Music Origins, History, Creation, Special Musicians…
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PopeBeanie 1 year, 1 month ago.
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A few decades ago, I used to do a 45 minute evening health walk and back then there were Walkman-style players that could play CDs. One of my favorite CD’s to listen to was Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine which didn’t have a filler track on it. Terrible Lie, though, was one of my favorites. Here, Opera Singer Elizabeth Zharoff analyzes a live performance of Terrible Lie.
She, like several other opera singers and voice coaches is gaining an appreciation of popular music, especially rock and more especially the more extreme forms of it, hard metal and industrial rock, etc. In fact, one of her favorite bands is AC/DC!
BTW, I took a friend close to my age to a NIN concert and she was very self conscious over the fact that in the audience consisting mostly of late teens and twenties, we, both in our 4o’s, were the two oldest people there.
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When I was in college in the late 60’s and early 70’s, that was the heyday of “album rock” when the radios shifted from playing 2.5-3 minute pop tunes to recordings of just about any length. DJ’s were local celebrities and in some cases even nationally, such as “Wolfman” Jack.
Then, the big corporations started buying up the local stations and started doing what capitalists do. They reorganized the whole thing with profits in mind, so instead of local programming directors, that function was done from some central office in L.A. or New York. And they figured out that local talk radio could make a lot of money for them, especially if they talked about politics and/or sports.
And music radio was dead. Then the Walkman came along and people started buying the music they liked, which was yet another nail in the coffin of music radio.
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This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Unseen.
And music radio was dead. Then the Walkman came along and people started buying the music they liked, which was yet another nail in the coffin of music radio.
A lot to catch up on in this thread, but this, first. There are some internet “music radio stations” I really like, which all happen to be non-profit.
KRCW – Livestreams: Eclectic 24 (my favorite); KCRW Live; NPR News stream (usually from BBC). Scroll down their page for other shows, mostly recorded.
Playlists show what’s playing and what has played recently.
About: Los Angeles based, with other non-profit Southern California affiliations.
They used to have a KCRW – Berlin, Germany presence, which I liked listening to online, but it shut down end of 2020.
RadioParadise.com Four live channels to choose from, each with viewable playlist history. Optionally display a set of often impressive photos or art for each song, song/band info, or listener comments. Carl’s Jr (fast food) restaurants in my area play it, but it’s NOT cheesy! It’s listener supported, and well curated IMO. You can see a page of info for each song, and rate any song to add to a Favorites playlist, even after the song is finished playing. (Minimum 100 songs.) Choose from five audio quality settings. I’m very impressed by everything about RP. No ads!
About: Started and run by a music loving family. Based in Eureka after moving from Paradise, towns in Northern California.
I like Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), “The Current” in particular is my go-to. Three genre channels. I haven’t tried the second channel “Carbon Sound”, and the third channel “Radio Heartland” is more local-music and Country oriented. (Minneapolis has had its own music scene for decades.)
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