Re: AJ in Britain ?

Kevin Kiernan (mrfliz@interport.net)
Thu, 14 Dec 1995 15:23:31 -0500


Simon Brown wrote:
>
> -Elson
>
> I hate to say it mate, but in a consumer society if people don't buy the
> stuff then it don't get played on radio. C'est la vie. Acid-Jazz has taken
> off on our side of the pond. We have a music buying public with varied
music
> taste whereas in the US I suspect there are a lot of people who want to
> listen to the rubbish put out by the stations there.

i don't quite understand what you're saying, so i don't know if i agree or
disagree, but what i read into what you're saying is that the us is a singles
market and the uk an album market. the reality is that the uk is one of the
most singles-oriented markets in the world, and the us, albums. the effect
of being a singles market is less artist development, more jumping on the
flavor of the month. not being on radio in the uk will kill your career,
while in the us you can potentially survive without it.

my $.02.

kevin k
mrfliz@interport.net
(putting on my asbestos parka in anticipation of flames....)