[rfu-automation] Anything goes on the automated musical playlist?

[Gary Cziko]

Joe et al.:

I can go along with this, using only length to screen musical contributions.

The next question is do we want to limit the automated music playlist to
stuff that most would agree is music?

This morning at 7:57 or so there was a track containing repeated words (lots
of "play") with weird effects. I don't this qualifies as music, unless
adding non-musical sound effects to spoken language is considered music by
some.

But then again, perhaps we should open up the automation lists to include
spoken word artists, too. People recording their own poems (may be copyright
issues in recording others' poems)?

--Gary

On 7/5/06, Joe Futrelle <futrelle at shout.net> wrote:
>
> In the interest of serving the community, we should keep our musical
> preferences out of these kinds of decisions. If someone from the
> community contributes content, we should put it in the automation
> system, regardless of what we think of it, unless it's obscene or
> otherwise unplayable (e.g., a five-minute long track of silence, a
> commercial or political ad, libel, etc.).
>
> That said, we have an issue with long tracks in automation, since
> Zara shuffles tracks with no regard to how long they are, giving
> longer tracks more airplay over any given period of time. That argues
> for some kind of length limits--or coming up with a time-based
> shuffling algorithm we can use to generate playlists.
>
> --
> Joe Futrelle
> Person
>
>
> On Jul 5, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Gary Cziko wrote:
>
> > All:
> >
> > From about 9:30 to 9:45 this morning WRFU broadcasted a solo
> > clarinet piece that, in my opinion, doesn't belong on the air, at
> > least not in its current form.
> >
> > It is very long, amateurish and  repetitive. I can't  imagine
> > anyone (other than perhaps the "artist" or his or her parents) not
> > being turned off after a few minutes of this and turning off WRFU.
> >
> > This raises an interesting question about what we want to keep on
> > the automation system. My musical taste and preferences certainly
> > shouldn't be the criterion. In fact, I'd like to have nothing to do
> > with deciding what merits a place in the automated music rotation
> > and what doesn't. But I think it is something we ought to discuss
> > at our meeting next Tuesday at 7 pm.
> >
> > --Gary
> >
> > P.S. I apologize if my musical critique of the track in question
> > has offended anyone who might read this, as this was not my intent.
> > Perhaps the artist is even on this mailing list. If that is the
> > case, keep practicing!
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