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fadedglory
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Have been listening off and on for some time now; one interesting thing about trying out vocal cuts not previously heard in nac is that I for one was reminded of the days of AOR freeform radio stations where it was possible to hear deeper vocal cuts alongside instrumentals, the very hard sounding stuff next to the sleepy soft, the days where dj's wrote their own playlists and aired their professionally assembled trainwrecks; although the days of rock freeform are gone for the most part, in nac, it should be noted that jazz never ran by itself from its inception; I'd say that most of the complaints that you have received are probably because some of the vocals maybe stuck out like a sore thumb to some of the listeners, but nonetheless, the art of keeping the nac category (jazz and vocals hybrid) relevant these days makes for very interesting listening. Keep up the great work and I'll listen with the tunein radio app (sounds great)!
. But the transitions were EXTREMELY challenging for me. I did my best to build the code and create new playlist folders to soften them. But simple 15-20 second station tags weren't enough to diminish the shock value (i.e., trainwrecks). Not to beat a dead horse, as we go forward, we need to incorporate unconventional vocals WITH VIBE that stray from the safe Smooth Jazz and even old school NAC variety (i.e., Michael Franks, Michael Tomlinson and the like). And I think the 80s New Wave stuff and even tunes from the 1990s (both of which are underplayed these days) afford us an opportunity to change pace without causing diehards to tune out.