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eddiekatcher
We just need some hot new group of kids to break out with a surf hit to be picked up on mainstream radio and wham......Here comes the fourth wave!
ed
This may be off topic but back in October I wrote Bill Flannagan, the music reviewer on CBS Sunday Morning and former head of MTV the following letter.
_October 16, 2007
Mr. Bill Flanagan
Music Reviewer
CBS Sunday Morning
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Dear Bill,
A quick letter to let you know how much I enjoy your music reviews on CBS Sunday Morning. As a result Iâve been able to find some great music that otherwise would have slipped under my radar. On that note, I wanted to offer a suggestion for a future music segment â namely a review of contemporary instrumental surf music. Popularized in the 60âs by such legends as Dick Dale, The Bel Airs and Duane Eddy, instrumental surf music is alive and well, just not well known.
I was reintroduced to the genre several years ago when a friend of mine convinced me to start an instrumental surf band. Although skeptical I did it just for fun, but after playing our first gig and seeing the positive reaction of the crowd I was hooked on both the music and the whole vibe.
In an effort to promote our band I started to research things, thinking we may have accidentally stumbled upon an untapped music niche. But to my surprise I was amazed to see how deep contemporary surf music roots run and how wide the appeal is globally. In fact, I suspect there is probably more self-produced original music within localized instrumental surf bands around the world than in any other genre.
If youâre interested in researching this further, a few websites to check out would be www.surfmusic.com , www.surfguitar101.com , www.zptduda.com/cowabunga/ , and those will lead you around the world to rediscover the current sounds of surf. You will also rediscover many first wave artists, such as Eddie Bertram and Paul Johnson, are still out there alive and well and working on new projects.
Along the way if perchance you also get hooked on the new surf music vibe, perhaps you can help get the word out on a future music segment. Like so many other musical gems youâve placed in the spotlight, I bet your CBS audience would love to hear about the musical goldmine that lays undiscovered in todayâs instrumental surf music.
Warm regards,
Frank Ferraro
Left Guitarist
Cutback Surfband
www.cutbacksurfband.com
frank@cutbacksurfband.com_
I'm not expecting a reply, but perhaps a few of you could drop him a note as well. And perhaps we could write other music critics who have an influence with their audience?
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