One of the reasons I like this station is that I have always heard new artists that I like on it. Like right now is a woman named Eilon Jewell. Never heard of her but love what I hear so far. Like a cool singer-songwriter. A little country-folk-rock.
Okay, the real reason I love this station is because of the acoustic guitar I hear so often. Contemporary, bluesy, folksy guitar. Not very mellow and not very rock. With great singers. I could listen to this music all day and never get tired of it. But oddly, I never have done that. So we will see if i can stand it all day.
Another thing that I like is that usually I have never even heard much of the music before. While I can't sing along, which will automatically make me like a station, I still like it. For me, it is great music to work to or just hang out to. There is a pretty equal mix of men and women artists. So that makes me happy too.
There are usually great lyrics along with the intricate guitar playing. I love listening to all of the different artists' voices and sounds that their guitars can make. Mostly, it makes me want to learn to play the guitar. Why oh why am I not musically inclined? Why? I should have been born with musical skills. It's not fair. All I can do is listen and now critique.
I wonder how many of these artists are considered successful. Are they making any money? Where do they play? I know I can buy their stuff in iTunes if I really wanted to. But even though I love learning of new artists, I don't think I have actually bought much of their music from this station. I could have this same listening experience on Pandora, I guess. Just pick one of them and start a station. Maybe I've bought 1 artist's music from The Loft. More from the Coffee House (which is tomorrow, so excited).
I heard everything from Fountains of Wayne to Aimee Mann to Patty Griffin to Coldplay in the morning. Brand new stuff from sone of these artists. Great listening experience for me.
At 11:15am, I am listening to Vin Scelisa Idiot's Delight. Interesting, different music. Not what I'm use to on The Loft. I'm not even really sure what to say about it. As I pulled into Spanish River, I'm listening to a song about a drunk piano. Only 1 of the 4 songs I have heard has been picked up by SoundHound. Then the DJ, I'm not sure if it is Vin, played an old Bob Marley and the Wailers song. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the selection of songs in this program. Just an eclectic mix of music. I guess that's where the name comes from: Idiot's Delight.
It's 2:30pm and a show called "Your Roots Are Showing" is on The Loft. There is a female DJ who really, really knows her stuff about whatever kind of music is playing. I don't know. Umm. I'm hearing bluegrass and alternative rock kind of stuff. It really is a mixed bag of stuff I have never heard. Not even my SoundHound
has heard this stuff. But the DJ was going on and on about the gorgeous (her words) voice of a guy named Bonnie Prince something or other who has changed his name like 4 times. Is it the music of wackos? It's not bad music and I am enjoying it.
Ok, and then some of the names of these bands. Pygmy Lush? Where does that come from? I'm not sure how these songs all fit together. But they apparently make sense to the DJ.
So, after a day of listening, I couldn't figure out how to characterize the genre of this station. I decided to look it up online and learned that Sirius calls it "contemporary eclectic rock." Now I get it.
I will listen to this station again. But I realized that music that I love is really hit and miss. No wonder I have never left the dial in The Loft for the entire day.
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