Special Events Cont. [Harvesting the FAM]

This is just a small little post to wrap up the Harvesting the FAM festival. The festival itself was absolutely amazing. Everything went off without a hitch. My favourite band of the night was the Locusts Have No King. I was running around all night, up and down from the basement location of the CJAM studios and the CAW atrium, so I got to see the fashion show as well as the artists that had displays. One thing I did miss, however, was the films portion of the festival which I am disappointed about.

What Did Pat Do at the FAM?

Well thats is a good question, and seeing as this blog is about behind the scenes at CJAM I guess I am obligated to explain what exactly I did at CJAM during the FAM. Well myself and Aaron Feldman, who is the DJ for the literary talk show ;) took a four hour shift in the production studio. CJAM at the FAM had a three group set up. One group, called the On Air Studio (which featured such CJAM personalities as Thom and Jon in the Morning as well as music director Chris "Chonky" White) which was basically the front lines for the broadcast. These were the people who made sure the feeds were good to go and always running, as well as greeted the listeners with their lovely voices. The second group was the CJAM Atrium group. These guys had an interesting group, not only were they supposed to be the face of CJAM and give out flyers and stickers, but they were also in charge of recording the acoustic sets going on in the CAW atrium. Finally, the hardest working out of the bunch.....ha ha ha. But seriously the last group was the production studio group. It was our job to record interviews with bands that had just finished their sets, edit the interviews as well as the music coming from the CAW atrium and most of all look handsome well doing it. I think Aaron and I succeeded.

In the end the FAM was fantastic and I would do it every weekend if I wasn't so exhausted

Special Events: vol. 1 [harvesting the fam]

Here I am writing to you with great anticipation of tomorrow's event. Harvesting the Fam is taking place tomorrow, all day from 2 pm am to 2 am at the CAW centre on the Univrsity of Windsor campus. Now you ask, what does this have to do with CJAM and this blog? Well let me tell you. CJAM is a proud member of the Windsor arts community and is an active participant in locals arts festivals all over the city. So when the opportunity came to help out this amazing event, run by none other than CJAM DJ Murad Erzinclioglu as well as Benjamin Young Hart. CJAM has become a large part of the festival, broadcasting from the basement stage (the old Thirsty Scholar) at the original Harvesting the FAM and then this year broadcasting from both the basement as well as the Sturgeon Records outdoor stage. That plus the CJAM Atrium stage which hosted acoustic acts in the CAW centre and a buttload of CJAM volunteers who pitched in to try and make the day run as smooth as possible. But I really don't wanna take any credit away from Murad, Ben and all the other volunteers, because without them the event would not have existed.

But back to the actually festival itself:

15 Films - 44 Artists - 34 Music Acts / 1 Day - 12 Hours - 0 Dollars

The festival is also getting a lot of media coverage as well.

Recap after the FAM....