26. "A fully developed alt/indy market would be ideal" In response to In response to 25
Ran into this problem running the college show.
College radio can survive never playing anything popular (which means 90% indy rock). None of the hits all of the time. - the audience wants that - there are enough artists doing interesting work
Hip Hop? - some of the audience wants to hear Nas B-sides - some of the audience only wants to hear Aesop rock demos - some of the audience wants that brand new Pimp C or Celly Cel.
OKP is already left of center, but we're all grounded in hip hop. For it to become Pitchfork, it'd have to focus on Roots/Dilated peoples type hip hop, and leave Project Pat (too "country") and Jay Z (too hot 97) on the side.
Who would that attract though?
Would being the authority on alt R&B, afropunk, and not-as-popular hip hop be worth not dealing with the hip hop that the so-called urban market loves?
But if you do cover the urban market type records, you've become what everyone else is.