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Thread #134321 Message #3058960
Posted By: *#1 PEASANT*
21-Dec-10 - 07:24 PM
Thread Name: Why do folk music radio programs fail?
Subject: RE: Why do folk music radio programs fail?
While political music is a part of the tree excessive activism or narrow rather than inclusive activism alienates those opposed who dont feel that their personal views would find expression in the music as performed. The more the spectrum of political music the more inclusive and the more will feel it comfortable to attend.
No one lifestyle or world view or set of politics should be seen to dominate. Go out and present as much as possible the music of all points of view on an issue. Not just your preference over and over at the expense of all others.
Yes Ron the folk community needs to be big. If you dont think it has to be big then you are in favor of small. Your words : "Size does not matter" it does matter.
And as far as programming goes I dont think there is anything wrong with the grand internet programs now available but I am concerned with mainstream media. National channels. We need to have a community that is sufficiently large and meaningful to keep these going.
And you dont do that by remaining small or infact by fragmenting the attention of the community which now has to keep track of all the internet broadcasting which is not well known and may take listeners away from mainstream programming which will impact surveys which will impact decisions to add or remove programming.
Conrad