The mass majority of music that i grew up listening to as a teenager and in my early twenties rarely made it to any radio station. I'm primarily talking about "glitter", "avant-garde", "new wave", "punk" and later "death metal". While much of this may not be "music" to some of you, it is something that i will always cherish as i shared many of the thoughts and feelings of the writers / performers as i grew up.
Sure, there were a few college stations and maybe one large station that would venture into these areas for a short period of time, but nothing that dealt with these types of music on a daily basis. As such, i've always considered it "MY" music since it was not "commercial" or "produced for mass consumption". Considering all of that, my outlook was kind of "snobbish" or "elitist" at the time, especially since it was "snobbism" and "elitism" that much of the lyrics were protesting.
With that in mind, i've been listening to a local classical station now for a relatively short period of time (a few years now). I enjoy it so much i've become a supporting member and typically clock in several dozen hours of listening a week. I was never exposed to much classical music as a youth, other than in movie soundtracks and music class in grade school. Luckily, we have what is arguably the finest classical station in the U.S. here in Chicago, so i get to here "new music" ( at least it is to me ) on a daily basis on a very high quality broadcast.
As to "popular music" stations, they play the same songs soooooo much that it makes it repetetive and boring. I therefore try to listen to different stations that have different formats throughout the day. At least we can SOMEWHAT program what we hear on the radio by changing stations. Sean
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Sure, there were a few college stations and maybe one large station that would venture into these areas for a short period of time, but nothing that dealt with these types of music on a daily basis. As such, i've always considered it "MY" music since it was not "commercial" or "produced for mass consumption". Considering all of that, my outlook was kind of "snobbish" or "elitist" at the time, especially since it was "snobbism" and "elitism" that much of the lyrics were protesting.
With that in mind, i've been listening to a local classical station now for a relatively short period of time (a few years now). I enjoy it so much i've become a supporting member and typically clock in several dozen hours of listening a week. I was never exposed to much classical music as a youth, other than in movie soundtracks and music class in grade school. Luckily, we have what is arguably the finest classical station in the U.S. here in Chicago, so i get to here "new music" ( at least it is to me ) on a daily basis on a very high quality broadcast.
As to "popular music" stations, they play the same songs soooooo much that it makes it repetetive and boring. I therefore try to listen to different stations that have different formats throughout the day. At least we can SOMEWHAT program what we hear on the radio by changing stations. Sean
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