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Topic: Traditional Country Music in Europe |
Keith Hilton
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248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 5:00 pm |
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| We recently did a CD of traditional Texas Dance Hall Music. The type of material you used to hear on the Grand Old Opry. Steel guitars and fiddles turned up. Sales have been great. We have not attempted to get raido stations to play the CD. We have been contacted by many radio stations all over Europe that want to buy the CD. Here in the United States we have only been contacted by 5 radio stations across the U.S. Seems to me traditional--old style--country, with steel and fiddles turned up, is musch more poplular in Europe than it is in the United States. I am wondering why? You can hear samples of our CD at www.hiltonelectronics.com |
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Anders Brundell
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Falun, Sweden
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Posted 7 Aug 2006 10:32 pm
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Yes, Keith, there is a great interest for good, genuine music amongst many europeans and that involves country music as well as other kinds of music. Many american musicians performing at for example the annual Furuvik Festival http://www.furuvik.se/country/default.asp?s=44 have remarked that they are pleasently surprised over the great public interest for good old country music in places closer to the north pole than to Texas, but I really can't explain how come.
Maybe the extremely noicy US radio and TV broadcasts fatigues people and blocks their ability to hear and appreciate real music. The massive non stop wall of noises and sounds, that seemes to be ever present in all US TV and radio productions, might have a real destructive effect.
If you compare european and US broadcast poductions it's striking that europeans are not scared to death by a second or two of silnce, free from background effect sounds/noices, preferrably percussive and very annoying. You might not even notice that nocie because you're so used to it.
Or maybe it's beacause daily life is slower in the old world and that gives us more time to really listen to what we hear and make more concius choises.
I really can't explain - this is just my own humble thoughts, but it's an interesting thing to try to figure out.
Anders |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 7:42 am
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Keith, i'm not surprised by what you write
ask many of the American musicians & fo'bros that have been to Europa
they'll tell you it's poppin' here |
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Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 7:49 am
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One would have to assume it gets better commercial exposure on radio. Is that true?
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HagFan
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Ron Page
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Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 7:52 am
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One would have to assume it gets better commercial exposure on radio. Is that true?
Here the powers that be have decided what we get to hear and they've chosen to ignore the customers desire in the case of the real country fan. What they pass off as country music is laughable, but I ain't laughin'. 
Last weekend Merle Haggard was scheduled to appear at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, just south of here. He was on a show with Alan Jackson, Big & Rich, Deana Carter and Shannon Brown. The show was cancelled on Thursday prior, with some obtuse reason being given--"...routing and production issues". I guess low ticket sales might be a routing issue-- if they don't sell we don't show.
I think the promoters should realize that the typical Hag and Alan Jackson fans don't want to see B&R, and vice versa. The chairback seats went for $75-85 USD and I'd have bought in if the other 3 acts had been worth the price, or even if they just replaced B&R with say Chesnutt or someone country.
Keep 'er country!
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HagFan
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 8:52 am
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Traditional American music like country, blues and jazz has always had a large and faithful audience here in Europe.
During the day I can hear all types of music - rock, pop, country, latin, classical, jazz, etc etc, without even changing the radio station (but that's on our non-commercial radio).
Steinar
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"Play to express, not to impress"
www.gregertsen.com
Southern Moon Northern Lights
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Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 9 Aug 2006 5:49 pm
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| I suspect many radio stations in the United States play stuff because they are paid to play it, not because it is good music. It is not legal to pay radio stations to play music. In my opinion this still is the rule instead of the exception. The money is paid in some way under the table. I think Congress should do a full scale investigation on radio station play lists and record company kickbacks. Why do all the radio station play lists originate out of Nashville?????????? Why don't some of these play lists originate out of Texas? I live in Missouri. I don't care if the big record companies pay to have their music on the radio. I just think people should know if someone paid to have the music played. |
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