tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post8383517484764998425..comments2023-10-28T18:12:33.101+07:00Comments on The Opinionated Diner: why don't you look at me / why don't you see me goUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-62003294988838584702007-04-03T16:02:00.000+07:002007-04-03T16:02:00.000+07:00Great stuff, Simon. Yet another reason to be grate...Great stuff, Simon. Yet another reason to be grateful for your blog. Much appreciated.Dubberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429707137154427853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-82422438589402096982007-04-02T15:48:00.000+07:002007-04-02T15:48:00.000+07:00I gave up listening to hit discs when they stopped...I gave up listening to hit discs when they stopped sending em to me for free but tell me about this mindset that NZoA fostered ???<BR/><BR/>...is that what we're talking about, that crap pop music is what pays the bills so we should fund and make more of it<BR/><BR/>like if we're gonna have crap on the airwaves it may as well be ours...<BR/><BR/>...uh yeah thanx NZ on air<BR/><BR/>and yeah the pollywoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295990157397125661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-28777501423169125552007-04-02T15:28:00.000+07:002007-04-02T15:28:00.000+07:00The biggest problem today is that the vast majorit...The biggest problem today is that the vast majority of music made is absolute fucking shite.<BR/>I am not surprised that nobody is buying it any format.<BR/>The whole industry has just become one big cliche and a pisstake of itself and deserves what it gets for ripping off the genuine music lover for so many years.albiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11172739694474544371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-35144730444286148662007-04-02T15:21:00.000+07:002007-04-02T15:21:00.000+07:00"despite that" that last bit was the blogger code ..."despite that" that last bit was the blogger code word!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-43884965362297031812007-04-02T15:20:00.000+07:002007-04-02T15:20:00.000+07:00No I don't think NZon Ar directly deserves credit ...No I don't think NZon Ar directly deserves credit but the change in the mindset they helped create does. being kings of the feral dance set only sells you 20,000 albums...getting into the suburban barby set is another whole thing. The people that are buying Fat Freddy's now are the white / brown suburban middle class who also buy Eric Clapton and Norah Jones.<BR/><BR/>and I agree, most NZ pop is Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-3960716147506782102007-04-02T14:22:00.000+07:002007-04-02T14:22:00.000+07:00exactly......we will support that which does have ...exactly...<BR/><BR/>...we will support that which does have some emotional buy in of cultural ownership for NZers hence the fat freddies and the crusader shifting big units <BR/><BR/>...but surely you're not attributing fat freddies success to an NZoA ??? They were darlings of the feral dance party set for years before NZoA ever championed them<BR/><BR/>the preceptive change is that we don't pollywoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295990157397125661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-4852945578436579402007-04-02T12:50:00.000+07:002007-04-02T12:50:00.000+07:00dunno, but somebody bought 110,000 FFD albums....t...dunno, but somebody bought 110,000 FFD albums....that sort of thing never used to happen. If the slight change in the public consciousness towards NZ's music has come about as a result of more exposure to it in general then that's got to be good. And I know they did it themselves but there is a perceptible change in the way NZ music of any style is receivedSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-28209580469670893242007-04-02T12:24:00.000+07:002007-04-02T12:24:00.000+07:00absolute control...hmmmm that sounds a bit feudal ...absolute control...hmmmm that sounds a bit feudal ;P<BR/><BR/>...and for all that where exactly are we ???<BR/><BR/>Radio programmers allowed to decide what is offered to them, and record companies (and NZOA) tailor things specifically for those people while forcing artists to compromise their output towards the broadcast friendly format to recieve a hand up...<BR/><BR/>...personally I can pollywoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295990157397125661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-43186351922986503632007-04-02T11:03:00.000+07:002007-04-02T11:03:00.000+07:00I respect you right to your opinion here but I gue...I respect you right to your opinion here but I guess I don't really want to let my blog become a place where Brendan is slagged off. I have huge respect for the man, having knwn him and worked with him for some 25 years now, and I know what he's gone through to get us to where we are, and part of that was him taking absolute control. But in my experience he's always listened and been a champion Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-25796819920564267262007-04-02T10:31:00.000+07:002007-04-02T10:31:00.000+07:00oh I don't know simon...fiefdom : Something over w...oh I don't know simon...<BR/><BR/>fiefdom : Something over which one dominant person or group exercises control<BR/><BR/>...it was only a year or so ago when he was listed as second or was it first most powerful person in NZ music scene ???<BR/><BR/>he has veto power over who gets funding and thus determines who gets a hand up into the public eye...<BR/><BR/>...to be honest there have been plentypollywoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295990157397125661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-20887212574741644962007-04-02T07:01:00.000+07:002007-04-02T07:01:00.000+07:00he he, El Sid, what an anarchist! and what a great...he he, El Sid, what an anarchist! and what a great lead-in to NZ Music Month in May!Peter McLennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11718152915028660032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-88159495500997052302007-04-01T13:45:00.000+07:002007-04-01T13:45:00.000+07:00Ok, I see what you are saying and I can't help but...Ok, I see what you are saying and I can't help but feel that you are right in that a clean sweep is needed. <BR/><BR/>I think the fiefdom accusation is a little unfair...without Brendan's vision and incredible energy, there would still be no music NZ music on the radio, and the only way that could be done was for someone like him to drive the political changes necessary through.<BR/><BR/>That Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-36326424927799967752007-04-01T13:03:00.000+07:002007-04-01T13:03:00.000+07:00surely given the times and changes needed NZoA wou...surely given the times and changes needed NZoA would be better served to appoint some fresh blood with new ideas...<BR/><BR/>...I know what he's done for artists and labels but thats my point, it was pretty much old boy kissarse and pander to the broadcasters and majors while running NZoA like his private fiefdom<BR/><BR/>and maybe thats what was needed then and as a man for his times he was it, pollywoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295990157397125661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-81345574832136799912007-04-01T12:51:00.000+07:002007-04-01T12:51:00.000+07:00Things have always been tough for NZ indies, but I...Things have always been tough for NZ indies, but I don't agree with attacks on Brendan who both El Sid and myself do hold in fairly high regard. He's put himself out on limb for more than a few artists and indie labels over the years, myself included. <BR/><BR/>My big problem with the NZ on Air funding in recent years is they now tend to follow the broadcasters rather than lead them as they used Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-54021851578614128182007-04-01T12:26:00.000+07:002007-04-01T12:26:00.000+07:00...FWIW it seems the indies aren't in good shape e......FWIW it seems the indies aren't in good shape either given the tax woes of dawnraid possibly going into liquidation<BR/><BR/>but on topic...<BR/><BR/>...I do hope brendan smyth is squirming in his well cushioned seat of a job cos it's pretty obvious he hasn't got the skills to see NZ music through to the next phase of the digital age<BR/><BR/>I do so hook us up...hahahapollywoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295990157397125661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-20782254162780133342007-04-01T06:05:00.000+07:002007-04-01T06:05:00.000+07:00Anyone see Andrew Fagan on Agenda talking about th...Anyone see Andrew Fagan on Agenda talking about the article/issue?<BR/><BR/>Oh how I cringed... he had no idea about the issue he wasn't even close, it was embarassing<BR/><BR/>Paul Henry's treatment and very obvious boredom with the topic (or his job maybe) with Chris Hocquard was insightful in comparison<BR/><BR/>Campbell & co, foot, gun, shoot...<BR/><BR/>The "future" started over 12 years agoBob Daktarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00737212571730352434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-46198315270235083422007-04-01T06:00:00.000+07:002007-04-01T06:00:00.000+07:00El Sid, whoever he/she is has nailed it.El Sid, whoever he/she is has nailed it.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622847359085056786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-10641251156240631392007-03-31T17:47:00.000+07:002007-03-31T17:47:00.000+07:00Finally: a sceptical take on the 48 hour PR blitzk...Finally: a sceptical take on the 48 hour PR blitzkrieg. The NZ media has picked up the labels' line of pirates-killing-music and run with it. (Chris Hocquard *almost* got a sensible word in on TV1, but was squashed.) Thanks, Simon. Do spread the word. (Would write more, but have to get back to my day job.)Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-91510648985087259842007-03-31T13:48:00.000+07:002007-03-31T13:48:00.000+07:00Brilliant!Brilliant!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631862151038450787noreply@blogger.com