Thursday, September 08, 2005
Rolling Stones Having a Hard Time Getting Airplay
Why? It's hard to put them in a category.
This is why corporate radio stinks. Play lists are set millions of miles away. And given the cost of buying a radio station, I can understand not being willing to take risks.
But that's why it stinks. If the new song is good, play it.
And I don't want to hear "people aren't interested in that band anymore."
I've watched enough VH1, back when they had shows about music, to know why musical acts fall out of popularity. Their record labels don't push them anymore.
Jeffrey Gaines, when I was at his concert, made a comment that he isn't on the radio anymore because he doesn't have the money for Payola.
If you push any band enough, they will become reasonably popular.
How do people know an act exists, if it isn't pushed by a record label?
Why? It's hard to put them in a category.
This is why corporate radio stinks. Play lists are set millions of miles away. And given the cost of buying a radio station, I can understand not being willing to take risks.
But that's why it stinks. If the new song is good, play it.
And I don't want to hear "people aren't interested in that band anymore."
I've watched enough VH1, back when they had shows about music, to know why musical acts fall out of popularity. Their record labels don't push them anymore.
Jeffrey Gaines, when I was at his concert, made a comment that he isn't on the radio anymore because he doesn't have the money for Payola.
If you push any band enough, they will become reasonably popular.
How do people know an act exists, if it isn't pushed by a record label?
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That's why it's important to have non-commerical radio, whether it is college or NPR, like XPN. That way they're not totally controlled by ratings and commerical revenue and are not afraid to take risks by playing groups that may not be widely popular.
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