How does the following post relate to 313? Well it shows that the future
(and not too distant past) of Detroit techno belongs on the true community
radio shows of the world, as well as the World Wide Web.
What did that old 'has-been' say about "pocket calculators and tv sets,
remote controls and micro-cassettes..."?
Ms Cyclone wrote:
And radio has a lot to do with it, too. Urban music is only just >breaking
in Australia now due to a latent racism that held it back for
years. Universal has tried for years and years to break Mary J Blige
but radio will not support her because she is too them "too Black"-
which is a hideous situation. Radio only reluctantly got behind Lauryn
Hill - after months of Sony campiagns and then the Grammy coup.
I don't really think 'latent racism' is holding back Urban music on
commercial radio in Australia... it's more a case of the target marketing of
a specific audience, with a specific format/sound. Commercial radio is a
very stagnant medium in Australia and it works to a very limited playlist...
which is pretty much Classic Rock, M-O-R and a handful of crossover-pop
tunes. Sure Hip-Hop, R&B and Soul hardly get a look in... but neither does
most Alternative Rock, Heavy Metal, Electronic music, Country Music
etc.etc.etc.
This is why community radio is so important and why its supportbase is
building in momentun...
Amen to that!
because it responds to the community and young people (and young at
heart) and ethnic people and working class demograhics and gay
audiences, not monied young Anglo-Australian conservatives and
suburban sheep who don't know that they are being programmed.
I don't know about your demographic categorisations... conservative sheep
come in ALL shapes and colours.
Love & Respect
~Askew
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