Stationhead Board

When you go live with your show, or even if your show is not live, if you @ people (e.g., @barneyrubble) in the chat, those people will get notifications in the Stationhead app and also to their phone if they have notifications set up that way. As long as this is not abused, it is a decent way to alert certain folks that you are doing a show; especially if it is a pop-up.

When using the desktop, right-click to bring up keyboards menu, and select emoji keyboard to use emojis in the chat. 🙂

liking is great, but where are they going??
if you click on the song itself, to the left of the heart, you'll get a drop down menu with options of where to save, eg: a specific playlist.

Your external mic and headphone might sound fine during the "Mic Test" on SH, but when you go live, SH may use your iPad's default mic. To address this, try UNPLUGGING and RE-PLUGGING the mic/headphone AFTER going live.

One way to get around the vagaries of the music track status bar in Stationhead is to open your music streaming service on a different device (or in a separate window if you're hosting from a browser on a computer) and monitor your playlist from there. Stationhead is literally pulling the music in from your Spotify and/or Apple Music account, so you will be able see the precise times remaining in the songs as they play.

If you want to intersperse silent tracks between songs on a regular basis, save a standing playlist of silent tracks in your streaming service that can be imported into any show at any time. Once you are live ... you will be able to re-arrange the silent tracks between songs in the music playlist as needed. The "silent" playlist can also include walk-on music options if you tend to use the same tune(s) over and over again. Editor's note: Look for "Silent Tracks" by Brett Black. Add them between the songs on your playlist and never have to panic when a song ends and you are not near the voice button!

If you are doing shows from your desktop/laptop on the web, you can create (or select) playlists on your computer and then share them with Stationhead. In Apple Music, right-click on a playlist and choose "Share" and then select "Copy Link". That's it. There is no "pasting"; the playlist should now appear in Stationhead. (You may need to have iCloud sharing set up.)

I've tested out reloading/refreshing the webpage your show is running from. And also quitting the browser and restarting it. In both cases, once the web page (re)loads, Stationhead displays a message "Your connection was interrupted, but your station is still on the air.". You can then reconnect.

Unlike Amp, the Stationhead app is likely to show stale information when you first open it. Creators that are currently live may show as coming-soon, and some shows that have ended may show up as being live. If on a smart device, swipe/drag down to cause it to reload/refresh.

What is the trick?
A shameless method to increase your show's number of listeners by sending your followers an additional push notification announcement after the initial "XYZ is going/is live!" announcement.

How do you do it?
Invite a listener to join as a co-host! Once the co-host accepts, another push notification announces, "DJ XYZ is live as a co-host on DJ ABC's show!" This notification is broadcast to both the host and co-host's followers, prompting followers to another Call to Action to join!