A wish for DJs: If you have just the right easy-going instrumental intro, hopefully, listeners won't mind if you talk until the vocals start. One such intro in October 1985 had that effect on me. A DJ on WMRY spun Earl Klugh's underplayed "I Never Thought I'd Leave You" as he talked. The vocals don't start until more than a minute into the tune, so he made the most of things. He mentioned that he'd changed times with another DJ, gave a weather forecast, talked about how temperatures were warmer than usual for Autumn, and said our hometown baseball Cardinals were winning big over the Dodgers.
A DJ can--and should--do all of that over a long, appropriately pleasant, easy-going guitar intro.
