unfortunately, in general radio is commercial. and trends are where the
major record company's can make money on "trend waves"...
>Why is Jamiroquai not so famous in the US? His album reached platinum
>status after two weeks in the UK, and here his tour is put in clubs which
>hold perhaps 1000 people!
well this varies.. the uk is a lot smaller than the states for one and its
"dance/techno" scene is far more developed than the midwest. but if you
look at sf, jamiroquai is widely known and his upcoming show has sold out..
>
>I recently talked to a guy who is working at a local record store. He told
>me that he is so pissed of by all this so-called radio DJs from the major
>black music channels here in Houston (97,9 THE BOX and Magic102) because
>they don't know anything about what's going on in the music scene.
imho, big radio dj's are in a completely different league. a good dj
friend of mine and i were conversing on this point a while back... to find
a good dj who's wicked on the vinyl and has a groovy library you've got to
look in the deep dark corners of clubs and university radio stations.. you
find people who know how to work multiple cd players in big radio..
>
>The only thing, you as a listener, can do is
>inform yourself about special shows on local radio stations (especially
>University channels), and check them out.
couldn't agree more. the uni radio scene puts out a lot of good sounds but
it still really varies from campus to campus..
its nice to hear shit on the radio and whatnot, honestly i never have the
time to "schedule" in a radio show that might have something i want to
hear.. lists and the right local record store (or online merchant) have
been a lot more use to me..
e r i k
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