hello.
i just want to put in a quick "yes please" to posting radio show
playlists to this list.
AS A READER OF THE IDM LIST
seeing playlists helps me find new artists. if i see list
of artists that i love, and then a few that i do not know of, it
gives good hints on what to check out. we do not have NEARLY enough
reviews here, and reading playlists often puts new and unkown artists (or
big ones i have never heard) into some kind of context that gives more of
a hint of what they sound like than "autechre are the bomb". this is
without listening to the shows.. and the playlists certainly give me an
indication if i want to listen to someone's show, which of course leads to
the exposure of SO MANY artists that we talk about here.
AS A PUBLIC RADIO SHOW HOST (very "me me me")
i am assuming most folks posting playlists here simply volunteer their
time to do a radio show with very little payback (for what it is worth,
promos are nice, but i have never really met a public radio show host that
is simply working for the promos). that means they are excited about what
they do and want to share it with people (gil, of all people, should be
familiar with this need to share :). beyond that, playlists help radio
show hosts get listeners and expose people to new music -- which is a FUN
FUN thing i think... and, of course, they also help the radio show host
*get new music* (or emails about new music) to play for people. oh, and
for me, i just like to see that there are other people in this world doing
the whole silly radio thing with similar tastes to me. no joke, it is a
fucking pain in the ass to find people that like the same kinds of music
as i do.. it is even harder to find people that host radio shows that play
music like i play, and this list has allowed me to see that im not alone
in doing what i do (or did, i guess).
PERHAPS AS AN ARTIST
it has to be nothing but ENCOURAGING for list members in bands to be
reading through email and see their names pop up on playlists. in so many
ways, this can only help them, and i think most of the playlists that get
posted here PLAY THE MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE N THE LIST.
A LITTLE SUGGESTION
someone once wrote me and asked me to put "PLAYLIST" as the first word of
posts with playlists. they were really nice about it, so i did. by doing
this, i allowed folks to run filters against those emails.
too, too tired,
chris.
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