IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE NAKINIG AKO SA FM RADIO. RIGHT NOW IM LIVING IN CYBERSPACE FILLED WITH MP3 DOWNLOADS LOL. USUALLY, I JUST GO ONLINE FOR A COUPLE OF CHATS, AND YES, READING MAIL, AND THERE GOES THE MP3 DOWNLOADS. USUALLY I DOWNLOAD SMOOTH JAZZ ALBUMS. KASI YUN NAMAN TALAGA ANG MUSIC KO. THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES, EVERYTIME NA GUMAGAWA AKO NG BEATS FOR HIP-HOP, I USUALLY MIX IT WITH JAZZ INFLUENCES. WHICH REMINDS ME OF THIS STATION, JAM 88.3, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SMOOTH JAZZ CITYLITE 88.3.
I WAS NEVER LINKED WITH JAZZ TIL 3RD YEAR HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS JUST A PUNK KID BACK THEN, WALKING AROUND THE MALL SKIPPING CLASSES, ALONG WITH A MINI RADIO TUNER LISTENING TO ROCK MUSIC,
ONE TIME I ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THE TUNER ITSELF THAT MADE THE FREQUENCIES MESS UP. I WAS SO PISED OFF WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT ALL THE STATIONS WERE GONE AND THERE'S ONLY ONE FM STATION TO LISTEN TO, AND YES THAT WAS CITYLITE 88.3, AND THEN I'VE HEARD OF MICHAEL FRANKS, AND THEN STEVIE WONDER, GEORGE DUKE, SPYRO GYRA, AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER, I FOUND MYSELF COLLECTING MILES DAVIS, DAVE GRUSIN, DEODATO, JOHN COLTRANE, WHAT A WONDERFUL RIDE (HEY WAIT!! IF YOU CANT RELATE TO WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT JUST LOOK AT OTHER POSTS OK? LOL)
AND YES I FOUND OUT HOW COMPLICATED JAZZ MUSIC IS, I SLOWLY UNDERSTOOD HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS GENRE IS. I CANT REALLY PUT IT THROUGH WORDS BUT IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. AND ONE MORE THING, I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW COZ I MIGHT SOUND LIKE A FREAKIN' FREAK LOL. BUT TO TELL YOU FRANKLY, I WAS REALLY HEARTBROKEN WHEN THE STATION CHANGED ITS FORMAT, CHANGING ITS PLAYLIST FROM JAZZ TO TRACKS THAT I NEVER EXPECTED TO HEAR ON THAT FREQUENCY
HERE I AM, DOWNLOADING THOSE JAZZ MP3s CITYLITE INTRODUCED ME TO BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, THIS STATION WAS LIKE AN EYE OPENER, OR SHOULD I SAY, EAR OPENER TO ME. OH HOW I WISH THIS STATION RETURNS TO ITS ORIGINAL FORMAT, DON'T GET ME WRONG, JAM 88.3 WAS NOT A BAD IDEA, BUT CITYLITE WAS A BETTER IDEA
I MISS YOU CITYLITE
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bringing it back? it ain't gonna happen man! atleast not very soon. economics of the times (specially the owner's) made the station almost non-profitable. it's true that there is a solid jazz-listening public here in the philippines albeit small, but its size is not considerable enough to compel advertisers and marketers to buy air time from the station. this was citylite's catch 22. the station needs to stay out there to build a healthy audience, and this takes time - and money, which should come from advertising. the advertisers, on the other hand, need to see a healthy audience before buying air time.
but hey, look at the bright side, there are still three other jazz-playing stations here in the metro and countless jazz-streaming sites on the net. maybe if we live long enough, we'd see the re-birth of our favorite fm station.
I miss Roland Benson and his Pat Metheny tracks...
JAZZ SUCKS...COUNTRY ROCKS SUCKAZZZZ!!!
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