Toto's Tutorial: How to Play DJ with a Piggyback Intro!

 Hi, I'm 

 Toto Moto! 

 As you know, I'm Shady's dog, 

 Shady's Place blog mascot, 

 Chief Petting Officer and 

 a DJ on SPMM Radio. 

I'm here today with Toto's Tutorial, a special post previewing a new feature
coming soon to SPMM Radio - the "Piggyback Cold Open." Piggyback
cold opens (aka Piggyback cold intros) will ramp up the excitement
and realism of my show and the shows of other Shady Bunch DJs.

 BULLET 

"White Lies, Blue Eyes" by the one-hit-wonder rock group Bullet,
is an example of a record with a cold intro or cold open because it
begins with vocals rather than an instrumental lead-in. Top 40
radio stations loved records like this one because they were
an exciting way for programmers to follow a station
identification jingle and get the next block of
songs started "with a bang."

Let's try the Piggyback cold intro on that Bullet record. First click to play
the jingle below. Using your mouse, hover the pointer over the time counter
so that you can keep track of the elapsed time. When the jingle hits the
16 second mark, let it continue playing while you bring the pointer
down and click the "White Lies, Blue Eyes" song video beneath it.
If your timing is right you will perform a seamless transition from

the jingle to the record the same way the pros do. Give it a try!

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY FIRST VIDEO

AND AT 16 SEC MARK, CLICK
TO START SECOND VIDEO!

"White Lies, Blue Eyes" - Bullet

(Dec. 1971/Jan. 1972, highest chart pos.

#28 Hot 100/#25 Cash Box)

Now scroll down the page and practice the Piggyback

technique on the rest of the jingles and songs
representing various styles and music genres.
Use your imagination and substitute
"S-P-M-M" for the call letters
used in the jingles. It's fun!

 BOBBY LEWIS 

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY FIRST VIDEO

AND AT 8 SEC MARK, CLICK
TO START SECOND VIDEO!

"Tossin' And Turnin'" - Bobby Lewis

(July/Aug. 1961, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100/#1 R&B)

 THE CRAZY WORLD 

 OF ARTHUR BROWN 

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY FIRST VIDEO

AND AT 12 SEC MARK, CLICK
TO START SECOND VIDEO!

"Fire" - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown"

(Sept./Oct. 1968, highest chart pos. #2)

 THE BEATLES 

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY FIRST VIDEO

AND AT 9 SEC MARK, CLICK
TO START SECOND VIDEO!

"Help!" - The Beatles

(Aug./Sept. 1965, highest chart pos. #1)

 OTIS DAY & THE KNIGHTS 

 Ft. LOUCHIE LOU - MICHIE ONE SHOUT 

Most records of the 50s and 60s had relatively brief running times and many had

cold opens. Singles released from the late 60s to present tend to run longer and

have instrumental intros rather than vocal intros. However a bold, attention-

grabbing instrumental intro works well as a Piggyback. Here's an example.

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY FIRST VIDEO

AND AT 9 SEC MARK, CLICK
TO START SECOND VIDEO!

"Shout" Otis Day The Knights

ft. Louchie Lou - Michie One Shout

(1989 single)

 THE MARVELETTES 

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY FIRST VIDEO

AND AT 7 SEC MARK, CLICK
TO START SECOND VIDEO!

"Playboy" - The Marvelettes

(May/June 1962, highest chart pos. #4 R&B/#7 Hot 100)

 Doggone it, I had fun with those Piggybacks  

 and I hope you did, too.  Let me know if 

 you got the technique to work for you. 

 Stay tuned for more 

 Piggyback show opens 

 coming soon to 

 S-P-M-M radio... 

 "the station 

 with personality!"