On Monday of this week, USD Radio finally went live. We now have the pleasure of streaming live radio directly to our computers. Listening to the show on Monday while doing my homework was an enjoyable experience. It is similar to Pandora in the sense that you never know what is going to be played next. However, unlike Pandora, the genre of music is not limited to a particular category depending on the station you have chosen. We have the luxury of our peers handpicking each song depending on their taste in music and what they feel listeners will enjoy. This being the case, listeners are pushed to listen to a full song they otherwise may have rejected by skipping to a later part of the stream. USD Radio has arrived in a lively style to provide us with music we would otherwise have never experienced.
USD Radio goes live
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Updated: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 16:12
I mentioned in my column last week that the radio deprives us of music that cannot be marketed to the mainstream. This problem that rides the sound waves of FM stations causes music lovers to completely disregard the radio altogether and plug in the iPod of their stolen MP3’s or search through music blogs to stream music. This leaves the listener with some work cut out for them. Rather then having the courtesy of a radio station providing new and exciting music, one must rely on word of mouth in order to discover new music, clicking from website to website in order to stream and download different musicians that have been recommended by peers.
As all of you know by now, as I have made a point in every A&C issue to make sure there is mention of this, USD does have a radio station. Throughout the semester, USD Radio, in particular Nick Peterson, has worked hard to get their program up and running. There have been big name in-studio interviews with bands like Peter, Bjorn & John, and album reviews have been prevalent on the site weekly to recommend what to buy and what not to buy. Most importantly though, there have been pre-recorded radio shows composed by your fellow scholars here at USD. We have had the pleasure over the last few months of visiting the website and sifting through a particular DJ’s playlists to find music with which we most closely identify.
I personally dig The Constable Cornelius due to his decision to bring in a broad spectrum of music from Elliott Smith to The Dead Weather, and Dr. Dog to Jay-Z. He also tends to act so weird that I, as a listener become a bit uncomfortable. However, it keeps me interested and makes for a good laugh. This particular DJ chooses to keep his identity concealed from the public, which makes him that much more interesting.
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