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0 pointsRetric1y ago0 comments

Internet DJ’s can’t feed off each other to produce regional music. It’s all one big blob available anywhere which drowns diversity in a sea of mediocrity.

College radio stations aren’t dramatically increasing to make up for the vast consolidation that removed something like 80-90% of radio DJ’s.

40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s flowed into each other but the stuff was all very distinct in a way that 2000’s vs 2010’s isn’t.

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PaulDavisThe1st1y ago

> It’s all one big blob available anywhere which drowns diversity in a sea of mediocrity.

I'm not interested in regional music or a regional scene.

The music on any given SomaFM station is not "a sea of mediocrity". It's generally excellent genre-specific stuff (old and new), and I love it (if I'm somewhat into the genre).

I can appreciate that others may not, but please don't over-generalize or assert that your preferences are the only ones out there.

goosejuice1y ago

So the problem is globalization? What do you mean by regional music?

Genres span borders now. Look at the Midwest emo / mathrock scene and how it made its way to Japan and Taiwan.

We can romanticise the old days of radio but local scenes aren't dead and these little genres are still going and new ones are popping up.

RetricOP1y ago

> Local scenes aren’t dead.

I might just be out of touch, so show me the innovation.

Rap simply didn’t exist in the 60’s. What’s around today that wasn’t in the late 90’s? Not just minor evolution but new ideas. It’s been 25 years any other stretch of that length since 1900 had several radical new ideas.

goosejuice1y ago

You can say this about innovation for all art forms. Art evolves it doesn't just come out of thin air. The consumer also has to evolve.

Even if you just look at popular artists: Mk.gee, Collier, Domi and jdbeck, Beyonce are some examples of mold breaking.

What exactly are you expecting, cantina jizz? If so there's no shortage of extremely out there stuff.

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0 pointsRetric1y ago0 comments

Internet DJ’s can’t feed off each other to produce regional music. It’s all one big blob available anywhere which drowns diversity in a sea of mediocrity.

College radio stations aren’t dramatically increasing to make up for the vast consolidation that removed something like 80-90% of radio DJ’s.

40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s flowed into each other but the stuff was all very distinct in a way that 2000’s vs 2010’s isn’t.

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PaulDavisThe1st1y ago

> It’s all one big blob available anywhere which drowns diversity in a sea of mediocrity.

I'm not interested in regional music or a regional scene.

The music on any given SomaFM station is not "a sea of mediocrity". It's generally excellent genre-specific stuff (old and new), and I love it (if I'm somewhat into the genre).

I can appreciate that others may not, but please don't over-generalize or assert that your preferences are the only ones out there.

goosejuice1y ago

So the problem is globalization? What do you mean by regional music?

Genres span borders now. Look at the Midwest emo / mathrock scene and how it made its way to Japan and Taiwan.

We can romanticise the old days of radio but local scenes aren't dead and these little genres are still going and new ones are popping up.

RetricOP1y ago

> Local scenes aren’t dead.

I might just be out of touch, so show me the innovation.

goosejuice1y ago

You can say this about innovation for all art forms. Art evolves it doesn't just come out of thin air. The consumer also has to evolve.

Even if you just look at popular artists: Mk.gee, Collier, Domi and jdbeck, Beyonce are some examples of mold breaking.

What exactly are you expecting, cantina jizz? If so there's no shortage of extremely out there stuff.

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