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Post by cheriemelissa on Mar 6, 2019 14:56:06 GMT -5
I'm lamenting the probable loss of the physical CD. Not sure if it's feasible to release one anymore, especially with an Indie label. Guess I'll just DL his music and make me a CD. I have an old car and guess when I trade, the new one won't have a player. Time moves on. I don't listen to radio music anymore and don't like the streaming either...but I'll stream a little bit, especially just after a single release. Much preferred to buy multiple CDs and hand them out. lol I'm with you. Love my CD's.
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Post by 4EverAdam on Mar 6, 2019 15:05:06 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Mar 6, 2019 15:11:54 GMT -5
I'm lamenting the probable loss of the physical CD. Not sure if it's feasible to release one anymore, especially with an Indie label. Guess I'll just DL his music and make me a CD. I have an old car and guess when I trade, the new one won't have a player. Time moves on. I don't listen to radio music anymore and don't like the streaming either...but I'll stream a little bit, especially just after a single release. Much preferred to buy multiple CDs and hand them out. lol I don't like streaming. I don't want some computer or person deciding what I want to listen to. I want to create my own playlists/mix tapes including recordings that have been released many years ago, or never (like QAL's live performances, Adam's Upright Cafe renditions, etc). I guess that makes me an old fuddy-duddy. On Spotify you can make your own playlist. You can make them with the music they have in their catalog, but also with the music you have on your computer. So you can add those QAL live performances and also Adam's performances not on Spotify. You do have to pay for a premium account for that though. The side effect is that if you use that playlist for the songs that are on Spotify you will add to his streams and give him a little revenue every time you play it.
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Post by happy on Mar 6, 2019 15:14:21 GMT -5
Catching auditions for new season of the voice - so far only 2 people I could listen all they way through their songs. Very happy to have Feel Something live video to listen to after. Makes the perfect palette (ear) cleanser. I can't say that any of the auditions on The Voice or American Idol have impressed me yet -- which is surprising to me. Usually by this point, there are at least one or two contestants who have peaked my interest. But I have never followed any other person like I do Adam.
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Post by girldrummer on Mar 6, 2019 15:16:56 GMT -5
lurleen, I am totally onboard with what you are saying about the radio play dilemma.
To me, the most significant sentence in your above post is" "People may think radio is not important, but it is important and useful to those artists who can get it."
That means radio play IS important because it gives certain artists an immense boost in exposure to the GENERAL public who are often passive receivers of whatever is being played. Streaming is for music that the listeners actively seek out. Playlists are created by the listeners who already know what they want. Downloads and iTunes are pre-selected.
But radio reaches listeners who are opening themselves up to whatever comes on the air. They are casual receivers of songs by many artists. Radio is a "discovery medium" much more than a pre-selected playlist is. That's why radio is still relevant. That's why "it's important and useful to those artists who can get it."
We have all guessed at the reasons why Adam doesn't get good radio play. It's hard to believe that lingering homophobia could be one of them, but it might be. Lord knows, he's had some great songs that never saw the light of day.
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Post by happy on Mar 6, 2019 15:21:05 GMT -5
I'm lamenting the probable loss of the physical CD. Not sure if it's feasible to release one anymore, especially with an Indie label. Guess I'll just DL his music and make me a CD. I have an old car and guess when I trade, the new one won't have a player. Time moves on. I don't listen to radio music anymore and don't like the streaming either...but I'll stream a little bit, especially just after a single release. Much preferred to buy multiple CDs and hand them out. lol The lack of a CD player is one of the main things I don't like about my new car. It used to be super easy to switch between CD player and radio -- just a touch of a button. If I didn't like the song on the radio, I just pushed the CD button. Now I have all my music transferred from my CDs onto a stick (or whatever it is called), but I have to go through this procedure on the screen to switch between the two which is very distracting when you are trying to drive and not a good idea!
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Post by lurleene on Mar 6, 2019 15:26:41 GMT -5
I'm lamenting the probable loss of the physical CD. Not sure if it's feasible to release one anymore, especially with an Indie label. Guess I'll just DL his music and make me a CD. I have an old car and guess when I trade, the new one won't have a player. Time moves on. I don't listen to radio music anymore and don't like the streaming either...but I'll stream a little bit, especially just after a single release. Much preferred to buy multiple CDs and hand them out. lol I'm with you. Love my CD's. I hadn't really thought of that. Some of the big indies do have physical CD's but I know nothing about Empire (other than what was posted here) so you are probably right.
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Post by skaschep on Mar 6, 2019 15:34:11 GMT -5
lurleen, I am totally onboard with what you are saying about the radio play dilemma. To me, the most significant sentence in your above post is" "People may think radio is not important, but it is important and useful to those artists who can get it." That means radio play IS important because it gives certain artists an immense boost in exposure to the GENERAL public who are often passive receivers of whatever is being played. Streaming is for music that the listeners actively seek out. Playlists are created by the listeners who already know what they want. Downloads and iTunes are pre-selected. But radio reaches listeners who are opening themselves up to whatever comes on the air. They are casual receivers of songs by many artists. Radio is a "discovery medium" much more than a pre-selected playlist is. That's why radio is still relevant. That's why "it's important and useful to those artists who can get it." We have all guessed at the reasons why Adam doesn't get good radio play. It's hard to believe that lingering homophobia could be one of them, but it might be. Lord knows, he's had some great songs that never saw the light of day. Actually 90% of the streamers (don't know the exact number, but it's close) don't make their own playlists, but use a playlist suggested to them by Spotify. So it's Spotify who decides what they listen too. That's why it is so important to get on those big playlists. So instead of Radio deciding your music Spotify does that. I don't see the difference. If you get on those playlists you get exposed to millions of listeners. Most young people don't even listen to the radio anymore, but always stream and use those playlists. I only listen to radio in the car and even then I skip through channels because I can't find the music I like mostly. The nice thing about streaming is that you don't have to listen to the nonsense most radio folks talk about and also not to any commercials (if you use a premium account at least).
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Post by lurleene on Mar 6, 2019 15:41:02 GMT -5
lurleen, I am totally onboard with what you are saying about the radio play dilemma. To me, the most significant sentence in your above post is" "People may think radio is not important, but it is important and useful to those artists who can get it." That means radio play IS important because it gives certain artists an immense boost in exposure to the GENERAL public who are often passive receivers of whatever is being played. Streaming is for music that the listeners actively seek out. Playlists are created by the listeners who already know what they want. Downloads and iTunes are pre-selected. But radio reaches listeners who are opening themselves up to whatever comes on the air. They are casual receivers of songs by many artists. Radio is a "discovery medium" much more than a pre-selected playlist is. That's why radio is still relevant. That's why "it's important and useful to those artists who can get it." We have all guessed at the reasons why Adam doesn't get good radio play. It's hard to believe that lingering homophobia could be one of them, but it might be. Lord knows, he's had some great songs that never saw the light of day. Better said than what I said. Good example is Lauren Diagle. She did not go far on Idol but she is on a Christian Label that I have never heard of so I guess she is indie. I would never go near a Christian music station but her song "You Say" crossed over and is played on my HAC station ALL the time. I knew I liked the song but did not know it was her until she just won two Grammy's. She is moving albums and singles like crazy and getting played and heard outside the Christian market. They do what they want and play who they want and it does make a big difference in being heard by others o just by loyal fans. US radio is still very powerful.
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Post by skaschep on Mar 6, 2019 15:47:39 GMT -5
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