Comments on: Which Side Helps Clay Aiken

By: Cooki

Cooki — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:16:00 +0000

Thanks, glad someone wrote about this. I too don't listen to the radio, every artist and group sound iden tical. Clay was such a breath of fresh air and since I can't listen to him on the radio, I just throw in one of his cd's. Works for me.

By: MagicalMusic

MagicalMusic — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:58:47 +0000

That was a very interesting article. Please keep us updated on the outcome of this battle.

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:05:47 +0000

Thank you for a great article. I think the industry should start asking the public what they want if they want to make money again. Somewhere along the line they lost sight of the fact that the public is their customer and not the industry itself. Too many people don’t listen anymore because of the mentioned playing the same songs ad nauseaum and the fact that the stations keep playing the same songs. It’s sad when an individual’s Ipod have a greater variety of music than a station does.

By: Tereaa Campbell

Tereaa Campbell — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:09:53 +0000

Very interesting article. I, too, confess that I never listen to the radio anymore. That is not likely to change unless they start treating Clay better and playing what I want to hear.

Musicfan, thanks so much for this article. You guys do a great job with this blog.

By: didi

didi — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:57:29 +0000

Gone are the radio days when voice, lyrics and melody matter! I must admit that I only tune in
to radio during the Christmas holidays. Thanks for bringing the aticles to CANN. Very informative.

By: nebclayfan

nebclayfan — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:39:19 +0000

I found it very interesting also. I rarely listen to radio because I cannot find a station that plays the music I want to hear.

By: Luluasst

Luluasst — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:25:17 +0000

Fascinating article. Thank you.

By: SueReu

SueReu — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:20:35 +0000

Radio is dying because they refuse to play anything but the same formulated songs over and over again. Gone are the days when Top 40 TRULY meant the Top 40. When listeners could actually request a song and have it played. The record industry is the one who pushed this tripe and now they’re back peddling big time. I cannot feel too sorry for them. If I felt that the recording artist would get more than pennies on the dollar, I could probably support them more.

The recording industry is also changing and the major labels have been too slow, or too arrogant, to change with the times. The public buys differently now. Some of the most pushed and promoted CDs of this year have substantially fallen short on sales. 1M single downloads is not going to recoup the mega dollars spent in promotion, it probably won’t even recoup the cost of a video. Since the label recoups all promotion costs up front, it is ultimately the recording artist who suffers for the label’s lack of vision.

I don’t know the answer to any of this, but both genres need to regroup and rethink how they are running their businesses if they are going to make it in the current economic climate.

By: Sandi

Sandi — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:19:37 +0000

It most likely wont’ happen but I’d love to see the big corporations divested from ownership of the radio stations and the stations allowed to go back to letting the DJs play what the public wants to hear. I’m tired of having the same ‘music’ force fed day after day after day.

By: outback

outback — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:16:57 +0000

I haven’t listened to traditional radio for years. There is no variety and it is boring. They force feed the public until you are sick of the artist and song. It is all about greed/power.