[A Navy Vet]

I know nothing of DMCA. I'll check it out. The reason this is interest to me is that over the years SO many good bands have refused to sign on with greedy executives of Record Labels and many have missed their music. I've downloaded some Southern Rock music and it's as good as many of the old days, like Skynard, 48 Special, etc.

They have their own producers and just put it out there. Also, heard some Rock artists that mixed things up with an original sound.

[a fool in paradise]

>> I’ve downloaded some Southern Rock music and it’s as good as many of the old days, like Skynard, 48 Special, etc.

Thing is too many people don’t care.

They’d rather pay bucks to see a legacy act with one (sometimes not even original) member playing the hits of the audience’s high school years than to step out and see new/unheard act that hits those same notes. They won’t even check out the acts that toured alongside those bands back in the day or listen to the other songs that once were played on radio but just not quite as big a hit (or only a regional market hit).

AOR (album oriented radio) is dead and Livenation/ClearChannel killed it.

I can’t say that Sirrus is much better. When there is a DJ hosted program the music does seem to have a little better flow. On the Beatles’ station without DJ you may hear Yellow Submarine next to Cold Turkey (about John’s heroin withdrawl) next to Act Naturally. Technically that is all Beatles-related but not an enjoyable or even educational mix. Can’t live life of random. Some things should be sequenced or at least currated.

[a fool in paradise]

>>I’ve downloaded some Southern Rock music and it’s as good as many of the old days, like Skynard, 48 Special, etc.

Josefus has celebrated 50 years as a band and it took them over 40 years to have a hit (via a famous cover of one of their 70s songs).

Tanya Tucker - Hard Luck (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfIGYRKK8GQ