Does being out on the
road help? or is that a
double edge sword as well
where you get such energy
and such passion from the
audience and then there is
coming down off a show?
“Every single moment in time, again, is one
of those things that gives me purpose. I’m
just so grateful to be still making music. It’s
that simple for me.”
CRISPIN: There is no question that there
is a double edge sword. That’s our instant
gratification. It’s us being able to go out
and see someone singing the lyrics to a
song you just released yesterday. If that’s
happening, and people are connecting
with it on that level, that’s how fast in-
formation can travel. That the thing with
the music industry nowadays. We used to
have to wait months and months just to
get the single, but now the whole entire
album is out 3 days after its release. Be-
ing able to see people sing your lyrics
back to you after a show, that’s the in-
stant gratification, but then you wake up
the day after a show and say OK, I have
18 jobs to do in between my 8 hours of
sleep, so I guess Ill get 4 hours of sleep
and the cycle continues.
DJ SPOTLIGHT
We catch up with MSFX 2 years
later, as her show and fanbase
continues to attract new lovers
of the classic 80’s hair band sound.
What has been the
highlight of The Bad
Hair Daze so Far ?
MSFX: Each and every week I get to
hear the music I grew up with and loved,
and then I add things that I wasn’t fa-
miliar with through my request lines
and my chatters get to say they found
a new song, or recreated a memory in
their mind. For each listener the expe-
rience is different, but It’s all gratitude.
You have had a few co-
hosts in your past. What
is it like to be solo now
for so long?
MSFX: I loved having co-hosts, and
I occasionally have RTFX with me now,
but the autonomy that being solo allows
me is great. Sometimes a topic will drive
the music, or the requests are so many
that I abandon the format. It’s easier to
do that unrehearsed and uncommitted.
What made you decide
to concentrate on Hair
Bands these days?
MSFX: Sometimes in finding ways to
reinvent yourself you are brought to where
the need is greater than the product. The
Facebook pages for 80’s Hair Bands, rock
and metal were plentiful. I joined them,
studied what the members were posting,
and gained quite a few listeners along the
way. I have been asked to keep my new for-
mat heavy with Hair, because while a-lot
of stations play Rock, none concentrate on
Hair Bands. I found a cool niche I guess.
You have met quite a few
celebrities over the past
years. What was your
favorite experience and
why?
MSFX: We were invited into the tour
bus of Lacey Sturm. She was in need of
some soup, but we came first. So genuine
and passionate with a real story about her
past that you must read in a previous is-
sue. She allowed pictures too. I was taken
back by how tiny ahe really was to have
such a big voice.
What is the hardest part
about being in the stu-
dio?
MSFX: Sometimes when we are live,
things happen. I’ve forgotten to click on
the mic, tripped circuit breakers, loaded
empty files. I’m human, but I’m also not
a very good multi-tasker, so when I’m en-
gaged in chat, or hit a grove and have a
technical problem, I’m usually yellin’ for
backup.. “RTFX”!
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