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>"The music industry has settled on a pretty cost-effective > model" [snip] >"Most of the radio stations across the > country have the exact same playlist" That brings me back to good ol' WREK Geogria Tech radio. They were the first on the net in '94, well sort of.... you can get the story here http://www.wrek.org/?q=wreknet-first . I remember picking an apt. just because it was in their limited broadcast area. I didn't get internet until '97. I love this station. They have remained steadfast in their vision all these years. Between public radio and them I survived for years. I see they are going to 100,000 watts finally. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Davignon" <mattdavignon@gmail.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:27 PM Subject: Re: OT Re: DEFINING CULTURAL YEAR of the DECADE >I think if you're looking for earthshattering trends of the last 2 > decades, you're not going to find them on most terrestrial radio > stations. The music industry has settled on a pretty cost-effective > model: rather than trying to guess which music people are going to > like, they just put out stuff and do all they can to see that people > don't hear anything else. Most of the radio stations across the > country have the exact same playlist. If you listen to a pop station > in Los Angeles, you're going to hear the exact same stuff in Maine. > > When I think of things that happened in the 2000's: > --Glitch pop: The idea that a computer can be an instrument, and that > sequences and samples you program at home can be the new "folk" music: > The Books, Tujiko Noriko, Tuung > > --Indie Hip-Hop has grown by leaps and bounds this decade, and now has > a completely different identity than the mainstream > 2-notes-on-a-$10,000-keyboard stuff on the radio. Take a listen to the > record labels Stones Throw (Madlib, J Dilla, Oh No, Aloe Blacc, Guilty > Simpson, etc) and Definitive Jux (El-P, Aesop Rock, Cannibal Ox, Mr. > Lif, etc). Another collective, Anticon, put out several albums of > their more avant-garde take on it earlier in the decade, including the > excellent first Clouddead record. > > --Grime as a genre didn't become as popular in the US as it allegedly > did in England, but it's usually characterized as a funky "dirty" > combination between dancehall (reggae), rap and techno, often using > "affordable" equipment: MIA, Dizzie Rascal, Lady Sovereign > > --New services on the internet, such as myspace and iodalliance.com > make it easy for independent artists to get just as much online > distribution (even more) than major label artists get. > > Matt Davignon > www.ribosomemusic.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1873 - Release Date: 1/3/2009 2:14 PM