Week 11: Trajectories in a Small World

You never know where some small happening, in your life, will lead you. We meet people.  We read things.  We respond to seemingly insignificant, little whims and sometimes they take us to a place we could never have anticipated.

A few years ago, I ripped an article out of Music Connection Magazine, written by Bernard Baur, entitled “20 Radio Stations That Will Play Your Music.”   It sat in a file until I noticed it again a couple of months ago.  I emailed one of the DJs who goes by the name Tee-M (Tariq Mirza) at WPMD.  He asked me to send in a CD.   He took a listen, played a couple of tracks on his show, and then invited me to come in to the station to chat and to play a few tunes live.  How cool was that!  While I was at the radio station, I was chatting about how I had discovered “Tee-M’s UNsigned Music Show” – which is co-hosted by Mike Stark.  I mentioned the MC article and Bernard Baur introduced himself as the guy who’d written the article.  When they say the world is small – they ain’t kiddin’.

It was so fun to do the show.  I played a few songs with Ian Hattwick and chatted with Tee-M and Mike about musical influences.  It was a really great experience.

You just never know…

in the booth at WPMD
Tee-M (Tariq Mirza), Mike Stark, paula mcmath, Ian Hattwick at WPMD