Nick
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I think about this often. The global clusterfuck that we've seen the best part of the past decade has been deeply disappointing for new music. Why is that?
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Milla Mélomane
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In response to Nick.
By 1996, most radio stations were bought up by entities like Susquehanna and Clear Channel. Live regional DJs were replaced by prerecorded shows with ad slots sold locally. Now ad delivery is the primary task of radio stations. This also means there's a homogeneous flavor to broadcasts nationally.
08:30 PM - Apr 30, 2024
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Nick
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In response to Milla Mélomane.
But there's crazy accessibility to share new sounds we've never seen before. Of course ppl think about the 60s, but what about the growth of rap and hip hop in 80s America? Or the explosion of electronic music in Thatcher's Britain carried on illegal radio stations? Where's the modern equivalent?
08:41 PM - Apr 30, 2024
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Milla Mélomane
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In response to Nick.
There are few if any pirate stations these days, & where we used to discuss/share music face to face, it's mostly done online now, so your area's concerns/politics may differ drastically from your friends in other states/countries. In a global online market, you silo your music by being too specific
08:56 PM - Apr 30, 2024
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Nick
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Ftr, I'm a child of the British rave scene spawned in the social unrest of Thatcher's Britain so that one is particularly close to my heart! The music traveled across the Atlantic with me 😉
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09:22 PM - Apr 30, 2024
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Milla Mélomane
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In response to Nick.
I collect stuff. Caveats: I mostly collected MP3s/FLAC files when DJing (poor student, access to Nero Burning ROM & an entire college radio station library) plus most of my 45s are 80s, promos sans barcodes, or Very Old, so I'll have to look each one up on Discogs to catalog what versions I have.
11:12 PM - Apr 30, 2024
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Nick
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In response to Milla Mélomane.
Discogs is an amazing resource. If I'm using it it's usually because I'm trying to figure out what some random track I have on vinyl but only identified by a serial number is. Rare that Discogs doesn't know!
11:17 PM - Apr 30, 2024
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Milla Mélomane
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In response to Nick.
Looks like my collection! I suspected you were a fellow music nerd. 💙
09:29 PM - Apr 30, 2024
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Milla Mélomane
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In response to Milla Mélomane.
P.S. Thatcher and Reagan were disastrous.
09:30 PM - Apr 30, 2024
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Nick
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In response to Milla Mélomane.
Very niche music nerd, in American terms!
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