Commercial music

Does anybody find new music on the television anymore?  It seems like today everybody uses websites like pandora or music sites like pitchfork, hell even youtube, to “discover” new music, but remember way back when music was on the tellie? Channels like THE BOX  existed and a little known channel called MTV actually played music… oh late 90’s, what a strange time you were.  I am here to tell you that there is still plenty of good music to be found on the tv, but it is in the place you would least expect it, and though it seems like it should be wrong it is sooo right!  I present to you, the TV commercial! the new venue for the emerging artists of the world!  This is a great place to showcase new artists, who may not get airplay on popular radio, give money and support to these artists, and to now expense to the listener (unless you are actually going to buy the shit that the song is in the commercial for).  I have been noticing over my many years, but most recently when i encountered the Phoenix single 1901 in a Cadillac commercial.  Phoenix is a band that i really hadn’t listened or payed attention to, as it hasn’t really been my flavor for many years, but after hearing them in the commercial i checked them out, and enjoyed the hell out of their music.  This isn’t the first time this has happened to my (maybe i’m just weird) it also happened with a Samsung commercial with the song Daydreamin’ by Lupe Fiasco feat Jill Scott (PHILLY!) and a sample from I Monster, which has since i saw it around 2 years ago become one of my favorite groups.  It also happened with the song California Soul by Marlena Shaw in a docker’s commercial.  I believe that the start of this phenomenon-enon started with the ipod commercials such as fiest’s – 1234.  Needless to say this is great for the artists exposure, and actually puts good music on the television again!

i know i didn’t write about what i said at the end of my last rant, but hell if you leave no feedback you better not know what to expect.

jazzy out