Posted by bob gallarza : Marty,
on 10/11/2005, 7:27 pm, in reply to "Corporate Radio doesn't want us"
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thats right djritmo, little joe to this day still outsells every other tejano artist
this is what gave me the leverage to negotiate with the majors. I proved to them that a tejano artist such as little joe who by the way they didn;t even know whohewas at the time; We made it possible very other artist to get signed. when la mafia changed their sound to mexican/international, as well as selena and consiquently other tejano groups changing their style to more of the mexican cumbia, it was evident that they could sell more and get more airplay. Our tejano stations of that time were very supporting of our artists in that they started to change format somewhat to accomadate the tejano artists who began turning to a more mexican sound. Now these artists starting getting airplay on mexican stations as well as our stations. This started the downfall of tejano radi0 format.kqqk in houston was one of the first to change; a few years after they were bought out a corporation , they were no longer playing our music, yet they were still calling their station "the world's number one tejano station." It just so happens that the program director was anglo and did not speak or understand spanish.
It is true that groups like la mafia and certainly selena y los dinos, started outselling little joe, but joe to this day has remained onda. He never had the luxuary of getting played in the mexican stations because of his style.
I am not condeming these groups for changing; but it seems that when one group makes a change and becomes somewhat successful, everybody wants to play follow the leader.Unfortunatly a lot of groups left their roots in search of greener pastures
:
: I ditto Bob's remarks. One thing Bob said
: kind of made me back off my argument a
: little. Bob said at one point Little Joe
: outsold Julio Iglesias. Was this the norm
: for every artist in the Tejano industry or a
: rarity? My argument is that the Tejano
: market is not broad enough to bring in the
: dollars that other Latin music genres do.
: When Bob said the music labels began to look
: overseas, then that made sense to me. How
: can Tejano compete against all of Central
: America, South America, and Mexico? If
: these people in charge of making the
: decisions have no interest in Tejano because
: THEY are not Tejano, then we don't stand a
: chance. We either wait until they are
: replaced with Tejanos or we admit that FM
: may not be a viable avenue.
:
: I agree with Bob about the small Tejano
: radio programs that help keep Tejano alive.
: We need more of that. How about searching
: out other types of media i.e. internet and
: podcasting? How about ham radio? Anything
: at this point to get the music out to the
: masses one neighborhood or computer at a
: time.
:
: We have to stop thinking about old radio and
: look toward other new, fresh viable options
: to get the music heard. And the young
: generation is into the whole computer thing.
: I rarely listen to FM because my schedule
: limits how long I spend in front of a radio.
: I listen to satelite radio (no
: commercials), internet, and learning more
: about podcasting. I don't want to be
: confined to the radio. My media options
: need to be flexible to meet my demanding
: schedule. Give me an mp3 of a show, let me
: download it, and I can listen to it at my
: convenience at home, office, car, or mowing
: the lawn. To me, FM is at the bottom of my
: list. What I am saying is, give me a
: program that gives me the meat and potatoes
: of what I need to know to stay informed
: about my music. I don't have time to sit
: and wait for a song in rotation on radio.
:
: Luego,
: DJ Ritmo
:
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