EKHO Sonic Chill — Bloghttps://ekhosonicchill.com/blog/Notes from EKHO: the work behind the show, announcements, local dates and Las Vegas bands.en-ushttps://ekhosonicchill.com/img/logo.png?v=ce7b8b4dd4EKHO Sonic Chill — Bloghttps://ekhosonicchill.com/blog/ From the booth: #11 and #12 are builthttps://ekhosonicchill.com/blog/from-the-booth-11-and-12/https://ekhosonicchill.com/blog/from-the-booth-11-and-12/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0700Two more episodes went from playlist to finished script, and four new release-week clips have been fully developed.Here's what's been happening on my side of the radio show.

The playlists

On Thursday, September 24th I filed the track lists for EKHO Sonic Chill #11 and #12. That's where every episode starts: the playlist becomes a spreadsheet, and every record on it gets its notes, where to buy it, and any tour dates coming up. The two stills for each episode got made the same afternoon.

The scripts

On Saturday, September 26th the master scripts for #11 and #12 were done. That's everything I say between the songs, written out word for word. I went back through the scripts for #9 and #10 to review and fact-check them. Important step.

The clips

On Monday, September 28th the release-week clips for #9, #10, #11 and #12 were completed. Twenty-eight seconds each, made for your phone. Those are what you'll see on Instagram and X when each one comes out.

It's a long process, producing a show. The song selection and playlist creation is the easy part. Once that's done, there's a whole workflow that needs to be accomplished: fact sourcing and verification, script writing, finding all the bands online and sourcing their songs (thanks Qobuz and Bandcamp!), then the recording, VO ducking, normalizing, bouncing, etc. The payoff is when you listen. The payoff is sharing.

If you've got a question about how the show gets made, write me: ekho@ekhosonicchill.com.

]]> The Space Between the Thoughtshttps://ekhosonicchill.com/blog/the-space-between-the-thoughts/https://ekhosonicchill.com/blog/the-space-between-the-thoughts/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700A long day, a drink, DJ Day on the speakers, and the quiet place this show is made for.I'm sitting in my office after a long day's work, brain hurtin'. Just let the dogs out and fed them, and now it's me time. I put on DJ Day's "VQ" and just sat back with a drink and thought about writing to you. My time is precious, you know? I want to spend it wisely, in a way that soothes the anxiety (cuz there's so much of that) and lets my brain breathe a little. You ever feel that way? Vegas is a busy place, with lots of lights and sounds and amazing attractions. What it doesn't have much of is silence.

When my brain relaxes I get calm, and I find the space between the thoughts. There's a stillness there, and I try to just sink into that space. That's where the creativity is. It's a zone.

This radio show I've created is meant to accompany you into that space. I'm doing this right now, with "Adu" playing. So cool. You should check out that album, Land of 1000 Chances. Thank you, DJ Day.

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