ScottFromWyoming wrote:
 

hzs then said: "To be clear, this feature request isn't about changing any of the existing mixes, but rather to add a new one, even as an experiment, even for a short time. Anyone who didn't like it would be free to ignore it."

I have a solution.  Create a stream consisting entirley of bands of white men .  Let's call it The Average White Band stream.

Fixed it fr you.

I think RP is a great antidote to the music industry as a whole: that's how we can hear tracks on RP that we don't hear anywhere else. There is labeling of acts here, which is how we have a "world" mix. I posted a feature request hoping for even more of that kind of curation, because perhaps RP would see the value in it the way the music industry as a whole won't or can't.

An act's diversity isn't a "selling point", it's a listening point. How much money an act makes isn't necessarily a reflection of its quality; there are a lot of other factors that go into whether an act is financially successful. Based on the preponderance of white male acts in the US music industry, being white and male is one of them (unless you make the case that white men are naturally more talented, which isn't at all what you're saying). By clearing out the ubiquitous, we leave room for more new acts in our sphere. To me, there's nothing joyless at all about hearing a new voice.

To be clear, this feature request isn't about changing any of the existing mixes, but rather to add a new one, even as an experiment, even for a short time. Anyone who didn't like it would be free to ignore it.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
 

 hzs wrote:
 

It sounds a little bit as though you're dragging your issues with the music industry as a whole into RadioParadise. There's not any labeling of acts here, at least by the metrics you provided.

As far as describing a band of straight white men as "a band of straight white men" you're right that they're never described as all white or all male ...that's like calling water "wet." It's such a dominant trait that the outliers become points of interest, so casually referring to a band as all female, well that's still rare enough to be worth noting, but even that turns into a selling point or a negative, so it shouldn't be used. Bad Brains were always described as a black hardcore band... back in the 80s, anyway. I don't know of any self-respecting artist these days who would list any of your metrics as a selling point. If word gets out, I suppose, but I'm not interested in any band *because* they're ...whatever.  So curating a playlist would require the sort of sleuthing that takes the joy out of just hearing music for what it is.

It's also possible to get a "mellow mix" on Spotify, but we all know there's no comparison between Spotify and RP. That's why we're here.

 rgio wrote:
 

 hzs wrote:
 
You can do all that... here

I am so glad to have rediscovered Radio Paradise now that I'm working from home full time. I love the World/Etc Mix especially. 

I've noticed lately (not on RP but in general) that there are an awful lot of acts that have only cis white men in them. Even bands that have been going on for decades and have a long list of prior members are sometimes 100% cis white men. They're never described as such: a band's website or Wikipedia never describes a band as "all white" or "all male" the way it's called out when the act is "women" or "cross-cultural". 100% cis white male bands are the default — everyone else is "other".

It would be interesting to curate a mix where every track must include at least one non-dominant human: woman, BIPOC, trans or nonbinary. I'd love to hear what that sounds like.

 BillG wrote:
 

A good business-strategy, to stand up against them, indeed! 

Long live RP!

 pnauseda wrote:
 

Both Apple & Google prohibit that, unless we use their in-app payment system and give them 30%.

would be so much more convenient to be able to send support via the app instead of having to go to the web site.

 BillG wrote:
 

I just searched in Sonos radio and added the mixes to my favourites. Don't see any way to set the bitrate.

 haresfur wrote:
 

Are you using FLAC? You might try dropping back to 320k AAC. The path to Australia from our closest server (in Singapore) is usually pretty good, but does get congested sometimes.

 blackjellybean wrote:
 
I have been having intermittent problems connecting to the RP mixes through Sonos here in eastern Australia

 BillG wrote: 

 jarro wrote:
 

Seems someone knocked a power cable loose while working in our rack.
Everything should be back to normal :)



 BillG wrote:
 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
 

Seeing some odd behavior. I'll have Jarred investigate. 

 blackjellybean wrote:
 

Are you in the UK? Info here. 

Once it's loaded, it's fine, but opening the RP site for the first time takes a long time. A minute or two sometimes. Mac Chrome, 2 machines, 2 different ISPs.

Hi Bill
I am trying to connect my Sonos to RP (main mix) and I keep getting the message RP (main mix) is no longer available on Sonos radio.
(also going via Tunein it is not available.)
Yes I have power cycled everything.

Other mixes work

 BillG wrote:
 
Well, I tried the things suggested. Nothing worked.
But a few days later everything started working fine.