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I've recently been put in a strange situation. I'm working for XM Radio's New Age station and have a fair amount of influence over it despite being a lackey (already got squarepusher on the modern jazz station). The station plays more than Yanni and enya, basically anything that's calm and somethings that really aren't that calm some aphex twin even a beatles track. But there's still the stigma of new age being elevator music and basically garbage. I'm about to start soliciting idm labels for promos trying make the station better but worry that they'll fear being classified as New Age, even though it's a fairly big audience. I know this list argues a lot about genre classifications but I kind of want to hear any bitching people might have just gauge the response I'd get and hell suggestions on who might wamt to send me shit would be appreciated. -p --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On 23 Mar 2004 at 14:54, roberbil@earthlink.net wrote:

quoted 3 lines The station plays more than Yanni and enya, basically anything that's

> The station plays more than Yanni and enya, basically anything that's > calm and somethings that really aren't that calm some aphex twin even a > beatles track.

Why not post us a few recent play-lists so that we can guage the direction this thing's taking? I * --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Couple suggestions off the top of my head- Bola- either of his two albums or the Jello album Telephon Tel Aviv I've recently been put in a strange situation. I'm working for XM Radio's New Age station and have a fair amount of influence over it despite being a lackey (already got squarepusher on the modern jazz station). The station plays more than Yanni and enya, basically anything that's calm and somethings that really aren't that calm some aphex twin even a beatles track. But there's still the stigma of new age being elevator music and basically garbage. I'm about to start soliciting idm labels for promos trying make the station better but worry that they'll fear being classified as New Age, even though it's a fairly big audience. I know this list argues a lot about genre classifications but I kind of want to hear any bitching people might have just gauge the response I'd get and hell suggestions on who might wamt to send me shit would be appreciated. -p --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

there are several music clusters like XM radio, the other sattelite radio, music channels on DIRECTV, music channels on digital cable do they share programming? i heard some AFX and alike on Time Warner cable music channels, on either new age or sounds of season or lite something some time ago so, keep a good work there! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 2 lines I've recently been put in a strange situation.

> I've recently been put in a strange situation. > I'm working for XM Radio's New Age station and have a fair amount of

influence over it despite being a lackey (already got squarepusher on the modern jazz station). The station plays more than Yanni and enya, basically anything that's calm and somethings that really aren't that calm some aphex twin even a beatles track. But there's still the stigma of new age being elevator music and basically garbage. I'm about to start soliciting idm labels for promos trying make the station better but worry that they'll fear being classified as New Age, even though it's a fairly big audience.

quoted 2 lines I know this list argues a lot about genre classifications but I kind of

> > I know this list argues a lot about genre classifications but I kind of

want to hear any bitching people might have just gauge the response I'd get

quoted 1 line and hell suggestions on who might wamt to send me shit would be

>and hell suggestions on who might wamt to send me shit would be

appreciated. Its an interesting idea. Its not heavily on the radar here (in pittsburgh) at all - is "newage" music even popular at all? I guess maybe I just don't know anybody into it, so i can't gauge. But it seems like alot of "idm" would go over very well with folks who may have liked "newage". So i see the crossover point. I think my perspective is VERY tainted, but it seems like a just ambient/idm/listening electronica station would be as popular or moreso than a 'newage' station. Either that or people wouldn't know the difference if you started playing morr music or neoouija stuff on the station. - cutups --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org