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Near the end of the set up for a typical Morning Becomes Eclectic live performance, if the musicians are good and everything goes smoothly during the sound check, there comes a certain point where everyone is...waiting. Everything is in place, everyone has had coffee, the mix sounds great, and the musicians are happy with what they're hearing in their headphones. Now the engineers, musicians and studio personnel are just waiting for the cue from host Nic Harcourt telling them that they're on the air. "You'll be on right after this song is over," is typically the word that comes from master control (KCRW's on-air studio.)

It's exactly at this point that some bands will use the opportunity to play a bit of some cover song they like or even play along with the song that Nic is playing on the air at that very moment. Once in a while the band will spontaneously launch into a jam and make up words on the spot. These are moments that almost never make it on the air.

That's exactly what happened last week when Sia and her band came in to perform. A few minutes before the band was to go on, Daphne Bach, part of the team that takes pictures and shoots video for KCRW's website, had to run back to the web room for a piece of equipment. (It's a long run too; the web room and the performance studio are at opposite ends of the very very very long hallway.) As the band waited for Daphne, they broke out into a little improvised ditty that can only be called "Waiting for Daphne."

Bob Carlson
KCRW  Production

Waiting for Daphne

Sia (and band)