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Things are looking up...BE PATIENT :)

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TonySantiago

Let's look back to 2007. You had a few dance stations around but with the exception of Seattle, San Francisco and Phoenix, not in the huge cities. CHR was still primarily hip-hop/R&B leaning. There were very few dance music oriented concert events in the US.

Fast forward to 2011. There may be less dance "branded" stations now than before but MORE CHR's are opening up to dance music such as 92.3 Now in New York. A lot of the R&B/Hip-Hop/rhythmic artists are moving over to dance, collaborating with world dance producers/DJ's with tracks. The rise of EDM has come about and events such as Electric Zoo have risen and has seen huge turnouts. Albeit a negative result occurred, people were turning out in droves to see Kaskade in Los Angeles.

The point here? Things are LOOKING UP. :) As dance music fans, we often get impatient wanting these things to happen (in terms of getting our music on the radio) quickly because we love our music so much but the reality is that things are heading in a positive direction for us. In a case like this, we have to allow it.

So instead of complaining why corporate hates dance music, let's try somehow to work along WITH them. And in a case like this, let them do what they have to do and should they need our input, then by all means we give it to them in a positive and proactive manner....not in a whiney, crybaby mode.

JUST BE PATIENT! That's all I can ask here but I am seeing the pendulum swing in our favor. :)
 
These past few posts have been scratching my head. This genre is on the rise and its becoming the mainstream. This Thursday you can go to select movie theaters to see The Electric Daisy Carnival. http://www.fandango.com/theelectricdaisycarnivalevent_145428/movieoverview. I saw the trailer the other day. Then you have Identify festival. Now if you drive to Atlantic City, there are major billboards promoting DJ's spinning at the casinos,which in the past were reserved for major pop stars. The most outrageous thing I heard was at our administrative meeting at the college our president asked me what was the most outrage name of a music group I ever heard of. I told him I couldnt say because its was improper to say in this setting. One of our senior staff members goes how about Deadmau5? This guy only listens to the Beatles.

This genre is growing and its growing faster than you think. Sometimes we dont see it because we live it. Im actually sometimes enjoying listening to Top 40. It also feels like the "good" old days.
 
Dancerev889 said:
This Thursday you can go to select movie theaters to see The Electric Daisy Carnival.
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Unfortunately, not at the Regal or AMC theaters because of the L.A. riot. And, once again, when we progress there is something that sets us back and that has to stop too. I'm going to reach out to the Regal and AMC companies to see what we need to do so that such an incident does not happen again.
 
L.A. is synonymous with rioting.... :p

The theater didn't expect such a large turn out then handle the situation poorly by shoving these kids out.But the biggest factors were the block party down the street along with Kaskade's tweet that brought out more than imagined.I don't believe people showed up with the intentions of rioting. A lot of these flash mobs are going on where things get out out control which have nothing to do with dance music. I don't see why the EDM brand should be singled out.


Well,I guess I won't be seeing it tomorrow since it's been canceled locally. I'll bet the DVD will be a hot item.
 
Goood ol' days? I'm not sure about that. I do like what is going on now, but it doesn't really compare to the "good ol' days". The good ol days had more variety in sound, production styles, artists, hit music playlists...etc.

I will say that we are much better now than the days of "don't stop the music" by Rihanna and "Fergalicious" by Fergie, etcetera. At least people are no longer afraid to make real dance hits. I'm glad that we've finally managed to get this far, despite the fact that this only means that the trend's end is only closer than it was before.
 
KDM 7000 said:
Goood ol' days? I'm not sure about that. I do like what is going on now, but it doesn't really compare to the "good ol' days". The good ol days had more variety in sound, production styles, artists, hit music playlists...etc.

I will say that we are much better now than the days of "don't stop the music" by Rihanna and "Fergalicious" by Fergie, etcetera. At least people are no longer afraid to make real dance hits. I'm glad that we've finally managed to get this far, despite the fact that this only means that the trend's end is only closer than it was before.
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I don't think it's ending soon, there are more dance-y pop hits being made. The trend is shifting away from hip hop, which almost completely dominated CHR in the mid 2000s.
 
I see 3 ankle biters battling for dance music supremacy.

WXRK 92.3 Now
WHTZ 100.3 Z100
WKTU 103.5 103.5 KTU

Who else will join this battle inside the radio ring??

Open for discussion.
 
BJ Steigner said:
I see 3 ankle biters battling for dance music supremacy.

WXRK 92.3 Now
WHTZ 100.3 Z100
WKTU 103.5 103.5 KTU

Who else will join this battle inside the radio ring??

Open for discussion.
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For now, not anyone else...but give things time. Let's break it down to the 3 listed.

1) WXRK (92.3 Now) - THE BEST GOING! :) The other CBS O&O's here don't have a similar format. I expect them to remain CHR but as long as they keep the dance music friendly gates open, this is the best option right now for dance music fans....SO AS LONG as they can "accept" Chris Brown, Akon, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Pitbull as the mainstream that will eventually help the core branded artists. No time for politics now...just let things happen.

2) WHTZ (Z-100) / WKTU - I'm lumping them BOTH in here. Z-100 IS paying attention to what 92.3 Now is doing but they can't go further because since both stations are Clear Channel, they have to "protect" one another. And with the target audience that 'KTU serves, they can't break into an edgier sound because you then alienate the suburban W25-54 that 'KTU bills well with. And with CC being "CC", they have their own particulars going on and I'll leave it at that.

Could a new station come by? Most certainly. But it can only happen once the PPM numbers climb up for WXRK. They (corporate) need to see the documentation for the rise and if dance is being credited for that, be sure something will happen.

Once again.....BE PATIENT! :) We have to see how this all turns out in terms of NYC. Then once NYC starts seeing that rise, other cities may get involved into this as well. God willing :)
 
KDM 7000 said:
Goood ol' days? I'm not sure about that. I do like what is going on now, but it doesn't really compare to the "good ol' days". The good ol days had more variety in sound, production styles, artists, hit music playlists...etc.

I will say that we are much better now than the days of "don't stop the music" by Rihanna and "Fergalicious" by Fergie, etcetera. At least people are no longer afraid to make real dance hits. I'm glad that we've finally managed to get this far, despite the fact that this only means that the trend's end is only closer than it was before.
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You didnt live in Philly and thats what people are saying right now.
 
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