I’m a software engineer by trade, and have worked for Last FM since 2008.
That’s been especially relevant since lockdown, and I’ve received a number of messages from people to let me know that the music is what keeps them going.ĭespite this, the DJing is not actually my day job. It’s great knowing that the music you play means something to people. It’s always felt good to have an audience enjoying the music I like to play. My radio journey actually started a few years prior, when I had a Friday night show on one of London’s best pirate radio stations. After all, you can get more for your money that way. That’s been my routine every Tuesday evening ever since but in around 2007, I switched my energy and focus to buying digital. At the beginning, my weekly routine was to buy vinyl records and then have fun playing them on air – for myself, and a few hundred listeners, to enjoy.
If you’re a fan of drum & bass radio you may or may not know that I’ve been doing a show on for the past twenty years. The Last FM element is also important to me (and actually the original motivation for making this tool), and I’ll explain why shortly. After all, that used to be me – in the late 90’s and early 2000’s that was the main way I discovered new music myself. Indeed, some DJs purposefully enjoy the mystery of keeping people guessing – but I’ve always wanted to share what I like, and perhaps help support the artists when listeners go out to buy something that they’ve heard. But some tasks, such as answering requests for a Track ID, are a distraction and take you away from the craft – likely why few DJs do live tracklists at all. One of the things I’ve always loved the most about DJing on the radio is the audience interaction, whether you have 10 listeners or 1000. SSL Scrobbler is a tool I made – which I have used myself, every week, for over 10 years – to live tweet the tracks I play on my radio show, as well as logging them to my Last FM history (“scrobbling” as it’s known on Last FM), amongst other bonus features.
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