An idea that we would like too...

Bring to your attention.

Nicholas "danger" Rogers was curius to know if the class would like to have any questions or comments about we are doing in this cold little nook where we type away.

If we could have the class write down a question on a peice of paper (annonamysly) and then we would look at the questions and pick the best ones that we see and answer them to the best of our ability or see what they have to say about what we are doing.

Radio is a go go? or a no no?

Enal Ttam- I believe that the Radio industry is only alive still because of howard Stern. Actually, I don't think that. That was a joke. I think it is only alive because of people like Lil Jon' how scream YAH into a microphone. I hate to say this but i think it is going to stay a live in more urban areas due to the lack of ownership of famous artists CD's and Ipods. Urban areas are typically areas who listen to rap and/or R&B which are what most of the main radio stations are. I'm not trying to make a political map of poverty VS. radio. I just think it's an educational guess as to why it is this way. The radio stations of Downtown Kansas City are able to be heard here in the southern suberbs. So basicly, no, i do not think that the radio stations will be going away anytime soon.

Knee-co-lass Dane-jer Raw-jers- I believe that the radio will not go away, as long as it is a a free thing. However I am would assume that it will soon be all satelite. Which may make the radio a "not so free" thing anymore. Which if that does indeed happen could lead to the death of radio, though I believe that it would be a very long and slow death (30 years or more). People will always turn on the radio, if you forget your CD's or your ipod it is an adequete way to beat silence (heavens forbid people in an automobile converse). So I believe that the radio will be around for sometime longer, depending on howpeople want to play business, will depend on how much longer they want it to live.

Roberta- The radio serves many purposes in my own, personal music world...hmmm... I honestly feel like the radio is necessary in today's world, at least for me, that is. I can only stand listening to my ipod for so long, then I MUST turn on the radio to hear what is new in the industry. In my opinion, and in the wonderful land of music, the radio serves as advertisement, as well as the news. It is a great way to find out what is going on around you. If one is consumed by their own music, they will never be able to find out what they do and do not like, within the whole world of music that lay before them. I think that if and when the radio dies down in popularity or becomes less common, those who have abandoned it, will eventually see the true beauty of it and come back from time to time, and those who will have never experienced it in its entirety, will and will grow to appreciate it, as I have. I love the radio...sometimes. ;)

Recording recording reboring!!!

enal ttam- The recording buisness is going to the caputts....Basicly It is so easy these days to find many new equipment to record your own music and make it sound so good that the major recording labels are going to go down the can. To me, personally, being a huge fan of the underground music. I see no problem to this because i believe it is up to the band to get their music out there. Not the label, they are just the middle man making the music sound as good as possible on a CD. There are some labels that are needed because there is a skill in being able to mix and edit tracks and all that jazz. But, if you know how to do it yourself, it's so much more benificial to buy the few thousand dollars worth of equipment and do it yourself for much cheaper. Sure, it might take you some more time, but in the long run you will feel like you have accomplished much more and done with more benjamins in your pocket, and not in the recording labels.

Robert McGuffin- I have heard this mentioned before and then as well as now, I believe fully that the statement "The music industry is falling," is completely true. What has lead me to this conclusion is that there is simply no point in even being on a record label. Record labels take most of the money for the music that is sold, leaving the bands who actually create the music close to nothing. Today, bands are able to get famous almost without even playing a show via myspace. Pro-Tools, the industry's number one audio production program is made available to the public for as low as a couple hundred dollars. Pretty much all an artist needs to produce their own music is a computer and a recording program, with a way to upload their music to the internet. There you go. Peace.

nicholust danger rogers- well i ampart of me is somewhat convinced that the record industry is going the way of the dinosaurs, but i'm not sure. I mean, we have itunes, and the friendlyer priced limewire, but at the same time the record industry won't be an easy thing to kill. People, will stick to their traditions, and to what ever is the easyest thing to get so with out manystream record labels being buddy buddy with radio stations and MTV, what will happen? Also if the "industry" is taken out of music, does that mean that the money is gone too? This may make many things more difficult, though with all our internet, telephones, and all that it wouldn't be that difficult to talk with bands from anywhere asking them to do a show or buy one of their albums. So is the music industry/ era of great record companies going to die? Probably, but no time soon.

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