Why is there no downtempo/chill/trip hop on FM?
#7
Radio stations only play popular music because that's what more people will listen to. Advertisers will pay more if more people hear their ads.
Chill is just not as popular as Rock/Country/Rap.
Some college stations play a more eclectic mix. I used to listen to Rice university's station allot, before I got satellite/Pandora.
#13
They recycle about 10 songs all day long on the popular FM stations. Most of which are terrible. Its truly garbage. Only time I use FM radio these days is to listen to morning talk shows on my way to work, about 2 of which are still decent and don't totally suck. Interestingly talk shows keep me awake much better than music at 4am..
Just invest a couple hundo in a modern headunit.
Just invest a couple hundo in a modern headunit.
#15
My question isn't "how do I listen to the music I like".
It's "how can there be 20 stations of the same crap and they all make money and none make money playing downtempo"?
I guess a related statement would be: I suspect that the music on FM does NOT represent the actual spectrum of the distribution of musical tastes of the population. e.g. 95% of FM is pop/hip hop, but only 70% of the population like it.
I remember Joe's fascinating thread about that company that developed a system to determine what type of music listeners actually listen to, and there was a lot less hip hop listening than surveys showed. I wonder if hip hop is still over-represented.
It's "how can there be 20 stations of the same crap and they all make money and none make money playing downtempo"?
I guess a related statement would be: I suspect that the music on FM does NOT represent the actual spectrum of the distribution of musical tastes of the population. e.g. 95% of FM is pop/hip hop, but only 70% of the population like it.
I remember Joe's fascinating thread about that company that developed a system to determine what type of music listeners actually listen to, and there was a lot less hip hop listening than surveys showed. I wonder if hip hop is still over-represented.
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Lounge Meets Jazz
Momma Gravy
Tosca
Lemon Jelly
Bullitnuts
Beanfield
K&D
Louise Vertigo (owns my life right now)
Mr. Scruff
DJ Smash
Jazzhole
Future Jazz Cafe ***
Yonderboi
Yoshinori Sunahara (awesome, obsessed with airports)