[acid-jazz] Re: Acid Jazz Radio network???

From: Sue Barimore <suebarimore_at_tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:39:30 +0100

It's time for the chart again, what appears to be an exponential decline
in posts:

In the month of July 2001 there were over 900 posts, and in December
2005 there were 43, a decrease of 95% - and that's in a traditionally
busy month when everyone puts up their 'best of the year' compilations.

I don't know what the solution is. It's a viscious circle because if
there is no discussion, the list won't come up in any searches on the
net, and no-one new people will join the list. Also, the playlists, as
good as they are, will be a turnoff if they make up 99% of the traffic
on the mailing list. In December 2005 there were no discussion posts at all.

Here's my playlist for the mo:

Madvillain- Madvillainy
Bit late on this one but it's a top LP!

Alex Smoke- Never want to see you again
Good stuff, has anyone heard the whole album?

Earl Sixteen- Black on Black
Top reggae tune

Eek a Mouse- Wild like a Tiger
Would appreciate any other Eek a Mouse tips!

That's four anyway. Also, I've got a track I need IDing, wonder if
anyone can help? It's a vocal version of 'Red Clay' by Freddie Hubbard,
but the singing is done entirely as a chorus and it may be an all-female
one. Production sounds kind of late 70s or early 80s, the most similar
sounding version I've heard is by Mark Murphy, however it isn't him and
it's not Phil Bailey- there's no male solo singing at all. Has all the
trumpet parts of other versions, and a good deal of the track is given
over to piano too. Any ideas?

Cheers

Carl

From: Bob Davis <earthjuice_at_prodigy.net
<mailto:earthjuice_at_prodigy.net?Subject=Re:%20%5Bacid-jazz%5D%20%20Acid%20Jazz%20Radio%20network???>>

Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:25:46 -0500

In looking at the responses to my "Last 5" question I noted the
diversity in the musical selections. Given my knowlege of the people
here on this mailing list that is no surprise to me. I remember back to
previous times when someone has complained about the lack of
conversation on this mailing list, one of the reasons stated was that...

"people are too busy promoting themselves to engage in conversation
here..."

So I decided to take a visit over to the Acid Jazz Server website which
our man Erik B maintains over at the following url:
http://www.cmd.uu.se/AcidJazz/Radio/

It seems to me that we should be able to figure out a way to do
something with it together, that would benifit everyone here.
10 years ago when I first joined this mailing list, there was lots of
conversation. One of the reasons for that was because this was one of
the few places that existed where those types of discussions could occur.

Today the internet is vastly different than it was 10 years ago. There
are almost too many places to talk about music.
As a result musical discussion has become splintered and somewhat
irrelevant, as now most musical discussion is really just thinly
disguised "advertising" for a product.

Any other thoughts, ideas or potential action items?
Received on 2006-04-03 13:41:48