Once you stop growing and thinking outside the box your career is over. Unfortunately, I see a lot of this when I watch MANY video interviews with Radio DJs and celebrities from various radio stations. We can get lazy and that’s what makes for a short and a dying career.
The key is to be YOU…and don’t be afraid to show your OWN insecurities or shortcomings as a way to inspire others… the days of trying to be sexy or blasting your headphones so you can hear your own tones for self adulation or trying to be sexy when you look like Samuel Jackson are dead. If you are a woman and you look like Sam Jackson, forget the sexy Radio DJ persona, find another attribute to hone in on PLEASE. Unfortunately, guys can get away with it and there are some REALLY tragic and unusually ugly dudes on the radio and I know it’s unfair but what can I say.
I’m not looking my best right now so I can’t talk but don’t play with listeners especially if you are a social networker (and you better be) because the minute you post your pic they will abuse you in the comments and you KNOW how secretly sensitive Radio DJs are. The keyword is “compelling.” Are your interviews COMPELLING? On the occasions that I come across industry stars, I have to stop and take note.
I keep an eye on what they are doing and look for consistency (another keyword) when I see it, I reach out to them. Devi Dev is truly one of the most innovative interviewers in the industry. I greatly enjoy her in-depth style and the way she goes above and beyond what I am used to hearing and asking the questions that fans want to know.
She is a rising star who works hard, knows what questions to ask, and makes her interviews worth watching and hearing. So many announcers do the same dead-end dry and boring interviews with the questions that have been asked for decades and it’s beyond obvious they have not listened to the music before they interview the artists(s). In TODAY’S radio realm you have to step it up and KNOW who you are interviewing and if you don’t know them, please do your research.
Here we explore Devi’s top 5 favorite interviews… Kendrick Lamar 2014