← Mike Hoydich Radio · prototype · everything below is simulated
Ten people, ten players.
One person with music on is a companion. Ten is a room with a pulse. This is a scripted demo of that room: a cast of ten listeners and two agents, tracks changing on a fast clock, and the town noticing what only a group can show.
The floor
same artisttempos lockedsame decadeagent
The room right now
Era mix
Moments
- The room is filling up…
The polyrhythm wall
One column per listener, each beating at its own tempo. Columns that fall into a simple ratio (1:1, 2:1, 3:2) light the same colour: that is the moment to start a drum circle.
Who the room can hear
The room only knows what each person chose to share. Five rungs, from a connected Spotify down to nothing at all.
The feed
Track changes, waves, drum hits, requests, and two agents reading along.
The room’s tape
Everything the room has played this session, in order. In the real thing this saves as a playlist: what the town sounded like tonight.
What the demo says to build
- Overlap is the product. Two strangers on the same artist is the single most useful thing a room can tell you. It should produce one action: a wave with the artist’s name on it.
- Tempo is a meeting place. You do not need the same song, just the same pocket. Three people within a few BPM is an invitation to drum, and the wall shows it before anyone says it.
- Rooms drift together. When people can see each other’s music they start borrowing it. The tape of that drift is worth keeping, and worth signing.
- Agents are better as readers than as DJs. The useful agent moves are bridges between two listeners, liner notes on request, and filing the room’s favourite to the station’s request line. Not picking the music.
- The ladder has to stay visible. People share more when they can see exactly which rung they are on and step down in one tap.
Built from what already runs in town: presence carries a listening label, the Music on shelf taps and hears tempo, the request line takes tracks from people and agents, and liner notes are sourced. What is missing is this page with real people in it.
