I hardly listen to radio these days because of a lack of originality in the programming. There are only a few rock stations that I can receive here anyhow and their programming follows two narrow types, classic rock or nu rock /nu metal.
I rarely hear Maiden, but the classic rock stations often play Priest, Sabbath and Ozzy. The Nu Metal style stations will play Creed and Metallica but mostly seem to play Korn, Tool, Limp Wristed etc...
I don't mind listening to Free Bird for the 3 millionth time if I haven't heard it in a while but these stations seem to play the same songs over and over again.
You'd think that Priest only has two songs, You Got Another Thing Coming and Living After Midnight if your opinion was formed by what is played on the radio. Rush only has Tom Sawyer and The Spirit of Radio. Ozzy has Crazy Train and Momma I'm Comin' Home.
I can tune into one of the alternative stations to hear an occasional U2 song if I want to suffer subjecting myself to their primary playlist of music I hate.
I don't know how it is across the country but here there are basically two companies that own everything. Clear Channel and Infinity. In my opinion they have monopolies that have severly limited the qaulity of the product that the radio stations are able to produce.
It seems to me that every station is forced to play a certain script of songs that are specifically selected to sell a certain product. Their primary purpose seems to be to marketing not entertainment.
Now there is talk of the industry being further deregulated so that the large media corporations can buy even more stations in any given area effectively giving a few people more control over all forms of media.
I think we are seeing the effects of what this has done to our country. Turn on the local evening news, the channel doesn't matter, there will be the same stories, usually in the same order, as on any other station. What about the all news networks? All the same, different faces spouting the same message.
Talk radio is going the same route. From what I understand throughout most of the country you would think that Bush personally ok's every word that is said. There are very few stations allowing opposing points of view.
The media is selling us the message that we are afraid, angry and stupid, and if we aren't then we should be...stay tuned to find out why at 11:00.
I've covered a lot of stuff here so maybe we can find something interesting to talk about. What do you guys think about deregulation? Has it helped or hurt the music industry? Is there an effort to control the masses by controlling the message of all forms of media? What are your thoughts?
I rarely hear Maiden, but the classic rock stations often play Priest, Sabbath and Ozzy. The Nu Metal style stations will play Creed and Metallica but mostly seem to play Korn, Tool, Limp Wristed etc...
I don't mind listening to Free Bird for the 3 millionth time if I haven't heard it in a while but these stations seem to play the same songs over and over again.
You'd think that Priest only has two songs, You Got Another Thing Coming and Living After Midnight if your opinion was formed by what is played on the radio. Rush only has Tom Sawyer and The Spirit of Radio. Ozzy has Crazy Train and Momma I'm Comin' Home.
I can tune into one of the alternative stations to hear an occasional U2 song if I want to suffer subjecting myself to their primary playlist of music I hate.
I don't know how it is across the country but here there are basically two companies that own everything. Clear Channel and Infinity. In my opinion they have monopolies that have severly limited the qaulity of the product that the radio stations are able to produce.
It seems to me that every station is forced to play a certain script of songs that are specifically selected to sell a certain product. Their primary purpose seems to be to marketing not entertainment.
Now there is talk of the industry being further deregulated so that the large media corporations can buy even more stations in any given area effectively giving a few people more control over all forms of media.
I think we are seeing the effects of what this has done to our country. Turn on the local evening news, the channel doesn't matter, there will be the same stories, usually in the same order, as on any other station. What about the all news networks? All the same, different faces spouting the same message.
Talk radio is going the same route. From what I understand throughout most of the country you would think that Bush personally ok's every word that is said. There are very few stations allowing opposing points of view.
The media is selling us the message that we are afraid, angry and stupid, and if we aren't then we should be...stay tuned to find out why at 11:00.
I've covered a lot of stuff here so maybe we can find something interesting to talk about. What do you guys think about deregulation? Has it helped or hurt the music industry? Is there an effort to control the masses by controlling the message of all forms of media? What are your thoughts?
