Basilisk Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 There is never any shortage of special netradio shows scheduled at specific times... do people even bother with such things? Or are these people fooling themselves? I know plenty of people that tune into regular streams of assorted music, but these specific shows, on at particular times--I just wonder if people bother or not. Radio was a popular medium in the age before portable music players; does broadcast methodology still serve much of a purpose in an age of immediate gratification and on-demand music availabilty with P2P? Of course, one of the good things about radio back in the day was discovering music you might not have heard otherwise, but is that still happening? These are some questions for you radio fans... I'm curious to know, partially since I haven't had anything to do with any form of radio for a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metamorph Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I dont listen to any regular radio, sometimes I use LastFm. You ask for one artist then they give you all similar to listen, quite good. Other then that never use internet radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapinho Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Nope. I download too much, and I have too many old albums that require extra listening. I don't have the time, and I like to have a certain order in what I'm listening to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I remember doing it once... Some Sensient stuff, but I didn't plan to listen too it, just saw a post here on this forum and got the last half of the thing. But no chance I would be able to remember an event if I was told more than "½ an hour" in advance... that is my main problem with scheduled shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rino Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 As a kid I use to like and listen to certain radio shos which played house, techno or trance DJ mixes. I use to tape them on cassettes and then listen to them whenever I had the time to. Â But, just as Basilisk said "I haven't had anything to do with any form of radio for a very long time". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Used to listen to oem and somfm A LOT in the past .... now: hardly ever ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauryn Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I listen to sofaspace.ch every day at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkarbiter Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I've never bothered listening to net radio tbh.... maybe I will sometime in the future though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle ninja Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I almost never bother with the radio. There is an independant that has a reggie show on the weekend that I sometimes listen to but that is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallowglass Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 i listen to www.psykeout.net's archived shows from time to time when im on public/work computers; i never really tune into anything at a specific time. ill definitely check out the ones mentioned here  as far as 'old-fashioned' broadcast radio goes its all garbage where im located other than the local NPR station and a student-run station at university ~50 miles from here (theyll play dnb and breakcore sometimes--sadly its a weak signal and i only hear it when im up that way). never, ever will i hear psy of any kind in ohio on broadcast radio, although i wouldnt be surprised if new infected tracks start appearing on the pop stations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 as far as 'old-fashioned' broadcast radio goes its all garbage where im located other than the local NPR station and a student-run station at university ~50 miles from here (theyll play dnb and breakcore sometimes--sadly its a weak signal and i only hear it when im up that way). never, ever will i hear psy of any kind in ohio on broadcast radio, although i wouldnt be surprised if new infected tracks start appearing on the pop stations Same here in Chicago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Matta Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Same here in Chicago The Northwestern station is decent sometimes. It introduced me to Amon Tobin and classic country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallowglass Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 The Northwestern station is decent sometimes. It introduced me to Amon Tobin and classic country. i actually got into amon tobin because a bar where i would go sometimes had it on the jukebox; it was actually a pretty lame bar but apparently someone working there liked some good stuff. Â the xm radio classic country station (i think its called 'willy's world') is pretty kosher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 If it was any radio show in Greece that played Psy then yes. But there isn't any, so no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 All the questions apply to netradio as well... I mean, I read tons of adverts for one-time broadcasts, specials, podcasts, and other such things, especially on Isratrance. Still trying to find out if people are paying any attention to such things or whether it's all kind of a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphiton Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I don't listen to radio (any), never. I like selecting and discovering new artists, labels and releases by myself, so listening to discovered-by-myself music takes all my time and I haven't found an equivalent in a form of radio - is it a broadcast of random tracks, live dj sets or, well, anything in psytrance world. Â If you are thinking about starting one (and I think you are) - that's an awesome idea, but you'll have to take care of quality, user-friendliness and promotion. Â Broadcasting live online isn't really interesting, that's why we've got podcasts, you could catch more audience, because you understand that you will have much less listeners at a particular time than the ability to listen to a podcast at any time. Haven't seen any professional psytrance-related podcasts. I was thinking about starting one for our local community, but my knowledge, experience and equipment doesn't let me to do it now, so maybe in the future. Â I'd appreciate, along with interviews, news, release reviews, etc., flashbacks from the past with tracks and events that influenced psy-scene, history of genres and their evolution. That would be interesting for the audience and with time you could get well over 1000 listeners per podcast if everything works out fine. Now imagine some adSense there that would cover the costs of, at least, a good microphone and hosting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I only listen to talk radio. I don't want to hear anyone else's music when I can choose my own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goazzz... Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Lately i find myself listening to radiochango.net quite every day! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veracohr Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I listen to the radio in the car, because that's my only option of hearing music in the car. Between a mainstream rock station, an alternative rock station, two classic rock stations, an "everything under the sun" station and a classical station, I can find something worth listening to about 90% of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphiton Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I only listen to talk radio. I don't want to hear anyone else's music when I can choose my own Exactly. But combine intellectual talk with good psytrance music/culture knowledge and you've got the best psytrance program evargh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaro Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 when i was living in ottawa, canada (as recently as 6months ago) I would listen to the two university stations almost every night. Alot of local DJs playing everything from gay house to psy and industrial had some time slot. Great to tune into local DJs and fairly cutting-edge choons. CBC talk radio is okay too. Depending what they're bantering about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 All the questions apply to netradio as well... I mean, I read tons of adverts for one-time broadcasts, specials, podcasts, and other such things, especially on Isratrance. Still trying to find out if people are paying any attention to such things or whether it's all kind of a joke. Seems like most people are replying to the topic title and not the first post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 I guess I thought radio was inclusive of netradio these days  If you are thinking about starting one (and I think you are) - that's an awesome idea, but you'll have to take care of quality, user-friendliness and promotion. No, just to put that to rest. I share the opinion of many posting here when I say I'd rather choose my own music and make my own discoveries or go with the recommendations of a friend or someone else whom I trust. Radio seems outdated to me--and while it would be pretty cool for there to be a radio renaissance, I trust my own taste most of all. Some new applications of radio concepts like personalized stations (Pandora or last.fm) seem interesting on some level, but I still haven't bothered to tune in. I could think of something like Philosomatika with a user-based rating system that affects song choices being cool--but then we'd all be listening to Skazi and Dali, right no, I just opened this topic because I am genuinely curious, because I don't really "get" radio any more, and I wonder whether many people are into it, and lastly--if all those (net)radio shows are actually being heard (which I tend to doubt). I could be projecting personal bias though, which is why I ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKoy Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 ...I just wonder if people bother or not...Most people don't I think. Because there's so many ways to discover new music nowaydays thanks to internet (not only P2P, but also free music and Dj mixes) and radio isn't the most convinient. But I wouldn't say it's outdated. I still listen to talk radio a lot, and from time to time to music relatedstation too, just to stay in touch with the "real world", to see what's popular right now. Â By the way, I heard psytrance for the first time on a national french radio(FUN Radio), and so did many other french people I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 no. only chill-out webradio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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