i'm with ya, sean. i get extremely pissed off when i hear a song i like on the radio (whether commercial or college or public) and they don't backannounce it. from a personal perspective: on the live radio show and the syndicated show announcing every track played is imperative to me and always has been (and that's why i won't play a guest dj mix on the show unless the dj provides a full artist/title/mix/label tracklisting, and when i have an in-studio guest dj on the live radio show i always get him/her to talk about what they played and why), cos, like you said, people can't buy a track they hear that they like if they don't hear what it is! if a dj doing a mix show doesn't bother announcing the tracks played, whether out of "trying to be cool" or just plain ignorance, it does a major diservice to the artists played and turns into a dj ego-fest in that only the dj him/herself gets mentioned. 313: if you'd like to read a rant (er, commentary) on this, there's one called "dj obsession?" on cognition: http://techno.ca/cognition andrew duke :)
sean deason wrote: > from my perspective I think playing music from CD's is a good thing. I havent > heard the show yet, but the last thing Detroit needs is another *mix* show! > With turntables the host might be inclined to do a straightup two hour mix of > track after track with no informational content whatsoever. From the > standpoint > of an artist: Mixshows do *not* sell records. > I'm partial to the old days when DJ's would play tracks and tell you what the > hell they'd just played between tracks, they'd maybe give you some background > on the artist and the label ect befor or after. that's much more helpful to > the > artist than simple blending a continuos mix of faceless anonymous tracks. I > learned so much about artists from the old shows like Radio's in Motion, Brave > New Waves, Electrifying Mojo, Fast Forward ect. To me knowing the background > stories of the artists makes me feel that much closer to them when I go out > and > buy thier music. am I the only one? > > detroit science wrote: > > > >Doesnt this raise the question of why, if they are interested in dance > > >music, 89x doesnt have a turntable in the studio? Can't they afford a > > >turntable? If craig is interested in playing dance music why doesnt he > > >bring his own turntable into the studio. Why does someone have a radio show > > >which plays dance music when they dont even know what to play? Shouldnt a > > >dj know what to play? If 89x are interested in dance music they should > > >commit to it by providing turntables and knowleadgeable djs ... sounds like > > >they're really interested in something else. Let craig do his own homework > > >and decide what to play - might be interesting to see what his taste leads > > >him to. > > > > good points - since i know a lot more about the circumstances of the request > > let me try to elaborate. > > > > as always, remember, all of us started somewhere... take a step back if you > > will and think about what it was like to be out on the dancefloor, not > > knowing what tracks are being played. at some point you decided that you > > wanted to know more. me for example - i'm not a trainspotter - i know djs, > > not labels and producers and tracks etc etc. i know how to organize and > > make things happen, and y'all need people like me to convince sports bar > > owners to hand over the creative control of their venues so that places like > > science can happen. :^) and your role and influence on the scene that we > > love is different than mine as well. > > > > similarly, craig is the marketing and promotions director for 89x and the > > x2k show just kinda happened - it wasn't a conscious decision of 89x to > > branch off into dance music. the only reason that he has the show is > > BECAUSE he's the marketing and promotions director. the programming > > director leaves the content strictly up to him and his co-host holly. but > > craig doesn't come from a dj background - and he quite frankly doesn't have > > the time to do a lot of research since his full-time job @ 89x is quite > > different. that's why he asks for input, and if we can help steer him to > > good music available on cd maybe the fact that all of the really good stuff > > is on vinyl will push him to get 89x to spring for tables. i don't know > > where it will lead to, but unless the foundation is laid we won't know what > > could happen with the show. > > > > and ultimately, yes - craig will decide what to play - but we can influence > > it. if i give him a list of 20 cds that the 313 list recommends he's gonna > > go get them and listen and who knows what direction the show will take. > > > > does that explain the situation a little better? > > > > take care and thanks for the input, > > linda g > > > > mailing list http://www.onelist.com/community/detroitscience > > science office 313-534-7420 > > science fax 313-534-5155 > > mobile 313-790-7300 > > pager 800-200-5176 > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Cognition/Andrew Duke's In The Mix mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://techno.ca/cognition 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9
