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Comment on SIRIUS still sucks by BostonSmitty

BostonSmitty — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:55:01 +0000

I also loved sirius when I first got it. I’m on the verge of cancelling my subscription since the elimination of 2 of the 3 channels I spent most of my day listening to. (Punk, and Moving Easy - yeah, I know, schizo. )

The only thing keeping me going right now is the probably vain hope that there’ll be more changes soon that will fill the gaps. (No, Sirius… Faction isn’t what I want.)

Anyway, just want to say thanks for the blog. It makes it a little easier knowing I’m not the only one who’s become disenchanted with something I used to love so much.

Comment on SIRIUS sucks by Scott Tobias

Scott Tobias — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:12:53 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. what Sirius doesn’t get is that its not about the “Stars”. Its about the music. I bought Sirius for the wide variety of music it offered compared to conventional radio. It just lost “disorder”, which I loved, but now I’ve got Wolfman Jack to talk over the intros to the songs.

Comment on SIRIUS still sucks by Sterney

Sterney — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:12:18 +0000

I hate BPM. Bring back The Beat!!!

Comment on SIRIUS still sucks by JC Simon

JC Simon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:52:56 +0000

Hi Wesley,

Thanks for letting me know about your blog and for being candid in your assessment. One thing that should be noted however, which you might not have been aware of. 36 The Beat and BPM were never a completely competing format. That is, The Beat went after a partially different style and genre of dance music that XM never did. Pretty much anything mainstream club making it’s rounds through the Greek, Euro, French and German dance music charts- made it’s way into 36 The Beat.

BPM is more club focused on it’s style of music and will sadly never touch completely into this format, although they have bene known to lend spins to Kim Leoni, Cascada, Basshunter and several others that fall into that category.

The sad and bottom line is this. No matter who had superior programming or structure behind their individually unique formats, this is a loss to the listeners across the board. Dance music in the USA is the hardest genre to break a new artist into the market. Loosing one of two more liberal outlets in satellite radio, has just resulted in less artists ever being known, a more broad spectrum of dance music getting it’s way into spins and overall, the loss of more variety and quality programming to us the listeners…and us the DJ’s who purvey the music.

Thanks again,

JC Simon

Comment on SIRIUS still sucks by DJ Wesley

DJ Wesley — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:05:45 +0000

Erik, yeah… Me too, honestly.

I mean, I understand why this was done. I really do. And format changes, even in terrestrial radio, upset fans of what existed prior to the change. I get that too.

But the reality is, as I said in my post (re: Internet radio), as consumers, we have choices too, and they include moving-on to other technologies (like streaming radio) or just reverting back to our iPods.

While I love my iPods (all three of them) and use the music player capabilities of my BlackBerry too, I still enjoy radio because it introduces me to new music I wouldn’t have known about otherwise. So I’ll still listen. It’s just not on AM, FM, XM, or SIRIUS.

Comment on SIRIUS still sucks by erik

erik — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:51:16 +0000

Sirius axed Boombox - the most serious of their recent crimes. Also, the Disorder station got nixed. All this without, presumably, and customer input. A customer of 8 years considering cancellation.

Comment on SIRIUS sucks by SIRIUS still sucks « Finding the Rhythm

SIRIUS still sucks « Finding the Rhythm — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:41:53 +0000

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Comment on Chart updated: 11/10/08 (and some other music news) by DJ Wesley

DJ Wesley — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:31:25 +0000

Aimee, I’ve not heard any of his other material, but I’m going to be seeking it out where I can find it.

Good music knows no borders, and I’m still shocked and frustrated that music distribution is still so very regional.

Comment on Chart updated: 11/10/08 (and some other music news) by Aimee

Aimee — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:45:06 +0000

I would like to say that I appreciate the fact that you are giving Theo Tams the recognition he deserves. I myself am from Seattle and find it a shame that people in the US are missing out on this kind of talent. Now you mentioned the piano foundation in Sing, have you heard any of his original stuff? Talk about piano foundation!

Comment on Some changes to the chart “buy” links by Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:56:15 +0000

Even though it’s flash, and it’s slick, Masterbeat.com is far easier to use than Amazon and looks like it will have plenty of exclusives Amazon won’t. I’d much prefer to give my business to a small niche player than a huge greedy conglomerate.