Who Listens to the Radio Anymore?
 

I make close to $100K a year from my music and wanted to ask everyone on here if I should even bother fighting to get my music onto the radio. Does anyone listen to radio anymore? Or better question, do people who really appreciate music listen to the radio anymore?

If doing Elton John covers on the cruise ship is earning you that kind of dough I say why worry.

If it's not college radio or NPR, it's owned by Clear Channel. What's the use in listening to programming that's the result of a focus group?

Uh, I've never performed on a Cruise Ship...

That's how I feel! Is that how most music appreciators feel as well? I was thinking of pushing my music to College radio and leaving it at that.

Don't stop believin'

I've been subscribed to Sirius radio for 2+ years now. With my job I'm driving around 3-4 hours a day usually and it's on full time. Tons of channels ranging from metal to electro to classical and everything else with no commercials...its great.

I've actually discovered a suprising amount of new artists I like on there, and bought their cd's, so it might be something you wanna consider, idk. I actually know quite a few other people who have it as well. /shrug

I don't know i think radio will always be good for music. it will always make money...but i guess it also depends on what kind of music you make. "radio listeners" is a big, mixed group that includes everyone from teens and young adults blasting the latest pop/ hip-hop from their cars or the older demographic that I have recently noticed either listen the radio ALL day at work or play the radio on the corresponding website ALL day. what kind of music do you make i guess is what im getting at

I don't like the radio. The only time I'd use it is in the car, I turn it on, there's nothing but ****e or adverts on. And I have to flick from channel to channel to find something I can tolerate.

Far too much effort.

I just bring a CD with me, or CDs depending on the length of the journey.

No. Unless it's college radio or NPR and such.

Yeah, it would make a difference to know the kind of music I do. Best example is if you look up "Shadow Complex Theme" on YouTube. I did the theme song for that video game recently and it's one that I'd push to radio if I were to push a song to radio of any kind.

Satellite radio probably is a great option. I'll definitely look into that!! Thanks for the tip!

I apreciate music, and still listen to the radio. The thing that pisses me off is that when a new Black Eyed Peas song comes out, it's played like 3 times an hour, does my box in. So I usually find myself switching chanels alot.

No I hate the radio. If they had a station dedicated to the 90s though, I'd be all over it. Until then I'll stick to my weird stuff that I doubt will be played on the radio anytime soon.

Canwll: Well here, at the weekends 2 stations do a special electronica thing, ones called GBXperience (DO NOT BUY THE CD) but maybe you would be interested in the podcasts, I mean it's alright. It plays some really good tunes, that are easily forgettable.

I still don't know how to use the radio in my car, tho I've had it for more than a year. I stopped listening to the radio since 2005, it just used to annoy me.

I have all the music if im in the house. If im not in the house i have my ipod with me. If i feel like a change i have Last.FM, Spotify etc

The radio is dead to me.

Nope, radio stations are useless.

So you do the Elton John covers in a hotel bar then I assume.

Remember this one from Leo Sayer

Sorry to disappoint, yet again, but I don't play in bars either. I don't know if you could make $100K in bars,anyway. Casinos, maybe. But I've never played in a casino before and I don't plan on changing that one...

Well,I have a very good local college station I'm involved with that I enjoy listening to,but I'm fully aware I'm in the minority.

Well there is part of your answer right there, why not get yourself a Youtube channel, and try out PBS radio/TV, they play a lot of non-pro and non-fimiliar artist all the time.

So brothels then? I see.

Strictly in the car pretty much. Which I don't drive much. There are some cool stations down between 87 and 90 FM. They change formats by the hour. From jazz to blues to reggae to old rnb. We have a few decent rock stations higher on the dial nowadays too. I gave up the XM subscriptions. It's a lot of money and they just raised rates to cover the new music licensing fee that pays the record labels and artists. I plug in the blackberry to the input jack in the car when necessary and play my own **** or stream Pandora too.

I also only really listen in the car. Occassionally online if I know an announcement or song premiere is going to be on.

PBS radio/tv? I've never heard of it. I'll look into it. Thanks for the tip!

You got me! How I just love to sing Elton John covers in the brothels!!

Car radio, thats about it.

Tape deck converter thingy doesn't work in my car so I'm stuck with it. Will probably get a new car radio for Christmas with an Aux.

Mostly NPR especially on Saturdays
FM round here is pretty bad.One station around here uses Metal in the background while the DJ is talking to make them sound harcore and brutal(which really annoys me)
Then they're like "aand here's Nickelback"
AAAARRGH
OK its 98 Rock lol oops

The sad thing is, I live in Northern VA and that's definitely one of the better stations around here :bonkhead:

OP, if you're trying to get your song on the radio to make money, this is not the place to ask who listens to radio. I don't think we represent you're average person in terms of music taste and listening habits. If you're concerned about getting your music to people that really love music, then you've come to the right place.

Honestly though, don't we all?

SOmetimes i like to listen to radio the itunes has

Not me,mister.

p.s I love your posts

I hear to the radio almost everyday.

A local classical music radio, lots of piano stuff.

MAkes me caaaallllllmmmm

I love it!!

I had 900 listeners earlier,which isn't bad for college radio.

I absolutely cannot stand general radio stations for the likes of pop and rock anymore. It's all the same **** and since I dropped my ipod in the bathtub of course i'm forced to listen to old cds and ****ty radio :X

Sorta :offtopic: maybe, cause I know the OP was talking about american radio, but I'm so jealous of your guys radio over there in the UK. Radio 1 really has their **** together.

Just back to back 2 hour DJ sets over most of the weekend, with like Annie Mac and Judge Jules and Kutski on friday night, and then Fabio and Grooveriders DnB show on Saturday night...and of course the Essential Mix too.

They have the Iplayer so you can listen to any show you want to from the previous week, and now they have links to every artist that was played in a set on the DJ's pages as well...its simply amazing. ><

I wish our radio over here would sorta learn and maybe take a page from this book, but I know it could never happen.

You never heard of it? Do you live in America? Maybe that should of been my first question - where do you live?
btw What instrument do you play the hammer dulcimer or the congas??

This ^

I listen to the radio every night. :D