Music becomes Top 40 when enough people buy CD singles to push it into the charts. Most music in the top 40 that belongs to a particular genre like trance, RnB, house, etc were all underground once. Once it becomes popular enough to be played on commercial radio though, it's suddenly no longer cool to listen to it; even though it is still a good song.
As people who belong to particular music 'scenes' you have the privelege of being able to hear good music before it becomes popular. Enjoy it, cause these days that period between releasing a song and it being a top 40 hit played every two hours on Nova is getting shorter and shorter.
I still like 4 Strings - Take Me Away, the original with no vocals is great and the vocal version lends itself well to commercial tastes. Nova play Delerium - Silence now and then too... doesn't mean we'll stop hearing it at raves.
A perfect example is Planet Funk - Who Said, first brought to the attention of most people in Melbourne when Dave Seamen dropped it during his set at TwoTribes back in March. A couple of days ago I flick on Nova and what do I hear? wtf?
Ultimately I think what determines whether a song makes it to the top 40 is how accessible it is to the masses.
As people who belong to particular music 'scenes' you have the privelege of being able to hear good music before it becomes popular. Enjoy it, cause these days that period between releasing a song and it being a top 40 hit played every two hours on Nova is getting shorter and shorter.
I still like 4 Strings - Take Me Away, the original with no vocals is great and the vocal version lends itself well to commercial tastes. Nova play Delerium - Silence now and then too... doesn't mean we'll stop hearing it at raves.
A perfect example is Planet Funk - Who Said, first brought to the attention of most people in Melbourne when Dave Seamen dropped it during his set at TwoTribes back in March. A couple of days ago I flick on Nova and what do I hear? wtf?
Ultimately I think what determines whether a song makes it to the top 40 is how accessible it is to the masses.