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YBFREE.com: With software like Napster and the current boom in Internet radio, how do you think the industry will be effected?
Marshall-Green: Napster is a whole new ballgame. The technology of MP3 may kill the mainstream label promotion area of radio. Underground promotion will blossom because of this convenient way to access ANY music.
With Internet radio, smaller universities will have the ability to have radio stations that the FCC wouldn't have licensed because of FM clutter and corporate greed.
YBFREE.com: What are your favorite and least favorite aspects of being a DJ?
Marshall-Green: Favorite: personal expression of music, ideas and personality. Least Favorite: Ditto.
YBFREE.com: What are some of the misconceptions good and bad about being a DJ?
Marshall-Green: They (DJs) pick all the music and they also like everything they play. They're (DJs) running the radio stations by themselves when they are on air-That's a good one.
YBFREE.com: Who has or have been your inspirations?
Marshall-Green: Past radio staff here at WUSC. Musicians that make your show sound great-Anyone who supported me, regardless of my aspirations.
YBFREE.com: How does a song get on the radio?
Marshall-Green: Labels or promoters send it to the station. Some add it to rotation as soon as they get it-educational (radio stations). Others wait for it to chart in trade magazines before adding it commercial (stations).
YBFREE.com: How is a song's rotation determined?
Marshall-Green: Up to the station. Usually the program director at commercial stations has the day's playlists for the DJs already set up so that he/she can track the spins quicker.
Our station is liberal with playlists, letting the DJs choose their own music, but half having to come from the studio's rotation for that week, with over 180 CDs to choose from. Then there is our massive library as well.
YBFREE.com: What can independent artists do to get their local stations to play their music?
Marshall-Green: Work hard at promoting your CD as well as your live show. If a kid checks you out live, he/she may call the station for a request. This could greatly help you chance of getting played.
YBFREE.com: What are your current favorite songs?
Marshall-Green: Gosh...Songs are too plentiful...too many to choose from.
YBFREE.com: What are you listening to right now?
Marshall-Green: Brujeria, Violent New Breed, Quench, Dying Fetus, Nothingface, Pissing Razors, Add N to X, and many others.