Country Music Radio

[Tnfiddler]

Originally Posted by KevWind

Perfectly valid personal preference, but personal preferences in music is not what the OP was about, it was about the current business practices and it's influences on country music radio.
Hate to tell ya, but you ain't the target market demographic, I guess you could say you are more like collateral fannage . ---So there,,,,

All you have to do is look at the number of mullet haircuts on people who are emulating Morgan Wallen to see who their target demographic is! Mullets were bad enough the first time, when Billy Ray Cyrus made them de rigueur! LOL

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Tnfiddler

All you have to do is look at the number of mullet haircuts on people who are emulating Morgan Wallen to see who their target demographic is! Mullets were bad enough the first time, when Billy Ray Cyrus made them de rigueur! LOL

Are Mullets back

Here I thought it was Covid and my not going to the barber,,,, but Hey maybe I am a trend setter





Actually the Mullet is said to have started with Attila the Hun in the 4th century
But more recently

[joe white]

KevWind, due to covid, I learned how to cut my own hair and keep the mullet from appearing. Now I actually prefer to cut my own. Cheaper and it actually looks the way I want it to and not be at the mercy of the barber/stylist. Once you get past that backwards image stuff in the mirror and retrain your hand to go the correct way, it's pretty easy.

[Tnfiddler]

https://youtu.be/zj7gaiTe_C0

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by joe white

KevWind, due to covid, I learned how to cut my own hair and keep the mullet from appearing. Now I actually prefer to cut my own. Cheaper and it actually looks the way I want it to and not be at the mercy of the barber/stylist. Once you get past that backwards image stuff in the mirror and retrain your hand to go the correct way, it's pretty easy.

Oh man I'm impressed . Hard enough to pick and fret, let alone work backwards with a sharp implement behind my scalp

I had finally gotten a buzz cut this spring before Delta Dawn ramped up .
But I mayhave to try your method

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Tnfiddler

https://youtu.be/zj7gaiTe_C0

Ha Maybe, maybe not ,, guess it depends on whether or not they are workin' or just drugstore ....

Another from back in the day
My wife and I heading up to about the 10,000 ft. level to hunt for Elk. Only problem with a buckskin is the color looks a lot like Elk in the heavy timber

[archerscreek]

The deficiencies with relying on streaming and podcasts and such to grow your audience rather than having radio help you out is that potential consumers have to actively seek these other means out rather than simply listening to the radio while they drive someplace and learning of new artists that way. The deficiency of radio, of course, is that it has become junk to the point where I and others only play CDs of dead guys anymore.

The article mentions these alternative means of growing careers. Sure, it has always been possible for artists to have huge careers without any initial support of radio, regardless of genre. I watched the recent documentary on KISS. I think I recall it saying KISS was the #1 grossing live band at one point and yet had next to zero radio play at the time.

I think the author of the linked article slightly misses the radio guy’s incentive for the rant. The radio guy was essentially telling consumers that they aren’t getting the good stuff and they should demand better. The author of the article essentially said that everyone already knew that, that if consumers wanted the good stuff they could get it some other way, so it did not need be discussed. So basically the radio guy wanted to improve country radio, but the author said country radio did not need improvement because good artists can make it some other way. I’ll keep listening to my dead guys.

[Tnfiddler]

My biggest problem with too many of today’s Bro-country songs, is that it portrays people from the south as ignorant rednecks. Sure, there are lots here, but we’re not all “beer outthe can, liquor outthe bottle” hillbillies! Of course, they seem to ALWAYS find the perfect examples of those who are, to put in their videos! Drives me insane.

[Gdjjr]

Originally Posted by Tnfiddler

My biggest problem with too many of today’s Bro-country songs, is that it portrays people from the south as ignorant rednecks. Sure, there are lots here, but we’re not all “beer outthe can, liquor outthe bottle” hillbillies! Of course, they seem to ALWAYS find the perfect examples of those who are, to put in their videos! Drives me insane.

Ain't that the truth! reminds me of TV (and now internet ads) that portray the man of the family as an idiot- course, I don't watch broadcast TV and haven't in a little over 1 1/2 years- let me add, I won't.... watch broadcast TV.
The videos I watch on you tube are not of bro-country artist(?) -

[Gdjjr]

Originally Posted by KevWind

Are Mullets back

Here I thought it was Covid and my not going to the barber,,,, but Hey maybe I am a trend setter





Actually the Mullet is said to have started with Attila the Hun in the 4th century
But more recently

Don't get your hair cut-

[Gdjjr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmxKsK90L14

[Gdjjr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zpz5wgwt2Y

[Gdjjr]

No help from radio huge successes- alive too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lwzn5nLRPw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Is1xfDjZrw


This one blows my socks off!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrBSItF1dN0

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Gdjjr

Don't get your hair cut-

Too late,,,, I actually got a buzz cut it cut in April when I went to Colorado for my Pace Maker operation . My heart keeps great time, but it didn't do much for rhythm playing

But unfortunately the Delta Dawn Covid has me avoiding the barber again and hair is growin' once more

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Gdjjr

Ain't that the truth! reminds me of TV (and now internet ads) that portray the man of the family as an idiot- course, I don't watch broadcast TV and haven't in a little over 1 1/2 years- let me add, I won't.... watch broadcast TV.
The videos I watch on you tube are not of bro-country artist(?) -

We dumped Traditional Broadcast TV 10 years ago and internet stream now
Netflix , Hulu, Amazon Prime and Youtube

I watch things from this (which I cover )



To this which seems beyond genrefication