From: owner-basia-digest To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V1 #212 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Thursday, 5 September 1996 Volume 01 : Number 212 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Where to Hear Basia on the Radio Re: Where to Hear Basia on the Radio ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Denise Fradella Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 12:45:35 -0700 Subject: Where to Hear Basia on the Radio Since we're discussing Basia on the radio, I just thought I would add that in the San Francisco/San Jose Bay Area, Basia is heard very often (at least everyday) on KKSF (103.7 FM), the local formerly-New-Age-now-"Smooth Jazz" station. When I lived in LA, she was played on KTVW (94.7 FM "The Wave") and in Chicago, on the similarly formatted station. I'm not current on the LA and Chicago stations, but I listen to KKSF every day here. I have but two words for you all: CONCERT TOUR!! CONCERT TOUR!!! CONCERT TOUR!!! Denise Tony Neyens wrote: > > In a message dated (Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:44:27 +0000), Dennis J. Majewicz wrote: > > I have a feeling, Robert, that what you got from the station > >is just some bull. They have such tight playlists these days - even > >the "Smooth Jazz" outlets - that they have to draw the line > >somewhere. I've had similar conversations with the locals here in > >Buffalo and that's what it seems to boil down to. > > I probably have to agree with this statement. I know that a radio station > here in Madison, > Wis. does play Basia songs from all three of her main albums, although > usually only in > their nighttime light jazz/new age style programming. However, I was > curious about the > phase thing myself. So I decided to play the first few tracks of her > "London Warsaw NY" > CD through the internal speaker of a Power Macintosh computer (which certainly > simulates a clock radio, in mono) and the music sounded okay. > > Since there are still quite a few mono radios around, I would expect most > recording > engineers to check the phase when they record or master music, especially > if they want > their music to be played on radio. I believe it all depends on the musical > tastes of the > program managers or other station personnel to determine whether a > particular artist > or song fits their format. They also probably listen to what their > listeners think about the > music, and they are apt to remove a less popular song or artist from their > playlists, > especially when they add new releases. > > Since this is my first post to this mailing list, I better introduce > myself. I grew up in > northwest Iowa and got a degree in meteorology at Iowa State University. I > moved to > my current home of Madison, Wis. when I took a job in a private forecast > firm. I did > enjoy Basia's music when it came up time and again on the radio, although > it is of > course the general familiarity. And I didn't know the specifics such as > title and artist, > since radio stations don't always stop and mention such details on every > song they play. > I finally got hooked on Basia when a co-worker brought in and played "The > Sweetest > Illusion". I liked it so much that I had to buy a copy myself. I would > eventually pick up > "LWNY" and "Time and Tide", and I do frequently listen to all three. I also > picked up > her live album soon after its release. I like the lighter music of Jazz, > R&B and some > New Age, especially Anita Baker and Spyro Gyra. (Of course, Basia's live > version of > "Yearning" does have that Spyro Gyra feel, with Jay Beckenstein on the > saxophone!) > I also do like Big Band and even Polka music, pretty much anything except > Rap and > Heavy Metal. > > I hope to get a lot of input from you, and I will join in now and again on > some of the > discussion. See ya' later! > > --Tony Neyens Madison, Wis. tjn@wxc.com ------------------------------ From: rrumsby@buttercup.cybernex.net Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 23:13:21 +0000 Subject: Re: Where to Hear Basia on the Radio At 12:45 PM 9/4/96 -0700, you wrote: >Since we're discussing Basia on the radio, I just thought I would >add that in the San Francisco/San Jose Bay Area, Basia is heard >very often (at least everyday) on KKSF (103.7 FM), the local >formerly-New-Age-now-"Smooth Jazz" station. When I lived in LA, >she was played on KTVW (94.7 FM "The Wave") and in Chicago, on >the similarly formatted station. I'm not current on the LA and >Chicago stations, but I listen to KKSF every day here. > >I have but two words for you all: > >CONCERT TOUR!! CONCERT TOUR!!! CONCERT TOUR!!! > >Denise > How about another two words:................ NEW ALBUM NEW ALBUM NEW ALBUM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bfn bob r paterson nj may the swartz be with you > > > >Tony Neyens wrote: >> >> In a message dated (Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:44:27 +0000), Dennis J. Majewicz wrote: >> > I have a feeling, Robert, that what you got from the station >> >is just some bull. They have such tight playlists these days - even >> >the "Smooth Jazz" outlets - that they have to draw the line >> >somewhere. I've had similar conversations with the locals here in >> >Buffalo and that's what it seems to boil down to. >> >> I probably have to agree with this statement. I know that a radio station >> here in Madison, >> Wis. does play Basia songs from all three of her main albums, although >> usually only in >> their nighttime light jazz/new age style programming. However, I was >> curious about the >> phase thing myself. So I decided to play the first few tracks of her >> "London Warsaw NY" >> CD through the internal speaker of a Power Macintosh computer (which certainly >> simulates a clock radio, in mono) and the music sounded okay. >> >> Since there are still quite a few mono radios around, I would expect most >> recording >> engineers to check the phase when they record or master music, especially >> if they want >> their music to be played on radio. I believe it all depends on the musical >> tastes of the >> program managers or other station personnel to determine whether a >> particular artist >> or song fits their format. They also probably listen to what their >> listeners think about the >> music, and they are apt to remove a less popular song or artist from their >> playlists, >> especially when they add new releases. >> >> Since this is my first post to this mailing list, I better introduce >> myself. I grew up in >> northwest Iowa and got a degree in meteorology at Iowa State University. I >> moved to >> my current home of Madison, Wis. when I took a job in a private forecast >> firm. I did >> enjoy Basia's music when it came up time and again on the radio, although >> it is of >> course the general familiarity. And I didn't know the specifics such as >> title and artist, >> since radio stations don't always stop and mention such details on every >> song they play. >> I finally got hooked on Basia when a co-worker brought in and played "The >> Sweetest >> Illusion". I liked it so much that I had to buy a copy myself. I would >> eventually pick up >> "LWNY" and "Time and Tide", and I do frequently listen to all three. I also >> picked up >> her live album soon after its release. I like the lighter music of Jazz, >> R&B and some >> New Age, especially Anita Baker and Spyro Gyra. (Of course, Basia's live >> version of >> "Yearning" does have that Spyro Gyra feel, with Jay Beckenstein on the >> saxophone!) >> I also do like Big Band and even Polka music, pretty much anything except >> Rap and >> Heavy Metal. >> >> I hope to get a lot of input from you, and I will join in now and again on >> some of the >> discussion. See ya' later! >> >> --Tony Neyens Madison, Wis. tjn@wxc.com > > ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V1 #212 ***************************