Inspired by NPR\u2019s famous concert series, the College\u2019s student-run radio organization, WCFM, hosted its first series of Tiny Desk Concerts on Jan. 24. Over the course of four hours, WCFM hosted six student musicians and three musical groups at its own tiny desk in the station\u2019s talk studio. The talk studio is traditionally a space for on-air interviews, but for the Tiny Desk series, WCFM converted it into a concert venue. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As part of WCFM\u2019s winter study specialty programming, each act performed a roughly thirty-minute segment. Performers squeezed into the talk studio, which was outfitted with a banner advertising the Tiny Desk, microphones, and the musicians\u2019 instruments of choice. They peered through a window to the main studio, where WCFM was transmitting their sets. The music aired live on the radio at 91.9 MHz, as well as on WCFM\u2019s website, and footage of the event can be found on WCFM\u2019s YouTube channel, WCFMRADIO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Olivia Johnson \u201926, one of WCFM\u2019s general managers, said that on-air concerts have piqued the radio board\u2019s curiosity for a long time. \u201cTiny Desk is something that we\u2019ve been especially interested in doing for a long time because we have this talk studio in the station, which has been largely a storage room,\u201d she said in an interview with the Record<\/i>. \u201cIt seemed like a good opportunity to experiment with it, and we have a lot more student bands 1770833586 than we\u2019ve had before.\u201d<\/p>\n Hosting Tiny Desk was not without its challenges. Before the event, none of the organizers knew how to operate the talk studio, according to Ana Lucia Gomes \u201928, who organized the event and serves as WCFM\u2019s programming director. \u201cWe didn\u2019t even know how to make the microphones work properly,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a big learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n WCFM is hosting its next Tiny Desk concert on March 11 with Victor, a student band from Kenyon College. WCFM General Manager Aidan McMahon \u201926, who performed at the Tiny Desk, said that he looks forward to future Tiny Desk events. \u201cGetting into the habit of having these really regularly is gonna be great, I think, for people in the audience as well as the bands,\u201d he said. \u201cThis year we\u2019ve really been trying to make a lot of spaces for bands to play.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Angel Cuautle \u201928, a member of the WCFM board who filmed the event, hopes that in the future WCFM can allow a few students to come and watch as audience members.<\/p>\n Killian Reilly \u201927, who performed a set at the Tiny Desk, is also optimistic about the event\u2019s future. At present, he sees the College as lacking an especially robust music scene, but he said that there is a push among students for more college rock bands.<\/p>\n \u201cAll of the people involved in WCFM are involved in a really great way,\u201d he said. \u201c[Tiny Desk] was fun. It was fairly low stakes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Through events such as Tiny Desk, WCFM leaders hope to provide opportunities for student artists to perform and find community. \u201cI like to think of WCFM as an institutional pivot point around which these various groups and artists and DIY things can use our resources,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n The organization has hosted a handful of other live music events this year, from \u201cCoverchella\u201d to the \u201cAnything But English\u201d open mic.<\/p>\n Gomes found that Tiny Desk provides a unique environment for attentive listening. \u201cMost of the opportunities we have to play live music here are at parties,\u201d Gomes said. \u201cAnd I like playing at parties, but at the same time, people aren\u2019t really listening when you\u2019re playing\u2026 It was really nice to be in a place where you can play, and you can care about the musicality of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Editor\u2019s note: Frances Brooks, a section editor for the <\/i>Record and Programming Director for WCFM, was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source williamsrecord.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Student band Three Tiny Men performs original music in WCFM\u2019s talk studio. (Photo courtesy of Frances Brooks\/ The Williams Record.) Inspired by NPR\u2019s famous concert series, the College\u2019s student-run radio organization, WCFM, hosted its first series of Tiny Desk Concerts on Jan. 24. 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