Re: Why increase the audience for Cuban music?

Date: 1 Jul 2003 16:17:20 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.music.afro-latin
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The key thing is not to change the music. Nothing can be more
important than refusing to submit to the wishes of accountants, who
know nothing about music and have no culture. They have as much to
offer us as Mr. Smith can offer in The Matrix.
Why is this a problem? Just do the things you love and sustenance
will come to you in its various forms.
Luna, the Latin Jazz commmercial free (!) station at www.xmradio.com
does play a lot of cuban music. it's cool.
matthew
email-address-deleted (solartimba) wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> After looking at the responses to the question related to Cuban music
> sales, I have been wondering what can be done to increase the market
> for this kind of music.
>
> There have been plenty of bands that did not have the support of radio
> stations or big record companies but were still able to successfully
> market themselves (the Gratefull Dead is probably the classic version
> but there have been many others on a smaller scale). What limits the
> artists or labels from doing a similar type of guerilla marketing? (I
> am aware of the limits on touring in the US, but there are other
> things that can be done, right?)
>
> The problem is that when I look back on how various music has been
> introduced to me over the years for the most part it has come from
> friends or the radio. In almost all cases, concerts just reinforced a
> taste that I already had. So, maybe we need to start a real Cuban
> music internet radio station and some kind of internet reccommendation
> network. Anyway, do the experts have any ideas?