klewta

Radio is truly the Holy Grail that we all seek as musicians. No questions about it and if a musician tells you he doesn't care about being on the radio, then ask him why he doesn't just sit in his room play with himself (and I mean that both ways). I not only work for Kidd Kraddick, I also work as a DJ in Wichita Falls for the Buzz as the overnight guy (Christian) on their alt rock station. Since no one wanted to play my band on the radio (monkeyshyne) I had to see for myself if radio was really that controlled. And it is. I have no say in what gets played during my shift on the Buzz.

What we all want to pretend is that bottom line isn't about money and that it is about art. We always want to think as musicians we are above the "business" part of the whole deal. The business part is what drives the machine as we know it. Radio stations do pay attention to demand and what people want. But the reality is more people are going to call in and request "Coming Undone" by Korn then they are "Gone Mad" by monkeyshyne. More people know about Korn and are familiar with them. If you could get enough people calling in you might be able to sway a PD to give is a spin. But honestly will that make a band huge? Probabl not, with the over saturation of music these days you need a lot of luck and a even more money.