[Dixielandjazz] Grammys - getting their due?

[Rob McCallum]

Hi Tom and everyone,

I fully agree.  The "public" has been force fed so much crap that they don't 
expect any better from commercial music. And why should we?  I think that 
may be changing in that people are now realizing they have better choices 
and there are new media outlets (and rebirthing old ones) that can provide 
something other than the MTV crap.  With the advent of iPod (which I don't 
yet have, but have heard good things about), Internet radio like Live 365, 
and XM Satellite radio, listeners are being offered choices.  And they're 
starting to realize that.

I'd completely given up on radio.  I haven't listened to it since WDET 
(Detroit's local NPR affiliate and by far THE worst public radio station 
I've ever heard), fired their best DJs a few years back and switched to a 
predominately "smooth adult contemporary" format.  Even their jazz program 
(hosted by Ed Love) is awful.  But I got this XM radio for Christmas and was 
amazed that they have a wide variety of decent programs.  Their jazz station 
on Friday night prime time is all New Orleans based OKOM (from the 1920's to 
contemporary OKOM groups).  Imagine Bix getting heavy airplay!  It's true of 
other styles as well, excellent classical and even alternative rock 
programming.  Between that and the Internet stations, I listen to the "new 
radio" all the time.

I don't mean to sound like a commercial, but it's a good thing, and makes 
the "music" at the GRAMMYs competely irrelevant  On the Internet stations, 
I've even heard several of our listmates bands getting airplay!

They can keep their commercial radio and GRAMMYs and all that other crap.  
Now that there are some people in the business who are realizing that there 
a lot of us out here, with a few dollars to spend, who want quality music 
and choices, things will improve.









From: TCASHWIGG at aol.com
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Grammys - getting their due?
>Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:06:15 EST
>
>In a message dated 2/15/05 1:37:38 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>jazz_trombone at axint.net writes:
>
> > But in all fairness, these "artists"
> > and I use that term lightly, are providing a demand for the public. This
> > is what the public wants. The public wants more sex, more violence more
> > nastiness in their movies, tv and music. Sad but true.
> >
> > MB
> >
>
>I can't agree with that at all,
>
>The public has been led to believe that they want it by the moguls who sell
>it using the power of the major media to do so and keeping it in our faces 
>at
>every opportunity to do so even on the news.
>
>I believe there are many many folks out there who are sick of it and do not
>even watch or listen to it, most of them are probably on this list however, 
>so
>not enough to make a real difference.
>
>Just think about when was the last time you saw something pleasant and
>worthwhile on the news, they all want the sensationalism to attract the 
>viewers and
>listeners and readers to buy their services and programming.
>
>The Land of the Free me thinks may have finally reached the peak of Freedom
>and we actually have too much unchecked freedom in certain areas, where we
>would be better served with a dose of common sense.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Tom Wiggins
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