............back to smooth jazz!
Dear Smooth Folks,
There is a SJ programmer that knows how to bring the format alive suddenly and smoothly without the monotony of the the BA sound. And he is now well read thanks to this site that seems to have posts from real SJ fans who were not mislead by the boring mix and sheer desperation additions of CHR and AC tracks that had so little relevance to the music we enjoy.
One programmer told me that he considered his radio station was like a library when he started adding a mismatch of music to his jazz format. In his wisdom he said that since he liked cars, he could have all car books in his library and he would get all the people who liked cars. So what about the butchers, bakers and candlestick makers? You just can't defeat that type of logic.
In my music format research and development, a Neurologist praised the format and sent me transposed brainwave graphs superimposed on music waves. The Smooth Jazz and a brain at leisure or pleasure overlapped almost identically. In the same way as rock music and an agitated or angry brain showed idnetical similarities.
There's more to a successful sound than this excessive surveying and programming by computer print outs. But that's all these bean counters know to do (well, that and cut costs until no-one wants what is left!).
Programming Smooth Jazz to me is a combination of knowledge, science and emotion.
