I'll take that one step further.
I think our entire music scene went downhill after the demise of 106.3.
That station really supported local music, and their DJ's also worked in The
Green Parrot
and other local clubs.
Many of us had the good fortune to do interviews with Matt on the station,
which was
always fun.
Alot of younger musicians will say that the internet and myspace in general
have saved the
music biz, but I have another take on it.
Back in the pre-internet/myspace days, 106.3, the Monmouth College and
Brookdale
stations, and The Aquarian were the centers of our local music universe. We
weren't as
distracted by being able to click away. We were all reading the same papers,
listening to
the same radio station. And it held the scene together, big time.
Along comes the internet and we're faced with a myriad of distractions,
including the
internet itself. Now, instead of hanging out in person, talking in person, we
do much of it
online. We'd actually call people on the telephone rather then emailing them or
texting
them. The time that we now waste here on the internet was spent hanging out
with your
friends in the real world.
I kinda miss that.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "sandpiper15" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> wrote:
>
> > The one thing that worries me though is that MM and the city in
> general seem to be
> > steering any kind of music scene that we have away from
> mainstream/rock ect and more
> > toward safer things like cover bands, smooth jazz and lounge stuff.
> >
>
> So let them steer. As MM never fails to point out, they're only in
> charge of the boardwalk. Cookman, Main and Springwood are all fair
> game. Like I said, the musicians and willing merchants will nurture
> their own scene.
>
> I just remembered the other thing AP doesn't have anymore. FM 106.3.
> True, they were technically based in Eatontown. But that station was
> practically the Fastlane's unofficial PR agent for at least ten years.
> I actually heard Matt Pinfield on WRXP in New York the other day -
> flashback to 1991!
>
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