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Sound quality of Cascada on Q102

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dancefreak

I hardly ever post -- but it PAINS me to have to listen to "Everytime We Touch" on Q102. It almost sounds as if it was recorded on an old low quality cassette tape underwater somewhere. It sounds worse than a MONO recording ... I hear this song online and on other stations (Wired, PST) all the time and it does not sound NEARLY as bad as it does on Q ... the processing is just WAY off or something.

Could I be the only person who has noticed this ??? Doesn't matter which radio I've heard it on, it always sounds like crap.

Can SOMEONE please get them another copy of the song !?!?! Or, maybe it's just that Q has not played a new dance song in so long, they couldn't possibly let it actually sound GOOD on the air !
 
> Can SOMEONE please get them another copy of the song !?!?!
> Or, maybe it's just that Q has not played a new dance song
> in so long, they couldn't possibly let it actually sound
> GOOD on the air!

I'm not about to start a collection for Cascada to send to Q102, but I haven't noticed the quality as being poorer than on other outlets, and I have heard the song on Sirius.

It's interesting that you mentioned the song, because when I hear it, I have to check my calendar to make sure we're not in 1998.

The song works, and it's interesting that of all the dance songs, this is practically the only one featured on CHR. It's refreshing to know that it's still possible to tune into CHR and not hear trashy cRAP songs 24/7. This one must have slipped through the cracks.

*Note: I'm just stating my opinion. It's not intended to shock anyone, but there are a few morons on this board who believe that if you knock rap music, you are the forbidden "R" word. Let's all thank the morons for this, now EVERYTHING requires a disclaimer.

Is it possible to post about a certain style of music without being labeled by morons? We shall see. Let 'em roll.
 
I won't take your bait. But I will say this CHR's play entirely too much rap music. It's almost like they are afraid to explore what else is popular. Everything is hip hop or RB and Rap... something along the genre lines. Only recently did I notice other things startin to pop up. I use XM's top 20 as a barometer alot and most of the songs are hip hop, the only ones I see that aren't are the Nth Degree song and the Girl Next Door one (I really have no idea what the bands are.) Only band I see in heavy rotation on CHR is Fall Out Boy.

I think its one part the state of rock music and one part the fear of alienating those who make you money. Some rock tracks can be very polarizing, and if your audience tells you they want mostly the hip hop, urban sound, playin a new rock track could be a costly risk. Some PD at some CHR is gonna have to grow a pair and try and play a little less rap and see if the listeners still come flocking. <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by SCRHack on 03/23/06 08:18 PM.</FONT></P>
 
> I use XM's top 20 as a barometer alot and most of the songs are
> hip hop, the only ones I see that aren't are the Nth Degree
> song and the Girl Next Door one (I really have no idea what
> the bands are.) Only band I see in heavy rotation on CHR is
> Fall Out Boy.

Right now is actually a great time for non-hip-hop tracks on CHR. Natasha Bedingfield, Cascada, James Blunt, Kelly Clarkson, Fall Out Boy, all top 10. You just wouldn't know it from listening to Q.

> Some PD at some CHR is
> gonna have to grow a pair and try and play a little less rap
> and see if the listeners still come flocking.

I'm assuming you mean doing this in a big market. There are plenty of small market CHRs around Philly, like WPST, WSTW, and WAEB that are doing exactly that and having success.

You would think that with no Alternative and about half a Hot AC in town, Q would experiment with less rhythmic tracks, but they're too focused on their battle with Wired right now.
 
>I won't take your bait.

I wasn't trying to bait you or anyone else.

>But I will say this CHR's play entirely too much rap music. It's almost like they are afraid to explore what else is popular. Everything is hip hop or RB and Rap... something along the genre lines. Only recently did I notice other things startin to pop up.

I'm not sure that other genres have "popped up." These other genres have usually been there on CHR, but they have been less noticeable because of the increasing number of Kayne like tunes...at least that's how I see it.

>I use XM's top 20 as a barometer alot and most of the songs are hip hop, the only ones I see that aren't are the Nth Degree song and the Girl Next Door one (I really have no idea what the bands are.) Only band I see in heavy rotation on CHR is Fall Out Boy.

This is what others have been saying for a long time! Most of the songs are hip hop and/or rap. It's been an increasing societal trend. You mention Fall Out Boy. I like the song.

>I think its one part the state of rock music and one part the fear of alienating those who make you money.

There is truth in that, but if the suits decide that a remix of Perry Comos "It's Impossible" is hip, than the kids will "eat it up." Last year, someone (I don't know who) had a hit with a song called "Mr. Lonely." It was a decent song, but how many people realize that the original was a number one record recorded by Bobby Vinton on Epic Records in 1964?

>Some rock tracks can be very polarizing, and if your audience tells you they want mostly the hip hop, urban sound, playin a new rock track could be a costly risk.

You mention XM. I listen to Sirius Hits...it's the closest thing they have to a Q or a Wired. But unlike Q and Wired, they play a wide variety of CHR records. If one were to judge CHR by Q or wired alone, he would most likely believe that CHR is basically pure rap music.

>Some PD at some CHR is gonna have to grow a pair and try and play a little less rap and see if the listeners still come flocking.

I'm not trying to start another Rock vs. Rap argument. It's a tired argument. You know where I (and others) stand on the topic, and it hasn't done this board a lot of good in the past. As far as your last argument goes, remember, it's Contemporary Hit Radio. Unless it's totally off the beaten path, if you play it, they will come.
 
Q102 speeds up the songs about 3%, and it is noticible in some songs. By speeding up 3%, they can fit one or two more commercials every hour. At least Q102 is playing the dance song in heavy rotation. It pains me to hear the slow, boring version of Everytime We Touch on Z100. Ever since they started playing the boring version, the spins of that song went down on Z100. Gee, I wonder why.<P ID="signature">______________
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HELLO?! Read what you wrote! It explains everything that is wrong with radio (and everything that is wrong with this message board)! Why would listeners flock to what they're clearly not interested in? The PD who grows this "pair" you speak of will be shitcanned because he's not giving listeners what they want! Radio is a business!

You have satellite radio, don't you? If not, I think you'd better get it because I can guarantee you that the terrestrial radio you want isn't ever happening again. Although the HD stuff is promising. I'm sure they'll "F" it up somehow though. :(


> and if your audience tells
> you they want mostly the hip hop, urban sound, playin a new
> rock track could be a costly risk. Some PD at some CHR is
> gonna have to grow a pair and try and play a little less rap
> and see if the listeners still come flocking.
>
 
> Right now is actually a great time for non-hip-hop tracks on
> CHR. Natasha Bedingfield, Cascada, James Blunt, Kelly
> Clarkson, Fall Out Boy, all top 10. You just wouldn't know
> it from listening to Q.
Huh? I'm confused. Q plays all those artists. A lot.

> There are
> plenty of small market CHRs around Philly, like WPST, WSTW,
> and WAEB that are doing exactly that and having success.
I do think it's funny that none of the complainers ever mentions WPST or WSTW. WPST is no longer listenable in all of Philly but, where it is, it's a hell of a superior CHR. WSTW, with the exception of the crappy processing, is also better at Mainstream. There are, for want of a better word, alternatives.

> You would think that with no Alternative and about half a
> Hot AC in town, Q would experiment with less rhythmic
> tracks, but they're too focused on their battle with Wired
> right now.
I think it's funny that B101 is playing that "More Than Words" song that was recently covered by what's-his-name, Frankie O or whoever.
 
> I think it's funny that B101 is playing that "More Than
> Words" song that was recently covered by what's-his-name,
> Frankie O or whoever.


BEN prolly plays it too. I love that song. Hate the new version.
 
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