tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927785.post767800715737408536..comments2023-09-17T04:20:48.417-07:00Comments on Jaye Albright's Breakfast Blog: OES ("optimum effective schedule") or OTS ("over-the-top spins)Albright and O'Malleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933457732458275539noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927785.post-58132655840249079592014-03-17T16:14:38.734-07:002014-03-17T16:14:38.734-07:00Almost all new and exciting things come from the s...Almost all new and exciting things come from the street up – not from the big companies down. The greatest music and musical movements played on radio throughout its history came from the streets, garages, dance clubs, showcase venues and hybrid combinations of sounds spawned by offbeat and unknown artists that were brought to the public’s attention via daring crossover airplay.<br /><br />Most of the music being played on today’s commercial radio is extremely corporate – created and programmed by the top down. Way, way, way too much so!<br /><br />In all the years I have been involved in this scene (music radio) – on so many levels and through so many chapters of modern pop history – I cannot recall it being so plastic, stagnant, and, if you’ll pardon my bluntness, stupid…no, actually more like brain-dead.<br /><br />The reason I am alarmed by this unfortunate development (and screaming about it in these columns) is not primarily because I still love music and care about its integrity as well as the future of human culture…which I do.<br /><br />The main reason I am shouting this at the top of my lungs is because I think it is a suicidal course for music radio to be following.<br /><br />In other words, the “business” side of the music radio “business” is not running its “business” very well.Duane Doobie RadioInfo Music Editor/Directorhttp://www.radioinfo.com/2014/03/17/recognizing-gold-buried/noreply@blogger.com