Quote Originally Posted by berf View Post
There was a lot of good music from those eras that didn't make it to radio. For that matter, there are a lot of modern artists firmly rooted in the past. I missed out on Van der Graaf Generator the first time around. I've really come to like Green Carnation.
Radios ruled music. But that was then. Thanks to internet, the range of quality music available to the public to hear (and download) is incredible. Basically, people have no more excuses to be limited to radio content. All they need is will and a bit curiosity. Spend one hour on Youtube. It's all there. This is a free library of musical knowledge. Not only you get the songs/tracks, but you get also the documentaries that will explain how a certain type of music has evolved, or what's behind suucn and such band. There'S definitely no more reason for a mediocre musical environement. Especially with all the independent internet radios. Wether one likes baroque music, house, deep house, soulfullhouse, blue grass, mississipi blues etc, it's up to the listener to decide what level of quality he/she wants. And it's even possible to listen to music that are never published or before they are signed. Go to Soundcloud.com, you'll get the best and the most amateurish stuff mixed together. Of course there will always be a market for musical laziness. The regular radios and record majors will catter to them.

My song of the day. Fresh off a producer's studio. Yes. I love Marvin Gay
http://soundcloud.com/soulpersonamus...-that-peculiar

Summer Madness/Ain't that peculiar remix
http://soundcloud.com/soulpersonamus...er-madness-mix