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My youth did not include high quality on demand free or minimially expensive music and/or music discovery services that were not a FM radio (or MTV). Independe
by hprotagonist 7y ago
My youth did not include high quality on demand free or minimially expensive music and/or music discovery services that were not a FM radio (or MTV).
Independent radio stations have DJs and a culture around them that foster new music and support independent musicians.
To pick an example, Hot97 was _the_ voice of the bronx (literally, in the case of angie martinez) and the east coast hip hop scene from more or less the beginning. DJs would meet or be introduced to or know of local artists, get their demo tapes on the air, and launched major careers as a result.
- empath75 7y agoYeah but now people have thousands and thousands of DJ’s to choose from.
- hprotagonist 7y agoand the vast majority of them suck! that probably makes me a grouchy old man, but the fragmentation and personalization of music does actually lead to a dilution.
- chrismeller 7y agoAnd you think that major careers cannot be launched via Spotify or YouTube or any of a dozen other options? This just feels like one of those “things are different” situations where nothing is better or worse, but simply not the way it was.