This week I had the privilege of making my first live radio
appearance. Or at least my hands did. My friend Ade was making an appearance on
Flame community radio to talk about his new single (which can be heard here)
and to play a couple of songs live, so he invited me along to accompany him on
a Cajon. It was quite a strange experience, playing without being able to see
your audience. Not being able to gauge how they are responding to it or even if
anyone is listening to it all. It seems strange to communicate something in a
way that leaves you without any way of knowing how it’s been received.
As I thought about this I came to thinking that in a funny
sort of way all of our live are like a radio broadcast. Over a life time, our
whole life, even our smallest acts are seen and experienced by thousands of
people. At any moment there’s no saying who might be watching or how they might
be affected by us; the people we pass in the street or the person who serves us
at the supermarket. Much like a radio programme, we have the power to touch
many people’s lives and often we might never have an idea that we have done so.
