From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V12 #48 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Monday, September 3 2007 Volume 12 : Number 048 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Internet radio crisis hits "home" ["49ersphil@tiscali.co.uk" <49ersph] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 08:10:55 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: "49ersphil@tiscali.co.uk" <49ersphil@tiscali.co.uk> Subject: Re: Internet radio crisis hits "home" I had no idea that this system was in place. Sounds like pure greed from the big boys to me. As for what will Basia do, I suppose that they will do what they think is most appropriate. If it was me, I think that I'd be forego the additional payment if I expected to be in heavy rotation on specialist stations thus creating extra sales and DL's of what will (I'm sure) be an excellent album. If the label that releases the album have big plans to promote (not likely) then maybe it's worth getting the additional revenue from the tracks played and leaving internet broadcast to the stations who "can't pay, won't pay" rather than those like Smoothjazz who want to keep everything above board and legal. I'm sure Basia's management knows that this situation exists and will do the sums and then decide. You're right about this group needing a discussion. I know. Let's all start a flamewar!!! I'll start; All Americans are ,,,,, Maybe I won't bother, LOL. >----Original Message---- >From: marzenie_99@yahoo.com >Date: 29/08/2007 19:00 >To: >Subj: Internet radio crisis hits "home" > > >I've been pretty lax on following the saga of internet radio-- I have been seeing that there's a lot of BS going down, but I haven't been getting very passionate about it since I don't listen. But in looking at some sites I haven't visited in a while, I am pretty dismayed to learn that because of the situation, artists on major labels are no longer played on smoothjazz.com. I am wondering how many more stations are making similar measures to survive. > >Losing internet radio won't affect people like Sade or Peter White (mentioned in the link) as they have a lot of terrestrial and satellite radio airplay, but this does affect Basia and people who don't have a lot of traditional exposure. I'm lacking hard data but at one time this station had a huge listenership and was the largest of it's kind. Now they only play artists who are independent or who sign waivers that they will permit airplay. This presents a theory that if Basia and Danny go with a major, the new album may miss some valuable exposure on internet radio. When MM was not getting played much on radio it was getting several spins a day on this station. I definitely don't have idealism about internet radio, but I do know that any exposure really helps. > >Here's the full story: http://www.smoothjazz. com/openmic/OpenMicViewPosts.php?D=082007 >It's in a Q&A format but the whole topic is well explained. I have no conclusion or solution, but this bugged me, and I was curious as to what you all thought. Plus this list needs a discussion, badly. > >--Leslie O. > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Need a vacation? Get great deals >to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. >http://travel.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V12 #48 ***************************