Comments on: The Man Can’t Tax Our Music!

By: Kylie Batt

Kylie Batt — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:57:14 +0000

теперь один вопрос:кто меня из под стола достанет!?…

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By: Антон Павлович

Антон Павлович — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:07:40 +0000

Спасибо ... ...

By: VALERIE

VALERIE — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:01:57 +0000

This is not fair and it will hurt our young people who depend on listening to free music and can’t afford to pay for it. I hope this does not go through. If so let’s get together and boycott.

By: Nava`Jo Frye

Nava`Jo Frye — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:59:58 +0000

Thank you Mrs. Hughes
for this information and yes i will supprot you and my family will also. We all listen to the black radio stations and enjoy it.free radio (yes)we have to pay for tv these days just to get the blacke shows. even the new box to watch the regular channels in our city .
Nava`Jo

By: Andre Bryant

Andre Bryant — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:59:43 +0000

If it wasn’t for free radio, many of the artists we hear today wouldn’t be recognized. I feel that the performance tax is a rip off for record labels to “pad their pockets”. Ms Hughes,thank you for giving us information regarding the performance tax. You have my full support.

By: Jugh Jefner

Jugh Jefner — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:20:30 +0000

Ms. Hughes, you are a force to be reckoned with! I fully respect your accomplishments as a woman, much less a woman of ethnicity in the male-dominated world of business. Your business acumen is beyond question and your dedication to what you believe in is to be readily admired. Having said that, I am not familiar with the ins and outs of the Congressional bill on which you so compassionately speak on your radio and television stations. What I do know is that “black” radio needs help. Since you and others have all too willingly decided to point the finger at members of the elite power club, who is to blame for the nonsense being played on the radio? R&B and Classic Soul stations, hip-hop stations, every radio station that plays almost exclusively “black” music is just about terrible. I am aware of the concept of “playlists” and how artists are guaranteed so many spins a day or an hour or whatever. Based on what? Do they pay you to get their record played? And if so, it would seem that the only reason to fight so hard to save the ailing institution that is “black” radio, beyond the fact that it’s your baby, would be to insure the payola keeps on coming in. Business as usual has lost you an umpteenth number of listeners because you don’t play good music. Radio stations are supposed to be the intermediary between good music of substance and quality and the people who need to know what the hot sound is. In effect, it’s on you and your DJs to tell us what’s hot. We’re the consumer and we’ll continue to consume whether we’re being feed protein or poison. I hope everything works out for you, Ms. Hughes. You always get respect. Please remember what the people need and by all means, give it to us.

By: electromozzo

electromozzo — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:53:22 +0000

Nice post — this really hits home for me.

By: Monica E

Monica E — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:41:14 +0000

You think the children of today are bad? Take away our radio and see how much worse they get. For most of the youth who don’t get into trouble(that I know), music is what they turn to instead of marijuana and joy rides. Dance groups are emerging everywhere because it is a better alternative to the streets. If the radio has to pay more that means more commercials and less music. I can only speak for the ones I know, but if there’s a commercial on, the station gets changed AUTOMATICALLY. Nothing on the other station? We ride in silence until I think the commercials are over. How about instead of pretty much shutting down the radio… what if we shut down bear share, and limewire, and all of those kinds of sites. Make people pay for their downloads. It’s gonna suck to not have those mixed cd’s anymore but hey, I’d rather pay $.99 a song than not have good radio