RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

Maybe the marketplace is cluttered, but I don't buy
it.  I mean, that's probably why WXYC was so behind
the curve on new releases.  But I don't buy it for the
other guys.

--- Glenn Boothe / Local 506 <gboothe2 AT earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Sorry, should have merged these last two responses:
> 
> >>>So before the En Garde/Criteria show, I emailed
> the
> DTH about either writing a blurb about the show...I
> never
> got a response.... Business, laziness, apathy,
> scorn, who knows?  It's
> not
> ignorance.
> 
> Although I have been disappointed at times with the
> various student
> media infrastructure (radio and press) in this area,
> having been a
> college music director myself, one thing to keep in
> mind is just the
> amount of stuff that is out now.
> 
> I can really only speak about radio, but back during
> my heyday, there
> were only a handful of local releases per year and
> most releases were
> met with great fanfare by the station, the press,
> the stores and the
> clubs.  That number comes out monthly now.   Heck,I
> can't even do all
> the CD release shows that come my way (and those are
> usually the bigger
> shows!)
> 
> For example, I just noticed on the wxyc playlist
> that was just posted
> that they are now playing The Strugglers and Physics
> of Meanings.  Both
> of those bands had their CD release shows at 506,
> one in late October,
> the other early November...and it appears that the
> station is just now
> getting around to playing them.  Disappointing yes,
> but at least they
> didn't get entirely overlooked.
> 
> Anyway, I don't think it's ignorance or any of the
> other attributes you
> describe, but just the fact that the marketplace is
> cluttered...glenn
> 
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
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