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An Anonymous Rock Hall Voter: "Metal Still Isn't Taken Seriously By A Lot Of People"
As we've seen.
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When preparing my next radio show, I often select new tracks by completely unknown artists which, I think, deserve more recognition because I believe they are able to touch your souls with their music, they are that good. There are hundreds every month and its hard to select the correct ones because there is no "right" decision here. In the end its my personal taste or what fits into my show concept the best. It's unfair anyway.
In order to push my agenda more, I always tell something about the background of those artists. That's hard as well, because they are unknown – so its not so easy to "just google them".
So I ask. I send a mail to the artist, usually though their Bandcamp contact link.
And now comes the puzzling part:
Female Artists ALWAYS answer.
Only a few male artists answer.
Labels usually DONT ANSWER!
This makes me sad: Why are you offering your music on #Bandcamp, #Soundcloud or similar, when you are NOT interested in getting your music known to a wider audience? What's the catch?!
What is wrong with you LABELS? Why are you that arrogant? This is a lose/lose situation you are creating here. You are supposed to actually SUPPORT your artists!!
What I want to say is. Choose your chances. My show is not huge, yes. But I suppose, this doesn't change with other radio shows. You deserve an audience. So make yourself just a bit interesting. Your music is great. You actually HELP people getting though their struggles in live. Believe in you!
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