Outlaw Radio Guy Frequently Asked Questions

Avast, on and off the web, there's a mutiny afloat. 'Tis time, Mr. Christian to set the likes o' you straight. We, the sailors of the Bounty, are putting you ashore where you can listen to the same tired crap for the rest of your rum-soaked daze (sic).

The site's been revamped Dec.2000 ... I'll try to anticipate your questions here.

We have moved from a searchable database to a bulletin board forum that allows categories and searches. The categories should make it a little easier to find what you're looking for, although the searching isn't quite as robust as we'd like.

How to use the forums

Free For All - This forum is just what it says. All can post and there is no signup required, except within the context of your post. All topics are acceptible, as long as they're civil. As mom says, "Just play nice.". The moderator may at his/her discretion clean up posts. We will do all in our power to refrain from censoring, but ultimately may need to make tough decisions to keep this site functioning within acceptible norms of society. Our goal is to encourage the free flow of ideas, and we will not exercise this lightly.
Playlists - DJs post your playlists here. You have 2 choices. Follow the step by step process here, or email me and I'll set it up for you. If you have the time and inclination, it will be easier for me if you can do it, BUT if you don't, then email me and I'll gladly do it for you.
If you're a DJ or a music fan with your own fantasy playlist. To be eligible to list your show, we encourage that you try to have at least 30% indie music (which includes indie lavels as well as unsigned artists). List as often as you like. No one's going to actually count to make sure you have 3 out of 10 indie artists. But that's the goal!!!
- Genre: From the 4 categories: Calm; High Seas; and Hurricane: and Fantasy , choose the one that best represents the general "feel" of your show. We decided to skip the usually confusing genres and create our own confusing categories. Well actually, if you think about it, it shouldn't be that confusing. Most people listen to diverse types of music. But it depends on the mood of the moment for what types of music you'll want to hear. So:
  - 'CALM' is music that would most likely be acceptible at work places.
  - 'HURRICANE' could be just the thing for your next wild party.
  - 'HIGH SEAS' might just be that perfect blend for entertaining in mixed crowds. Hopefully, you get the idea.
  - And the Fantasy list is for those who don't have a show. The idea was to provide a way for you listeners and fans to encourage the airplay of music that suits you best.

Low Power and Pirate Radio ... history (sort of)

Obviously we're having a little fun here. But there are actually a number of important issues and ideas that surround broadcast radio. While this is not the best place to learn about it, I'd be shirking my responsibilities, if I didn't at least get you started.

(Mind you, I'm discussing issues as they relate to the USA, but I suspect there are parallel stories in other countries.)
Some time after Marconi, Tesla, and others created the practical opportunity for radio waves transmission, the federal government felt that there needed to be federal oversight to regulate broadcasters to keep things orderly. Since there are only a limited number of frequencies, interference was a very real issue. So the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) was created to handle the mess.

The problem with this is that one of the most important rights granted to every US citizen by the US Constitution is the right to free speech. So the question is whether many of the FCC regulations are even constitutional? The fact is that only the rich and powerful can own a radio station. (And only a few of them at that). The creation of specific bandwidth for public broadcast pretends to address this issue. But it ignores the fact that even if the public broadcast stations (i.e NPR & APR) make an attempt to air many differing sides to an issue, it's highly unlikely that there's a place for even a fraction of the citizenry that long for a soapbox to stand on. Since NPR needs lots of money to compete and stay on the air, they turn to those who can most afford it to do their job. And that means that they're typically programming to please the comfortably affluent.

There's nothing in the Constitution's First Ammendment that says that the free speech granted has to be popular or even correct. It's still a right. So, as long as there has been government regulations, there have been radio pirates, exercising this right.

For more information, we urge you to visit a few of the following links.

What's an Indie?

I'm so glad you asked. Indie is short for independent artists. In the best of worlds, this would be irrelevant. But as you probably figured out by now, we don't think that commercial radio is interested in the "best" of anything. Their ultimate goal is to satisfy their advertisers. And the way they do that is by measuring what music is least likely to cause someone to change the channel. So it all becomes cozy and familiar. Nothing wrong with cozy and familiar, but there's a lot more going on than that.
It turns out that there's a gazillion independent artists, that are talented and worthy of attention. I know because I listen to their music all the time.

TagYerit (tag you're it) is both an indie band and a web site. Outlaw Radio Waves is a project which has grown out of our view of the current state of radio airplay, which originally led to the song " Outlaw Radio Guy" from our 1999 release "Tubeman". For more information visit our other pages

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