TyBless
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As if the freestyle music community needed another reminder of it's slow but certain death.. A source close to me has revealed the end of a daily freestyle mix show in the NYC area. This closure as of tomorrow, will leave the Judy Torres show as the lone remaining haven of the now underground freestyle following.
In a conversation with my partner, a main dance music coordinator for a station we were trying to hit off with music honestly quipped..."Freestyle was an era, nothing that's being done now even compares. It's just too far in between the last valid freestyle hit and a new say..Raquel record that's good every now and then. People who think it's going to somehow resurface are blind to this fact. Every new freestyle record that has reached the record pools across the board are rating low. All the numbers at the stations that have freestyle shows are dwindiling every year, every month." 🙁
What does it mean when a Dance station would rather add a Regatone track over a freestyle track by the same Latin artist? When put on the scale the listeners are tipping the scales toward the now, and they are dancing to the newer sound.
Do you agree?
Do you ask yourselves why?
With the lack of unity, and loyalty. With all the haterd and disrespect many of you (hiding under 'new to cf") are showing to the artist who come here to fellowship from time to time. With the constant critiquing of songs by the best of your genre without REAL support. On the flip just plain bad music that's not hot anymore. Freestyle was more or less like Disco. Good for that time period, but uh.. keep it there. Thats indeed how it happens. This doesnt apply to everyone who wanted more from freestyle music from their hearts, you know who you are and this is no way directed to anyone in paticular. What's done is done, and the truth is after listening to a man we once thought had freestyle's back, tell it. Knowing that he has that absoulte power, meant it aint coming back people. That means it will always and forever be among the only meek souls that can't let go of the fairytale of it's rebirth, and the reality of the forced retirement of the sound on mainstream radio. To many, this happened years ago. But to the people on this site and many other who share the belief, this is hard to take. you will continue to ride or die for freestyle, and tha'ts okay. For as long as you guys are alive anyway, freestyle can still at least exist. As an artform I will always be able to do a song or two now or then, The Kayel Album is still poppin off, but not with any big budget expectations, nor with any big MTV like hoopla. Just a collection of songs for the die hard underground that's left. If it grows beyond that this message will self destruct :mad but as of today..I don't think so.
With the inablilty to refom and identify itself within enough time for it to still matter, freestyle and it's 'fans' have helped to establish it's irrelevance in todays market. Don't hate me, don't shoot the messenger, I'm not in this to crush dreams or follow rules or the leader. If anything I'm the first to set it in the fight for change. But if you gonna continue to do this kinda music, do it from the heart, but don't put your whole life's dream on it. Don't let your talent in music stay stuck in an "era".
So yeah, what Frankie said...
See you at the crossroads..
In a conversation with my partner, a main dance music coordinator for a station we were trying to hit off with music honestly quipped..."Freestyle was an era, nothing that's being done now even compares. It's just too far in between the last valid freestyle hit and a new say..Raquel record that's good every now and then. People who think it's going to somehow resurface are blind to this fact. Every new freestyle record that has reached the record pools across the board are rating low. All the numbers at the stations that have freestyle shows are dwindiling every year, every month." 🙁
What does it mean when a Dance station would rather add a Regatone track over a freestyle track by the same Latin artist? When put on the scale the listeners are tipping the scales toward the now, and they are dancing to the newer sound.
Do you agree?
Do you ask yourselves why?
With the lack of unity, and loyalty. With all the haterd and disrespect many of you (hiding under 'new to cf") are showing to the artist who come here to fellowship from time to time. With the constant critiquing of songs by the best of your genre without REAL support. On the flip just plain bad music that's not hot anymore. Freestyle was more or less like Disco. Good for that time period, but uh.. keep it there. Thats indeed how it happens. This doesnt apply to everyone who wanted more from freestyle music from their hearts, you know who you are and this is no way directed to anyone in paticular. What's done is done, and the truth is after listening to a man we once thought had freestyle's back, tell it. Knowing that he has that absoulte power, meant it aint coming back people. That means it will always and forever be among the only meek souls that can't let go of the fairytale of it's rebirth, and the reality of the forced retirement of the sound on mainstream radio. To many, this happened years ago. But to the people on this site and many other who share the belief, this is hard to take. you will continue to ride or die for freestyle, and tha'ts okay. For as long as you guys are alive anyway, freestyle can still at least exist. As an artform I will always be able to do a song or two now or then, The Kayel Album is still poppin off, but not with any big budget expectations, nor with any big MTV like hoopla. Just a collection of songs for the die hard underground that's left. If it grows beyond that this message will self destruct :mad but as of today..I don't think so.
With the inablilty to refom and identify itself within enough time for it to still matter, freestyle and it's 'fans' have helped to establish it's irrelevance in todays market. Don't hate me, don't shoot the messenger, I'm not in this to crush dreams or follow rules or the leader. If anything I'm the first to set it in the fight for change. But if you gonna continue to do this kinda music, do it from the heart, but don't put your whole life's dream on it. Don't let your talent in music stay stuck in an "era".
So yeah, what Frankie said...
See you at the crossroads..
