🚀 go-pugleaf

Well Steve, actually, I like some (not all) of "French rock", then again, I
like only some, not all, of current "American rock" (to be honest, not real
sure what that is anymore however) - though recently, most of what I hear
identified as rock has odd, to me, similarities in beat, scansion and
harmonics to songs from the mid to late 60's or very early 70's. (OK - yes I
am an OLD fart)

Your 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration comment, I would fully agree with,
within a somewhat level playing field, which I am not convinced is presently
the situation (of course, stacking the deck without detection, always wins).
Never thought a boycott, per se, was viable within today's reality, however,
have some difficulty with the concept of those with the power own the game
(Atlas Shrugged comes to mind - though am not sure we have a culture today
consistent with the ability to enable a John Gault or Hank Reardon view of the
world and implement those required actions)  Let's be real, you do your trip
and I am doing mine - I have no interest in saving the world or ending world
hunger or necessarily boycotting Dallas radio - (though your one liner, "Learn
to play that game" is cute) "Learn to play that game"  is incredibly
condescending without basis or substance or substantiation. I just asked a
simple question, to which you did not answer, so let me ask again, and I
quote,

would you support a requirement that any
> > commercial station must play a local artist or a presently "unknown"
> > artist, whose music falls within their format, at least every 20th
> > song?

Per Tom's follow on comments, I must admit I am  ignorant of the "business
aspects" of today's commercial stations. I was just an old, late 60's and
early 70's late night underground DJ who totally ignored required station play
lists and required commercial interruptions and played (I hope) a show which
mixed then current "popular" artists songs with totally unknown artists songs,
(and to be honest, unknown, obscure, artist songs that just sounded good to
me) into a radio "show" and for whatever reason, got away with it.

Payola, legal or otherwise, is a business reality which I think anyone today
has awareness of, however, I believe, (notice, I believe) that the airwaves,
which are licensed by the FCC to their "owners", for public broadcast
utilization, (commercial or otherwise) should have some public responsibility
inherently associated for the holders of those public licenses.

In relation to this, I do not think it unreasonable that these licensed FCC
public airwaves owners (commercial  or private entities) should be sanctioned
or allowed by the FCC issuing body to only consider their stockholders and
corporate bottom line, after all, they hold an FCC license which is
essentially issued for "public" utilization of the airwaves. The airwaves are
licensed by the FCC for public utilization (yes, we can get into a long debate
on this subject as I also have difficulty with the basic concept that the FCC
should have this ability in the first place, but this is the way it is)
however, it seems to me, there should be a balance struck between corporate
and public responsibility as it pertains to utilization and execution of these
licenses.

Steve, your simplistic, and from my view, cute response, irritated me.

Tom, (even though I think you basically supported my view) I think you also
hold an unrealistic position.

Pardon my naivet�, these are just my views

End of rant


Tom Hendricks wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>
> > gbfmif wrote:
> >
> > > There has been lots of entertaining and interesting reply to the Join
> > > the Dallas Boycott of Radio thread. Many point of view, valid
> > > positions taken on all sides.
> > >
> > > As a simple question, would you support a requirement that any
> > > commercial station must play a local artist or a presently "unknown"
> > > artist, whose music falls within their format, at least every 20th
> > > song?
> >
> > Try Quebec. English radio has a minimum french rock quota. That's the
> > only way anyone will play it.
> >
> > As far as your requirement...it ain't gonna happen.
> >
> > One part inspiration, 99 parts perspiration, that's the way it is. In
> > music, in art, in everything. You can talk about boycotts (won't work)
> > or any other way to circumvent the way to the "top", but those with the
> > power will just laugh at ya. It''s their game.
> >
> > Learn to play that game.
>
> I think it is more than just a game or business. Radio is the airwaves
> that by law are
> licensed to certain groups - some of them businesses. But businesses don't
> have any more
> right to monopolizing the airwaves, and refusing the FCC regulations
> regarding licenses.
> gbfmif, is stating that, yes anyone who is licensed to broadcast DOES have
> a responsibility
> and he suggests a reasonable way for radio to serve the community they are
> in - something that they
> are required to do by law.
>
> As a musician that would be great for every 20th song.  I would also be
> happy if they just stopped
> the 'legal' payola system where every song on radio is paid by some indie
> promoter on behalf of
> 5 Major labels  (Warners, BMG, EMI, Sony, Vivendi - who by the way are now
> carving up the
> internet - Vivendi and Sony together in one online venture PRESSPLAY, and
> the other three
> together in MUSICNET . The U.S. Justice dept. is looking into it as the
> monopoly it is)
> According to Salon.com  (httpwww.salon.com  then search payola) it is
> about $1,000 per song.
> Or simply having a station that plays by quality -with  a fair
> play/airplay policy would insure that
> the best of local music would be played.
>
> Tom Hendricks,
> keep the boycott going in dfw.music, alt.radi.broadcasting, and anywhere
> else
> boycott local radio that is boycotting local music
>
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