Conflicts of (possibly dis)interest

[slipjig3]

As y'all know, I write, perform, record and market my own music. I also do a weekly radio show (Sleight of Hand! Every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern on party934.com, or any time on their Podcasts page! Be there!), for which I get to choose whatever music I want as long as it's within FCC regulations. Every now and then someone, most recently rubian77, will ask if I have played/will play some of my own stuff on the air. My answer has always been something like, "This isn't the place for it," but by now enough people have asked that I'm starting to wonder. So:

[Poll #1894833]

Comments

[naturespirit.livejournal.com]

As an addendum to my "I don't see any reason why not" would be, probably no more than one per show and without big fanfare.

2¢

[maverick-weirdo.livejournal.com]

I think it is okay if you do it in a limited way.

I'm guessing you play approximately 50 songs per show.
Once per show is 2% of the time.
Once every other week would be 1% of the time.
Once a month would be .5% of the time.

Other people you could ask: What do the other DJs think? What do your listeners think?

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

I agree; one song per show, at least to start, sounds reasonable to me. You could test the waters...

[blimix.livejournal.com]

Why decide beforehand whether or not it's a good thing? Try it a few times, and see whether there are any consequences (negative or positive), and/or how you feel about it then.

As for conflict of interest, consider how much Clear Channel (or whoever) gets paid to constantly promote the latest pop trash. You're not taking bribes; you're just exposing people to some good music that you wrote.