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Episode: 0377 - Being Chased By The Music
Description: 2022.01.12 – S2012 – 0377 - Being Chased By The Music ·        You are being ‘chased by the music’ Many presenters like to talk with music running underneath them. Such a track is called a ‘bed’. It makes them feel safe and less exposed as they can pause for a moment and know that there’s no silence or ‘dead air’. But music beds can encourage someone to talk too fast as presenters confuse pace for ‘momentum’ or ‘excitement’. Although your delivery should mirror the bed (a lugubrious read over a dance track would sound as disconnected as a moto...