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Devils'Advocate · 09-01-2005, 06:17 AM

I don't listen to the radio much.... just as I don't watch TV much.... I hate the commercials. I probably have ADD. :P (Even hockey games I put on pause for 40 minutes so I can FF through the ads)

As for the CRTC bashers - I agree that it leads to songs being repeated over and over. And I think the rules should be changed to give exceptions, especially to classic rock stations - I mean, you can only listen to BTO so much in the run of a day. The purpose of the rules is to give Canadian artists exposure. BTO doesn't need exposure. However a lot of regular pop and rock stations don't pick up new Canadian talent and try repeating the same old same old over and over, which runs contrary to the purpose of the law.

But it does help. A good number of bands have credited CanCon to their growth. One example would be Bare Naked Ladies. The big record companies were not interested in a bunch of dorky looking guys, especially with overweight singers until *AFTER* radio were playing their stuff. People say that bands like Sloan would make it just as big without CanCon, but many bands themselves dispute that saying that it is extremely hard to get the start needed without CanCon.

But anyhow, my iPod is 30 to 40% Canadian.... Jann Arden, Sarah McLachlan, Leonard Cohen, BNL, Bruce Cockburn, Jane Sibery, Chantal Kreviazuk, Cowboy Junkies, Blue Rodeo, Diana Krall... and a lot of Nova Scotian stuff like Sloan, Melanie Doane, Ashley MacIssac, Rankins, Barra McNiels, Holly Cole, Mary Jane Lamond...

I have an FM transmitter on the iPod for people in the office to tune in if they want... and I blow away any CanCon percentage.

09-01-2005, 06:17 AM	#30
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	I don't listen to the radio much.... just as I don't watch TV much.... I hate the commercials. I probably have ADD. :P (Even hockey games I put on pause for 40 minutes so I can FF through the ads) As for the CRTC bashers - I agree that it leads to songs being repeated over and over. And I think the rules should be changed to give exceptions, especially to classic rock stations - I mean, you can only listen to BTO so much in the run of a day. The purpose of the rules is to give Canadian artists exposure. BTO doesn't need exposure. However a lot of regular pop and rock stations don't pick up new Canadian talent and try repeating the same old same old over and over, which runs contrary to the purpose of the law. But it does help. A good number of bands have credited CanCon to their growth. One example would be Bare Naked Ladies. The big record companies were not interested in a bunch of dorky looking guys, especially with overweight singers until AFTER radio were playing their stuff. People say that bands like Sloan would make it just as big without CanCon, but many bands themselves dispute that saying that it is extremely hard to get the start needed without CanCon. But anyhow, my iPod is 30 to 40% Canadian.... Jann Arden, Sarah McLachlan, Leonard Cohen, BNL, Bruce Cockburn, Jane Sibery, Chantal Kreviazuk, Cowboy Junkies, Blue Rodeo, Diana Krall... and a lot of Nova Scotian stuff like Sloan, Melanie Doane, Ashley MacIssac, Rankins, Barra McNiels, Holly Cole, Mary Jane Lamond... I have an FM transmitter on the iPod for people in the office to tune in if they want... and I blow away any CanCon percentage.