Re: Record Industry Decline

[Paul Richards <paulrichard_rocks@yahoo.com>]

Who cares what radio stations are playing anyway? I don't. Even the radio stations that play jazz &/or classical seem to fit their song selections into 'pop" categories within the genre. Satellite radio is a cut above FM and they appear to have a much wider palette than FM stations. But, even there, the jazz selections seem to try to appeal to some undefined mass (like a McDonalds hamburger).

 

Mostly, I listen to my jazz/rock/et al collection. Frankly, I almost never hear anything from the current day rock genre (or alternative) that warrants listening (to me anyway- not to say it doesn't appeal to someone).

 

Maybe I have a nilhilist attitude but I really don't care whether any of my stuff ever is played on the radio. I enjoy listening to it and that's all that matters. Those that need public approbation (or want to make a lot of $$$) suffer from the current poor radio condition. I do sympathize.

 

Bill Fox <billyfox@soundscapes.us> wrote:

> Stephen Goodman wrote:
> >> These days, a radio station won't play anything except:
> >> 1. bands that the corporate office tells them to play.
> >> 2. bands that can tell them what other stations are playing their 
> >> music. Of course that's none because getting that first station to 
> >> play your music without being able to say... Well, you know it's 
> >> Catch 22.
> > Sounds a bit like the selectively-locked doors that the games business 
> > sometimes seem to have on their open positions. An exec with an 
> > unnamed company once told me, "The best way to get a job in the games 
> > business is to have a job elsewhere in the games business." Hopefully 
> > this path to disaster via stagnation won't be
>  followed too long...
> Unfortunately, stagnation has been in place for far too long. 
> Otherwise, this discussion wouldn't sustain itself for very long.
>
> It takes brave people to buck the system. Bands wanting airplay do it 
> all the time. Ultimately, it might be a matter of will a band wear down 
> a Program Director (or Games Personnel Director!) rather than that PD 
> being brave. My friend is a big Spock's Beard fan. When V was 
> released, Greg spoke to the local rock station's PD. When Greg asked 
> the PD if he would play any Spock's Beard, the PD asked, "What other 
> stations are playing them?" (This is an exact quote.) PDs are not 
> hired to have original thoughts. My question is, if PDs can't decide 
> for themselves what to put on the playlist (because the corporation 
> dictates that), what is there left that a PD is supposed to do that 
> would attract any music lover to the position?
>
> Of course, many loopers aren't even playing
>  mainstream music making it 
> even harder to get airplay. First, you have to find a station that has 
> a specialty program that plays your genre of music...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill

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