AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
I am the ultimate CyberLoser. I have 12 hours here in Amsterdam, and what do I do? Check my e-mail and update my dopey journal. The canal boat doesn't leave for a while yet.
It's cool and sunny here, kind of makes up for my size XXL DC-10 neighbor who had his elbow in my ribs for 7 hours. Is it any wonder I'm a misanthrope?
I am the ultimate CyberLoser. I have 12 hours here in Amsterdam, and what do I do? Check my e-mail and update my dopey journal. The canal boat doesn't leave for a while yet.
It's cool and sunny here, kind of makes up for my size XXL DC-10 neighbor who had his elbow in my ribs for 7 hours. Is it any wonder I'm a misanthrope?
Canadian content quotas for radio are based on the broadcast of a minimum number of musical selections to be aired during the official broadcast day (6 a.m. to midnight). For AM and FM stations, the minimum weekly requirement is 35% of all popular musical selections, except for stations whose playlists are at least 35% instrumental. Such stations are allowed lower Canadian content levels because of the limited amount of Canadian instrumental music that is available. To ensure an even distribution of Canadian music throughout the week, the Commission also requires Canadian selections to account for at least 35% of the popular music broadcast Monday through Friday between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
A separate fact sheet entitled "The MAPL System" sets out the conditions that a musical selection must meet to qualify as Canadian. It's all done by formula, and points being assigned for the nationality of the artist, producer, writer, where it was recorded, how many candians were present during the time of the recording etc...
You'll find that most internationally renown canadian artists are owned by the Big Corporations, who all have their own way of recording and producing the music that they have had written for their "talent". Since most of this shit is written by non-canadians (I'm not pointing any fingers here... but shit is shit, and it could have been written by anybody from anywhere) even the biggest hits by our canadian Icons dont qualify as canadian content. For example Celine Dionne is NOT considered Canadian content even though she is a French Canadian and one of Canada's most famous artists. Neither is Shania Twain. And the bulk of Bryan Adams' catalogue. The only reason the BEAR plays so much Adams is because they're a crappy radio station.
I do beleive that there is a bunch of U2 material that qualifies as Canadian content because it was written and produced by Daniel Lanois.
*p.s. - there is a chunk of writing up there that I plagarized from someone else and then stuffed my comments in where I felt it was lacking. It's the snotty bits, if you couldn't tell....*