jukebox
Hi Tam,
The current jukebox only holds 100 CDs, we try and rotate at least 10% of them each month.
We're always looking for input about what to buy. We have so little free time that we hardly ever get to listen to the radio oir view a music channel. We really rely on our customers to recommend stuff.
The way the jukebox works is that we only take advice on what to add NOT what to remove heh heh. For the bulk of the selection we aim for a roughly equal spread over the last 30 years of music. There are some special weightings though and the latest stuff gets a few extra slots.
We also like to feature local bands material, and would like to surrender around 10% of the jukebox to that cause. In order to feature as much local band material as possible it would be good if bands agreed to issue the bar with special CDs combining perhaps the material from 2-3 bands on a single disc. In other words if 2 bands have albums that run to 30 and 40 mins respectively then they might decide to issue us them both on a single disc. We will not go ahead and combine stuff ourselves.
Now that the rock resurgance has begun to take hold, several other bars have started to include a lot of 'RAWK! Classics' on their jukeboxes. This has enabled The Moorings Bar jukebox to move further to the fringes. We have slowly replaced a lot of overplayed material with less exposed stuff. Personally I love Paranoid and Doctor Doctor, but would prefer to go ten years without hearing them again. There are other places, where people that haven't heard those songs a million times, can visit for their fix.
We're also starting to concentrate on specific albums rather than greatest hits compilations. Often the songs that people most identify with are the ones hardly anyone mentions.
Finally our policy for removal is that the more frequently something gets played the sooner it comes off. I mean there are only so many times a day I can stand listening to 'Hey Stoopid' and 15 has crossed that threshhold.
Get back to me with some recommendations, preferably stuff that I haven't heard. The best way is to burn me a trial CD (gasp) and if I like it then I'll go out and buy the originals to put in the machine. My taste is very broad, pretty much everything from ABBA through Zappa, with a little bias towards punk.
See Ya
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