One trouble w/ the long tail as a business is that people who are interested in the “long tail” have a huge amount of old content that they can enjoy. For instance I am still discovering old groups like Yellow Magic Orchestra.

I despise the “classic rock” format where you will hear the same tired song in the morning and evening drive time every day, there is a show on a local college station that plays “classic rock” B sides, obscure tracks, bands that sound like “classic rock” bands you know but did not get so famous. The DJ apologizes if he plays any track he played in the last six months.

Today my thing is anything that is recorded in a surround format be that traditional Chinese music or 2000s electronica or remnants from the 1970s quad era.

New music that appeals to the short tail has to get my attention through all that.