General playlist design desiderata: Eclectic, surprising, melodic
Genres available: Rock, Classic Rock, Progressive Rock, Alternative, Chill, Pop, Celtic, Classical, Jazz, with minors in several others
Genres not played: Techno, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Rap, Hip-hop
Specialties: I do Live announcements gracefully to fit the event. I ask for and play requests with dedications. I start with a playlist and modify it as the mood of the event evolves
Experience: Broadcasting since June 2005, regular events, special events, birthdays, open houses, parties (see below)
Availability: Weekends mainly. Weeknights sometimes, on request. Special arrangements can be made.
Number of listeners: 50, at 128k stereo
Click Here to Listen: Radio KTDN
Special Services: I'm affiliated with the Rooftop Volunteer Group, so can provide turnkey party support: music, hosting, catering, location, publicity. The RVG invented the Town Crier service and KI-mail events listing on D'mala.


Radio KTDN has been on the air since June of 2005, after Donahoo taught me how to broadcast. Since then I've done many programs and events. The name was added after a couple of months, by simply leaving out some of the letters in my avatar's name. Ktahdn ... KTDN.

Some highlights:
June, 2005: UCF Music Night, Tapestry Shard
August, 2005: Tap Dance Night, Tapestry Shard
October, 2005: Great Tree Shard Halloween and Anninversary, Great Tree Shard
November, 2005: Started regular broadcasts, alternating with Donahoo on Tapestry Happy Hour
December 2005: Started the "Up On the Roof!" parties, in conjuntion with the Rooftop Volunteer Group, Great Tree Shard
January, 2006: Great Tree (organization) anniversary, Vivarium of D'ni open house
February, 2006: Murray and Jewel's on-line wedding reception; also, Roof! moves to D'mala Shard
March, 2006: "Up On the Roof!" goes international with a ten-hour playlist every two weeks
October, 2006: Ashtar sets up a Shoutcast server, and "Up On the Roof!" becomes the first regular event to use Shoutcast
February, 2007: "Up On the Roof!" moves to Live
July, 2007: League of Light open house
August, 2007: Amber Horizons Open house. Also "Up On the Roof!" returns as "Under the Roots!"
September, 2007: Day of Dancing 3-hour set among many
November, 2007: D'ni Job Fair all day event, live announcements and 16 hours of music

Current: Still broadcasting the Saturday night program I started in June 2005.

Some historical notes:
Tapestry Happy Hour, organized on Tapestry Shard by the Tapestry Activities Group, started in early March of 2005. Various people had learned how to broadcast: Donahoo, Tahl Nava, and others. Happy Hour was the first regularly-scheduled musical event. I attended this in early June, 2005, and Donahoo taught me how to do the broadcast.

Teamspeak was beginning to become popular at this time. At first we broadcast using both in-game voice chat and Teamspeak but as people became more familiar with it we switched to Teamspeak-only. I used Ashtar's Great Tree TS server until he set up the Shoutcast server.

Tap Dance Night was an experiment that didn't work very well. I thought about this some more and finally came up with the "Up On the Roof!" party. It was surprisingly hard to find a shard interested in hosting it, but when Ashtar found out he welcomed us.

Late 2005, early 2006 was the dark time in Uru history. No one knew if even Until Uru would last; we had the idea that each party might be the last and attendance gradually decreased. When D'mala opened in late February we got new people and more enthusiasm. It was enough. We're still here. Many of us worked very hard to bridge that long dark winter.

12/08/07 at 09:38:06
An addendum to my story above: I was talking with Donahoo last night (Swifthawk was at the party too) and asked her about how the Happy Hour got started. Donahoo said that Gazerwolf, one of the Tapestry Shard co-administrators, preceded her in the music broadcast. Also, TheThunder originated the Happy Hour idea. TheThunder was seen a few times on D'mala but not since. Gazer... I haven't seen in a long time. I remember some parties that were highly enlivened by Gazer...

2008 December 17: Perhaps the Cavern will reopen. Until then, I will continue playing Guild Wars, in which I've done some parties. The open source experiment will be a challenge for all but I hope that parties will help get people together.