Ya amongst musicians the early 2000s is kind of a dark era for music. The industry has changed so much the last 30 years.
Do you still listen to music from your high school years? Neural Nostalgia
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I listen to a few specific albums from then that are timeless (several Korn albums, Limp Bizkit 3 Dollar Bill Y'all, Everclear, etc). But, I am still as big of fan as ever from several of the bands (Korn, Godsmack, Three Days Grace, Shinedown, etc).
Overall I'm a highly nostalgic person - from keepsakes, to memories, etc.
Fun sidestory. My wife and I met and started dating the same day in 1998 - I was 15, she 16. We have been together the entire 26 years since and just had our 20th wedding anniversary 2 weeks ago. I secretly kept all of the thinks we got or made each other back then (young love, sappy stuff), all the notes we wrote each other, etc. I was going through the stuff to put together a surprise custom wood engraved memory box for her present. I found concert ticket stubs from every concert we went to back in the day, as well as several hundred movie ticket stubs from our first several years. Amazing how many of those bands that we saw are still relevant and still favorites today. My kids couldn't figure out why we had physical pieces of paper to get into a concert.
Overall I'm a highly nostalgic person - from keepsakes, to memories, etc.
Fun sidestory. My wife and I met and started dating the same day in 1998 - I was 15, she 16. We have been together the entire 26 years since and just had our 20th wedding anniversary 2 weeks ago. I secretly kept all of the thinks we got or made each other back then (young love, sappy stuff), all the notes we wrote each other, etc. I was going through the stuff to put together a surprise custom wood engraved memory box for her present. I found concert ticket stubs from every concert we went to back in the day, as well as several hundred movie ticket stubs from our first several years. Amazing how many of those bands that we saw are still relevant and still favorites today. My kids couldn't figure out why we had physical pieces of paper to get into a concert.
blink-182 released two new songs today!!! Not top 10 of their catalog but good tunes. Deeply reflective while hilariously immature. Just what they excel at. Not everyone can talk about getting old while mentioning cum stained couches so magically.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8JvMTLuMY&pp=ygUXYmxpbmsgMTgyIG5ldyBzb25nIDIwMjQ=
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8JvMTLuMY&pp=ygUXYmxpbmsgMTgyIG5ldyBzb25nIDIwMjQ=
Agree
I’ve been on a Zach Top kick recently and he’s a strait up George Strait era clone but he’s only 26. The stuff is out there.
I regularly listen to Alanis Morrissette's "Jagged Little Pill" album, which came out when I was a sophomore in HS. It's still a solid listen from beginning to end. I think that's the only one I listen to the WHOLE album. I also enjoy some 90s country (Deana Carter, Tim McGraw, Mark Chesnutt, etc.) for comfort/nostalgia.
LOL, my 10 year old daughter was just mocking me lately how "80's and 90's music is not cool, it never will be" then whenever a song from that era is on the radio in the car or part of a TV show or movie she is watching and she likes it then we get to poke fun at her how it's a song from that era that she said will never be cool. I've told her give it about 20-30 years and music she is listening to today that she thinks is "cool" her kids will be saying the same thing to her some day too.
I get tired of the same old playlists too, so I started mixing in stuff that pushes me a bit. Learning a few basics on guitar through https://www.artmaster.com helped me get into newer styles because I understood what I was hearing
It made hanging out with friends’ nostalgia loops a little easier, since I had fresh music of my own to throw into the mix
It made hanging out with friends’ nostalgia loops a little easier, since I had fresh music of my own to throw into the mix
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We had to hurry back from class at ISU in order to watch “Heavy Metal Half Hour” on MTV. That was back in ………. ? Yep I’m old.
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01/01/2023
A letter to the Rock It FM loyal listeners.
Hey crew, this is Chad “the bossman” Cummings. Even as some said it is not good to even address the change to the angry, I’m not that guy. I’ve already been called an idiot, I’ve been called a snowflake, whatever that means based on a radio station change… but even with that, I’ll stand tall and give you all a real and truthful letter as to my decision.
I myself hand built Rock It FM as a concept and then a full fledged 50,000 watt FM Radio Station in 2012. I picked the library, with help of a great staff, good friends, and a life lived memory bank of growing up cruising the loop, going to local venues for concerts, keggers at the Quagmire or at the gravel pit. I built it with not just hits, but even deep cuts, because we listened to entire albums and cassettes, we knew them front to back! I picked the bands that even many forgot about. I played the stuff next to NO OTHER STATIONS PLAYED. Because I could! But just because I am an owner, I still had to be able to cash flow that station. That’s what most here don’t fully get.
Radio Stations cost money, serious money. And they have bills, a lot of bills. Insurance, music rights, staff, legal, licensing, web, lights, power, all kinds of stuff just like most any business. So those things need to be paid, and the only way radio stations make money is by selling advertising.
Yep, for 10 years we’ve sold enough to cover the bills! That’s what it takes. But, yep, here’s the BUT! After 10 years of a time era format, the listeners who were the target audience age, the music is still from that time era. And as we age, so does our listening style and preference. No, not everyone’s, but many… and that is where the decision to change became more and more relevant.
I made Rock It FM in 2012 to target a mostly male audience of 35 to 50 year olds like me who appreciated Classic Rock Stations, but didn’t like that they mostly only played late 60’s and 70’s Rock. I used to tell people “traditional classic rock” was “comfortably numb”…. So Rock It was made to be mostly 1980-1995 rock and metal. Those songs are what make Rock It FM what it is, and the audience that knows it, (which is what I am) we are now becoming grandparents, some are close to retirement. And some we have lost.
So with age, different lifestyles, the Rock It listener and Rock It advertising client tally has changed. So, I have to make decisions to keep everything where they need to be to keep people, bills, and everything paid. That’s all.
It wasn’t personal, trust me, I made it, both the station you loved, and the decision to change it. It is just time and business.
I thank you, it’s been a blast! I’m truly honored you actually are this invested in it, I truly am. Know I knew it was going to be horrible for many because there just isn’t much like Rock It, it’s just business, it’s just time. Both change, and we can’t stop them.
In the end, and deep inside, I’m still the same guy, I still have pierced ears, tattoos, I had a mullet, then one length hair, I spent countless hours in my Cutlass cruising the loop, watching friends drag race on County 36, puking over the fence in the feedlot at Sioux Valley Log Cabin, and having Blacom take my cooler of beer at Fox Lake Ballroom. I’m grateful you listened and loved, and will forever tell you to live life to the fullest and ROCK IT!
Chad Cummings VP/GM
Here is a real-life example of this in action. I have a lake home in the Okoboji area. We absolutely loved 93.5 Rock-It FM. They didn't play just the same old songs but went deeper. Then it all came to an end in 2023. The owners message on the website spells it out very clearly. RIP Rock-It FM.
01/01/2023
A letter to the Rock It FM loyal listeners.
Hey crew, this is Chad “the bossman” Cummings. Even as some said it is not good to even address the change to the angry, I’m not that guy. I’ve already been called an idiot, I’ve been called a snowflake, whatever that means based on a radio station change… but even with that, I’ll stand tall and give you all a real and truthful letter as to my decision.
I myself hand built Rock It FM as a concept and then a full fledged 50,000 watt FM Radio Station in 2012. I picked the library, with help of a great staff, good friends, and a life lived memory bank of growing up cruising the loop, going to local venues for concerts, keggers at the Quagmire or at the gravel pit. I built it with not just hits, but even deep cuts, because we listened to entire albums and cassettes, we knew them front to back! I picked the bands that even many forgot about. I played the stuff next to NO OTHER STATIONS PLAYED. Because I could! But just because I am an owner, I still had to be able to cash flow that station. That’s what most here don’t fully get.
Radio Stations cost money, serious money. And they have bills, a lot of bills. Insurance, music rights, staff, legal, licensing, web, lights, power, all kinds of stuff just like most any business. So those things need to be paid, and the only way radio stations make money is by selling advertising.
Yep, for 10 years we’ve sold enough to cover the bills! That’s what it takes. But, yep, here’s the BUT! After 10 years of a time era format, the listeners who were the target audience age, the music is still from that time era. And as we age, so does our listening style and preference. No, not everyone’s, but many… and that is where the decision to change became more and more relevant.
I made Rock It FM in 2012 to target a mostly male audience of 35 to 50 year olds like me who appreciated Classic Rock Stations, but didn’t like that they mostly only played late 60’s and 70’s Rock. I used to tell people “traditional classic rock” was “comfortably numb”…. So Rock It was made to be mostly 1980-1995 rock and metal. Those songs are what make Rock It FM what it is, and the audience that knows it, (which is what I am) we are now becoming grandparents, some are close to retirement. And some we have lost.
So with age, different lifestyles, the Rock It listener and Rock It advertising client tally has changed. So, I have to make decisions to keep everything where they need to be to keep people, bills, and everything paid. That’s all.
It wasn’t personal, trust me, I made it, both the station you loved, and the decision to change it. It is just time and business.
I thank you, it’s been a blast! I’m truly honored you actually are this invested in it, I truly am. Know I knew it was going to be horrible for many because there just isn’t much like Rock It, it’s just business, it’s just time. Both change, and we can’t stop them.
In the end, and deep inside, I’m still the same guy, I still have pierced ears, tattoos, I had a mullet, then one length hair, I spent countless hours in my Cutlass cruising the loop, watching friends drag race on County 36, puking over the fence in the feedlot at Sioux Valley Log Cabin, and having Blacom take my cooler of beer at Fox Lake Ballroom. I’m grateful you listened and loved, and will forever tell you to live life to the fullest and ROCK IT!
Chad Cummings VP/GM
The only correct answer is it depends on who's wearing them
A few months back I decided to listen exclusively to my high school music for a while. There's a lot I still really love and a lot I'm completely bored with now.
Have always been a late adopter of pretty much everything and discovered heavy metal and Iron Maiden freshman year of high school in early 2007. Youtube was just far enough along to continue feeding me similar heavy metal songs and artists. Pandora and now Spotify has continued to introduce me to new artists and subgenres.
The thing I love about music is listening to music I haven't heard in a while takes me back to specific time and place. I vividly remember some of the albums I would binge when studying for Thermo/Heat Transfer/ Controls when at ISU.
The thing I love about music is listening to music I haven't heard in a while takes me back to specific time and place. I vividly remember some of the albums I would binge when studying for Thermo/Heat Transfer/ Controls when at ISU.
Anytime I make out with a woman I put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV.
As someone who endured the hair metal era as a teen only to watch it get replaced by equally vapid ******** bands that thought slowing down riff rock somehow made it less boring, I kinda disagree.
I hated almost all of it at the time, but the early “aughties” weren’t bad. Hell, maybe it is precisely because I ignored it at the time, but I tend to enjoy most “landfill indie” when I hear it. I definitely wouldn’t say that about the radio music of my teens and early 20s.
