Yeah, there's enough IDM out there to warrant a 24-hour station,
absolutely. But I think you'd have to expand your definition of "IDM"
to do it, to keep the content fresh and more diverse than some folks
would have it.
Since you opened the door by actively not promoting a company tied to
your employer, there's room for me to sneak in and actively promote my
own gig. I program an all-IDM station, cleverly dubbed "IDM", that
resides on, of all places, VH1.com, and judging by the number of
listeners its attracting, I'd say that lots of people out there agree
with this idea.
Right now, as Mr. EggyToast just suggested, we have a
shuffling/compiling thing going on, where we've encoded a couple of
hundred IDM-ish albums and we weight the songs individually, so some
come up often, others less often. The music is pulled from the same
database that feeds the other 100+ stations that reside on either
VH1.com or MTV.com (I know, I know...) so these couple of hundred
IDM-ish albums are only a small part of much, much larger palette from
which to choose.
I don't think there's any shortage of good IDM music out there, but
there's definitely a shortage of people who are willing to broaden their
horizons and definitions and scope. The station I program has a looser
definition of "IDM" than some folks find comfortable I suppose, but
that's because Intelligent Dance Music can really include all sorts of
stuff when you take into account influences, variations, or an offbeat
recommendation from your local record store clerk (who is hopefully
surrounded by something other than dance music.)
If you've made it this far and are interested in listening to this
station, it sits here:
http://www.vh1.com/sounds.visions/vh1atwork/
Scroll past the mega-platinum artist stations at the top... oh, and you
need a (free) username and password account to listen...
And if you're interested in getting your music on this station, just
write me offlist and I'll give you the details. No palm-greasing, no
MTV/VH1 bullshit to wade through, just send me your record.
/Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Lysaa Bi [mailto:lysaabi@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 4:29 PM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: [idm] IDM Radio?
I'm just wondering, is there enough IDM out there to format a 24hour FM
radio station?
I work for the company that built the satellite for xmradio, so I hear
about it alot. I'm thinking it would be nice if one of the 100 FM
stations available by subscription over the whole US have a more
interesting format than say, the various music formats on DirectTV.
Maybe a grassroots movement(like hundreds of subscribers demanding IDM)
might convince the programming execs to make an IDM channel...
here's the link for the current dance channels
http://www.xmradio.com/programming/programming_category.jsp?category=Dan
ce
I'm NOT trying to sell xmradio, just looking for opinions.
Thoughts, anyone?
Is there enough decent idm out there?
Would people like to see an idm station available across the US, that
everyone could listen to simultaneously?
What are the social ramifications? (just kidding)
Lysaa
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