lot more to building a good playlist than opening a music library, grabbing a handful of songs, and hoping they get along. Although, to be fair, sometimes that's where the magic starts. Every Tuesday, I host Off t

One of the things I love most about putting together Off the Beaten Track is that I usually do not know exactly where the show is going when I start. That might sound strange for someone building a radio show, but honestly, that uncertainty is part of the fun. A lot of the time, I begin by simply looking through my music collection. I open a folder. Scroll through some artists. Spot a song I have not played in a while. Then suddenly I remember another song that would sound gr

One of the things I’ve been realizing lately is that Off the Beaten Track really does live up to its name. A lot of the time, I don’t sit down with some giant master plan for the show. I start with the music. I open up part of my collection, start looking through songs and artists, and eventually I find something that makes me stop and think, I haven’t played that in a while. Then that song reminds me of another one. Then another. And before I know it, I’m building a whole sh

Hello, my Padawans! It’s Tuesday again, which means it is almost time to fire up the studio, turn on the microphones, load up the music, and head Off the Beaten Track. I’ll be live tonight at 6 PM Eastern on Jedi Council Radio, and lately I’ve been having a ridiculous amount of fun building these shows around one very simple idea: Songs I love. That sounds almost too easy, doesn’t it? But the more I think about it, the more I realize that some of the best radio shows don’t ne

Hello again, my Padawans! It’s Tuesday, which means it’s almost time to turn on the microphones, fire up the decks, and head Off the Beaten Track once again. Tonight’s show begins at 6 PM Eastern on Jedi Council Radio, and I’m continuing a theme that I’ve discovered I really don’t want to give up yet: Favorite songs. That sounds incredibly simple, but the more shows I build around the idea, the more I realize how enormous the subject really is. There are favorite songs you’ve

Hello, my Padawans! It is Tuesday, and you know what that means. At 6:00 PM Eastern tonight, I'll be firing everything up for another edition of Off the Beaten Track with DJ Jedi, and tonight we're doing something that I have really been enjoying lately: Playing favorites. Not necessarily the biggest hits. Not necessarily the songs somebody somewhere decided were supposed to be the important tracks. Just great songs that I love hearing. Sometimes that means one of my absolute

Greetings, my Padawans! It is Tuesday once again, which means it is nearly time to turn up the volume, leave the ordinary playlists behind, and take another trip Off the Beaten Track! Join me, DJ Jedi, tonight at 6 PM Eastern for a new edition of the show where musical boundaries are merely suggestions and you never know exactly what might come through the speakers next. Tonight’s show is shaping up to be a great one. I have been gathering songs from across the musical galaxy

Hello, my Padawans! It is Tuesday once again, which means it is almost time for another journey through the musical universe with Off the Beaten Track on Jedi Council Radio. The show begins tonight at 6 PM Eastern, and I have a wonderful collection of music ready for you. As always, the path may twist, turn, wander, double back, and occasionally fly straight through an asteroid field—but that is exactly what makes this show so much fun. Off the Beaten Track has never been abo

The signal is already out there somewhere in the night. Right now, Off the Beaten Track is LIVE — and tonight we’re diving deep into the forgotten corners of the 1980s. The songs between the hits. The atmospheric deep cuts. The late-night FM gems that still carry memories decades later. This is the music that lived on cassette tapes, under dim dashboard lights, through headphones after midnight, and drifting through bedroom radios while the rest of the world slept. And honest