My 2 cents: I think the Main Mix is doing great. Like others who commented here, I had the feeling it had become a bit stagnant in the past few years. Not that I don't want to hear new things all the time, on the contrary. What has always attracted me about RP is that it combines a foundation of familiar golden oldies with a regular sprinkling of fresh material. The best songs among this fresh material will then eventually join the classics. If it would be all fresh material all the time, it would be alienating, and if it would be the same songs all the time, it would be boring. The current mix again feels like a good balance between these two.
your doing good. Personally I've been loving the new material lately.
I noticed the hiatus yet at the same time, you were setting up multiple streams and life changes, so had a lot of tolerance for it.
I think the NY interview nails it.
It was never the "recipe" it was the indefinable art that makes this place great, the subtext in the mixes that make me laugh or just nod with a "yeah, I get it". You've certainly made my life richer.
Keep it going. And the multiple streams are great.
Hear hear. I cranked up the main in the car the other day (remember when we were getting excited that we could listen to it in the car?) and it sounded so flipping good. Felt like a bit of a Renaissance, and made me glad that I've stuck with it, and happy I've been referring it out to all my music-loving friends.
Keep on keeping on!
I remember being on the RP mobile app beta on my iPhone 1. It was pretty shaky but it could have been that sketchy first iPhone.
Now I can drive from Denver across the barren wastelands of Texas to Dallas & listen to RP the whole way via my iPhone 12 attached to Apple AirPlay in my Subaru. Great tech!
Couple of decades listening/contributing here. So I came back to the Main Mix & gotta say - William, you're back baby & your a badass! I really enjoy hearing your input on songs & whatnot, and I can hear the rejuvenated excitement in your voice. Thanks for all you do for all of us.
Hear hear. I cranked up the main in the car the other day (remember when we were getting excited that we could listen to it in the car?) and it sounded so flipping good. Felt like a bit of a Renaissance, and made me glad that I've stuck with it, and happy I've been referring it out to all my music-loving friends.
Keep on keeping on!
I definitely appreciate your feedback. Thanks for taking the time to post.
I also canât help but notice that many of the things people were complaining about a year ago echo how I felt at the time. Those feelings are part of why Iâve spent so much time adjusting the playlist the past few months. It bored me too much of the time.
Iâd be curious to hear from some of the original posters in this thread. See if their feelings have changed.
William, today I had the Main Mix on for most of the day (and still going, past 2 a.m. here in Amsterdam). I love the mix. And yes, I did check out many of the songs I heard that were new to me (and ones I simply did not remember the title or artist of).
To my delight I heard some great hits as well (e.g. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Avalon, Feelin' Alright, Albatross, et cetera). Frankly, when I read your Main Mix email â in which you listed "Most big hit songs, especially from the 70s thru 90s" in your What's Out section â I was afraid I wouldn't hear songs like those in the Main Mix anymore. I'm glad they're still in the mix!
I also canât help but notice that many of the things people were complaining about a year ago echo how I felt at the time. Those feelings are part of why Iâve spent so much time adjusting the playlist the past few months. It bored me too much of the time.
Couple of decades listening/contributing here.stevesancarlos&kingenpretty much said it all for me, very similar experience over the past year+. I would add that William has had a lot going on with the changes in is personal situation, location, bringing in Alaana & staff, upgrading the hell outta the site. It's been exciting to witness. Not to mention a quarter of a century of standing up RP & being the creative genius artist behind the best music streaming site on the planet. No mean effort there.
So I came back to the Main Mix & gotta say - William, you're back baby & your a badass! I really enjoy hearing your input on songs & whatnot, and I can hear the rejuvenated excitement in your voice. Thanks for all you do for all of us.
I just visited the forum to do a quick post about the new main mix. I've been a RP listener almost since the beginning and have also made a couple of donations, and during the two last years or so I've felt that the main mix has been rotating the same tracks. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but I have more and more resorted to the rock mix and the mellow mix. I was very impressed with the long email I received from William about all the effort he has put into RP over the years in terms of choice of music, the tech (FLAC and so on) and audio quality. I feel that the changes being made to the main mix is awesome. I truly enjoy what I'm hearing! I listen to RP at least during my 8 hours of work, but also during the evening at home. Great work William, RP has really been a faithful companion through my adult life. :)
I definitely appreciate your feedback. Thanks for taking the time to post.
I also canât help but notice that many of the things people were complaining about a year ago echo how I felt at the time. Those feelings are part of why Iâve spent so much time adjusting the playlist the past few months. It bored me too much of the time.
Iâd be curious to hear from some of the original posters in this thread. See if their feelings have changed.
I have gone through many ups and downs with RP over nearly two decades and have taken several long pauses.
To me, it feels like William has been reborn lin a sense. I used to lament the dearth of new tracks. Now, Iâm thrilled to hear so many newer cuts. Maybe itâs the addition of Williamâs daughter plus several new staffers. Perhaps the weed supply in Eureka is THAT good. I donât know, but to my ears RP has never EVER sounded better. The âvibeâ, to use Williamâs term, has evolved from dated and a bit melancholy to more eclectic, risk-taking, and lighter.
Late reply, but yes. I especially miss the sprinkling of some familiar big hits oldies in between all the cool and interesting new and old music.
Much though I love Radio Paradise, I find myself listening less often to the two main channels I use - the Main Mix and the Mellow Mix. And that while I have some music playing almost day and night.
Thing is, I'm not the only one who has noticed the change. In the past I had visitor after visitor comment on the station, asking me what I listen to - mostly because they liked the great mix of music. Nowadays that rarely happens.
I just read William's email in which he explains his current approach to the Main Mix. That just underlined it for me. Even though I still listen, and I still tell people about it, I have a sense of loss. And increasingly I find myself reaching for my own eclectic mix of music.
I definitely appreciate your feedback. Thanks for taking the time to post.
I also canât help but notice that many of the things people were complaining about a year ago echo how I felt at the time. Those feelings are part of why Iâve spent so much time adjusting the playlist the past few months. It bored me too much of the time.
Iâd be curious to hear from some of the original posters in this thread. See if their feelings have changed.
Anyone else think the Main Mix is far less interesting than it was a year ago?
Late reply, but yes. I especially miss the sprinkling of some familiar big hits oldies in between all the cool and interesting new and old music.
Much though I love Radio Paradise, I find myself listening less often to the two main channels I use - the Main Mix and the Mellow Mix. And that while I have some music playing almost day and night.
Thing is, I'm not the only one who has noticed the change. In the past I had visitor after visitor comment on the station, asking me what I listen to - mostly because they liked the great mix of music. Nowadays that rarely happens.
I just read William's email in which he explains his current approach to the Main Mix. That just underlined it for me. Even though I still listen, and I still tell people about it, I have a sense of loss. And increasingly I find myself reaching for my own eclectic mix of music.
It never fails. Whenever I hear a song I haven't heard before, or want to read the lyrics of or whatever, the playlist is stuck several songs back and stubbornly refuses to update.
It never fails. Whenever I hear a song I haven't heard before, or want to read the lyrics of or whatever, the playlist is stuck several songs back and stubbornly refuses to update.
I'm late to this thread, but I COMPLETELY agree that the Main Mix has undergone changes that have watered down the appeal. I can only think this is because others are now more involved in picking/choosing/programming the music. I don't mind obscure—in fact, that was the original appeal of RP—-but there are far too many just plain average songs thrown in lately.
Before reading this thread, I was having the exact same thoughts (once again). Apart from "nothing new" which comprises all sorts of latest additions - especially those don't make it for NEW, INTERESTING, much less for ECLECTIC with very few exceptions - the rest has been listened to more than enough... the overall goal seems mainstream (maelstroem) anymore.... so, what else to say?!
