Music Survey about DC

Hello Music lovers

We are a small group of grassroots music lovers that would like to change DC radio. Tell us what you think at
dcmusicsurvey.com

Thank you in advance and don't be afraid of passing on the link to other DC people.

cbro

What do "grassroots music lovers" love?

Is this some sort of Bigyawn thing?

if you take the survey it kind of gives you clues what they are interested in, I know some of the people involved and it is not a big corporation trying to get your info or anything

I don't think its a 'big yawn thing' although theres a link to it on the bigyawn website

it takes 5 minutes, as far as I'm concerned even if theres a small chance it might improve the quality of dc radio its worth it

oh and the picture on the homepage is of Roddy Woomble, so that gives you your first hint

It is not a BigYawn thing. I just happened to stumble upon it. I agree, anything positive that might come out of this, even if is something I never see, makes it worth filling it out.

well i just completed it…..

any excuse to trash american radio is hardly a waste of time in my oppinion……….

Originally posted by pollard:
oh and the picture on the homepage is of Roddy Woomble, so that gives you your first hint

Who's Roddy Woomble?

It's interesting to take, and so easy. And, as a big music fan, I'd assume they'd want input from folks like me. I loved venting on HFS!

Originally posted by Bags:
Who's Roddy Woomble?

lead singer of idlewild

Silly me…I love them, *and* I saw them. You can tell I ain't reading liner notes these days…. Idlewild wasn't on their list of artists, though!

C'mon Bagster. Venting on HFS is like so five years ago. How are they even still on your radar screen?

WAMU is the only local radio station we ever have on. Unless it's a sports talk show on AM or something like that.

Well, thing with HFS is that it's the radio station that I'm *supposed* to be listening to, based on my genres and CD collection. I just don't listen to radio *at all* – except WOXY, KEXP or Indie 103 over the internet at my office. Oh, and Howard Stern. :D

I reacted negatively to the suggestion in the survey that they might slot a show for Sunday night only– that's the only time there IS good radio in DC: Allan Lee's Forgotten 45s on 102.7, Underground Garage on 103.1 & 94.7, Scooter Macgruder on 100.3

I'll bet your cd collection is way better than their playlist. C'mon, do most of us over 22 really listen to more than a couple of bands on this list?

http://www.whfs.com/most_played.php

I was shocked when I moved to DC, land of a thousand colleges, and there was no college radio (there's UMD, but the signal doesn't get much beyond the UMD campus).

It would be great to have college radio, or hell, even a AAA station or one of these new "classic alternative" stations.

But, with a large-capacity mp3 player in my car shuffilng my whole collection, and some people getting satellite radio, it's not the urgency it used to be.

Would be good for the community and scene to have a local music outlet that didn't suck, though.

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
I'll bet your cd collection is way better than their playlist. C'mon, do most of us over 22 really listen to more than a couple of bands on this list?

http://www.whfs.com/most_played.php

Ugh. What a horrible list. With a list like that, what makes HFS any different from DC101 or 98Rock?

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
I'll bet your cd collection is way better than their playlist. C'mon, do most of us over 22 really listen to more than a couple of bands on this list?

http://www.whfs.com/most_played.php

I listen to four. Six, if you count the Strokes and Jet, but I don't have albums by either band.

That's exactly what I said, that the area's alternative radio is skewed for a super young audience. If I'm stuck somewhere and have to listen to radio, I'll take "hot adult alternative" 104.1 or DC 101.

I think it's a no win for me. There are probably one five or six cities in the country that have a radio station I'd really listen to, so it doesn't matter much. But, if they want to try, bless 'em.

Originally posted by Bags:

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
I'll bet your cd collection is way better than their playlist. C'mon, do most of us over 22 really listen to more than a couple of bands on this list?

http://www.whfs.com/most_played.php

I listen to four. Six, if you count the Strokes and Jet, but I don't have albums by either band.

That's exactly what I said, that the area's alternative radio is skewed for a super young audience. If I'm stuck somewhere and have to listen to radio, I'll take "hot adult alternative" 104.1 or DC 101.

I think it's a no win for me. There are probably one five or six cities in the country that have a radio station I'd really listen to, so it doesn't matter much. But, if they want to try, bless 'em.

Get XM, it changed my life. I could never live without it now…

Originally posted by redsock:
Get XM, it changed my life. I could never live without it now…

That's what I've heard from everyone I know who has it. I'm getting it for the SO for his birthday next month. Can't wait to hear it.