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Dave Little
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 6:28 am |
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Go to this link
http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs
Tell me if you can tell 1 song from the next.
Must be the same synth guy doing all of the music on his computer - on all of them ('cept the Zac Brown - I don't even care for Zac Brown - but it is a relief comapared to all that other 'what ever you wanna call it'.)
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(Obviously, this is only my opinion. Those with less taste may disagree.) |
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Mark Hershey
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 7:40 am
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Just did a lovely drive this morning with my wife up through the Catskills and past the Berkshires. We listened to amazing music the entire way on Satelite radio.
We have more options than ever and can now take control of what we listen to. This really is the best time ever for music. If you are frustrated with the charts or what's on the radio take control of the situation my friend. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 7:50 am
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| Tell me if you can tell 1 song from the next. |
No!
It's overproducced and polished. (as in you can't polish a ....)
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 8:54 am
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This is the first time in a long time, maybe ever, I can say I've never heard any of these top 25 "country" songs and never heard of at least a half dozen of the performers.
I guess I've just got too old and dis-interested in this stuff to keep up like I used to.
I actually thought the Morgan song #21 was pretty good by comparison.
I think it's great that many of you have alternative means for music by satellite, Sirius or whatever, but there are still a lot of us who don't have access and can't afford the luxury, so we're stuck with the networks.
In my case, I almost never listen to broadcast radio anymore anyway. It's 20 mins. of music, if you're lucky and 10 minutes of annoying commercials. It would be nice if I had the means to subscribe to other services, but I don't.
So it's mainly just NPR, PBS and my own personal music collection for me. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 9:01 am
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| We have more options than ever and can now take control of what we listen to. |
Maybe, but to realize that the good stuff is no more in the mainstream is kind of sad.
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 9:02 am
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| ....exactly, Joachim.,...and/or on more accessible public radio stations. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 9:41 am
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I loved to listen to Wolfman Jack, Jerry. AFN was pretty good. They had a program called "Underground" in the late sixties. It was at night and it was of course contemporary back then. The good old times.
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Dave Little
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Atlanta
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 9:43 am
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| Right you are Mark. Actually I haven't listened to radio in a pretty long time. Just thought I'd look see if maybe there might be something we could use to kinda "update" our shows - you know something for the under the hill crowd - NOT. |
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Mark Hershey
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New York, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2016 7:17 pm
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| We have more options than ever and can now take control of what we listen to. |
Maybe, but to realize that the good stuff is no more in the mainstream is kind of sad. |
True, but back in the day when the mainstream was full of the good stuff we were at the mercy of the radio. Later came the tape deck in cars where we started taking control on our commutes by making our own mix tapes.
The other week our house guest was playing music off of his iPhone from his cloud storage where he had his entire collection stored. He has amazing tastes in music and was able to pull up the song and tell us about the artists. Just one of the many advantages us music lovers have with technology now.
I was reading a WSJ article by Jim Fusilli on modern music, and I'm going off memory but the point of the articles was about the failure of the music industry to market music to mature audiences. The product is out there, the issue is the audience and the music aren't finding each other. The crap that is topping the country music charts just isn't going to appeal to us. I'm really just finding my favorite stuff these days on NPR, from friends, and just from blogs and links. Its a lot different than from when I grew up in the 70's and 80's but I'm just as satisfied as I ever was with the music coming out these days but I'm not going to find it on the radio. |
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Graham
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Marmora, Ontario, Canada
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 29 Aug 2016 4:05 am
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Mark Hershey wrote:
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| The product is out there, the issue is the audience and the music aren't finding each other. |
I think if you want to know about interesting new CD's or reissues you need to buy music magazines like Uncut, Shindig or Record Collector (the last one is the best IMO). Still I'm not sure if they are available in the US.
I'm always amazed at the large amount of reviews. Not so much information about Country records except a few, but they mention steel quite often in other genres too.
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Donny Hinson
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Posted 29 Aug 2016 6:04 am
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Yep, everything is super compressed, formulaic, and rather "busy-sounding". To me, the music seems geared for listeners without too much sophistication and taste. You might say today's country music has become the modern version of "bubble-gum" music, in that not a lot of thought or musical diversity goes into making it, and everyone is afraid of doing anything outside of the box. There's no individuality, no identity, just an incredible sameness to it all.  |
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Mark Hershey
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New York, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2016 8:14 am
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| Joachim Kettner wrote: |
Mark Hershey wrote:
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| The product is out there, the issue is the audience and the music aren't finding each other. |
I think if you want to know about interesting new CD's or reissues you need to buy music magazines like Uncut, Shindig or Record Collector (the last one is the best IMO). Still I'm not sure if they are available in the US.
I'm always amazed at the large amount of reviews. Not so much information about Country records except a few, but they mention steel quite often in other genres too. |
I'm getting a link to post in this thread from my friend, he's always sending me videos and playlists for new and old obscure stuff. Will update later.
Some one sent me this guy's link this morning. Country related and for fun (no pedal steel on recording), this guy sound familiar?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1znPfzhVI
Looks like he passed away in 2011 so RIP. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 29 Aug 2016 8:36 am
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| I was reading a WSJ article by Jim Fusilli on modern music, and I'm going off memory but the point of the articles was about the failure of the music industry to market music to mature audiences. The product is out there, the issue is the audience and the music aren't finding each other. The crap that is topping the country music charts just isn't going to appeal to us. |
Here's the article.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6889470/jim-fusilli-catching-up-adult-music-market
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| There's no individuality, no identity, just an incredible sameness to it all |
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Sounds like corporate America to me. |
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Mark Hershey
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New York, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2016 10:52 am
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| I was reading a WSJ article by Jim Fusilli on modern music, and I'm going off memory but the point of the articles was about the failure of the music industry to market music to mature audiences. The product is out there, the issue is the audience and the music aren't finding each other. The crap that is topping the country music charts just isn't going to appeal to us. |
Here's the article.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6889470/jim-fusilli-catching-up-adult-music-market
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| There's no individuality, no identity, just an incredible sameness to it all |
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Sounds like corporate America to me. |
I think I read an article in the WSJ but that interview hits all the points.
He mentions NPR in that interview, and I couldn't agree more. It's a fantastic source for new music. Just went there and saw under the 'Folk' tab they have a review Aaron Lee Tasjan from Nashville. Will check that out.
The Tiny Desks concerts are also fantastic on their youtube channel...I just watched last week the Wilco performance from February, there's some pretty good Dobro playing in it. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Mark Hershey
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Scott Duckworth
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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 30 Aug 2016 2:55 am
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Duuuhhh... Wutz Cuntry?
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Donny Hinson
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Posted 31 Aug 2016 7:15 am
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Some one sent me this guy's link this morning. Country related and for fun (no pedal steel on recording), this guy sound familiar?
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Yeah, well it sounds a little familiar, but somehow I can't get past the visuals. I guess the orange haired, over-inked, biker/punk rocker persona is a little too much for my "conservative old man" senses. |
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Joe Ribaudo
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2016 1:52 pm
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This made the rounds last year, but maybe some of you missed it. Fortunately, I'm not familiar with most of these songs so can't attest to the validity. (But hell, it's on the internet - therefore it must be true.) Mashup of recent country hits...
https://youtu.be/FY8SwIvxj8o
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Ken Boi
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 1 Sep 2016 5:44 am
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I might suggest trying an Internet music streaming service like Pandora. Create some channels of your liking based on an artist you like. I am impressed many times with what they play. I have created (for one example) a channel 'Asleep At The Wheel'. Through this channel playlist I have discovered Dale Watson, David Ball, The Derailers, and many more. This might not be for car travel (although it can be with today's technology), but a great alternative to radio. At least Pandora's 'intelligence' system knows what you like and attempts to cater to that.
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 1 Sep 2016 6:00 am
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This perfect background music for supermarkets, shopping malls etc. Goes into your right ear and leaves from your left w/o leaving anything of value between those two points. Sad to know that there are folks who think this is the real deal...
Kind Regards, Walter
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 1 Sep 2016 7:44 am
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Ken, yes Pandora is pretty good. I use Jango Radio free internet radio in a similar fashion, Sort of a shuffle of songs from particular channels of all styles. I've been introduced to a lot of new artists that way. That's about all I listen to, but I don't have the technology to take it in the car.
But for that, PBS and NPR, I'd be lost for music other than my own collection. |
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Mark Hershey
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2016 11:21 am
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| Ken Boi wrote: |
| I might suggest trying an Internet music streaming service like Pandora. Create some channels of your liking based on an artist you like. I am impressed many times with what they play. I have created (for one example) a channel 'Asleep At The Wheel'. Through this channel playlist I have discovered Dale Watson, David Ball, The Derailers, and many more. This might not be for car travel (although it can be with today's technology), but a great alternative to radio. At least Pandora's 'intelligence' system knows what you like and attempts to cater to that. |
Makes me happy to see upon my return from my vacation to login and see two users post that they are discovering great new music with the internet. Not a country artist but on my drive up to Yosemite I was listening to some Ray LaMontange with Eric Heywood on the pedal steel. His playing was so beautiful and just floored me. |
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