question: does anyone know how ozmas album sales are coming along?

[VanSlegr Fan]

Nah, non-commercial radio is still fucking awesome, lets not lump everything together man.  Smiley

not familiar with any non commericial radio, unless u mean talk radio or NPR

[heysarahsarah]

Nah, non-commercial radio is still fucking awesome, lets not lump everything together man.  Smiley

not familiar with any non commercial radio, unless u mean talk radio or NPR

I'm referring to college radio, specifically, but there is a lot of public radio that is non-commercial and excellent.


I would suggest poking around, perhaps looiking up online local colleges to see if one has their own station.  My college's radio station (where I wasa dj for a while), is dedicated to bringing music&talk to the community that they can't get anywhere else.  And Ozma has been played by the station many-a-time.

You can look up non-commercial stations near you here:
http://www.gumbopages.com/other-radio.html

[Not Jason]

also, not all college radio is cool either.  one of the college stations in town is worse than any of the mainstream stations around here.

[Oatmeal]

I don't think any collage radio exists where I live.

[Джесси]

Nah, non-commercial radio is still fucking awesome, lets not lump everything together man.  Smiley

not familiar with any non commericial radio, unless u mean talk radio or NPR

Do you live in Dallas or Ft. Worth? If the latter, there is 88.7 The Choice.

[I Like Ozma]

all we have where oatmeal and i live are "alternative" rock stations, rap and country

[VanSlegr Fan]

Do you live in Dallas or Ft. Worth? If the latter, there is 88.7 The Choice.

dallas. i think its 87.9 is KNON and theres a UNT station, and a Mesquite HS station that ive heard of, but i dunno the stations numbers.

[Cirdan]

Ozma, however, is vaguely comparable to what that's currently successful?  Anything?  Not really.  With few exceptions, you need to ride on some current wave.

I'm a bit late, I know... but i tend to disagree. While there is not much American music that is really similar, there are several international bands that would come into my mind. Eg the Kaiser Chiefs or the latest Muse album, i think Starlight would have fitted perfectly onto Pasadena   I'd say the latest Billy Talent single (Surrender) also sounds remotely like barriers or motorology, though generally they play more uptempo punk stuff. You could also argue that they are not that successfull, but they are really big in Canada and Germany. And regarding Germany, several local bands come into my mind that are more or less similar to ozma and pretty successfull here, though you have probably never heard of any of them (wir sind helden, juli, sportfreunde stiller).

Of course, Ozma would need to publish the album and come touring europe, if they want to sell records here (*hinthinthint* )

[Not Jason]

Well, my argument is basically for singles like "Eponine" and "No One Needs to Know".  I believe a song like HVH has strong potential, but the current singles do not mesh at all with the direction of modern pop.

[Seb]

wouldn't it be a better world if everyone TURNED THE RADIO OFF!

YEAH! Let's just sack off a hundred-odd year old medium because we don't like the music that most mainstream stations play! That'll learn 'em!

Saying that "radio sucks" just because mainstream commercial radio plays crap music is like... well... it's like saying that "music sucks" just because of all the shit that fills the charts.

Sorry, but as someone with a deep-seated love and passion for radio as a medium, I found your comment extremely offensive. Don't slag off the medium just because of the crap that most people use it for.

[VanSlegr Fan]

Sorry, but as someone with a deep-seated love and passion for radio as a medium, I found your comment extremely offensive

. lol

[jvstin]

Sorry, but as someone with a deep-seated love and passion for radio as a medium, I found your comment extremely offensive

. lol

you're wrong. lol

[Rome]

i think that we should all listen to bands that aren't on the radio, and then once they are on the radio, stop listening to them because of how big of sellouts they become, and how crappy their music became!!!!!!!

[I Like Ozma]

that just might be crazy enough to work!

[Martha Gail]

i think that we should all listen to bands that aren't on the radio, and then once they are on the radio, stop listening to them because of how big of sellouts they become, and how crappy their music became!!!!!!!

Or talk about how you liked them before they got famous. 

[Not Jason]

i think that we should all listen to bands that aren't on the radio, and then once they are on the radio, stop listening to them because of how big of sellouts they become, and how crappy their music became!!!!!!!

Or talk about how you liked them before they got famous. 

no, that's stupid.  You should talk about how you disliked them even before they got big.

[Rome]

both very, very good ideas.